Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Brevard, NC

Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Brevard, NC area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.

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Mary Tennis

Mary Tennis

Dec 15, 2011

Mary Lou Chapman Tennis, 76 of Lake Toxaway went home to celebrate Christmas with the Lord on December 15, 2011. Born May 27, 1935 in Rosman, NC, she was the daughter of the late Phillip Edmund and Mary Ethel McCall Chapman. She graduated from Rosman High School in 1952. She lived much of her life in the Hampton/Newport News, VA...

Christopher Roe

Christopher Roe

Dec 14, 2011

Brevard – Christopher Mark Roe, 51, passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Born in Dunlap, TN, he moved to Michigan at a young age and as a teenager he lived in Lake Havasu, AZ before moving to Brevard in the early 1990's. He loved motorcycles, dirt bike racing, in which he won many awards, working on motorcycles, and helping...

Robert Hunter

Robert Hunter

Dec 9, 2011

Robert Lee "Bob" Hunter Brevard – Robert Lee "Bob" Hunter, 71, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2011. Born in Buncombe County on December 19, 1939, he was the son of the late George and Irene Williams Hunter. Mr. Hunter moved to Brevard at an early age. He was a 1957 graduate of Brevard High School and was retired from...

Pauline Stiles

Pauline Stiles

Dec 5, 2011

Brevard – Pauline Manley Stiles, 73, passed away on Monday, December 5, 2011 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Marion Manley, Sr. and Helen Louise Corn Manley and was the wife of the late Neugene Howard Stiles who passed away on December 11, 2010. Mrs. Stiles was a member...

Richard Talley

Richard Talley

Dec 1, 2011

Obituary Forthcoming

Dorothy Kitchen

Dorothy Kitchen

Nov 23, 2011

Brevard – Dorothy Lee Hendrix Kitchen, 76, went Home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at her residence. A native of Henderson County, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Elizabeth Dalton Hendrix. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, William Gilbert Hendrix, Jimmy Dale Hendrix, and Dwight Raymond Hendrix, and a...

Patricia Cowan

Patricia Cowan

Nov 19, 2011

Patricia O'Connor Cowan, age 70, of Brevard died Saturday November 19, 2011. She was born March 31, 1941 in Jersey City N.J. to the late Thomas Bernard O'Connor and Lura Hume O'Connor. Mrs. Cowan was a 1962 graduate of New Rochelle College in New York and a 1985 graduate of Western Carolina University with a Masters in Education. Mrs. Cowan...

Gentry Morgan

Gentry Morgan

Nov 17, 2011

See Off Community – Gentry Paul Morgan, Jr., 51, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at his residence. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of Lula Hogsed Johnson of See Off and the late Gentry Paul Morgan, Sr. Mr. Morgan worked as a plumber for many years. He liked to fish and travel and he loved...

Margaret Mccall

Margaret Mccall

Nov 11, 2011

Brevard – Margaret Robinson McCall, 71, passed away on Friday, November 11, 2011 at her residence. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late Wade and Alva Whitmire Robinson and was the wife of the late Rufus "Sug" McCall. Surviving are her daughter, Peggy Orr and husband Wayne of Columbus, NC; sons, Tony McCall and wife...

Mabel Fisher

Mabel Fisher

Nov 8, 2011

Mabel Kitchen Fisher, age 87, of Lake Toxaway died Tuesday, November 8, 2011. She was born June 18, 1924 in Transylvania County to the late Overton Kitchen and Myrtle McCall Kitchen. Mrs. Fisher was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Fisher and one son Larry "Cotton" Fisher. Survivors include two sons;...

June Morgan

June Morgan

Nov 7, 2011

Brevard – June M. Morgan, 80, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2011 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. Mrs. Morgan was a native of Newark, NJ. She had twelve brothers and sisters. She was a member of Carr's Hill Baptist Church and she was a volunteer at Transylvania Regional Hospital and the Brian Center. Surviving are her husband, V. C. Morgan;...

Randy Cope

Randy Cope

Nov 5, 2011

Obituary forthcoming

Ella Mccall

Ella Mccall

Oct 27, 2011

Lake Toxaway – Ella Mae McCall, 88, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 27, 2011 surrounded by her family. She was born on Dec. 4, 1922 to James Robert McCall and Callie Owen McCall. She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Walter McCall, three brothers, Rev. Leo McCall of Hendersonville,...

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson

Oct 19, 2011

Obituary forthcoming

Nellie Ayers

Nellie Ayers

Oct 9, 2011

Nellie Yvonne Jones Ayers, age 79, of Brevard died Sunday, October 9, 2011. Mrs. Ayers was a life-long resident of Transylvania County. She was preceded in death by her parents Willie Jone and Lela Rhodes Jones her husband Isaac "Ike" Ayers, two brothers, Lester Jones and Rev. Lloyd Jones, and four sisters, Nora Norman, Pearlee Rinc, Nettiebelle Blythe and Pauline...

Helen Wilson

Helen Wilson

Oct 5, 2011

Mary Helen Stephenson Wilson, 89 of Brevard died October 5, 2011 after a period of declining health. Helen (as she was known to her friends) was born in Havana, Cuba of American parents and lived there until she moved to Miami, FL to attend high school. She married Harlan Wilson in 1942. While living in Miami she raised three children,...

George Wilson

George Wilson

Oct 1, 2011

George Woodside Wilson, 80, retired driver's license examiner and farmer, of Pisgah Forest, NC passed away Saturday, October 1, 2011 at Transylvania Regional Hospital after a period of declining health. A lifelong resident of Transylvania County, George was briefly employed with Olin Corporation before beginning a 48-year employment with the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles as a driver's license...

Robert Sawyer

Robert Sawyer

Sep 30, 2011

Brevard - Robert "Bob" William Sawyer, Jr., 66, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2011 at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he was the son of Marjorie Sawyer Williams of Kitchener, Ontario and the late Robert William Sawyer, Sr. Mr. Sawyer was a Christian and he loved the Lord. He was of...

Austin Shannon

Austin Shannon

Sep 28, 2011

Austin Lee Shannon, age 23, of Brevard, passed away on September 28, 2011 after a valiant battle with Cystic Fibrosis. He is survived by his mother, Cindy Guffey of Brevard; father, Marvin Shannon of Pensacola, FL; three brothers, Jared Shannon of Brevard, and David and Chris Shannon of Pensacola; grandparents, Aaron and Marjorie Masters, Aunts, Melanie Zachary (Gene), and Kim...

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