Lura Earwood Waites
May 11, 1934 ~ July 30, 2005
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
Asheville – Lura Earwood Waites of Charland Forest, died Saturday, July 30, 2005.
A native of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Sally Harrison Earwood and was also preceded in death by a daughter, Elaine Mease in 2002.
She was a member of Emmas Grove Baptist Church and retired in 2002 from ITT Teves Automotive.
Mrs. Waites is survived by two sons, William H. Head, III and his wife Deborah, of Ft Mill, SC and Will Waites of Asheville; a sister, Alice Lewis, and her husband Sanford, of Asheville; two grandchildren, Robert Mease, and his wife Stephanie, of Fayetteville, NC and Dawn Nicole Head of Ft. Mill. She is also survived by a niece, Vickie Sprung, and her husband Jim, of Fletcher and a nephew, Rodney Lewis and his wife Dorothy, of Clayton, Indiana.
A memorial service will be held at 6 pm Thursday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian conducted by the Rev. Donnie Chapman. The family will receive friends following the service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Mountain Area Hospice Foundation, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813 or to the American Heart Assn., 3535 Pelham Road, Suite 101, Greenville, SC 29615.
To Lura’s family — God bless you in your bereavement. I worked with Lura at Continental Teves in Asheville. She was a beautiful lady. So sorry to hear of her passing. We shared many conversations on the assembly line. I enjoyed knowing her.
My heart goes out to Lura’s family. She was a good person to work with and I enjoyed my time with her at ITT. We shared alot of stories about her Dad who delivered our newspaper when I lived in Fairview many years ago. My thoughts and prayers are with each of you.
May God bless you & your family. Our thoughts & prayers are with you.
God Bless.
your family is in my thoughs!
William, Debbie and Dawn–
My love and thoughts are with you.
Mother
Alice, Sanford Lewis and Waites
Family.
Remembering our friends
May God Bless
Just wanted you to know how deeply sorry I am for the loss of Lura. She was a wonderful and kind person and I was blessed to have come to know her. I am praying for you and know that I am here for you if you need me.
I love you,
Ann
Just a note to say that I will miss Lura. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers. Sorry that Dad, Lisa, and I will not be able to attend the funeral, but we did want to express our sympathy and love to all of you. Remember that loved ones are always in our hearts. Take care. Sandy
DEBBIE AND WILL— ARE THOUGHT’S AND PRAYER’S ARE WITH YOU IN THIS TIME OF SORROW.
Rodney, Dorothy, Megan and Patrick would like to send the Waites family our condolonces and that we are sorry we cannot attend lura:s funeral tonight . I will always remember Lura for being so supportive to rod and i when our first son Scott was killed in sept 95 Lura and Elaine travelled all the way to our home town in newport n.c. i will always remember her kindess to us both on that day. Thinking off you all love Rodney, Dorothy, Megan and Patrick Lewis
William, I remember loving Lura’s laugh and sharing her sense of humor. I’m sorry you are experiencing her loss so soon after Elaine, Daddy and Jay leaving us. I know her love and vibrancy are blooming with those we love in God’s grace, and I believe she’s there for you whenever you need her. Love, Holly
Will,
We are thinking about you and praying for your family.
The Belgard Folks
My heart goes out to Lura family. I work with Lura at Continental Teves, she was a joy to work around and know. She was Love by everyone she came in contact with and I want you to know she is a wonderful person. God Bless you guys.
It was our pleasure to know Lura for many years. She will surely be missed. Our deepest sympathy.