Robert P. Huffman

Robert P. Huffman, 93, of Ivanhoe Avenue, died Thursday, September 2, 2010, at Asheville Healthcare. Mr. Huffman was born in Claremont, NC, August 24, 1917. He was a son of the late Knox L. and Cora Dellinger Huffman of Claremont. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 72 years, Frankie "Sue" Huffman; an infant son; sisters Zelda H. Frazier, Rosa H. Yount, Alberta H. Erickson, and Cora H. Hollar; brothers Mack, Davis, George, Luke, and John Huffman. He was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church. He served in the Army 714th railroad battalion in Alaska 2 years during WWII. He retired from Norfolk and Southern Railroad after 49 years of service. He is survived by one sister, Margie Frank, of Naples, FL and Boone; brother-in-law, Marvin R. Hollar of Newton; two daughters, Lisa Schaller and her husband, Scott, of Gun Barrel City, TX, and Gloria Trexler and her husband, William, of Candler; six grandchildren, Wyatt, Marisol and Rileigh Schaller, and Kiah, Eddie and Allen Trexler; and numerous nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church with the Rev. Dr. Michael McFarland officiating. Interment will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Cemetery, Claremont. Memorials may be made to the Emmanuel Lutheran Church Building Fund, 51 Wilburn Place, Asheville, NC 28806. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Ave.