Aug 25, 2020

Ray H. Ideker passed away peacefully, August 25th, 2020 in Brevard, North Carolina.  Ray was born in 1943 in Seattle, Washington to Ray F. and Elizabeth H. Ideker.

The family later moved to Humboldt, South Dakota.  Ray earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota State University.  He was a retiree of E.I. Dupont Corporation after...

Aug 24, 2020

Joan Elizabeth Donahue, 73 of Calabash, NC, formerly of Brevard, NC died on August 24, 2020. Born in Ware, MA on November 20, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Robert J. Cummings and Elizabeth E. Salamon Cummings.

Prior to retirement, she owned and operated a cleaning service.

Surviving are her husband, Francis “Buster”...

Aug 10, 2020

Elizabeth Collins Gravley, 93, of Brevard, passed away on Monday, August 10, 2020. A native and life-long resident of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late Claud and Mamie Chandler Collins. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Gravley; their son, Douglas Gravley; her brother Ed “Cotton” Gravley and...

Aug 7, 2020

Glenda Sue Johnson Gant, 75, of Penrose passed away on Friday, August 7, 2020 after a prolonged battle with dementia.

A native of Murphy NC, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Thelma Johnson. In addition to her parents she was also preceeded in death by her sister, Betty Clatterback and her brother, Bill Johnson....

Jul 23, 2020

Gladys (Carter) Tracy, 77, Dekalb, Missouri, formerly of Brevard, North Carolina, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020.  She was born May 14, 1943 to Lawson and Etta (Shook) Carter in Brevard, North Carolina.

Gladys married John Ashe October 8, 1962. She was a preacher’s wife for 35 years before John’s passing in 2000. On July 30, 2005,...

Jul 13, 2020

Gilbert Gordon Wagi age 74, of Mills River died July 13, 2020 in Asheville, born in New Brunswick NJ October 29, 1945.

He was preceded in death by his parents Gilbert Geza and Marie Evelyn Rue Wagi

He married his first wife July 3, 1966 Marcella D Royale of Allegan, MI ended in divorce in 1973,...

Jul 12, 2020

Gregory M. Broms, 71, of Brevard, went home to meet his Redeemer on Sunday, July 12, 2020.

To all who knew him he was ‘a good man’. He was a child of the King; son, brother, husband, father and friend to all. He was known as the ‘milkman’

Services for Greg Broms will be private....

Jul 12, 2020

Adelaide Rideout Blake, 95, of Brevard, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2020. A native of New Haven, Connecticut, she was the daughter of the late Sidney and Marguerite Rideout. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Don Blake, her brother Stuart Rideout, her sisters Marguerite Becket and Virginia Moore; and her...

Jul 11, 2020

Jack, John Milton, 84, passed away on July 11th, 2020 at his beloved log home in Pisgah Forest, NC.  John was born in Kittanning, Pa to John Milton and Helen Bowers Jack, who were local merchants and longtime residents of the Pittsburgh suburb.  He attended Grove City College, where he met his lifelong sweetheart, Suzanne Winans Robert.  They married...

Jul 6, 2020

Jim Bruening passed away on July 6th, 2020 of natural causes at the home he built in Penrose North Carolina.

Jim was the first of the late Arthur and Bertha Bruening’s six children - Betty Shappie,  Jacob Bruening (deceased) , John Bruening (deceased), Joseph Bruening, and Bernadette Arehart. He was born in Greenville Ohio on March 3rd,...