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Randall Keith Stephens
Mar 19, 2020
Randy Stephens, 61, died Thursday, March 19, 2020 after a brief illness. He was the son of the late Don and Cordelia Allen Stephens. He is survived by two brothers – Don (Patty) and Ron (Bonnie) Stephens of Cullowhee. Also two nieces (Donna and Stacy) and two nephews (Tony and Tim). He was a friend to all. He worked for...
James Theodore Turpin
Mar 18, 2020
James Theodore Turpin, 66 years, of Franklin formerly of Sylva, passed away on Wednesday March 18, 2020. He was born on Wednesday May 20, 1953, the son of Edgar and Nancy Turpin. He was married to his wife of 11 and a half years Linda Long Turpin. He retired as Jackson County Ranger with the North Carolina Forest Service after...
Brian David McClure
Mar 15, 2020
Brian David McClure, 60, of Sylva, NC passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020. He is the son of the late Joe and Phyllis (Gibson) McClure. He is survived by his wife Melinda McClure. He is survived by one son Conner McClure, sister Sherry (James) Rogers, uncle Gene McClure and cousin Dana Bersen. Private services will be held at a later...
Ralphine Nicholson Blanton
Mar 8, 2020
Obituary of Ralphine Gretchen Nicholson Blanton April 23, 1932 – March 8, 2020 Ralphine Nicholson Blanton, 87, of Sylva, NC, passed away on Sunday, March 8 after a brief illness. Services will be Thursday, March 12 at Appalachian Funeral Services in Sylva. Visitation will be from noon-2:00 pm, with the service at 2:00 pm. Burial will follow at Addie Cemetery....
Robert Anthony Ledford
Mar 8, 2020
Robert "Poppa Rob" Ledford, 59, of Sylva, went home to be with the Lord Sunday March 8, 2020. He was the son of the late Donald and Mamie Ledford and had been a resident of Jackson and Haywood County most of his life. He worked at Jackson Paper for over 35 years and had just recently earned his pilots licence...
Wilfredo Hernandez
Mar 7, 2020
Wilfredo Homer Hernandez, 72, of Sylva passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Born in Puerto Rico to the late Faustino and Aurelia Hernandez, he had lived in Jackson County most of his life. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. He loved his children and grandchildren and loved spending time with his family. In addition to his...
Vicki Lynn Barrilleaux
Mar 4, 2020
Vicki Lynn Barrilleaux of Franklin North Carolina passed away March 4, 2020. Vicki was born in Houston, Texas September 3, 1949 to parents Sterling Barrilleaux & Doris Biering Barrilleaux. Vicki studied art and graduated from Delgado Community College in New Orleans. She went on to be a portrait artist and devoted mother of eleven children. She received her certificate of...
Aaron James Whatley
Mar 3, 2020
Aaron James Whatley, “Whatley” to his friends, was born February 8th, 1987 in Sylva NC full of life and ready to entertain. He passed away peacefully in his childhood home on March 3rd, 2020 from complications from seizures. In 2015 he started having seizures that they found were caused by a large mass on his brain that they were able...
Rose Mary Ashe
Mar 2, 2020
Rose Mary Ashe, 88, of Sylva, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 2nd. She was the wife of the late Tearl Ashe and the daughter of the late R.D. and Pearl Hall. She dearly loved her family and working in her garden. In addition to her husband and her parents, Rose was also preceded in...
Rubye Hamilton
Mar 1, 2020
Rubye Hamilton, 91, of Sylva, passed away on Sunday, March 1st, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Ten Hamilton. She was a long-time member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Sylva and loved working in her flowers. Rubye dearly loved her family. Rubye is survived by four daughters; Teri and Reta Hamilton of Sylva...
Lyle Cabe
Feb 25, 2020
Lyle Cabe, 23, of Sylva, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday February 25, 2020. Lyle enjoyed being with his family and most of all enjoyed playing golf with his Papaw, his brothers and his dad. He was All Conference in Golf at Smoky Mountain High School and went to the Regional Finals twice. He also played football and...
Linda Evelyn Lafon
Feb 22, 2020
Linda Lafon, 72 of Sylva, NC passed away February 22, 2020. She is the daughter of the late Charlie Joseph and Bessie (Waldroup) Adams. She was preceded in death by her husband Alfred Ray Lafon whom she married in 1992. She is survived by one daughter Tanya Williams (Roger); one son Alfred Joseph Lafon; four grandchildren, Hunter Carter, Charles Carter,...
Ruth Elinor Engan
Feb 21, 2020
Ruth Elinor Heckman Engan, 89, passed away February 21 in Sylva, North Carolina. Born in Yonkers, NY, to Frederick and Sophia Kyff Heckman, Ruth graduated from Walton High School in The Bronx in 1949 and went right to work in NYC for the Babcock & Wilcox Company. She never sat still again. Ruth eventually married Stanley Engan in 1955 and...
Susan Elaine Mackenzie
Feb 21, 2020
Susan Elaine Brown Mackenzie, age 64, of Cullowhee, NC passed away on Friday, February 21 at her home. Susan was born on July 9, 1955 in Homestead, FL to James Lee and Nancy Craddock Brown. Susan graduated from Seabreeze Senior High in Daytona Beach, FL in 1973. She married Scott James Mackenzie May 15, 1975. Susan and Scott relocated to...
Marie Treadway
Feb 20, 2020
Marie Treadway, age 90, of Sylva, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at Skyland Care Center of Sylva. She was the daughter of the late Harley and Flora Powell. She loved gardening and working in her flowers and loved working in the hospital auxiliary at Harris Regional Hospital. Marie dearly loved her family. In...
Chip Shuler
Feb 19, 2020
"Chip" Charles Luther Shuler Jr., 62, of Sylva, went home Wednesday February 19, 2020. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, he was the son of the late Charles L. Sr. and Mildred Cowan Shuler. A member of New Hope Baptist Church, Chip retired from WCU with over 30 years of service. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and golfing. Chip...
Jerry Baxter Ray
Feb 19, 2020
Jerry Baxter Ray, Sr. , age 79, died February 19, 2020 at Vero Health and Rehab in Sylva, NC. He was born May 5, 1940, in Robbins, NC, the third son of Eddie Clarence and Beulah Copeland Ray. Jerry developed his carpentry skills working beside his father and grew those skills into a lifetime of construction and building. As a...
Josephine Reva Dorsey
Feb 18, 2020
Josephine Reva Dorsey was born January 19, 1919 living to be the oldest African American citizen in Western, NC. She was born in Badin, NC to Henry and Rose Ann Bryson Dorsey. She is preceded in death by both parents; One son (Herman Dorsey) Four sisters and one brother • Annie Cullins • Mary Alice Bennet • Ruby Cullins •...
Leoda Joe Mathis
Feb 18, 2020
Leoda J. Mathis, 76, of Whittier, passed away Tuesday February 18, 2020. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, he was the son of the late Virgle and Icelene Brown Mathis. Leoda retired from the NCDOT and was an avid outdoorsman and he loved playing softball. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his...
Henry Queen
Feb 18, 2020
Henry Queen, 67, of Cullowhee, NC passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2020. He is the son of the late Claude H. and Mary Jane (Prince) Queen. He is survived by his partner of over 20 years Dianne Gholson. Music came as naturally to Henry Queen as breathing. He lived in the mountains of western North Carolina and came from a...
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