Area Deaths And Funerals
Roy Cantrell
Funeral services were held
Saturday for Roy Lee Cantrell
of Walnut who died May 5 in
the Asheville VA Medical
Center at the age of 71.
Services were held in the
Walnut Missionary Baptist
Church with the Rev. Jimmy
Buckner officiating. Burial
was conducted in the Walnut
Cemetery.
A lifelong resident of
Madison County, he was the
son of the late William and
Nola Wallin Cantrell. Mr. Can
trell was a retired farmer and
lumberman. He was also a
veteran of the U.S. Army in
World War II and a member of
the American Legion Post in
Marshall.
Mr. Cantrell is survived by
his wife, Lucille Sawyer Can
trell; a son, Ray Cantrell of
Marshall; a daughter, Ruth
Ann Peek of Weaverville;
three brothers, Carl Cantrell
of Walnut, Geter Cantrell of
Alexander and Howard Can
trell of Lincoln Park, Mich.;
four sisters, Nora Sawyer and
Rose Green of Alexander,
Frances Ramsey of Taylor,
Mich, and Edith Latrell of
Ohio; and two grandchildren.
W. Burnis
Buckner
Funeral services were held
Friday for W. Burnis Buckner
of Weaverville who died April
2 at the age of 59.
Services were held in the
Weaverville Baptist Church,
of which he was a former
deacon, with the Rev. Leroy
Denton officiating.
A native of Buncombe Coun
ty, he was a veteran of the
Ui. Army in World War II. He
was the son of the late William
R. and Atlas Brigman
Buckner. He was retired from
Conrad Industries and was a
carpenter and farmer.
Mr. Buckner is survived by
his wife, Kathleen Roberts
Buckner; a daughter, Dianne
B. Ottwell of Stone Mountain,
Ga.; a son, David Buckner of
Covington, Ga.; three sisters.
Alma Sexton and Lucille Keys
of Asheville and Lois Jean
Carden of Waynesville; and a
brother, Stanley Buckner of
Weaverville.
Dock Bryant
Funeral services were held
Friday for Dock Bryant of
Reems Creek Rd. who died
May 1 in an Asheville hospital
at the age of 70.
Services were held in the
chapel of the Williams
Funeral Service with the
Revs. Fate Kirsten and James
Lee officiating. Burial was
conducted in the Laurel Spr
ings Baptist Church.
A native of Buncombe Coun
ty, he was the son of the late
Johnny and Magie Shope
Bryant. He was a retired
employee of Drexel Furniture
Co.
He is survived by his wife,
Myrtle Lynn Bryant; B
daughter, Mary Jane Flores of
the home; four sons. Dock
Bryant, Jr. of Chicago, Leroy
Bryant of Asheville, Clay
Bryant of Black Mountain and
Frank Bryant of Weaverville;
two * liter*, Lena Pender of
Asheviiie and Zella Bryant of
Baltimore; eight grand
children and two great
grandchildren.
Clinton Fender
Funeral services were held
Sunday for Clinton Fender of
Marion who died May 5 in the
Mountain Home VA Medical
Center at the age of 78.
Services were held in the
chapel of the McCall-Kirksey
Funeral Home with Earl Wood
and the Rev. Doug Worley of
ficiating. Burial was con
ducted in the McDowell
Memorial Park with the
American Legion Post N. 56
and the Arrowood VFW Post
No. 4208 conducting military
graveside rites.
A native of Madison County,
he was the son of the late W.A.
and Elzie Cuthberson Fender
He was a veteran of the U.S.
Army in World War II and was
retired from the East Martion
Manufacturing Co.
He is survived by two
brothers, Kermit Fender of
Marion and J.D. Fender of
Dysartsville; a sister, Mrs
Floyd Bruner of Marion; and
a number of nieces and
nephews.
Ethel Biggs
Funeral services were held
this afternoon for Ethel Stines
Biggs of Weaverville who died
Sunday at the age of 62.
Services were held in the
chapel of the West Funeral
Home in Weaverville with the
Rev. Loonie Crawford of
ficiating. Burial was con
ducted in the Penland
Cemetery.
A native of Madison County,
she was the daughter of the
late Hilliard and Essie Cody
Stines.
She is survived by her hus
band, James Biggs; two sons,
Clarence and Larry Biggs of
the home; and four brothers,
Gilbert Stines of Greenville,
S.C., Verlon Stines of Detroit,
Eugene Stines of Black Moun
tain and Howard Stines of Bar
nardsville.
Jackie Laws
Funeral services were held
Monday for Jackie Lynn Laws
of Marshall who died Saturday
morning from injuries sus
tained in a motorcycle acci
dent. Mr. Laws was 37 years
old.
