Tommie Collins
Jan 10, 2018
Tommie Raymond Collins, 56, of Brevard, NC passed away on January 10, 2018 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. He was a native of Transylvania County, NC and is a son of Georgia Pauline Crane Collins of Kings Mountain, NC and the late Tommy R. Collins. He is survived by two daughters; Christy Galloway and husband Daniel of Brevard, NC and...
James Austin
Jan 10, 2018
James Edward Austin, 88, of Pisgah Forest, was taken home by the angels on January 10, 2018. He was born one of seven children, Leicester, NC to Walter and Docia Austin. The family moved to Transylvania County in 1944.
James served in the Air Force for four years; as well as serving 34 years in the Georgia...
Fred Fendley
Jan 8, 2018
Fred Jack Fendley, 98, of Brevard, passed away on Monday, January 8, 2018. Born in Salem, SC he was the son of the late James Felix and Namma Alexander Fendley. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife of 74 years, Constance Fendley; brothers J.C. Fendley, Herbert Fendley and Eugene Fendley; and sister...
Robert Caldwell
Jan 7, 2018
Robert Lee Caldwell, 62, of Brevard, passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2018. Born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, he was the son of Judith Ann Caldwell and the late Phillip Birl Caldwell. In addition to his father he was also preceded in death by his son, Sean Robert Caldwell. A graduate of W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, VA,...
Robert Gillespie
Jan 7, 2018
Robert L. Gillespie, 89, of Brevard, NC passed away January 7, 2018 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. He was a son of the late Jason Leander and Annie Jordan Gillespie. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister; Lila Stafford, four brothers; Al, Ted, Jason and Hugh Gillespie and one nephew; Gary Gillespie and one...
Joan Shipman
Jan 5, 2018
Joan Sutton Shipman, 96, of Brevard, passed away on Friday, January 05, 2018 at The Oaks of Brevard. Joan and her twin sister, Doris, were born on September 30, 1921 in Safron Walden, Essex, England to Alfred William and Emily Mary Freestone Sutton. Joan trained as a nanny and worked for several years for a family in her hometown....
Carolyn Twomley
Jan 5, 2018
Carolyn Mead Twomley, 87, of Hendersonville, passed away on January 5, 2018. A native of Marshall, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Melville Frederick and Julia Georgiana Kennicott Mead. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brother Bob Mead and her sisters Opal Popescu and Joan Rifenbock.
Her survivors...
Elizabeth Beeson
Jan 4, 2018
Elizabeth Corwin Beeson, 68, of Brevard and formerly of Charlotte, Passed away on January 4, 2018. A native of Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Lewis and Mary Ruth Corwin Beeson. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brother Raymond Lewis Beeson, Jr. Survivors include her brother...
Helena Mccall
Dec 30, 2017
Helena P. McCall, of Pisgah Forest, NC went to her heavenly home Saturday, December 30, 2017. A native of Pikeville, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Boone and Gladys Deskins.
She worked as an Assembler for the Chrysler Motor Company in Detroit, MI for many years. She loved horses since she was a young child...
William Dienes
Nov 26, 2017
William Dienes, 94, of Pisgah Forest, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of the late John and Elizabeth Czako Dienes. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Ruth Dienes; brothers Ladd Dienes, John Dienes and Paul Dienes; and also...