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Emma Lou Bryson
May 16, 2020
Emma Lou Bryson, 91, of Sylva, passed away Saturday May 16, 2020. A native and a lifelong resident of Jackson County she was born on May 6, 1929 and she was the daughter of the late Odell and Grace Bryson. Emma was a lifelong member of Liberty Baptist Church, where she was an usher and known as the "Candy Lady",...
Matthew Littlejohn
May 15, 2020
Matthew Lee Littlejohn, 48, of Whittier, NC passed away May 15, 2020. He was born in Swain County and was raised by Robert Taylor and his mother Joyce Taylor. He is survived by his wife Mae Christine Loftis Littlejohn. Matthew was a woodsman and he loved to hunt and fish and anything to do with the outdoors. Most of all...
Robert Sylvester Brooks
May 12, 2020
Robert Sylvester Brooks, 58, of Sylva, NC passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2020. He is the son of the late Robert Brooks Sr. and Pauline (Pannell) Brooks. He is survived by his wife Lila (Carter) Brooks. Robert worked construction and loved to mechanic in his spare time. One of his greatest joys in life came from riding his Harley Davidson...
Jacquelean Bumgarner
May 8, 2020
Jacquelean “Jackie” Gibby Bumgarner, age 74, of Sylva, NC, passed away on Friday, May 8, 2020. She was the daughter of the late Jack Gibby and the late Annie Mae Moseman. She is survived by two sons; Mike (Tina) Brooks and John Brooks. Additional obituary information will be published as it becomes available. Appalachian Funeral Services of Sylva, NC is...
William Eldon Jamison
May 5, 2020
Eldon Jamison, age 71, of Cullowhee, NC passed away unexpectedly while serving his beloved community on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. He was the son of the late Edgar and Hilda Jamison.
Eldon was a fifty-year member of Yellow Mountain Baptist Church. He served forty plus years as a paramedic with the Glenville-Cashiers Emergency Medical Service and with the Glenville-Cashiers Rescue...
Dorothy Mae Worley
May 3, 2020
Ms. Dorothy Mae Worley was born to Mary Worley and Roy Pickens in Sylva, North Carolina on July 26, 1935. She passed to her Heavenly Reward quietly in her home in Sylva on May 3, 2020. She is survived by her daughter Gretta (Rosbor) Worley, two grandsons Christopher Rosbor of Cullowhee, North Carolina and Jalen Rosbor of Los Angeles, California,...
Leona Oma McMahan
May 3, 2020
Leona Cabe McMahan, 95, of Sylva, passed away Sunday May 3, 2020. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County she was the daughter of the late Linden and Hattie Rickman Cabe. Leona was a member of New Savannah Baptist Church and she loved quilting, watching birds and flowers. The most precious thing in the world for Leona was having...
Margaret Ruth Frady
May 3, 2020
Margaret Ruth Frady went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday May 3rd. She was proceeded in death by her husband Earl Frady and two brothers, Lester and Naaman Henry. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Canton & Lillian Henry. She was born on June 2nd, 1953 and was a native of Macon...
Winfred Elders
May 3, 2020
Winfred Elders, 72, entered into the presence of his Lord on Sunday afternoon, May 3, 2020. He was a son of the late Raymond and Louise Hensley Elders, and was also preceded in death by an infant brother and brother-in-law, Marvin Coggins.
A member of Locust Field Baptist Church. He loved the Lord, his church, and gospel singing. He cherished and...
Patricia Ruby Greene
Apr 30, 2020
Patricia Ruby Carmichael Greene, 73, of Roundhill Community passed away April 30, 2020. She was born in Washington D.C. to the late Robert F. Carmichael Sr. and Annie Ruth Strickland. Residing in Bryson City since 1978, she enjoyed living here and considered it her home. Some might remember her as a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Community Theater in...
Marina Louise Geeting
Apr 29, 2020
Marina Geeting, age 75, of Whittier, NC, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at her home. She was the daughter of the late Kathryn Dean Bradley. She is survived by two sons; Bill Geeting and James (Marie) Geeting, one daughter; Kathryn Cline and nine grandchildren. An online registry is available at: www.appalachianfuneralservices.com Appalachian Funeral Services of Sylva, NC...
Regina Watkins
Apr 27, 2020
Regina Watkins, 46 of Cullowhee, NC unexpectedly went to be with the Lord on Monday April 27th, 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents Robinson Shelton and Wanda Otter. Her brothers, Michael Shelton and Samuel Otter and her Nephew Xavier Otter. She is survived and will always be loved and remembered dearly by her brothers, Henry and Craig...
James Vincent Cunningham Sr.
Apr 27, 2020
James V. "Jim" Cunningham Sr., 70, of Dillsboro, passed away Monday April 27, 2020. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, Jim was the son of the late Weaver and Bonnie Cunningham. A Member of Locust Field Baptist Church, he retired in 2007 from the Sylva ABC Store. He was an avid and lifelong fan of the Oakland Raiders....
Delma Jean Autrey
Apr 26, 2020
Delma Jean “Big Nanny” Autrey, age 76, of Sylva, NC went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 26, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Calvin Autrey and the daughter of the late John Lewis and Margaret Magdalene Aiken. She was also preceded in death by 3 brothers; J.D.Aiken, Lewis Aiken...
Frankie Jean Bradley
Apr 24, 2020
Frankie Jean Browning Bradley, 78, of Sylva, passed away Friday April 24, 2020. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County she was the daughter of the late Abe and Fannie Mae Browning. Frankie loved working outside in her yard, gardening and looking after and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. In addition to her parents she was...
Eugene Early McDowell III
Apr 24, 2020
Dr. Eugene Early McDowell III, born March 16, 1939 in Greensboro, NC, died peacefully at his residence in Webster, NC on April 24, 2020. Gene was the son of the late Eugene E. (Mac) and Mildred Bain McDowell of Greensboro, NC. He was preceded in death by his sister Nancy McDowell Newton of Columbus, GA, and daughter Anna McDowell Nash...
Regina Pauline Blanchard-Lanoue
Apr 24, 2020
Regina Blanchard-Lanoue, age 59, of Cullowhee, NC, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 24, 2020 at home. She was the wife of Robert Blanchard-Lanoue and the daughter of the late Leslie Blanchard and Bessie Blanchard. Best mother to a son any father could have asked for including her husky. Caring and loving soul who enjoyed caring for others more than...
Ray Lewis Davis
Apr 22, 2020
Ray Lewis Davis, age 76, of Whittier, NC, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. He was the husband of Jean Davis and the son of the late William Orion and Bertha Leona Moore Davis. Ray was a passionate hunter and outdoors man. He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Jean Singo Davis, three...
Billy Jene Fisher
Apr 22, 2020
Billy Jene Fisher, 90, of Henry Road, Sylva passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020. He was the last living child of Jess and Mollie Cogdill Fisher. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anna Mae Phillips Fisher, and their son, Thomas Neal Fisher, and two infants; five sisters Para Lee Parris, Selma Parris, Sue Patterson, Georgia Mae Watson and...
Coy Cauley
Apr 21, 2020
“Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children in one’s youth.” (Psalm 127:4) Coy Cauley was delivered in Asheville, North Carolina at 7 pounds, 6 ounces and 22 inches long on April 21, 2020. Coy passed prior to delivery to be held by the hands of his Maker. Time was short in knowing Coy; nonetheless, his...
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