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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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Robert Mccall
Jan 17, 2012
Robert Wayne McCall, 66, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at Beystone Health and Rehabilitation, Fletcher following a lengthy illness. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Ira Clingman McCall and Vera Ellen Owen McCall. He was also preceded in death by his brother, James Cecil McCall. Mr. McCall was a member of Shoal...
Evelyn Blythe
Jan 16, 2012
Evelyn Lorene Merrill Blythe age 81, of Cedar Mountain died Monday, January 16, 2012 at her residence. She was born October 18, 1930 in Transylvania County to the late Garland Max Merrill and Hester Jones Merrill. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph " Dan" Blythe, one daughter Janet Blythe and two sisters...
Carroll Marshall
Jan 13, 2012
Pisgah Forest – Carroll Roy Marshall, 82, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2012 at his residence. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Joseph Roy and Viola Stepp Marshall. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Clarence William Marshall. Mr. Marshall was a member of Pisgah Forest Baptist Church where he had...
Bessie Corn
Jan 10, 2012
Pisgah Forest – Bessie Pressley Corn, 87, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, after being cared for by her loving family for many years at her home. She loved her Lord and her church, Rosman Church of God. She was a loving mother, grandmother, aunt and sister. She was a blessing to many and she will be dearly...
Steven Jones
Jan 8, 2012
Steven Lee Jones, 36, died Sunday evening after a tragic automobile accident in South Carolina in which he was a passenger. Steve is survived by loving parents Janet and Christopher Jones, of Brevard , devoted sister and brother-in-law, Sharon and Rob Murr and their two sons, Grayson and Jackson, of Matthews North Carolina, his grandmother, two aunts, uncle, and seven...
Johnson Morgan
Jan 7, 2012
Johnson S. Morgan left this life for his home in Heaven on January 7, 2012. He passed peacefully in the care of Hospice surrounded by his family and friends. He was born July 13, 1926 in Henderson County and made his home in Pisgah Forest N.C. with his beloved wife of 62 years, Betty Galloway Morgan. Johnny was a veteran...
Jerry Mann
Jan 4, 2012
– Jerry D. Mann, 93, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at the Oaks of Brevard. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late John Wesley Mann and Lecie Lance Mann and was the husband of the late Rachel Arrowood Mann. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Jerri Mann Mayes, sisters, Mary...
Johnny Rogers
Jan 4, 2012
Rosman – Johnny Humphrey Rogers, 77, of Elberton, GA, formerly of Rosman, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 in Elberton. Mr. Rogers was a native of Transylvania County. He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Mann Rogers, and his daughter, Tina Lynn Tucker, brother, David Lynn Rogers, and his granddaughter, Amber Skye Galloway. He was a former...
Lenna Lawrence
Jan 3, 2012
Pisgah Forest – Lenna M. Lawrence, 91, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. A native of Robbinsville, she was the daughter of the late William S. and Amanda Jane Hensley McIntyre and was the wife of the late Edward F. Lawrence. Mrs. Lawrence was a member of Turkey Creek Baptist Church....
Michael Watson
Jan 3, 2012
Michael Chad Watson age 38 of Etowah North Carolina died Tuesday January 3, 2012. He is the son of Donnie R. Watson of Wilson NC and Mary Jo and Edward Stancil also of Wilson, North Carolina. Chad was born in Milton Florida on May 9, 1973 and grew up in Wilson, North Carolina where he graduated from Wilson Christian Academy...
Donald Britt
Jan 2, 2012
Rosman – Donald L. Britt, 70, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 2, 2012. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Melburn and Maybelle West Britt. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his first wife, Marie Orr Britt, sister, Flora Jane Crawford, grandson, Jarrod Bracken, and...
Spalding Mcintosh
Dec 31, 2011
Spalding McIntosh III age 51, of Brevard died Saturday , December 31, 2011. He was born May 23, 1960 in Transylvania County to the late Spalding McIntosh Jr. and Dorothy Osborne. Survivors Include his one son; Spalding McIntosh IV of Brevard, one daughter; Charise McIntosh of Brevard, one sister; Libby Greene of Crab Creek, four grandchildren; Brayden McIntosh, Tytus Sanders,...
Rev. Charles Pierson
Dec 30, 2011
Rev. Charles (Preacher) Henry Pierson passed away on Friday December 30, 2011 following a lengthy period of declining health. Preacher was born on July 28th, 1936 in Transylvania County and lived the vast majority of his life here in Brevard. He began his working career as a job offset printer at the Transylvania Times and then Ecusta. He was called...
Robert Cantrell
Dec 25, 2011
Robert Thomas Cantrell, age 81 of Brevard, died peacefully in his sleep at Transylvania Regional Hospital on Christmas morning, December 25, 2011 after a brief illness. Born October 6, 1930 in Fayetteville, NC he was the son of the late Clarence Thomas Cantrell and Maude Cox Cantrell. He was preceded in death by his brother, Clarence Thomas Cantrell, Jr. and...
Charlie Strigo
Dec 22, 2011
Charlie H. Strigo, Sr., 69, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2011 following a battle with cancer. A native of Alamance County, he resided in Brevard for 41 years. He was the son of the late Thomas and Gene Strigo of Graham, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by Charlie H. Strigo, Jr. He is survived by his wife...
Alvin Owen
Dec 20, 2011
Alvin Isiah Owen went home to be with the Lord December 20, 2011 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Jackson County, and has resided in Transylvania County for 50 years or more. Alvin was the son of the late Harrison and Rosie Owen of Jackson County. He was preceded in death by his loving...
Ethel Russell
Dec 15, 2011
Ethel Bryson Russell, age 90,died Thursday, December 15, 2011 at her residence in Sophia, North Carolina. She was born October 20, 1921 to the late Fred Anderson Bryson and Hetti Brown Bryson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Dan Russell, two brothers; Carl and Tom Bryson and three sisters; Zell Bryson, Evelyn Franks...
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
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
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...
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