Wilma Gordon Lindsey

Wilma Gordon Lindsey, 88, died Tuesday, June 14, 2022.

A native of Buncombe County, Wilma was the daughter of the late Richmond Pearson Gordon and Pearl Webb Gordon.

Mrs. Lindsey was born in and spent her life in Asheville. She was a 1952 graduate of Lee Edwards High School and attended Asheville Biltmore College. She began a career at Asheville Federal Savings and Loan (Asheville Savings Bank) in 1958 and retired after 33 years in 1994. She was a life-long member of Calvary Baptist Church, enrolling in the Cradle Roll in 1935. She was a faithful member her entire life attending Sunday School & worship, singing in the choir for decades, serving on numerous committees, and going on several mission trips including one to Alaska in 1995.

She and her family loved to travel and in 1982, Wilma and her late husband of sixty-two years, George W. Lindsey, bought their first motorhome and travel intensified to include cross-continental motor-homing which continued well into retirement to the far corners of the United States and Canada. Other interests included sewing, music, pets, and spending time with family and friends.

Surviving are her sons, Timothy W. Lindsey, and Philip T. Lindsey and wife Jennifer Roller Lindsey, and granddaughter, Lauren Anne Lindsey.

The family would like to acknowledge and thank the wonderful staff of Heather Glen at Ardenwoods, and CarePartners Hospice for their excellent care and compassion.

Funeral services for Mrs. Lindsey will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, June 17, in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home, with Rev. Butch Stillwell officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 1498 Sand Hill Road, Candler, NC.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Per the families request, masks will be required.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 531 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806.