Obituaries

Mar 21, 2020

Leta Anne Tinsley, age 78, of Brevard, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2020. Ms. Tinsley was born on October 4, 1941 to the late Frank and LaNell Tinsley. She was a very active member of Calvary Baptist Church which she dearly loved, and had worked for Aetna in Charlotte for many years. Survivors include her cousins, Linda Tinsley and...

Mar 20, 2020

Mary Arnett (Reeves) McDaniels, age 89 of Rosman, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020. She was an active member of Middlefork Baptist Church, serving in the music ministry as organist and pianist. She attended the Church In The Son in Orlando, FL. A private graveside service will be held at Highland Memory Gardens, Forest City, FL, a suburb of...

Mar 19, 2020

Betty Gail Murphy, age 77 of Rosman, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2020. Miss Murphy was born on March 24, 1942 in Transylvania Co., NC to the late Eugene and Lena Love Murphy. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by two sisters, Brenda Gantt and Phyllis Thomas, and one brother, Larry Murphy. She had...

Mar 19, 2020

Mar 19, 2020

Marguerite Laws, 93, of Bel Air, MD passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at the Senator Bob Hooper House Hospice in Forest Hill, MD. Marguerite was born in Pisgah Forest, NC and was raised by her beloved grandparents, George and Emma Jane Frady. She lived in Pisgah Forest until the passing of...

Mar 18, 2020

Brevard - Annie Smith Brown, age 83, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 51 years, Robert Bradley Brown, her parents, Lewis & Alice Smith, her brother, Clarence Smith, and sister, Mary Peek. She was born in Toccoa, GA and moved to Brevard when she was...

Mar 17, 2020

Brevard – Robert "Bob" Edwin McNiel, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. He was the son of the late Charles and Irma Roberts McNiel. Bob was proud of his military service with the Marines. He was with the Texas Highway Patrol for 15 years. He graduated from Baylor University with a degree in Science and Physics. He...

Mar 16, 2020

Mar 14, 2020

Ruby Avanell Winchester Oliver, 90, of Brevard, passed away March 14, 2020, at the home of her son, Kevin Oliver, in Hickory. Ruby was born May 26, 1929, in the Calvert Community of Rosman, to the late Leo Lester Winchester Sr. and Ida Katie Gillespie Winchester. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Boyd...

Mar 12, 2020

Marion Chappell, age 78 of Brevard, gained her Heavenly wings on Thursday, March 12, 2020 after being lovingly cared for by Dr. Walker and the ICU team for a long-term illness that crippled her lungs and decreased her ability to do the things in life that gave her the most joy, caring for her family and friends. In the Fall...

Mar 12, 2020

Wendell Reed (Ray) Alcorn was born on November 23, 1939 near Snyderville, Pennsylvania. He departed this world at the age of 80 on March 12, 2020. Ray graduated from the Dayton Joint High School in 1957, followed by the Pennsylvania State University in 1961. He then entered Naval Aviation Pre-Flight School and began his thirty-year Navy career. He served in...

Mar 11, 2020

Inez Nettles McKinney, 81, of Brevard, NC, formerly of Hendersonville, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Lucille Nettles. She is preceded in death by her husband, James "Ikey" McKinney, a sister Penny Nettles, a granddaughter Clarissa Morgan, and a great grandson Kaison Tucker-Morgan. She...

Mar 10, 2020

Jewel Victoria Shelton, 88, of Rosman, NC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Born in Rosman, NC, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Nettle Chappell. She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, Coy Shelton, son, Waybern Shelton, sister Ophilla Galloway, brothers, Arnold, Donald, Claude, Ralph and Melvin Chappell and a grandson...

Mar 7, 2020

Pisgah Forest - Shirley Galloway Tinsley departed this life on March 7, 2020. She was a lifelong resident of Pisgah Forest. Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, Carl L. and Ida Owen Galloway, her brothers Bill, Ivan, and Clyde Galloway, and her sisters Christine Wilson, Delphine Donnelly, Phylliss Constantine, Ethel Poole, Brenda Spillman, Brona Dunn, and Annie Sue...

Mar 5, 2020

Barbara Parker Rogers, 86, of Pisgah Forest, passed away peacefully March 5, 2020. A native of Buncombe Co., she was a daughter of the late James Virgil and Annie Mae Bowlin Parker. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Reeves Rogers, brothers, JV Jr., Porter, George, and Clarence Parker, and sisters, Vergie Stubbs, Frances Stubbs and Pauline...

Mar 4, 2020

Walter "Wally" Hoskins, 68, born in Cambridge, MA passed peacefully at his home in Brevard, NC on March 4, 2020. He is survived by his sons Stephen Hoskins, his wife Andrea of Saugus, MA and his son Christopher Hoskins of Roanoke Rapids, NC. Wally also leaves behind his beloved grandchildren Veronica and Jacob. Wally was an avid music lover and...

Mar 3, 2020

Hendersonville - Agatha "Aggie" Libassi Westerhoff passed away peacefully after a hard-fought battle with Pancreatic cancer on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Born September 11, 1948, in Scranton, PA, she is predeceased by her parents, Jessie and Anthony Libassi of Scranton, PA, and her late husband, Jack Westerhoff, of Joliet, IL. Aggie worked as an OR Nurse at the Washington Hospital...

Mar 2, 2020

John Howard Peterson of Brevard passed away peacefully at his home on Monday March 2, 2020 surrounded by loving family. He was the son of the late James Manual Peterson and Macie Wells Peterson. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his son, John Smith Peterson, his brother, Abner Frank Peterson, and his sister Jimmie Peterson...

Feb 29, 2020

Brevard – Royce Robert Baker, age 85, passed away on Saturday, February 29, 2020. He was the son of the late Elmer and Florence Holden Baker. He was also preceded in death by one brother, Davis "Red" Baker and one niece, Cindy Stephenson. Royce was employed by Ecusta for more than 40 years. He enjoyed fishing and drag racing. He...

Feb 29, 2020

Pisgah Forest - Martha Faye Owen Whitmire, 80, was promoted to heaven on Saturday, February 29, 2020. She was born July 6, 1939, in Transylvania County, one of five children in the family of Homer and Edna Owen of Silversteen community. She was preceded in death by her husband Russell Whitmire, two children, Terri Cagle and Todd Whitmire and two...