Emily Biddle
Emily Littlejohn Biddle, 42, of Bryson City, died Sunday, Dec. 24, in a Buncombe County hosptal.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, at Cherokee Church of God. The Revs. George Polecatt and James "Bo" Parris officiated. Burial was in Littlejohn Family Cemetery.
A native of Swain County, she was a daughter of the late Luke and Lydia Driver Littlejohn.
Surviving are her paternal grandmother, Nancy Wilnoty of Cherokee; four sisters, Caroline Pilkington and Catherine Reagar, both of Bryson City, and Lucinda and Loula Littlejohn, both of Cherokee; and one brother, Mckinley Littlejohn of Estill, S.C.
Crisp Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Stacy Tuite
Stacy Crowe Tuite, 84, of Cherokee's Yellowhill community, died Friday, Dec. 22, at Haywood Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, in the chapel of Moody Funeral Home. A private burial will be held at a later date.
A native os Swain County and a former resident of New York, N.Y., and Snaford, Fla., she was a daughter of the late Ossie and Martha Toineeta Crowe.
She was preceeded in death by her husband, John Joseph Tuite.
Surviving are six sons, Frank Welch of Sissiton of South Dakota, Richard Welch and Everett Welch of Cherokee, Leland Welch and James Welch of Robbinsville and Jack Teesateskie of Etowah; two sisters, Katie Jessan and Sallie Crowe, both of Cherokee; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Online memorial and register is available at pemoody.com.
John Smith
John Ross Smith Jr., 60, of Cherokee, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, in Milford, Ohio.
Graveside services were held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, at Birdtown Cemetery. The Rev. Ray Kinsland officiated.
A native of Cherokee, he was a son of the late John Ross and Gladys Reed Smith Sr.
Surviving are two sons, Greg Smith of Whittier and Bradley Jenkins of Sylva; two daughters, Trudy Carver of Asheville and Tracy Ford of Ocala, Fla.; one brother, Robert "Bob" A. Smith of Cherokee; and five grandchildren.
Moody Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Wayne Deitz
The Rev. Wayne Candler Deitz, 89, of Reidsville, died Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Greenville Villa Nursing Center.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at Fairview Baptist Church, where he was a member. The Revs. James Griffin and Gene Booker officiated. Burial was in Evergreen Memory Gardens.
A native of Jackson County, he was a son of the late Nathaniel Jackson and Eugenia Green Deitz. He had lived in Reidsville since 1966.
He retired as pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in 1975. He was a graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, was licensed to preach in 1936, and ordained as a Southern Baptist minister in 1938.
He pastored churches in Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia and North Carolina. He served as a member of the N.C. Baptist General Board during the 1960s.
He was preceeded in death by his wife, Lovie Griffin Deitz.
Surviving are four daughters, Nancy Liles of Grifton, Martha Roberson of Reidsville, Pamela Thomas of Raleigh and Beverly Edwards of Grifton; and six grandchildren.
Memorial may be made to Hospice of Rockingham County, P.O. Box 281, Wentworth, N.C. 27375.
Citty Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Kathleen Green
Kathleen Bryson Green, 83, of Dillardtown Road, Sylva, died Monday, Dec. 25, at Mountain Trace Nursing Center after a period of declining health.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) in the chapel of Melton-Riddle Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Dean officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Larry Stephenson, Harley Buchanan, David Davis, Harold J. Carnes, Guy Dillard and Terry Dillard.
A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she retired from Scotts Creek School with more than 30 years of service as a teacher, A member of East Sylva Baptist Church, she was a daughter of the late J. Frank and Della Stevens Bryson and the wife of Homer S. Green, who died in 1979. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Robert B. and Mack Bryson.
Surviving are a daughter, Joyce Carnes of Sylva; a son, Harold S. Green of Bow, Wash.; a sister, Pearl Quinn of Asheville; three brothers, John D. Bryson of Sedro-Woolley, Wash., and Frank Bryson and Clyde Bryson, both of Cullowhee; three grandchildren; and one step grandchild.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to East Sylva Baptist Church, 61 Faith Ave., Sylva, N.C. 28779; or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 925, Sylva, N.C. 28779.
Hazel Hooper
William Hollister, 91, of Jarrett Hills, Dillsboro, died Monday, Dec. 25, at Mountain Trace Nursing Center after a period of declining health.
Services will be held at a later date.
A native of Cape Canavrel, Fla., he had lived in Jackson County the past seven years. He attended Cullowhee Presbyterian Church and was the son of the late Thomas Lloyd and Lilly Vilona Hollister.
