Virginia “Ginger” Kinkaid celebrated her 90th birthday on Jan. 14. She worked and volunteered with multiple county agencies over the years, including the Health Department and probation office.
Robert McLaughlin and JoAnn Hammond McLaughlin celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday. The Cullowhee couple married on Dec. 21, 1974 at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina.
Carson Chad Jones and Louisa Ann Madill, both of Sylva, were united in holy matrimony on Oct. 19, 2024.
Joe and Barbara Hamilton of Sylva notch 60 years of matrimony today (Thursday). The couple was married at First Baptist Church of Bryson City on Aug. 31, 1963. The Hamiltons have two children. Daughter Tracy Daggerhart and husband Lee have two children, Madelaine and Emily, and live in Cherr…
Loy Deitz and Brenda Beasley Deitz of Sylva, celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary today (Thursday). The couple was married June 29, 1963 at Cold Springs Baptist Church in Swain County. Both worked for Jackson County Public Schools until retirement in 2004. They have one son, Doug (Ashley…
Barbara and Luther Osment, formerly of Sylva, recently marked their 65th wedding anniversary with a family and friends celebration in Fernandina Beach, Florida.
Brenda and Gary Patterson of Sylva recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville.
David and Lisa Hillis Shearer will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Jan. 13. The couple met at high school in Florida and were married Jan. 13, 1972.
Sylva native Ida Jean Bryson will celebrate her 101st birthday on Monday, Oct. 10. She is a veteran of World War II, serving in the Women’s Army Corps. She and her husband John Bryson had five children, 13 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. She is a member of Liberty Baptist Church.
Born on Sept. 9 to Katie Spiro Minyard, formerly of Sylva, and Mike Minyard of Lake Elsinore, California, a son, Memphis Monroe, weighing 8 pounds. Katie is the daughter of Julie Spiro Donaldson and Jay Spiro.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Robert McLaughlin and JoAnn Hammond McLaughlin celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday. The Cullowhee couple married on Dec. 21, 1974 at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Carson Chad Jones and Louisa Ann Madill, both of Sylva, were united in holy matrimony on Oct. 19, 2024.
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Joe and Barbara Hamilton of Sylva notch 60 years of matrimony today (Thursday). The couple was married at First Baptist Church of Bryson City on Aug. 31, 1963. The Hamiltons have two children. Daughter Tracy Daggerhart and husband Lee have two children, Madelaine and Emily, and live in Cherr…
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Loy Deitz and Brenda Beasley Deitz of Sylva, celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary today (Thursday). The couple was married June 29, 1963 at Cold Springs Baptist Church in Swain County. Both worked for Jackson County Public Schools until retirement in 2004. They have one son, Doug (Ashley…
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Barbara and Luther Osment, formerly of Sylva, recently marked their 65th wedding anniversary with a family and friends celebration in Fernandina Beach, Florida.
Brenda and Gary Patterson of Sylva recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville.
Wednesday, January 04, 2023
David and Lisa Hillis Shearer will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Jan. 13. The couple met at high school in Florida and were married Jan. 13, 1972.
Wednesday, October 05, 2022
Sylva native Ida Jean Bryson will celebrate her 101st birthday on Monday, Oct. 10. She is a veteran of World War II, serving in the Women’s Army Corps. She and her husband John Bryson had five children, 13 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. She is a member of Liberty Baptist Church.
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Born on Sept. 9 to Katie Spiro Minyard, formerly of Sylva, and Mike Minyard of Lake Elsinore, California, a son, Memphis Monroe, weighing 8 pounds. Katie is the daughter of Julie Spiro Donaldson and Jay Spiro.
The Sylva-Webster Class of 1977 held its 45th-year reunion Sept. 16-18. Friday night, classmates attended the Smoky Mountain vs. Pisgah football game with a pre-game tour of the high school to look at changes the facility has undergone over the past 45 years. Saturday night approximately 65 …
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Gene Gibson and Estella Cooper Gibson celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary and her 95th birthday on Sept. 5. The couple was married on Sept. 5, 1947 in Clayton, Georgia. They have lived on their farm on Camp Creek their entire married life. They have three children: Bill Gibson, JoAnn K…
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Sigmund “Zig” and Gladys Pilch of the Greens Creek Community will celebrate 62 years of marriage on Sept. 17. They were married at Sacred Heart Cathedral, now Basilica of the Sacred Heart, in Newark, New Jersey. They have called Sylva home for 29 years. They have two children, son Stephen Pi…
Michael and Wanda Turpin Anders of Sylva mark 50 years of marriage today (Thursday). The couple was married on Sept. 15, 1972 at Greens Creek Baptist Church. They have a daughter, Stacy Hyatt (Heath), and one grandson, Mason Hyatt, of Bryson City.
