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.
Carlos Free
Jul 28, 2012
Carlos Monroe Free, age 82, of the Bethel Community passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Mission Hospitals – St Josephs Campus. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Samuel Esau and Cora Williams Free. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Carolyn Grogan who died...
Lillie Rathbone
Jul 28, 2012
Waynesville, Lillie Rathbone, age 89, passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Smoky Mountain Health & Rehabilitation Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Rufus and Mila Messer Rathbone. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters. Lillie was a wonderful homemaker. She enjoyed gardening,...
Joneita Yantes
Jul 25, 2012
Waynesville, Joneita Daniel Yantes, age 77, passed away on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at MedWest-Haywood. A native of Athens, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Ernest M. and Mabel Burton Daniel. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Max Lamar Bond, Jr. Joneita was employed by Western Carolina University...
Betty Horan
Jul 25, 2012
Betty Jane Earle Horan, age 55, passed away on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at The Homestead. A native of New Jersey, she was a daughter of the late Virginia Earle. Betty moved from Moorestown, New Jersey and had resided in Haywood County for 13 years. She will be remembered as a very loving wife and mother to...
Gary Wood
Jul 23, 2012
Gary Uzel Wood, age 50, passed away on Monday, July 23, 2012. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of Uzel Wood of Lake Junaluska and the late Norma Waldroup Wood. He was also preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Lawrence and Sally Waldroup. In addition to his father, he is survived by a...
Tommie Conard
Jul 20, 2012
Waynesville, Tommie Lura Conard, age 87, passed away Friday, July 20, 2012 at The Homestead Hospice Center in Clyde. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she had resided in the White Oak Community. For the past 3 years, she resided in Waynesville. She was preceded in death by her parents, John A. and Ada Rowland...
John Laughridge
Jul 19, 2012
John Franklin Laughridge, Jr., 85, died at his Candler home on July 19, 2012 following an extended illness. John was predeceased by his parents, John F. Laughridge, Sr. and Sallie Cowart Laughridge, and his sisters, Letty and Julia Laughridge and Frances Tucker. John is survived by his wife, Jan, special friends Allene Burnette, Whitney, Matthew, and Laura Sprinkle, Sam...
Emily Crisp
Jul 19, 2012
Emily Pressley Crisp, age 85, passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at Autumn Care of Waynesville. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Annie Bryson Pressley. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Gentry Otis Crisp who passed away in 1989; and a brother,...
Joseph Horner, Jr.
Jul 19, 2012
Waynesville, Joseph "Joe" Horner, Jr., age 63, of 163 Burgess Loop, passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at his residence. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he had resided in Forest Hill, Maryland before moving to Haywood County in 2010. He was the son of the late Joseph and Rita May Klein Horner. He was employed as...
Artie Walden
Jul 19, 2012
Artie Elizabeth Walden, a blessing from the Lord, passed away suddenly on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at the age of 93. A native of Buncombe County, she was born August 4, 1918 to the late Gordon and Ella Brown. She was married to Pete Walden for 59 wonderful years. Pete went to be with the Lord in 2007. Artie...
Robert Caldwell
Jul 17, 2012
Clyde, NC – Robert Allen Caldwell, 75, of Clyde, NC passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Born March 31, 1937 in Milan, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Mildred Allen Cunningham and Robert Lee Caldwell, Jr. both from Milan. Robert received his Bachelor of Science degree from Memphis State University in 1961 and his...
Norma Hayes
Jul 15, 2012
Norma Lee Hayes, 52, of Charlotte Hall, MD, formally of Waldorf, MD, died July 15, 2012 at Civista Hospital, La Plata, MD. Born March 22, 1960 in Newport, TN, she was the daughter of the late Arvlee Thomas and the late Pansy Marie King Thomas. Norma attended Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, NC before beginning her career in...
James Gladden
Jul 15, 2012
Clyde, James Marion Gladden, age 84, of 180 Percy Way, passed away on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at Skyland Care Center in Sylva. Born the son of the late Thomas Marion and Ethel Camp Gladden, he had lived most of his life in Cleveland County but resided in Haywood County for the past five years. In addition...
Marian Agnew
Jul 15, 2012
Waynesville, Marian L. "Meze" Agnew, age 94, passed away on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at MedWest Haywood. A native of Mason City, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late George and Pansy Tomlin Zimmerman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles G. Agnew, who died in 1989 and son-in-law,...
Christie Marcus
Jul 14, 2012
Waynesville, Christie Cooke Marcus, age 38, of Dewey Ross Road, passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2012. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of Gary and Sheila Pharr Cooke. She was also preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Ralph Pharr and paternal grandparents, Lawrence and Kathryn Pressley. Christie was an insurance agent and...
Marion Norman
Jul 14, 2012
Waynesville, Marion Edgar "Chub" Norman, age 89, passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at Life Care Center of Hendersonville after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late William T. and Margaret Jane McNabb Norman. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by...
Wayne Moore
Jul 12, 2012
Clyde, Wayne Jesse Moore, age 85, of the Fines Creek Community, passed away on Thursday, July 12, at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Hardy R. and Mary Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Moore and was also preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Sutton Moore, who died in...
Bobby Mcelrath
Jul 11, 2012
Bobby Joe McElrath, age 76, passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at Mission Hospitals – Memorial Campus. He was born in Buncombe County and was a lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late Moody Battle and Willa Belle Elliott McElrath. He retired from Southern Maintenance and was a member of Canton Wesleyan...
Shirley Ledford
Jul 10, 2012
Clyde, Shirley Elizabeth Green Ledford, age 65, of Messer Road, passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Rachel James Green and was also preceded in death by her son, Wayne Ledford. Shirley was a loving wife and...
Kenneth Duell
Jul 9, 2012
Waynesville, Kenneth James Duell, Jr., age 58, passed away on Monday, July 9, 2012 at Autumn Care Nursing Home. A native of Wisconsin, he was the son of the late Kenneth and Caroline Matilda Andrle Duell. Kenneth was an amazing father, mentor, and coach, not only to his children but children all over Haywood County. He was...
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