Bruce Ray Silver, 63, of Daytona Beach, Florida, died Dec. 31, 2019.
He was born Sept. 28, 1956, in Spruce Pine, the son of Robert and Maude Silver.
Robert L. Milton, 68, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, after a lengthy battle with COPD. The youngest of three born to Lawrence E.
Kameron Wayne Wilson, 20, of the Penland Community, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Robert Thomas Staubitz, 85, of Bakersville, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, at St. Joseph Hospital in Asheville.
Janette Young Grindstaff, 92, widow of Charles Grindstaff, passed away Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019, at her home surrounded by her family.
Vivian Byrd, 77, of Sullins Branch Road, Spruce Pine, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at her home.
Inez Johnson Blevins McRae passed away Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, at Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community.
Lester Lee Huskins, Mitchell County native and 74 years young, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, in Florence, South Carolina, hospice.
Wanda Lee Tipton, 85, of Burnsville, went home to be with the Lord Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at Select Specialty Hospital in Bristol, Tennessee, after a brief illness.
Elizabeth Davenport, 102, of Old NC 226 in Spruce Pine, the Grassy Creek community, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, at her home surrounded by her family.