Maggie M. Holden
Nov 17, 2024
Maggie M. Holden, 84, of Rosman, passed away on November 17, 2024. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late Juston and Bessie Aiken Morgan. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her late husbands, Ralph Pressley and J. B. Holden; her sisters Nettie Bell, Nellie Bell, and Peggy Searcy and...
Frances Wright Landreth
Nov 12, 2024
Frances Wright Landreth, 90, of Brevard, passed away on November 12, 2024. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late William Frederick and Edna Kinsey Wright. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband Kenneth Landreth; her sons Richard Keith McConnell and Lawrence Edward McConnell.
She enjoyed plants and animals, eating...
Dr. Charles Deems Lefler
Nov 12, 2024
CHARLES DEEMS LEFLER
He who loves understands, and he who understands loves. One who feels understood feels loved, and one who feels loved feels sure of being understood. Dr. Paul Tournier
Dr. Charles Deems Lefler left his earthly life on November 12, 2024.
He was born in Durham, North Carolina on January 8, 1944, and grew up in Chapel Hill, NC. He attended...
Dottie Hutchins
Nov 11, 2024
Dottie Hutchins, 78, of Brevard, a beautiful and loving wife, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2024 at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, North Carolina following a long illness. Born in Hayesville, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Will and Zona Cloer Hooper. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her...
Abigail Shera Passmore
Nov 3, 2024
Abigail Shera Passmore, 48, of Brevard, passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2024. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, she was the daughter of Phillip and Cheryl Levine Leone.
A loving mother to her two daughters, she was also “mom” to others as well as grandmother to her two grandsons (and a third on the way). She was kind and smart, always...
Hildegard Marie Greitzke
Nov 1, 2024
Hildegard Greitzke died, November 1, 2024. She was born on May 30, 1930, in White Plains, New York to the late Erick Winklemann and Hedwig Pirscher. She was preceded in death by her husband, Innozenz S. Greitzke.
She attended Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church and the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd.
She went to Germany to visit her grandmother with her mother...
Joseph Stephen Henderson
Oct 31, 2024
Joseph Stephen Henderson died peacefully on October 31, 2024, at the age of 88 years.
Joe was born to Douglas and Agnes Raxter Henderson on September 25, 1936. Joe was preceded in death by his wife, Bearnice Henderson, sons Steve Henderson and Richard Henderson, and siblings Clay Henderson, Vivian Williams, and Thomas Henderson.
Joe worked at Olin Corporation, Ecusta, and Coats America....
David Gerald Hewett
Oct 29, 2024
On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, David Gerald Hewett, age 91 of Brevard, North Carolina passed away peacefully at home with his devoted wife, Anne, and his daughters Susanne and Karen, by his side.
Born on November 15, 1932, in Jackson County, Florida, David was the seventh son of Willie Brogdon Hewett and David Louis Hewett. He was preceded in death by...
Aleisa Kay Wright
Oct 28, 2024
Aleisa Kay Wright, 65, of Brevard, passed away on October 28, 2024. She was born in Swain County, North Carolina to Carroll Wright and the late Joan Robinson Wright. In addition to her mother, she was also preceded in death by her son, Thomas Morris, and her daughter, Cortni Morris.
A 2-time breast-cancer survivor, she loved being a mother and a...
William Andrew Harvill
Oct 28, 2024
WILLIAM ANDREW HARVILL passed away peacefully at his home in the presence of his family on October 28, 2024. He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Anita MacLellan Harvill, his son Andrew and husband Mark, daughter Andrea and her children Adelynn, Ava and Anderson Butler. He was pre-deceased in death by his parents Gilbert Ambrose Harvill, Jr....
James Harold Lance
Oct 25, 2024
James Harold Lance, 78, of Rosman, passed away on October 25, 2024. A Transylvania County native, he was the son of the late Fred and Della Searcy Lance. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his siblings: Frank, Robert, Roy, Carl, Charlie, T. I., Chub, Jane and Bonnie.
An auto mechanic by trade, he loved the...
Charles Harrison Ziegler
Oct 10, 2024
Charles Harrison Ziegler, 95, of Brevard, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, October 10th, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Born in Greensboro, N.C., he moved to Brevard with his parents in 1946 and was married to Janette Raines, his "Nette," in 1950. He was in the U.S. Navy Reserves in the late '40s.
Charles worked at farming, the...
Linda Cora Holden
Sep 30, 2024
Linda Cora Holden, 75, of Brevard, passed away on September 30, 2024. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late Tildon and Nettie Orr Holden. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her sister, Lois Holden.
A member of Turkey Creek Baptist Church, she enjoyed being with her church family and in...
Lillian Updike
Sep 22, 2024
Lillian Sturgis Updike, 97, passed away Sept. 22, 2024, in Brevard, NC, with her children at her side.
She was born on August 9, 1927 in Ocala, Florida to Wallace Edwin Sturgis and Catherine Goldthwaite Henry. In 1950, before graduating from Cornell University as a Registered Nurse, Lillian married her high school sweetheart, Edwin Hoyt Updike. They started their family in...
Lula R S Ashworth
Sep 19, 2024
Lula R S Ashworth, went to be with her sister, Eva and her brother, Kenneth on Thursday, September 19, 2024. She was born to the late Robert and Mollie Enloe Rice on January 16, 1925. She is also preceded in death by her first husband, Charles W. Sherrill who passed away in 1984. She then married Harry Ashworth who passed...
Charles Howard "Butch" Morris
Sep 18, 2024
Charles Howard “Butch” Morris, 83, of Etowah, NC died Wednesday September 18, 2024. He was as a son of the late Straley Howard “Boots” Morris and Gertrude “Tood” Whitson Morris .
Charles was a 1959 graduate of Brevard High School, and he attended Western Carolina University for 2 years. He retired as a Master Sargent in the US Air Force after...
Ray Garner, Jr.
Sep 13, 2024
Ray Garner, Jr., 93, of Brevard, passed away on September 13, 2024 after an extended illness. Born in Akron, Ohio on March 10, 1931, on his mother’s birthday. He was preceded in death by his son, John, in 1972 and his sister, Ruth Caroline Garner Hoyt in 2021.
He was active in the First United Methodist Church ministries and was a...
Lynne Barbara Hastie
Sep 13, 2024
Lynne Barbara (Bauer) Hastie, long time resident of Brevard, North Carolina, passed away at home, on September 13, 2024, after a long illness. She was 82 years of age.
A private family service will be held at a later date.
Lynne Hastie was born in Patterson New Jersey. She was the daughter of Charles E. Bauer and Evelyn (De’Rier) Bauer. She spent...
Helga Ehricke Preckel
Sep 10, 2024
Helga Ehricke Preckel, 85, of Pisgah Forest went home to Heaven on September 10, 2024, after a valiantly fought battle with cancer. She was surrounded by family, music, laughter and joy during her last days.
Helga was born in Pforzheim, Germany on June 29, 1939, and emigrated to the United States as a young woman. She met Rolf Preckel shortly after...
Shelby Megan Godlove
Aug 31, 2024
Shelby Megan Godlove, 28, of Brevard, passed away on August 31, 2024. A native of Brevard, she was the daughter of Melissa Claxton. She was preceded in death by her sister, Stephanie Godlove.
A graduate of Catawba Valley Community College, she enjoyed athletics and always being active, particularly outdoors. With an unwavering faith in God, she enjoyed working and being outside,...
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