Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 15

WNC Deaths And Funerals Funerals Today STATE AND AREA Harold F. Lawrence of Canton, 11 Wells Funeral Home, Haywood County. Charles Wayne Evans of Murphy, noon, Townson-Rose Funeral Home, Cherokee County. Allie Mae Patton of Morganton, 1 Pinnacle United Methodist Church, McDowell County. Lester Junior Carpenter of Morganton, 2 p.m., Kirksey Funeral Home, Burke County.

Winfred Chastain Talley of Highlands, 2 p.m., Bryant Funeral Home of Highlands, Macon County. Ola Gus Craft of Horse Shoe, 2 p.m., Stoney Mountain Baptist Church, Henderson County. Charles Frank Henry of Waynesville, 2 p.m., Garrett Funeral Home, Haywood County. Herbert L. Wilson of Sylva, 2 p.m., Moody Funeral Home, Jackson County.

Hanford W. "Dusty" Rhodes of Sanford, graveside services 3 p.m., Polk Memorial Gardens, Polk County. John Otis Beddingfield of Naples, 3 p.m., Shepherd Memorial Park Mausoleum chapel, Henderson County. John Guss Helton of Murphy, 4 p.m., Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Cherokee County. Grace Bennison Johnson of Hendersonville, 4 p.m., Thos.

Shepherd's Church Street Chapel, Henderson County. CITY AND COUNTY Glenn K. Buckner of 25 Willow Springs Road, Asheville, 11 a.m., Fletcher Second Baptist Church. Ralph Cooper of 15 Pershing Asheville, 11 a.m., Bethesda United Methodist Church. Frances W.

Brooks of 17 Pine Grove Asheville, 1 p.m., Cappadocia Holiness Church. Ray Edward Ingle of Candler Highway, Asheville, graveside services 4 p.m., Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church cemetery. Lessie Swann OLD FORT Lessie Lee Giles Swann, 95, of Greensboro died Monday morning in the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Greensboro. Born in Burke County, she was a daughter of the late William Sherman and Margaret Talbert Giles. She was the wife of the late James Alberta Swann.

She was a member of the Asheville chapter of White Shrine and a 50- year member of Old Fort Chapter 175 Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving are five grandchildren, Mrs. Pat Ledbetter of Granite Quarry, Gayden Swann of Old Fort, Dr. Robert Ricks of Chevy Chase, and Jim and Swannee Ricks of Marion; and five great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a.m.

Wednesday in Old Fort First Baptist Church, of which Mrs. Swann was the oldest member. The Revs. Ron McCracken and John Hicks will officiate. Burial will be in Old Fort Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Westmoreland-Clapp Funeral Service. Eastern Star memorial services will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Bess Yates WINSTON-SALEM Bess J.

Yates, 91, of the North Carolina Baptist Home died Monday at the home. She was a native of Mars Hill and a daughter of the late Jim and Bexie Smith Jarvis. She had lived in Chadbourn for many years and moved to Asheville in the early 1950s. She was a member of Asheville First Baptist Church. Her husband, John W.

Yates, died in 1948. Mrs. Yates is survived by a sister, Gwendolyn Young of Winter Park, Fla. Memorials may be made to Western North Carolina Baptist Home, 213 Richmond Hill Drive, Asheville. Morris Funeral Home will announce arrangements.

John Beddingfield NAPLES Services for John Otis -Beddingfield, 66, of Naples, who died Sunday, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Shepherd Memorial Park Mausoleum chapel with Elder D.E. Wagner and the Rev. Harold McKinnish officiating. Burial will be in the park.

Beddingfield, a native of Henderson County, was a son of the late John and Eula Pace Beddingfield. He worked for Cranston Print Works for 25 years before retiring last year. Surviving are his wife, Lucy Beddingfield; a son, James Beddingfield of Washington, D.C.; two daughters, Jane Stevens of Asheville and Jean Faulkner of Mountain Home; a stepdaughter, Judy Rokes of Hickory; a sister, Joyce Jones of Travelers Rest, S.C.; a granddaughter and two great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Henderson County, P.O. Box 2395, Hendersonville 28739.

