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.
Melvin Philbrick
Apr 22, 2014
Melvin M. Philbrick, Jr., 73, of Asheville, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at his home. He was born in Kansas to the late Melvin and Anna Woodruff Philbrick. Melvin retired from the Air Force after 25 years and enjoyed old movies, fishing, comic strips and listening to "Coast to Coast". He is survived by his wife, Mary Jones...
Roger Bruce
Apr 22, 2014
Roger Allen Bruce, 47, of Candler, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2014. He loved traveling and watching space travel and cooking shows.He is preceded in death by his mother, Mary Ann Bruce. Roger is survived by his father, James (Donna) Bruce; sisters, Pam (Andrew) Nash and Cindy Bruce; brothers, Ronnie Bruce and J.R. (Wendy) Bruce; nephew, Colby Crowder; nieces,...
Aj Davis
Apr 21, 2014
Waynesville, AJ Davis, age 71, passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014 at the VA Hospice Center in Asheville after a long battle with cancer. AJ was the youngest of twelve children born to Jarrett and Ollie Wikle Davis. In addition to his parents, AJ was preceded in death by a son, Kevin Davis; a brother, Hoyatt...
Charles Craige
Apr 20, 2014
Charles Robert Craige, age 86, passed away on Sunday, April 20, 2014. Charles was the oldest of three sons born to the late William and Pearl Craige on August 1, 1927. He was preceded in death by a brother and his wife, Billy and Margaret Craige. He served in the United States Navy during World War II....
Ellen Edwards
Apr 18, 2014
Ellen Porter Edwards, 89, of Chattanooga, TN went to Heaven Friday, April 18, 2014. She was born in Hartford, IA, on August 19, 1924. She was a WWII Naval Veteran. She was married to Charles Sumner Edwards (deceased) in 1948. Ellen was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, a hard worker and a faithful servant to her Lord. Ellen...
Larry Dubuke
Apr 17, 2014
Maggie Valley, NC - Larry Russell Dubuke, age 69, passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his residence. He was born on April 18, 1944 in Plattsburgh, New York, son of the late Joseph and Agnes Rood Dubuke and was also preceded in death by two brothers, Joseph and Kevin Dubuke. Larry's childhood was spent on...
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...
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