Surviving are his wife, Barbara Maria Hollister; and a son, Alan W. Hollister of Oregon City, Ore.
Melton-Riddle Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Irving Altman
Irving Altman, 90, of Hayesville, died Monday, Dec. 18, at Murphy Medical Center after a long illness.
Burial was in the Lou Pollock Memorial Cemetery in Asheville. Memorial services will be at Mountain Synagogue in Franklin at a later date.
A native of Romania, he was a retired architect and engineer. He was a graduate of Cooper Union in New York and Hebrew Technical Institute. He was employed by Stauffer Chemical Co. in Ardsley, N.Y., for 33 years.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Ben Altman; a sister, Tina Schwartz; a son, Jack Altman; and his first wife, Regina Altman.
Surviving are his wife, Nieldre Altman; a daughter, Deena Manko; a son, Arthur Altman of Sylva; three step children, Sarah Altman, Margie Roehl and Regina Schueler; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorial may be made to Clay County Heart Association.
Williams Funeral Home, Asheville, was in charge of arrangements.
Maxine Bowles-Johnson
Maxine R. Bowles-Johnson, 76, of Dublin, Ohio, and Montgomery, Ala., and a long-time resident of Columbia, S.C., died Sunday, Dec. 24.
Graveside services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, in the Reagan Family Cemetery, Whittier. The Revs. Tom Harris and Danny Sweet officiated.
She attended the University of North Carolina as served as a commissioner for the South Carolina Commission for the Blind. She was an elder in the Dublin Presbyterian Church and a daughter of the late John Melvin and Minnie Wilson Reagan.
Daughter of the late John Melvin and Minnie Wilson Reagan, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Joseph E. Bowles, who died in 1993.
Surviving are her husband, Ret. Lt. Col. William "Bill" S. Johnson of the home; a daughter, Judith Pettinelli of Dublin; a sister, Lucille R. Battle of Whittier; and one grandson.
Memorials may be made to Dublin Presbyterian Church, 5775 Dublinshire Road, Dublin, Ohio; or Hospice at Riverside/Grant, 3595 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, Ohio 43214.
Moody Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Betty Bryant
Betty Wood Bryant, 70, of Charleston, S.C., died Sunday, Dec. 24, at her residence.
Graveside services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, with the Rev. Mike Moore officiating.
A native of Jackson County, she was a daughter of the late Dillard and Agatha Stephens Wood. She was a member of Pinecrest Baptist Church in Charleston.
Surviving are her husband, Ernest Wyatt Bryant; two sons, Ernest W. Bryant III of Leesville, La., and Edward D. Bryant of Johns Island, S.C.; a daughter, Page B. Lowry of Cumings, Ga.; five sisters, Lazelle Tracy of New York, Peggy Smith of Texas, Janice Gentry and Jean Morgan of Cullowhee, and Helen Loozier of Georgia; two brothers, Baxter Wood of Cullowhee and Jack Wood of Charlotte; and eight grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 925, Sylva, N.C. 28779.
Melton-Riddle Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Walter Moody
Walter Bennett Moody, 83, of Seneca, S.C., died Monday, Dec. 25.
Graveside services will be held at noon today (Thursday) in Pisgah Gardens with the Rev. Tommy Owen officiating.
A native of Jackson County, he was the son of the late Alvin and Gorda Childers Moody.
Surviving are two sons, Robert Moody of Seneca and Phillip Moody of Pittsburgh; one sister, Marie Moody Dillard of Cashiers; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until the service today at Moore Funeral Home, Brevard.
Lucille Robinson
Lucille W. Robinson, 70, of Sutton Branch Road, Sylva, died Saturday, Dec. 23, at Harris Regional Hospital.
A memorial service was held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, in the chapel of Moody Funeral Home. The Rev. Bill McClure officiated.
A native of Catawba County, she was a former resident of Dalton, Ga. She was a daughter of the late Dayton Daniel and Bertha Griffin Tucker.
Surviving are her husband, John Albert Robinson; one son, Charles Lee Hall of Sylva; one daughter, Lois Hall of Tampa, Fla.; two brothers, Roy Tucker of Sylva and Ray Tucker of Charlotte; one sister, Faye Tucker of Travelers Rest, S.C.; one grandson; and one great-grandson.
Online registration and memorial are available at pemoody.com.
Flora Deitz
Flora Ellen Deitz, 81, of Sylva, died Monday, Dec. 25, at Blue Ridge Health Care in Asheville.
Moody Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
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