Sep 6, 2019

Carlton Marion “Dickie” Paxton, 79, of Rosman, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2019. A Rosman native, he was the son of the late A.M. and Marie Moore Paxton. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Edward Clinton Paxton.

A United States Army Reservist, he was retired from Ecusta/ Olin Corporation. After retirement, he grew...

Sep 5, 2019

Jane J. Owenby, 57, of Hendersonville passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2019. A native of Honea Path, South Carolina, she was the daughter of Betty Jones and the late Thomas Jones. In addition to her father, she was also preceded in death by her twin sister, Janice Isolda.

A graduate of Belton-Honea Path High School, she...

Sep 3, 2019

Grady Elzie “Dick” Ray, 86, of Brevard, passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. A native of Brevard, he was the son of the late Elzie heath and the late Rachael Ray. In addition to his parents, he was was also preceded in death by his wife, Jearleen Clayton Ray; son Wade Ray, sisters Dorothy Flynn and Carolyn Jones...

Sep 3, 2019

Malcolm Irving Bevins, 89, of Brevard, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. He was born and raised in Burlington, Vermont. He was a son of the late Percy Everette Bevins and Florence Shaw Bevins.  In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister; Florence Bevins Melick and a grandson, Nicholas Deinema Riiber.

Sep 2, 2019

Minnie Lorene Scarborough Kenney, 91, of Penrose, passed away on Monday, September 2, 2019. A native of Arnoldsville, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Pascal and Mamie Elizabeth Hayes Scarborough. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Robert S. Kenney; her sister Mary Ida Gordon, and...

Sep 1, 2019

Alison Cheek, one of the first women priests in the Episcopal Church and a pioneer in Christian feminist Biblical studies, died peacefully on September 1, 2019.

Born on April 11, 1927 in Adelaide, Australia, Alison Mary Western graduated from Adelaide University. She married her economics tutor, Bruce Cheek. The Cheeks came to the United States in the...

Aug 30, 2019

Branch Elmiras Paxton, III, 64, of Brevard, NC passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, August 30, 2019.  A native of Transylvania County, NC he was a son of the late Thomas Wood and Jeraldine Raxter Paxton. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by twin grandsons; Joshua Branch Paxton, Jr. and Justin Gordon Paxton...

Aug 28, 2019

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Aug 27, 2019

Joe James Parker, 77, of Pisgah Forest, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family, on Tuesday, August 27, 2019.  A native of Transylvania County, he was the son of the late James Alfred and Ada White Parker and his biological mother; Mary Christine Parker who died in 1942.  In addition to his parents he was preceded...

Aug 22, 2019

Edward George Savage, 88, of Hendersonville, passed away on August 22, 2019. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, he was the son of the late Frank Arthur and Pearl Wieczorek Gecawicz. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his son, Paul Savage and his brother, Frank Gecawicz.

His survivors include his wife,...