Obituaries
Recent obituaries in North Carolina
The obituaries in the North Carolina Area reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy. Their stories serve as a reminder of the richness and complexity North Carolina's history and identity.
Lawrence Jenkins
Apr 16, 2014
Waynesville, Lawrence Daniel Jenkins, age 79, of Waynesville, passed away on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Marion and Ruth Brown Jenkins and was also preceded in death by two brothers, Jerry and Ralph Jenkins and a sister, Mary Lee Wells. He was a...
Hazel Rich
Apr 15, 2014
Waynesville, Hazel Mathis Rich, age 85, passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Maggie Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Rufus and Fannie Mae Frady Mathis and was also preceded in death by several brothers and sisters. Hazel was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed...
Doris Holt
Apr 15, 2014
Waynesville, Doris McCracken Holt, age 85, of 180 High Street, passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Autumn Care Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Emerson and Grace Holder McCracken. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister and brother-in-law,...
George Hudson
Apr 15, 2014
George William "Bill" Hudson, age 75, passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. Born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Bill lived most of his life in Canton but also resided 18 years in Davenport, Iowa. He was a son of the late Lucius E. Hudson, Sr. and Mildred Clontz Hudson Singleton. In...
Linda Parker
Apr 13, 2014
Linda Lucas Parker, age 72, passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2014 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Troy, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Raymond Lucas. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Parker, Jr., who died in 2010. She was a member...
Griffin Deal
Apr 12, 2014
Griffin Bull Deal, Jr., 65, of Candler, passed away at home on Saturday, April 12, 2014. He was born in Virginia Beach, VA to the late Griffin and Anne McLean Deal and attended Hampden-Sydney and Mars Hill Colleges. He never lost his love of the sand, salt air and waves of the ocean, but grew to love the majesty...
Mildred Artis
Apr 12, 2014
Mildred Jones Artis, 76, of Asheville, passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014. She was the daughter of the late David and Lorena McAfee Jones. She was a caterer and chef at many restaurants in Asheville and New York City. She was the head chef for the dedication of the USS Ronald Reagan. Mildred loved plants, movies, sweets and...
Edward Cates
Apr 10, 2014
Edward F. Cates, 86, of Candler, NC passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2014. He was born in Brenham, TX to the late Grover Cleveland and Annie Mae Lindsey Cates. Ed was a member of Trinity Baptist Church, a lifelong Christian and had served during the Korean War as a Marine. He was married to the late Edith Holman...
Weaver Ledbetter
Apr 10, 2014
– Weaver James Ledbetter, age 88, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2014 at the Brian Center. A native of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Volney and Savannah Sharp Ledbetter. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Mandy Melinda Huffman. He enjoyed the spring time when he...
James Thomas
Apr 10, 2014
James Anthony "Tony" Thomas, age 36, passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at MedWest Haywood. Tony was a native of Haywood County and loved the outdoors where he worked. Woodworking and gardening were special interests of his. In Tony's life, nothing was more important to him than his family and his faith. He is survived by...
Hixson Eldridge
Apr 8, 2014
Clyde, NC - Hixson Burch Eldridge, 92, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Hixson was born in Sale Creek, Tennessee and was the son of the late Sherman Burch Eldridge and Nettie Hixson Eldridge. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1944 and was assigned to the 456 B-24 Bomber Group in...
Frances Colquitt
Apr 7, 2014
Frances Marie Colquitt, 86, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, April 7, 2014 with her loving family by her side. She was born in Madison, GA to the late John Henry and Bertha Shepard Burchfield. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Henry Bradley Colquitt. Frances is...
Robert Greenalch
Apr 7, 2014
Robert Edward "Bob" Greenalch, passed away on April 7, 2014 at The Homestead. Bob was born in Troy, New York, the second son of the late Lucian W. and Elma Keenan Greenalch. He graduated with honors from Sienna College in Loudonville, New York, with post-graduate courses at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. At the time...
James Murray
Apr 5, 2014
Waynesville – James E. Murray, age 95, passed away on Saturday, April 5, 2014, at MedWest – Haywood. Jim was born in Washington, D.C. on March 16, 1919 and was the son of the late Ewing A. Murray and Daisy Hall Murray. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 64 ½ years, Sara Welch...
Harold Metcalf
Apr 3, 2014
Harold R. Metcalf, 83, of Candler, passed away on Thursday, April 3, 2014. A native of Madison County, he was a son of the late James and Annie Lee Rumbough Metcalf. He retired from Rainbow Baking Company after 38 years and loved Bass fishing. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jean...
Erika Ball
Apr 1, 2014
Erika Sanford Ball, age 74, passed away on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at Greenville Hospital in Laurens, South Carolina. She was born and raised in Koblenz, Germany where she lived for more than 20 years. She called Haywood County and South Carolina her home for the last 30 years, having lived here since the 1960's. She was...
Billie Rickman
Apr 1, 2014
Willa Mae "Billie" Rickman, age 86, passed away on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Harley and Bertha Cook Morgan. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Carroll Rickman, who died in 2011; a...
Mary Gardner
Mar 31, 2014
Canton, Mary Arterburn Gardner, 93, of McClure Creek Road, passed away peacefully at Silver Bluff Village on Sunday, March 30, 2014. Wife of the late Reverend William N. Gardner, the Gardners' became summer residents in the early 1950's and have been permanent residents since 1971 in the Lake Logan community of Haywood County. Mary and her late...
Margie Rice
Mar 30, 2014
Clyde, Geneieve Margie Coggins Rice, age 72, of Summerset Drive, passed away on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at Mission Hospital. A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of Frances Carroll Coggins of Sylva and the late Lambert Andrew Coggins. Margie graduated top of her class from Cullowhee High School in Cullowhee, North Carolina and graduated...
Lawson Anders, Jr.
Mar 30, 2014
Canton, Lawson Alexander Anders, Jr., age 89, of Anders Drive, passed away on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at Smoky Mountain Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Lawson Alexander Anders, Sr. and Vera Lee Pressley Anders. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
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