James T. L. Ryan
September 5, 1934 ~ April 1, 2017
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Asheville, NC – James Thomas Lee Ryan, 82, passed away Saturday, April 1, 2017.
A native of New York, he was the son of the late John Joseph Ryan and Marion Lee Ryan. Mr. Ryan was a graduate of the Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut and received a BA Degree in Business Administration from St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. He served in the U.S. Army and returned to work with the J.P. Stevens & Co. in Greensboro, NC and New York. He then began a long career with the Marine Midland Bank in New York, serving as a Systems and Research Officer.
Mr. Ryan was a former member of the Rockaway Hunting Club (Lawrence, L.I.), Racquet & Tennis Club (New York), Lawrence Beach Club (Lawrence, L.I.), the Cedarhurst Yacht Club (Lawrence, L.I.) and the Biltmore Forest Country Club (Biltmore Forest, NC).
Mr. Ryan is survived by his sister, Mary Ryan Cecil; his brother, John J. Ryan, III and a number of nieces and nephews.
A funeral service is planned for 12:00 noon, Friday, May 5, 2017 in the chapel of the Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Black Mountain, NC.
Military honors will be provided by the North Carolina National Guard Funeral Honors Team.
Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is assisting the family.
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He’s in a better place
Condolences to his family from Shawn Ryan and her family,
Dawn, Ryan, Alexis and Alia.
Jim was a kind and gentle soul. Grateful for the opportunity to know him in his last years at Deerfield.
Jimmy is greatly missed and was such a dear friend to my mother, Rosemary Wehmeier. I have such fond memories of his corny cute jokes and his sweet personality. We think of him often.