James Rhodes
Nov 9, 2013
James Larry "Dusty" Rhodes Brevard – James Larry "Dusty" Rhodes, 69, passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2013. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Robert Lee Rhodes and Margie Fowler Rhodes. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Peggy Rhodes Gamble, and brothers, Robert Franklin Rhodes and Thomas Garrett Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes...
Steve Thompson
Nov 9, 2013
Steve Thompson Rosman – Steve Thompson, 56, passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2013. A native of Henderson County, he was the son of Homer Edgar Thompson and Marie Williams Thompson of Hendersonville. He was preceded in death by his brother, Chip Thompson. Mr. Thompson was the caretaker of the Sylvan Valley Overlook Community in Rosman. He loved to fish,...
Lt. Col. (Ret) William Newkirk, Sr.
Nov 1, 2013
Lt. Col. (Ret) William G Newkirk, Sr., age 91 of Pisgah Forest North Carolina, died November 1, 2013 surrounded by his family at his home in the North Carolina Mountains. He was born February 2, 1922. He is survived by three children, Carole Thifault, William Newkirk Jr., and David Newkirk. He also leaves behind eight grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, and...
Hazel Kitchen
Oct 30, 2013
Hazel Summey Kitchen Balsam Grove – Hazel Summey Kitchen, 85, died on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. A native of Oconee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Marion Edwin Summey and Jessie Melissa Powell Summey and was the wife of the late Randall Everett Kitchen who died in 1995. She was also preceded...
Richard Kreigsman
Oct 29, 2013
Richard M. "Rick" Kreigsman, 77, of Hendersonville passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2013. He was the son of the late Everett and Irene Tolhurst Kreigsman. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Susan Murray. Rick was a sports fanatic. He loved to laugh and was quite the comedian. He retired from Dupont after 27 years of service....
Rollin Wheeler
Oct 29, 2013
R. Clyde Wheeler Jr., 91 of Pisgah Forest passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2013. He was the son of the late Rollin Clyde and Burba Pratt Wheeler. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Martha Ann Woods, brother; Richard Wheeler and sisters; Virginia Bud and Eleanor Morse. Mr. Wheeler retired from AIL Eaton Corporation in 1984. Clyde...
Lois Reid
Oct 28, 2013
Lois Jarrett Reid Rosman – Lois Jarrett Reid, 71, went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 28, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist University Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Cornelia Holden Jarrett and was the wife of the late Rev. Morris Reid. She was also preceded in...
Thomas Bingham
Oct 27, 2013
Thomas C. Bingham, 69, of Cedar Mountain passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2013. He was a son of the late Thomas and Georgia McConnell Bingham. He was also preceded in death by his son, Charles Bingham and his brother, Michael Bingham. Tom loved the outdoors. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed working with his hands. He was an...
John Mccall
Oct 24, 2013
John Hubert McCall Lake Toxaway – John Hubert McCall, 83, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at his residence. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Jason Plato McCall and Dora Ann Owen McCall. He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Toby, one sister and six brothers. Mr....
James Wilson
Oct 22, 2013
James Wilson, 78 of Pisgah Forest passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at Pardee Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was the son of the late Lonard and P. Ellen Clayton Wilson. He was also preceded in death by his brothers; Monroe, Lee Roy, Walter and Bill, and his sister Irene Sheppard. James was a member of Pisgah Forest...
Rosie Meece
Oct 19, 2013
Rosie G. Meece, 91 of Brevard passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2013. She was a daughter of the late Mitchell and Miram Huggins Gillespie. She was also preceded in death by her husband Charles Meece, her son; Freeman Meece, daughters Linda Whitmire and Janet Bourne and her sister, Pansy Gillespie. Frances was a lifelong resident of Transylvania County. She...
Geraldine Griffin
Oct 18, 2013
Geraldine Gilmore Griffin,78 , of Brevard died Friday October 18, 2013. She was born September 13, 1935 in Salem New Hampshire to the late Daniel Joseph Gilmore and Emily Dube Gilmore. Survivors include her husband Walter Griffin,Three sons; Terry Griffin and his wife Monica, Tim Griffin and Tom Griffin and his wife Kelly, three sisters; Evelyn Huggins, Dorothy Beal and...
Donald Eichinger
Oct 15, 2013
Donald Gene Eichinger 78, of Pisgah Forest Passed away October 15, 2013. He was born November 17, 1934 in Richland County Ohio to the late John Eichinger and Rosalin Engel Eichinger. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one brother John Eichinger and one sister Virginia Gaubatz. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church,...
Mary Barton
Oct 14, 2013
Frances Crawford Barton, 88, of Brevard passed away on Monday, October 14, 2013. She was a daughter of the late Homer and Mary Sanders Crawford. Frances was a member of the First Baptist Church of Brevard. After 25 years of service, she retired from the Brevard Police Department as a dispatch operator. Survivors include her sons; Cleve Barton and wife...
Elzie Chapman
Oct 10, 2013
Elzie Golet Chapman, 92, of Brevard passed away on Thursday, October 10, 2013. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Phillip Edmund Chapman and the late Mary Ethel McCall Chapman. Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife Ophelia Jarrett Chapman, sisters Lola Owen, Otha Owen, Envilee O'Shields, Victoria Gates,...
Mary Allen
Oct 8, 2013
Mary Alice Tinsley Allen, 88, of Brevard, NC died on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2013. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church in Brevard on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 2 PM , followed by a graveside service at Gillespie Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be in the church parlor an hour prior to the service. Mary Alice was...
Selma Smith
Oct 8, 2013
Selma Patricia "Penny" Smith, 86, passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at the Elizabeth House, Flat Rock, NC. A native of Lytham-St. Anne's. England, she was the daughter of the late Edward Salthouse and Mabel Summerfield-Howarth Salthouse and was the wife of the late William George Smith. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Joan Salthouse, and...
Jewell Lusby
Oct 3, 2013
Jewell (Jill) Clark Lusby, 83, of Brevard passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2013. She was a native of Munford, Alabama and was a daughter of the late John Thomas and Esta Bruce Clark . She was also preceded in death by her husband; Robert Lusby and her sister, Hazel Dean Ehrensperger. Jill was a member of the First Methodist...
