Mar 26, 2016

Paul Robert McKerahan passed away March 26, 2016 at Eckerd Living Center in Highlands, NC. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, March 30, 1923, he was the 2nd son of the late Maud Louise Compton and Robert Clark McKerahan of Springs, PA. In June of 1944, he joined the Army, serving in WWII in Company K, 333rd Infantry of the 84th...

Mar 25, 2016

Helen Margaret (Young) Childs was born in Dubuque, Iowa in 1912. In her childhood she experienced early 20th century farm life when she visited her venerable grandmother near Bloomington, Wisconsin. She graduated from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts degree with English as a first major and music as a second. She was employed...

Mar 23, 2016

Geneva Powell Holcombe, 87, of Rosman, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. A native and lifelong resident of Rosman, she was a daughter of the late Marion Cornelius Powell and Callie Emilee Aiken Powell. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband Robert Hinton Holcombe who passed away in 2000, three infant...

Mar 22, 2016

Lillian Mary Clark, 80, of Brevard, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. A native of The Bronx, New York, she was the daughter of the late Spencer and Lillian White. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, William B. Clark, her brother James White and her son-in-law Vincent...

Mar 18, 2016

Shirley Anna Fournet Chappuis, born December 16, 1925 in St. Martinville located in South Louisiana, passed away on March 18, 2016. Shirley was the daughter of Mildred and Valsin Fournet. Shirley was raised in St. Martinville and then attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge where she studied Home Economics and Education, graduating in 1946 with a BS degree....

Mar 18, 2016

George Robert Sisk, age 71 of Brevard and Myrtle Beach, SC, passed away at Asheville Mission Specialty hospital on March 18, 2016 as a result of heart failure. Having been born in Rosman on July 12, 1944 to Loonie Franklin and Maxine Arnett Sisk, he was reared by his grandparents, Allen and Kitty (Mean Momma) Sisk as well as...

Mar 17, 2016

James Foster Sheafer, 83, of Brevard, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2016. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of the late Harley Foster and Edith May Walters Sheafer. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife, Dorris Andersen Sheafer, his son Steven Martin Sheafer, and his sister Mickey Lyles....

Mar 15, 2016

Rose Marie Camp, 74, of Brevard, passed away on March 15, 2016 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Walter Milton and Mary Farino Shelton.

Rose was an accomplished and passionate artist. She had a number of murals and displays of her artwork at various businesses around Brevard....

Mar 14, 2016

Brenda Galloway Spillman, 74, of Pisgah Forest, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2016, at Elizabeth House in Flat Rock. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Ida Owen Galloway. Brenda was also preceded in death by her brothers, Bill Galloway, Ivan Galloway, and Clyde Galloway, and her sisters, Delphine Donnelly, Christine...

Mar 14, 2016

Brevard

Ilene Ton Batista, 56, of Brevard, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2016 at Mission Hospital in Asheville. A native of New Orleans, LA, Ilene, with her parents Jack and Margaret ton, moved to the Sherwood Forest community in 1972. She graduated from Brevard high school, class of 1977, and took pride in calling Brevard home....