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Betty McClure
Betty Parris McClure, 76, of Sylva's Addie community, died on Saturday,
Sept. 27, 2003, in Harris Regional Hospital after a period of declining
health.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, in the chapel
of Melton-Riddle Funeral Home. The Revs. Abe Brooks, Gerald Morris and
Shane Danner officiated. Burial was in Addie Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Jared Brooks, Ryan Brooks, Robert Cruzan, Joe McClure, Charles Ashe
and Michael Floyd.
A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she retired as snack
bar manager of Eastgate Pharmacy.
Daughter of the late Edgar and Emma Painter Parris, she was a member
of the Buff Creek Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters.
Surviving are her husband of 57 years, Charles B. McClure; two daughters,
Rita Cruzan of Sylva and Cindy Brooks of Whittier; one son, Ricky McClure
of Sylva; one sister, Catherine Miltenberger of Fallan, Nev.; and four
grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to West Care Hospice or Relay For Life, P.O. Box
925, Sylva, N.C. 28779.
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Lucy George
Lucy B. George, 82, of Cherokee, died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003, at
Cherokee Hospital after a period of declining health.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, at Rock Hill
Baptist Church. The Rev. Ron Terebo officiated. Burial followed at Jack
Taylor Cemetery.
A native and lifelong resident of Cherokee, she was a basketmaker. She
attended Rock Hill Baptist Church and was the daughter of the late Chet
Ben and Ollie Queen.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ammons George; and two sons,
Edward Johnson George and Henry George.
Surviving are one son, James George of Whittier; two grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
Moody Funeral Home assisted the family.
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Martha Roper
Martha Sue Wood Roper, 74, of Whittier, died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003,
in a Jackson County health care facility.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, in the chapel
of Crisp Funeral Home, Bryson City. The Revs. Ned Pressley and Alfred
Pitts officiated. Burial was in Union Hill Cemetery.
A native of Whittier, she was the daughter of the late Felix and Bonnie
Styles Wood.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Roper; one daughter,
Betty Sue Propst; one son, Gary Propst; and one brother, Burlin Wood.
Surviving are a brother, Richard Wood of Whittier; one sister, Louise
Nations of Hoquiam, Wash.; and one grandson.
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Ralph Stanberry
Ralph Miller Stanberry Sr., 79, of Bryson City's Maple Springs community,
died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003, in Harris Regional Hospital.
Services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at Almond Baptist
Mission, of which he was a member. The Rev. Robert Tucker officiated.
A native of Swain County, he was the son of the late W. Turner and Mayme
Miller Stanberry. He was a retired employee of the N.C. Department of
Transportation with 30 years of service. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps
veteran, having served in World War II, where he served with the 8th
Air Force in England.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Edwin T. Stanberry.
Surviving are his wife of 59 years, Hilda Lindsay Stanberry; four sons,
Ralph Miller Stanberry Jr. of Greenville, S.C., Philip Lindsay Stanberry
of Raleigh, Thomas William Stanberry of Aiken, S.C., and Robert Lewis
Stanberry of Sylva; two brothers, William Stanberry of Boone and Charles
Stanberry of Asheville; one sister, Jean Ladd of Graniteville, S.C.;
nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Memorials may be made to Almond Baptist Mission, P.O. Box 1046, Bryson
City, N.C. 28713.
Crisp Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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James Hall
James Henry Hall, 81, of Glade Drive, Dillsboro, died Monday, Sept.
29, 2003, at Harris Regional Hospital after a period of declining health.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Moody Funeral
Home. The Rev. Roy Burnette officiated. Burial was in Fairview Memorial
Gardens.
A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, he retired from Dayco
Inc. and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was the son of
the late Tolvin and Della Dillard Hall.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Leatherwood Hall, who died
in1995; and one sister, Mary Catherine Pennington.
Surviving are one daughter, Sandra Wykle of Dillsboro; four sons, James
Hall Jr. of Sylva, Harold Hall of Waynesville and Guy Hall and John
Hall, both of Dillsboro; three sisters, Alice Mae Lyons of Winston-Salem,
Lucille Jones of Mooresville and Lura Leigh Chaney of Oklahoma City;
11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
An online memorial and guest registry is available at www.pemoody.com.
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Dorothy Higdon
Dorothy B. Higdon, 88, of Cullowhee, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003,
at Mountain Trace Nursing Center after a period of declining health.
Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Fairview
Memorial Gardens. The Revs. Dr. Jeffery Vickery and Tonya Vickery officiated.
A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she graduated from
Western Carolina University and was retired from the Jackson County
school system after having taught school for 38 years. She was a member
of Cullowhee Baptist Church and was the daughter of the late Logan A.
and Susie Brown Buchanan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, L.H. Higdon.
Surviving are two sons, Lyndon C. Higdon of Cullowhee and Samuel L.
Higdon of Hickory; one brother, Paul Buchanan of Sylva; six grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
Moody Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. An online memorial
and guest registry is available at www.pemoody.com.
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Frances Norton
Frances Elizabeth Norton, 83, of Wike Cemetery Road, Cullowhee, died
Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003, at her residence after a period of declining
health.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today (Thursday) in the chapel
of Moody Funeral Home. The Rev. Wayne Hill will officiate. Burial will
be in Cullowhee Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends
from 1:30 to 3 p.m. today at the funeral home prior to the services.
A native of Swain County, she was a daughter of the late William O.
and Bess Scott Soderquist.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Elliott Norton; and
one daughter, Joyce Norton, who died Saturday, Sept. 27.
Surviving are one son, Tommy E. Norton of Cullowhee; one sister, Anne
Robertson of Titusville, Fla.; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to WestCare Hospice, 68 Hospital
Road, Sylva, N.C. 28779.
An online memorial and guest registry is available at www.pemoody.com.
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Joyce Norton
Joyce Adele Norton, 61, of Wike Cemetery Road, Cullowhee, died Saturday,
Sept. 27, 2003, at her residence after a lifetime battle with Downs
Syndrome.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today (Thursday) in the chapel
of Moody Funeral Home. The Rev. Wayne Hill will officiate. Burial will
be in Cullowhee Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends
from 1:30 to 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.
A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Elliott and Frances Elizabeth Soderquist Norton.
Surviving is one brother, Tommy E. Norton of Cullowhee.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to WestCare Hospice, 68 Hospital
Road, Sylva, N.C. 28779.
An online memorial and guest registry is available at www.pemoody.com.
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Maureen Magee
Maureen Ashe Magee, 84, of Bourbonnais, Ill., formerly of Bryson City,
died Monday, Sept. 22, 2003, at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee,
Ill.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at Bryson
City First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Ben Bushyhead officiated.
Burial was in Waynesville's Green Hill Cemetery.
She was born in Whittier on July 6, 1919, to Scott Allen Ashe and Lillie
Belle Miller Ashe. She graduated from Swain County High School and Draughan's
Business College in Knoxville.
She previously was employed as a secretary for the superintendent of
schools in Swain County for 26 years.
She was retired from the U.S. Army Arsenal in Rock Island, Ill., where
she had been a weapons manual editor.
After retiring, she had been a resident of Bourbonnais since 2000. She
was a life-long volunteer and a member of many organizations. She belonged
to the Order of Eastern Star, Daughters of the American Revolution and
several clubs in her hometown. She made more than 500 knitted hats,
which she donated to various charities.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters; one brother;
and one grandson.
Surviving are one daughter, Maureen Antognoli of Bourbonnais, Ill.;
one sister, Opal Davis of Evans, Ga.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Swain County High School Class of 1965
Scholarship Fund, c/o Russell Winchester, Bryson City, N.C. 28713.
Moody Funeral Home, Bryson City, was in charge of arrangements.
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Jack Whisnant
Jack S. Whisnant, 61, of Loop Road, Whittier, died Saturday, Sept.
27, 2003, at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill after an extended illness.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at St. Francis
Episcopal Church in Cherokee. The Rev. Heber Peacock will officiate.
Born Feb. 4, 1942, in Rutherfordton, he graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill
with a master's degree in geology in 1975. He was a veteran of the U.S.
Army and a member of St. Francis Episcopal Church of Cherokee.
During his career he held positions of chief geologist for Lithium Corp.
of Bessemer City and operations manager and vice president of development
for Haile Gold Mine in Kershaw, S.C.
After moving to Jackson County, he was a consultant to upper and general
management in the mining, mineral processing, chemical and petroleum
industries. For the past four years he operated Whisnant's Custom Sawing
at Gateway.
