Nancy Carol (Waters) Whitmire Boyd

Nancy Carol (Waters) Whitmire Boyd, 86, of Hendersonville and formerly of Brevard, died Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Heritage Hills in Hendersonville.

Born in Transylvania County, she was the wife of James Richard Boyd of Hendersonville. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Harold Lee Whitmire. Carol was the daughter of the late Joseph Edward and Alma May (Bracken) Waters. She was also preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Brenda Whitmire.

Carol was a member of First United Methodist Church, Brevard.

Carol will be remembered for her love of music and animals. She enjoyed traveling with her husband, Jim, and loved to take her grandson fishing when he was a child.

In addition to her husband James, she is survived by two sons: Steven and Mark Whitmire; a daughter, Linda Whitmire (David); a brother, Edward Waters; a sister, Elaine Badger, all of Brevard; a grandson, Aaron Hogsed (Ericka); two step-daughters: Jennifer Foremsky of York, PA and Judith Boyd of Burlington, VT; and three step-brothers in law: Robert H., John W., and William H. Boyd.

Services will be private.

Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is assisting the family.