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Jeff Rhyne
Jeff C. Rhyne, 64, of Sylva's Fisher Creek community, long-time Sylva
Herald employee, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at Sylva
First United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends at the
church following the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society,
P.O. Box 925, Sylva, N.C. 28779.
Moody Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
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Margie Messer
Margie E. Messer, 91, of Dillsboro died unexpectedly Saturday, Jan.
10, 2004, at Harris Regional Hospital.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Jarrett
Memorial Baptist Church, of which she was a member. The Rev. David Souderes
officiated. Burial was at Parris Cemetery.
She was a native of Haywood County and lived in Jackson County since
1931. She was a daughter of the late C.M. and Grace Pruett Chambers.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles "Sod" Messer;
three brothers, Lewis, Glenn and Gary; one sister, Laura; and one daughter,
Marian Franks.
Surviving are one sister, Edna Edwards of Bethel; five grandchildren;
and 12 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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Pauline Parker
Pauline Bradley Parker, 79, of 77 Grassy Branch Road in Cherokee's
Yellowhill community died Friday, Jan. 9, 2004.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at Towstring Baptist
Church, of which she was a member. The pastor, Doug Mathews, and the
Revs. Dan Lambert and Ray Lambert officiated. Burial was in Towstring
Cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons.
She was a daughter of the late Arie J. and Florence Lambert Bradley
and wife of Robert James Parker, who died in 1999. She was in the food
service business.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by
one daughter, Annie Lou Parker; and one son, James Robert Parker.
Surviving are three daughters, Loretta George and Binnie Parker, both
of Cherokee, and Christi Brockington of Columbia, S.C.; six sons, Dwight
Parker, Brian Parker, Jason Parker and Steve Parker, all of Cherokee,
Gene Parker of Whittier, and D.L. Parker of Rogersville, Tenn.; six
sisters, Elsie Huskey, Ethel Adams, Stella Webb, Delores Bradley, Glenda
Welch and Brenda Smith; one brother, Kenneth Bradley; 23 grandchildren
and 26 great-grandchildren.
Crisp Funeral Home, Bryson City, was in charge of the arrangements.
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Ethel Lambert
Ethel Gertrude Buchanan Lambert, 78, of Winterhaven Drive, Sylva, died
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004, at her residence after a period of declining
health.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at Melton-Riddle
Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Eugene Ridley officiated. Burial was in
Old Savannah Cemetery.
A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she retired from Skyland
Care Center in the housekeeping department. She was a daughter of the
late Thomas Judson and Florence Dills Buchanan.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jody Russell Lambert;
one brother, Coy Buchanan; and two sisters, Virginia Buchanan and Edith
Carnes.
Surviving are one daughter, Betty L. Cabe of Cullowhee; three sons,
Virgil Russell Lambert and Billy Lambert, both of Whittier, and Charles
Lambert of Asheville; one sister, Birdell Cope of Virginia; two grandchildren;
one great-grandchild; and two stepgrandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 925,
Sylva, N.C. 28779.
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James Cannon
James Coleman Cannon Jr., 82, of Dillsboro died Saturday, Jan. 10,
2004, at his residence after a period of declining health.
A memorial service was held at noon Wednesday, Jan. 14, at St. John's
Episcopal Church in Sylva.
A native and lifelong resident of Dillsboro, he was the son of the late
Cole and Rosa Watkins Cannon.
He was a graduate of Sylva High School and attended Georgia Military
Academy and Emory University before graduating from Western Carolina
University. He served with the U.S. Army in Europe during World War
II. Upon returning from Europe, he joined the family business, Cannon
Brothers Gas and Oil Company, eventually becoming president and sole
owner. He sold the business when he retired in 1985.
He served as mayor of Dillsboro multiple times and was instrumental
in developing Dillsboro as a shopping district. He was a world-wide
traveler.
