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Gretchen Ann Hayes

Gretchen Ann Hayes

Mar 6, 2015

Gretchen A. Hayes, 70, of Sylva, passed away Friday morning March 6, 2015. A native of DeKalb, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Gregory and Hazel Mohrlein. She loved to read, crochet and to travel, and was a friend to everyone. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband Ronald K. Hayes...

Robert Dillon Nichols Holloway

Robert Dillon Nichols Holloway

Mar 1, 2015

. . Robert Holloway, age 72, of Dillsboro passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015. Robert was born April 27, 1942 in Portland, Maine. He is the son of the late Herbert Stanley Holloway and the late Lilly Loretta Matheson Holloway. He was predeceased by a sister, Lu Desroches and a half-brother, Anthony Tedesco. Robert is survived by his wife of...

Mae Woodard Buchanan

Mae Woodard Buchanan

Feb 22, 2015

Mae Woodard Buchanan, 98, of Sylva, died February 22, 2015 at Morningstar Assisted Living Home after a period of declining health. A long-time resident of the Savannah community, she was preceded in death by her parents, Cleve and Ruth Woodard; her husband, Cecil Buchanan; her brothers, Leeman and Frank; and her grandson, Caleb Morgan. Mae was born in the Pumpkintown...

Sam Hoyle

Sam Hoyle

Feb 21, 2015

Sam Hoyle, 54, of the Wayehutta Community, passed away Saturday morning February 21, 2015 at MedWest Harris Hospial. A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County he was the son of the late Lloyd Hensley Hoyle and Geraldine Mills Hoyle. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his brother Junior Hoyle. He is survived by...

Linda Marie Hodges

Linda Marie Hodges

Feb 9, 2015

Linda Marie Hodges, age 68, of Cullowhee passed away Monday, February 9, 2015. Linda was born October 16, 1946 in Union County, SC. She is the daughter of the late Lucille Dills. She was married Wayne Hodges. In addition to her husband she is survived by three daughters Gloria Quinn of Greenville, NC, Ann Marie Hodges of Chicago, Ill and...

Walter Wade Wilson

Walter Wade Wilson

Feb 7, 2015

Walter "Wade" Wilson, 88, of Dillsboro, NC, died peacefully on Saturday February 7, 2015 at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, NC. He was born October 18, 1926 to the late John Hayes Wilson and Madge Bridges Wilson. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife Rebecca Cannon Wilson, siblings Hicks E. Wilson, Mary Wilson...

Louise Turner Dibble

Louise Turner Dibble

Feb 4, 2015

Florence Louise Dibble, age 89, of Sylva joined Heaven's choir on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Florence was born October 26, 1925 in Mansfield, OH. She is the daughter of the late James Raymond Turner and the late Winifred (Weld) Turner. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a brother, Raymond; two sisters, Jean Flinchbaugh and Mary Virginia Ralston;...

Pat Clark

Pat Clark

Feb 1, 2015

Pat Clark, age 85 of Cashiers, passed away at her home Sunday, February 1, 2015. Pat was born to the late Roswell and Dorris (Harmon) McCauley on May 17, 1929. She was a member of Cashiers Baptist Church and volunteered at the Glenville and Cashiers Thrift Stores. In addition to her parents, Pat is preceded in death by her husband,...

Marcia Jean Wagner

Marcia Jean Wagner

Jan 31, 2015

Marcia Jean "Marcy" Wagner, age 42, of Sylva, passed away Saturday, January 31, 2015. She was born to Daniel Gonnella and Carol Hofmann Gonnella on January 20, 1973, in Paducah, KY. In addition to her parents, Marcy is survived by her husband, Robert Wagner, and her sons, Robbie and Cortland Wagner. Also surviving are sisters Jill Proffitt (Brian) and Jennie...

Peter Joseph Cavallero

Peter Joseph Cavallero

Jan 31, 2015

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Jimmie Ray Moore

Jimmie Ray Moore

Jan 30, 2015

Jimmie Ray Moore, 76, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family at home on Friday, January 30, 2015. Mr. Moore was born in Sylva, NC on February 2, 1938. He was the son of the late Jesse and Bessie Moore. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Clyde. He is survived by his loving wife, Elfriede, sons, Robert...

Thomas Anthony Newton

Thomas Anthony Newton

Jan 28, 2015

Thomas Anthony Newton, 55, of Tuckasegee, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 Services will be private . .

Ruby Lonis Nicholson

Ruby Lonis Nicholson

Jan 26, 2015

Ruby Lonis Shuler Nicholson, 79, of Sylva, passed to her Heavenly home on Monday January 26, 2015 after a long illness. Born in Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Roy Shuler and Lucille Mathis Shuler. She was married to Charles Lyman Nicholson who passed away September 5, 1996. Ruby Lonis retired from Harris Regional Hospital, where she...

Mack Hensley

Mack Hensley

Jan 24, 2015

Mack Hensley, 83, of Sylva, passed away Saturday January 24, 2015. A native of Jackson County, he was the son of the late LJ and Lona Sitton Hensley. He enjoyed Nascar and Richard Petty. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son Randall, 5 brothers and 3 sisters. He is survived by his daughter Sandra...

Carl Wade DeHart

Carl Wade DeHart

Jan 23, 2015

Carl Wade DeHart, age 65, of Sylva died Friday, January 23, 2015 at Tsali Care Center of Cherokee. Carl was born January 21, 1950 in Swain County, NC. He is the son of the late Wade and the late Alice (Lillard) DeHart. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a sister, Elilzabeth DeHart. Carl was employed as a...

Marjorie Violet Schwicker

Marjorie Violet Schwicker

Jan 22, 2015

Marjorie Violet "Vi" Schwicker April 1st 1919 – January 22, 2015 Vi Schwicker passed from this world on January 22 at The Hermitage, in Dillsboro, North Carolina of complications of old age, after a twenty-year residence in the Great Smoky Mountains. The second of three children of German and English parents, she was raised on a strawberry farm in a...

James Allison Bacot

James Allison Bacot

Jan 20, 2015

James Allison Bacot, Jr., 65, of Whittier, passed away Tuesday January 20, 2015. A native of Chatham County, NC, he was the son of the late James Allison Bacot Sr. and Genevieve Alexander. James had been a resident of Jackson County for the past few years; he enjoyed fishing and spending time with his grandchildren. In addition to his parents...

Ella Frances Bryson Hyatt

Ella Frances Bryson Hyatt

Jan 17, 2015

Ella Frances Bryson Hyatt, age 87, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015. Mrs. Hyatt was born in Jackson County on April 20, 1927 to the late June and Lydia (Buchanan) Bryson. Raised in Jackson County, she was a teacher in Cherokee for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and she and her husband, the late John Hyatt, Sr., raised their five...

Linda Lea Woodward

Linda Lea Woodward

Jan 16, 2015

Linda Lea Woodward, age 49, of Sylva passed away Friday, January 16, 2015. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Appalachian Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements. . .

Gail Annette Nolen

Gail Annette Nolen

Jan 15, 2015

Gail Briggs Nolen, age 68 of Whittier, NC went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 15, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Evart and Gladys Robertson Briggs. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sylva, NC. She was a member of the Board of Directors of Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, a...