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.
Lt. Roberson
Jan 19, 2008
Canton, Lt. Michael Lee Roberson, age 53, of Sharptown Road, died Saturday, January 19, 2008, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a son of Shirley Wilson Roberson of Canton and the late Kenneth Roberson. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Troy and Louise Wilson. After...
David Penland
Jan 19, 2008
Waynesville-David "Bud" Penland, age 77, died Saturday, January 19, 2008 at Canton Christian Convalscent Center. He was a native of Haywood County and was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel Hugh and Florence Lenoir York Penland and two sisters, Lura Penland and Billie Frances Penland. Bud was a member of Bethel Presbyterian Church. He is survived...
James Heinz, Sr.
Jan 18, 2008
Waynesville—James David "J.D." Heinz, Sr., age 73, died Friday, January 18, 2008 at his residence. He was a native of Macon County and grew up in Haywood County. He was the son of the late Evelyn Wilson Houser. J.D's life included a career in hairstyling, photography and later, automobile sales and management, retiring in 1996. He was...
Grady Johnson
Jan 17, 2008
Waynesville -- Grady Noal Johnson, age 90, of 68 Poplar Holler Road, died on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Russell Alexander and Eliza Louise Harrison Johnson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...
John Fitzgerald, Jr.
Jan 17, 2008
John Joseph Fitzgerald, Jr., age 58, of 105 Maple Leaf Lane, died Thursday, January 17, 2008, following a brief illness. He was a native of Walpole, MA and the son of the late John J. Fitzgerald, Sr. and Gertrude Frances O'Leary Fitzgerald. John grew up in Massachusetts and later moved to Florida and was employed by Florida...
Vonah Bumgarner
Jan 17, 2008
Candler–Vonah Lunsford Bumgarner, loving mother and grandmother, age 93, died Thursday, January 17, 2008 at John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center in Asheville. She was a native of Cherokee County and a daughter of the late Lawson and Dorcas Lovingood Lunsford. Vonah was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Bumgarner, who died in 1991; a son,...
Kathleen Smith
Jan 16, 2008
Kathleen Crane Smith went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 16, 2008. The daughter of the late Ephraim Oliver Crane and Tresia Saine Crane, she was born on May 7, 1920 in Dahlonega, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Mark Smith, two brothers, and three sisters. She was a member of...
Richard Green
Jan 15, 2008
Candler—Richard Odell Green, age 71, of South Brooks Cove Road, died on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at John F. Keever Solace Center. He was a native of Haywood County and had lived in Candler for the past 38 years. He was the son of the late Marion and Zannie Burgess Green. In addition to his parents, he...
Joe Haynes
Jan 15, 2008
Waynesville Joseph C. Haynes, age 86, of Crabtree Road, passed away peacefully after an extended illness on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Madison County, he was a lifelong resident of Haywood County. He was the son of the late Harley Estes and Virginia Lowe Haynes. In addition to his parents,...
Elsie Lowrance
Jan 14, 2008
Canton- Elsie Whitener Lowrance, age 94, died Monday, January 14, 2008 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. She was born October 9, 1913 to Robert Lee and Maggie B. Wilfong Whitener near Hickory, NC in the Bethel and Lion Community and was the wife of the late, Floyd Eugene “Ish” Lowrance who died in 1995. Elsie was a...
Billy Pearson
Jan 14, 2008
Waynesville, Billy Lambert Pearson, 80, of l65 Thomas Park, died on Monday, January 14, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Spruce Pine and raised in Waynesville. Bill was a former resident of Bridgeton, NJ and Old Saybrook, CT returning to Waynesville in 1972. He was the son of the late Edward Miles and Nora Jean...
Martha O'Diear
Jan 14, 2008
Martha Watkins O'Diear, age 94, of Abel Road died Monday, January 14, 2008 at her residence. She was a native of Monroe County, TN and a prior resident of Swain County and had resided in Haywood County since 1949. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Sarah Crisp Watkins. In addition to her parents, she...
Helen Owen
Jan 14, 2008
Waynesville - Helen Bryan Owen, age 89, of 267 Rolling Drive, died on Monday, January 14, 2008 at her residence. Born in Richmond, VA and reared in Wake Forest NC, she was the widow of W. Boyd Owen, M.D., a longtime Haywood County physician. She was the daughter of the late Daniel Bunyan and Affira Griffin Bryan....
Jeanne Baugh
Jan 12, 2008
Maggie Valley, NC - Jeanne Carol Baugh, age 80, died Saturday, January 12, 2008 at her residence. She was a native of Cincinnati, OH and lived in Mt. Healthy, OH her first 23 years. She lived in Dunedin, FL until she moved to Haywood County in 1999. She was the daughter of the late Carl and Bertha...
Rosa Mitchell
Jan 11, 2008
Waynesville - Rosa Lee Mitchell, age 95, died on Friday, January 11, 2008 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Copperhill, TN, she had resided in Haywood County since 1930. She was preceded in death by her first husband, John Mitchell, who died in 1955 and her second husband, Johnie Messer. She was an employee of...
Thomas Sheehan
Jan 11, 2008
Maggie Valley - Thomas Joseph "Tom" Sheehan, age 69, of 878 Dogwood Drive, died on Friday, January 11, 2008 at Duke University Hospital in Durham. Tom was the son of the late Maurice Joseph and Eileen McCarthy Sheehan and was very proud of his Irish heritage. He was a native and resident of Washington, DC. In addition...
Edgar Reece
Jan 11, 2008
Edgar Roland Reece, age 67, of Reece Ranch Road died Friday, January 11, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late C. M. Dow and Mabel Henson Reece. He retired in 2000 from Blue Ridge Paper Products with 25 years of service and...
Charles Franklin
Jan 10, 2008
Waynesville - Charles Richard Franklin, age 60, of Suttontown Road, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of late Robert Britt and Gladys Carver Franklin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Clarence...
Ruth Jackson
Jan 10, 2008
Waynesville—Ruth Mae Putnam Jackson, age 86, of Big Cove Road, died on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Marion and Maggie Green Putnam. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gabbie Jackson, who died in 1980;...
Bruce Morford
Jan 10, 2008
Waynesville - Bruce Dee Morford, age 57, of Florida and North Carolina, passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2008 surrounded by his family at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Newton, KS and resident of Satellite Beach, FL and Waynesville, NC. He was the son of Vivian Blankenship Morford of Burnet, TX and the...
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