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Larry Delano Lynch
Apr 21, 2016
Larry Delano Lynch, 67, of Webster, North Carolina passed away on April 21, 2016, at Pisgah Manor Skilled Care Rehabilitation Center in Candler, North Carolina. He was born in Rutherfordton, North Carolina on October 8, 1948, to Woodrow and Elsie Lynch. Larry was an active member of the Sylva and Western Carolina University communities, and enjoyed lifting his voice as...
AC Gibson
Apr 19, 2016
A C (Gib) Gibson passed away at Golden Living Center in Greensboro, NC on April 19, 2016 at the age of 92. A native of Jackson County, he was the son of the late Frank Gibson and the late Pearlie Elders. Having left school after the 8th grade to help support his family, he worked varied jobs including a stint...
Lydia Marie Morgan
Apr 17, 2016
Lydia Marie Morgan, age 74, of Sylva died Sunday, April 17, 2016 at her home. A lifelong resident of Jackson County, Lydia was born September 15, 1941. She is the daughter of the late Henry Junior and the late Pauline (Burress) Hall. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Carroll Morgan. She worked in the office...
Bessie B. Cabe
Apr 16, 2016
Bessie Cochran Cabe, 101, of Sylva, went home to be with her Lord, Saturday April 16, 2016. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, Bessie was born May 17, 1914 to the late William and Callie Cochran. She loved gardening and was the oldest living member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. What she enjoyed most was raising her kids,...
Clarence Scott Potter
Apr 12, 2016
Clarence Scott Potter was born June 28, 1925, in Boston, Mass. to Pearl Schnackenberg and George Frederick Potter. He was their fourth and last child. Pearl was a nurse and George taught Horticulture at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. The family lived on a farm adjoining the University grounds, grew wonderful apples and other goodies. Clen started school...
Gary Edward Cook
Apr 11, 2016
Joe Cook, 75, of Sylva, passed away Monday April 11, 2016 after an extended illness. Joe was the son of the late Claude and Laura Cook of Sylva. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by a brother Jim and two sisters; Judith and Carolyn. He is survived by his wife of 50 years Linda Wheeler...
Mary Elizabeth Reed
Apr 10, 2016
Mrs. Elizabeth Hope Reed, 95, passed away April 10, 2016 at Givens Estates where she had resided for the past ten years. A native of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Mrs. Reed was the daughter of the late Francis Earle and Mary B. Hope. She is survived by her nephew, Bill Mitchell and his wife Ebbie of Pawleys Island, SC and...
Rhea Ann Banks
Apr 10, 2016
Rhea Ann Banks, age 77, of Sylva passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. Mrs. Banks was born October 11, 1938. She is the daughter of the late Jack and the late Myrtle Lee (Davis) Turpin. She loved doing mission work in Jamaica, teaching Sunday school at Skyland Care Center, cooking, and her chickens....
Kayson Ryder Trantham
Apr 10, 2016
Kayson Ryder Trantham, precious baby boy of Derrek Trantham and Jessica Mace was born into the arms of angels April 10th, 2016. Although Kayson never spent any time with us on earth he was very loved and touched many lives. In addition to his parents and siblings, Julia and Brayden Mace, he is survived by maternal grandparents- Cindy Melton; Danny...
Larry Benjamin Woodring
Apr 8, 2016
Larry Woodring, age 71, of Sylva passed away Friday, April 8, 2016. He is the son of the late John and Rosa Lee (Franklin) Woodring. He is survived by his wife of 38 years Mary Sue Duvall. Larry loved to hunt and he also loved mechanic work and fixing up vehicles. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great...
Linda Ellen Mull
Apr 4, 2016
Linda Tallent Mull, age 69, of Sylva passed away Monday, April 4, 2016. She was preceded in death by her beautiful angelic mother, Nancy Tallent, and her loving husband, Jim Mull. She will be missed dearly by her father, Claude Tallent; daughter, Melanie Sather; son, Jamie Mull; grandson, Chance Mull; nieces, Sherry Hoxit and Kim Sapp; and many family members...
Myron Eugene Bell
Apr 2, 2016
Myron Eugene Bell, age 69, of Whittier passed away Saturday, April 2, 2016. He is the son of M.G. Bell and step mother Tsui Lin Bell of Cherokee, NC. He was preceded in death by his mother June Bell who passed away in 2009. He was a nature enthusiast who loved being outdoors. He is survived by four brothers and...
Clyde Huey Brooks
Apr 2, 2016
Clyde H. Brooks, 72, of Sylva, passed away Saturday April 2, 2016 after bravely battling a lengthy illness. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, Clyde was the son of the late Arthur Thad and Naomi Bradley Brooks. He worked at Drexel Heritage for 33 years and then started his own plumbing business until his retirement. He was an...
Harold Dean Wikle
Mar 31, 2016
Harold Dean Wikle, age 78, of Sylva died Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Harris Regional Hospital. A lifelong resident of Jackson County, Mr. Wikle was born May 2, 1937. He is the son of the late James Hicks and the late Marie Etta (McMahan) Wikle. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a brother Paul Wikle, and two...
Margaret Spilker
Mar 28, 2016
Margaret (Peggy) McCall Spilker, died suddenly on Monday, March 28, 2016 at the age of 80 at her home in Cullowhee, NC. Peggy was born in Florence, SC in 1935. She was the only child of J.D. McCall Jr. and Vivian Jones McCall. She grew up in Columbia, SC and received her Bachelor's degree in Physical Education at Winthrop College...
Corey Raymond York
Mar 26, 2016
Corey Raymond York, age 25, of Sylva died March 26 in Dillsboro, NC. Corey was born March 14, 1991 in Sylva, NC. He is the son of Carroll Raymond York, Jr. and Kimberly Dawn Webb. He was predeceased in death by a grandfather, Carroll Raymond York, Sr.; and a grandmother Velma Lou Allison Webb. He is survived by; his father...
Wilda Buchanan
Mar 25, 2016
Wilda Buchanan, age 81, of Sylva passed away Friday, March 25, 2016 at a local hospital. She is the daughter of the late Charlie and Irene "Cloer" Dean. She was married to the late Marvin W. Buchanan. WIlda is survived by one daughter Bonita Buchanan Fox and her husband Eddie of Sylva, NC; two grandchildren Stephanie and Tabatha; four great...
Jane Austin Dillard
Mar 20, 2016
Jane Austin Dillard, October 4, 1946 – March 20, 2016. Jane was the daughter of William B. and Catherine H. Dillard. She was preceded in death by her father, W.B., and her brothers, William B. ("Little Bill") Dillard, Jr., and Joseph Cooper Dillard. She will be sorely missed by her mother, Kitty; sisters, Catherine Collins and Mary Miller (Ronnie); brothers...
Edward Lee Bowers
Mar 17, 2016
Edward Lee Bowers, 38, of Sylva, passed away Thursday March 17, 2016. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, he was the son of Nelson and Linda Conner Bowers of Sylva. He loved hunting and fixing up old trucks but what he enjoyed most was spending time with his children. He was preceded in death by an infant brother;...
James Barry Tincher
Mar 16, 2016
James Barry Tincher April 20, 1961 - March 16, 2016 This son was joyfully greeted by his heavenly father and earthly father, Billy James Tincher (d.1978), in a much longed for reunion in the heavenly realms. Included in that company of those gone before is his brother Larry Bill Tincher (d. 2009). Those of us who have to await that...
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