TITLE:  Verdelle Lester Buice

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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BUICE, Verdelle
SWANNANOA - Verdelle Lester Buice, 85, of Swannanoa died Wednesday, 
October 3, 2001, at an Asheville, N.C., hospital following a period 
of declining health. A native of Augusta, Ga., he had resided in 
Bamberg, S.C., for most of his life prior to moving to Asheville, 
N.C., in June of 1992. Mr. Buice retired in 1966 from Dupont after 
many years of service and was a professional barber. He was a member 
of Westwood Baptist Church where he was a member of the Clyde Freeman 
Sunday School Class and a veteran of the U.S. Army during W.W.II. He 
was an avid golfer and a past member of the Buncombe County Golf 
Course. He was a son of the late Thomas L. and Maggie Mae Johnson 
Buice, and the husband of 55 years to Patsy Pearle Buice who died in 
1992. Surviving are sons, Bud Buice and wife, Karel of Swannanoa, and 
Robert Buice and wife, Annette of Georgetown, S.C.; daughter, Heather 
Richter and husband, Dennis, of Trego, Wisc.; brother, James Buice and 
wife, Ruby of Williston, S.C.; sisters-in-law, Alice Wood of Goose 
Creek, S.C., and Helga Black of Valdosta, Ga.; seven grandchildren,
nine great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral 
services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, in the Chapel of 
Anders-Rice Funeral Home with the Rev. Carson Moseley, Mr. Raymond 
Tweed, and Mr. Calvin Patterson officiating. A second visitation will 
be held from 1 to 2 p.m., Sunday, at COONER FUNERAL HOME, in Bamberg, 
S.C. Masonic graveside rites will be conducted at 3 p.m., Sunday, at 
South End Cemetery in Bamberg by the Oman Masonic Lodge #38, of which 
he was a member for 55 years. This will be officiated by Rev. James 
Powers. Memorials may be made to Westwood Baptist Church, Youth Puppet 
Ministry, 150 Westwood Place, Asheville, N.C. 28806, or to Main 
Street Methodist Church, 303 N. Main St., Bamberg, S.C. 29003.
To sign Mr. Buice's guestbook on-line, go to "Funeral Schedule" at 
www.andersrice.com. (Published Oct 6, 2001)
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