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Olga M. Barker
Mar 16, 2012
Olga M. Barker, age 91, of 245 Rivercrest Drive, Sylva died Friday, March 16, 2012 at Med West Harris of Sylva, NC. Olga was born March 13, 1921. She is the daughter of the late Dock and Annie Wyatt Nations. She was a lifelong resident of Jackson County. She was a member of Lovedale Baptist Church, an avid bowler and...
Harold Norman
Mar 15, 2012
Harold Norman, 65, of Sylva died Thursday, March 15, 2012 at home in Sylva. Mr. Norman was born March 7, 1947 in McDowell County, NC. He is the son of the late Charlie and Mary Lou (Jones) Norman. He was the Head Pressman at the Sylva Herald for 44 years. Harold loved to hunt and fish and liked watching fast...
Ina Ruth Hendrix
Mar 13, 2012
Ina Ruth Hendrix, age 89, of, Sylva died Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Mountain Trace Nursing Center in Sylva, NC. Mrs. Hendrix was born October 22, 1922 in Ocala, Florida. She is the daughter of the late Clarence William and the late Mable (Overbe) Miller. She was a homemaker. Ina loved to braid rugs, and home canning, and watching Dr....
Mary Frances Parker
Mar 12, 2012
Mary Frances McCracken Parker, age 94, of Sylva went to be home with her Lord on Monday, March 12, 2012 at her residence with her loving family by her side. A native of Jackson County, she was born February 1, 1918 to the late Everett and Glennie Cogdill McCracken. She was a member of Lovedale Baptist Church. She was preceded...
Brenda Dills Bryson
Mar 7, 2012
Brenda Bryson, 66, passed away Wednesday March 7, 2012 at Memorial Mission Campus in Asheville. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Claude Dills and Ollie Mae and Lee Butler. Brenda liked working on crossword puzzles and enjoyed going to the movies. She loved getting her hair done by her daughter and...
Charles Bert McClure
Mar 5, 2012
Charles Bert McClure, 90, of Sylva died Monday, March 5, 2012 at Med West Harris Hospital in Sylva. Mr. McClure was born June 11, 1921 in Jackson County. He is the son of the late Bert and Fannie Beck McClure. He was preceded in death by his first wife Betty Parris McClure, 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Charles loved riding...
Bertha Lola Brown
Mar 3, 2012
Bertha L. Brown, 65, passed away Saturday March 3, 2012, at Memorial Mission Campus in Asheville. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Bernice Robinson Lanning. She was a member of Long Branch Baptist Church. She enjoyed baking, cooking and taking care of her grandchildren. Besides her mother, she was preceded in...
Christopher Gutierrez
Feb 27, 2012
Christopher Gutierrez, 31, of Whittier passed away Monday, February 27, 2012. A native of Miami, FL., he was the son of Martin ( Bert ) and Carolyn Gutierrez of Whittier., and has been a resident of Jackson County for over 20 years. He was a snowboard instructor and whitewater rafting guide and rescuer and a certified body piercer. He was...
Hazel Clement Owen
Feb 25, 2012
Hazel Clement Owen, 87, went home to be with Her Lord, Saturday February 25, 2012 at Medwest Harris Hospital in Sylva. A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Walter Mack and Flora Viola Parker Clement. She enjoyed her garden, needlework, cooking, cleaning and taking care of her home. She was a member of Olivett Methodist...
Helen Elizabeth Stephens
Feb 22, 2012
Helen Elizabeth Stephens, age 55, Sylva died Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at Memorial Campus in Asheville, NC. Helen was born January 31, 1957 in Swain County. She is the daughter of the late James and the late Wilma (Queen) Ward. She married Harry Michael Stephens. She was preceded in death by four sisters, Patricia Sue Ward, Sue Hightower, Margaret Ann...
Marion Franks
Feb 20, 2012
Marion Franks, 70, of Tuckasegee, passed away Monday February 20, 2012 at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. A lifelong resident of Jackson County , he worked as a General Contractor. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bert and Floda Mae Hooper Franks, 5 Brothers, Lewis, RL, Elvert, JC and Fred Franks, and one sister, June Franks Craine. He...
Joseph Lee Moody
Feb 20, 2012
Joseph Lee Moody, 29, of Sylva died Monday, February 20, 2012 at Memorial Mission in Asheville, NC. Mr. Moody was born July 23, 1982 in Sylva, NC. Joseph enjoyed life, family, his girls, fishing and being outdoors. He enjoyed cooking at the Coffee Shop for his friends and family. He loved to read to Madalyn and playing games with his...
Sara Robinson
Feb 19, 2012
Sara Robinson, age 82, Sylva died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at Skyland Care Centerof Sylva, NC. Mrs. Robinson was born March 27, 1929 in Jackson County. She is the daughter of the late Thomas Alonzo and the late Bessie (Frizzell) Jones. She was preceded in death by her husband Dillard Robinson and two sons Thomas A and Michael J. Robinson...
Martha Carolyn Manware
Feb 18, 2012
Martha Carolyn Manware, 66, passed away Saturday morning February 18, 2012 at her residence. She was preceded in death by her youngest daughter. She is survived by her husband William (Bill) Manwear of Cullowhee, her oldest daughter, two granddaughters and her father and mother and two brothers. She touched our hearts and we will miss her. We love her forever...
Peggy Joann Anders
Feb 16, 2012
Peggy Joann Ensley Anders, 77, of the Tuckasegee community, went home to be with her Lord unexpectedly, Thursday, February 16, 2012 at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. A native of Swain County she had lived most of her life in Jackson County and was the daughter of the late William Joe and Ida Parton Ensley. She worked for 27 years...
Louise Smith
Feb 13, 2012
Louise Staton Smith 89, of Sylva, NC. Graduated to Glory Monday February 13, 2012 in Haywood County Hospital. She was born March 4, 1922 in Union County N.C. to the Late Thomas Washington and Lola Eveline Link Staton. Growing up in the eastern part of N.C., she graduated from Garland High School. After graduation she moved to Lexington to work...
Evelyn Wellmon
Feb 11, 2012
Evelyn Wellmon, age 80, of 202 Dillardtown Road, Sylva died Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Med West Harris of Sylva, NC. Evelyn was born August 7, 1931 in Jackson County. She is the daughter of the late Harvey and the late Lena (Shepherd) Beasley. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Willis Wellmon, and four sisters, Mattie Deitz,...
Fred C. Franks
Feb 7, 2012
Fred Cecil Franks, 86, Glenville, died February 7,2012. Mr. Franks was born July 7, 1925 in Jackson County, the son of the late Lewis Burt and the late Floda Mae Hooper Franks. He operated Franks Grocery in Glenville and Cashiers. He was a charter member of the Glenville - Cashiers Rescue Squad. He served in the Army and loved to...
Jonnie Jean Jamison
Feb 7, 2012
Jonnie Jean Jamison, 76, Sylva, died Tuesday, February 7. She was born in Jackson County, the daughter of the late Rev. Ernest W., Sr. and the late Altha Beasley Jamison. Jean was a receptionist with the Job link employment office and was a member of Shoal Creek Baptist Church in Whittier. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Margaret Bradburn
Feb 6, 2012
Margaret Jones Bradburn, age 93, of Morningstar Assisted Living in Sylva, died Monday, February 6, 2012. Margaret was a life-long resident of Jackson County. The daughter of the late Lyle and the late Gracie (Holcombe) Jones, she was the wife of the late Robert Bradburn of Whittier, NC. Margaret retired from the Jackson County School System. She served in a...
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