He was a founding member of St. John's Episcopal Church, a member of
the Dillsboro Masonic Lodge and on the board of directors of Jackson
Savings Bank. He was formerly on the board of Wachovia Bank, a longtime
member of the Rotary, and served on the boards of C.J. Harris Community
Hospital and the N.C. Humanities Council.
He was also preceded in death by one sister, Virginia Terrell.
Surviving are his wife of 42 years, Dr. Velta B. Cannon; one daughter,
Maria Cannon of Orlando, Fla.; and one son, John Cannon of Sylva.
Memorials may be made to St. John's Episcopal Church or the N.C. Humanities
Council, 200 S. Elm St., Suite 403, Greensboro, N.C. 27401 or to a charity
of one's choice.
Moody Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. An online memorial
and guest registry is available at www.pemoody.com.
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Ferry Adams
Ferry Lee Revis Adams, 88, formerly of Whittier, died Thursday, Jan.
8, 2004, in Brighton, Mich.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, in the chapel
of Moody Funeral Home. The Rev. David Baxter officiated. Burial was
in Fairview Memorial Gardens.
She was born Sept. 22, 1915, in Jackson County to the late J.T. and
Ota Brown Revis. She was a Girl Scout leader, a member of Whittier Community
Development Club, and a member of Whittier United Methodist Church.
She supported her military husband through many moves, retiring in 1976
to make their home in Whittier until relocating to Brighton in the fall
of 2002.
Her husband, Henry C. Adams, died in 1997.
Surviving are one son, Dr. Robert Adams of Great Falls, Va.; two daughters,
Carole Lee Carlsen of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Wanda Cutchins of
Pickney, Mich.; one sister, Marian Russell of Anderson, Ind.; six grandchildren;
and one great-granddaughter.
An online memorial and guest registry is available at www.pemoody.com.
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Annie Childers
Annie Dee Barnes Childers, 73, of Crimson Drive, Whittier, died Friday,
Jan. 9, 2004, in Mission Hospitals in Asheville after an extended illness.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at Whittier Church
of God, of which she was a member.
The Revs. Ned Pressley and Cody Lambert officiated. Burial was in Union
Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were David Bell, Jack Adams, Woodrow Culpepper,
Roy Bryant, Jack Hundley and Chris Bailey.
A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she was a daughter
of the late Lettie Ann Foxx Bryson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Childers, who died March
2002; one sister, Elsie Barnes Roper; and one brother, Vel Dee Barnes.
Surviving are one daughter, Wanda Childers Jones of Whittier; two sisters,
Alma Barnes Roper and Leona Barnes McDonald, both of Whittier; two granddaughters;
and one great-grandson.
Memorials may be made to the American Kidney Foundation, 6110 Executive
Blvd., Rockville, Md. 20852.
Melton-Riddle Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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Billy Wilson
W.J. "Billy" Wilson, Jr., 85, of Barber Hill Drive, Waynesville,
died Friday, Jan. 9, 2004.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at Sylva First
United Methodist Church, of which he was a member. The Rev. Paul Christy
officiated. Burial will be held at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) at Oakdale
Cemetery in Deland, Fla.
He was a native of Duval, Fla., and was in the theatre business most
of his professional career. His last position was division manager for
General Cinema Corp., now owned by AMC. After retiring from the motion
picture business, he became a licensed building contractor in North
Carolina. He was active in local community activities and spent many
years volunteering for the Harris Regional Hospital.
Son of the late William James and Mackie Willie Hay Wilson, he was a
member of the FMC Association.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Geneveive Kepler Wilson.
Surviving are two sons, William J. Wilson, III of Fairfax Station, Va.,
and Richard V. Wilson of Calabash; and two sisters, Patty Whittington
of St. Augustine, Fla., and Margaret Blume of Flossmoor, Ill.
Moody Funeral Home, was in charge of arrangements.
