George Hovie Chappell
Feb 23, 2022
Brevard – George Hovie Chappell, age 84, moved to his heavenly home on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. He will be greatly missed by his adoring family. George was a native of Transylvania County, born in the Whitewater community to a large family of seven children. He was the son of the late Hovie Clinton and Ellie Mae Alexander Chappell. He...
Eunice Helen Raxter
Feb 23, 2022
Helen Raxter, 87 years of age, died February 23 in Brevard where she lived all her life. She was born Eunice Helen Young to the late Elzie and Dru Young in the Quebec area of Transylvania County. She was a beloved mother, sister, grandmother and friend to all that met her. She is preceded in death by husband of 66...
Hubert Lee Rush
Feb 22, 2022
H. Lee Rush Died on Feb. 22 at home in Brevard where he has been retired for several years. Lee grew up in rural Arkansas and helped on the cotton farm since he was a boy. He holds dual degrees from Mississippi State University (BS in industrial engineering) and Arkansas State University (BS in computer science). His early career was...
David Arthur Rundell
Feb 22, 2022
Dave Rundell, 91, of Brevard, formerly of Miami Springs, Florida, passed away on Feb. 22, 2022, after a brief illness. Born in Waterbury, Connecticut on Dec. 14, 1930, he moved with his parents, Richard and Nadine Rundell, to Miami as an infant. He graduated from Miami Senior High School and served as a photographer for the U.S. Navy aboard the...
Malcolm Jack Hamilton
Feb 21, 2022
Malcom Jack Hamilton, of Pisgah Forest, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Monday, February 21, 2022, at the age of 74, at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, North Carolina. He spent his last days surrounded by loved ones and his final minutes hand-in-hand with his wife, Trish, and daughter, Tricia.
Jack was born to...
Carolyn Elizabeth Gaither
Feb 14, 2022
On February 14, 2022, Valentine's Day, Carolyn Holden Gaither passed away peacefully in her sleep. Carolyn was the proud daughter of Hubert and Josie Holden. She is survived by her daughter Sandra Dill (Bobby), her sons Gary Gaither (Mary) and Greg Gaither (Melissa) as well as her sister Gladys Street (Mack), and brother Charles Holden. In addition, she will be...
William Johnson Cathey
Feb 14, 2022
William Johnson "Coach" Cathey, Jr. passed away February 14, 2022, at his home on Main Street in Rosman, where he was most comfortable. This was his wish.
Mr. Cathey was born on May 21, 1933, in Buncombe County and was raised in Skyland, NC. He was the son of William Johnson Cathey, Sr. and Edythe Blythe Cathey....
Betty Minder Farris
Feb 11, 2022
Betty M. Farris passed away on February 11, 2022 at home, in Walhalla, SC, peacefully at the age of 96. She was born in Clendenin, West Virginia, on May 22, 1925. She was preceded in death by her husband Ray Farris, her son Paul H. Shamblin, and a great grandson Paul B. Shamblin. She was survived by 4 grandchildren, 16...
Joyce Ann Dempsey
Feb 10, 2022
Pisgah Forest - Joyce Ann Dempsey, 87, passed peacefully away in the presence of her daughter, Tami L Goostree on Thursday, February 10, 2022. Joyce was born in Ridgway, Pennsylvania on 31 January 1935. She married Harlan Dempsey and had two children, Tami and Terry. Always independent and ahead of her time, Joyce graduated with a bachelor's degree in the...
Marjorie Madeline Mote
Feb 9, 2022
Pisgah Forest - Marjorie Ford Mote, age 81 passed away February 9, 2022, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's Disease. A native of Boone, NC, she was born on July 6, 1940, to the late John Ingle Ford and Rhoda Greene Ford. She is also preceded in death by her husband Albert Mote Jr., and brother Rannie Ford and two...
Albert Luck Shepherd
Feb 9, 2022
Brevard - Albert Luck Shepherd III, beloved husband, father, and friend, died peacefully at his home on February 9, 2022 at the age of 80.
Luck was born in Talladega, Alabama to the late Addie Sue Waldrep and Albert Luck Shepherd, Jr. He grew up in Enoree, SC, where he was a member of Trinity United Methodist...
Carl Roess
Feb 6, 2022
Carl Daniel Roess, Jr., age 90, passed away on February 6, 2022. The son of Carl D and Esther Sawdey Roess, he was born June 6, 1931, on his father's birthday, at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He grew up in Middletown, Ohio, attending elementary school in Middletown and high school at Onarga Military Academy in Onarga, Illinois and...
James Golden
Feb 4, 2022
James Golden Jr passed away on February 4, 2022, at the age of 76. James was born in Jackson County to the late James Golden and Wannie Mathis Golden. He was preceded in death by three brothers and eight sisters. James served as a Sergeant E-5 in the United States Army 1965 - 1967. He loved music and enjoyed clogging...
Maryann Castle
Feb 4, 2022
MaryAnn Ahlberg Castle, age 92, passed away peacefully at Tore's Home in East Flat Rock, NC, on 4 February 2022. She was a longtime resident of Brevard, NC, and a Volunteer at Habitat for Humanity, in Brevard, for over 20 years. MaryAnn was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on 18 November 1929 to the late John and Mildred Henning Ahlberg. She...
John Cecil Stone
Feb 4, 2022
Mills River - John Cecil "Rebel" Stone, 61, gained his wings, following a brief illness, at Margaret R. Pardee Memorial-UNC Health Hospital on February 4, 2022. John had a zest and love for life, matched only by his love for family and friends, that included riding his bike (motorcycle), fishing, hunting, and cookouts, where he would joke, "Move over and...
Dian Smith Brewton
Feb 2, 2022
Dian Brewton (nee Dian Smith) died February 2, 2022, after a three-year battle with cancer. A native of Valdosta, Georgia, Mrs. Brewton was the daughter of Daniel U. Smith, a pharmacist, and Ada Bell "Webbie" Smith, a nurse. She graduated as the salutatorian of her class at Valdosta High School and earned her bachelor's degree from Agnes Scott College in...
Martha Lou Aiken
Feb 2, 2022
Martha Holcomb Aiken went home to be with the Lord Feb 2, 2022. She passed away peacefully at home in her sleep. She was born September 10, 1942, to the late Robert. O. Holcomb and Tilda Butler Holcomb. She was a lifelong resident of Rosman, N.C. where she retired from M.B. Industries in 2020 after 31 years of service. Mrs....
Albert Plemmons
Feb 1, 2022
Brevard - Albert E. Plemmons, 88, passed away at his home on Sunrise Valley Ranch, on February 1, 2022. "Al" Plemmons was born August 4, 1933 in Madison County to the late Tennie Mathon Buckner Plemmons and Erastus Herman Plemmons. He was preceded in death by his brother Don and his sister Wanda Justice. After graduating from Spring Creek High,...
June Edna Whitmire
Feb 1, 2022
June Monteith Whitmire, 79, died February 1, 2022, following a brief illness. June was born May 16, 1942, in Transylvania County, NC to the late Fred and Mamie Monteith. She graduated from Brevard High School in 1960 and obtained her cosmetology license. She worked as a hairdresser until starting her family. Even then, her kitchen was often a hair salon....
