Obituaries

Raymond Mccants

Dec 18, 2016

Raymond Richard McCants, 73, of Brevard, passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock. A native of Asheville, he was the son of the late Charlie McCants and Ellen Williams McCants. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by five siblings.

A United States Navy Veteran, Mr....

Pauline Nicholson

Dec 14, 2016

Pauline Gillespie Nicholson, 97, of Brevard, Passed away on December 14, 2016. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late James Edward and Emma Adeline Baker Gillespie. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband William T. Nicholson, and her nine siblings: James, Arthur, Virgil, Elza, Freeman and Jesse...

Rebecca Richardson

Dec 13, 2016

Forthcoming

Valera Dortmundt

Dec 8, 2016

Valera Ann Dortmundt, 85, went home to be with the Lord on December 8, 2016.

A loving wife, mother, and a longtime member of Carr's Hill Baptist Church. Ann was preceded in death by her husband, Elwood Dortmundt and a son Linwood Dortmundt.

She epitomized the virtuous woman. She cared for a husband, children and...

Billy Hensley

Dec 7, 2016

Billy Kenneth "Ken" Hensley, 76, of Brevard, passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Tore's Home in Brevard after completing a long and courageous battle with multiple sclerosis. A native of Yancey County, NC, he had lived in Transylvania County since the age of 5. He was the son of the late Warren and Robbie Elliott Hensley. His...

Ruth Whitmire

Dec 5, 2016

Ruth Jarrett Whitmire, 92, of Brevard, passed away on December 5, 2016 at Kingsbridge House. A native of Transylvania County, she was born December 17, 1923 to the late William and Pearl Galloway Jarrett. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband John Baxter "JB" Whitmire, son, Landell Whitmire, daughter Marcella Zachary and...

Noel Artache

Dec 2, 2016

Forthcoming

Mildred Jaggard

Dec 1, 2016

Mildred Givens Jaggard, 83, of Brevard, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. A native of Woodbury, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Maude Campen Givens. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her brother, Ralph Givens, Jr.

"The Fudge Lady"...

Kenneth Wyatt

Nov 27, 2016

Kenneth Bell Wyatt of Brevard, North Carolina was 89 years old when he went home to be with the Lord Jesus on Sunday, November 27, 2016. Ken was a native of Brevard and was the son of the late Howard Douglas and Beezie Bracken Wyatt. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by both of his...

Linda Stevenson

Nov 26, 2016

Linda Ann Matheson Stevenson, 76, of Hendersonville, passed away at Transylvania Regional Hospital on November 26, 2016. She was born September 16, 1940 to the late Harold Melvin and Aileen Sanders Matheson. She was preceded in death by her husband Donny Pennell Stevenson, a son, George Anthony Stevenson and a brother, Terry Matheson.

Linda was a longtime...

Nancy Caldwell

Nov 17, 2016

Nancy Allyn Caldwell, 61, of Connestee Falls passed away peacefully at her home on November 17. A native of Arlington, Virginia, she is the daughter of Carolyn R. Woltemate and the late Robert Allan Caldwell. In addition to her father, she was also preceded in death by her husband, David McCracken.

With a heart as big as...

Ivah Duncan

Nov 15, 2016

Ivah Bernice Duncan (nee Dale) passed away peacefully in her home in Brevard, NC on November 15, 2016. She was 99 and 3/4 years old. Ivah was born in Newfane, NY on February 7, 1917, the daughter of the late Raymond and Blanche (Silsby) Dale. Ivah was the youngest of six children, all of whom have preceded her in...

Frances Waser

Nov 10, 2016

Frances C. "Fran" Waser, 82, of Brevard, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2016 at Tore's Home of Brevard. Born November 9, 1934 in Hancock MD she was the daughter of Thomas Roy Creek, Sr. and Helen Angle Creek. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brothers Thomas Creek Jr. and wife Mary, and...

Mary Kimbrell

Nov 8, 2016

Mary Ellen Kimbrell, 96, of Hendersonville, NC, passed away on November 8, 2016. A native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late John and Annie Warren Taylor. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her sons, John Kimbrell and Bill Kimbrell. Her loving survivors include her daughters Karen Nash and...

Lois Owen

Nov 6, 2016

Forthcoming

Interment

November 11, 2016 2:00 PM

Mack McCall Cemetery Macedonia Church Road Quebec, NC

John Hudson

Nov 6, 2016

John R. "Jack" Hudson, Jr., age 85, died at home on November 6, 2016. He was predeceased by his parents, John Randolph Hudson and Martha Edmond Breese Hudson and sister Martha Lee Hudson Scruggs. He is survived by his beloved wife, Dorothy Sprott Atkinson Hudson, his daughter Martha Breese Hudson, her fiancé Robert Goodwin, and grandson Harrison Philip Lowder....

Helen Davison

Oct 29, 2016

Helen Marie Davison, 93, of Pisgah Forest passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2016. A native of York, Nebraska, she was the daughter of the late William and Edith Holm Mohler. Sharing these last days with her is her husband, Harold LaVerne Davison. Together they moved to Pisgah Forest in 1990 after having lived in Alaska and California. She...

Gay Griffith

Oct 28, 2016

Gay Ellen Griffith, 57, of Brevard, passed away on October 28, 2016. A native of York County, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Leland Dean and Beulah May Brooks Griffith. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her brothers Leland Dean Griffith and Tommy Griffith and her sister Darlene Griffith Bailey....

Jewell Martin

Oct 27, 2016

Jewell Irene Martin, 92, of Brevard, passed away on October 27, 2016. A native of Apopka, Florida, she was the daughter of the late Reuben Milton and Myrtle Mae Wells. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, James Leon Martin and her brother James C. Wells.

She and her husband...

Betsy Dobbins

Oct 24, 2016

Betsy Grace Hammett Dobbins, 77, of Brevard, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2016 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. A native of Lattimore, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late James Nathan and Ila Lou Lovelace Hammett. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her brother Tommy Hammett. She and her husband, Don,...