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James Wade Ammons
Jul 16, 2017
Wade Ammons, 85, of Cullowhee, passed peacefully away Sunday morning July 16, 2017. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, Wade was the son of the late Henry and Nora Claybo Ammons. Wade was a member of Black Mountain Baptist Church and had retired from Dayco Corporation after 33 years of service. He enjoyed camping, fishing, boating, sitting on...
Mildred Irene Bumgarner
Jul 12, 2017
Mildred Irene Bumgarner, age 92, of Sylva passed Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 4:00pm at Love's Chapel United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends Tuesday, July 18, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Appalachian Funeral Services. Burial will follow the service at Love's Chapel Cemetery. A full obituary will be posted...
Richard William Schwebke
Jul 12, 2017
Richard William Schwebke, 61, of Almond, passed away Wednesday July 12, 2017. Services will be announced as soon as they become available . .
Geneva Mabel Sneed
Jul 12, 2017
Geneva Mabel H. Sneed, 90, of Sylva went home to be with her lord on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 after a period of declining health. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Hilliard and Bertha Mull Hoyle. She was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and she enjoyed gardening, flowers, watching...
Larry Link Mace
Jul 9, 2017
Larry Link Mace, Sr., 76, of Sylva passed away Sunday, July 9, 2017. He was born March 11, 1941 in Sylva, NC. He is the son of the late Nute and the late Sara (Shook) Mace. Larry loved hunting, fishing, He is survived by his wife: Claudine (Fox) Mace ; ; . The funeral will be held 2:00 pm on...
Lessie Franks
Jul 9, 2017
Lessie Hall Franks, 91, of Sylva, passed away on Sunday, July 9th 2017. She was the wife of the late Rev. Don Franks and the daughter of the late Hershal and Hattie Hall. In addition to her parents, Lessie is preceded in death by two sons; Donald and George Franks. She is survived by one son, J.D. Franks of Sylva....
Grover Hall Cabe
Jul 7, 2017
Grover Hall Cabe, 83, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, July 7, 2017. Born in Jackson County on July 15, 1933, he was the son of the late Loney A. Cabe, Sr., and the late Lilly (Hall) Cabe. He is survived by his wife of 63 years: Mary Etta (Brooks) Cabe; one daughter, Karen C. (Tobie) Painter; one...
Johnny Bascom Watson
Jul 2, 2017
Johnny Bascom Watson, 73, of Tuckasegee, passed away on Sunday, July 2nd, 2017 in Sylva. Mr. Watson was born February 11th, 1944 and was the son of the late Bill and Dovie (Shook) Watson. He was a member of Tuckasegee Wesleyan Church. He loved hunting and fishing as well as watching westerns and cartoons and loved his family dearly. In...
Devan Whisper Jackson
Jul 1, 2017
Devan Whisper Jackson, 21, of Cherokee, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, July 1, 2017. He enjoyed fishing, basketball, soccer, listening to music, and spending time at the river. Devan is survived by his mother, Marsha Jackson; two sisters, Shayla and Kaleigh Jackson; one nephew, Amias McLaurin; maternal grandmother, Brenda (Walt) French; maternal grandfather, John Grant, and paternal grandmother, Sarah Bradley. 11...
Florence Jane Watson
Jun 24, 2017
Florence Jane Watson, 81, of Cullowhee passed away Saturday, June 24, 2017. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Gene and the late Octavia (Riggins) Watson. She was a member of Black Mountain Baptist Church and retired from WCU in the cafeteria. She enjoyed her flowers and dolls. In addition to her...
Donna Kay McMahan
Jun 23, 2017
Donna Kay McMahan- Donna got her wings today (June 23, 2017) and went to be with the Lord after a long fight with cancer at the age of 53. She was a lifelong resident of Jackson County. She graduated from Sylva-Webster High School and then Southwestern Community College with an AAS in Business and paralegal. She received her CNA II...
Gretchen Ann Dilks
Jun 22, 2017
Gretchen Ann Dilks (Rabe) 82 of Sylva, NC passed away on Thursday June 22, 2017. She was born May 22, 1935 in Minneapolis, MN to the late Gertrude and William Rabe. Also preceding her in death was her husband David Dilks; brother, Bill Rabe; and her son, Peter Dilks. Ms. Dilks is survived by her sons David Dilks of NC...
James Edward Ranson
Jun 18, 2017
On Father's Day, June 18, 2017, James E. (Big Jim) Ranson passed away peacefully at the age of 85 at his home in Cashiers, NC. He was a part time resident of Tampa, FL. Born and raised in Chicago, IL, he was a maintenance foreman for Nabisco, Corp., a licensed machinist and then owner of a KOA Campground in Ruskin,...
James Stedman Mitchell
Jun 17, 2017
James Stedman Mitchell, 101, of Cullowhee passed away peacefully on Saturday June 17th at Morning Star Assisted Living in Jackson County. He was born in Walnut Cove, NC on April 4th, 1916. Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife of 43 years, Jane Harris Mitchell; his daughters Susan Thrower of Asheville, NC and Frances Mincey (Jim) of Cullowhee, NC; grandchildren...
John William Arnold
Jun 16, 2017
John W. Arnold Jr. left this world for a place of no more pain, but endless joy and peace, on Friday, June 16, 2017 at the age of 76. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Lorraine Longnion Arnold, of Sylva, two sons John Arnold III and David L. Arnold of Kannapolis, NC, and one brother, Robert D....
Vernell Carter
Jun 15, 2017
Vernell Jones Carter, 83, of Whittier, NC passed away Thursday, June 15, 2017. Born in Jackson County she is the daughter of the late Homer Jones and Louise Wikle McMahan. She was preceded in death by her husband Elbert Daniel Carter, who passed away in 2000.
She is survived by six children, Ella Mae Rowland, William Carter, Albert Carter and his...
Neal Kyle Crisp
Jun 10, 2017
Neal Kyle Crisp, 75 died Saturday, June 10, 2017 at his home in Bryson City following his battle with cancer. With his wife Teresa near and his daughter Bobbie by his side, he peacefully passed.
Neal was born in Fernandina Beach, FL on March 14, 1942 to Ollie Mae (Cochran) and John Kyle Crisp. He grew up in Yulee, FL along...
Boyd Buford Sossamon Sr.
Jun 7, 2017
Boyd Buford Sossamon Sr., 95, of Webster passed away on Wednesday June 7, 2017 after a period of declining health.
He was born on in Cabarrus County, North Carolina and moved to Sylva in 1944 to open Sossamon Furniture in partnership with his brother Leroy. He immediately became very active in the community becoming involved in the Lions Club, Boy Scouts,...
Robert Preston McCann
Jun 6, 2017
Robert Preston "Push" McCann, 61, of Whittier, NC died on June 6, 2017. Push was born Feb. 28, 1956 in New Orleans, LA, but was raised and lived much of his adult life in Hattiesburg, MS. He was the son of the late Hugh and Virgie Saucier McCann of Hattiesburg and Bryson City, NC. Push loved his family, and enjoyed...
Kathryn Stripling Byer
Jun 5, 2017
Kathryn Stripling Byer of Cullowhee, NC, formerly the poet laureate of North Carolina, passed away on Mon, June 5, at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC, following complications from lymphoma. Celebrations of life will be held in her hometown of Camilla, GA at the Presbyterian Church on Friday, June 16, at 10:00 a.m. and in Cullowhee, NC on Saturday, August 5,...
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