Velma Logan
Velma Shearer Logan, 84, of Spectrum Lane, Cullowhee, died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2001, in a Sylva nursing center.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, at Fairview Memorial Gardens. The Rev. John Reid officiated.
She was born in Bengal, Okla., graduated from Oklahoma State University and later earned a master's degree from Western Carolina University. She taught elementary school in Orange, Texas, before moving to Allendale, S.C., where she taught in the Allendale County Schools and at a private school for more than 30 years.
At various times she taught fifth grade, special education, was an elementary school counselor and the county director of counseling services. She retired from education in 1978 as principal of an Estll (S.C.) Elementary School. Honored throughout her life for academic successes and public service, she received the 1986 Citizen of the Year award in Allendale, S.C., along with her husband.
She was a member of the Allendale First Baptist Church, the Eastern Star and Delta Gamma, an honorary education organization. She was the daughter of the late George and Lena Shearer.
Surviving are her husband, Ira Bob Logan; one son, Gary Logan of Newberry, S.C.; one daughter, Nina L. Anderson of Cullowhee; one brother, Owen Shearer of Norman, Okla.; and four grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to a scholarship fund in her name at Oklahoma State University, Attn: Dale Ross, P.O. Box 1749, Stillwater, Okla. 74076.
Moody Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Barbara Gregg
Barbara Jean Brown Gregg, 65, of Auburn, Wash., died Jan. 30, 2001, in a Seattle hospital of cancer.
A memorial services was held at First Baptist Church of Kent on Saturday, Feb. 3. Burial was in Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent.
A native of Dillsboro, she was a daughter of the late N.C. and Connie Stanbery Brown. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Kent and the Alice Kelly Circle.
She was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.
Surviving are her husband, Leonard B. Gregg; one son, Derek Gregg of Auburn, Wash.; three daughters, Tanya Gregg of Auburn, Wash., Connie Gregg of Redmond, Wash., and Sheila Sasser of Lewisville, Texas; and one sister, Ollie Brown Queen of Webster.
Memorials may be made to City of Hope/Walk of Hope, Breast Cancer Research, 1500 Duarte Road, Duarte, Calif. 91010.
Harry Smith
Harry E."Poe" Smith, 79, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001, at Methodist Medical Center at Oak Ridge.
Funeral services were held 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, at Central Baptist Church. The Rev. Bruce Coyle officiated. A graveside service was conducted at noon Tuesday, Feb. 13, at Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Knoxville, Tenn.
A native of Knoxville, he was a son of the late Roy Oscar and Sena Lou Warwick Smith. A former resident of Sylva, he was a 1943 graduate of Sylva High School.
He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II and served as a platoon sergeant. He had received a Purple Heart. He retired from Union Carbide Nuclear Division and worked at the K-25 site as a machinist in the security department. He was a member of Central Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Phyllis Hill Smith; one son, Harry E. Smith Jr. of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; one daughter, Jerry L. Smith of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; one stepson, William C. Peterson of Mechanicsville, Va.; one stepdaughter, Rosalie Lasband of McMinnville, Ore; one brother, Roy E. Smith of Nashville; two sisters, Ruby S. Bradshaw of Knoxville, Tenn., and Betty L. Barnhart of Clinton, Tenn.
Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Joe Hooper
Joe Hooper, 55, of Cullowhee's Caney Fork community, died unexpectedly Monday, Feb. 12, 2001, at his residence.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 14, at East LaPorte Baptist-Methodist Church, of which he was a member. The Revs. Mike Farmer, Al Cauley and Tina Evans officiated. Burial followed in Hooper Cemetery on Caney Fork. Pallbearers were Fred Houston, James Crisp, Joe Garcia, Mike Coward, Mike Meadows anda Don Schlagle. Honorary pallbearers were Billy Crain, Junior Carnes and Jerry Nicholson.
A native of Jackson County, where he has lived most of his life, he was a son of Felix and Fannie Mae Phillips Hooper of Caney Fork. He has been in automobile sales for the last 27 years, currently at Barnett-Stubbs Ford Dealership in Franklin, where he was known as"the man who wears the baseball cap."
