Obituaries

Rev. Thomas E. Hughes, Jr. Rev. Thomas Edward Hughes, Jr., of Brevard passed away after a courageous fight with cancer, on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 10:30 PM. Twenty-three family members and friends surrounded him, singing and reading scripture as he stepped over into glory. A graveside service was held on Friday, July 25, for the family....

Vesta Marie Hopkins Owen Brevard - Vesta Marie Hopkins Owen, 83, died Tuesday, July 08, 2008 at Transylvania Community Hospital. A native of Henderson County, she was the daughter of the late Edward Jenkins Hopkins and Mary Florence Stepp Hopkins Goldsmith and was the wife of the late Alfred Joseph Owen. She is also preceded in death...

Virginia Whitmire Hamilton Brevard, NC - Virginia Whitmire Hamilton, 81, of Brevard, NC died Sunday, November 9, 2008 at The Oaks Health and Retirement Center. She was a native of Jocassee Valley, Oconee County, SC, and had resided in Transylvania County for the past 62 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Iris...

Wade P. McGuire Fletcher - Wade P. McGuire, 72, died Sunday, February 3, 2008 at the Brian Center, Hendersonville. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Ralph and Sallie Lyday McGuire. He was also preceded in death by a nephew, Robert Raines and Robert's wife, Terrye. Surviving are his sisters, Margaret Raines...

Captain Wayne H. Traywick Brevard - Captain Wayne H. Traywick, 96, died Friday, March 28, 2008, at Cedar Mountain House. He was born in Union County, NC on March 29, 1911 to the late Luther and Dora Haigler Traywick. A son Colin Haigler Traywick and a sister Chloe Walkup preceded him in death. Captain Traywick was a...

Wilberta Alice Northway Brevard - Wilberta Alice Northway, 92, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at Kingsbridge House. A native of Portland, OR, she was the daughter of the late Hugh and Karlene Warner Hayes and was the wife of the late Henry Northway. She is also preceded in death by her...

Willa Johnson Stephens, 92 Willa Johnson Stephens died March 8, 2008, at Kingsbridge Care Facility in Brevard, NC. Born in Durant, Florida July 18, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Ida Bledsoe Johnson and Albert Enoch Johnson. Willa had one sister, also deceased, Edna Johnson Sparkman. Willa grew up in the Tampa, Florida area where...

William (Bill) Fred Owens, Jr. Pisgah Forest- William (Bill) Fred Owens, Jr., 72, passed away on February 13, 2009 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. He was the son of the late W. Fred and Sallie Matthews Owens of Winston Salem, NC. Mr. Owens, a 1959 graduate of Wake Forest University, was a member of the First Baptist Church...

William F. Turnbull Brevard - William F. Turnbull, of Brevard, died Sunday, October 26, 2008 at Fours Season Hospice & Palliative Care in Flat Rock, NC. He was preceded in death by his wife Blanche Turnbull who died in 1978 and a son Billy Turnbull. He served in the US Coast Guard during WWII and was a...

William Uhle, age 76, passed away Friday, April 18, 2008 at his home in Cedar Mtn., NC. He was born Aug. 6, 1931 and raised in Miami, FL by his parents Reonette and Albert C. Uhle, Jr. His incentive to enter the business management world was fostered by being an independent carrier for the Miami Herald during...

Dorice Cook Saltz Dorice Cook Saltz, of Brevard, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at Transylvania Regional Hospital after a period of declining health. She was born on January 10, 1918 in Bozeman, Montana to the late George and Vera Cook. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Harold Saltz, stepfather, George Durland, and sisters, Mary...

Doris Jean Scruggs Flynn Brevard a'" Doris Jean Scruggs Flynn, 78, died Friday, October 31, 2008 at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, NC. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the Lemuel Hampton Scruggs and Maria Tinsley Scruggs and was the wife of the late John Thomas Flynn, Jr. She was also preceded in death by...

Doris Rahn Orr Brevard - Doris Rahn Orr, 87, died Thursday, December 25, 2008 at Cardinal Care Assisted Living. She was a daughter of the late P. A. Rahn and Katie Graham Rahn and was wife of 57 years to the late Hollen Orr. She was also preceeded in death by three sisters, Ernestine Rahn Davis, Lillian...

Doris Strealdorf Pisgah Forest - Doris Strealdorf died peacefully at her home February 4, 2009. She was born and grew up in Glen Carbon, IL. In 1954, she married John, and they shared 54 years together, John preceding her in death by three months. Their ashes will be buried together. Doris is survived by her younger brother...

Dorothy (Dottie) Loftis Hamilton Pisgah Forest - Dorothy (Dottie) Loftis Hamilton, 81, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at Transylvania Community Hospital. A native of Transylvania County, she was a daughter of the late Theodore and Edna Marshall Loftis and wife of the late Malcolm "Hoss" Hamilton for more than 50...

Edna Lee Thomas Edna Lee Thomas, 91, died Monday, June 2, 2008 at the Oaks, Brevard, NC. A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie N. and Mary Ethel Styles Morgan and was the wife of the late Clifton Thomas. Mrs. Thomas was a member of Enon Baptist Church and she was...

Edwin Louie Salter Brevard - Edwin Louie Salter, 76, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 2, 2009. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather and a dear friend to many. Ed dearly loved his church family at Carr's Hill Baptist Church. He was a Deacon and Sunday school teacher. He was well-known...

Elizabeth Gwendolyn "Gwen" Williams Blankinship, 91, of Brevard died on Saturday, June 28, 2008. She was born on April 16, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Richard Hugh and Margaret Sarah Jones Williams. Her father was born in Denbigh, N. Wales and her mother was born in Bethesda, N. Wales. She was also preceded in death...

Elizabeth Featherstone Riley Kapp Tyson Brevard - Elizabeth Featherstone Riley Kapp Tyson died Marsh 18, 2008 at Brian Center of Brevard. She was born May 26, 1912 in Macon, GA, the daughter of Mary Glenn Featherstone Riley and Laurence Holdridge Riley. She graduated from Southwestern University in Memphis where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta...

Emily Ann English was born in 1931 in Durham. NC, to William Hall Smith and Mabel Claire (Yarborough) Smith, Ann (Smith) English died at home in Brevard last week. After attending schools in Durham, Oak R, TN, and Brevard, Ann finished her education at Appalachian State Teaches College where she majored in music and played on the women's basketball...