Virginia Goldsmith Thornton Hyde

Asheville~Virginia Goldsmith Thornton Hyde, 89, died Friday, May 27, 2011 at the John F. Keever Solace Center. A native of Buncombe County, she was daughter of the late Riley Benjamin and Christine Justice Goldsmith. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Hyde and by a brother, Charles H. Goldsmith. Mrs. Hyde retired at the age of eighty with Winn Dixie and was a member of Biltmore Baptist Church for over sixty years where she was a teacher and a member of the Homemaker's Class and dearly loved the ladies in that class. She was also a member of the Buncombe County Genealogy Society. Surviving is a daughter, Anne Wood and her husband, Jim of Boones Mill, VA.; a son, James Donald Thornton of Siler City; two grandchildren, Dale Wood and Pamela Brown and four great-grandchildren, Leah and Riley Wood and Madison and Hunter Brown; a niece, Leisa Simon and two nephews, Warren and Barry Goldsmith. A memorial service for Virginia will be held 2:00p.m. Saturday, May 28, 2011 in the chapel at Shepherd Memorial Park Cemetery with Larry Marshall officiating. The family will receive friends following the service at Naples Baptist Church on Rugby Road next to the cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Care Partners Hospice Foundation, P.O. Box 25338 Asheville, N.C. 28803. The family would like to express a special thanks to the doctors, nurses, and staff of the 7th floor Progressive Unit of Mission Hospital and also to the staff of John F. Keever Solace Center for the care given to Virginia.