EDITOR’S NOTE: Everyone has a story — some more well-known than others. Across Western North Carolina, so much history is buried below the surface. Six feet under. With this series, we introduce you to some of the people who have left marks big and small on this special place we call home.
Negro Leagues catcher Ernest Willis Gatewood (1890-1949) played professional baseball for 14 years. He is buried in Asheville’s Violet Hill Cemetery.
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