Velva M. Luther

Velva Metcalf Luther, 93, of 22 Karen Place, Asheville, died Saturday, December 24, 2005, at St. Joseph Hospital. Mrs. Luther was born in Buncombe County and was a daughter of the late Tildon Jerome and Ora Lee Ball Metcalf. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Luther who died in October, 2003, six brothers, William, Jeff, Paul, George, Roy and Max Metcalf, and two grandchildren, Robert Bryan Waldrop and Debra Marie Hensley. Mrs. Luther worked as a nursing assistant at Memorial Mission Hospital and in private duty, and she was a member of Starnes Cove Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Betty A. Waldrop and her husband, Tony, of Asheville and Linda Raines and her husband, Jim, of Arden; two sons, James B. Luther and his wife, Gaylyn, of Warner Robins, GA and Frank A. Luther and his wife Mamie of Linville; eleven grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Louise Whiteside of Asheville and Flossie Faye Prince of Fletcher; and a brother Charles Metcalf and his wife, Alma, of Candler. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday at Starnes Cove Baptist Church with the Rev. Charlie Sams officiating. Burial will be at Ashelawn Gardens. Her grandsons will be pallbearers. Her family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service and at other times will be at 22 Karen Place, Asheville. Memorials may be made to the Benevolence Fund, Starnes Cove Baptist Church, 149 Starnes Cove Road, Asheville, NC 28806.