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Vester Arnold
Vester "Coon" Arnold, 83, of 55 Arnold Hill, Sylva, died
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, in Haywood Regional Medical Center after a period
of declining health.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, in the chapel
of Moody Funeral Home. The Rev. Wanda Moore officiated. Burial was in
Parris Cemetery. Friends of the family served as pallbearers, with Robert
Hampton and Thad Worley serving as honorary pallbearers.
A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, he was a retired maintenance
technician from Western Carolina University and was a veteran of World
War II, having served in the U.S. Army. He received the American Theater
Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal and the World War II Victory
Medal. Son of the late John and Linnie Love Arnold, he was a member
of Liberty Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by one granddaughter.
Surviving are four sons, Phil Howell, Sammy Howell, Ronald Howell and
Donald Howell, all of Sylva; two daughters, Janice Williams of Roseboro
and Gretta Worley of Sylva; and three grandsons.
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Frances Ripley
Frances Lee Perry Ripley, 86, of Huntington, W.Va., died Friday, Jan.
2, 2004, at Woodlands Health Care.
Memorial services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, at Klingel-Carpenter
Mortuary. The Rev. Jim Harless officiated.
Born July 17, 1917, in Huntington, she was the daughter of the late
Frank Lee and Dora Segelke Perry. She was a graduate of Marshall University
and had worked for American Air Lines, U.S. Corps of Engineer, C&O
Railroad and was a Cabell County school teacher. She was a member of
Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church and a Golden Life member of the Woman's
Club of Huntington.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles Robert Perry and
John Thomas Perry.
Surviving are her husband of 58 years, Daniel C. Ripley; two sons, Daniel
Andrew Ripley of Kenova, W.Va., and John Russell Ripley of Austin, Texas;
one daughter, Ann Elizabeth Ripley Gehring of Sylva; and six grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church, the Huntington
Museum of Art or the Cammack Children's Center.
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John Wheeler
John Hamilton Wheeler, 88, of Bristol, Tenn., died Sunday, December
28, 2003, at Bristol Regional Medical Center.
A memorial service will be held in Rowlesburg, W.Va., in the near future.
A native of Rowlesburg, he was a son of the late Guy Hamilton and Fay
Carnes Wheeler. He graduated from Rowlesburg High School in 1933. He
attended Davis and Elkins College and the University of West Virginia.
He was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps and worked on various
projects throughout West Virginia. He then served as a pharmacist mate
and laboratory technician in the U.S. Navy from 1936 until 1942.
Following his Navy discharge, he had a career as a pharmaceutical representative
with Upjohn Pharmaceutical Co. in New York City and Long Island, New
York. He retired to North Carolina in 1969 and moved to the Bristol
area in 2000.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Berte H. Wheeler; two sisters,
Claudia Hamilton and Jane Gildard; and one brother, Donald C. Wheeler.
Surviving are two sisters, Betty Heath of Sun City Center, Fla., and
Ann Heaney of Augusta, Ga.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the Rowlesburg Area Historical
Society, c/o President Joycelyn Ayersman, P.O. Box 605, Rowlesburg,
W.Va. 26425.
Condolences and memories may be sent to the family at www.oakley-cook.com.
Oakley-Cook Funeral Home and Crematory, Bristol, was in charge of arrangements.
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Sammy White
Sammy Lyle White, 53, of N.C. 107, Cashiers, died unexpectedly Tuesday,
Jan. 6, 2004, at his residence.
Private services and burial were held Friday, Jan. 9, in Salem, S.C.
A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, he worked at Mayfair
Mills as a machine operator. Son of Viola Bradley White of Cashiers
and the late Henry White, he was a member of Salem Seventh Day Adventist
Church.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Robert White; and one sister,
Ruth Ann Rogers.
Surviving, in addition to his mother, are one daughter, Margaret Elaine
White of Pickens, S.C.; and three brothers, Hall, John and William White,
all of Cashiers.
Melton-Riddle Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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Tolvin Brown
Tolvin V. Brown, 71, of Roy Tritt Road, Cullowhee, died Monday, Jan.
11, 2004, at his residence after a period of declining health.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at Melton-Riddle
Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Jeff Powell and Johnny Norris will officiate.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.
