Weaverville
Following the family tradition
As a young boy, Weaverville his teacher’s desktop alarm clock like his father. When he was in
Now Stocking
resident Bob Autry would stand home to repair and his father was junior high, his father asked Bob
for hours and watch his father very pleased to see him do the job what college he would like to at-
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repair watches and clocks. Bob successfully. tend. Bob said he did not want
always liked fixing things. As he grew up, he realized that to go to college, but rather take
In the fourth grade, he brought he was meant to be a watchmaker over his father’s trade when he
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All our locations are:
Bob Autry at work. Cherienull
Skyland • 274-4416
Weaverville Plaza • 645-6100
retired. River Ridge • 298-9277
Bob graduated high school in
Oteen Shopping Ctr. • 298-0338
1955 and went to work at Lee’s
Jewelers on Patton Avenue. He
never looked back.
REHABILITATION
In 1970 when Lee’s Jewel Box
and
moved to the new A sheville
CARE CENTER
Mall, Bob continued his job with
them.
Introducing Short-Term Rehab-to-Home Therapy at
As Bob’s daughter, Elizabeth,
grew up, it became apparent she
Emerald Ridge Rehabilitation and Care Center!
too possessed mechanical skill. Our facility offers a newly remodeled therapy wing,
Bob saw an opportunity to teach with state-of-the-art equipment. It is designed to
her about repairing watches and improve functioning, mobility and a return to
jewelry. independent living.
When the stores closed in the
• Physical, Occupational and
Asheville Mall, Bob and Elizabeth
Speech Therapies
moved their family business to
• Post hospital care and recovery
their home in Weaverville.
• 24 Hour Skilled Nursing Care
They do work for several area
• Dr Charles DePaolo,
stores as well as many individu-
Rehab Physician Advisor
als. They do work on pocket,
• Private Entrance - Private Dining
Rolex and other fine watches. In
Cafe Menu - Walk-in Showers
addition, they work on clocks and
jewelry.
for more information
For more information on Bob 828.645.6619
and Elizabeth Autry, call 645- 24 hour referral hotline
7909.
828.808.2510
Elizabeth Autry follows the tradition of jewelry repairers
25 Reynolds Mountain Blvd.
in her family.
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