Emma DeNeale Kiser

Emma DeNeale Owen Kiser , 92, of Candler died on her birthday, November 18, 2004, at Pisgah Manor Nursing Home. She was born in 1912 to Jesse Harrison Owen and Emma Louise Alexander Owen in Salisbury, NC. Following graduation from Boyden High School in Salisbury, she entered and graduated from Mission School of Nursing in Asheville in 1933. She married John Ralph Kiser, Sr., of Asheville. She left her nursing career to live and work on the family farm in Candler. She resided all of her adult life at 169 Dogwood Road in Candler where she was a stay at home mother and worked on the “Kiser Farm”. She was an active member in the community, Buncombe County Extension Club, and church where she served as Sunday School teacher for many years and was very active in the missions organizations and church training. Her life was dedicated to her husband, children, ten grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Mrs. Kiser is preceded in death by her husband, John, and two sons, Anthony Alexander and Samuel Stephen. Surviving are her son, John Ralph Kiser Jr. and his wife, Elaine of Asheville, and three daughters, Elaine Easter and her husband, Ray, Sandra Johnson and her husband, Joe, all of Candler and Patricia Kirby and her husband, Charles of Hendersonville; ten grandchildren, Tim Easter, Laura Lawrence, Kevin Kiser, Brent Kiser, Nathan Johnson, Kristen Dominguez, Jesse Kirby, Emily Kirby, Kimberly Kiser and John Stephen Kiser and four great-grandchildren, Emma Grace Kiser, Kaemon Oliver Dominguez, Caroline Lenora Kiser and a baby to be born in December. She is also survived by two brothers, Douglas Owen of Mason, OH and J.H. Owen of Spencer, NC and a sister, Hazel Mayhew, of Statesville, NC. Services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday, November 20, at Liberty Baptist Church, Monte Vista Road, Candler. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the church with the Revs.Charles Cobb, Gene King and Frank Hopkins officiating. Burial will follow at Hice Hill Cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to the mission offerings at Liberty Baptist Church 875 Monte Vista Road Candler, NC 28715 or Hice Hill Cemetery c/o Sandra Johnson 145 Dogwood Road, Candler, NC 28715.