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Hugh Phillip Thompson
Oct 17, 2015
Hugh Phillip Thompson, age 62, of Tuckasegee died Saturday, October 17, 2015 at VA Medical Center of Asheville, NC. Mr. Thompson was born May 14, 1953 in Jackson County.. He is the son of the late Candler Fred and the late Helen (Gass) Thompson. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a daughter, Melanie Brook Thompson, a grand...
Eulala Shular
Oct 17, 2015
Eulala Shular, age 85, of Cullowhee received her angel wings on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. A lifelong resident of Jackson County, Ms. Shular was born July 1, 1930. She is the daughter of the late Wiley Winton and the late Vena (Price) Shular. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by brothers, Jim, Clinton, David, Carlton, A B, and...
Betty Brown
Oct 14, 2015
Betty Brown age 92 of Whittier, NC passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2015. Born in Jacksonville, FL., and was the adopted daughter of Edward Tracy and Hallie Guthrie Hollingsworth. She lived most of her life in Miami, FL and became a resident of Whittier in 1966.She was a member of the Whittier United Methodist Church. Betty is survived by one...
Mary Emma Deal
Oct 13, 2015
Mary Emma Deal, age 90, of Cullowhee passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at a local nursing home. She is the daughter of the late Lunnie and Susan Nicholson Burrell. She was married for 37 years to the late Bishop Deal. She enjoyed cooking and planting flowers around her house. She is survived by one sister Janie Fowler; two brothers...
Yvonne Saddler
Oct 10, 2015
Yvonne Saddler (Nielsen) of Houston, Texas passed away in Houston, Texas on October 10, 2015 at the age of 79. She was a former long-term resident of Cullowhee and former professor at WCU. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Daniel L. Saddler, and second husband Dr. Arnold Nielsen, who were also professors at WCU. She was also...
Phyllis Ann Fisher
Oct 10, 2015
Phyllis Ann Fisher, age 68, of Sylva died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at home. Phyllis was born September 5, 1947 in Haywood County, NC. She is the daughter of the late Fred and the late Edna Mae (Reece) Cagle. She married Carroll Fisher. She was employed as a House Keeper. Phyllis loved to bake, cook, and plant flowers and bushes....
Charles Laverne Rush
Oct 9, 2015
Charles Laverne Rush passed away at his home in Cullowhee on October 9, 2015. He was 86. Mr Rush was born in Clyde, NC to the late James Emory Rush and Annie Palmer Rush. The youngest of 8 children, he graduated from Clyde High School in 1945. He received a BA in Business from Mars Hill College followed by a...
Cecil Coy Franklin
Oct 9, 2015
Cecil Coy Franklin, age 87, of Sylva died Friday, October 9, 2015 at Morningstar Assisted Living Center of Sylva, NC. Cecil was born November 11, 1927. He is the son of the late Coy and Lenora Carden Franklin. He was married for 62 years to the late Bleakadee Parris Franklin. He is survived by one daughter DeeAnn (James) Brooks; two...
Alvia Lou Buchanan
Oct 6, 2015
Alvia Lou Buchanan, 76, of Sylva passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2015. Mrs. Buchanan was born June 11, 1939 in Sylva, NC. She worked as a Nurse at Harris Regional Hospital. Alvia Lou loved crocheting and helping people. She was preceded in death by her husband, Manuel Buchanan and by her parents David and Birdie Brindle Reynolds. She is survived...
Claude Edison Fox
Oct 5, 2015
Claude Edison Fox, 88 of Sylva, NC passed away Monday, October 5, 2015. He was born May 25, 1927 to the late Grover and Hattie Wood Fox. He had a great passion for ginseng digging, fishing, hunting and gardening. He proudly served in the Armed forces during World War II. He was preceded in death by 6 brothers and one...
