Howard Tatham Buchanan
East Fork Community - Howard Tatham Buchanan, 89, of the East Fork community in Jackson County, passed away March 22 after a period of declining health.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Harley Howard Buchanan and Mary Etta Cabe Buchanan; his beloved wife of 67 years, Brittie Mae Dietz Buchanan; two sisters, Mildred Buchanan and Amy Cosenza of Sylva; a brother, Clyde Buchanan of Sylva; and 3 grandchildren.
He is survived by two brothers, Warren Buchanan of Sylva and Fred Buchanan of Hazelwood, and a sister, Clara Henson of Sylva; three daughters, Vivien Bateman (Michael) of Weaverville and Connie Danner (R.B.) and Cathy Ensley (Boyd) of Sylva; three sons, Howard Buchanan, Jr. (Rosalind) of Canton; Gary Buchanan (Carol), of Sylva; and Jimmy Buchanan (Julie) of Clyde; 18 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was a member of Deitz Memorial Baptist Church since its founding. All will recall him with love as the patriarch of a sprawling family that has thankfully been spared the fractiousness many large families encounter, and as a large reason for that.
He was renowned as a mountain man, one of the foremost traditional Southern Appalachian bear hunters. He could move through the woods like the wind and was a man who could outwork anyone until a very advanced age, a man whose practicality was shaped by the Great Depression and formative years growing up in an area best described as impoverished on material terms but rich in friendship, family and culture.
He lived his life with great gusto. He lived it outdoors, whether on the job, in the garden or in pursuit of fish and game through parts of Western North Carolina few have tread. You could drive across the region for hours and he would have a tale of a hunt from virtually every mountain and hollow.
His life yielded a rich archive of uniquely mountain tales that will likely outlive most of us alive today.
He was perhaps the very last of an era that produced men "tough as a pine knot and rough as a cob.'
A mountain original. We will not see his likes again.
Source Citation: Melton Funeral Home
East Fork Community - Howard Tatham Buchanan, 89, of the East Fork community in Jackson County, passed away March 22 after a period of declining health.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Harley Howard Buchanan and Mary Etta Cabe Buchanan; his beloved wife of 67 years, Brittie Mae Dietz Buchanan; two sisters, Mildred Buchanan and Amy Cosenza of Sylva; a brother, Clyde Buchanan of Sylva; and 3 grandchildren.
He is survived by two brothers, Warren Buchanan of Sylva and Fred Buchanan of Hazelwood, and a sister, Clara Henson of Sylva; three daughters, Vivien Bateman (Michael) of Weaverville and Connie Danner (R.B.) and Cathy Ensley (Boyd) of Sylva; three sons, Howard Buchanan, Jr. (Rosalind) of Canton; Gary Buchanan (Carol), of Sylva; and Jimmy Buchanan (Julie) of Clyde; 18 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was a member of Deitz Memorial Baptist Church since its founding. All will recall him with love as the patriarch of a sprawling family that has thankfully been spared the fractiousness many large families encounter, and as a large reason for that.
He was renowned as a mountain man, one of the foremost traditional Southern Appalachian bear hunters. He could move through the woods like the wind and was a man who could outwork anyone until a very advanced age, a man whose practicality was shaped by the Great Depression and formative years growing up in an area best described as impoverished on material terms but rich in friendship, family and culture.
He lived his life with great gusto. He lived it outdoors, whether on the job, in the garden or in pursuit of fish and game through parts of Western North Carolina few have tread. You could drive across the region for hours and he would have a tale of a hunt from virtually every mountain and hollow.
His life yielded a rich archive of uniquely mountain tales that will likely outlive most of us alive today.
He was perhaps the very last of an era that produced men "tough as a pine knot and rough as a cob.'
A mountain original. We will not see his likes again.
Source Citation: Melton Funeral Home
Howard Tatham Buchanan
East Fork Community - Howard Tatham Buchanan, 89, of the East Fork community in Jackson County, passed away March 22 after a period of declining health.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Harley Howard Buchanan and Mary Etta Cabe Buchanan; his beloved wife of 67 years, Brittie Mae Dietz Buchanan; two sisters, Mildred Buchanan and Amy Cosenza of Sylva; a brother, Clyde Buchanan of Sylva; and 3 grandchildren.
He is survived by two brothers, Warren Buchanan of Sylva and Fred Buchanan of Hazelwood, and a sister, Clara Henson of Sylva; three daughters, Vivien Bateman (Michael) of Weaverville and Connie Danner (R.B.) and Cathy Ensley (Boyd) of Sylva; three sons, Howard Buchanan, Jr. (Rosalind) of Canton; Gary Buchanan (Carol), of Sylva; and Jimmy Buchanan (Julie) of Clyde; 18 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was a member of Deitz Memorial Baptist Church since its founding. All will recall him with love as the patriarch of a sprawling family that has thankfully been spared the fractiousness many large families encounter, and as a large reason for that.
He was renowned as a mountain man, one of the foremost traditional Southern Appalachian bear hunters. He could move through the woods like the wind and was a man who could outwork anyone until a very advanced age, a man whose practicality was shaped by the Great Depression and formative years growing up in an area best described as impoverished on material terms but rich in friendship, family and culture.
He lived his life with great gusto. He lived it outdoors, whether on the job, in the garden or in pursuit of fish and game through parts of Western North Carolina few have tread. You could drive across the region for hours and he would have a tale of a hunt from virtually every mountain and hollow.
His life yielded a rich archive of uniquely mountain tales that will likely outlive most of us alive today.
He was perhaps the very last of an era that produced men "tough as a pine knot and rough as a cob.'
A mountain original. We will not see his likes again.
Source Citation: Melton Funeral Home
East Fork Community - Howard Tatham Buchanan, 89, of the East Fork community in Jackson County, passed away March 22 after a period of declining health.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Harley Howard Buchanan and Mary Etta Cabe Buchanan; his beloved wife of 67 years, Brittie Mae Dietz Buchanan; two sisters, Mildred Buchanan and Amy Cosenza of Sylva; a brother, Clyde Buchanan of Sylva; and 3 grandchildren.
He is survived by two brothers, Warren Buchanan of Sylva and Fred Buchanan of Hazelwood, and a sister, Clara Henson of Sylva; three daughters, Vivien Bateman (Michael) of Weaverville and Connie Danner (R.B.) and Cathy Ensley (Boyd) of Sylva; three sons, Howard Buchanan, Jr. (Rosalind) of Canton; Gary Buchanan (Carol), of Sylva; and Jimmy Buchanan (Julie) of Clyde; 18 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was a member of Deitz Memorial Baptist Church since its founding. All will recall him with love as the patriarch of a sprawling family that has thankfully been spared the fractiousness many large families encounter, and as a large reason for that.
He was renowned as a mountain man, one of the foremost traditional Southern Appalachian bear hunters. He could move through the woods like the wind and was a man who could outwork anyone until a very advanced age, a man whose practicality was shaped by the Great Depression and formative years growing up in an area best described as impoverished on material terms but rich in friendship, family and culture.
He lived his life with great gusto. He lived it outdoors, whether on the job, in the garden or in pursuit of fish and game through parts of Western North Carolina few have tread. You could drive across the region for hours and he would have a tale of a hunt from virtually every mountain and hollow.
His life yielded a rich archive of uniquely mountain tales that will likely outlive most of us alive today.
He was perhaps the very last of an era that produced men "tough as a pine knot and rough as a cob.'
A mountain original. We will not see his likes again.
Source Citation: Melton Funeral Home
Bio by: ✿Vickie Oates Woods✿
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