Rouse Keesee

May 8, 2017

Rouse Keesee, 86, a long-time resident of Brevard, passed away on Monday, May 8, 2017 at Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville. A native of Wayne, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Rouse, Sr. and Ethel Lee Keesee. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his brothers James and Charles Keesee and...

Pearl Arnold

May 6, 2017

Pearl Perry Arnold, 80, of Brevard, passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2017. A native of Chowan County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Alphus Lloyd and Ethel Smith Perry. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brother, J.L. Perry, and her sister, Anne Wright. She was a devoted wife,...

Richard Webb

May 3, 2017

Richard Leroy Webb, 88, of Rosman, NC, passed away on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. A native of Bethel, CT, he was the son of the late Leroy and Katherine Perun Webb. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his grandparents: Mortimer and Grace Webb and Peter and Justine Perun. He is survived by his...

Joanne Keeley

May 2, 2017

Jo Anne Keeley, 77, a longtime resident of Brevard, NC, passed away May 2, 2017. Her service was held May 6 at First United Methodist Church.

Jo Anne is survived by her beloved husband Jim Keeley and three of her four sons Mike, Scott, and Matt. She was preceded in death by her youngest son Andy and...

Eileen Fortener

May 1, 2017

Eileen Frances Fortener, 73, of Pisgah Forest, passed away on Monday, May 1, 2017. A native of Fort Wayne, IN, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Joseph and Dorothy Frances LaFontaine Gase. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her step-mother Lucy Gase. Eileen was a faithful member of Sacred Heart Catholic...

Nancy Hall

Apr 30, 2017

Nancy Black Hall, 98, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, formerly of Brevard, passed away on Sunday, April 30, 2017. A native of Barnwell County, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Elmina Black. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Earl Hall of Dillon, SC., and their...

David Hoffman

Apr 20, 2017

David W. Hoffman, 83, of Apollo,PA, formerly of the Belle Vernon area, died at home on Thursday, April 20, 2017. Born in Fairhope on May 6, 1933, he was the son of the late Clarence B. and Bessie Mae (Hileman) Hoffman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Anthony Guidice; a brother and...

Dorothy Tremba

Apr 18, 2017

Dorothy Gloria Tremba, 87, of Pisgah Forest, passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at the Oaks of Brevard. Born in Avondale, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Julius and Irene Zachary. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her daughter, Karen Tremba, her brother Henry Veczko and her sister Irene...

Rosa Franks

Apr 16, 2017

Rosa Esther Franks, 89, of Rosman, passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the John Keever Solace Center in Asheville, NC. A native of Greenback, TN, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Nona Bradley Ramsey and the wife of William Edgar (Ed) Franks. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by...

Randolph Curto

Apr 14, 2017

Randolph McClane "Randy" Curto born September 28, 1952 passed away unexpectedly Friday, April 14, 2017. He was 64 years old. He was a son of Agnes Curto and the late Henry F. Curto of Brevard.

In addition to his mother he is survived by his brothers, Joe Curto (Betty) of Brevard, Kenneth Curto (Bobbie) of Pisgah Forest,...