Rick Allen Best
Aug 3, 2021
Pisgah Forest - Rick Allen Best went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. He was born in Lynn Mass to the late Frederick A Best, r and Kathryn A Best. Rick lived in Massachusetts most of his life. He worked as a machinist for many years. He loved working and fixing things. He moved to...
Bessie Elizabeth Baynard
Aug 3, 2021
Bessie Jones Baynard, of Penrose, age 69, passed peacefully August 3, 2021 following a brief battle with lung cancer. She was born December, 26, 1951 in Transylvania County. Bessie was a beloved member of the community, having lived here all her life and having raised her children in Penrose for over 40 years. Bessie was a bus driver for Transylvania...
Maxine Ruth Tinsley
Jul 19, 2021
Maxine Ruth Myers Tinsley, 85, of Brevard, NC passed away July 19, 2021 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. She was born January 25, 1936 in Buncombe County to the late William Myers and Lucy Dowdle Myers. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, S. Gene Tinsley in 2000, one brother Billy Myers and one...
Marjorie Elizabeth Shea
Jul 19, 2021
Marjorie Elizabeth (Betsy) Shea passed away on July 19, 2021 after a long illness and a valiant fight, surrounded by her loving husband and family. Born in Montclair, NJ and raised in Sea Girt, NJ, she was a true "Jersey Girl". She married her husband Chris on September 7, 1986 and worked as office manager for his veterinary practice in...
Linda Marie Queen
Jul 18, 2021
Linda Marie Rogers Queen, 75, of Brevard, NC, won her final victory when she passed through death over into eternal life on Sunday, July 18, 2021. She is (not was!) a Child of the One True and Living God and a Joint-Heir with His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, since the day of her salvation on February 20, 1972. She...
Robert Bernard Yarns
Jul 17, 2021
Robert Bernard Yarns passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2021, after a brief illness. He was 73 years old. He is survived by his wife, Teresa, and son, Brandon. Bob graduated from Berlin American High School in 1965. He lived in Berlin, Germany, for 5 years with his parents and always spoke fondly of his time overseas. He was a...
Marjorie Phyllis Masters
Jul 16, 2021
Marjorie Wilson Masters went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 16, 2021. She was born on August 6, 1939 to William "Bill" and Thelma "Polly" Wilson. She was preceded in death by her parents, and three grandsons, Jared and Austin Shannon, and Mason Gordon. Mrs. Masters is survived by her husband of 62 years, Aaron Masters; sisters,...
Loretta Whitmire
Jul 16, 2021
Penrose - Loretta Anders Whitmire passed on Friday, July 16, 2021 after a long struggle with Lewy body dementia with Parkinsons.
She was born August 29, 1938 in Gloucester township in Transylvania county to the late Parmer and Ethel Anders. She is also preceded in death by her husband Ted Whitmire and sister Donna McCall.
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Joann Austin Norton
Jul 8, 2021
JoAnn Norton, 78 of Pisgah Forest passed away Thursday July 8, 2021. She was born the youngest of seven children to Walter and Docia Austin on August 23, 1942. She was predeceased by her parents, her brothers William "Snook" Austin and James Austin, and her sisters Helen Cochran and Margaret Johnson. She is survived by her husband of 61 years,...
Frances Kirk Smith
Jul 5, 2021
Frances Kirk Jones Smith of Lake Toxaway departed this life July 5, 2021, at the age of 86, with family and friends at her bedside.
Born in Troy, Alabama, the younger child of Colonel Charles Pollard and Frances Armstrong Jones, she was preceded in death by her sister, Elizabeth Jones Conover, and her nephew, Charles Nelson Conover....
Glenn Ray Robinson
Jul 5, 2021
Glenn Ray Robinson, 71, of Pisgah Forest, NC, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on the morning of Monday, July 5, 2021. He passed away at the Elizabeth House surrounded by loved ones after a hard fought battle with cancer. A lifelong resident of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Cecil A. Robinson and...
Tommy Raymond Vaughan
Jul 3, 2021
Pisgah Forest- Tommy (Tom) Raymond Vaughan, 75, passed away on July 3, 2021 with his loved ones by his side. Tom was born to the late Rev. Lud B. and Elizabeth Vaughan in Slater, SC. He was the fourth of nine siblings. After serving his country in the U.S. Army, he returned to his hometown to continue building his life....
Joseph Gregory Fisher
Jul 2, 2021
Pisgah Forest- Joseph Gregory Fisher (Greg to family) went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 2, 2021.He was at home. Greg was born January 12, 1965 in Transylvania County. He was preceded in death by both parents, James Joseph Isaiah Fisher and Marion Chappell ,and sister Teresa "Sissy" Frady (Stanley). Greg owned a successful landscaping business that...
Lola Othenia Wood
Jul 1, 2021
Brevard – Lola Wood, age 87, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Lola, a homemaker, was a lifelong resident of Transylvania County, born to the late Obie Simpson Fisher and Leota Corn Fisher. She was also preceded in death by her son, James T. Wood, Jr. Survivors include her husband, James T. Wood, Sr., 4...
Helen Alva Nicholson
Jul 1, 2021
Brevard - Helen Adams Nicholson was granted her angel wings on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Her final days were spent surrounded by the family she loved so dearly. She was born October 13, 1942 in Jackson county, to Parker and Elsie (Jones) Adams. Helen was preceded in death by both parents and two sisters- Virginia Dills and Patsy Medlin and...
Karen Kiser Austin
Jun 30, 2021
Karen Kiser Austin, 64 of Brevard, died Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at her lake house in Central, SC. A native of Cullowhee, NC, she lived in Transylvania County for most of her life. She spent the last years of her life living her dream, retired and spending time between the mountains of WNC and the lake. Anyone that knew her...
Larry Grady Rollins
Jun 29, 2021
Pisgah Forest - Larry Grady Rollins, 61, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Tuesday, June 29, 2021.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Rosa Marie Queen Rollins.
He worked and operated Ernie's Small Engine Service in Pisgah Forest. He enjoyed music, spending time with his friends and family, and riding...
Robert Berdine Chappell
Jun 28, 2021
Brevard - Robert "Bob" Berdine Chappell, Jr, 91, passed away at home surrounded by family on June 28, 2021, following a brief battle with cancer. Bob was born in Pickens County, SC, a son of the late Robert B. and Dallie Stansell Chappell. He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Margaret Long Chappell, sisters, Lois Bones,...
Lillie Marie Henson
Jun 26, 2021
Pisgah Forest - Lillie Marie Tankersley Henson, age 92, passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2021. For many years Mrs. Henson was the co-owner and operator of Tankersley's Florist on Main Street in Brevard. She enjoyed and excelled in the art of creating custom floral arrangements and bouquets for people. The flower shop and her family were her life's work....
