Lucy Lunsford Skyles

Arden ~ Lucy “Duck” Lunsford Skyles, 98, formerly of Forest Ridge Drive, died December 1, 2004 at Flesher’s Fairview Healthcare center. A native of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Nola Spivey Lunsford. She was wife of the late Clarence Skyles, who died in 1994 and also was preceded in death by three brothers, the Rev. Troy Lunsford, Lawrence Lunsford and B.J. Lunsford; a sister, Berta Garrison and a son-in-law, Jack Sharpton. Mrs. Skyles was a member of Biltmore United Methodist Church, and was employed for over thirty years with Sears and Roebuck Company as a sales manager and was the oldest retiree of Sears in the Asheville area. She is survived by her loving daughter, Marian “Pat” Sharpton of Arden; two grandsons, John Leslie Sharpton and wife Pam of Arden and David Alan Sharpton and wife Pattie of Asheville; five great-grandchildren, Brenton and Ryan Sharpton and Katrina Ponder all of Arden, Chris and Amy Sharpton of Asheville; two sisters, Evelyn Silver of Knoxville and Martha Clark of Asheville and two brothers, Jack Lunsford of Washington State and Willard Lunsford of Asheville. A graveside service will be held at 12:00 noon Friday in Green Hills Cemetery with the Rev. Ashley Crowder Stanley officiating. The family will receive friends from 11:00 am to 11:30 am Friday at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road. Memorials may be made to Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road, Asheville NC 28803.