Douglas Noppen

Waynesville-Douglas Fulton Van Noppen, age 71, of Waynesville, died Friday, October 1, 2004. He was a native of Morganton, NC having lived in Haywood County for the past 42 years. He was the son of the late Donnell and Elisabeth Fulton Van Noppen. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Donnell Van Noppen, Jr. He was a 1951 graduate of Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, VA. He received his BA degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1955. Moving here in 1962, he was the sales manager for Cherokee Furniture, a division of the Waynewood Corporation. He then acquired and was the former owner of Reed Oil Company, a Gulf oil distributorship. He was a board member of the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, and was past chairman of the Fund for Haywood County of the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. He was a member of Waynesville Golf Association and Laurel Ridge County Club. He was past president of the Waynesville Rotary Club, former Trustee of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, a member of the Foundation of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina, and served on the Vestry of Grace Episcopal Church. He was a member of Haywood Regional Medical Center Foundation, and served on the Board of Directors of First Union National Bank. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Melissa Jones Van Noppen; three daughters, Hél&egravene Cox and her husband, William of Fayetteville, GA, Melissa Van Noppen of Black Mountain, NC, and Kathryn Medford and her husband, John of Waynesville; and six grandchildren, Chance, Michael, and Fulton Beasley, and Alexandra, Nancy and John Medford. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 8, 2004 at the Grace Episcopal Church in the Mountains, of which he was a member. The Reverend Dr. Howard W. White, Jr. will officiate. The family will receive friends from 9:45 until 10:45 a.m. Friday, prior to the service, in the Parrish Hall of the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Fund for Haywood County - CFWNC, P.O. Box 1888, Asheville, NC 28802, or to one's favorite charity. Wells Funeral Homes & Cremation Services of Waynesville is in charge of arrangements.

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