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Walter David Renczkowski
Jul 19, 2014
Walter David (Dave) Renczkowski, 67, Born September 21, 1946, has gone home to be with the Lord after losing his battle with cancer, Saturday July 19, 2014. He leaves behind his wife Megan Andrews Renczkowski, a son; David Wayne Renczkowski and a sister Stephanie Macri and a much extended family. He was preceded in death by his parents Anton and...
Thomas Nelson Henson
Jul 10, 2014
Thomas N. Henson, 70, of Caney Fork, has gone home to be with his Lord Thursday July 10, 2014 at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County he was the son of the late Alvin (Waye) and Alma Phillips Henson. He was a logger and construction worker who loved fishing and deer hunting and was a member...
Austin Joseph Franks
Jul 10, 2014
Austin Joseph Franks, 29, of Sylva passed on Thursday Evening July 10, 2014. A native of Jackson County he was the son of the late Clayton Eugene Franks. He was a driller and blaster by trade for his family's business. He enjoyed living a loud exciting life. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by his brother...
Opal Malita Reeves
Jul 9, 2014
Opal Malita Bradley Reeves, 84, of the Deep Creek Community, went home to be with her Lord July 9, 2014. Born May 28, 1930, Opal was the daughter of the late Joseph Mont and Bonnie Bumgarner Bradley of the Wilmot/Qualla community. Opal retired after many years of service in the textile industry. In addition to her parents she was predeceased...
Stoney Brooks Ingram
Jul 7, 2014
Stoney Brooks Ingram, age 75, of Whittier, passed away Monday, July 7, 2014 surrounded by his family and friends. A native of Albany, Georgia, he was the son of the late William and Hazel Ingram. He had resided in Jackson County for the last 30 years. He enjoyed fishing and being by the lake. In addition to his parents, he...
Earl Allen
Jul 4, 2014
Earl Allen, Jr., age 62, of Sylva died Friday, July 4, 2014 at Med West Harris of Sylva, NC. Earl was born April 24, 1952 in Sylva, NC. He is the son of the late Robert and the late Martha Jean (Bryson) Allen Jr. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a sister, Pauline Allen Jackson and a...
Linda Fiskeaux
Jul 3, 2014
Linda Fiskeaux, age 62, of Sylva died Thursday, July 3, 2014 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Mrs. Fiskeaux was born August 2, 1951 in Oconee County, SC. She is the daughter of the late Alvin and the late Betty Ruth (Thomas) Popham. Linda was a devoted wife, mother and nanny. Homer and her were married during her senior...
Letha Gertrude Ramsey
Jul 1, 2014
Mrs. Letha G. Ramsey, 91, Sylva died Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at Harris Regional Hospital. She was a retired homemaker, loving wife, and mother of five children, who were her life. She was born October 31, 1922, in Parrishville, New York, daughter of Porter and Josephine Webster .Surviving are two daughters, Pearl Ranieri of Altamont, NY, Rose Ramsey of Acworth,...
Helen Higdon Allison
Jul 1, 2014
Helen Higdon Allison, age 94, of Lincolnton died Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at Autumn Care of Waynesville. She was born May 26, 1920 in Higdonville, in Macon County, NC. She is the daughter of the late Dennis Cleveland Higdon and the late Ethel (Higdon) Higdon. On February 19, 1949, she married Claude Howard Allison. Helen was preceded in death by...
Sandra Marie Norman
Jun 30, 2014
Sandra (Sandy) Marie Norman, age 66, passed away on Monday, June 30, 2014 at Mission St. Joseph's Asheville Specialty Hospital with long-time friend and caregiver, Judy Singleton, by her side. A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the Late Clyde and Georgia Parris Norman. She was also preceded in death by two sisters; Carolyn Latham and Joyce...
Virginia Teresa Jones
Jun 30, 2014
Virginia Teresa Luker Jones, age 75 of the Little Canada Community, passed away Monday, June 30, 2014 at Skyland Care Center. Virginia was the daughter of the late Allen and Lillie Brown Luker. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Bob Jones. She is also preceded in death by one sister, Lucille Crawford...
Irving William Gazda
Jun 26, 2014
William "Bill" Gazda, 72, of Fontana Lake, passed away Thursday June 26, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. A native of Western New York, he was the son of the late Casimer and Lillian Doughty Gazda. He retired with his wife to Western North Carolina to be near good walleye fishing grounds as well as his love...
Bertha Christine Sutton
Jun 26, 2014
Bertha Christine Bryson Sutton, 77, died Thursday June 26 in Raleigh after a long illness. Chris was born May 5, 1937 in Jackson County, NC, and graduated from Western Carolina College. She was employed by the Wake County Dept. of Human Services in the Child Support Enforcement program from 1974 until her retirement in 2005, including a long tenure as...
Conrad Lee Powell
Jun 26, 2014
Conrad Lee Powell, age 74, of Rosman, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at Mountain Trace Nursing Center in Sylva. A native of Jackson County he was the son of the late Walter Bryan and Anna Ethel Franks Powell. He lived in Rosman most of his life and was a member of Rosman Lions...
Harriet Holland Whitaker
Jun 24, 2014
Harriet Holland Whitaker, 93, formerly of Sylva, died at Coble Health Care Center at The Twin Lakes Community in Burlington NC on June 24, 2014, after one year of failing health. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 29, 1920 to the late Lloyd and Harriet Lovejoy Holland. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death...
James Howard Hensley
Jun 20, 2014
James Howard Hensley, age 60, of Sylva died Friday, June 20, 2014 at home in Sylva. James was born May 4, 1954 in Jackson County, NC. He is the son of the late Duff and the late Louis (Hoyle) Hensley and was preceded in death by a sister Janet Mull. He loved fishing and hunting and hiking. He was a...
Thomas Joseph Egan
Jun 20, 2014
Thomas Joseph Egan, Jr., age 90 of Webster, passed away at MedWest Hospital in Sylva on Friday, June 20, 2014. Thomas is the son of the late Thomas J. Egan, Sr. and the late Isabele McCusker Egan. He is preceded in death by his wife, Elsie Kelleher Egan. He is survived by one sister, Mary Ann Kerr of New Jersey...
Donald Howard Dockins
Jun 16, 2014
Donald Howard Dockins, age 71, of Sylva died Monday, June 16, 2014 at home in Sylva. Mr. Dockins was born July 29, 1942 in South Carolina. He is the son of the late James Howard and the late Esta (Shook) Dockins. Donald worked with the Mead Paper company in Sylva and Jackson Paper and Con-Med Plastics as an electrician and...
Betty Marie Sutton
Jun 15, 2014
Betty Sutton, age 72, of Sylva died Sunday, June 15, 2014 at Skyland Care Center in Sylva, NC. Mrs. Sutton was born August 18, 1941 in Jackson County NC. She is the daughter of the late Cecil and the late Margaret (Vance) Dillard and was preceded in death by a twin brother Bobby Joe and Bill Dillard and a sister...
Bruce Norman Prentice
Jun 15, 2014
Bruce "Speedy" Prentice, 70, of Cullowhee, passed away at home, June 15, 2014. Mr. Prentice was the founder, owner, and original operator of Speedy's Pizza which emerged out of Cullowhee in 1973. He is survived by his wife Janie Prentice of Cullowhee, NC, his three children, Jennifer Stillwell of Sylva, NC, Molly Cabrera of Lighthouse Point, Fla., and John Prentice...
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