Jerri C. King, 75

Jerri C. King, 75, of Wolfpen in Hendersonville went to be with the Lord Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, at her home after an extended illness.

Born in Sanford, she was the daughter of the late Jack Clark and Mattie Clark Humphries. She was also preceded in death by her twin brother, Jack Adams Clark and her step-father, Ferris Humphries.

Jerri graduated from Sanford Central High School and the Baptist Hospital School of Nursing. She was a registered nurse for Wake and Brunswick County Health Departments, retiring in 2002. Jerri was a member of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority in Raleigh and a member of the Red Hat Society, Turtle Watch Society, and Toastmasters of Brunswick County. Before moving to Hendersonville eight years ago, Jerri was an active member of the Oceanview United Methodist Church and their Stephen's Ministry as well as the Emmaus Community of Brunswick County. She was a current member of Balfour United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women.

Jerri enjoyed reading, traveling, sewing, and making crafts and jewelry. She especially loved the North Carolina coast.

She is survived by her husband of 53 years, H.L. "Rock" King of Wolfpen; daughter, Teresa L. King of Hendersonville and her children, Lauren Repass Garren and Katie Repass; son, Richard F. King and wife, Jeanette E. King, USAF, and their daughter, Jessica, all of Ridgeville, S.C., and son, Jonathon of Oregon; sister-in-law, Helen Clark of Gloucester, Va., and her children, Celeste Lawton and family and Jennifer Baucom and family; and many members of Jerri's extended family and friends.

A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Balfour United Methodist Church. The Reverends Deb Patterson and Fred Roberts will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2:30 p.m. prior to the service at the church.

Memorials may be made to Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Hwy, Hendersonville, NC 28791, or to Four Seasons Compassion for Life, 571 S. Allen Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731.

An online guest book and sympathy card are available at www.shulerfuneralhome.com.

Shuler Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

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Kirby B. Campbell

Following a brief illness, Kirby B. Campbell fell asleep on Sept. 27, 2013, to await the glorious resurrection with our Lord, departed family, and friends.

Kirby was born in Wake County on Aug. 4, 1916, as the son of Eunice and Silas Campbell into a family of two sisters and six brothers. He was preceded in death by his son Scott C. Campbell and his wife of 60 years Darlene.

His surviving family members are his two children: son John Kirby Campbell and daughter Patricia C. Higgins, and her husband Terry; 3 grandchildren: Suzanne Higgins, Ryan Higgins, and Amanda Campbell; one adorable grandson, Ethan Micah Higgins; his only living sibling, Owen Campbell of Richmond, Va., and his wife Aline; numerous nieces and nephews; and his beloved companion Mary Armstrong.

Kirby began his family in New York, then settled in Miami Beach to raise his family until moving back to North Carolina in 1999, first Raleigh and then finally to Hendersonville. Kirby was a self-taught professional musician, playing and mastering all the woodwind instruments, especially the saxophone and flute, as well as the cello.

After serving two years in WWII in the Philippines, Kirby continued to pursue his musical career, playing in big bands, including several years with the Johnny Long Orchestra and the Sammy Spears Orchestra for the Jackie Gleason Show. He performed classical music as well as modern music with bands for an entire array of entertainers including Sinatra, Pressley, Streisand, Nat King Cole and many others. He was selected to perform a saxophone solo for the St. Petersburg Russian Orchestra, for which the orchestra members gave him a rousing applause of appreciation.

Although only having an 8th grade education, Kirby was a tenured professor in the School of Music at the University of Miami, where he taught saxophone and flute in the Department of Jazz until his retirement.

Kirby and his wife Darlene were baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1977 through the influence of his mother and sister, becoming faithful members and followers of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

In his retirement, Kirby continued to pursue his love of music, playing often for many church and vesper programs and at SDA Carolina Camp meetings, as well as recording numerous instruments in his home producing wonderful arrangements of beloved hymns and classical pieces to the delight of his family and friends.

Kirby was dearly loved by his family and all who knew him as a charitable, loving, Christian, southern gentleman. As the patriarch of the family he will be deeply missed until the Blessed Day.

A Memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at Hendersonville Seventh-day Adventist Church.

In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to Fletcher Seventh-day Adventist Church Building Fund, 1141 Howard Gap Rd., Fletcher, NC 28792.

An online register book is available for family and friends by visiting www.thosshepherd.com.

Thos. Shepherd & Son Funeral Home Directors and Cremation Center is in charge of arrangements.

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Julia Ensley, 51

Julia Ensley, 51, of Mills River passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013.

Shuler Funeral Home is assisting the family.

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Roy "Bush" Laughter, 86

Roy "Bush" Laughter, 86, of Hendersonville passed away Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, at
his home.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jane "BJ" Roland Laughter.

Bush was a legacy and a true native and lifelong resident of Henderson County. He loved his family, especially his grand babies and great grand babies, loved to loafer around, was a hard worker, enjoyed the outdoors, his mountains, cooking by the river, fishing on Cape Lookout, storytelling and sharing his "Tall Tales" with others.

Bush was a retired Pipefitter and member of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union #421. He was a US Army Veteran of WW II, a member of the V.F.W., D.A.V., Past Master of the Saluda Lodge #482- Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Oasis Shrine Club, the Screen Actors Guild, the National Muzzle Loaders Rifle Association, volunteered for Four Seasons Compassion For Life, a lifetime charter member of the Valley Hill Volunteer Fire Department, donated many gallons of his blood, had appeared in more than eleven movies and published three books.

He is survived by three daughters and their husbands, Angie and Herman Hollifield of Marion, Tammy and Alonzo Manley of Valley Hill and Robin and Ronnie Gray of Mountain Home; two sisters, Alta Fowler and Flossie Nelson; five grandchildren, Ray Hollifield and wife Stephanie, Jesse Gray and fiancé Carmen, Cody Gray and fiancé Katie, Angel Pearson and Krystal Hollifield Drake and her husband Alonzo; five great grandchildren, Garrett and Katelyn Hollifield, Amerah London, Mason Gray and James Drake and several nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at the Chapel In The Pines of Jackson Funeral Service with Rev. Danny Pridmore officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery with military honors conducted by the Henderson County Honor Guard and Masonic Rites provided by the Saluda Lodge #482.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Jackson Funeral Service and at other times will be at the home of Tammy and Alonzo Manley.

Condolence cards may be sent to the family at www.jacksonfuneralservice.com or PO Box 945, Hendersonville, NC 28793.

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