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DeEtta Watson Beaver
Feb 2, 2012
DeEtta Watson Beaver, 66, passed away Thursday morning, February 2, 2012, at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. A native of Cherokee County, she was the daughter of Hilda Matheson Watson of Andrews and the late Claude Watson. She was a Librarian at Andrews Public Library and also at Tri-County Community College. She enjoyed making jewelry and crafts. She graduated from...
Ruth Jackson
Jan 26, 2012
Mrs. Ruth Jackson, 77, passed away Thursday morning, January 26, 2012 at Med-West Harris Hospital in Sylva. She was a native of Renan VA. She was a resident of Mountain Trace Nursing Center. She was preceded in death by her parents Giles and Lena Clay Moorefield and 2 brothers two sisters and one daughter. She is survived by her daughter...
Oberia O. Lewis
Jan 22, 2012
Oberia Owen Lewis, age 84, of Sylva died Sunday, January 22, 2012 at Med West Harris in Sylva, NC. Mrs. Lewis was born April 21, 1927 in Jackson County, NC. She is the daughter of the late Andrew Vess and Mae (Shelton) Owen. She was preceded in death by her husband T.C. Lewis and one son Mike Lewis and 6...
Frankie Roberts
Jan 21, 2012
Frankie Gates Roberts, 78, passed away Saturday Evening January 21, 2012 at Hospice of Union County in Monroe, NC. A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Edna( Sutton ) Gates. She worked in the dietary department at several different nursing homes. She loved to cook and always wanted people who stopped by to...
James Edward Stevens
Jan 18, 2012
James Edward Stevens,75, of Sylva died Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Med West Harris. James was born November 25, 1936 in Haywood County. He is the son of the late Bruce and Maggie (Harkins) Stevens. He served in the Army National Guard. He was employed as a Produce Clerk for Sav-Mor in Sylva. He worked for many years in the...
Donald Duane Kinsland
Jan 16, 2012
Dateline Whittier, NC Donald Duane Kinsland 78 of Whittier died Monday at Med West Harris. He was a native of Jackson and the son of the late Taft and Beulah Kinsland. He was preceded in death by one brother Joe Kinsland. Mr. Kinsland was a self employed business man and retired from the US Postal Service .A veteran of the...
William Charles Lovett
Jan 10, 2012
Dr. William Charles Lovett, age 66, of Sylva died Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at home in Sylva. Mr. Lovett was born August 18, 1945 in Miami, FL. He is the son of the late William B. and Marion Brown Lovett. Mr. Lovett was a graduate of the University of Tennessee School of Medicine and was in general practice of medicine...
Alberta Ann Purvis
Jan 9, 2012
Alberta Ann Bambrick Purvis, 67, passed away Monday, January 9, 2012 at Swain County Hospital in Bryson City. The daughter of the late Jack and Ann (Kelly) Bambrick, she was a native of Pennsylvania, and lived most of her life in West Palm Beach Florida. She had been a resident of Swain County the last few years. She was a...
Doris Barron
Jan 7, 2012
Doris Green Barron, 80, passed away Saturday evening January 7, 2012 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Born in Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Leamon and Gracie Hall Green. She was a member of Wesleyanna Methodist Church in Sylva. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Clarence and a brother Ray Green. She is...
Thomas Edward Storey
Dec 31, 2011
Thomas Edward Storey, 54, of Sylva passed away Saturday, December 31, 2011. No services are planned at this time. . .
John Rickey Lloyd
Dec 30, 2011
John Rickey Lloyd, 62, Cherokee, died Dec. 30, 2011 at his residence. No services are planned .
Arnold Monsted Nielsen
Dec 28, 2011
. . Dr. Arnold M. Nielsen of Cullowhee went to be with our Lord on December 28 after a courageous battle with an aggressive cancer. He was born April 14, 1932 and grew up in Fortuna, California with parents Frederick and Maren Nielsen (both deceased), older sisters Marie of Chico, CA and Lily of Brookfield, WI, and older brother Harold...
James Columbus Long
Dec 22, 2011
James Columbus Long, 70, of Whittier, passed away December 22, 2011 at Med West Harris Hospital in Sylva. No services are planned.
Stanley Maynard Stonesifer Jr.
Dec 15, 2011
Stanley Maynard Stonesifer Jr.,68, of Sylva died Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Med West Harris Hospital. Mr. Stonesifer Jr. was born January 8, 1943 in Baltimore, MD. He is the son of the late Stanley Maynard and Bessie Ann (Vipperman) Stonesifer Sr. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Tommy Stonesifer, a stepson, Jeffrey Byron Ledbetter,...
Shirley Ann Tadlock
Dec 14, 2011
Shirley Ann Anthony Tadlock, 61, passed away Wednesday December 14, 2011. A native of Swain County she was the daughter of the late John P. and Hazel Cook Anthony She was a very loving and adored, stay at home mom and attended Oak Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Kenneth Tadlock 2 Daughters- Melissa...
Billy Ray Cook
Dec 13, 2011
Billy Ray Cook, age 66, of Sylva died Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at home in Sylva. Mr. Cook was born September 29, 1945 in Buncombe County, NC. He is the son of the late Marcus and Eva (Jenkins) Cook. He was preceded in death by a sister and brother and two grandchildren. He served in the US Army and was...
Gypsy E Dietz
Dec 12, 2011
Gypsy E Dietz, 90, of Sylva died Monday, December 12, 2011 at her home in Sylva. Gypsy was born July 19, 1921 in Sylva, NC. She was the daughter of the late Luther and Ollie (Green) Dietz. She is survived by two nephews, Ron Edwards of Greenville, SC and Robert Henson of Asheville. Graveside service will be held in Fairview...
Robert Lee Milkey
Dec 3, 2011
Robert Lee Milkey, 70, went home to be with The Lord December 3, 2011. Born March 3, 1941 in Milan, Michigan, he was the third child of Emil and Wanda ( Bame ) Milkey. The family then moved to Saline, Michigan where Bob attended Church and school. He graduated in 1959 from Saline High School. Bob was a U.S. Veteran...
Ada C Irby
Dec 2, 2011
Ada C. Irby, age 79, of Whittier died Friday, December 2, 2011 at Med West Harris in Sylva, NC. Mrs. Irby was born September 11, 1932 in Ely, NV. She is the daughter of the late Michael and Ida (Morgan) Krumpotic. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Richard L. Irby. She worked as a bookkeeper...
Ernest Edmund Provost
Nov 25, 2011
. . Dr. Ernest Edmund Provost (Ernie), 90, passed away peacefully on Friday evening, November 25, 2011, at his son's home in Sylva, NC. A native of Needham, Massachusetts, Ernie was born June 19, 1921, the son of the late Ernest M. Provost and Martha Wilson Provost and was preceded in death by a younger sister, Phyllis Marie Provost. Ernie...
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