Sara Ruth Duncan

April 10, 1920 ~ July 5, 2018
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Sara Ruth Stokes Duncan passed away peacefully Thursday, July 5, 2018.
Always full of love and with a smile for all she met, her joyous presence will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Regardless of what was going on around her, she always faced life with boundless optimism and an eternal good humor.
Born in Florence, SC, she was the daughter of the late Edwin Benjamin and Jennie Mae Hicks Stokes. She was married to David A. Duncan, who died in 1994, and to Cecil Mitchell who died in 2010, and was also preceded in death by her daughter, Sandra Jean Thompson of Austin, TX, her sister, Eloise Gault and brother, Robert Stokes.
Mrs. Duncan retired as a customer service rep with Southern Bell and then worked part-time at Memorial Mission Hospital. She volunteered at Hospice, Habitat for Humanity and Meals on Wheels. She was past President of the Asheville Council of Telephone Pioneers. She was a member of First Baptist Church for more than 95 years and the Good Shepherd Sunday School Class.
She is survived by grandchildren, Joy Martin and husband, Nick, Scott Thompson and wife Ana and Christopher Thompson and wife Suzanne; brother Ed Stokes (Betty); step-daughters, Pam Bustin, Laura Harbison, and Donna Morrow (Tom); step-son David Mitchell; great-grandchildren, Sara Ruth and David Thompson and Clementine Martin who were her pride and joy; 7 step grandchildren, 5 step great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and treasured friends, especially Allen and Judy Wolf who she loved as children.
Funeral services will be in the Chapel of First Baptist Church on Tuesday, July 10 at 11 AM with the Rev. David Blackmon officiating. Friends and family will be received at 10 AM. Burial will follow at Lewis Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 5 Oak Street, Asheville, NC 28801, or to CarePartners Hospice, PO Box 25388, Asheville, NC 28813.
Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue is assisting the family.
One of thw sweetest people I ever knew Sars was a genuine friend loved working in the Telephone pioneers with her will miss her
Love you my sweet Friend.
Knowing Sara and watching her live out her faith, love of life, family and friends challenged me to be a better person. When I told our granddaughter my goal was to be like Sara, she rolled her eyes and said ‘Really Nana? There is only one Miss Sara.’ I have to agree. I have never met another person like her.
SURE WILL MISS HER JOYFULLNESS WHEN I WOULD SEE HER AT TAN &. CURL….I KNOW SHE ILL BE MISSED….R.I.P.
Heaven has another great angel ,
Ruth was a wonderful lady. She and David were our friends as fellow Lake Lure residents. May she rest in peace.
Sara was probably the sweetest and kindest person to walk the face of the earth. I know the angels are rejoicing to have her home with them. I know she will be a blessing to all she meets in heaven as she was to all of us who knew her here on earth! God bless you Sara, we will miss you!
Judy Wolf and I thought Sara was sooooo fake. We thought nobody could be that sweet and nice all the time. But as time went by, we had to eat crow. Sara was an angel in disguise. There was nothing fake about her. She truly was that sweet and nice all the time. I will miss her.
My Father (Ed Gault) will now be with his ‘Aunt Ruthie’…
I am deeply saddened by the loss that you and your family have encountered. My deepest condolences to the family.
I know the Angels in Heaven will rejoice when Sara arrives there amongst them. I always heard at Southern Bell was that Sara Duncan was the nicest
and sweetest Lady to deal with and in my dealings with Service Rep’s I
always asked for her if possible. She certainly lived up to her reputation.