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Frances Nina Stephens Whitmire recently celebrated her 100th birthday. The Sylva native was the oldest of 11 children, baptized in Moses Creek as a child. Frances married Tildeon Erastus Whitmire on July 12, 1942 and has three children (Stephen, Boyce, Joyce), nine grandchildren, 12 great-gr…
Wednesday, April 06, 2022
Cullowhee couple Granville and Hilda Wilson will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary on Friday. They were married in 1967 at Buff Creek Baptist Church, Sylva. They have two sons. Matt and his wife Christy, of Cullowhee who have a son, Zack. Greg, of Mooresville, is the father of son Lauren.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Martha and Roger Stephens of Sylva celebrated their 60th anniversary with a surprise party given by their children at Moses Creek Baptist Church on Sunday, Jan. 9. They were married Jan. 11, 1962, in Sylva and have nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Amy Beasley Hoyle, a lifelong resident of the Locust Creek area of Jackson County, will turn 95 years old Saturday. A graduate of Webster High School, Hoyle married her life-long partner, Alvin Hoyle, also a Jackson County native.
Wednesday, November 03, 2021
On Oct. 23 the 1961 graduating class of Sylva-Webster High School held their 60th class reunion in the Mission and Fellowship Center of the First Baptist Church of Sylva.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Sylva native Ida Jean Bryson celebrated her 100th birthday Oct. 10. She is a veteran of World War ll, having served in the Women’s Army Corps. She and her husband, John R. Bryson, had five children, 13 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. She is a member of Liberty Baptist Church.
Wednesday, October 06, 2021
Robert and Linda Green Painter of Sylva recently marked 50 years of marriage. The couple was married Oct. 10, 1971. They have two sons, Bobby and Shannon “Bear” Painter.
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
The Sylva High School Golden Hurricanes Class of 1959 held a reunion on Aug. 14 at Lovedale Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Tables displayed mementos and posters of past events, and one table was set up to honor the 47 graduates who are “gone but not forgotten.” Those present, from left (sea…
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
Mackenzie Jewel Hicks and Brody August Scherman joined together in holy matrimony on Wednesday, Aug. 4, during an 11 a.m. private garden ceremony in Asheville.
Wednesday, September 01, 2021
The Sylva High School Class of 1954 held their reunion Aug. 21 with 12 members present. From left: Richard Wilson, Roland Blanton, Lawrence Wood, Ella Mae Craston, Patsy McClure, Harold Crisp, Joyce Wood, Curtis Blanton, Claude Jones, Jimmy Sellers, Mildred Sutton and Barbara Setzer.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Five generations of Moodys pose with R.L. “Bob” Moody’s 1965 Mustang. From left are Bob Moody, formerly of Glenville; his son, Randy Moody; Randy’s son, Chance Moody; Chance’s daughter, Natalee; and Natalee’s daughter, Evonee. The family lives in Idaho. Bob Moody is the son of Leah Moody, a …
The 1957 class of Cullowhee High School held a reunion Saturday at the East LaPorte picnic shelter. Attending were, from left (front): Linda Hughes Collins, Barbara Jean Taylor Wike (class guest), Mary Jo Hooper Cobb, Imogene Brown Broom, Quincy Stewart Inman, Jean Bridges Hendrix, Christine…
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Mel and Jane Brethauer of Dillsboro celebrated 65 years of marriage on June 16, having been wed on June 16, 1956. The couple has three children – Melanie Brethauer of Asheville, Melissa Cleland of Winston-Salem, and Maria Rock of Washington, D.C. – and nine grandchildren.
Dowdy and Toni Mills Bradley, of Sylva, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday, June 20. The couple was married on Sunday, June 20, 1971 at Old Savannah Baptist Church.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Tammy Nations and James Justice, both of Whittier, were married in a 4 p.m. May 15 ceremony at The Meadowlark Motel in Maggie Valley.
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Regional nonprofit Mountain Projects recently gave the N.C. Governor’s Medallion Award to Marcia Jones of United Christian Ministries for her volunteer work.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Helen Sims Clark of Cullowhee turned 95 on May 2 and celebrated at her home with her children, Chet Pressley and his daughter Rachel; and her daughter Peggy Garcia and her husband, Jorge; and her son Josh Pressley and his family.
