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.
Bernadette Clancy
Mar 3, 2008
Waynesville, Mrs. Bernadette Clancy made her transition on March 3, 2008 at Harris Regional Medical Center at the age of 90. Mrs. Clancy lived most of her life in Saratoga County in upstate, New York. She was moved by family to NC in May of 2007 to be close to family. She was preceded in death by...
Henry Bartram
Mar 3, 2008
Waynesville, Henry "Hank" Bartram, age 64, of 52 Meadowview Circle, died on Monday, March 3, 2008 at Autumn Care Nursing Home. A native of Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Austin and Mary Kampt Bartram. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Mehaffey Bartram who died three weeks...
Jimmy Jones
Mar 2, 2008
Lake Junaluska, Reverend Dr. James "Jimmy" Sanford Jones, age 80, died on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at his residence. A native of Selma, Alabama, he was the son of the late Samuel Robert and Irene Easters Jones. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Daniel Jones. Reverend Jones was a retired...
Anne Chaffee
Mar 2, 2008
Waynesville, Anne Wilbanks Chaffee, age 99, died on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Dalton, Georgia, she had lived in Haywood County for the past 18 years. She was the daughter of the late Meddie Mansfield Wilbanks and Ida Beck Wilbanks. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Mildred Taylor
Mar 1, 2008
Mildred Wilde Taylor, age 80, was born February 23, 1928 and went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 1, 2008 after succumbing to an unexpected illness during a recent hospitalization. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a daughter of Bertie Battles Wilde and the late, William Gentry "Shorty"...
Harold Cogburn
Feb 29, 2008
Las Vegas, NV – Harold T. Cogburn, age 80, died Saturday, February 29, 2008 at Kindred Hospital of Las Vegas. A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Joseph E. and Mary Hipps Cogburn and was preceded in death by a brother, Roy Cogburn. He was retired from the Coast Guard as a...
David Miller
Feb 28, 2008
David Michael (Mike) Miller, age 53, went to be with the Lord Thursday, February 28, 2008. He was a native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County and a son of the late Floyd Miller and Mairl Pressley. Mike thoroughly enjoyed fishing, cooking and working for the Asheville Fire Department. He loved watching Carolina football and basketball. He...
Frankie Nicholson
Feb 26, 2008
Frankie Lee Nicholson, age 77, died Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at Memorial Mission Hospital. She was a native of Buncombe County and the daughter of the late Frank and Ada Capps Nicholson. She was also preceded in death by a son, Leon Frank Nicholson. She is survived by a grandson, Ronnie Nicholson of Candler; two sisters June...
Charles Burris
Feb 25, 2008
Waynesville, Charles Ray Burris, age 71, of Allens Creek Road, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 25, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Graham County, he was the son of the late Ferrell Joseph and Vinnas Elizabeth Mashburn Burris. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Joseph Woodrow...
Yun Johnson
Feb 25, 2008
Yun Son Johnson, age 70, died Monday, February 25, 2008, at the Summitt in Hermitage, TN. She was the daughter of the late Tong Man Han and Pong Son Paek and was also preceded in death by her father-in-law, Lawton M. Johnson. She is survived by her husband, Charles E. Johnson of Hermitage, TN; a daughter, Jackie...
Roy Price
Feb 24, 2008
Roy Carlton Price, age 71, died Sunday, February 24, 2008 at Emerald Ridge in Woodfin. He was a native of Catawba County and the son of the late Clyde Clayton and Ada Perry Price. He retired from Ingles Food Warehouse with 20 years of service and attended the Church of God of Prophecy. He was a United...
Ann Williams
Feb 21, 2008
Ann Chancy Williams, age 83, died Thursday, February 21, 2008, at The Elizabeth House of Four Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in Flat Rock. She was a native of Hartford, AL and had resided in Haywood County for the past 57 years. She was the daughter of the late Philip L. and Mary Slocum Chancy. She was...
Eula Ford
Feb 21, 2008
Eula Childers Ford, age 94, dear mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully at Silver Bluff Nursing Home on Thursday, February 21, 2008, after a brief period of declining health following a fall on February 3. She was born on May 19, 1913, in the Connelly's Creek area of Swain County to Alden and Margaret Kimsey Childers....
Margaret Wunderle
Feb 20, 2008
Waynesville, Margaret Wunderle, age 94, passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Born on May 19, 1913, she was a former resident of New Brunswick, NJ and Stuart, FL and had lived in Waynesville with her daughter since 1995. She was preceded in death by her husband, Emil Wunderle. She was a member of the Bayard Street...
Geneva Pressley
Feb 19, 2008
Geneva Watson Pressley, age 88, died Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the daughter of the late Bazz and Ada Sheppard Watson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jennings Pressley, who died in 1965; two sons, Larry Dale and R. J....
Floyd Gunter
Feb 19, 2008
Waynesville, Floyd E. Gunter, age 74, died Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at Autumn Care. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Larry and Oberia Smathers Gunter and was also preceded in death by two sisters; Pauline Gunter and Faye Hawkins and six brothers, Lewis, Lloyd, Bob, Coy, Hughey and Clyde Gunter. He...
Edith Dotson
Feb 18, 2008
Edith Medford Dotson, age 86, of the Thickety Community, died Monday, February 18, 2008 at Haywood Christian Convalescent Center after a brief illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late, Wilson Richard and Dixie Marie Sorrells Medford. Edith was a lifetime member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and...
Robert King
Feb 17, 2008
Canton—Robert L. King, age 65, of Redland Circle, died on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Robert King and Rubenia Hatchett Overman. He was a self-employed logger. He enjoyed woodworking and crafting dulcimers. Robert enjoyed gardening and flowers and also enjoyed going...
Betty Ensley
Feb 17, 2008
Sylva—Isabelle Coward Ensley, age 85, of the Balsam Community, passed away on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Jackson County, she was a previous resident of Pasadena, Texas before returning to Jackson County. She was the daughter of the late George Benjamin and Nannie Phillips Coward. In addition to her parents,...
Juanita Kilby
Feb 17, 2008
Juanita Pressley Kilby, age 60, of the Burnette Cove community, went home to be with her Lord Jesus, Sunday, February 17, 2008 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, born January 24, 1948 to the late Joe and Ruby Rogers Pressley. In addition to her parents, she was...
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