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Frances Grace Berry
Jan 23, 2024
Frances Grace Berry, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on January 23, 2024. She was born in Rome, Italy as Francesca Catalfano, on February 7, 1942. She came to the United States with her father in 1946. Fran was a kind-hearted woman who touched the lives of many with her gentle spirit and selfless nature.Fran led a...
Evelyn Sue Jones Sheffield
Jan 23, 2024
Evelyn Sue Jones Sheffield, 83, of Ramseur, passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at the Randolph Hospital.
Evelyn was born in Jackson County on October 4, 1940 to James Leonard Jones, Sr. and Ethel FoxJones. Her first job was a telephone operator. While her husband was in the Navy, she was both Mom and Dad. They moved back to Sylva...
Nell Parris
Jan 23, 2024
Nell Ledford Parris, 88, passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at Skyland Care Center.
Nell lived in Jackson County for most of her life and was a daughter of the late Jeremiah and Mollie Wykle Ledford. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ronnie Parris, who died in 2017; a daughter, Rhonda Queen; one...
Jonathan Andrew Hisey
Jan 23, 2024
Jonathan (Jonny) Andrew Hisey, age 38, died January 23, 2024 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. He was born August 15, 1985, in Canton, Illinois, the son of Mel and Juli Hisey. He married Sarah Short on October 10, 2020. Jonny graduated from Cypress Lake Center for the Arts in Ft Myers, Florida. He attended Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Academy...
Maxine Bumgarner
Jan 16, 2024
Maxine Bumgarner, age 92 of Gastonia NC, passed away on Tuesday January 16, 2024. She was born on June 23, 1931, in Cherokee NC, to the late Kyle Daly and Vera Bradley Moles.Maxine studied nursing at Fort Sanders School of Nursing in Knoxville TN. She worked as the Supervisor of Recovery at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton GA until she...
Eddie Allen Bradley
Jan 16, 2024
Eddie Allen Bradley, 80, of Sylva, passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at Mission Hospital.
Eddie was a native of Jackson County and a son of the late Allen "Shady" and Eva Sutton Bradley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Marshall "Mitch" Bradley and a son-in-law, Robbie Robinson. Eddie was a member and...
Darwin McCaslin Ikard Jr.
Nov 17, 2023
Darwin McCaslin Ikard Jr., age 75 of Whittier NC, passed away on Thursday November 17, 2023. He was born on September 12, 1948, in Catawba County, to the late Darwin, Sr. and Stella (Devine) Ikard.
Darwin went to N.C. State for teaching but then changed majors for computers. He had three wives with Regenia Ikard being his...
Opal M. Dillard
Jan 13, 2024
Opal M. Dillard, 87, of Cashiers passed away on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at Eckerd Living Center. Opal was a native of Jackson County and a daughter of the late Brack and Elsie Stewart McCoy. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William “Bill” Dillard, who passed away in 1993; one sister, Ruth McCoy;...
Rogers Dale Coward
Jan 15, 2024
Rogers Dale Coward, age 89, of High Cove/Norton Community, passed away peacefully at home January 15, 2024. He was born May 24, 1934, in Webster, to the late Rogers and Gladys Dowdle Coward.
Dale served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War aboard the USS Henry Tucker. After his tour, he attended and graduated from Blanton Business College in...
Sybil Monteith Dillard
Jan 16, 2024
Sybil M. Dillard, 94, of Glenville, passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at Skyland Care Center.
Sybil was a native of Jackson County and a daughter of the late James Lewis and Gladys Bryson Monteith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Bryan Dillard, who died in 1998; a son, James Bryan...
Brenda Sue Watson Gray
Jan 14, 2024
Brenda Sue Watson Gray passed away January 14, 2024 at her home in Cullowhee after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Her family and friends will always remember her courage and faith when she faced a devastating diagnosis.
She is survived by her son Kyle Watson Gray whom she worshiped along with his favorite dogs, sister Mary Jo Jones (Carroll),...
Mary Alice Rock
Dec 25, 2023
Mary Alice Rock passed away on Christmas day, December 25th of 2023, at the age of 56 in her home in the town of Sylva, North Carolina. Her passing was the end of a long and enduring battle with cancer over at least six months, a form of cancer later discovered to be both very rare and very aggressive.
Mary...
LH Mathis
Jan 13, 2024
Rev. LH Mathis, age 78 of Tuckasegee NC, passed away after an extended period of declining health, on Saturday January 13, 2024. He was born on April 22, 1945, in Jackson County, to the late Anzel and Mary (Melton) Mathis.
LH was a devoted to the Lord and traveled around the world preaching the gospel to all he encountered. He...
Melissa Conner Irwin
Jan 12, 2024
Heaven recently gained another angel. Friday afternoon January 12th, was the last time the husband, daughters and sister held the Angel's hand. Melissa Gail Irwin, age 43, passed away at Mission Hospital. Melissa was born on February 7, 1980, in Sylva, NC to Michael Conner and Mildred Frady Conner. Both proceed her in death.
Melissa is survived by her...
Rev. Charles Edward Carnes
Jan 14, 2024
Charles Edward Carnes went to be with his Savior in Glory Land on Sunday, January 14, 2024..
Born July 8, 1935, to the late Cance and Ellen Gibson Carnes, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Elbert and Junior Carnes, and four sisters, Helen Hensley, Eloise Chambers, Etta Lee Gates Freeland and Claudia Lark.
Married to Eula Leopard...
Odell Haskett
Jan 11, 2024
Odell Haskett, 97 of Sylva, passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2024 after a short period of declining health. Odell was born May 16, 1926 in Jackson County to the late William Edward and Laura Shook Haskett. Odell worked at Mead corporation and later Jackson Paper for over 35 years. In retirement, Odell enjoyed “loafing” around town visiting friends,...
Linda Welch Winstead
Jan 10, 2024
Linda Welch Winstead
Linda is survived by her older brother, Duane (Daphne) of Daytona Beach, FL, and an older sister, Sandra Childers (Ray) of Cullowhee, NC.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold Welch and Elsee Holland; an older sister, Karen Payne, and her younger brothers, Max and Ed Welch.
Linda’s face always had a big...
Arden Galarde
Dec 27, 2023
Arden Galarde, son of the late Arden and Gloria Galarde has taken his last earthly journey to reside in a most glorious heavenly place. He loved life and the people he encountered along the way and cherished his friends and family. He is leaving behind “his girls” - wife Bonnie, Natalie Norwood, Kirby Tallent (Jeff) and grandson Arden, and...
Clifton Eugene Fisher
Jan 8, 2024
Clifton Eugene Fisher, 72, of Cullowhee, passed away on Monday, January 8, 2024, after a period of declining health.He was born March 16, 1951, to the late Howard and Earlean Parris Fisher. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant son. Clifton graduated from Sylva Webster High School where he played football and wrestled. He...
Joyce Ward Sutton
Jan 8, 2024
Joyce Ward Sutton, 78, of Whittier, passed away on Monday, January 8, 2024 at Skyland Care Center.
Joyce was a native of Jackson County and a daughter of the late Edward Hardy and Margie Cooper Ward. She was a very hard worker and spent 31 years working for Buster Brown until its closure and then she worked for 16 years...
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