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
Ellen and Johnny Walker of Cullowhee will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 9. The couple married in Keene, Texas in 1970. They have two sons and three grandchildren.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
James Robert “Bob” and Gloria Green Rogers of the Pumpkintown community will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary Oct. 2. They were married by the late Rev. Joe Bishop at his residence in Pumpkintown. They have two daughters, Vicki Rogers of Cary, and Lynne Carpenter (Adam) of Morganton,…
Ron and Jo Ann Raccioppi of Cullowhee marked their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 26 by celebrating at the Salamander Resort in Middleburg, Virginia. Both are from New Jersey and married at St. Rose of Lima Church in Miami Shores, Florida. The couple has two sons, Anthony of Gainesville, …
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Sigmund “Zig” and Gladys Pilch of Sylva mark their 60th wedding anniversary today (Thursday). They were married in Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark, New Jersey on Sept. 17, 1960. They have two children: Stephen Pilch of Ambler, Pennsylvania, and Cathleen Pilch of Albrightsville, Pennsylvania…
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Roger and Loueva Stewman of Sylva will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday. They were united in marriage at Old Savannah Baptist Church in 1970. They have three children, Rusty (Guindy) Stewman of Sylva, Jason Stewman of St. Petersburg, Florida and Cassie (Jeremy) Stewart of Ca…
Wednesday, March 04, 2020
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Circles volunteers and donors, was the message given to all Circles of Jackson County volunteers and donors on Sunday, Feb. 23, during an event at the Paper Mill Lounge in Sylva.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Max Harris and Frankie Justice Harris of Sylva celebrated their 50th anniversary Friday. The couple was married Feb. 14, 1970, at Scotts Creek Baptist Church. They have two children – Laura Buchanan and Missy Harris – and four grandchildren. There will be a celebration from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, …
Wednesday, February 05, 2020
Bob and JoAnn McLaughlin marked their 45th wedding anniversary Dec. 21. The couple was married Dec. 21, 1974 at the Charleston Naval Base Chapel in Charleston, South Carolina. The couple has three children: Jason Scott McLaughlin of Bremerton, Washington; Mary Beth McLaughlin of Cullowhee; a…
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
On a snowy Nov. 28, 1959, Royce and Marcia Woosley were married in Caneyville, Kentucky. Sixty years later, on Thanksgiving Day 2019, the Sylva couple celebrated 60 years of marriage. Attending were daughter Jennie Wenger and her husband, Jeff, and children Nathan and Sally from Santa Monica…
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Robert and Deborah Cochran of Webster are pleased to announce the marriage of daughter, Elizabeth, to Dr. William Benjamin Horton, on Nov. 2, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Wednesday, December 04, 2019
Tom and Donna Bommer, right, celebrated 50 years of marriage when they last Monday purchased an anniversary band from Ronnie Dennis of Hollifield Jewelers in Sylva. Dennis sold the couple their wedding bands in November, 1969. The couple met as students at Western Carolina University, gradua…
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
A huge thumbs-up to Cathy Stillwell Gibson, the driving force behind the first Sylva-Webster Fest, which saw members of all classes from the school, former teachers, custodians and more gather Saturday at Bridge Park for a day of memories.
Father James Cahill blows out the candles on his birthday cake at the celebration for his 90th birthday. He’s assisted by Patti Schandevel (front) and Anne Weatherford. Friends and former parishioners of Rev. Cahill threw a birthday celebration for the priest, who turned 90 in September. The…
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Tyler Michael Ford and Tabitha Leigh Duyck were married in a 5 p.m. ceremony Aug. 10 at The Courtyard at Little Acres, Marion.
Jim and Glenda Taylor of Sylva will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception given by their children from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Buff Creek Baptist Church. Everyone is invited. They were married Sept. 16, 1969, in Sylva. They have two daughters, Jenny (Kyle) Johnson and Wendy (H…
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Jimmy Lee and Geraldine Hooper McCall of Cash-iers are celebrating their 58th anniversary today (Thursday). They were married Aug. 15, 1961, in Walhalla, South Carolina. They have two children – Jessica Lea McCall of the home and the late Johnny William McCall; two grandchildren; and two gre…
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Catherine Ann Davies and Everett Colby, both of Savannah, Georgia, were united in marriage during a 3 p.m. ceremony May 26 at the Gastonian Historic Inn in Savannah, Georgia.
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Jamison announce the engagement of their daughter, Megan Jamison, of Sylva to Zack Stiles, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stiles of Waynesville. Jamison is a graduate of Southwestern Community College and is employed at SCC as coordinator of advertising and graphic design. S…
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
The Rev. Frank and Eula Brooks of Dillsboro celebrated their 65th anniversary Wednesday, April 17. The couple was married April 17, 1954, in Sultan, Washington. They have six children: Arnold Brooks, Wayne Brooks, Elaine McMahan, Phyllis Morgan, Chris Brooks and Emery Brooks, all of Sylva. T…
Wednesday, April 03, 2019
Adam Buchanan turned 99 years old on March 26. He was born and raised in the Savannah Community and lives on Cagle Branch Road. He retired as a janitor from the Jackson County Public Schools. A World War II veteran, he was married to the late Laura Bradley Buchanan for more than 50 years. He…
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