Loving Husband, Father

WAYNESVILLE — Otho Vera “Spunk” Cagle Jr., 82, of Waynesville, passed away Feb. 20, 2013, at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville. A native of Jackson County, he was born Aug. 10, 1930, to the late O.V Cagle Sr. and Louise Bishop Cagle.  In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a sister Phyllis Gray.

He is survived by his wife, Lynda Welch Cagle; a sister, Gwen Cagle Moses, of Charlotte; children, Cindy Lane Price, and her husband, Steve,  of Jonesborough, Tennessee, Robert Vance Cagle and Joseph Welch Green, both of Waynesville; and two grandchildren, Susanna Wyckoff Cagle and Herman Dana Voss.

Mr. Cagle graduated from Western Carolina University, where he participated in many sports. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and retired ...