Mildred Luther Collette
January 16, 1943 ~ May 20, 2018
Resided in:
Candler, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
Mildred Luther Collette, 75, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2018, at Mission Hospital.
Born in Asheville, Mrs. Collette was a daughter of the late Harold Luther and Pauline Sprouse Luther Rice, and was also preceded in death by brothers, John Luther and Burnice Luther.
She was a former banker, having worked at Northwestern Bank and retired from Catawba Bank. She then worked in the accounting department at Champion Mills and retiring there also. More recently she worked as a CNA in private duty nursing at home health care. She attended Freedom Baptist Church.
Surviving are her daughter, Tracy Collette Smith (Jimmy); sons, Jeff Thompson (Sandra) and Greg Lee Thompson; grandchildren, Michael and Tyler Thompson, Courtney and David Smith and Katy Thompson; a sister, Cora Gillespie (Conley) and brothers, David Luther and Jimmy Luther (Irene) and a special friend, Sue Trull.
Funeral services will be at 6:00 p.m. Thursday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Keith Hutchinson and the Rev. Ricky Wolfe officiating.
The family will receive friends immediately following the service.
Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday at Green Hills Cemetery.
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Prayers for the family. Work with her at champion mill. Great times
Traci and family,
We will be in prayer for your family during this time of lose. We love you.
My condolences to the ‘COLLETTE’ FAMILY. May God give you peace n comfort in this time of sorrow.
Mildred was an amazing neighbor and friend and always helped look after my Mom and Dad. The whole Edgewood Road is better off because Mildred lived there. She was so sweet, kind and friendly. She will be greatly missed.
Prayers to Tracy and your whole family. We love you!
So sorry to hear of Mildred’s passing. Went to High School with her. She was always a loving friend.
I am so sad to hear of Mildred’s passing. I had no idea she was sick. I work at Mission hospital and met her here while she was working for the agency as a sitter. I love this woman she was always smiling and every time she saw me she gave me a hug. She is one of the best women I have ever met and I will never forget her. Heaven gained a wonderful lady. You will be missed Mildred but I will see you again someday ❤️
I am so sorry for your loss. Mildred was such a sweet soul and always had a smile on her face. I previously worked with her at Mission Hospital. Several of our staff had the pleasure of working with her and truly enjoyed speaking with her and talking about our days. This Truly saddens me to hear of her passing, but Heaven deff. gained a amazing lady. I will never forget her sweet hugs and kind words. Praying for you all.
Mildred was a great person and friend. She was a very pretty person and majoret at Enka High School. We were raised pretty much as kids and we used to play and go looking for a Christmas tree at Christmas. I played drums in the band an used to watch her strut her stuff. She was always the friendliest person you could ever meet. She will be greatly missed. Look forward in seeing her again in that heavenly place.