Thos. Shepherd Son Funeral Directors is in charge. GROCE FUNERAL HOME Funeral Directors 1401 Patton Ave. 252-3535 LEWIS MEMORIAL PARK On Beaverdam Since 1929 Member N.C. Cemetery Assn.

Perpetual Care Phone 259-5081 415 Beaverdam Rd. Goldie Franklin MARSHALL Goldie Tweed Franklin, 61, of Route 3 Marshall died Monday morning in an Asheville hospital after an extended illness. A native of Madison County, she was a daughter of Rosie Cutshall Tweed of Marshall and the late Milton Tweed. Surviving, in addition to the mother, are her husband, Grover Franklin; two sons, Wendell Franklin of Warner Robins, and Dale Franklin of Asheville; a daughter, Patricia Gosnell of Marshall; six brothers, Winston and Dennis Tweed of Marshall, William Tweed of Fletcher, Gilbert Tweed of Greeneville, Hoye Tweed of Indianapolis, and Guy Russell Tweed of Salem, four sisters, Demania Gentry of Asheville, Margie Gilbert Norfolk, Barbara Jenkins of Anaheim, and Betty Davis of Indianapolis; and four grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in Memorial Church of God, of which Mrs. Franklin was a member. The Revs. Olin Shelton and Archie Thomas will officiate. Burial will be in the Cutshall cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Bowman Funeral Home. The body will be placed in the church at the service hour. Kenny Buchanan BURNSVILLE Kenny Buchanan, 16, of Marietta, died Saturday in a Marietta hospital after an automobile accident. He was a member of the sophomore class of Lassiter High School in Marietta and was the adopted son of the late John R.

Buchanan. Surviving are the adoptive mother, Magdaline Nancy Scalf, and the stepfather, Donald L. Scalf, both of Marietta; the father, Herbert H. Morrow of Burnsville; five brothers, John, Ronald and Donald Buchanan of Marietta, Jacob Morrow of Burnsville and Rudy Morrow of Asheville; three sisters, Jackie Buchanan of Marietta, Margaret Hagelauer of Germany and Ingrid Deyton of Burnsville; the paternal grandmother, Dollie Jane Morrow; the maternal adoptive grandmother, Katherine Hilemon of Burnsville; the maternal grandmother, Louise Kobel of Germany; the paternal step-grandmother, Catherine Scalf of Smyrna, and the paternal adoptive grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Buchanan of Spruce Pine. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Holcombe Bros. Funeral Home. The Rev.

James Beaver will officiate. Burial will be in Sam Hilemon Cemetery near Burnsville. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Wilburn Coward CANTON Wilburn N.

Coward, 67, of 8-B Mountain View Apts. died Monday in the Asheville VA Medical Center after an extended illness. He was a native of Madison County and a former resident of Paulsbo, for 40 years. He came to Canton nine months ago. Coward, a son of Bonnie Hall Norris of Canton and the late Noland Coward, was a retired boilermaker and a U.S.

Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the VFW Post and First Presbyterian Church in Paulsbo and of the Fraternal Order of Eagle. Surviving, in addition to the mother, Paulsbo; are a three daughter, sons, Sherry Bobby Ann Coward Smith of Atlanta, William N. Coward of Paulsbo and Douglas S. Coward of Manassas, a half sister, Ruby C.

Brown Crook of Candler; a half brother, James M. Norris of Canton; and nine grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Snow Hill United Methodist Church cemetery. The Rev.

Larry Holloway will officiate. Military rites will be conducted by Canton VFW Post. Friends may call at Wells Funeral Home from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. John C.

White John Clarence White, 84, of 84 Rice Branch Road, Asheville, died Monday morning in the Asheville VA Medical Center. White, a lifelong resident of Asheville, was a son of the late John P. and Lillie Calloway White and was a member of Beaverdam Baptist Church. He served with the 30th division of the U.S. Army in World War I and was a member of the World War I Barracks No.

