All Obituaries

            Angelique Elizabeth Cunninghame Breneman passed Sunday May 15, 2022, at home in Lake Lure, North Carolina. She was sixty-five, born March 28, 1957, to Lois Ellen Maisch Cunninghame and the late James Ferguson Cunninghame in Jersey City, New Jersey.             Angelique graduated from Cherry Hill East High School and attended Master’s College in Valencia,...

            Wilma Wright Waldin Thorpe of Old Fort, North Carolina, passed Saturday, May 14, 2022, at the age of ninety-four. She was born February 29, 1928, to the late Minnie Victoria Harrell and Raymond Virgil Waldin in Miami, Florida.             A Southern Baptist, Wilma was a member of Old Fort First Baptist Church and worked as a missionary in central Africa. She was a...

            Carolyn Lee Nickell, eighty-nine, passed Friday, May 13, 2022, at home in Mills River, North Carolina. She was born July 21, 1932, to the late Thelma Carol and Howard Carrol Cravens in Glendale, California.             Carolyn graduated from Burbank High School in Burbank, California, and then from University of California Los Angeles. She was retired from her...

            James “Jim” Vernon Crook, 64, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2022. Jim was born on September 23, 1957, and it is with heavy hearts that we announce his passing, following a brief and tragic illness.             Jim was preceded in death by his father, the late Vernon Howard Crook. He is survived by his loving partner of 39 years, William David Cagle,...

Linda Mae Stephenson Leite passed May 7, 2022. She was born December 19, 1968. Linda was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Virgina Stephenson, & brother, Donald Stephenson.  She is survived by her daughters, Amber Brigman and Megan Bishop; grandchildren, Emma Bishop, Aedan Brigman and Kamden Brigman; brothers, Paul Stephenson and wife Colleen, Jack Stephenson and wife Connie, and sister, Kay London; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.  A celebration of life will...

Eunice Cordelia Chappelear of Fletcher, passed away on Saturday May 7 2022, after a long deteriorating illness at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock.  She was the daughter of the late Jonah & Eula Keeffe of Lancaster, SC. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brothers, JD and Jesse Keeffe, and sister Elizabeth (Sparkle) Polson. She was a graduate of Crossnore High in Crossnore, NC. She was a hairdresser at Hair Plus and JC Penny in the Asheville Mall for...

Harriett Ann “Granny” Beck Justice, 69, of Black Mountain, NC passed away at the Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC on May 1st, 2022.  She was born on April 7th, 1953 in Waynesville, NC to the late James Ray Beck and Beulah Lee Conard Beck.  Harriett loved her family and took care of a lot of children that were not hers. Harriett is preceded in death by her six brothers: Fred Beck, John Beck, Jimmy Beck, Frank Beck, Tom Beck, and Charlie Beck; her three...

Michael Barbee of Candler, North Carolina, passed May 1, 2022. He was seventy-six.             Mike was born February 10, 1946 to the late Ethel Polly Harris Barbee and Hubert R. Barbee in Stanly County, North Carolina. He retired from BellSouth and volunteered with Care Partners and ABCCM.  Mike was a founding member and ordained minister of Glory Tabernacle. Surviving Mike are Pamela McElreath Barbee, to whom he was married forty-two years; his...

Deborah Agnes McSwain (née Flynn) age 61, of Fletcher, North Carolina passed away April 27, 2022. Deborah, born June 25, 1960 in Asheville, North Carolina, had a passion for interior design and enjoyed a life filled with music and arts. Deborah is survived by her mother, Patricia Millard; her sons, Jon McSwain of Pelzer, South Carolina, and Ben McSwain of Denver, Colorado; her sister Ronda McKinney of Asheville, North Carolina and a brother, David Millard.   

   Sheila Metcalf Robinson, seventy-four, of Weaverville, North Carolina, passed April 23, 2022. She was born July 3, 1947, to the late Earl and Bonnie Robinson Metcalf of Madison County, North Carolina.             “Momma Sheila” spent most of her life in Buncombe, Madison and Yancey County, where her husband Dale served as a pastor of many churches over the years prior to his death, she was a blessing to all who knew...