Surviving are his wife, Jean Valentine Whisnant; two daughters, Phoebe
Whisnant of Chicago and Bonnie Whisnant of Whittier; one son, George
Whisnant of Whittier; and one brother, George Lemuel Whisnant of Rutherfordton.
Donations may be made to St. Francis Episcopal Church of Cherokee.
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Willa Church
Willa Elise Jorgensen Church, 32, of 114 Fairview Road, Marion, died
Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003.
A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, at Sharon Presbyterian
Church in Charlotte.
A second memorial service will be held at Jubilee Community on Wall
Street in Asheville Sunday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m.
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James Jones
James E. Jones, 84, of Gainesboro, Tenn., died Thursday, Sept. 18,
2003, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Anderson
Funeral Home. Burial was in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Goodlettsville.
Brother Damon Corley officiated.
A former resident of Jackson County, he was born Oct. 10, 1918, to the
late James B. and Flara Greenarch Jones. He was a retired Navy Seabee,
a farmer and was of the Baptist faith.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Elois Hooper Jones, who died in
1981; four brothers, Lovell, John, Luther Lee and Albert Jones; four
sisters, Margaret Vetetoe, Wilmirth Reed, Lelloween Bryant and Rosie
Carver; and one daughter, Genice Jones.
Surviving are two sons, James R. Jones of Sylva and Brenda Jones of
Indian Creek, Tenn.; two daughters, Joy Puckett of Cookeville and Freda
Whitaker of Gainesboro, Tenn.; 11 grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Anderson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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Edna Dillard
Edna Parris Dillard, 82, of Aiken, S.C., died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003,
at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. today (Thursday) at Southlawn
Cemetery. The Revs. Herbert Gladden and Toby Rowell will officiate.
Daughter of the late Zeb and Nettie Parris, she was born in Sylva's
Addie community, moving to Montmorenci in 1952, and then to Aiken in
1973. She worked at the Montmorenci Post Office, Roses for 14 years
and volunteered as a Pink Lady for 42 years at Aiken Regional Medical
Center. She was a member of Montmorenci First Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Lloyd B. Dillard; one son, Kenneth Dillard
of Aiken; two daughters, Lorrene Gabriel and Sue Eubanks, both of Montmorenci,
S.C., one brother, Kenneth Parris of Chico, Calif.; two sisters, Hazel
Shular of Sylva and Joanne Gordon of Hendersonville; six grandchildren;
and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the donor's choice.
George Funeral Homes is in charge of arrangements. Send condolences
to www.georgefuneralhomes.com.
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Mary Dunn
Mary L. Dunn, 91, of Sylva, originally from Indianapolis, Ind., died
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2003, at Ensley's Adult Care Center.
Services were arranged by Legacy at Memorial Park in Indianapolis.
Surviving are one son, Chuck Sullivan of Whittier; and four grandchildren.
Melton-Riddle Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements.
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Robert Bradley
Robert "Carl" Bradley, 88, of Brickyard Road, Asheville,
died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003, in Mission-St. Joseph's Hospital after
a period of declining health.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the chapel
of Melton-Riddle Funeral Home. The Rev. Eddie Stillwell officiated.
Burial was in Old Savannah Baptist Church Cemetery.
He was a retired construction worker and the son of the late Lewis Coleman
and Martha Hall Bradley. He was a World War II Army veteran and was
a member of the Old Savannah Baptist Church. A native of Jackson County,
he had lived in Asheville for the last 18 years.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, William Gerson Bradley,
J.D. Bradley and Allen Bradley; and one sister, Jessie Bradley Calhoun.
Surviving is a sister, Laura Mae Buchanan of Sylva.
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Stella Shuler
Stella Parker Shuler, 76, of Cullowhee's Caney Fork community, died
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003, at the Brian Center after a period of declining
health.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) at Balsam Grove
Baptist Church. The Revs. Clifford Parker and Steve Webb will officiate.
Burial will be in Balsam Grove Cemetery.
A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she worked the press
at Highland Laundry. She was the daughter of the late Perry and Ola
Alexander Parker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James W. Shuler, who died
in 2002; two brothers; four sisters; and two grandchildren.
Surviving are three daughters, Waynetica Reece of Cullowhee and Frances
Frizzell and Linda Hoxit, both of Sylva; three sons, Kenny Shuler, Ronnie
Shuler and Donnie Shuler, all of Sylva; one brother, Frank Parker of
Washington; 13 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
The family was to have received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 1, at Melton-Riddle Funeral Home.
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