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....
Rebecca Gravely
Jan 31, 2022
Brevard - Rebecca Louise Massingale Gravely, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 31, 2022. Born on September 22, 1945 in Sylva, NC to the late Spurgeon and Bessie Dills Massingale, she lived the majority of her life in Brevard. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Leeward Hoxit, Lowell Massingale,...
James Harvey Moore Meyer
Jan 31, 2022
James Harvey Moore Meyer, 83, of Brevard, NC peacefully passed away on January 31, 2022. James was born on May 8, 1938, to Herman Meyer and Willie Moore Meyer in Saint Louis, Missouri. After James graduated from Webster Groves High School in 1956, he went on to study Engineering and Industrial Management at Washington University. After graduating with a degree...
Gerene June Crowe
Jan 30, 2022
Gerene "June" Galloway Crowe, age 88, formerly of Rosman NC went home to be with the Lord on January 30th 2022. She was born in Clay County NC to the late Homer and Virgie Burrell Galloway. She was a lifelong resident of Rosman but spent her last few years in Huntersville NC to be close to her family. She attended...
Ray Larry Chason
Jan 24, 2022
Lake Toxaway - Larry Chason was born on October 26, 1936, in Cairo, Georgia, to Charles Wiley Chason, Jr., and Mary Elizabeth Hawthorne Chason. He was an only child, growing up on a farm near Cairo. In 1955, he graduated from Cairo High School and went on to attend Middle Georgia College for two years. Larry enlisted in the United...
Richard Sorrells
Jan 22, 2022
Brevard – Robert Richard "MOBY" Sorrells, 86, passed away at Transylvania Regional Hospital. A native of Haywood County, He was the son of the late Everett Hosea Sorrells and Sarah Elizabeth Evans Sorrells. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 26 years, the late Mabel C. Sorrells in 1984. Moby was also preceded in death by brothers,...