Ellis Stiles
Oct 3, 2015
Ellis Stiles, age 98, of Dillsboro died Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Skyland Care Center. A lifelong resident of Jackson County, Mr. Stiles was born May 22, 1917. He is the son of the late Hicks Columbus and the late Mary Alice (Rogers) Stiles. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife of 44 years, Martha Marie...
Geraldine Queen
Oct 2, 2015
Geraldine Painter Queen, 10/27/1944 – 10/02/2015, "70 years Old", after fulfilling her last wish to be at home with her children and family, she peacefully went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ. Geraldine was preceded in death by her husband Cecil C. Queen, her mother Lizzie Nicholson McCoy, her dad Russell Painter, her son Tony Cecil Queen, her brother...
Mary Lee Mills
Sep 28, 2015
Mary Lee Robinson Mills, 70, of Sylva, passed away Monday evening September 28, 2015. Mary was the daughter of the late Larry and Margaret Lane Robinson. She graduated in 1963 from Swain County High School where she was a member of the marching band and also played Basketball. She enjoyed reading and having lunches with her high school friends but...
Harold Fred Gates
Sep 25, 2015
Harold Fred Gates, age 84, of Sylva died Friday, September 25, 2015. A lifelong resident of Jackson County, Harold was born April 18, 1931. He is the son of the late Fred Henderson and the late Edna Nancy (Sutton) Gates. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a sister, Frankie Roberts and a brother, Millard Gates. He was...
Kari Elizabeth Queen
Sep 24, 2015
Kari Elizabeth Queen, age 25, of Sylva died Thursday, September 24, 2015. Miss Queen was born September 15, 1990 in Asheville, NC. She is the daughter of Harold Kirby Queen and Elizabeth (Conley) Barnes. She was predeceased by her great-grandparents, Ferris and Mary Rice; Fred and Frances Conley; Early and Essie Queen; Mary Stephens Bumgarner; and her grandfather, Harold Queen....
Lucille "Lucy" Fae McCardle
Sep 21, 2015
Lucille "Lucy" Fae McCardle, infant daughter of Devin and Lindsay (Buhler) McCardle, left this world on Tuesday, September 21, 2015. Lucy was born May 6, 2015 in Asheville, NC. Lucy is survived by her parents, a brother, Max, of the home, her grandparents, Mick and Lynda McCardle of Sylva, and Bob and Darla Buhler of Marion, Ohio. Her family remembers...
Henry Wilfred Roy
Sep 21, 2015
Henry Wilfred Roy, 61, of the Speedwell Community in Jackson County unexpectedly passed away Monday, September 21, 2015. He is preceded in death by his mother Beatrice Roy. He is survived by his father Raoul Roy and step-mother Margaret Roy of Vermont. Three brothers, Albert Roy, David Roy and Eugene Roy; Two sisters Anita Roy and Denise Sears; one daughter...
Arnold B. Ashe
Sep 20, 2015
Arnold B. Ashe, 75, of Cullowhee, went home to be his Lord and beloved wife Muriel of 40 years in Heaven, Sunday September 20, 2015. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, Arnold was the son of the late Berlin and Lillian Shelton Ashe. In his younger years Arnold was an Eagle Scout and at Cullowhee High School was...
Richard Raymond Hermes
Sep 18, 2015
Richard Raymond Hermes, age 77, of Candler died Friday, September 18, 2015 at Solace Care Center of Asheville, NC. Mr. Hermes was born March 7, 1938 in Appleton, WI. He is the son of the late William A. and the late Agnes L. (Van Striphout) Hermes. In addition to his parents Mr. Hermes was also preceded in death by a...
Ralph Joseph Smith
Sep 18, 2015
Ralph "Bud" Smith, 69, of Dillsboro, passed away Friday September 18, 2015. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he had been a resident of Jackson County for the past 25 years. He was the son of the late Ralph and Evelyn Bork Smith. Bud had been an Alderman for the Town of Dillsboro for 8 years and was co-owner of the...
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