Jay Parker Suttles

Jay Parker Suttles, 78, died Sunday, May 27, 2012 at Mission Hospital in Asheville. He was born in Burke County on March 10, 1934 and was a son of the late Andrew Parker Suttles and Martha Elizabeth Smith Suttles. Mr. Suttles owned D & J Fabrics and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. He loved to garden and fish, and he enjoyed travelling especially to his property on the coast.Surviving are his wife, Doris Jean Smart Suttles; sons, Terry J. Suttles of Morganton and Jerry Ray Suttles and his wife, Sandy, of Connelly Springs; daughter, Regina Suttles Hensley of Morganton; grandchildren, Colton, Christopher, Amber, Katelyn, Casey, Vanessa, and Lawson; great-grandchildren, Lily, Cara, Jillian, and Hannah; brothers, Oliver Suttles and wife, Rebecka, Tom Suttles and wife, Gloria, and Ken Suttles, and wife, Joyce; sister, Eileen Deviney and husband, Rev. Bob Deviney; and sister-in-law, Evelyn Suttles.In addition to his parents, Mr. Suttles was preceded in death by brothers, Ronald and Clyde Suttles.The funeral will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Larry Cline officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Sossoman Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be to the Rathbun Center, 121 Sherwood Rd., Asheville, NC 28803.