Feb 4, 2013

Harold Monroe Rice, age 91, of Raleigh and formerly of Canton, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2013 at Universal Health Care in Raleigh. A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Herbert Fanning and Janie Smathers Rice. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Grover Rice....

Feb 4, 2013

Kenneth Wade "Joe" Warren, age 71, of the Bethel community, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 4, 2013 at Mission Hospitals – St Josephs Campus after suffering from a series of strokes beginning on November 27, 2012. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late James Urior...

Feb 4, 2013

Billy Joe Kuykendall, age 52, passed away on February 4, 2013 at his residence. He was a native of Haywood County and the son of the late Albert Martin and Ruby Smith Kuykendall. He retired from the Town of Biltmore Forest after 30 years of service. He is survived by three sisters, Joyce Searcy of Candler, Betty...

Feb 3, 2013

Geraldine Warren Hutchison, age 86, of Range View Acres, passed away on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Gaston and Laura Bradley Warren. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Virge Otis Hutchison, who died in 2004 and...

Feb 3, 2013

Maggie Valley - Mary Setzer Short Francis, better known as Susie died February 3rd 2013 at Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation, at the age of 85 following a long bout with cancer. Susie was the daughter of the late Jacob and Ida Mae Knight Setzer. She was preceded in death by her former husband, Samuel Edward Short,...

Feb 2, 2013

Geneva Reynolds Sisk, age 91, passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at her residence. A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Herbert McKinley and Fannie Mae Buchanan Reynolds. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Alvin and Orie Reynolds and a grandson, Phillip Sisk. She was a homemaker and...

Feb 2, 2013

Leicester, Mary Lee Stamey, age 71, of Noland Hills Drive, died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospital after an extended illness. She lived in Leicester for the past 18 years. Mary was the daughter of the late Albert Nathen Thomas and Myrtle Agnes Treadway Thomas, and was also preceded in death by...

Jan 31, 2013

Jennie Chambers Burnette, age 88, passed away on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late William Weston and Sally Blaylock Chambers. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, George Fulton Burnett, who died in 2008;...

Jan 31, 2013

Waynesville, Jesse Hardy Tyson, Sr., age 85, passed away on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at MedWest Haywood. A native of Pitt County, he was a former resident of Takoma Park, Maryland and Wytheville, Virginia. He was the son of the late Elbert Moye and Nannie Ruberta Flannagan Tyson and was also preceded in death by five brothers....

Jan 31, 2013

James Carroll Wilson, age 88, passed away on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at MedWest Haywood. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Otis Burton and Sallie Harrison Wilson. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Carrie Mae Trantham Wilson, who died on December 5, 2009; a son,...

Jan 30, 2013

Darriel Ruth Merritt Christoffel, 89, passed away on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. She was born in Elizabethton, TN, the eldest daughter of the late Earl Hunter Merritt and Willie Greene Merritt. Darriel attended Milligan College and East Tennessee State, and was employed as a chemist during World War II at American Bemberg Nylon Plant in Elizabethton.

Darriel...

Jan 29, 2013

Waynesville, Dr. Phil Medford, age 87, recently expired after a protracted illness. A native of Waynesville, he was the son of Dr. Nick Medford and Beatrice Owenby and was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred "Mib" Medford, in 2012. "Dr. Phil" attended Waynesville High School, and graduated from Davidson College in 1944. He completed his Doctor...

Jan 28, 2013

James Charles "Bimbo" Rathbone, age 54, passed away on Monday, January 28, 2013 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was a son of the late James Ronald and Ora Mae Kuykendall Rathbone. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Keitha Ann...

Jan 28, 2013

Waynesville, Jane Ebenbach Quigley, loving mother, grandmother and great- grandmother, passed onto our Lord Monday, January 28, 2013 at the Charles George V.A. Medical Center. A native of Philadelphia, PA, she was a former resident of Morehead City, and N. Wildwood, NJ and had resided in Haywood County for the past 15 years. She was the daughter...

Jan 28, 2013

Dylan Emerson Roseboom, 19, of Candler, passed away on Monday, January 28, 2013. Dylan attended Enka High School and love dirt-bikes and motorcycles. Dylan is survived by his mother, Marilyn Louise Walker; father, Harry Emerson Roseboom; grandmother, Lela Mae Walker; step-sister, Jenny Roseboom; uncles, Carroll Eller, Lee Edward and Jeff Walker, and aunt 'Nana' Debbie Ledford, and her husband,...

Jan 27, 2013

Kell N. Smith, 85, of Candler, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 27. Kell was a native of Buncombe County, a son of the late Ralph and Jesse Henson Smith. He served his country in the Navy and Army. Kell was a loving husband and father, he especially loved his grandbabies, animals, being outdoors and the...

Jan 26, 2013

Waynesville, Helen Elizabeth Allison, age 74, of the Cove Creek Community, passed away on Saturday at MedWest Haywood. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Benjamin and Edna K. Conard Allison and was also preceded in death by a sister, Barbara Allison Hahn. She was a former employee...

Jan 26, 2013

Asheville, Betty Jean Bartlett Jarvis, age 86, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at the Brian Center. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Virgil Lusk and Nina Ruth Harrison Bartlett. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Jack Allison Jarvis, who died...

Jan 26, 2013

Waynesville, Reverend Joseph E. "Joe" Rogers, age 73, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Roy Milburn and Annie Cloer Rogers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Teresa Marlene Rogers, who died in 2005; one...

Jan 24, 2013

Lake Junaluska, Louise Lineberry Hodges, age 90, of Sleepy Hollow Drive, passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Hodges was born in Strasburg, Virginia, and was the daughter of the late Edgar Columbus and Mary Elizabeth Baker Lineberry. At the age of 20 she lost her husband, David Lee Smith, in World War...