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Troy Eugene West
Jan 7, 2025
On January 7, 2025, Troy West went to his heavenly home. Troy was born on April 10, 1941 to the late Clyde and Ada West. He was proceeded in death by three sisters and one brother. Troy was a member of Balsam Baptist Church.
Troy was a man with a heartwarming smile and the gift of making everyone around him laugh....
Edwin "Jerry" Emilous Thompson
Jan 5, 2025
Edwin Thompson never really went by his first name. Known as "Jerry" to anybody within eyesight, he was a man of dreams, conviction, and deep love. He never met a stranger.
On Sunday, January 5th, 2025, he passed away, just a little over a month before his 86th birthday.
Born February 9, 1939 in Sylva, Jerry stayed in Jackson County most of...
Viola Crawford
Jan 5, 2025
Viola Brooks Crawford, 96, passed to her heavenly home on January 5, 2025 after a period of declining health. She was born in the Barkers Creek Community to Charlie Brooks and Lula Cabe Brooks.
Viola, or as her family and friends knew her, Bo, loved to work in her garden and grew vegetables, which she would can, as well as a...
Martha Everlena Ward
Jan 2, 2025
Martha Everlena Coward Ward passed away on the morning of January 2, 2025 with family and friends present at her bedside after a period of declining health. She was born October 7, 1938 to Frank and Mary Coward.
Martha was preceded in death by her parents and her infant twin brother Benjamin Franklin Coward. Martha is survived by her children, Terence...
Jose Luis Yerena Pichardo
Dec 21, 2024
Jose Luis nació el 29 de Julio de 1975 en Guanajuato, México. Sus padres Jose Nicolas Yerena Rico y Domitila Pichardo Frias, sus hermanos, Jose Nicolas Yerena Pichardo, Leonardo Yerena Pichardo, Manuel Yerena Pichardo, Jorge Yerena Pichardo, Juan Yerena Pichardo, Jesus Yerena Pichardo y sus hermanas, Maria Angelica Yerena Pichardo y Josefina Yerena Pichardo, lo comunican a sus amigos y...
Sabra Jean Holder
Dec 28, 2024
Sabra Jean Wiles Holder, 67, of Sylva, NC, passed away after a brief illness on December 28, 2024 at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, NC.
Born on August 23, 1957 in Orangeburg, SC. Sabra was the daughter of the late Russell Allen Wiles and Barbara Griffin Wiles Beasley, both of Elloree.
Sabra graduated from Elloree High School.
Sabra is survived by her husband,...
Clyde Hosea Ray III
Dec 22, 2024
Clyde Hosea Ray III, 86, of Sylva, passed away peacefully at home on the morning of December 22, 2024.
Clyde was born in Waynesville, NC on August 30, 1938, to the late Clyde H. Ray, Jr., businessman, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Caroline Pafford Miller.
Clyde attended Saint John’s Academy in Waynesville prior to graduating from Western Carolina University with a Bachelor...
George Dupuy
Dec 21, 2024
George McVicar Dupuy April 26, 1943 – December 21, 2024
George McVicar Dupuy passed away on December 21, 2024, in Sylva, North Carolina.
George was born on April 26, 1943, in Bronxville, New York, to Jean M. Danielson and Trevor N. Dupuy. He attended the Mount Hermon School and graduated cum laude from the College of William and Mary. He went on...
Sabrina Kumar
Dec 29, 2024
Sabrina Kumar was a multi-instrumentalist who performed for the last twenty-five years across Western North Carolina, in symphonies and pit bands, on flute and other woodwind instruments. She was also known for her unique nature photography, capturing close-ups of the small creatures and plants of these mountains. Thanks to the effort of Dr. Michael Messino, she was able to enjoy...
Bobby Bryson
Dec 29, 2024
Bobby Gene Bryson, 79, of Cullowhee passed away December 29th at Mission Hospital in Asheville after a period of declining health. He was the son of Spurgeon and Minnie Dills Bryson of Cullowhee. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Ann Nicholson Bryson and 2 children, Cindy (Brent) Franks of Cullowhee and Jeff (Ashley) Bryson of Asheville. He...
