William Carroll Metcalf
June 24, 1929 ~ February 13, 2005
Resided in:
Candler, NC
William Carroll “Bill” Metcalf, 75, of 23 Holbrook Road, Candler, died Sunday, February 13, 2005, at St. Joseph Hospital.
Mr. Metcalf was born in Haywood County and was the son of the late Nora Metcalf Shuler and step-son of the late Harley Shuler. He was also preceded in death by a sister Rebecca Mehaffey. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and was retired from American Enka Corporation. More recently he worked with Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries. Mr. Metcalf was a member of Oak Hill United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Ellene Chambers Metcalf; two daughters, Debbie Miller and her husband Dennis and Carolyn Jaynes and her husband Joe, all of Candler; two sons, Randy Metcalf of Burlington and Dr. Ronnie Metcalf of Asheville; and seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, all of whom he passionately loved.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Revs. Wes Austin and Charlie Sams officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Buncombe County Veterans Council at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
His family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service and request that memorials be made to the Memory Assessment Clinic and Elder Care Resource Program, 2360 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28803.
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Ellene and Family:
You are in our thoughts and prayers today with the passing of your loved one. We will continue to remember you, and please know that we are here for you if you need us.
Love,
Robert and Leta Dover
Dear Ellene and Family:
We were neighbors for many years and I enjoy your friendship.
I send a note of sympathy to let you know that….
SOMEWHERE UP IN HEAVEN
A SYMPHONY IS PLAYING
SONGS OF SWEET REMEMBRANCE
AND ANGELS GENTLY PRAYING…
IT’S BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL THERE,
A MELODY OF GRACE,
YOUR LOVED ONE’S HOME AT REST,
SAFE IN GOD’S EMBRACE.
My love and blessings,
As always,
Jimmie Dean Parris
I was so sorry to hear of your loss and just wanted to let you know that your family is in my thoughts and prayers. May you feel God’s comfort at this time.
To the entire family we send our sympathy.
Paul and Rubye Huskey Harkins
Dear Debbie and family,
We were very sorry to hear about your loss. We are thinking about you and will remember all of you in our prayers. Please let us know if we can help in any way.
You are in our thoughts and prayers
Ellene and family,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this time.
Karen and Richard McCracken
All of you are in my prayers! I love you all and pray that God gives you comfort by His sweet Holy Spirit!
So sorry to hear about the loss of such a wonderful man. Terry has so many fond memories of Bill and we feel he will be greatly missed. Just keep in mind he is at peace and will no longer be suffering. May God continue to bless each of you! Phil. 4:6 ‘Do not be anxious about anything, but everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.’ He is there always and will be there forever…Love to you all! If we can help with anything, please let us know.
My deepest sympathy for your loss.
Please accept my deepest sympathy for your loss. Bill will be greatly missed by all.
God bless you.
Bill Looney
Your family is such a part of my youth. Carolyn, always so beautiful, Randy, Cute as a button, Debbie, a little after my time, and Ronnie, still as sweet as the day you were born. Eilene, I have such warm and wonderful thoughts of you, and hope you are blessed for all you have done for others. Our prayers are with you during your time of mourning for Bill. God’s grace to you and your family,,,,
This man is and was a giant to me. Even now that I am 30 he’s still the biggest man I have known. He introduced me to a simple thing that not many people have the privilage of understanding….how to relax. Those trips to the lake were my saving grace. There were only a handful of people in this world I trust, and now I have lost the best one of all. But know this I will personally never forget him, and I promise my children never will either! That is the only way I can make him immortal. And if anyone really new him I will have quite the tasks to fulfill!! So in conclusion He is and was my fantastic PaPaw Bill and fishing at Lake Douglas will never be the same, but I’ll go there just like he would have wanted me to do. I will live my life in a way that would make him happy, this is the only thing that keeps me from crying all day. He wouldn’t like that. So Good Journey and Blessed be. We will all meet again someday. I Will love you forever and like you for always as long as I’m living my PaPaw you’ll be. Rest in peace you deserve it! Your loving first grandaughter and Sandy and sweet Abigail he loved so much.