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.

Eva Moody

Eva Moody

Jun 12, 2008

Waynesville, Eva Lou Ledford Moody, age 71, of 219 Killian Street, died on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at her residence. A native and lifetime resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Mollie Fish Ledford. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant son, Jackie Moody; two...

Grover Parham

Grover Parham

Jun 11, 2008

Grover Posey Parham of Jenkins Road died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Ernie and Gertrude Worley Parham. He retired from the Town of Canton with 25 years of service and was a member of Beaverdam Baptist Church. He...

Mark Conner

Mark Conner

Jun 11, 2008

Mark Dewayne Conner, age 45, died Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of Enlow and Nina Reece Conner. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Idella and Lawrence Reece and Pearl and Brownlow Conner. Mark loved spending time with his...

Ronald Boynton

Ronald Boynton

Jun 9, 2008

Maggie Valley, Ronald "Ronnie" Boynton, age 31, of 544 Black Camp Gap Road, died on Monday, June 9, 2008 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Broward County, Florida, he was the son of Ronald Roy Boynton, Sr. and Margaret Ann May Boynton of Clyde. He was owner and operator of Rapid Ron's Plumbing. In addition to...

Mary Rogers

Mary Rogers

Jun 7, 2008

Waynesville, Mary Elizabeth Nunn Rogers, age 84, died Saturday, June 7, 2008 at Autumn Care Nursing Home in Waynesville. She was a native of Lenoir County, NC and had lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Davis Boone Rogers; a daughter, Linda R. Smith; a sister, Eloise Collins...

Robert Woodlief

Robert Woodlief

Jun 6, 2008

Waynesville, Robert E. Woodlief, age 64, of Apple Creek Road, died on Friday, June 6, 2008, at Memorial Mission Hospital. He was a native of Franklin County, NC and a former resident of Hollywood, FL and had lived in Haywood County for the past 15 years. He was a retired paint fabricator for Sun Stream Jet Center...

Jeptha Smathers

Jeptha Smathers

Jun 3, 2008

Jeptha Thomas "J. T." Smathers, age 87, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late A. F. and Daisy Medford Smathers. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Donna S. Sutton and an infant son, William Ralph Smathers. He...

Ethel Ledbetter

Ethel Ledbetter

Jun 3, 2008

Ethel Watts Ledbetter, age 79, of Hill Top Road, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Macon County, she was a daughter of the late William and Josephine Evett Watts. She was preceded in death by her husband, McKinley Bryson Ledbetter, who died November 14, 2007. Ethel was a member of...

Barbara Clauser

Barbara Clauser

Jun 2, 2008

Waynesville, Barbara Kay Manus Clauser, age 71, of 172 Liberty Road, died on Monday, June 2, 2008 at her residence. A native of Logan County, IL, she was a former resident of Akron, OH, Omaha, NE, Columbia, SC and Charlotte, NC and had lived in Haywood County since 1992. She was the daughter of the late Carl...

Catherine Stamey

Catherine Stamey

Jun 1, 2008

Leicester, Catherine Burnette Stamey, age 91, died at Silver Bluff Nursing Home on Sunday, June 1, 2008. She was a native of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Gaston and Ossie Anders Burnette. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Hilliard Stamey, who died in 2002; one son, Dennis Stamey; three sisters,...

Heather Reid

Heather Reid

Jun 1, 2008

Candler, Heather Elizabeth Barrineau Reid, age 30, of Candler, passed away after a long courageous battle with cancer on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at Duke University Hospital. She was a native of and lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was the daughter of Janet Kimball Camlin and her husband, Wally, of Waynesville and the...

William Jones

William Jones

Jun 1, 2008

Waynesville, Lucius Jones, age 69, died on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the John F. Keever Solice Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Frank and Reba Bramlette Jones. He was a self-employed farmer. He is survived by several cousins. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m....

Judy Young

Judy Young

Jun 1, 2008

Maggie Valley, Judith "Judy" Ann Dickerson Young, age 65, of Columbine Lane, died on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at her residence. A native of Tuscumbia, Missouri, she had resided in Atlanta before moving to Haywood County in 1999. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Grace Snelling Dickerson. In addition to her parents, she was...

Ralph Phillips

Ralph Phillips

May 30, 2008

Waynesville, Ralph Phillips, age 81, of Hillside Terrace, died Friday, May 30, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and was the son of the late Arthur and Marietta Ray Phillips. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Judy Phillips, who died in 1996; five sisters:...

William Morgan

William Morgan

May 29, 2008

William Ernest "Ernie" Morgan, age 49, died Thursday, May 29, 2008 at Memorial Mission Hospital Campus. He was a native of Buncombe County and a son of Mary Abel Morgan of Fernandina Beach, FL and the late Charlie Morgan. Ernie was employed by Ward Piano Company for the past 25 years and he attended Canton Freewill Baptist...

Linda Trull

Linda Trull

May 29, 2008

Linda Mason Trull, age 59, died Thursday, May 29, 2008 at St. Joseph Hospital Campus. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was a daughter of U.L. and Dorothy "Dot" Lankford Mason. She was preceded in death by a brother, William Doug Mason. Linda was a member of Canton Freewill Baptist Church where she played...

Isabell Randall

Isabell Randall

May 28, 2008

Isabell Revis Randall, age 83, of Brown Road, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at St. Joseph Hospital. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Jess and Reldy Revis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Wilson Smith, who died in 1958; two sons, Samuel W. and Roger Lee Smith; and...

Ruby Cunningham

Ruby Cunningham

May 27, 2008

Waynesville, Ruby Brannen Cunningham, age 98, died at Haywood Lodge and Retirement Center on Tuesday, May 27, 2008. A native of Bulloch County, Georgia, she was the youngest daughter of eleven children of the late Edmond Alexander and Julia Annabelle Franklin Brannen. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William S....

Flora Davis

Flora Davis

May 26, 2008

Waynesville, Flora Henrietta Bridges Davis, age 103, passed away May 26, 2008 at her residence.

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Lawrence Massie

Lawrence Massie

May 25, 2008

Lawrence Van Massie, age 88, died peacefully Sunday, May 25, 2008 at his residence. Born in Haywood County on August 30, 1919, he was the son of the late Garfield and Arbie Radford Massie. He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Alma Medford Massie; two sisters, and three brothers. Lawrence was a United...

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