Alexis Ann Barrett
Apr 13, 2024
Alexis Ann Barrett, 78, of Pisgah Forest, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Born in San Antonio, Texas, she was the daughter of the late C. Alexander and Helen Belt Edelen.
A graduate of Nazareth High School in Nazareth, KY, she also attended the University of Kentucky. She worked as a lifeguard during her high school and college years before...
Veda L. Goldsmith
Apr 13, 2024
Veda Erwin Goldsmith, 92, of Pisgah Forest, NC, passed away on April 13, 2024. Veda Erwin Goldsmith was born at Balfour, NC, in 1931, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Allen Erwin and Bertie Matthews Erwin.
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband Tommie Goldsmith, and a sister, Virginia Erwin Huntley of...
George B. Underdahl
Apr 11, 2024
George B. Underdahl, 68, of Brevard, passed away on April 11, 2024.No local services are planned at this time.
Doris Louise Breiner
Apr 9, 2024
Doris Louise Breiner, 93, of Brevard, passed away on April 9, 2024. Born in Lehigh County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Paul Robert and Anna Englert Schreiter. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Howard Breiner; her sister, Barbara Goslin and her brothers Herbert Schreiter and Robert Schreiter.
Growing...
Richard Keith McConnell
Apr 6, 2024
Richard Keith McConnell, 64, of Brevard, passed away on April 6, 2024. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of Frances Wright McConnell and the late Porter McConnell. In addition to his father, he was also preceded in death by his brother, Larry McConnell.
An outstanding mechanic, he loved to fix and repair most anything with a motor: cars, four-wheelers...
James Clifford Gillespie
Mar 25, 2024
James Clifford Gillespie, 82, of Hendersonville, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2024. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Clifford and Catherine Shipman Gillespie. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Dorothy H. Gillespie, and their son, James Steven Gillespie.
A simple man who found his...
Jane B. Elliott
Mar 24, 2024
Jane E. (Bishop) Elliott, 90, of Belleville, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at Valley View Retirement Community Nursing Home in Belleville, PA. Jane had lived at Valley View for the past three years, enjoying daily visits with her husband Jim Elliott, who lives in a residential cottage at Valley View. Jim and Jane met at college in 1952...
Anthony Dale Mathis
Mar 15, 2024
Anthony Dale “Tony” Mathis, 58, of Brevard, passed away on March 15, 2024. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Floyd and Gaynell Shook Mathis. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Donna Breedlove-Mathis, and by his siblings: Holly, Sandy, Rita, Joe, Rhonda and Jack.
Tony was a collector...
Dan Holler
Mar 8, 2024
Our beloved Dan Holler, husband, father, brother, friend and joyous companion, died at Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, NC, at midday on Friday, March 8, with his family by his side. Dan F. Holler, Jr was born on October 4, 1941 in Raleigh, NC to proud and loving parents Dan F. Holler, Sr, and Harriet Lee McGoogan. He grew up...
Jerry Joseph Siemann
Mar 7, 2024
Jerry Joseph Siemann, 82, of Brevard, NC passed away peacefully with his wife by his side on March 7, 2024. Jerry was born December 25, 1941, in Lancaster, WI. to the late Joseph Theodore Siemann and Vera Elizabeth Bennett. He was also preceded in death by his sister Judith Ann Strye.
Jerry is survived by his loving wife of 62 years,...
Linwood "Sonny" Butler
Feb 28, 2024
On Wednesday February 28,2024, Linwood Christian (Sonny) Butler, 89, of Brevard, North Carolina and San Antonio, Florida, went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ.
Sonny was predeceased in death by his parents Linwood Butler and Florence Butler, his first wife Barbara Ann Dinsmore Butler, His children Paulette Gary, Douglas Butler, Richard Butler, and Thomas Butler and Sisters Mary Randolf and...
Teri Jo Norris
Feb 27, 2024
Teri Jo Norris age 67 of Etowah, NC passed away peacefully with her husband by her side on February 27, 2024. Teri was born June 28, 1956, in Sussex, NJ to the late Phyllis A. LaPorta. She was also predeceased in death by her grandmother Margaret C. Strait, Brother Michael LaPorta, Aunt Sandra Smith, Mother and Father-in-Law Richard and Beatrice...
Dorothy "Dottie" Ehmann
Feb 24, 2024
Dorothy J. “Dottie” Ehmann, 91, of Brevard, passed away on February 24, 2024 after a severe heart attack. A native of Chillicothe, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Willie Mae Irick James. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her sister, Margaret Anderson and her brother, Frank.
She was a loving mother,...
Norman H. Macoy
Feb 22, 2024
Norman H. Macoy, aged 87, passed away on February 22, 2024 in Brevard, NC. He had left Fairfield, CT with his spouse, Suzanne, in 1995 and moved to Ft. Wayne, IN. He then retired to North Carolina in September 2002.
Born September 30, 1936, in Newark, NJ, he was the son of Eugene Wilson Macoy and Ruth Norman Macoy, both...
Wanda Ledford
Feb 17, 2024
Wanda Owen Ledford, 73, of Lake Toxaway, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 17, 2024. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late Luther Theodore and Frances Chastain Owen. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brothers, Charles Lawter and Gary Owen and her sisters,
Janice Owen and JoAnn Adams.
Living...
Paul James Owen
Feb 13, 2024
Paul James Owen, 76, of Brevard, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late George Thomas and Willie Mae Owen. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his sister, Laverne Owens.
The former pastor of Holly Springs Baptist Church, he was also retired from DuPont...
John Robert Brinkley
Feb 13, 2024
John Robert Brinkley, 86, of Brevard, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 after a long illness. John is preceded in death by his wife of nearly 30 years, Wanda Owen Brinkley and his parents A.P. Brinkley and Martha Moody Brinkley Turbyfill.
John was born in Elk Park, NC and graduated from Cranberry High School. He served in the United...
Wanda Fisher
Feb 12, 2024
Wanda Lou Fisher, 71, of Brevard, peacefully passed away on Monday, February 12, 2024 after a lengthy illness.
A beautiful woman of faith and love, she was a blessing to all that knew her. She was a collector of both treasures and cats. She loved her friends, family and her flowers and pink was her signature color.
Her loving survivors include her...
Loenna Lyda Henderson
Feb 10, 2024
Loenna Aileen Henderson, 80, of Pisgah Forest, passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Born in Henderson County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Clyde henry and Edith Blackwell Lyda. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Clay Radford Henderson, and her sister, Barbara Nicholson, and her best friend in the...
Janette Frances Ziegler
Feb 3, 2024
Janette Frances Raines Ziegler passed away peacefully in her home after a relatively brief battle with Alzheimers. She was preceded in death by her daughters, Polly Darcus and Katherine Ruth Ziegler; Mama and Papa, Katie and Van Buren Waldrop; her parents, Leo Rutledge and Polly Darcus Raines; twin sister, Jennie Wilde and her husband Kadez; sisters Louise Moffit and her...
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