Gloria Lunsford Lange

Gloria Azalea Lunsford Lange, of Asheville, NC, died on June 2, 2013, at the John F. Keever Solace Center Hospice after a brief illness. A native of Cranberry, NC, she was born January 17, 1924, the seventh of nine children born to Blackwell and Emma Chauvin Lunsford. She married John Hudson Lange in 1964 and resided at their home on Marlow Drive until his death in 1999. During their marriage they were members of The Basilica of St. Lawrence where she was active with the Altar Guild. After her husband's death she moved to Pine Park Retirement Inn, Hendersonville, NC, where she made many new friends and attended Immaculate Conception Church. Gloria was preceded in death by her parents, Blackwell and Emma, siblings, John, Kiffin, James, Sister Ethel Lunsford, R.C.E., Chauvin, and Mary. She is survived by her cherished sisters, Catherine Lunsford Kirwan of West Simsbury, Connecticut and Lyall Lunsford Poole of Greenville, South Carolina as well as many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, great-great-nieces and nephews and more than fifty God-Children. She lived a long and graceful life, filled with love and abiding trust in her faith. In the end, she left this world in peace. A Funeral Mass will be held at the Basilica of St. Lawrence, DM, on Thursday, June 6 at 10:00 AM, celebrated by the Rev.Fr. C. Morris Boyd, D.Min. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be at Groce Funeral Home, Patton Avenue, Wednesday evening, June 5 from 6-8 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Basilica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St., Asheville, NC 28801, or to CarePartners Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.