Services were held in the
chapel of the Bowman
Funeral Home in Marshall
with the Revs. G.A. McCurry
and Ralph Sexton officiating.
Burial was conducted in the
Madison Seminary Cemetery.
A native of Buncombe Coun
ty, he was a resident of
Madison County for the past
seven years. Mr. Laws was a
veteran of the U.S. Marine
Corps and served in the Viet
nam War. He was employed
as a truckdriver for Reco
Transportation in Asheville.
He is survived by his wife
Frances McLean Laws; a son,
Timothy Lynn Laws of the
home; and his mother. Hazel
Rogers Moore of Asheville.
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FRESH PRODUCE
Sedimentation Pollution
Control Is Necessary
North Carolina is losing ap
proximately 80 million tons or
soil through erosion each year
and much of this soil is finding
its way into our creeks and
streams, causing our water
quality to decline. According
to Penn Dameron, chairman
of the Western North Carolina
Tomorrow committee on
natural resources, the moun
tain region is twice cursed by
erosion and sedimentation,
"Not only must we watch our
soil vanish into our creeks and
rivers, we must also watch as
these very creeks and rivers,
which we cherish, gradually
become overburdened with
mud."
Speaking at a conference on
water quality and growth held
April 25 at Lake Junaluska,
Dameron added, "They lose
their clarity; they lose their
ability to support certain
forms of life; they lose their
value as sources of clean
water; and eventually, as they
become silted in, they lose
their capacity to carry away
flood waters and the ponds
and lakes which they supply
lose their value as recrea
tional areas."
The meeting, which was at
tended by local and state
leaders, members of county
and town planning boards,
county officials, and regional
and state agencies, provided a
forum for the discussion of
recommendations drawn up
by a special WNCT task force
on sedimentation and approv
ed at the April meeting of the
17-county regional leadership
council.
Dameron said that the task
force identified the primary
threat to the region's water
quality as "poorly designed
and sited subdivision develop
ment."
During 1983, the state issued
69 citations to offenders caus
ing damage on other peoples'
property in western North
Carolina. Of these, 47 had not
submitted an erosion control
plan. Such a plan is required
by law. Dameron stated,
"These offenders are only
those who were caught , .
they represent only a fraction
of those who are despoiling
our waters. This is a serious
indictment of so-called 'volun
tary compliance' with our ex
isting Sedimentation Pollution
Control Act."
Those attending the con
ference seemed to approve the
recommendations from the
WNCT task force which in
cluded changing the Sedimen
tation Control Act to require
approval of erosion plans. As
things stand now, the state
cannot act to prevent damage,
but must wait until the
damage has been done an then
step in to try to get it cor
rected.
Another problem is inade
quate personnel to enforce the
law. Recommendations in
cluded strengthening the N.C.
Department of Natural
Resource and Community j
Development.
The current Sedimentation
Control Act requires that
three standards be set for
developments disturbing
more than one acre of land:
? an erosion plan must be
filed.
? a buffer zone must be
maintained to prevent silt
from washing onto nearby
?and.
? for a cut and filled slopes,
a permanent ground cover or
some other means to prevent
water run-off must be in place
within 30 days after the com
pletion of the construction.
Task force recommenda
tions include requiring a per
formance bond for large-scale
developers. Chris Windham
explained that an out-of-state
firm can buy land, put in a
poorly designed and con
structed road, sell off a cer
tain percentage of the lots, all
the while funneling funds into
another company When con
fronted by a court order to rec
tify damages to surrounding
land and to water courses, the
firm may simply point to a
lack of remaining funds and
threaten to declare bankrupt
cy. Posting a bond would en
sure that at least some funds
would be held in escrow until
the project is completed, and
if excessive damage occurs,
these funds can be tapped to
correct the situation.
Dan Robinson of Cullowhee,
i member of the N. C. Wildlife
Commission and chairman of
the WNCT committee on
recreation, emphasize the ef
fect of sedimentation,
especially in trout streams, on
recreation in the area.
David Huskins, county
manager for Mitchell County
and chairman of the WNCT
subcommittee on environmen
tal protection, stated that un
controlled siltation can be
devastating in the long run to
a county's tax base, as proper
ty values are debased. He also
explained that enforcing
regulations costs money
which some of the smaller
counties do not have.
The smaller, low population
counties are going to be hit
hardest by poor development
practices he told the group.
Low population counties have
more land in large holdings.
Large scale developers are
not interested in 20 to 50 acre
size tracts; they wish to pur
chase much larger acreages.
This makes low population
counties very attractive; yet
these are the counties lacking
the resources to develop and
enforce subdivision regula
tions and erosion control pro
grams.
Alan Lang of the Asheville
Office of the Department of
Natural Resources and Com
munity Development and Bill
Eaker of the Land-of-Sky
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