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.
Christine Quarles
Jul 5, 2011
Christine Young Quarles, 90, of Asheville, passed away July 5, 2011. She was born in Heath Springs, SC to the late Charlie Ross and Laura Adams Young and had lived in Buncombe County since childhood. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; brothers, Charles, Jack and Joe and sister, Carol Holcombe. She...
Paul Hoffman
Jul 4, 2011
Paul K. Hoffman, age 91, passed away on July 4, 2011. He died from end stage Parkinson's disease after suffering for 5 years though valiantly fought to live his life as normally as possible. Mr. Hoffman was born on January 4, 1920 in Skippack, PA. He has been a resident in Clyde, NC for the past 17...
Herman Towe
Jun 30, 2011
Herman Luther Towe, age 91, died on Thursday, June 30, 2011, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Charlie and Rosa Lee Long Towe. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eloise Presley Towe; three sisters, Mae Cole, Meda Rogers, and Emma Wright; and two brothers,...
Blanche Kemp
Jun 28, 2011
Blanche Ingle Kemp, 83, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Conard Plato and Lettie Louisa King Ingle. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Steve Sutton, who died in 2007; three sisters and...
James Bradshaw
Jun 27, 2011
Waynesville, James William Billy Jim Bradshaw, age 83, of Bradshaw Road, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2011 at MedWest Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, he had resided in Pasadena, Texas, before returning to Haywood County in 1984. He was the son of the late Frank Davis and Ada Morrow Bradshaw. He attended...
Jim Denton
Jun 26, 2011
Jimmie D. "Jim" Denton, age 77, of Odiear Road, died on Sunday, June 26, 2011, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. He was a native of Jackson County and had resided in Haywood County most of his life. He was the son of the late Sam and Etta Gibson Denton. He was also preceded in death by three...
Jon Morgan
Jun 26, 2011
Jon Ray Morgan, age 75, died on Sunday, June 26, 2011, at MedWest – Haywood. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Jay W. and Eula Brown Morgan. He was also preceded in death by an infant sister. He retired from Champion International with 42 years of service and...
Joseph Mason, Jr.
Jun 25, 2011
Joseph C. Mason, Jr., age 74, died on Saturday, June 25, 2011, at Mission Hospitals – Memorial Campus. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of late Joseph and Lucille Clark Mason, Sr. He retired from Champion International in Waynesville with 39 years of service and was a member of Canton First...
Elizabeth Hilliard
Jun 23, 2011
Waynesville, Penelope Elizabeth Curry Hilliard, age 90, passed away on Thursday, June 24, 2011 at her residence. A native of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late George Brinton McClellan Curry and Agnes Alma Davis Curry and was also preceded in death by a brother, G.B. McClellan Curry. Due to her husband's employment with...
George Quinn, Sr.
Jun 23, 2011
Waynesville, George Robert Quinn, Sr., age 87, of Dolan Road, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 23, 2011. A native of Hudson County, New Jersey, he was a former resident of Port Richey, Florida before moving to Haywood County 12 years ago. He was the son of the late George and Mary Elizabeth Ryan Quinn and was...
Irene Cade
Jun 23, 2011
Irene L. Cade, 86, of Asheville, died Thursday, June 23, 2011. She was born in Bassett, VA to the late John A. and Rosalee Sigmond West. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Alfred Cade and son, Mark Cade. She is survived by her son, David and wife, Gina Renee Cade; daughter,...
Constance Hansen
Jun 20, 2011
Whittier, NC, Constance H. Hansen, age 91, of Holly Cove Road, passed away Monday, June 20, 2011 at Medwest-Harris Hospital in Sylva. A native of Gainesville, FL, she had lived in Atlanta, GA until moving to Jackson County in 1999. She was the daughter of the late Kelly and Ollie Hunt Higginbotham and was also preceded in...
Lillian Gaddy
Jun 19, 2011
Lillian Muse Gaddy, 84, of 265 Wiggins Road in Candler, passed away on Sunday, June 19, 2011, at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals in Asheville. A native of Buncombe County, she was born on July 14, 1926 to the late Lon Albert Muse, who died in 1960, and the late Ollie McFee Muse, who died in 1986....
Reverend Myers, Jr.
Jun 19, 2011
Asheville - The Reverend Horwood P. Myers, Jr., of Givens Estates Methodist Retirement Home, died on Sunday, June 19, 2011. Mr. Myers was born on April 20, 1916, in Onancock, Virginia, the second son of the Reverend Horwood P. Myers and Matilda Wynn Myers. Mr. Myers was preceded in death in 1999 by his wife, of 61...
James Prewitt
Jun 18, 2011
James William Prewitt, 86, of Barnardsville, passed away on Saturday, June 18. A native of Winchester, KY, he was a son of the late Hairm Q. and Ida Belle Dermy Prewitt. Prior to moving to Barnardsville in 1979, he had been a resident of York County, VA. James served in the US Army for 20 years, retiring as a...
Christy Grogan
Jun 18, 2011
Christy Leigh Grogan, age 35, met her heavenly Father on Saturday morning, June 18, 2011 in Hiawassee, Georgia. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of Larry Dean and Jennifer Crisp Grogan. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, William Ralph Grogan and Madge Smathers Grogan; maternal grandfather, Cromer Lee Crisp, Sr., and...
Viola Sutton
Jun 16, 2011
Viola Marie Sutton, 85, of Canton, passed away June 16, 2011. A resident of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Collie and Nola Mae Sutton Payne. She is survived by her husband, Bruce K. Sutton; son, Kenneth Sutton; daughter, Wanda Carver and husband, Michael; brothers, Leonard, Bobby and Alfred Payne; sister, Maxine Smith and three grandchildren...
Lucille Smith
Jun 16, 2011
Lucille Worley Smith, age 77, passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2011 at Canton Christian Convalescent Center. A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Howard Estes and Ruby Lee King Worley. She graduated from Leicester High School in 1952 and was a member of High Street Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Oberia Cole
Jun 14, 2011
Mrs. Celia Oberia Warren Cole, 97, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Bermuda Commons in Davie County, North Carolina, where she lived during the past year. Oberia was born on December 9, 1913, in Candler, daughter of the late Charles Leslie Warren and Watie Lou Jackson. She was the devoted wife of Otis Wilson Cole,...
Louise Shuler
Jun 14, 2011
Clyde, Louise Jane Keener Shuler, age 67, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Joseph and Lillie Martha Strickland Keener. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her grandparents, Marion and Leona Allison Keener and George and...
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