Diana Bell Giliberti

Diana Bell Giliberti of Asheville (and formerly of Canton), North Carolina died peacefully at Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community where she resided on Thursday, September 24, 2026. She was 91 years old (born on February 18, 1935), and lived most of her life in her beloved Western North Carolina mountains.

Diana is survived by: her eldest son, Marcus Holland West and Holland’s wife Deborah Stites West; her daughter-in-law Karen Corzine West Stanley and Karen’s husband Daniel Stanley; her five grandchildren (Jessica Bell West, Allison Holland West, Taylor Stites West, Adrianne English West Todoran, and Nicole Holland West Revis) and their spouses; her ten great-grandchildren; and her nephew and nieces (Jon Morgan Smathers, Anna Katharine Beall, and Cynthia Holland Beall Hyatt).

Diana was predeceased by: her husband Nicola (Nicholas) Giliberti; her youngest son William Jeffrey West; her parents Holland Shadrack Bell and Jonnie Mease Bell; her sisters Patricia Bell Smathers and Anna Katharine Bell Beall Ingram; and her grandparents William Franklin Bell, Frances Annie Holland Bell, Joseph Nelson (Squire) Mease, and Anna Catherine Reno Mease.

Diana’s aquamated ashes will be privately placed with those of her late husband Nick and son Jeff at her family church (St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Canton) and spread at Craggy Gardens along North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Parkway.

Crawford / Ray Funeral Home and Cremation Service is deeply honored to be caring for Diana and her family.