Alan Ray DeMoss
Apr 21, 2025
Alan Ray DeMoss, 64, of Pisgah Forest, passed away on April 21, 2025. A native of West Virginia, he was the son of the late Carl and Fietta Starcher DeMoss. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his sisters Loretta Doss and Pauline Marling and his brothers Naaman DeMoss, Norman DeMoss and Garrett DeMoss.
A landscaper...
Sylvia Lee Fougeron
Apr 20, 2025
Sylvia Lee Fougeron was born to Alice Lillian (Halling) and Harold Edgar Eidsvold in the small town of Morris, Minnesota on June 19, 1936. She enjoyed an idyllic, free-range childhood along with her sisters and brother. She enjoyed swimming and skating on the lakes. Sylvia’s love of animals developed early. She had dogs, horses, cats, chickens, rabbits and turtles. She...
William James "Jim" Rileigh
Apr 18, 2025
William James “Jim” Rileigh passed away on April 18, 2025. Born in Baltimore MD, Jim attended Northeast High in St. Petersburg FL and graduated from Eckerd College. In 1971, he received a PhD in clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University. There he met a fellow graduate student, Kitty, who would become his wife of 56 years. They realized later that they...
Lester Gillespie
Apr 18, 2025
Lester Gillespie, 89, of Rosman, passed away April 18, 2025 at Mission Hospital after a brief illness. He was married for 57 years to the late Shirley Gillespie who passed away on November 26, 2024.
He was born December 19, 1935 in Rosman to the late Leander and Annie Jordan Gillespie. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Randall Scott "Randy" Bunn
Apr 16, 2025
Randall Scott Bunn, 65, of Brevard passed away on April 16, 2025.
Obituary and arrangements are forthcoming.
Dorothy Gray Carland
Apr 16, 2025
Dorothy Gray Carland, 87, of Forest City, NC, passed away on April 16, 2025.
Obituary and service information is forthcoming
Evia Carolyn Cooper
Apr 9, 2025
Evia Carolyn Cooper, 81, of Balsam Grove, passed away on April 9, 2025. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Omi Eubanks. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Alvin Cooper; her daughter Missy Cooper, siblings: Ralph, William, Mack, Hovie, Lee and Ettier; granddaughter Sandra McCall...
Nathan Lee Mathis
Apr 7, 2025
Nathan Lee Mathis, 45, of Brevard, passed away on April7, 2025 at Mission Hospital in Asheville. A native of Brevard, he was the son of Nancy C. Owen.
A graduate of Brevard High School, Nathan had worked at the Transylvania County Library for 24 years where he never met a stranger. Always happy, he loved life and meeting and studying people,...
Perry Lee Brown
Mar 28, 2025
Perry Lee Merrill Brown, 94, of Brevard, passed away on March 28. 2025.
A complete obituary and arrangements for her memorial service is forthcoming.