505. He was a weaver for many years with Biltmore Homespun Co. and later was employed with Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries until his retirement. Surviving are his wife, Sarah Davis White; five daughters, Cecile McFee of Hammond, Barbara and Janet Taylor, both of Asheville, Margie Gray of Concord and Jean West of Atlanta; a son, Allan White of Greensboro; three sisters, Carrie Parker, Ida Dungy and Jennie Ballard, and a brother, Lawrence White, all of Weaverville; 13 grandchildren and 16 greatgrandchildren. Services will be held at 3.

p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Morris Funeral the Rev. Steve Henson officiating. Burial will be in Lewis Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday at the funeral home. memory. CARD OF THANKS The family of DR. LEON FELDMAN wishes to thank the community for the kind thoughts and deeds expressed in his Area Deaths Leona Josephine Wingate of Elk Park died Sunday; funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday, Elk Park Christian Church.

George Ervin Speigle, formerly of Burke County, died Sunday; funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday, Trinity Baptist Church. Emilious "Dick" Justice of Morganton died Monday; funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday, Central Baptist Church. Bertha Young Pruett of Connelly Springs died Monday; funeral 4 p.m.

Wednesday, St. John's Baptist Church. Harvey Penland Cooper of Bryson City died Monday; funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sawmill HIll Free Will Baptist Church. Cornelia Reed Clark of Cherokee died Monday; funeral 2 p.m.

Wednesday, home of Susie Oocumma. W. Estes Ashe of Brevard died Monday; arrangements incomplete. W. Howard Ledford of Bakersville died Monday; funeral 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Henline-Hughes Funeral Home. Margaret I Davis Gidney of Canton died Monday; arrangements incomplete. Herbert L. Albany of Hendersonville died Sunday; funeral 4 p.m. Wednesday, Union Grove Baptist Church.

Fred Epps Graveside services for Fred C. Epps, 74, of Asheville, who died Sunday, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Green Hills Cemetery. 'The Rev. James E.

Sams will officiate. A native of Swain County, Epps had been a Buncombe County resident most of his life. He was the son of Hattie C. Epps of Asheville and the late Albert L. Epps.

He was a retired engineer for Southern Railway and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Surviving, in addition to the mother, are two daughters, Brenda E. Lunsford of Black Mountain and Linda Hattie Epps of the home; two sons, Talmadge Leicester and Jerry L. Epps of Asheville; a sister, Helen E.

Johnson of Black Mountain; and two grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Groce Funeral Home. Flowers are to be omitted. Ingle Infant Graveside services for Ray Edward Douglas Ingle, infant son Dwayne and Karen Clarke Ingle of Candler Highway, Asheville, who died Sunday, will be held at 4 p.m.

Tuesday at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church cemetery. The Rev. Fred Fore will officiate. Surviving, in addition to the parents, are a brother, Joseph Dwayne Ingle of the home; the paternal grandfather, Clarence Edward Ingle of Asheville; the paternal grandmother, Amelia Hayes Ingle of Asheville; the paternal stepgrandmother, Mary Ingle of Asheville; the paternal ther, Jesse Matthews of Asheville; the maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Jean Clark of Asheville; the maternal grandfather, Ray Mitchell Clark of Candler; the maternal great-grandmother, Ethel Seay of Asheville; and the maternal great-grandfather, Trannis Clark of Candler." Anders-Rice Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Katherine Overby Katherine Overby, 65, of North Key, Fort Myers, died Friday.

She the daughter of the late Joseph Tullis. She is survived by her husband, James H. Overby, and her mother, Helen Mary Tullis of Fort Myers. West Funeral Home, Weaverville, will announce arrangements. David Medford WAYNESVILLE David Hugh Medford, 79, of Truckee, died Sunday at his residence following an extended illness.

A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late J. Sam and Fannie Mull Medford. He had resided in California for a number of years. Medford retired from the U.S. Forest Service.