A native of Jackson County, where he lived most of his life, he was
an electrician and a U.S. Air Force veteran.
He was a son of the late Jess and Arlesia Queen Brown.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Johnny Brown.
Surviving are his wife of 17 years, Ada Inman Brown; one daughter, Nancy
Childers of South Carolina; and one grandchild.
Memorials may be made to Hospice, 132 Sylva Plaza, Sylva, N.C. 28779.
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Dorothy Owle
Dorothy Pauline Owle, 76, of 32 Hundred Acre Tract, Whittier, died
Monday, Jan. 12, 2004, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) in the chapel
of Crisp Funeral Home in Bryson City.
The Rev. Ricky Stepp will officiate. Burial will be in Birdtown Cemetery.
A native of Cherokee, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Gaston and
Louisa Goforth Lambert.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Clifton Jack Owle; one daughter,
Wanda Faye Owle; and two grandchildren.
Surviving are four daughters, Linda Kay Baxley of Dodd City, Texas,
Joyce Ann Blankenship and Peggy Sue DeHart, both of Whittier, and Tina
Clark of Cherokee; four sons, Samie Wayne Owle and Clifton McKinley
Owle, both of Cherokee, and Richard Dennis Owle and Joseph Allen Owle,
both of Whittier; three sisters, Mary Collins of Old Fort, and Rachel
Hornbuckle and Nellie Lambert, both of Cherokee; three brothers, George
Lambert, Sam Lambert and Joseph Lambert Jr., all of Cherokee; 23 grandchildren
and 12 great-grandchildren.
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Bessie Long
Bessie Owle Long, 73, of Cherokee died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004.
The body was placed in Bethabara Baptist Church, of which she was a
member, at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, and will await the service hour
at 4 p.m. today (Thursday.) Burial will be in Birdtown Cemetery. Pallbearers
will be Ben and Dwayne Stamper, Albert and Tunney Crowe, Bill and Brian
Waldroup, Curtis Arneach, Bob and Pete Long, Cos Hicks, Eddie DeHart
and Eddie Paul.
She was a lifelong resident of the Birdtown community and worked for
the Cherokee Central School System for a number of years. Daughter of
the late Rev. Dee and Evie Owle, she was married for 53 years to the
late Johnny Long.
Surviving are three sons, John D. Long, Jamie Long and Ray Long; one
daughter, Alyne Stamper; three brothers, Paul Owle of Cherokee, Mack
Owle of Linwood and Mike Owle of Earl; three sisters, Frances Arneach,
Esther Waldroup and Liz Crowe, all of Cherokee; nine grandchildren and
15 great-grandchildren.
Crisp Funeral Home, Bryson City is in charge of the arrangements.
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William Morgan
William Alvin Morgan, 77, of Council Circle, Sylva, died Tuesday, Jan.
13, 2004, at his residence after an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, at Scotts Creek
Baptist Church, of which he was a member. The Revs. Rich Peoples and
Mike Farmer will officiate. Burial will be in Lovedale Baptist Church
Cemetery.
A native of Jackson County, he worked at Mead Corp. for 29 years before
moving to Montezuma, Ind., to work at Inland Paper Mill of Newport,
Ind. for 15 years. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving in North
Africa, Texas and Kansas and a son of the late Charlie Coleman and Gracie
Hooper Morgan.
He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Charlie Morgan Jr.,
Jim Morgan and Gene Morgan.
Surviving are his wife of 44 years, Jessie Bryson Morgan; two daughters,
Linda Reed of Cullowhee and Joyce Brooks of Sylva; two brothers, Sim
Morgan and Jerry Morgan, both of Sylva; one sister, Gazelle Keefer of
Sylva; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice, 132 Plaza Sylva,
N.C. 28779.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight (Thursday)
at Melton-Riddle Funeral Home, where the body will remain until placed
in the church 30 minutes prior to the service.
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