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Ruth Phillips Pressley

Ruth Mae Phillips Pressley, 84, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at the Memorial Campus after a period of declining health.

A native of Yancey County, she had lived in Buncombe County since 1947. She was the former owner and operator of Ruth's Beauty Shop. She was a member of Halls Chapel Baptist Church in Yancey County and attended Asheville Wesleyan Church.

She was a daughter of the late John W. and Georgia Randolph Phillips.

She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Charles and Craig Phillips and a grandson, Ryan Pressley.

Surviving are her husband, William Bill Calvin Pressley of the home; daughter, Renee Frizzell and husband, Danny, of Mills River; sons, Johnny Pressley and wife, Nancy, of Gulf Port, Miss., and Hank Pressley and wife, Debra, of Matthews; granddaughters, Amanda Pressley and Megan Frizzell; grandsons, Justin and Taylor Frizzell; sisters, Billie P. Byrd of Burnsville and Ann Marie Robinson of Salisbury; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Asheville Wesleyan Church, with the Revs. Archie P Fulkerson Jr. and Holt Whitson Jr. officiating.

Burial will be in Pisgah View Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to: Halls Chapel Baptist Church, 1840 Halls Chapel Rd., Burnsville, NC 28714 or to: Asheville Wesleyan Church, 32 Richmond Av., Asheville, NC 28806.

To sign Mrs. Pressley's guestbook on line, please go to Memorials at www.andersrice.com

Published: 2009-02-13