Naomi (Oma) Proffitt

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April 27, 1918 ~ December 24, 2001


Resided in: Asheville, NC

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Naomie (Oma) Proffitt, 83, of 258 Stradley Mountain Road, Asheville, died Monday, December 24, 2001, in the VA Medical Center. Miss Proffitt was born in Yancey County and was a daughter of the late Milton Benjamin and Donnie Florence Rice Proffitt. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Delia Huntley and Mary Arrwood and a brother Wesley Proffitt. She was the first Woman Marine from North Carolina and served in the US Marine Corps during WW II and the Korean Conflict before retiring as a Master Sergeant. She was a member of the Marine Corps League, the Fleet Reserve, the American Legion, the Moose Club and the Women Marine Association. She was also a member of the South Buncombe Baptist Church. She is survived by one sister, Florence Williams of Baltimore, MD. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Saturday in the Patton Avenue Chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Barry Fisher officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Asheville High School Marine JROTC Unit at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Her family will receive friends 7 - 8:30 pm Friday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue.

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  1. Naomie was a very sweet,lovely, gracious friend,and christian sister. We loved her very much.
    The Carter’s

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  2. I know Naomi from childhood when I attended Bent Creek Baptist church. She knew my grandmother, Mary Ellen Faulkner, and my childhood babysitter Marion Blankenship. My sister and I used to love going to her little house on Stradley Mtn whenever Grandma wanted to visit. She could tell the most wonderful stories! Through the years I lost touch with her, the lady my parents, Bruce and Ruby Faulkner, called ‘Sarg.’ To learn of her death saddens me but she gave me lovely childhood memories.

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  3. Naomie will be missed in our Western North Carolina Women’s Veterans Association.She was a faithful member.

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  5. What a personality to be leaving this world! She was always full of laughter and enjoyed life to the fullest. I only wish I had had the opportunity to be around her more. She will be remembered very fondly.

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