Zebulon Weaver Obituary

Zebulon Weaver, III, M.D.

Asheville - Zebulon Weaver, III, M.D., 77, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 6, 2013.

A native of Buncombe County he was the son of the late Elizabeth Roberts Weaver and Judge Zebulon Weaver Jr.

Dr. Weaver was a graduate of the Asheville City Schools, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He served his country as a Captain in the Medical Corps at Fort Bragg. Dr. Weaver served his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and his Fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill.

In 1965 Dr. Weaver established the WNC Internal Medical practice which evolved into Cancer Care of Western North Carolina. He served on the Staff of Memorial Mission Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital and Transylvania Community Hospital and on the Courtesy Staff of most regional hospitals.

Dr. Weaver served on the Board of Visitors and as a Board Member of the Arts and Sciences Foundation at Chapel Hill, Board Member of the Tryon Palace Council of Friends, was former Medical Director of the Asheville Unit of the American Red Cross, Board Member of the Buncombe County American Cancer Society, founded the Brevard Cancer Center, was former Board Member of the Medical Advisory Board of Visiting Health Professionals and a former Board Member of the Lewis Rathbun Wellness Center.

Dr. Weaver had received the Alpha Omega Medical Society Award, the Roche Award, the Mosby Award and the Army Commendation Medal. He published papers in the fields of Hematology and Oncology and served as an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill and served as a Director with the Institutional Review Board of the Charles George VA Medical Center.

Zeb was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, the Biltmore Forest Country Club, the Rhododendron Brigade of Guards, Knights of the Laurel and a long time member of Seniard Creek Farms.

He is survived by his wife, Dianne Buck Weaver; son, Zebulon Weaver, IV and his wife, Mikki, and their children, Zebulon Weaver, V and Routh Anne Weaver; two daughters, Amanda Tomblin and her husband, Louis, and their children, Jacob and Jessica Tomblin and Rebecca LaPlante and her husband, John, and their daughter, Gabriella LaPlante; and one brother, Pearce Roberts Weaver and his wife, Nancy, and their children, Pearce Roberts Weaver, Jr. and Elizabeth Weaver Hayford.

A funeral service is scheduled for 11:00 A.M. Wednesday at Trinity Episcopal Church officiated by the Rev. Dr. R. Scott White. The family will receive friends following the service in Tuton Hall. A private family interment will be in the Weaver Family Plot in Weaverville.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 Church Street, Asheville, NC 28801 or to the Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community.

Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is assisting the family and the memorial register is available at grocefuneralhome.com.

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Published by Asheville Citizen-Times from Apr. 8 to Apr. 10, 2013.

Memories and Condolences
for Zebulon Weaver

9 Entries

Ferrell Shuford

April 2, 2019

He was a special guy in our undergraduate and medical school class. Though I only saw him a couple of times since graduation, I remember him fondly...

Jan Jones Pulley

December 20, 2013

I grew up across the street from Zeb's parents. Listening to the wonderful bluegrass music emanating from the big old fashioned front porch, I was mesmerized, and fantasized about being a part of such a wonderful, talented, and diligent family. Now I'm playing bassfiddle in a band in Durham, and I have thought about Zeb so often as being such an influence on me, but I'm pretty sure he didn't pay me much mind! I hope the music has been handed down to the generations of Weavers that follow -- it's a formidable legacy.

Rhonda Rice

April 16, 2013

My thoughts and prayers are with your family. Dr. Weaver was my mothers doctor he was wonderful to her as well as my whole family.

Clarice Bratton

April 13, 2013

Dr. Weaver was such a kind person. He treated my father, Clarence Bratton, with the utmost respect for many years. Dr. Weaver always thought of others first. May God keep and bless you.

Wilhelmina Bratton

April 12, 2013

So sorry to hear ofDr Weaver's passing. He was a kind man and a loyal friend to my husband for more than 30 years. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Blessings,

April 9, 2013

I was so sorry to hear of Zeb's passing. We were classmates in both undergraduate and medical school at UNC. He always was an impressive fellow as evidenced by the Obit writeup. He will be greatly missed by multitudes of friends and patients...

W. Ferrell Shuford, MD '57, '61

Pam Estes

April 9, 2013

I am so sorry to hear of Dr. Weaver's passing. He was my doctor for several years and a very compassionate man.

Ann Weaver Steffan

April 8, 2013

I am so sad to learn of Uncle Zeb's passing. I sure will miss knowing you are there. My prayers are with all the family.
Love,
"Fred"

nelson greene

April 8, 2013

I was sad to read of the passing of Dr. Weaver. We were on the track team together at David Millard Jr. High,and attended the same church, and even back then, the teachers and his friends knew he was destined for greatness and service to his fellow man.

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