Wilma Chandler
May 4, 2013
Wilma "Cassie" Leake Chandler, age 75, of Pisgah Forest died Saturday May 4, 2013 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. She was born August 21, 1937 in Madison County to the late Derb Leake and Eliza Ramsey Leake. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by five brothers; John Ramsey, Billy, Charlie, Jimmie and Bruce Leake, three sisters; Lula...
James Singleton
May 4, 2013
James Everett Singleton, 86 of Balsam Grove, North Carolina went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 4, 2013. The son of the late William Edward and Edna Carolina Singleton. He was preceded in death by three brothers, one sister, one daughter Pat Godwin and a son Tim Singleton. He was a member of Woods Memorial Church and...
Ernestine Henderson
May 2, 2013
Ernestine Miller Henderson, 92, of Lake Toxaway died Thursday May 2, 2013 at the Oaks of Brevard. She was born January 23, 1921 in Transylvania County to the late Kimsey Curtis Miller and Elmina Nicholson Miller. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Oscar Duckworth Henderson her daughter Mary Josephine Henderson, four brothers and...
Jonathan Owen
May 1, 2013
Jonathan Douglas Owen Hendersonville – Jonathan Douglas Owen, 42, passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Owen was born on August 10, 1970 in Washington, NC. He moved with his parents to Holton, KS when he was four years old and resided there for 30 years before moving back to Brevard. He was a 1988 graduate...
Ruby Lasater
Apr 28, 2013
Ruth Jones Lasater Brevard - Ruth Jones Lasater, 87, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at The Oaks of Brevard. She was the daughter of the late Edward Sampson and Etta Elizabeth Hollar Jones. She was also preceded in death by her husband; Hampton Stuart Lasater, sister, Charlotte Jones Norton and brother in law, Don Norton. Mrs. Lasater is...
Katherine Dodson
Apr 27, 2013
Katherine Loraine "Lori" Dodson Brevard – Katherine Loraine "Lori" Dodson, 42, passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at her residence. A native of Transylvania County, she was a 1990 graduate of Brevard High School and she attended the Full Gospel Church. Miss Dodson was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Callie and Leanus Chappell, and her paternal grandmother,...
Victor Hollingsworth
Apr 23, 2013
Victor N. "Vic" Hollingsworth died peacefully at the Carriage Club of Charlotte, NC on Tuesday, April 23, 2014. He was the son of the late Leander Webster and Victoria Neill Hollingsworth. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Jean Clampitt Hollingsworth and a number of brothers, sisters, and cousins. He was born on November 22, 1923 in the...
Mildred Louise Dodson
Apr 21, 2013
Mildred Louise Powell Dodson, age 77, of (Powell Town) Rosman, NC went home to be with her LORD JESUS CHRIST on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at her home surrounded by family. Born on March 30, 1936 in Rosman (Powell Town), Transylvania County, NC she was the daughter of the late Clarence (CO) and Nettie W. Powell. In addition to her...
Mary Jo Harris
Apr 21, 2013
Mary Jo Ammons Harris Tuckasegee – Mary Jo Ammons Harris, 70, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. A native of Jackson County, she moved to the Cherryfield Community in 1971 and lived there until 2001 before returning to Jackson County. She was the daughter of the late Don and Otelia Ashe Ammons. She...
Marjorie Tritt
Apr 21, 2013
Marjorie Jane Owen Tritt, 89, of Balsam Grove passed away April 21, 2013 at her home. She was born January 17, 1924 in Transylvania County to the late Luther Calvin Owen , Sr. and Ethel Jane "Grandma" Owen. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her beloved husband William Holmes Tritt; daughter Freda Jane Tritt, Great-grand-daughter...
Betty Jo Cox
Apr 19, 2013
Betty Jo Bramlett Cox age 72, of Brevard died Friday April 19, 2013. She was born April 28, 1940 in Jackson County Texas to the late Hugh Ansel Bramlett and Syble Flinn Bramlett. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Homer C. Cox Jr. and her sister Movita Hulene Brock. Survivors include two sons;...
Elsie Mccoy
Apr 18, 2013
Elsie Irene Green McCoy, 85, passed peacefully into her Heavenly Home with her family surrounding her at the Elizabeth House on Thursday, April 18, 2013. She was the daughter of the late William Ed Green and Bessie Elizabeth Green. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Warren McCoy, the love of her life. They had been married...
Edwin Poindexter
Apr 18, 2013
Edwin Poindexter of Pisgah Forest died Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Kingsbridge House after a 5 year battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was the son of the late Rev. R. L. and Launa Poindexter of Franklin, NC. Edwin worked for 38 years for Ecusta Paper Corp. in Pisgah Forest. In addition, he did typewriter repairs for the community and loved...
Jeri Wilkerson
Apr 17, 2013
Jeri Lynn Wilkerson, 42, of Duffield, Virginia passed away on April 17, 2013. She was born September 26, 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia to James Benjamin Wilkerson and Kathy Elaine Moon. Survivors include her mother, Kathy McCall and husband Charlie of Balsam Grove, her sister Teri Selene Wilkerson and husband Lester; four aunts, four uncles, one niece and four nephews. A...
Blair Willard
Apr 15, 2013
Blair Jackson Willard was in born on August 16, 1920 in Providence, Rhode Island and died April 15, 2013 in Brevard, North Carolina at the age of 92. Blair is survived by his wife of 69 years, Irene, of Brevard, brother, Kenneth Willard, of Fairport, New York, his children, Russell Willard, of Lewisville, North Carolina, Gail Smith, of Colorado Springs,...
