Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
DeathFeb 12, 2019, Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina [26960]
BurialForest Lawn Memorial Park, 1498 Sand Hill Rd, Candler, Buncombe County, North Carolina [26960]
FatherWallace Holt GERRINGER (1924-1955)
Mother“Lee” Mary Alethia BUGG (1929-2014)
Spouses
Obituary Online notes for Joseph Holt GERRINGER
Joseph Holt Gerringer, 67, of Leicester, passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.
A native of Asheville, he was the son of the late Wallace and Alethia Mary Bugg Gerringer.
He was a real mountain man that loved wood carving, playing guitar, old Country and Bluegrass music, fried chicken and watermelon.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Ruby Theiben and brother, Freddie Gerringer.
He is survived by his children, Lisa, April, Cheyenne and Amanda (Phillip); sister, Kiwanna Fox; and grandchildren, Gary, Joey and Justin, Christopher and Jesse.
A Funeral Service will be held at 3:00pm on Friday, February 22nd in the Chapel of Moore Funeral Home at Forest Lawn. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service.
Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Candler. (Edited by Howell.) [26960]
A native of Asheville, he was the son of the late Wallace and Alethia Mary Bugg Gerringer.
He was a real mountain man that loved wood carving, playing guitar, old Country and Bluegrass music, fried chicken and watermelon.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Ruby Theiben and brother, Freddie Gerringer.
He is survived by his children, Lisa, April, Cheyenne and Amanda (Phillip); sister, Kiwanna Fox; and grandchildren, Gary, Joey and Justin, Christopher and Jesse.
A Funeral Service will be held at 3:00pm on Friday, February 22nd in the Chapel of Moore Funeral Home at Forest Lawn. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service.
Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Candler. (Edited by Howell.) [26960]
Obituary Online notes for Ethel Katherine (Spouse 1)
Asheville – Ethel Katherine “Kathy” Rice Gerringer, 69, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2020 at the Care Partners Hospice John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center.
A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mrs. Gerringer had worked to obtain her degree in Paralegal studies, worked as a CNA, and finished her working career in the dry cleaning business. She will be remembered as a loving person who had an avid passion for reading.
Mrs. Gerringer was the daughter of the late Lewis Harry Rice, Sr. and Thelma Davis Rice. She was also preceded in death by a brother, William David Rice.
Surviving are her daughters: Alethia “Lisa” Gerringer Raplee, April Gerringer Cole, and Amanda Gerringer Camby; grandchildren: Gary Wayne Simpson, Jr., Jesse Lee Raplee, William Joseph “Joey” Banks, and Justin Lee Banks; great-granddaughter, Ezmee Leigh Raplee; sister, Judy Whitted; brothers: Lewis Harry Rice, Jr. and wife Deborah and Johnny Rice and wife Annie; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, October 3 at Flint Hill Cemetery, located at the corner of Flint Hill Road and Panther Branch in Weaverville, with the Rev. Andrew Sluder officiating.
The family will receive friends following the services at the cemetery. [26964]
A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mrs. Gerringer had worked to obtain her degree in Paralegal studies, worked as a CNA, and finished her working career in the dry cleaning business. She will be remembered as a loving person who had an avid passion for reading.
Mrs. Gerringer was the daughter of the late Lewis Harry Rice, Sr. and Thelma Davis Rice. She was also preceded in death by a brother, William David Rice.
Surviving are her daughters: Alethia “Lisa” Gerringer Raplee, April Gerringer Cole, and Amanda Gerringer Camby; grandchildren: Gary Wayne Simpson, Jr., Jesse Lee Raplee, William Joseph “Joey” Banks, and Justin Lee Banks; great-granddaughter, Ezmee Leigh Raplee; sister, Judy Whitted; brothers: Lewis Harry Rice, Jr. and wife Deborah and Johnny Rice and wife Annie; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, October 3 at Flint Hill Cemetery, located at the corner of Flint Hill Road and Panther Branch in Weaverville, with the Rev. Andrew Sluder officiating.
The family will receive friends following the services at the cemetery. [26964]