All Obituaries

James "Jimmy" "Jim" Case of Asheville N.C. passed away Monday, November 23, 2020. He proudly served our country for 22 years in the U.S. Navy and retired as Chief Petty Officer Jim was preceded in death by his father, James W. Case Jr.; mother, Beulah Allen; brother, Roger Case; brother -in-law, Richard "Dicky" Bartlett; brothers, Jerry Case and Paul Elliott. He is survived by his sister, Irma Bartlett of...

Dr. Harold D. Schutte, aged 87, passed peacefully at home on November 3, 2020 with his wife of 64 years at his side. He received his M.D. degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1962, and interned at Mission Hospital. He practiced family medicine in Asheville for 3 years. He then entered a residency in pediatrics at the University of Tennessee and St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, following which he returned to Asheville and practiced pediatrics for 40...

Mark was a very strong but gentle man. He was born in Yorkshire England. Trained in a five year apprenticeship at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England and did a three year journeymen’s ship all over Europe before returning to the Midland Hotel to receive the highest honor, a Black Cap European Chef. He had the honor of serving noted dignitaries like Ambassador Lawrence of Switzerland owner of the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, CA, Senator Kennedy, Jenney Craig, Joan Kroc,...

Michael L. Johnson went to be with our Lord on October 24, 2020. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church and loved going to church on Sunday's to enjoy hearing the word and having fellowship with his church family. He will be remembered for his sense of humor, laugh, and unconditional love for others. He was very adventurous and loved to travel. Proceeded in death were his mother, Edna Wingate Johnson; father, William Johnson; grandson, Tracy Jr. He leaves to cherish...

Hilda Adams Clabern, Age 93, of Winston Salem, North Carolina went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 3,2020, after a battle of declining health. She was the daughter of the late Ira and Melissa Adams of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles L Clabern II, of Winston-Salem North Carolina, and her two sisters, Peggy Adams and Jackie Harding both of Winston Salem; a grandson, Danny Watson of Wake Forest North Carolina. She...

Joseph Michael Sulock Jr., 72, died on July 26, 2020, suddenly and without pain. His last night was spent just as he’d want it — dancing into the night with Dot, his beloved wife of nearly 50 years, and sitting on the porch afterwards watching lightning bugs.   Born in Philadelphia on September 9, 1947, he attended St. Joseph’s University for his undergrad and then left the Northeast for his doctoral program at the University of Virginia, settling in Asheville in...

Longtime Alaskan, John Armstrong, passed away Wednesday morning May 27 at the VA hospital in North Carolina two weeks after testing positive for the corona virus. Born October 22, 1947 in Hammond, Indiana, John was the oldest of four brothers. His family moved as often as his parents, both teachers, sough teaching jobs and pursued education degrees in several states, moving so often that John attended 13 different schools before graduating in 1965 from a private school in Florida as class...

Charles Millard Wilson, Sr., 92, of Spring Creek, NC, died Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center in Asheville, NC. Charles, or Millard as he was often known, was born October 21, 1927, in Baltimore, MD, to the late Edward Amos and Lotty Viola Millard Wilson. In 1945, he graduated from Shenandoah Valley Academy in New Market, VA. His time at Washington Missionary College in Tacoma Park, MD was interrupted when he was drafted into the US Army in 1946. After...

Kim Bettina Ruhnke (Wallner), 56, went home to be with the Lord on April 28, 2020, in Asheville, NC. Kim was born on April 2, 1964, in Fort Dix, to David Lewis and Jean Frady. When she was four years old, she and her sister were adopted in Duluth, MN, by Robert and Helga Wallner. She graduated Central High School in 1982, where she shined as a student-athlete, played in the band, and loved competing against her sister in swim meets. She moved to North Carolina in 2002, to live in the Blue...

Don ‘Pappy’ Pressley was called home on the 25th of April 2020. He was preceded by his parents, Wilbur and Mary Pressley, and his son, Michael Pressley. He is survived by his wife Judy Pressley, Daughter and son in law Kelley and Chris Wheeler, son and daughter in law Greg and Vicky Pressley, and grandchildren Sara Wheeler, Adam Wheeler, Dakotah Pressley, Dillon Pressley, Elijah Pressley, and Colton Pressley. Also survived by brothers, Ronald “Mickey” Pressley and...