Carolyn Melissa Stepp
Aug 9, 2019
Our sweet one, Carolyn Burrell Stepp was healed on the morning of August 9, 2019 at eighty-nine years of age. She no longer struggles with the infirmities that plagued her, she is with her Lord and Savior and reunited with those that went on before her. Oh, she will be missed, but how wonderful that she is now healed!...
Joyce Kelley
Aug 8, 2019
Joyce Kelley, age 80, went to be with our Lord on August 8, 2019. She will be missed forever by her family. Joyce was born in Butler, Alabama on January 15, 1939 to William Austin and Gladys Kelley Busby. She attended Choctaw County High School and graduated at the young age of 17. A few short days after graduation she...
Mary Jane Howard
Aug 7, 2019
Mary Jane Jones Howard, age 92, of Cedar Mountain, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 7, 2019. May Jane was born on September 24, 1926 in Cedar Mountain to the late Paul Kendall Jones and Rhoda Heath Jones. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Ralph...
Mary Louise Chapman
Aug 6, 2019
Mary "Louise" Adcock Chapman, age 95, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, August 6, 2019. Mrs. Chapman was born on May 2, 1924 in Henderson Co., NC to the late C.W. Adcock and Bessie Leigh Goodwin Adcock. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Curtis H. Chapman;...
Mildred Powell
Aug 5, 2019
Mildred Powell, 87, of Rosman, passed away on the evening of Monday August 5, 2019 with her family by her side. She was born on August 26, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC to the late Ernest and Lola Griffin. Mildred was an active member in the Rosman community where she was a founding member of the Rosman Fire Department and Rescue...
Dovie Jewell Whitmire
Aug 5, 2019
Mrs. Dovie Galloway Whitmire of Rosman, NC, 88, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 5, 2019. Dovie is survived by her five children, Steve Whitmire (Janice), Sherry Owen (Dennis), Sue Potts, Hank Whitmire (Melinda), Scott Whitmire (Peggy), 13 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and three sisters Ann Harvey, Connie Patterson and Ellen Gilstrap. Dovie is preceded in...
Charles "Ike" Candler
Jul 29, 2019
Charles Anon "Ike" "AC" Candler, age 89 of Brevard, formerly of Asheville, passed away July 29, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. A native of Asheville (Cedar Hill), he was the son of the late Anon and Zennie Candler. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his first wife, Bobbie Bates Candler, his brother Howard...
Ethel Cumile Galloway
Jul 29, 2019
Ethel Cumile Owen Galloway, age 84, of Balsam Grove, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 29, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Luther Calvin and Ethel McCall Owen. She was preceded in death by six sisters, one brother, one daughter in law and one grandson. Cumile was a member of Woods Memorial Baptist Church....
Stephen Pacitti
Jul 27, 2019
Stephen (Steve) Anthony Pacitti of Parrish, FL went to be with our Lord on July 27th, 2019. Heart complications were the cause of his sudden and unexpected passing. He was by the side of his wife and best friend Kathy Pacitti, to whom he was married for 48 wonderful years. Steve was born in Philadelphia, Pa. on July 19th, 1949....
Martha Bell
Jul 26, 2019
Martha Marie Perry Bell April 20, 1932 – July 26, 2019 Martha Bell, a native of Mobile, Alabama, passed into the loving arms of her Savior on July 26, 2019. Martha moved to Hendersonville, NC in 2004 and has made wonderful memories with her family and friends here in the mountains since that time. Martha's life was one of service....
Lucile Cooper
Jul 24, 2019
Lucile Cox Cooper, 92, of Pisgah Forest, passed away July 24, 2019 at her home. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Sula Hamet Cox. Lucile was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Thomas F. Cooper Sr. and by her son Thomas Cooper Jr. and grandson Thomas Cooper III (TC). Her sister, Claudia Cornell and...
Bobby Howard
Jul 22, 2019
Rev. Bobby Joe Howard, age 79, of Brevard went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 22, 2019. He was the son of the late Raymond Howard and Omie Carson Smith. He was preceded in death by one son, Kenny Howard, one daughter, Vicki Howard, two brothers, Levi Howard and Ernest Smith and one sister, Gladys Trantham. Pastor...
Evon Goede
Jul 19, 2019
Evon Lyday Goede, age 78, of Pisgah Forest passed away on Friday, July 19, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Thelma Baynard Lyday. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ortwin Goede. Evon was a very active member of Turkey Creek Baptist. She was a good cook and enjoyed gardening. She loved her family and...
Brodus Jones
Jul 19, 2019
On July 19, 2019 Brodus Jones went home to be with the Lord after a long battle with several illnesses. He was born on June 26, 1942 in Transylvania County to the late Ben Harrison Jones and Mary Laura Owens Jones. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by two sisters, Jean Jones and Patricia Ann...
Diane Buchanan
Jul 18, 2019
Diane Leyda Buchanan, age 67 of Pisgah Forest, gained her heavenly wings on Thursday, July 18, 2019 peacefully at home, after a three-year long battle with Appendiceal Cancer. She was born on October 5, 1951 in Brevard County, FL to the late Richard Leyda and Joanne Leyda Schneider. Diane is survived by her beloved husband of 49 years, Dale Buchanan;...
James Shook
Jul 17, 2019
James "Clyde" Shook, age 86 of Brevard, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. He was the son of the late Joe and Clercy Hooper Shook. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ernestine Shook, son in law, Russell Merritt, three children and two grandchildren. Clyde was a member...
Jefferson Daniel Taylor
Jul 14, 2019
Jefferson Daniel Taylor -- known as Jeff, Dad, Papaw and God only knows what else, was born on July 27th, 1951 in Dallas, TX to the late James H. and Diane Taylor; and lived out the rest of his "dash" on Sunday, July 14th, 2019.
Surviving are his loving wife of 20 years, Candace Cameron Taylor of...
Rhea Marshall
Jul 12, 2019
Helen Rhea Marshall, age 83 of Hendersonville, passed away on Friday, July 12, 2019. She was born on September 12, 1935 in Transylvania County, NC to the late Joseph Roy Marshall and Viola Stepp Marshall. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by three brothers, Carroll Roy Marshall, Clarence Marshall, and Bob Marshall. She was retired...
Edgar Daves
Jun 27, 2019
Edgar William Daves, age 86 of Rosman, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 27, 2019. Mr. Daves was a lifelong resident of Transylvania County and was the son of Evangel and Rhoda Owen Daves. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Donna Vee, his sister, Pauline McCall, a brother-in-law, Herbert...
Linda Prokes
Jun 26, 2019
Linda L. Prokes, age 78, of Penrose, passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Homer and Mary Fair Lale. She was preceded in death by her husband Jerry Prokes. Mrs. Prokes was a teacher the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine, FL for 30 years. She enjoyed knitting, reading,...
