Richard Keith McConnell
Apr 6, 2024
Richard Keith McConnell, 64, of Brevard, passed away on April 6, 2024. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of Frances Wright McConnell and the late Porter McConnell. In addition to his father, he was also preceded in death by his brother, Larry McConnell.
An outstanding mechanic, he loved to fix and repair most anything with a motor: cars, four-wheelers...
James Clifford Gillespie
Mar 25, 2024
James Clifford Gillespie, 82, of Hendersonville, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2024. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Clifford and Catherine Shipman Gillespie. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Dorothy H. Gillespie, and their son, James Steven Gillespie.
A simple man who found his...
Jane B. Elliott
Mar 24, 2024
Jane E. (Bishop) Elliott, 90, of Belleville, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at Valley View Retirement Community Nursing Home in Belleville, PA. Jane had lived at Valley View for the past three years, enjoying daily visits with her husband Jim Elliott, who lives in a residential cottage at Valley View. Jim and Jane met at college in 1952...
Anthony Dale Mathis
Mar 15, 2024
Anthony Dale “Tony” Mathis, 58, of Brevard, passed away on March 15, 2024. A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late Floyd and Gaynell Shook Mathis. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Donna Breedlove-Mathis, and by his siblings: Holly, Sandy, Rita, Joe, Rhonda and Jack.
Tony was a collector...
Dan Holler
Mar 8, 2024
Our beloved Dan Holler, husband, father, brother, friend and joyous companion, died at Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, NC, at midday on Friday, March 8, with his family by his side. Dan F. Holler, Jr was born on October 4, 1941 in Raleigh, NC to proud and loving parents Dan F. Holler, Sr, and Harriet Lee McGoogan. He grew up...
Jerry Joseph Siemann
Mar 7, 2024
Jerry Joseph Siemann, 82, of Brevard, NC passed away peacefully with his wife by his side on March 7, 2024. Jerry was born December 25, 1941, in Lancaster, WI. to the late Joseph Theodore Siemann and Vera Elizabeth Bennett. He was also preceded in death by his sister Judith Ann Strye.
Jerry is survived by his loving wife of 62 years,...
Linwood "Sonny" Butler
Feb 28, 2024
On Wednesday February 28,2024, Linwood Christian (Sonny) Butler, 89, of Brevard, North Carolina and San Antonio, Florida, went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ.
Sonny was predeceased in death by his parents Linwood Butler and Florence Butler, his first wife Barbara Ann Dinsmore Butler, His children Paulette Gary, Douglas Butler, Richard Butler, and Thomas Butler and Sisters Mary Randolf and...
Teri Jo Norris
Feb 27, 2024
Teri Jo Norris age 67 of Etowah, NC passed away peacefully with her husband by her side on February 27, 2024. Teri was born June 28, 1956, in Sussex, NJ to the late Phyllis A. LaPorta. She was also predeceased in death by her grandmother Margaret C. Strait, Brother Michael LaPorta, Aunt Sandra Smith, Mother and Father-in-Law Richard and Beatrice...
Dorothy "Dottie" Ehmann
Feb 24, 2024
Dorothy J. “Dottie” Ehmann, 91, of Brevard, passed away on February 24, 2024 after a severe heart attack. A native of Chillicothe, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Willie Mae Irick James. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her sister, Margaret Anderson and her brother, Frank.
She was a loving mother,...
Norman H. Macoy
Feb 22, 2024
Norman H. Macoy, aged 87, passed away on February 22, 2024 in Brevard, NC. He had left Fairfield, CT with his spouse, Suzanne, in 1995 and moved to Ft. Wayne, IN. He then retired to North Carolina in September 2002.
Born September 30, 1936, in Newark, NJ, he was the son of Eugene Wilson Macoy and Ruth Norman Macoy, both...