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B.E. Burnette

B.E. Burnette

Nov 13, 2013

B. E. Burnette 91, of 2400 Smith Creek Rd., passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at John F. Keever Solace Center. He was a son of the late Bertam E. and Vertie Thomas Burnette. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Zetta English Burnette, son, Ronney Smith, Sister, Faye Gowan, brother, Glenn Burnette, two half-brothers; Gersheon and Grady...

Travis Lamar Robinson

Travis Lamar Robinson

Nov 10, 2013

In a peaceful way, above all we could ask or think, Travis Robinson, 93, of Mars Hill, was promoted from earth to the presence of his Father on November 10. God, who had given him the faith as a child to trust Jesus alone for his salvation, gave him the ability to trust Him in his severe dementia. His joy...

Iris Teresa Thomas

Iris Teresa Thomas

Nov 3, 2013

Iris Teresa Massey Thomas , 64, of 177 Odus Allen Road passed away Sunday, November 3 2013. She was the daughter of Pearl Anderson Massey and the late McKinley Massey. Mrs. Thomas is also preceded in death by a nephew Rickey Joe Cody. Mrs. Thomas was a faithful member of Prices Chapel Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school...

Texie Mae Rice

Texie Mae Rice

Oct 30, 2013

Texie Mae Shelton Rice, 82 of 221 Wooten Cove Road, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Sylvan and Martha Jane Capps Shelton and wife of the late Rev. Joseph Rice. She is also preceded in death by fourteen brothers and sisters. She was a former employee of Mission Hospital. Mrs. Rice is survived...

Dr. J. Bruce  Phillips

Dr. J. Bruce Phillips

Oct 29, 2013

Dr. James Bruce Phillips, 75, of Mars Hill, passed away Tuesday morning at the John F. Keever Solace Center in Asheville.

Born in Mars Hill on January 26, 1938, Bruce was proud to be a native son of Madison County. Though he spent his entire career in the Madison County School System, he was also a businessman,...

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