Ruth Adkins Quiett died peacefully at home on Sunday, November 15th at the age of 95. She was the daughter of Jules Adkins, and Mary Canon Adkins of Big Creek. She is preceded in death by her husband, H. Edward Quiett and siblings, Lillie Honeycutt, Will Adkins, Cecil Adkins, Ed Adkins, Clifford Adkins, and Lula Duncan.
She is survived by her son, Harry V. Quiett of Washington, DC and many nieces and nephews. Ruth lived most of her life in Western North Carolina. She lived a number of years in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and then in Bryson City, NC and the remainder of her life in Asheville.
She was a gifted seamstress who worked on many hand stitched quilts along with her sister Lula. In Bryson City she ran a family grocery store. After moving to Asheville, she became a seamstress for the Vanderbilt Shirt Factory for over 25 years until it closed.
She was a loving Christian who believed in attending the “Church nearest home.” She had been a member of the Fruit of Labor Church and Calvary Baptist, both in West Asheville near her home.
In her retirement, she became a neighborhood care giver. She cared for several “old ladies,” as she called them, who lived nearby until their deaths—all of whom were younger than she. She was also widely loved by the local animal population. She fed the squirrels, birds, cats, and a raccoon, and opossum that came to her door nightly.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, November 18th in the Chapel of Yancey Funeral Service in Burnsville, NC. Her son, Rev. Harry V. Quiett will officiate. Interment will follow in the Adkins Cemetery. A family viewing will be from 1 until 2 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to Brother Wolf Animal Rescue at PO Box 8195, Asheville, NC 28814.
She is survived by her son, Harry V. Quiett of Washington, DC and many nieces and nephews. Ruth lived most of her life in Western North Carolina. She lived a number of years in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and then in Bryson City, NC and the remainder of her life in Asheville.
She was a gifted seamstress who worked on many hand stitched quilts along with her sister Lula. In Bryson City she ran a family grocery store. After moving to Asheville, she became a seamstress for the Vanderbilt Shirt Factory for over 25 years until it closed.
She was a loving Christian who believed in attending the “Church nearest home.” She had been a member of the Fruit of Labor Church and Calvary Baptist, both in West Asheville near her home.
In her retirement, she became a neighborhood care giver. She cared for several “old ladies,” as she called them, who lived nearby until their deaths—all of whom were younger than she. She was also widely loved by the local animal population. She fed the squirrels, birds, cats, and a raccoon, and opossum that came to her door nightly.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, November 18th in the Chapel of Yancey Funeral Service in Burnsville, NC. Her son, Rev. Harry V. Quiett will officiate. Interment will follow in the Adkins Cemetery. A family viewing will be from 1 until 2 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to Brother Wolf Animal Rescue at PO Box 8195, Asheville, NC 28814.
Ruth Adkins Quiett died peacefully at home on Sunday, November 15th at the age of 95. She was the daughter of Jules Adkins, and Mary Canon Adkins of Big Creek. She is preceded in death by her husband, H. Edward Quiett and siblings, Lillie Honeycutt, Will Adkins, Cecil Adkins, Ed Adkins, Clifford Adkins, and Lula Duncan.
She is survived by her son, Harry V. Quiett of Washington, DC and many nieces and nephews. Ruth lived most of her life in Western North Carolina. She lived a number of years in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and then in Bryson City, NC and the remainder of her life in Asheville.
She was a gifted seamstress who worked on many hand stitched quilts along with her sister Lula. In Bryson City she ran a family grocery store. After moving to Asheville, she became a seamstress for the Vanderbilt Shirt Factory for over 25 years until it closed.
She was a loving Christian who believed in attending the “Church nearest home.” She had been a member of the Fruit of Labor Church and Calvary Baptist, both in West Asheville near her home.
In her retirement, she became a neighborhood care giver. She cared for several “old ladies,” as she called them, who lived nearby until their deaths—all of whom were younger than she. She was also widely loved by the local animal population. She fed the squirrels, birds, cats, and a raccoon, and opossum that came to her door nightly.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, November 18th in the Chapel of Yancey Funeral Service in Burnsville, NC. Her son, Rev. Harry V. Quiett will officiate. Interment will follow in the Adkins Cemetery. A family viewing will be from 1 until 2 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to Brother Wolf Animal Rescue at PO Box 8195, Asheville, NC 28814.
She is survived by her son, Harry V. Quiett of Washington, DC and many nieces and nephews. Ruth lived most of her life in Western North Carolina. She lived a number of years in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and then in Bryson City, NC and the remainder of her life in Asheville.
She was a gifted seamstress who worked on many hand stitched quilts along with her sister Lula. In Bryson City she ran a family grocery store. After moving to Asheville, she became a seamstress for the Vanderbilt Shirt Factory for over 25 years until it closed.
She was a loving Christian who believed in attending the “Church nearest home.” She had been a member of the Fruit of Labor Church and Calvary Baptist, both in West Asheville near her home.
In her retirement, she became a neighborhood care giver. She cared for several “old ladies,” as she called them, who lived nearby until their deaths—all of whom were younger than she. She was also widely loved by the local animal population. She fed the squirrels, birds, cats, and a raccoon, and opossum that came to her door nightly.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, November 18th in the Chapel of Yancey Funeral Service in Burnsville, NC. Her son, Rev. Harry V. Quiett will officiate. Interment will follow in the Adkins Cemetery. A family viewing will be from 1 until 2 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to Brother Wolf Animal Rescue at PO Box 8195, Asheville, NC 28814.
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