Pauline Guthrie Toliver

Pauline Guthrie Toliver, 91, of 32 Salola Street, Asheville, died Thursday, October 21, 2004, at the VA Medical Center. Mrs. Toliver was a daughter of the late Oscar M. and Mamie Johnson Guthrie and was married to Charles Vernon Toliver who died in 1987. She was also preceded in death by sisters Margaret Shepherd and Helen Davis. She worked at American Enka before joining the US Army in 1944 where she served for eight years in the United States and Japan. She was a lifelong member of Asheville Wesleyan Church. Surviving are one son, Paul Vernon Toliver and his wife Kristina of Asheville; two grandchildren, Traci and Mark and Mark’s wife Sandra; one sister, Hazel Garbee and her husband Stanley of Asheville; a brother, David A. Guthrie and his wife Margaret of Asheville, and several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be 10:00 am Monday at Ashelawn Gardens Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Henry R. Inman, Jr. officiating. Her family will receive friends 7:00-8:30 pm Sunday at 57 Delaware Avenue, Asheville.