James Rowland Presley

James Rowland Presley, 84, of 36 Hazelwood Street, Asheville, died Thursday, April 22, 2004, at Universal Health Care. A native of Henderson County, he was a son of the late George A. and Mamie Mae McCraw Presley and was also preceded in death by two grandsons, Pat Gatewood who died in 1994 and Michael Maphis who died in 2000. He was retired from Sears where he worked as a carpenter and was a US Army veteran of WWII. He was also a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Myrtle Bailey Presley; a daughter, Patricia Pendergast and her husband Jim of Hagerstown, MD; two sons, James R. Presley, Jr. and Sherrill Presley and his wife Janice, all of Washington, DC; two sisters, Ann Moore and Betty Robinson of Fletcher; a brother, Bill Presley of Fletcher; six grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Sunday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Reverend Wayne Sorrells officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. His family will recieve friends from 6:00-8:00 pm Saturday at the funeral home and request that memorials be made to Four Seasons Hospice, PO Box 2395, Hendersonville, NC 28793.