Surviving are his wife, Elma Medford; a son, Samuel Medford of San Jose, two sisters, Lulabelle Wilson of Candler and Josephine Burkhart of Waynesville; and a grandson. Services and burial will be held Wednesday in Truckee. Carroll Evans LEICESTER Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Carroll H.

Evans, 46, of Newfound Road died Sunday at his home after a brief illness. A native of McDowell County, he was a son of the late George and Alice Hensley Evans. He was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church, and he retired in February after 27 years with the U.S. Army. Surviving are his wife, Sarah Wright Evans; a son, Steven Evans of the home; four sisters, Mary Lindsey of the home, Hazel Walker of Taylorsville, Helen Lowery of High Point and Edith Buchanan of Marion; and four brothers, Donald Evans of Greeneville, Dean and Bobby Evans of Augusta, and Jerry Evans of Charlotte.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home with Lt. Col. Lathrop Utley, Army chaplain, and the Rev. Jackie Collins officiating.

A military detachment from Fort Bragg will conduct full military graveside rites in Ashelawn Gardens of Memory. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. 0 Staff Photo By Ewart Ball 'Henrietta' Memorial Stands At Entrance To New Nature Center Petting Area New 'Petting Zoo' Opens A petting zoo for children opened Saturday at the Western North Carolina Nature Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in conjunction with a memorial service for Henrietta the elephant, who died Feb. 9.

The petting area will be open during regular hours of the nature center, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday-Saturday and from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday. Animals will be farm animals, including goats, pigs, lambs, sheep and a baby calf.

Some of the animals were donated, and some were purchased by the center. The center had planned to open a petting 200 and had been keeping the animals in a barn for a lack of space. The Community Events space Henrietta occupied will be used for the 200. When the farm animals tire of being petted, they will be placed in a roped-off area for viewing only. In addition to the petting zoo, the center has added a venomous snake display and a fresh-water exhibit, according to Ann Heard, publicity chairman for the Nature Society.

Ellen Carr is president of the Nature Society, a sponsor of the center. The center will begin accepting applications in June for summer camp. County Commissioners Meet Asheville and Buncombe County governmental bodies will hold two meetings Tuesday. The Asheville-Buncombe Water Authority will meet at 8:30 a.m. in City Council chambers on the second floor of City Hall.

The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will meet at 3:30 p.m. in commission chambers on the second floor of the Buncombe County Courthouse. Mothers Of Twins Meet Asheville Area Mothers of Twins Club will install officers at its meeting Tuesday in the Hungry Bull Restaurant, Tunnel Road. Officers to be installed are Lenna Bucy, president; Carol Hepler, vice president; Vicki Banks, secretary-treasurer; Marie Emory, public relations; and Martha Banks, publicity. Tourism Group Meets The monthly meeting of the Asheville Area Tourism Association will be held at noon Wednesday at Eliada Home with Stewart Humphrey, director of the home, as speaker.

Recognition awards will be presented. Cancer Benefit Supper The Leicester community will hold a benefit supper and auction Friday in Leicester Elementary School on New Leicester Highway. Proceeds will go toward treatment costs for Wayne Masters, 17, of Leicester, a leukemia victim in St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville. The turkey supper will begin at 5 p.m.

in the school caf- eteria. The auction will be held at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. Auction items include furniture, turkeys, Holstein calves and a color television. For more information, call Bruce Snelson at 683-2055.

Symphony Quintet Plays BREVARD A wind quintet from the North Carolina Symphony will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Dunham Hall, Brevard College. The concert, presented by the Brevard Chamber Orchestra Association, is free. The quintet will perform Wednesday for fourth-, fifthand sixth graders at Brevard High School. Jackson To Speak Buncombe County Commissioner J.D.

Jackson will speak at a meeting of the Roberson High School PTS at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the little auditorium. Young Democrats Meet The Young Democrats of Buncombe County will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Sheraton Motor Inn in Asheville. Talmadge Penland, past chairman of the Buncombe County Democratic Party, will speak.

