Obituaries

Sep 24, 2015

Elura C. Walker, 50, of Brevard, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2015. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late Paul Woody and the late Virginia Griffin Smith. Elura had worked as a CNA for several years. She was free-spirited, but always thought of others first. She particularly loved the outdoors and loved to...

Sep 22, 2015

Allen Ray Cison, 63, of Brevard, passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2015. A native of Brevard, he was the son of the late Jay E Cison and the late Jessie Gravely Mann. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Auburn "Jeepie" Cison and his best friend, Harry "Fuzz" Crane. Allen was a U.S. Army Veteran and...

Sep 21, 2015

Mary R. Washington of Hickory, NC formerly of Brevard, NC passed away on Monday, September, 21, 2015. She was a member of Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. She was a daughter of the late Harry and Grace Smith Beach. She was also preceded in death by her husband William H. Washington and a son, John Blair Washington. Survivors...

Sep 15, 2015

Ronnie Damon Brown, 68, of Brevard, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2015. A native of Brevard, he was the son of the late Joe Bob and Sarah Ruth Arrowood Brown, Sr. Ronnie was an avid outdoorsman and loved hunting and fishing and introduced these sports to two generations. His chief love was his grandson Caiden. He discovered after...

Sep 15, 2015

Francis was born on March 21, 1925 and passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2015.

Francis was a resident of Brevard, North Carolina.

Sep 9, 2015

Gertrude A. "Trudi" Johnson, 77, of Brevard, passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2015, in the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC. A native of Walnut, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Emmett Alexander and Alveda Laws Allen. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brothers James Allen and Herbert Allen....

Sep 9, 2015

Service information is forthcoming

Sep 7, 2015

Alfred Walker Jordan, 83, of Brevard, passed away Monday, September 7, 2015, in Transylvania regional Hospital. A native of Bloomfield, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Dorothy Jordan Greenfield. In addition to his mother, he was also preceded in death by his step-father, Harry Greenfield. A U.S. Army Veteran, Mr. Jordan served in Panama during the...

Sep 1, 2015

MERLE E. McCORMICK, 83, of Harrisburg and Guadalajara, Mexico, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015, in Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg.

He was the son of the late William J. and Margie (Whitmire) McCormick, and a graduate of Lower Paxton High School, class of 1950, where he was a quarterback on the football team, a catcher for...

Aug 26, 2015

Elmer Harrison Galloway, 95, of Rosman, NC, passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at The Oaks of Brevard. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Lyman Culwell and Nancey Emmer Whitmire Galloway. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife, Emma Wave Galloway, his son Dennis Wayne...

Aug 23, 2015

William R. White, 80, of Brevard, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Taylorsville, NC. A native of Laurinburg, NC, he was the son of the late Emmett and Hannah Hutchins White. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his brothers, Lenny Ray White, Jack White, Ed...

Aug 22, 2015

Doris Williams Edwins, 85, of Pisgah Forest, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 22, 2015. A native of Eros, Louisiana, she was the daughter of the late H.P. and Ardella Balderston Williams. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Shuford O. Edwins, Jr., and her brothers...

Aug 21, 2015

Sharon Ann Van Strien Cobb, 64, of Pisgah Forest, NC, passed away on Friday, August 21, 2015 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. A native of Crawfordsville, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late John and Helen O. Van Strien. After working for several years with Ecusta in Brevard, she began a career with Keller-Williams Real Estate until her retirement....

Aug 17, 2015

James Ellis "Bocus" Bullock, 51, of Rosman, NC, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2015 at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. A native of Fort Benning, Georgia, he was the son of the late Robert Franklin "Red" Bullock and Josephine W. Moore Bullock. Jimmy worked as the Fleet maintenance Supervisor for the City of Brevard. He was a good...

Aug 14, 2015

Suzanne Grace Larson, 75, of Brevard, North Carolina, peacefully passed away on Friday, August 14, 2015 at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, North Carolina after a valiant two-year battle with cancer. She was born on October 22, 1939 in New York City, New York, in the borough of Queens to Robert Parker and Grace Stevenson Long. She graduated...

Aug 13, 2015

Marshall Ray Pritchard, 68, of Mill Spring, NC, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum, SC. A native of Polk County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Ira and Leona Wilson Pritchard. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his son Michael...

Aug 4, 2015

Charles H. Peters, husband of the late Betty Ann Norris Peters, passed away on August 4, 2015 in Philadelphia, PA. Born in New Haven, CT, on February 19. 1927, he was the son of the late John P. and Charlotte Morse Hodge Peters.

Mr. Peters worked as a civil engineer both in the United States and abroad....

Aug 2, 2015

Margarita E. "Margo" Galloway, 93. of Brevard, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 2, 2015 at Tore's Home in Brevard. She was preceded by her daughter Karen Galloway Hooper. Her loving survivors include her husband of 71 years, Hershel Galloway; son Keith Galloway and wife Liz; grandchildren Richie Hooper and wife Mindi, Allison Batson and husband Ty, T.J. Hooper...

Jul 28, 2015

Betty Ann Clark, 79, of Brevard was surrounded by her family as she passed into the kingdom of Heaven on July 28, 2015. She was born in Swainsboro, Georgia to the late to the late Albert and Callie Tapley Salter. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Walter Clark, and her brothers...

Jul 28, 2015

Ella Jeanne Hardee Griffin, 88, of Brevard,formerly of Asheville, peacefully passed away in her home on July 28, 2015. Jeanne was born in Atlanta, Georgia on June 7, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Franklin Hardee and Helen Holbrook Hardee. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brother Frank Hardee and...