Surviving, in addition to his parents, are his wife of 11 years, Terri Rhea Hooper; two daughters, Melissa Hooper Meadows of Asheville and Melinda Hooper of Candler; one son, Joseph Keith Hooper II of Cullowhee; one brother, Douglas L. Hooper of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; and six grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hooper Cemetery Fund, c/o Mae Stephens, 1604 Moses Creek Road, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723.
Melton-Riddle Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Jack Reagan
The Rev. Jack Luther Reagan, 88, of U.S. Highway 21, Thurmond, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001, at High Chatham Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9, at Calvary Wesleyan Church. The Revs. Jesse Garmon and Roger Hensley officiated.
A native of Jackson County, he was a son of the late Albert and Sue Snyder Reagan. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Calvary Wesleyan Church. He was an ordained minister in the Wesleyan Church and founded and built Qualla Wesleyan Church in Cherokee.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Josephine Allison; and one great-granddaughter.
Surviving are his wife, Etha Watson Reagan of the home; one son, Virgil Reagan of Thurmond; two brothers, Dexter Reagan of Ringo, Ga., and Howard Reagan of Whittier; two sisters, Ruby Clemmons of Lenoir and Pauline Rowley of Aker, Colo.; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Wesleyan Church Building Fund.
Hodges Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Betty Burrell
Betty Mathis Burrell, 67, of Sylva's Ashe Settlement community, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001, at her residence after a period of declining health.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at Melton-Riddle Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Eddie Stillwell officiated. Burial was in Sols Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ricky McFalls, Dusty Middleton, Robby Middleton, Marshall Smith, Robert Rowland and Steve Mathis.
A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she was a member of Locust Field Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Anzel and Mary Melton Mathis.
She was preceded in death by one son, Stacy Marshall Burrell; three daughters, Sherrie Diane Burrell, Linda Sue Burrell and Elaine Smith; two sisters, Oma Lee Nicholson and Louella Mathis; one brother, Willie Orville Mathis; and the children's father, Marshall Burrell.
Surviving are two daughters, Peggy Middleton and Marcie McFalls, both of Sylva; one son, Sidney Burrell of Cullowhee; three sisters, Dicie Norris and Jessie Cochran, both of Sylva, and Lois Harris of Castel Rock, Wash.; six brothers, James Mathis of Sylva, Junior Mathis of Toledo, Wash., L.H. Mathis, Herman Mathis and J.B. Mathis, all of Tuckasegee, and Willis Mathis of Longview, Wash.; and eight grandchildren.
Lillian Moody
Lillian Moody, 87, of Glenville, died Monday, Feb. 12, 2001, in Highlands-Cashiers Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) at Hamburg Baptist Church. The Revs. Crawford Moody Jr., J.C. Robinson and Lester Sutton will officiate. Burial will be at Hamburg Cemetery.
The body will remain at Moody Funeral Home, Sylva, until placed in the church one hour prior to service. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.
A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she was a member of Hamburg Baptist Church and a daughter of the late Carl and Lake Alexander Robinson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Tillmon Moody Sr.; two sons, Crawford and Larry Moody; one daughter, Margie.
Surviving are four sons, Marshall Moody of Gastonia, R.L. Moody of Filer, Ind., and Tillmon Moody and James Moody, both of Glenville; five daughters, Henrietta Bentley and Mary Coggins, both of Glenville, Bobbie Davis of Waynesville, Mamie Norton of Hayesville and Linda Ward of Whittier; two brothers, Carl Robinson of Cullowhee and Clarence Robinson of Cashiers; three sisters, Hazel Clark of California, Emma Jean Shook of Greenville, S.C., and Louise Stewart of Waynesville; 27 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorials may be made to the Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 919, Cashiers, N.C. 28717.
Thelma Cooke
Thelma"Boots" Rose Cooke, 78, of Cherokee, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001, at Haywood Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, in the chapel of Moody Funeral Home, Sylva. The family was to have received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. prior to the services at the funeral home.
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