Lois Kellar
Feb 18, 2019
Lois Barnette Kellar, 102, passed away February 18, 2019, in Brevard. Born November 3, 1916 in Henderson County, she was the daughter of the late Adgar Washington Barnette and his wife, Mary Hollingsworth. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Paul S. Kellar; her eldest son, Teddy S. Kellar; her sisters Stella Gilliland, Ethel Owens, Eva Jones,...
James Legere
Feb 17, 2019
Jim LeGere, 77, of Connestee Falls, died peacefully Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019 surrounded by friends and family at Solace Hospice in Asheville. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois and was a graduate of Princeton University and received his MBA from the University of Chicago. In 1963, he joined the Quaker Oats Company and accepted positions of increasing responsibility...
Alma Mccall
Feb 16, 2019
Alma Hoxit McCall, 86, of Pisgah Forest, NC passed away on February 16, 2019. She was a daughter of the late Jessie and Bessie Dills Hoxit. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sons; Anthony James McCall and Michael Jimmy McCall, and full sister; Betty Hoxit, one full brother; Leeward Hoxit, two half-brothers; Lowell...
Mary Gillespie
Feb 15, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Volrath Gillespie, 63, of Cedar Mountain, passed away peacefully while surrounded by those who loved her on Friday, February 15, 2019. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Howard Volrath and Myrtle Raines, and the late Margaret Henderson and husband Kurt Henderson. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded...
David Collins
Feb 8, 2019
David Collins, 72, of Brevard, died on Friday, February 8, 2019. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he attended Western Michigan University, graduating with Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. Later, he earned an accounting degree from Cleary College in Ann Arbor and a Master's Degree in Business from Eastern Michigan University. He worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative for Schering Plough...
Nancy Wilson
Feb 7, 2019
Nancy Thomas Wilson, 95, of Brevard, NC passed away February 7, 2019. She was born in Macon County to the late Harley and Fannie Bradley Thomas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy L. Wilson who passed away in 1990, four sisters; Beatrice Henson, Hester Cabe Vinson, Iva Lee Rogers and Carrie Bell Chastain and one brother;...
Calvin Curry
Feb 4, 2019
Calvin Louis Curry, Jr., 89, of Pisgah Forest, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2019. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Calvin Louis and Jane Blattenberger Curry. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his son, Mark Daniel Curry; and his sister Elizabeth Shackelton Dubber, and brothers Charles...
Johnny Huskey
Jan 26, 2019
Johnny Allen Huskey, Jr., 50, of Asheville, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville. An Asheville native, he was the son of Johnny Huskey, Sr. and Betty B. Sherrill. He was preceded in death by his son, Brandon Bas Huskey. He was a treasured man. An unwavering and loving husband and father! No...
Elizabeth Jones
Jan 26, 2019
Elizabeth Jones, 81, of Lake Toxaway, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at Transylvania Regional Hospital. A lifelong resident of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late Dr. France and Laura Pressley Coren. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Howard Jones who passed away in 2009. Mrs. Jones...
Anne Hansen
Jan 25, 2019
Anne DeLamater Hansen, 88, of Brevard, NC passed away January 25, 2019 at Tore's Home in Brevard. She was born December 7, 1930 in Orange, New Jersey, the only daughter of the late Harold and Marion Baker DeLamater. She attended Miss Beard's School in Orange, then went to Boston where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Education at...