James Eugene Carden
Dec 24, 2024
James Eugene Carden of Sylva, North Carolina passed away peacefully at his home on December 24, 2024.
James is survived by his wife Paula Green Carden of 44 years and his cherished dog Coco. Also surviving is his brother-in-law Tony Green and wife Kathy of Kingsport Tennessee and special niece Ty (TJ) and great nephew Zander Jackson also of Kingsport Tennessee....
Jessie Louise Moss Holland
Dec 22, 2024
Jessie Moss Holland, of the Mill Creek community, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, December 22, 2024. She was born October 14, 1948, to Dollie Jennings and spent her childhood in the Pine Creek community with her maternal grandmother, Dovie.
Jessie was preceded in death by the love of her life, Mack Holland.
As one of the last pillars of...
Ollie Coggins
Dec 19, 2024
Ollie V Jones Coggins, 87, of the Pine Creek Community, a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother went to her heavenly home on December 19, 2024.
She was born December 11, 1937, in Jackson County to Norman and Georgia Creasman Jones.She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband of 45 years, Claude Wilburn Coggins; sons Clarence Wilburn, Michael “Mikey”...
Judy Taylor Cunningham
Dec 11, 2024
Judy Taylor Cunningham May 9, 1962 – December 11, 2024
Judy Taylor Cunningham, 62, of Cullowhee, NC, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. She was born on May 9, 1962, in Franklin, North Carolina, to the late Charles Vernon Taylor and Martha Jane Taylor.
Judy graduated from Franklin High School in 1980. She was married to Anthony William Cunningham, with...
Vivian B. England
Dec 17, 2024
Vivian Bradley England, of Whittier, NC went home to be with her Lord and Savior when she passed away peacefully in her home on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at the age of 87.
Vivian was born February 7,1937 in Jackson Co where she lived until 1955 when she married Jack England. She lived, worked and raised a family in Michigan until...
Sarah Cooper Gibson
Dec 12, 2024
Sarah Estella Cooper Gibson went home to be with Jesus on Thursday, December 12, 2024. She was the daughter of Paul and Nora (née Tritt) Cooper of Qualla township in Jackson County. She was born September 5, 1927 and graduated from Sylva Central High School in 1945.
Estella had a strong faith in God and lived her faith daily. A member...
Reverend Lyndon J. Biddix
Dec 15, 2024
Reverend Lyndon Joseph Biddix
Reverend Lyndon Joseph Biddix, 78, of Sylva entered the presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, December 15, 2024. Surrounded by his children and many loving grandchildren.
He was born in Jackson County, N.C. on December 6, 1946 to the late Lebron Biddix and Ollie Shular Biddix. He was a loyal and faithful servant of...
Mickie Dean McCall
Dec 13, 2024
Mickie Dean McCall, a beloved Matriarch of her family, passed away on December 13, 2024, at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. She was born November 5, 1945, in Jackson County, North Carolina. Mickie was an intelligent, dignified woman with a strong sense of self. She had endless love for her husband, children, daughter-in-law, grandchildren and sister. She possessed a...
Gail Maxine Allen
Dec 10, 2024
Gail Brooks Allen of the Barkers Creek Community, a beloved mother and grandmother went to her heavenly home on December 10, 2024.
She was preceded in death by her parents Walter Brooks and Helen Bradley Brooks and her husband of 61 years, Lindon Allen. She is survived by her children Sheila Jamison (Doug Mitchell) of Whittier and Kent Allen (Monique) of...
Manley F. Brown
Dec 9, 2024
Manley F. Brown
(1941-2024)
Manley F. Brown, age 83, died in the early morning hours on December 9, 2024. Born in remote Sols Creek, North Carolina, on January 11, 1941 to Wilburn and Lucy Brown, Manley was raised by his mother with a healthy amount of help from aunts, uncles, his first cousin, Dorothy Broom, and his father’s parents, Manley and Sophia...
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