Sewing Course Planned The North Asheville Recreation Center will sponsor a sewing course on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., beginning June 1 and continuing through July 20. For more information, call the center at 258-2453. Car Hits Train, Driver Escapes A 54-year-old Candler man escaped injury Monday afternoon when his car hit a moving freight train at a railroad crossing on North Bear Creek Road, according to the Asheville Police Department. Dale Franklin Eplee, of Route 1, Candler, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, police department reports showed. Eplee stopped the 1974 Ford station wagon he was driving at the railroad crossing, but the car rolled into the side of a moving Southern Railway freight train, reports said.

The accident occurred about 4:30 p.m. Because the train's engine had passed the crossing, the train operator didn't see the car hit and kept on going, reports said. Damage to the car, owned by Mildred Brock Eplee of Route 1, Cander, was estimated at $2,500. Wreck Injures Four Four Asheville residents were injured in a three-car accident on the Caroline Harrell Caroline Clayton Harrell, 85, of Hillside Nursing Home, Asheville, died Monday morning at the home after a long illness. A native of England, she had lived in Asheville for the past several months.

Surviving are two sons, Bill Harrell of Asheville and James Harrell of Carmichael, a daughter, Virginia Ingle of Barrington, seven grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Services will be held in Peoria, under the direction of Wilton Mortuary, 2101 N. Knoxville Peoria. Williams Funeral Service is in charge of local arrangements. Police Reports when the 1975 Ford, driven by Metts, moved right to attempt to change lanes.

The Ford forced a 1972 Volkswagen, driven by Slaughter, to the right, striking the third car, a 1973 Hornet, Smoky Park Bridge in Asheville about 4:30 p.m. Monday, according to city police. Admitted to Memorial Mission Hospital was Lura Katherine Slaughter, 19, of 14 Vista Drive. She was listed in stable condition, according to a hospital spokesman. Treated and released Monday from Mission Memorial Hosptial were: Azalea Means Metts, 58, of 21 Pfiffer one of the drivers; Mildred Ingle Pruett, 40, of 515 Deaverview Road, another driver; and Edna Rowland, 54, of 101 Dale Street, a passenger in the Rowland car.

According to an Asheville Police Department spokesman, the three cars were traveling west on Interstate 240 driven by Pruett. The Volkswagen then moved back to the left, striking the Ford. Metts was charged with unsafe movement, the spokesman said. Damage estimates were not available late Monday. Man Arrested Harris is charged with breaking into the Joseph S.

Simpson residence on 101 London Road on April 22 and stealing property valued at $1,000, including jewelry and a 12-gauge shotgun. A 23-year-old Asheville man was arrested Monday night by Asheville police detectives in connection with an April robbery of a home on London Road in Asheville. Willis Michael Harris, 23, of 921 West Chapel Road, was charged with breaking, entering and larceny and with forgery, arrest warrants showed. He was being held Monday night in Buncombe County Jail in- lieu of $10,000 secured bond. According to arrest warrants, Volunteer Opportunities The Volunteer Service Bureau an- venience of volunteers.

nounces the following opportunities: Drivers and "hoppers" needed to deliver hot meals to elderly homebound individuals who are unable to provide their own. Any weekday for approximately to 2 hours. West Asheville area. Volunteer artist needed to plan and execute wall-sized mural in child health clinic. Paint and materials furnished.

Service project for group or club of older teens or adults. Operate rag baling machine for children's home that uses this as extra source of income. Days and hours flexible at con- A mentally retarded boy in an institution needs piano lessons, Music is the only joy in his life. Black Mountain area. Time very flexible.

Volunteer lifeguard(s) needed for summer months at a group home for children. Days and hours flexible to suit volunteer. Volunteers who want work in' their homes are needed to total receipt tapes for special program serving elderly homebound individuals. For further information, contact the Volunteer Service Bureau, a serv. ice of United Way, at 255-0696.

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