Oct 9, 2019

Edna McCrary Bryson of Brevard passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, October 9th, 2019.  She was 100 years young, celebrating and enjoying her life daily.  She was born June 8, 1919 in Little River, NC, the daughter of Joe McCrary and Mary Shipman McCrary and was the seventh of ten children.

Edna was married to...

Oct 8, 2019

Theodore V. Abbruzzese, 84, passed away on October 8, 2019 in his home in Etowah, North Carolina. He was born in Detroit, Michigan to Italian immigrants Michael and Antoinette Abbruzzese.  He earned an Engineering degree and MBA degree before becoming a Chartered Financial Analyst who owned Wall Street West, a stock brokerage firm in Englewood, Colorado.  He lived much of his life in Colorado, Florida and North...

Oct 7, 2019

Joseph Eugene “Gene” Bracken, 72, of Brevard, NC, passed away on Monday, October 7, 2019 at his residence.  A native of Transylvania County, he was a son of Annie Golden Bracken and the late Joe Bracken. In addition to his father, he is also preceded in death by a brother Van Bracken.

Gene is an Army veteran,...

Oct 4, 2019

Thora Percival Chilson, 84, of Brevard, passed away on Friday, October 4, 2019. A native of Buffalo, New York, she was the daughter of the late Severn Mortenson and Vera Grace Gray Percival. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Allen Wayne Chilson; son-in-law, Bob Brown; grandchildren: Jessi Arnold, Jeremy Chilson and Soren Chilson;...

Oct 2, 2019

Bertha Kinsland, 88, of Brevard, passed away on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. Born in the Caney Fork section of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Mary Jane Mathis Hensley. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her brother, Luke Hensley, and her sisters: Atlas Mills, Lora Fisher and Althea...

Sep 28, 2019

Robert Doyle Enloe, 81, of Hendersonville, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2019. A native of Swain County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Herbert Clyde and Annie Cochran Enloe. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his brothers Carl Enloe, Roland Enloe and Judson Enloe, and his sister Louise Hogsed....

Sep 25, 2019

Phyllis McCrary Cooper, 65, went home to be with our Heavenly Father on September 25, 2019. Phyllis will be lovingly remembered by her family and friends. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of Betty George McCrary and the late Judson McCrary. Phyllis was preceded in death by her father, Judson McCrary; her ex-husband, Thomas F. Cooper, Jr.; and...

Sep 24, 2019

Phyllis Griffiths, 77, of Brevard, passed away on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. A native of Asheville, NC, she was the daughter of Pauline Elizabeth Case Cassell and the late Thern Monroe Cassell.

The daughter of a career serviceman, she lived in several places around the country, notably Ames, Iowa, where she learned to ice-skate, which became a...

Sep 24, 2019

Connie Lynn Johnson Daniels, 69, of Penrose, passed away on September 24, 2019 due to complications associated with frontotemporal dementia, a disease she had lived with for the last several years. A native of Blue Ridge, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late John and Ruth George Johnson and the adopted daughter of Ray and Faustina Johnson. In addition...

Sep 22, 2019

Ruth Moore Robinson, 87, of Pisgah Forest, passed away on September 22, 2019. She was a native of Candler, North Carolina, but had lived in Pisgah Forest for over 60 years.  She was the daughter of the late Terrell and Lillie Warren Moore of Candler. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband...