Junius Lee "Pap" Sales
September 9, 1913 ~ January 15, 2005
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Junius Lee “Pap” Sales, Sr., 91, of 24 Sales Farm Drive, died peacefully at his home on Saturday, January 15, 2005.
Mr. Sales was a native and life-long resident of Buncombe County. He was a well known farmer of the Reynolds Community. He was a charter member of the Board of Directors of the Reynolds Volunteer Fire Department. He was a member of Oakley United Methodist Church and a member of the greater Reynolds Lions Club.
He was a son of the late Ervin June and Minnie Wallen Sales and was also preceded in death by his beloved wife of 65 years, Annie Hughes Sales. In addition to his farming, he and Mrs. Sales enjoyed traveling together and had visited 49 states, Mexico and most of the provinces of Canada.
He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law Junius Lee “Bud” and Aretha Sales; his daughter and son-in-law, Peggy and J.D. Whisnant; four grandchildren, Vicki Hickcox and her husband Jeff of Atlanta, GA, Keila Briggs and her husband Blaine, Richard Sales and his wife Shelly, and Michael Edwards and his wife Kerrie; two step-grandchildren, Dana Hoots and her husband Tony and James Whisnant of Chapel Hill; eight great-grandchildren, Brittany and Lauren Hickcox, Annlei and Ivy Briggs, Nathan and Laurel Sales and Logan and Lindsey Edwards; and one step-great-grandson, Nathan Whisnant.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, at Oakley United Methodist Church with the Revs. Donald A. Newman and Bobby Smith officiating. Burial will be in Gashes Creek Cemetery. Pallbearers will be firefighters from the Reynolds VFD.
His family will receive friends from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Monday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue.
The family express sincere appreciation for the dedicated care and assistance provided by the Reynolds VFD, VHP, and Mountain Area Hospice.
Memorials may be made to Oakley United Methodist Church, 607 Fairview Road, Asheville, NC 28803, or to the J.L. and Annie Sales Scholarship Fund (for deserving students at A.C. Reynolds High School), in care of the Greater Reynolds Lions Club, 393 Newfound Road, Leicester, NC 28748.
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Dear Bud and family,I had written you but the message had not been sent. That was my mistake.Bud, it was nice to see you and your precious wife at Angelos and get to talk to you.I didn’t know you knew so much history of the Sales family.I loved your dad and mom as well as all your family.You and your family have made a great impact on this area, and we give God the praise for that.May God continue to bless the Sales family.In Christ’s Love Ray Woodby
Dear Bud and family,I had written you but the message had not been sent. That was my mistake.Bud, it was nice to see you and your precious wife at Angelos and get to talk to you.I didn’t know you knew so much history of the Sales family.I loved your dad and mom as well as all your family.You and your family have made a great impact on this area, and we give God the praise for that.May God continue to bless the Sales family.In Christ’s Love Ray Woodby
Bud, we are so sorry to hear of your father’s passing. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. We are here if you need anything at all.
Bud,Peggy and family, please know you are in my prayers.
Peggy and JL
My thoughts and prayers are with you. I remember your Dad as a kind and gracious man.
John
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all in your time of sorrow. Pap was a very kind man.
To the Sale’s Family You are in our thoughts and prayers. Coy,Colleen and Dawn Calhoun
Bud:
I had the greatest respect for your father. I best remember him as a man of few words, but his words were of value when spoken.
Please accept my personal condolences and those of the FSA family.
We share your sorrow in the loss of your beloved father.
I am so sorry to hear about the passing of your dad. I was checking the obituaries from the Citizens-times..and noticed your dad’s name listed. Please know that I am praying for you and the family..
Dear Bud,Aretha,Keila,and Richard,
Your family is in my thoughts and prayers. Mr. and Mrs. Sales were so kind to me as a child. Those were wonderful carefree days when Keila, little Richard and I played on the farm…oh, what great memories those are! You all are so dear to me.
Love always,
Lisa
Bud and Family,
My thoughts and prayers are with your family during this time of loss. Please accept my apologies that I could not make the visitation last evening due to a meeting here at work. I’ll be in contact in a few days.
Kenneth
Bud and Family, My thoughts and prayers are with you. Sorry, to hear of the great loss in your family.