Obituaries

Adam McMillan, 48 years old of Whittier, NC, died at his home on October 19, 2021.

Howard Richard Woody, (Woody) 65 a native of Swain County, passed away on Thursday October 21, 2021 at his childhood home, after a short battle with cancer.

Mary Teresa Gillespie Chastain, 69, of Bryson City passed away on October 18, 2021.

She was born on July 29, 1952 in Lincoln, Nebraska to the late Geraldine and Wilson “Doc” Shuler.

Larry “Gene” Jenkins, 76, of Bryson City passed away Saturday, October 23, 2021 at Mountain View Manor Nursing Home.

Marie Pitts, 83, of Whittier passed away Tuesday, October 19, 2021.

Vernon LeRoy O’Dell, 87, of Whittier passed away Saturday, October 16, 2021.

Barbara Ann Truesdell, 79, of Bryson City went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, October 13, 2021.

Carolyn Carson Bowers Hyde Newman, 81, of Asheville passed away on September 5, 2021 at Aston Park Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late Roy M. Carson and Emma V. Carson.

Elmer Vivian Willis, 84, of Bryson City passed away on October 12, 2021.  He was born in Jackson County in 1937, to the late Herman and Ethel Hyatt.

Walter Dee Simonds (Junior), 72, of Bryson City went home to be with the Lord Sunday, October 3, 2021. A native of Swain County he was the son of the late Dee and Hazel Cochran Simonds.