Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWilma Lucie Kirk
Birth2 Oct 1915, Stanly County, NC
Death25 Mar 2001, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC
Burial28 Mar 2001, Green Hills Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC
FatherCharles Elliott Kirk (1887-1920)
MotherOra Vida Cotton (1886-1982)
Spouses
Birth29 Jul 1904, South Carolina
Death14 Oct 1981, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC
BurialGreen Hills Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC
Marriage9 Apr 1941
ChildrenRonald Kirk (1943-)
 Rebecca Joy (1945-)
Notes for Wilma Lucie Kirk
Wilma Kirk Richey

Arden - Wilma Kirk Richey, 85, formerly of Avery’s Creek Road, died Sunday, March 25, 2001 at the Hospice Solace Center.

A native of Albemarle, NC, she was the daughter of the late Charles Elliot and Vida Cotton Kirk and wife of the late Parker Richey, a retired postal worker, who died in 1981.

Mrs. Richey was a member of Kenilworth Presbyterian Church and former member and past president of the U.S. Post Office Women’s Auxiliary. She was a graduate of the Memorial Mission Hospital School of Nursing and worked as a registered nurse in the Asheville area hospitals and for Dr. Eugene Clayton.

She is survived by her daughter, Rebecca Reeves of Arden; her son, Ronald K. Richey of Charlottesville, VA; two sisters, Ora Hatley of Albemarle, NC, Prebble Crowell of Concord, NC; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 pm at Green Hills Cemetery conducted by the Rev. John David Stewart.

Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813 or to Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road, Asheville, NC 28803.

Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is in charge of arrangements.
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