Major Eugene Tweed
Major Eugene Tweed, 71, of 10 Mulberry St., died Saturday, Dec 19, in an Asheville hospital.
Tweed, a native of Clinchco, Va., had lived in Buncombe County since 1945. He was a retired weaver with Burlington Mills with 34 ½ years of service. He was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran. He formerly was employed by the Inland Steel company in Wheelwright, Ky.
He attended Newbridge Baptist Church and was a member of VFW Post 891. He was a son of the late Rufus Fender and Lily Ruth Ferrell Tweed.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Elizabeth Hamlin Tweed; a daughter, Brenda Gale Elkins of Candler; two sisters, Maxie Heide of Citra, Fla., and Margaret Saylor of Haleyville, Ala.; a brother Arlen Vernon Tweed of Fort Myers, Fla..; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home. The Revs. Lee Roy Denton and David Coleman will officiate. Burial will be in West Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, and at other time, will be at the residence.
Major Eugene Tweed
Major Eugene Tweed, 71, of 10 Mulberry St., died Saturday, Dec 19, in an Asheville hospital.
Tweed, a native of Clinchco, Va., had lived in Buncombe County since 1945. He was a retired weaver with Burlington Mills with 34 ½ years of service. He was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran. He formerly was employed by the Inland Steel company in Wheelwright, Ky.
He attended Newbridge Baptist Church and was a member of VFW Post 891. He was a son of the late Rufus Fender and Lily Ruth Ferrell Tweed.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Elizabeth Hamlin Tweed; a daughter, Brenda Gale Elkins of Candler; two sisters, Maxie Heide of Citra, Fla., and Margaret Saylor of Haleyville, Ala.; a brother Arlen Vernon Tweed of Fort Myers, Fla..; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home. The Revs. Lee Roy Denton and David Coleman will officiate. Burial will be in West Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, and at other time, will be at the residence.
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