James B. Patelidas

James B. Patelidas, 71, of Candler, died Saturday, February 2, 2013, at the VA Medical Center following a period of declining health. Mr. Patelidas was a native of Asheville and was preceded in death by his parents, Spiro and Ella Bogle Patelidas and a sister, Jane McJunkin. Jim was educated in the Asheville city schools and graduated from Lee H. Edwards High School and Warren Wilson College with a degree in Social Work. He was an Army veteran, stationed at the Presidio in San Francisco, CA, and was the owner of Wagon Wheel Antiques on Main Street, Hendersonville (later relocated to Maggie Valley). He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church which he joined at the age of five, along with his brothers and sisters in 1946. Surviving are his sisters and brothers, Mary P. Mann (Paul), Joe Patelidas, Katherine P. Frazier (Opie), William J. Patelidas (Pat), Thomas H. Patelidas (Mary Ann) and Judy B. Morris; many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Green Hills Cemetery with the Rev. Rodney H. Hagans, Jr., officiating. The family will receive friends at the cemetery following the service. Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church Fuel Fund, 587 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806. Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue is assisting the family.