Constance Christine Kish
Constance Christine Kish, 84, of Hendersonville, NC passed away peacefully in her home on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. She was born on August 17, 1937 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Earl and Lillian White. She than resided in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for over 30 years before moving to the mountains of Western North Carolina. […]
Claudine Rhew
Claudine Rhew passed from this world into the arms of Christ where she joined her beautiful daughter Deane Nesbitt, her husband Jim Rhew and her mother and father Lucy and Claude Brown. Claudine is survived by her grandson Chad Nesbitt, his wife Nancy Nesbitt, and great granddaughter Savannah Nesbitt. Claudine was a true Southern Belle […]
Kimberly Powell Hensley
Kimberly Powell Hensley, 51, of Weaverville, NC, went home to be with our Lord and her Momma on August 12, 2021. She fought a long hard fight and suffers no more. She leaves behind her loving husband, Bobby Hensley of Barnardsville, NC; brothers, Rick Powell of Weaverville, NC, Carroll Powell (Tracy) of Lyman, SC, and […]
Lula Hensley Roland
Lula Jeanette Hensley Roland, 101, of Weaverville, NC met her Lord and Savior face to face on Sunday, August 22, 2021. An amazing woman, she lived her 101 years full of life, love, and laughter. She is survived by her sisters, Mary Gosnell and Peggy Franklin; son, Robert “Bob” Roland (Pat) of Asheville, NC; daughter […]
Mary “Bett” Speir Stroud
Mary “Bett” Speir Stroud, 75, died peacefully on Sunday, February 14, at Elderberry Health Care in Marshall, N.C. She was born in Ayden, NC, in 1946 to Alton Speir and Susan Cumar Branch Speir, who predeceased her. Bett moved to Weaverville with her husband, Walter, and daughter, Rachel, in 1972, where she embraced Weaverville’s natural […]
Benjamin Carroll Bruce, Jr.
Benjamin Carroll “Benny” Bruce, Jr. of Weaverville, North Carolina, passed June 7, 2021. He was sixty-two. Benny was born to Benjamin Carroll Bruce, Sr. and Net-tie Lee Plemmons Bruce in Miami, Florida on March 25, 1959. A sixty-year resident of Weaverville, Benny attended North Buncombe High School. He worked with Festiva Resorts. Benny enjoyed being […]
Frederick “Mac” McConnel
Dr. Frederick M. S. McConnel (Mac), age 79, of Atlanta, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, February 12, 2021, surrounded by his devoted family. He was born in Virginia in November 1941 to Fred Louis McConnel and Hildred Scovil McConnel. Fred is survived by his wife, Marianne Roddenberry, son Huntley McConnel, daughter Mary Anne […]
James (Jim) Lester Rhew
On July 9th 2021, James “Jim” Rhew joined the Lord and is celebrating with family and friends in Heaven. Jim Rhew was known for his larger than life personality, his love for America, his love for his wife and family, his hospitality, being a successful businessman, and devoted to the care of burned and crippled […]
John Bertrand Conlan, Jr.
John Bertrand Conlan, Jr., 90, a former two-term U.S. congressman from Arizona retired and living with wife Julia in Asheville, N.C., passed away peacefully, June 18, 2021. Conlan was born September 17, 1930 in Oak Park, Illinois, son of National Baseball Hall of Fame baseball umpire John “Jocko” Conlan and wife Ruth (née Anderson). He […]
William Burwell Tarry III
William Burwell Tarry, III, age 61, of Weaverville, NC, and formerly of Bronxville, NY, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. The son of Peyton Clements Tarry and the late Dr. William B. Tarry, Jr., Will grew up in Oxford, NC. He graduated from Duke University in 1982 and earned a Master’s degree from […]