Rose Heatherley

May 19, 1912 - February 28, 2008
Rose Heatherley

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Rose Elizabeth Heatherley, 95, of Asheville, NC, died Thursday, February 28, 2008 at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock.

She was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Alice Jones Heatherley, and sister of the late Erskine, Robert, Ripley, and Helen Heatherley, and Ruth Everett.

An elementary teacher, she retired from the North Carolina School System.

She is survived by her nieces and nephews, Erskine X. Heatherley, Jr. of Pittsboro; Sue H. Woody of Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Francis W. Heatherley of Georgetown, TX; Celeste H. Morgan of Goodyear, AZ; Grace Lee Lawrence of Melbourne, FL; Amanda Kay Heatherley of Derwood, MD; and Betty Ann Kingery, of New York City, NY; and a dear friend, Orlie Norton of Marshall.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.


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  • March 01, 2008
    Linda Ward Tucker says:
    I remember Rose fondly from the 1950s when she would visit my grandmother Mary Matilda Jones Ward, her mother's sister. I am sorry to read of her passing.