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.
Gene Rogers
Nov 3, 2008
Gene McLain Rogers, age 76, died Monday, November 3, 2008, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Ernest McLain and Lena Leatherwood Rogers. He was preceded in death by a son Stuart Rogers, who died in 1997 and a brother, Lewis Rogers. He was...
Evelyn Clark
Nov 3, 2008
Nora Evelyn Davis Clark, age 82, died Monday, November 3, 2008, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late James Robert and Dorothy Huffman Davis and Kenneth Noah and Grace Forrester. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. C. Clark; a daughter, Linda...
James Robertson
Nov 3, 2008
James Leroy "Dickie" Robertson, age 67, died Monday, November 3, 2008, at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of Savannah Lusk Robertson and the late William G. "Slim" Robertson. He was employed with Bonitz Company for more than 20 years as a roofer. James loved watching NASCAR, football, baseball,...
Louise Rathbone
Nov 2, 2008
Waynesville, Louise Messer Rathbone, age 88, of Monta Vista Drive, died on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, and was the daughter of the late James and Sally Vess Messer. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Frank C. Rathbone who died...
Frances Hart
Nov 2, 2008
Lake Junaluska, NC – Frances Cobb Hart, 79, of 48 Hart Lane, died on November 2, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late C. Ernest and Mary Elliott Cobb of Lake Junaluska, NC and Seminole Florida. Frances was a graduate of St. Petersburg High School and Wesleyan College, Macon, GA. Most...
Warren Stiles
Nov 1, 2008
Warren Lee Stiles, age 53, died Saturday, November 1, 2008, at Asheville Speciality Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of Don Stiles of Canton and the late Glenna Warren Stiles. He was presently employed with Evergreen Packaging and a member of Canton First United Methodist Church. He was a 1973...
Edward Zane
Oct 31, 2008
Waynesville, Edward Joseph Zane, age 84, of Grey Fox Lane, died on Friday, October 31, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Camden, New Jersey. Edward lived in Cherry Hill, NJ and had resided in Haywood County for the past 19 years. He was the son of the late Howard and Helen Soistman...
Harry O'Rear
Oct 30, 2008
Waynesville, Harry Barron O'Rear, age 88, of Calhoun Ridge Drive, died on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at his residence after a brief illness. Dr. O'Rear was born in Jasper, AL on June 26, 1920, the son of the late Schley O'Rear and Grace Boshell O'Rear. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Jean O'Rear Pickett...
Thomas Surrett
Oct 30, 2008
Thomas "Tom" Vaughn Surrett, age 67, of Rhoda Street died Thursday, October 30, 2008, at VA Medical Center. A native of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Sherman and Helen Greene Surrett. He retired from Norfolk Southern Railway with 30 years of service as a conductor. He was a member and deacon of Ridgeway...
Gertrude Hardin
Oct 29, 2008
Gertrude Mangogna Hardin, age 88, died Wednesday, October 29, 2008, at the Brian Center in Hendersonville. A native of New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Josephine Mangogna. She was preceded in death by her husband, DeVere L. Hardin; three brothers, Peter, James, and Frank Mangogna; four sisters, Margaret DeSio, Betty Budzinski,...
Horace Medley
Oct 28, 2008
Waynesville, Horace Samuel Medley, age 81, of 87 Medley Drive, died on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at his residence. A native of Thomaston, Georgia, he had resided in Winter Garden, Clermont, and Crystal River, Florida before moving to Haywood County in 1993. He was preceded in death by a son, Horace Lee Medley, who died in 1999....
Max Rhinehart
Oct 28, 2008
Max Anthony "Tony" Rhinehart, age 63, of Dutch Cove Road, a devout Christian, who gave so much to so many, passed away peacefully at home on October 28, 2008, after a long battle with Crohn's disease. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Robert Lee Suel and Nellie Wilson...
Lucinda Maxwell
Oct 25, 2008
Waynesville, Lucinda Elvira Doering Maxwell, age 98, of the Hazelwood community, died Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of South Dakota and had lived in Santa Barbara, CA prior to living in Haywood County for 50 years. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Doering and...
Garey Wagner, Sr.
Oct 25, 2008
Hazelwood, Garey Gilbert Wagner, Sr., age 67 of Brown Avenue, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2008 after a long and hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Born September 30, 1941 in Honolulu, Hawaii to the late Gilbert and Theresa Wagner, his father was a baker in the Navy. Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, all civilians were...
Clifford Wilson
Oct 24, 2008
Clifford Wilson, age 86, of 699 Justice Ridge Road, died Friday, October 24, 2008 at John F. Keever Solace Center. A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Edwin and Anna Detheridge Wilson. He was preceded in death by four sisters and four brothers. Clifford retired from Champion International with 45 years of...
Mary Burnette
Oct 24, 2008
Mary Sue Branson Burnette, age 91, died Friday, October 24, 2008 at her daughter's residence. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Alfred Washington and Lillie Miller Melton. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Gordon Lee Branson, who died in 1988; her second husband, Clayton Burnette, who died in...
Loran Williams
Oct 23, 2008
Maggie Valley, Loran Oscar Williams, age 88, of Maggie Valley and Wilton Manors, Florida, passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at his residence. A native of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, he was the son of the late Raymond A. and Marie Jung Williams. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ellen...
Rafaelina Navarro
Oct 23, 2008
Waynesville, Rafaelina Carrillo Navarro, age 89, of Cruso Road, died on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Humacao, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of the late Felipe and Inés Carrillo. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joaquin Navarro; two brothers, Luis and Juan...
Ann Hill
Oct 22, 2008
Waynesville, Ann Kuykendall Hill, age 76, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Kuykendall and Bonnie Messer Plemmons. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Dow Hill, who died October 24, 2005, two sisters...
Winnie Walker
Oct 22, 2008
Winnie Joyce Walker, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late James Edwin and Mary Hipps Walker. Joyce was employed by Champion International as systems engineer and was a member of Clyde First Baptist Church. She is survived by one...
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