James Henderson
May 5, 2015
James C. "Bud" Henderson, 75, of Balsam Grove, passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at The Oaks of Brevard. A native of Transylvania County, he was a son of the late James Bingham and Lora Belle Miller Henderson. His loving survivors include his children: Dexter Henderson and wife Marsha of Balsam Grove, Danny Henderson and wife Laura of...
Minnie Taylor
May 3, 2015
Minnie E. Taylor, 95, of Brevard passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015. A native of Marion, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Finis Elmer and Nanny Mary Hodges Travis. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death her husband, Guy L. Prowell, and husband Charlie Taylor; step-son Charles "Chuck" Taylor; brothers Ernest Travis...
Howard Barnes
May 3, 2015
Howard E. Barnes, 92, of Brevard, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. A native of Bristol, Conn., he was a son of the late Dana and Jennie Smith Barnes. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife Shirley MacDonald Barnes who died in 1999. Mr. Barnes was a...
Delbert Ketcham
Apr 29, 2015
Delbert "Del" Ketcham died Wednesday, April 29th in Hendersonville, NC after a five month battle with lung cancer. Del and his wife, Sheila deBettencourt, moved from Wiscasset, Maine to North Carolina in December 2014 to live near their children and granddaughter.
Del was a man who saw a problem and did something about it. He lived in...
Elizabeth Ball
Apr 28, 2015
Elizabeth G. Ball, 92, of Pisgah Forest passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. A native of Biloxi, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late James Monroe and Georgia Payne Swanzy. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Richard Ball;sisters Thelma Hall, Dorothy Ladner, Ann Kane and Grace...
Carolyn Childress
Apr 27, 2015
Carolyn M. Owen Childress, 77, of Boynton Beach, Florida and formerly of Brevard, passed away on Monday, April 27, 2015. A native of Greenville, SC., she was the daughter of the late R.E. and Cora Lucille Turner Moody. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her sister, Katheryn Moody, husband Randall "Tommy" Owen and...
William Mckelvey
Apr 21, 2015
William Perry "Bill" McKelvey, 75, of Brevard, went to be with the Lord on April 21, 2015. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late John Crawford and Lila Mae Surrett McKelvey, and the adopted son of the late E.C. Wilson and Elsie Wilson. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death...
Donald Chappell
Apr 14, 2015
Donald Lewis "Don" Chappell, 74, of Brevard, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at the Mountain View Rest Home in Hendersonville. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Walter and Nettie Lyday Chappell. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his brothers Ralph, Melvin and Arnold Chappell. Mr....
Ida Sawyer
Apr 14, 2015
Ida Frances Liskey Sawyer, 88, died April 14, 2015 in Brevard. She was born in 1927 in Elizabeth City, N.C. to the late Franklin Clyde Liskey and Marguerite Hughes Liskey. She and her husband spent the last seven years living in Brevard. She is survived by her husband, Raymond Sawyer, of Brevard, and children David Sawyer, of Apex, NC.,...
Richard Fanning
Apr 12, 2015
Richard (Dick) V. Fanning, age 87, died Sunday, April 12, 2015, at home from complications of coronary heart disease. A native and lifelong resident of Brevard, Richard was the only son of the late Leonard and Edna Fanning.
He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Ruth; two sons and their wives: Ric and Susan...