Obituaries

Oct 18, 2016

Daryl Loyd Hughes, 71, of Brevard, NC passed away on October 18, 2016 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. He was a son of the late Elizabeth Louise Plain Hughes and Floyd Mellor Hughes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother; Joseph Hughes. Daryl graduated from Waverly High School where he played football, basketball, track...

Oct 17, 2016

John Luke "Jack" Osteen Jr. of Brevard died Monday, October 17, 2016, at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.

Born November 13, 1924, in Guilford County, North Carolina, Osteen was the son of John Luke and Ruth Osteen. A graduate of the United States Military Academy, he was a veteran of World War II, the Korean...

Oct 13, 2016

Jean Elizabeth La Force, 87, of Brevard, passed away on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. Born August 30, 1929 in Petersburg, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Winston and Sarah Thomson Dunnavant. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her son Douglas Ronald La Force. She graduated from Petersburg...

Oct 11, 2016

Barbara Jean Fenton, 79, of Brevard, passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. A native of Akron, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Mary Elliott Minden. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Richard Gregory Fenton.

Her survivors include her children: Greg Fenton and wife Yasmin...

Oct 11, 2016

Carroll Garvin Hughes III, 80, of Brevard, NC passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2016. He was a son of the late Carroll G. and Louise Lawson Hughes. A graduate of Clemson University, he was also a U.S. Army Veteran. He was a long-time member of The American Institute of Physics, The Optical Society, The Naval Institute, The Smithsonian Association,...

Oct 9, 2016

Ernest "Goo" John Jenkins, 46, of Brevard, NC passed away October 9, 2016 in Jackson County, NC. He was a native and lifelong resident of Brevard and was a son of the late Thomas Dewey and Evadeen Hoxit Jenkins.

John attended school in Brevard. He was well loved and will be missed by all who...

Oct 8, 2016

Vickie E. Rigsby, 58, of Fletcher, passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC. A native of Franklin, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Milas Andrew and Barbara Emory Donaldson.

Vickie was a very kind and caring person who worked as a CNA for a number of...

Oct 7, 2016

James Endicott Curwen (Jim/Jamie) passed away on October 7, 2016 after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's. Jamie, a native of Brevard was born on May 21,1943 to James Drinkwater Curwen and Doris Elaine Risk, both Brevard residents, and preceding him in death.

Raised in Brevard, NC, Jamie graduated from Christ School Arden, NC in 1960 and from...

Oct 7, 2016

B. Jean Eckelmann, 89, of College Walk Retirement Community in Brevard, died on October 7, 2016. Her death from natural causes followed a long, enjoyable and productive life. She was preceded in death by her parents, an older sister, an older brother, her twin sister and a younger sister.

Born in 1927 to Charles Albert Roberts and...

Oct 6, 2016

Vivian Ritenour, 88, of Brevard, passed away on October 6, 2016. Born Vivian Ruth Broaddus on November 30, 1927 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Freda Leighty Broaddus. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Lee Ritenour, her daughter Susan R. Seger; brothers Richard Broaddus...

Oct 5, 2016

Dorothy S. Faulds, 90, of Brevard, passed away on October 5, 2016. Born January 1, 1926, she was a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Elizabeth Brand Sanford. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Russell Faulds. Dorothy and her parents moved to Norwalk, Connecticut...

Oct 4, 2016

LEVY, Jack M. DDS Kalamazoo

Jack M Levy, 73, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at his home. He was born on December 23, 1942 in Ashville, NC and lived a number of years in Brevard before moving to Michigan with his parents, the late Robert and Helen (Lowenson) Levy. Jack served...

Sep 29, 2016

Rev. William Gail Craven, 78, of Brevard, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at the Oaks of Brevard. A native of Randolph County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late William Dwight and Myrtice Bean Craven. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Mary Ann Craven....

Sep 25, 2016

Helga Inge Guyer, 78, of Brevard, NC passed away on September 25, 2016. A native of Offenbach, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Heinrich Karl and Helda Herta Melchior Bockhard. Mrs. Guyer is survived by her loving sisters Irma Baldwin of Hendersonville, NC and Herta Obhell of Offenback, Germany; her brothers Heinrich Bockhard, Alex Bockhard and Helmut...

Sep 21, 2016

Patty Lynn Branham Cover, 51, of Brevard, NC passed away September 21, 2016. A native of Columbus, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Everett and Mabel Alley Branham. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her sister, Kathy Hinkle.

"Those of us who love you Forever have been changed And...

Sep 20, 2016

Dorothy Wilde Galloway, 100, of Lake Toxaway, NC, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. Dorothy was born in Transylvania County on June 20, 1916 to the late Joseph and Ethel Wilde. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Boone Galloway; brothers J.A. Wilde, Festus Wilde, Stokley Wilde and Kadez Wilde; and...

Sep 18, 2016

Cynthia J. Roach, 57, of Boca Raton, FL and Brevard, NC passed away September 18, 2016, peacefully at her home in Connestee. She was a daughter of the late Clifford William Rustia and Muriel Barbara Wollman Rustia. She was also preceded in death by her loving husband, Paul M. Roach, a sister: Stacy Lambe and a brother: Clifford Rustia....

Sep 18, 2016

Lloyd Gene Fisher passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 18, 2016.

Lloyd was a native of Brevard and spent most of his adult life convincing people that Brevard was the best place in the world to live. He was a graduate of Brevard High where he had the privilege of playing on the first integrated football team...

Sep 14, 2016

Virginia Adeline "Addie" Wilkerson, 88, of Brevard, NC passed away September 14, 2016. A native of Dry Fork, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Estelle Giles Dodd. A graduate of Averett College and Longwood College in business education, she pursued lifelong learning opportunities through travel, painting and craft classes, genealogy, Bible study, reading, and gardening....

Sep 14, 2016

Her work on earth completed, our Mom, Ann Leardi Smart of Wilmore, Kentucky, departed this life for her true home on September 14, 2016 when God the Father of Jesus Christ sent His Son to bring her to Heaven. She was 94 years old and in her own bed in her own home when He came for her. Born...