Obituaries

May 12, 2022

Cathy Jean Hogsed Harris, 65, of Brevard, passed into eternal rest on May 12, 2022 at Mission Hospital in Asheville. A Transylvania County native, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Zelma Hogsed of the Dunn’s Rock Community. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brother, Donald Hogsed.

Cathy...

May 12, 2022

John C. Davis of Brevard, NC passed away on May 12, 2022 at age 87. A native of Somers, Connecticut, he was the son of the late George W. and Dorothy C. Davis.  In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by two previous wives – Carolyn Harvey Davis and  Margaret Penoyer Davis.

John...

May 11, 2022

Col. John Wallace Thomas, U. S. Army (ret.) 91, of Sapphire, passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. A native of Easley, South Carolina, he was raised in Walhalla, the son of the late John and Inez Crenshaw Thomas. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his brother, Charles Thomas; his sisters Colleen Harris...

May 8, 2022

Dorothy Bell “Dot” Roberts, 78, of Etowah, passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2022. A native of Franklin, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late J.R. and Grace Norton Bell. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her sister, Sue Bell Nicholson.

A 1961 graduate of Franklin High School, Dot...

May 8, 2022

Betty R. “Sue” Daves, 68, of Brevard, passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2022. A native of Transylvania County, she was the daughter of the late John and Minnie Mason Raines. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her sister, Rebecca “Becky” Galloway.

Known to many people around Transylvania County simply as...

May 7, 2022

Bruno DePalma, M.D. died at the Bailey Hospice Center, Saint Augustine on May 7, 2022.  He was born on August 24, 1941, the son of the late, Rosa Cimidora DePalma and Joseph DePalma in Boston, Massachusetts.  He grew up in Canton, Massachusetts and graduated from Canton High School.  He graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of...

May 4, 2022

Rayna Maxine Boothby, 84, of Brevard, died on May 4, 2022 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law. She was born in October 1937, in Gardiner, Maine, to Maxine (Mulhern) Hamlin and Albert Hoak and lived most of her life in Maine.

Rayna will be remembered as a kind and generous person, loving to her family and friends,...

May 1, 2022

Kathryn Elizabeth “Katie” Miller, 52, of Raleigh, formerly of Brevard,  departed this earthly life May 1, 2022  at UNC Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC.  She was born August 27, 1969, the daughter of Joyce A. Miller and the late Rev. Merrill C. Miller, Jr of Brevard and Cary, NC.  Katie is survived by a family that loved her dearly....

Apr 26, 2022

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Apr 23, 2022

Rachel Cathey Daniels, 95, of Brevard, died Saturday, April 23, 2022. A native of Henderson County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late William Johnson and Edith Blythe Cathey. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Robert L. Daniels.

The couple made their home in Brevard, where Ms. Daniels was a...

Apr 20, 2022

Gerard “Gerry” Koperski passed away unexpectedly early Wednesday afternoon, on April 20h, just twenty-one days after his 67th birthday. Born in Maisons-Lafitee, France, outside of Paris, he’s the son of the late Jean and Genevieve Koperski.

The family immigrated in 1959 to the Bronx, New York and later moved to Syracuse NY. Gerry graduated from SUNY Alfred...

Apr 15, 2022

Norma K. Siebenheller, well known in Transylvania County as an avid naturalist and author, died peacefully Friday, April 15, 2022, surrounded by her family and friends at her home, after a short illness.  She was 84 years old.

Born in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, she spent a year bedridden due to illness before being voted Most School Spirit for four consecutive...

Apr 13, 2022

Jeannie Marie Maxwell, 78, of Tuckasegee, passed away on April 13, 2022. A native of Pensacola, FL., she was the daughter of the late Bruce and Marian Walter Gannaway.  In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her daughter, Heather Slater.

A hard-working woman of many skills and talents including that of a...

Apr 2, 2022

Harry Dale Newton, 72, of Cedar Mountain, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022. A Transylvania County native, he was the son of the late Glen and Myrtle McCall Newton. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his brothers Dean Newton and Keith Newton and his sister, Sandy Collins.

A United States...

Mar 30, 2022

Margaret B. Norton, 88, of Brevard, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Born in Henderson County, she called Transylvania County home for a number of years. She was the daughter of the late Harold and Mary Walker Bangs. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband of over 40 years, Robert Lee...

Mar 26, 2022

Bonnie Galloway Whitmire, 88, joined her husband in Heaven on March 26, 2022. She was born in Transylvania County to the late Avery and Blanche Galloway. In addition to her parents, Bonnie was predeceased by her husband of 68 years and high school sweetheart Boyce A. Whitmire, sisters Marylou Byers, Patricia Lawter, Brenda Scruggs, and stepfather Emmett Moore.

Mar 23, 2022

Lemuel M. (“Pat”) Stevens III, 85, passed away peacefully at home in Brevard, North Carolina, on March 23, 2022, surrounded by his loving family.

Pat was born to the late Margaret Porter and Captain Lemuel M. Stevens Jr., USN, on June 5, 1936. As a “Navy junior,” Pat had an itinerant childhood living in such far-flung places...

Mar 21, 2022

George Thomas Chapman, III – Tom, or Thomas, or Grumpy – passed away on Monday, March 21, 2022. Thomas was preceded in death by his parents, George Thomas Chapman, II and Mary Reynolds Chapman. He is survived by his loving wife, Cherry Marshman Chapman and his devoted sister, Catherine Callahan “Cat” Chapman. Thomas and Cherry reared a close-knit family...

Mar 20, 2022

Milledge Wyman Cook, 85, of Pisgah Forest, passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2022. A native of Batesburg, South Carolina, he was the son of the late John and Nannie Fallow Cook.

A graduate of the University of South Carolina, he worked as a chemist in Texas for 30 years before moving to the mountains of Western...

Mar 17, 2022

Michael Hugh Wainwright was a kind and generous person who was a lifelong advocate for social justice. Michael passed away on March 17, 2022.

Michael loved his wife Marty Kizer Wainwright of Brevard. He was the devoted father of Ashley (Bryan) Keator of Tulsa, Todd Wainwright of Denver, Brandy Anderson of New York City, and step-son John (Tait)...