Oct 18, 2016

Daryl Loyd Hughes, 71, of Brevard, NC passed away on October 18, 2016 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. He was a son of the late Elizabeth Louise Plain Hughes and Floyd Mellor Hughes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother; Joseph Hughes. Daryl graduated from Waverly High School where he played football, basketball, track...

Oct 17, 2016

John Luke "Jack" Osteen Jr. of Brevard died Monday, October 17, 2016, at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.

Born November 13, 1924, in Guilford County, North Carolina, Osteen was the son of John Luke and Ruth Osteen. A graduate of the United States Military Academy, he was a veteran of World War II, the Korean...

Oct 13, 2016

Jean Elizabeth La Force, 87, of Brevard, passed away on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. Born August 30, 1929 in Petersburg, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Winston and Sarah Thomson Dunnavant. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her son Douglas Ronald La Force. She graduated from Petersburg...

Oct 11, 2016

Carroll Garvin Hughes III, 80, of Brevard, NC passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2016. He was a son of the late Carroll G. and Louise Lawson Hughes. A graduate of Clemson University, he was also a U.S. Army Veteran. He was a long-time member of The American Institute of Physics, The Optical Society, The Naval Institute, The Smithsonian Association,...

Oct 11, 2016

Barbara Jean Fenton, 79, of Brevard, passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. A native of Akron, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Mary Elliott Minden. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Richard Gregory Fenton.

Her survivors include her children: Greg Fenton and wife Yasmin...

Oct 9, 2016

Ernest "Goo" John Jenkins, 46, of Brevard, NC passed away October 9, 2016 in Jackson County, NC. He was a native and lifelong resident of Brevard and was a son of the late Thomas Dewey and Evadeen Hoxit Jenkins.

John attended school in Brevard. He was well loved and will be missed by all who...

Oct 8, 2016

Vickie E. Rigsby, 58, of Fletcher, passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC. A native of Franklin, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Milas Andrew and Barbara Emory Donaldson.

Vickie was a very kind and caring person who worked as a CNA for a number of...

Oct 7, 2016

James Endicott Curwen (Jim/Jamie) passed away on October 7, 2016 after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's. Jamie, a native of Brevard was born on May 21,1943 to James Drinkwater Curwen and Doris Elaine Risk, both Brevard residents, and preceding him in death.

Raised in Brevard, NC, Jamie graduated from Christ School Arden, NC in 1960 and from...

Oct 7, 2016

B. Jean Eckelmann, 89, of College Walk Retirement Community in Brevard, died on October 7, 2016. Her death from natural causes followed a long, enjoyable and productive life. She was preceded in death by her parents, an older sister, an older brother, her twin sister and a younger sister.

Born in 1927 to Charles Albert Roberts and...

Oct 6, 2016

Vivian Ritenour, 88, of Brevard, passed away on October 6, 2016. Born Vivian Ruth Broaddus on November 30, 1927 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Freda Leighty Broaddus. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Lee Ritenour, her daughter Susan R. Seger; brothers Richard Broaddus...