Edith Virginia Letterman

Edith Virginia Henson Letterman, 80, of 22 Hemlock Drive, Asheville, died Sunday, October 13, 2002, at the Hospice Solace Center. Mrs. Letterman was a native of Buncombe County and was a daughter of the late Tom T. and Callie Morgan Henson. She was preceded in death by her husband William “Bill” Letterman who died in 1989. She was a member of New Morgan Hill Baptist Church. She is survived by four daughters, Phyllis Roberson, Linda Breedlove, Billie Oliver, and Tommie Kay Richardson all of Asheville; two sons, Jack Letterman of Asheville and James Griffin of Commerce, GA; one sister, Kate Watson of Candler; two brothers, Lewis “Pete” Henson of Marion and Wilburn “Buster” Henson of Candler; sixteen grandchildren, thirty-four great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Wednesday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Revs. Robert E. Harris and Ray Woodby officiating. Burial will be at New Morgan Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Tuesday at the funeral home and request that memorials be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.