Janice Elizabeth Tabor

Janice Elizabeth Brigman Tabor, 96, of 69 Frances Street, Asheville, died Friday, September 28, 2012, at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Tabor was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and was a graduate of Barnardsville High School. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Josephine Burleson Brigman, and be her husband, Claude R. Tabor, who died in 1991. Mrs. Tabor loved flowers and gardening and was devoted to her family and friends. She is survived by her daughter, Claudia Tabor Hudson of Asheville; her son, James B. Tabor and his wife, Karan, of Weaverville; grandchildren, Elizabeth Sluder of Montross, VA and Hadley Hudson of Lynchburg, VA, and Reid Tabor and Ryan Tabor of Weaverville; three great-grandchildren and four nieces. Graveside services will be at 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Ashelawn Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 2:45 pm Sunday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue.