Edna Creasman Lance

Edna Harriett Creasman Lance, 97, of 23 Stormy Ridge Drive, Asheville, died Thursday, December 5, 2002, in an Asheville hospital. Mrs. Lance was born in Buncombe County and was a daughter of the late William Ernest and Grace Carland Creasman. She was also preceded in death in 1977 by her husband, William S. Lance, to whom she had been married for 50 years; two sisters, Mary Sue Early and Agnes Nichols, and three brothers, Hugh, William (Bill), and Harold Creasman. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Herman W. and Catherine Lance and Harold L. and Mary Tom Lance, all of Asheville; one brother, Ralph Creasman of Asheville; four grandchildren, Janice Daniels of Asheville, Gary Lance of Atlanta, and Bob Lance and Ken Lance of Asheville; six great-grandchildren, ten great-great-grandchildren and a number of step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 11:00 am Saturday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with the Rev. John D. Erwin officiating. Her family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Friday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue and they wish to extend special appreciation to the doctors and nurses at St. Joseph Hospital and to the staff of The Oaks at Sweeten Creek. Flowers will be accepted and appreciated or memorials may be made to one’s favorite charity.