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18 minutes ago in Asheville History, Community, Local

Tombstone Tales: E.W. Pearson’s lasting Asheville legacy

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Edward Walton Pearson Sr., who helped establish West Asheville's Burton Street neighborhood, is buried alongside family members at Violet Hill Cemetery in Asheville. His wife, Annis, and daughter Iola Pearson Byers are also memorialized on the headstone.

The Buffalo Soldier helped build Asheville's Burton Street neighborhood, but a father's sacrifice reveals another side of his story

8 hours ago in Local, Sports

828 Scoreboard: Week 11 of high school football

Western North Carolina high school football scores from Oct. 30