The Transylvania Times -

Madeline Louise Lanning Galloway, of Brevard, departed this earthly life Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, from Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, following complications from a stroke just one week earlier.

She had celebrated 85 wonderful years of life. Born in Jackson County, Aug. 25, 1934, she was the third of seven children born to the late Eugene and Kathleen Louise Moses Lanning. When she was 17, her family moved to Transylvania County. She graduated from Brevard High School in 1953, after having been crowned “Miss Brevardier” her senior year.

It was in Brevard that she met the love of he...