Richard Vernon Calloway, 61, of 121 Wellington Avenue, died Friday in an Asheville hospital following a short illness.
A native of Buncombe County, he was employed as a machine operator at Drexel #10 in Black Mountain. He was a member of Clayton Avenue Baptis Church where he was chairman of the deacon board, choir director and a former sunday school superintendent.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force and a son of Maude Johnson Calloway and the late William Marion Calloway.
Surviving in addition to his Mother are his wife, Margaret Evelyn Cassida Calloway; a daughter, Cynthia Elaine Calloway of the home; two sisters, Mabel Robinson of Leicester, and Mae Taylor of High Point; and a brother, Hershel Everett Calloway of Asheville.
Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home with Rev. T. A. Holder officiating and burial will be in the Vance Cemetery.
A native of Buncombe County, he was employed as a machine operator at Drexel #10 in Black Mountain. He was a member of Clayton Avenue Baptis Church where he was chairman of the deacon board, choir director and a former sunday school superintendent.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force and a son of Maude Johnson Calloway and the late William Marion Calloway.
Surviving in addition to his Mother are his wife, Margaret Evelyn Cassida Calloway; a daughter, Cynthia Elaine Calloway of the home; two sisters, Mabel Robinson of Leicester, and Mae Taylor of High Point; and a brother, Hershel Everett Calloway of Asheville.
Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home with Rev. T. A. Holder officiating and burial will be in the Vance Cemetery.
Richard Vernon Calloway, 61, of 121 Wellington Avenue, died Friday in an Asheville hospital following a short illness.
A native of Buncombe County, he was employed as a machine operator at Drexel #10 in Black Mountain. He was a member of Clayton Avenue Baptis Church where he was chairman of the deacon board, choir director and a former sunday school superintendent.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force and a son of Maude Johnson Calloway and the late William Marion Calloway.
Surviving in addition to his Mother are his wife, Margaret Evelyn Cassida Calloway; a daughter, Cynthia Elaine Calloway of the home; two sisters, Mabel Robinson of Leicester, and Mae Taylor of High Point; and a brother, Hershel Everett Calloway of Asheville.
Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home with Rev. T. A. Holder officiating and burial will be in the Vance Cemetery.
A native of Buncombe County, he was employed as a machine operator at Drexel #10 in Black Mountain. He was a member of Clayton Avenue Baptis Church where he was chairman of the deacon board, choir director and a former sunday school superintendent.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force and a son of Maude Johnson Calloway and the late William Marion Calloway.
Surviving in addition to his Mother are his wife, Margaret Evelyn Cassida Calloway; a daughter, Cynthia Elaine Calloway of the home; two sisters, Mabel Robinson of Leicester, and Mae Taylor of High Point; and a brother, Hershel Everett Calloway of Asheville.
Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home with Rev. T. A. Holder officiating and burial will be in the Vance Cemetery.
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