Inez Bean Matheson

Inez Bean Matheson, 84, formerly of 30 Wildwood Acres, Asheville and currently of Givens Estates, died Thursday, February 14, 2002. A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Thomas M. and Dora Revis Bean. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Frank Grayson Matheson who died in 1995 and by four brothers. She was a past president of the Pilot Club of Asheville and was a member of the Forever Young Singers and the Truth Seekers Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church where she was a member. Mrs. Matheson was a graduate of Biltmore High School. She worked for JC Penney for a number of years and then with the National Climatic Data Center. She and her husband ran a candy making business, Kitchen of Inez, and she taught candy making at AB Tech. Survivors include two daughters, Kay Alston and her husband Paul of Greenville, NC, their son Rodney and his wife Susan and Dorothy Goulas and her husband Coe of Asheville, their children, Stephen Goulas and his wife Christy and Shelley Stowe and her husband Lee; a son, David Matheson and his wife Cathy of Asheville and their sons, Zachary and Jonathan. Funeral services will be 2:30 pm Sunday at First Baptist Church with the Reverend Guy Sayles officiating. Burial will follow at Green Hills Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the church. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Music Department, 5 Oak Street, Asheville, NC 28801.