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Brenda Oliver Holt
Jul 6, 2022
Brenda Ann Allison Oliver Holt, RN, 80, of 136 First Avenue, Sylva, died Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at Solace Hospice in Asheville. Mrs. Holt was the first woman elected mayor of Sylva serving as mayor from 1992 until 2009. Before becoming mayor, Mrs. Holt was also the first woman to serve on the town’s city council, first joining the board...
Mary Anne Massey
Jul 4, 2022
Mary Anne Massey (Trello), age 87 of Robbinsville NC, passed away on Monday July 4, 2022. She was born on May 2, 1935, in Pittsburgh PA, to the late Patsy and Emelia (Vallera) Trello.
Mary was a mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She loved spending time with her family and was loved by all.
She will be...
Astrid Potter
Jul 2, 2022
Astrid Vyt Potter had an amazing life. Born in Duisburg, Germany in 1936, she spent her early years on the family’s barge traveling the Rhine. As a child, she survived the bombings of World War II in Brussels and the deprivation of post-war Germany, stealing coal and playing soccer in the street for fun (yes stealing the coal was fun). ...
Hedy Estella Okolichany
Jul 2, 2022
Hedwig (Hedy) Okolichany of Cashiers, North Carolina passed away peacefully at home on July 2, 2022. Hedy was born on Father’s Day, June 15, 1947 in Allentown, PA to the late Edward Maerkl and Madelyn Kern Maerkl. She graduated from Coal Township High School in 1965 and attended Reading Hospital School of Nursing in 1966. Hedy worked as the Business...
Dr. Retha Mae Kilpatrick
Jun 30, 2022
Dr. Retha Mae Hoover Kilpatrick, age 86, passed away, Thursday, June 30, 2022 while under the care of Four Seasons Hospice at Harris Regional Hospital. Born February 4, 1936 in Lamar MO, she was the daughter of the late Oliver and Laura (Perrin) Hoover.
Dr. Kilpatrick will be fondly remembered as a respected professor in the School of Business at...
Phillip Francis Smith
Jun 29, 2022
Phillip Francis Smith, 84, of Tuckasegee, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday morning June 29, 2022. Phil was born in Gowanda, New York, he was the son of the late Francis and Gertrude Smith.
Phil was a U.S. Army Veteran, and a member of American Legion Post 880 in Eden, NY, and was part of their Honor Guard....
John J Denzer Jr
Jun 29, 2022
John J Denzer Jr, age 68, passed away in the arms of his family on June 29, 2022. God saw John was tired when a cure for his cancer was not to be had here on earth. He had fought a good fight, ran his race, and kept his faith, so God wrapped His loving arms around John and whispered, “Come unto...
Stephen Roy Parker
Jun 26, 2022
Stephen Roy Parker, age 68, passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022, after a courageous battle with dementia. He was the son of Roy and Naomi Nicholson Parker.
Born and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Stephen was a graduate of Seventy First High School, Wingate College and Appalachian State University. He was a partner in American Flag Storage of Fayetteville,...
Rev. Truett C. Owen
Jun 24, 2022
Rev. Truett C. Owen, 88 of Tuckasegee, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 24, 2022. Truett was born in Transylvania County on February 14, 1934, to the late Conaway and Lois Hall Owen.
Truett loved the Lord. He was called to preach at the age of 18 and was an ordained minister for 55 years....
Lennox Hubbard Lindsay III
Jun 22, 2022
Lennox H. Lindsay III (Len), age 79 of Sylva NC, passed away on Wednesday June 22, 2022. He was born in Salem, MA, on February 10, 1943, to the late Lennox and Keena Lindsay. At an early age, he moved to Hendersonville, NC.
He graduated from Hendersonville High School and then on to North Carolina State University where he was...
Cody Briggs
Jun 20, 2022
Celebration of Life for Cody Kent Briggs
With hearts full of love and sadness Cody’s family will lay him to a peaceful rest on his birthday, July 10th. All and any who loved Cody are invited to stop by Cullowhee Methodist Church to honor his birth and say farewell. If you would like to swing by between 5-7:30 pm, come...
Martha A. Proffitt
Jun 18, 2022
Martha Alta Hensley Proffitt, age 92, passed away June 18, 2022 at Skyland Care Center in Sylva with her husband of nearly 72 years by her side.
Martha was born June 13, 1930 to the late Furman and Alice Hensley of the Swiss Community in Yancey County. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Lola Hughes and Myrtle Dulaney...
Avery Ashe
Jun 16, 2022
Avery Ashe, age 67, of Sylva, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, June 16, 2022. He was the son of the late Pearl Beasley Ashe.
Avery is survived by his wife Cathey Allison Ashe; son Travis (Clarissa) Ashe; daughter Tabitha Ashe; and grandsons Eli and Max Ashe all of Sylva; sisters Pat (John) Brown of Cullowhee and...
Willa Mae Greene
Jun 15, 2022
On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, Willa Mae Greene, age 84, a beautiful and kind lady who was a blessing to everyone that knew her, entered into her Glorious Heavenly home.Mae was born May 12, 1938 in Jackson County to the late Cornelius Brooks and the late Leola Estes Brooks.She retired from Buster Brown Textiles in Sylva and was a Charter...
Bernice Middleton Ensley
Jun 11, 2022
Bernice M. Ensley, age 92, of Sylva, NC, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Saturday, June 11, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Spurgeon and Della Watson Middleton. In addition, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack B. Ensley; grandson, Jack B. Ensley; brothers, J.W., Roy, and Alfred Middleton; sisters, Britta Lee McCoy, Virginia Moody,...
Diana Lynn Rodrigues
Jun 9, 2022
Diana Lynn Murphy was born January 26, 1959 and passed away June 9, 2022. She passed at home, cherished by her loved ones. Diana was the daughter of Johnny Murphy and Renee Useldinger. She is survived by her children: Mickael Murphy, Stephanie Vrain, Ericka Pissens, Maureen Murphy, Christy Chenot, and Corwin Chenot. While she was born in Homestead Florida; she...
Nancy Putnam
Jun 9, 2022
Nancy R. Putnam passed away peacefully on June 9, 2022, at the age of 90 at her home in Cullowhee, NC with her family by her side. Nancy was born in San Antonio,Texas on August 16,1931, to Jack and Ruth Pytel. Nancy graduated from Fox Tech High School in 1949. She worked for the United States Air Force at Kelly...
James Lee Rickman
Jun 7, 2022
James Lee "Jim" Rickman, 86, of Whittier, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday evening June 7, 2022. A native of Jackson County, he was the son of the late Paul and Sarah Dills Rickman.
Jim retired after 21 years of service as Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy. He was a member of Shoal Creek Baptist Church...
Ila Mae Parker
Jun 7, 2022
Ila Mae was born May 10, 1929 the youngest and last surviving child of Bertha C. Tatham and James Edgar Buchanan near Love’s Field in Jackson County. She departed this world on June 7, 2022 at age 93.
Predeceasing her were her parents, sisters Marjorie Wolfe, and Oma LeCroy, brothers Ervin Buchanan and Gerald Buchanan, her husband Lymon Charles Parker...
Dr. John V. Edwards
Jun 6, 2022
Dr. John V. Edwards DDS, who unexpectedly went to be with the Lord at his home in Cullowhee over the weekend, spent 44 years caring for the residents of Jackson County.
He came to Western North Carolina after receiving his Dental Training at Indiana University School of Dentistry in 1977. He began his career as the Public Health Dentist...
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