Ruth Bintzler

Dec 2, 2011

Pisgah Forest - Ruth Frances Bintzler, 90, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2011 at Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville. She was born in Baltimore, MD in 1921 to the late Forrest and Alice Gifford Alger. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Charlotte Houting; brothers, Morton, Richard and William Alger; sons, George E. McClellan...

Arlene Kleissler

Nov 30, 2011

Arlene Kleissler Brevard - Arlene Kleissler, 72, of Brevard died at her home on Nov. 30, 2011. Arlene was the daughter of the late Godfrey Nelson and Mildred Lowery Nelson. Prior to her marriage, she was a Sister in the community of The Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station, NJ. She later earned a Masters...

Arthur Litchfield

Nov 27, 2011

Brevard - Arthur Clinton Litchfield, 85, passed away on November 27, 2011 at the Tores Home after a long illness. He was born in Chicago, IL on April 9, 1926 to the late Arthur and Dorothy Schilling Litchfield. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Laquita J. Litchfield. In 1943, at the age of...

Betty Owen

Nov 21, 2011

Betty Mae Owen Brevard- Betty Mae Owen, 92, died Monday, November 21, 2011 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. She was a daughter of the late Carl and Ella Paxton Owen. She was also preceded in death by a brother; Harry Owen; two sisters, Ruth Owen and Elaine Owen Oliver; and one nephew, Pete Owen. She is survived by...

James Gravely

Nov 19, 2011

James Earl "Bean" Gravely Brevard- James Earl "Bean" Gravely, 93, died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Transylvania Regional Hospital surrounded by his loving family. A native of Brevard, he was a son of the late Dewitt Powell and Ethel Gravely. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Morris Gravely and his infant son, James...

Claire Bridges

Nov 15, 2011

Brevard- Claire Rhodes Bridges, 88, died Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Millers Creek, NC to the late Smith and Zilla Cole Rhodes. She was also preceded in death by her husband Drury Frank Bridges. Mrs. Bridges was a member of the First United Methodist Church in...

Rebecca Clark

Nov 13, 2011

Rebecca Smith Clark Quebec-Rebecca Smith Clark, 90, of Quebec, NC passed away Sunday, November 13, 2011 at The Oaks of Brevard surrounded by her loving family. A native and life long resident of the Quebec Community, Rebecca was the daughter of the late Jack and Drucilla Robinson Smith and wife of the late Charles B. Clark. She...

Lois Brown

Nov 9, 2011

Lois Sentelle Brown, 92, of Pisgah Forest went to her Heavenly home on Tuesday November 9, 2011 at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC. She was born August 25, 1919 to the late Glover and Nellie Sentelle of Pisgah Forest. In addition to her parents, her four brothers, Harry, Joyce, William Ralph, and Elmer Frank Sentelle,...

John Simms

Nov 6, 2011

John S. Simms, Jr. Pisgah Forest - John S. Simms "Jr.", 84, died Sunday, November 6, 2011 at the Elizabeth House surrounded by his loving family. He was a son of the late John Shelton Simms and Nora Lee Teague Simms. He was also preceded in death by his wife Faye Sentelle Simms and a brother, David...

Margaret Lamar

Nov 3, 2011

Margaret Vogt Lamar, 92, of Brevard, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011 at Tore's Home in Brevard. Born in Winter Haven, FL, October 21, 1919, to William Vassie Vogt and Helen Heisley Vogt, she was the oldest of four sisters. Her father was in the citrus business and the family lived in Orlando, FL, Frostproof, FL, and...