Jan 17, 2012

Virginia Mae 'Jenny' Towe, 86, of Candler, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 17th. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Etta Mae Rhymer Hill. She was a faithful member of the Mountain View Church of God in Canton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Jan 17, 2012

Canton – Aylene Yelton Hipps, age 87, passed to a well-earned rest on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. Aylene was born in Ellenboro, NC on September 15, 1924 to Wray and Ada Smart Yelton. Aylene was the second youngest of six children, three brothers, Dewitt, Wisker, and Thomas and two sisters, Mary and...

Jan 16, 2012

Katherine Snelson Whitted, age 95, died on Monday, January, 16, 2012 at MedWest Haywood Hospital. She was a native of Buncombe County but resided most of her life in Haywood County. She was a daughter of the late James Dallas and Della Cain Snelson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first...

Jan 15, 2012

Sarah Woody Rogers, age 94, died on Sunday, January 15, 2012, at Autumn Care Nursing Home. She was born on January 13, 1918, in Cataloochee Valley and was the daughter of the late Floyd William and Folsom Davis Woody. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Hugh Rogers, Jr., who died in 2006; an...

Jan 15, 2012

Tracy Turpen: 8/11/84 - 1/15/12

Tracy Elizabeth Turpen passed away Sunday January 15th at the age of 27 in Asheville, NC.

Tracy is survived by her loving mother Catherine Silver of Weaverville, NC formerly from Alpena, son Evander Elzie, father Rick Turpen of Hawaii, sister Roxanne Turpen, grandmother Ruth Turpen, and Tracy's fiance Tyler Stout....

Jan 14, 2012

Karen Jo Evans Gunn, 63, of Asheville, passed away Saturday, January 14th, 2012. A native of Sherwood, Arkansas, she was a daughter of the late Billie and Kay Huggins Evans. She had been a resident of Asheville since 2005 and a member of Biltmore Church of Christ. Karen was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, artist and Barber. In addition...

Jan 14, 2012

Waynesville, David Bruce Tomlin, age 58, died Saturday, January 14, 2012 at his residence. A native of Philadelphia, he lived in Naples, FL before moving to Haywood County. David was the son of Jean Cairns of Florida and the late John B. Tomlin, III. He was also preceded in death by one brother, John B. Tomlin, IV....

Jan 12, 2012

Waynesville, Patricia Ann Ruff, age 59, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at her home. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Marion Harley Robinson and Osie Edna Brown Robinson and was also preceded in death by an infant son, Jeffery Dewayne Ruff, and one brother, Donald Brown. Patricia was of...

Jan 11, 2012

Waynesville, Phoebe Kathleen "Bobbie" Bailey Seay, age 92, passed away at Maggie Valley Nursing Home on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Born and raised in Church Hill, Tennessee, she lived all of her adult life in Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late Daniel and Hazel Bailey and was also preceded in death by her husband,...

Jan 10, 2012

Normand Albert "Norm" Laurence, age 74, died at his residence on January 10, 2012, after a courageous battle with Mesothelioma. Norm was born on April 3, 1937, in Worcester, Massachusetts to the late Wilfrid and Lilliane (Michaud) Laurence. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother Richard Laurence, and a step-son, Edward...

Jan 10, 2012

Billy Arthur "Bill" Thomas, age 68, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Swain County, he was a son of the late William David and Johnnie Holden Thomas. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Roger, David, and Max Thomas. He...

Jan 9, 2012

Grace Sexton Davis 'Anna Laura', 89, of Candler, passed away at her home on Monday, January 9th, with her loving family at her side. She was a daughter of the late Hugh Allen and Martha Jane Lamb Sexton. She was a member of the Candler Church of God, serving as a Sunday School teacher for over 50 years, pianist,...

Jan 8, 2012

MARVIN YARBOROUGH Waynesville, Marvin Yarborough, age 86, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Tennova Healthcare in Knoxville, Tennessee. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Alvin and Jannie Fish Yarborough. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lucille Rogers Yarborough, who died in 1967, his second wife, Mildred...

Jan 8, 2012

Waynesville, Eva McClure Gregory, age 86, of Iron Duff Road, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at McCracken Rest Home. A native and life-long resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Maggie Downs Park. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, James Denton...

Jan 8, 2012

Waynesville-William Eugene "Gene" Sutton, age 78, of Kentucky Avenue, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Mission Hospitals-Memorial Campus. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Ervin and Addie Mae Smith Sutton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters; Verndena Hayes and Vertie Stamey; and...

Jan 7, 2012

Clyde, Sally Fulbright Plemmons, age 81, of 304 Justice Drive, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Haywood and Nancy Jane McDaniel Fulbright. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, the...

Jan 6, 2012

Clyde, Harold E. Chambers, age 79, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2012 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native and life-long resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late James Edward and Valrea Fowler Chambers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an aunt, Lucille Rathbone, an uncle, Rufus...

Jan 5, 2012

Waynesville, Wanda Lund Early, 63, passed away at her home in Waynesville, North Carolina on Thursday evening, January 5, 2012. A native of Haywood County, Wanda grew up on her family's dairy farm in the Crabtree Community of Waynesville, North Carolina, just west of Asheville. She is perhaps best known as the widow of Dewayne "Tiny" Lund,...

Jan 4, 2012

Clyde, Geraldine Messer Wood, 84, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2012, with her family by her side, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. She was born September 17, 1927 to Grady and Jessie Noland Messer of the Crabtree community and in 1950, she married the love of her life, James Robert Wood. After graduating from Crabtree-Ironduff High School...

Jan 4, 2012

Walter Ervin Ward, age 81, of George's Branch Road, died on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at his residence. A native of Madison County, he was the son of Herman and Addie Buckner Ward. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Connie Wilde and Hazel Rice; and a brother, Raymond Ward. He was a 1949 graduate...