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.
William Sanford
Mar 11, 2009
Waynesville, William Douglas Sanford, age 58, of 447 Red Maple Drive, died on Wednesday, March 11, 2009. A native of Gibson County, Tennessee, he was the son of Nell Sanders Sanford and the late Robert Sanford. He is a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War and a former employee of Suburban Propane. He most recently was...
Lucille Parker
Mar 11, 2009
Lucille Haney Parker, age 99, went home to be with the Lord, one day after her 99th birthday, surrounded by family and friends on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Joseph and Anna Lou Ellen Mathis Haney. She...
William Rouser
Mar 10, 2009
William Keith "Bill" Rouser, age 52, passed away peacefully at his home. A native of Orlando, Florida, he had lived most of his adult life in Haywood County. He was the son of the late Gene Rouser and Nell Mason. He was a Tuscola High School and Western Carolina University Graduate. Billy enjoyed nature and the mountains...
Pauline Rigdon
Mar 10, 2009
Pauline Cole Rigdon, age 97, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at the Carriage Club. A native of Swain County, born on March 30, 1911, the daughter of the late John Ransom Logan Cole and Margaret Gossett Cole. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Mitchel Rigdon, Sr., who died on October 10, 2001; two brothers,...
Della Smathers
Mar 9, 2009
Waynesville, Margaret Della Jenkins Smathers, age 79, went home to be with the Lord, on Monday, March 9, 2009 at Autumn Care Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Oliver Parker and Vinnie Virginia Davis Jenkins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Margie Smiley
Mar 9, 2009
Margie Virginia Gentry Smiley, age 85, died Monday, March 9, 2009 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late J.B. and Mary Loretta Plemmons Gentry. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Smiley, who died in 1985; one son, Ernest Lee Smiley; four sisters; and two...
Margaret Rogers
Mar 9, 2009
Waynesville, Margaret Sara Rogers, 84, of Columbia, Maryland and formerly of Waynesville and Crabtree, North Carolina, passed away March 9, 2009 at the residence of her daughter in Columbia, MD. She was a native of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Frank L. and Willie B. Medford Rogers and was the wife of the...
Mattie Comans
Mar 8, 2009
Waynesville, Mattie Lee Comans, age 79, of 159 Hendrix Street, died on Sunday, March 8, 2009 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Philadelphia, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Randall and Angie Franklin Dunn. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Hill Comans; one daughter,...
William West
Mar 8, 2009
William Jeffrey "Jeff" West, age 51, died unexpectedly from post surgery complications on Sunday, March 8, 2009, at Mission Hospitals - Memorial Campus. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was a 1976 graduate of Pisgah High School and a 1980 graduate of Mars Hill College with a BS degree in Sociology. He was employed...
Hilda Gant
Mar 8, 2009
Hilda Howell Gant, age 91, died Sunday, March 8, 2009 at her residence surrounded by her family. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late George and Florence Kuykendall Howell. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wiley Gant, who died in 1996; a grandson, Tracey Lane Roberts; two sisters; and three...
Mary Finney
Mar 8, 2009
Waynesville, Mary Gennelle Finney, age 87, died on Sunday, March 8, 2009 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Reverend Bert Finney and Nora Chapman Finney. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by one brother, J.W. "Buck" Finney, Sr. She was an...
William Howell
Mar 6, 2009
Waynesville, William Alan Howell, age 22, of 175 Opal Court, died on Friday, March 6, 2009 at Mission Hospital. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of William M. Howell and the late Roxie Woody Howell. He was also preceded in death by his grandmother, Lottie Conard and grandfather, Millard Howell. He was employed in...
Clyde Mcfalls
Mar 6, 2009
Waynesville, Clyde L. McFalls, age 61, died on Friday, March 6, 2009 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Jackson County, he had lived in Haywood County most of his life. He was the son of the late Weldon and Mary McFalls. He was a former employee of A.C. Lawrence Leather Company and enjoyed hunting and...
Charles Milner, Jr.
Mar 5, 2009
Waynesville, Charles Thomas "Tommy" Milner, Jr., age 50 of 31 Paralee Lane, died Thursday, March 5, 2009 at the Brian Center of Waynesville. He was born in Newport News, VA and had resided in Haywood County since 1971. He was preceded in death by his father Charles Thomas Milner and his grandfather Sam Milner. He was a...
Paul Parello
Mar 4, 2009
Maggie Valley, Paul Robert Parello, age 45 of 292 Sheepback Mountain Road, died Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Plainfield, NJ and former resident of St. Cloud, FL, and resided in Haywood County, NC for the past three years. He was the son of Stella Shern Parello of Boynto...
Edna Muse
Mar 4, 2009
Waynesville, Edna Faye Ensley Muse, age 79, of 1750 Plott Creek Road, died Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at her residence. She was born in Jackson County and had resided most of her life in Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Claude Parris and Bertie Bryson Ensley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Rita Heiler
Mar 3, 2009
Canton- Rita Charboneau Heiler, age 88, of Dix Creek Road, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at her residence. A native of Jackson, MI she had resided in Gaylord, MI and had lived in Haywood County since 1983. She was the daughter of the late Bernard and Helen Jensen Charboneau. In addition to her parents she was preceded...
Jesse Tanyer
Mar 3, 2009
Clyde, Jesse Thomas Tanyer, age 68 went home to be with Jesus, Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at his residence. Throughout his lifetime he had lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida. He was the son of the late Kenneth and Martha Ewing Tanyer and was also preceded in death by a sister, Marty Magruer and a...
Sandra Zander
Mar 2, 2009
Waynesville, Sandra L. Zander, age 68, of Eagles Nest Road, died Monday, March 2, 2009 at her residence. She was a native of Brookville, Ohio and had lived in Haywood County for the past 15 years. She was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Neva Razor Shellabarger and was also preceded in death by her husband...
Earl Gribble
Mar 2, 2009
Greenville, SC, Earl Robert Gribble, 87, of Greenville, formerly of Waynesville, N.C., died on Monday, March 2 at McCall Hospice House. He was born in Towns County Georgia in 1921, son of the late Ralph S. Gribble and Georgia Ledford Gribble. He was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Virginia Maness Gribble, and a son, Rondal...
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