Dr. Prevost, Jr.

Waynesville-Dr. William Sidney "Bill" Prevost, Jr., age 65, of Country Club Drive, died Thursday, October 14, 2004 at Memorial Mission Hospital. He was a native of Haywood County and was the son of the late and William Sidney Prevost, Sr. and Mary Hill "Pat" Prevost. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Ross Cain Prevost. He graduated from Waynesville Township High School in 1956 and was a graduate of the University of North Carolina's School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill. Known by his patients as "Dr. Drill," he was a general dentist in private practice in Waynesville for 35 years. He was an Eagle Scout with Waynesville's Troop 318 of the Boy Scouts of America, later serving as Scoutmaster of that same Troop. He served on Hazelwood's Board of Aldermen and was an early advocate of that town's merger with Waynesville. He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and the Waynesville Rotary Club, and served on the Haywood County Council on Aging and the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Rebecca Howell Prevost; two sons, William Sidney Prevost, III of Los Angeles, CA, and Thomas Ruffin Prevost and his fiancé Michele Hudson of Cody, Wyoming; one sister, Susan Prevost Clarke and her husband, Ron of Jacksonville, FL; and one brother, Thomas Hill Prevost and his wife, Cecile of Santa Maria, CA. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 21, 2004 at Grace Episcopal Church in the Mountains with Father Tim McRee officiating. A private interment service will be held in the church memorial garden. The family will receive friends from 3:30 to 4:00 p.m. prior to the service in the Parrish Hall of the church. Memorials may be made to the United Network for Organ Sharing, P.O. Box 2484, Richmond, Virginia 23218. Their website is "www.unos.org". Wells Funeral Homes & Cremation Services of Waynesville is in charge of arrangements.

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