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.
Joe Evans
Aug 27, 2006
Joe Sherman Evans, age 91, of 2225 Dutch Cove Road died Sunday, August 27, 2006, at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. He was a native of Haywood County and the son of the late, John and Etta Evans. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eva K. Evans, who died in 1996; two sisters, three brothers;...
Janice Smathers
Aug 27, 2006
Janice Louise Smathers, age 85, died Sunday, August 27, 2006, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. She was a native and life long resident of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Walter G. and Eva West Smathers. Ms. Smathers was a graduate of Clyde High School, Mars Hill Junior College and Western Carolina Teachers College....
Johnny Bonham
Aug 27, 2006
Johnny Franklin Bonham, age 68, died Sunday August 27, 2006, at his residence. He was the son of Ruby Pressley Bonham, of Canton, and the late Frank Bonham. He retired from International Paper in 1998 with 22 years of service. He also retired from the Air Force, having served in Korea and Vietnam and was a member...
Cordie Lovelace
Aug 27, 2006
Cordie Mae Caldwell Lovelace, age 85, of 160 Shelton Road, died Sunday, August 27, 2006 at the John F. Keever Jr. Solace Center in Asheville. She was born in Cocke County, TN and had lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late Reuben Allison and Sarah Sutton Caldwell and was...
Cora Devlin
Aug 26, 2006
Cora Lee Hargrove Curtis Devlin of Sandy Branch Road, died Saturday, August 26, 2006, at her home near Canton. She was a native of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Joseph A. and Mary Shook Hargrove. She was the widow of James Floyd "Flossie" Devlin and of Lt. John Frank Curtis, U.S. Army Air...
Margaret Evans
Aug 24, 2006
Margaret Danielson Evans, age 75, of Rice Cove Road, died Thursday, August 24, 2006, at North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. She was a native of Swain County and had resided in Haywood County for the past 22 years. She was the daughter of the late Ernest E. "Jake" and Hester Lila Danielson. She was preceded...
Edgar Plott
Aug 24, 2006
Edgar Norman "Buddy" Plott, age 89, died Thursday, August 24, 2006, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. He was a native of Haywood County and the son of the late James and Flora Kinsland Plott. He was preceded in death by five brothers, Hubert, Howard, Fred, Wayne, and Alvin Plott; two sisters, Annie Ledbetter and Elizabeth Potts. He...
Fred Coward
Aug 23, 2006
Waynesville-Fred Harris Coward, age 92, of Ratcliff Cove Road, passed away on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at Canton Christian Convalescent Center. A native of Madison County, he was the son of the late Pink and Rachel Harris Coward. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Plemmons Coward, who died in 2001; his daughter, Joyce...
Jane Blake
Aug 21, 2006
Jane Hartman Blake, age 38, died Monday, August 21, 2006, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Portland, OR and the daughter of Richard and Hazel Trull Hartman. She was a member of East Fork Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she is survived by two sons, Micheal Blake and Steven Blake and...
Gladys Robinson
Aug 21, 2006
Gladys Putnam Robinson, age 90, died Monday, August 21, 2006, at Pigeon Valley Rest Home. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the daughter of the late Joseph and Cora Pressley Putnam. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lucius Homer Robinson who died in 1989 and a grandson, Joseph Robinson. She...
Eugene Belt
Aug 21, 2006
Canton- Eugene Belt - age 70 of 4141 Thickety Road died Monday, August 21, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a son of the late Ray and Louise Norman Belt. He retired from Champion International in 2000 with 46 years of service. He is survived by...
Christine Eytcheson
Aug 19, 2006
Hot Springs-Christine Donna Parker Baxley Eytcheson, age 79, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, August 19, 2006 She was a native of Shelby County, KY and was the daughter of Lewis and Mae Tipton Parker. She was also preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters. She was a homemaker and a member of...
Bobby Caldwell
Aug 18, 2006
Waynesville-Bobby F. Caldwell, age 45, died Friday, August 18, 2006 at his residence. He was a native of Haywood County and was employed as a construction worker. He was the son of Hilda Bowen-Scheetz of Pompano Beach, FL and Jack D. and Hazel Caldwell of Waynesville. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister,...
Geraldine Hoglen
Aug 14, 2006
Asheville- Geraldine Smith Hoglen - age 67 died Monday, August 14, 2006 at St. Joseph Hospital. She was a native of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Lily Mae Mathis Green and step-father, Homer Green and Carl Columbus Smith and step-mother, Lela Stroupe Smith. Mrs. Hoglen was preceded in death by a step-sister, Mary Bradford....
Walter Hyatt, Jr.
Aug 14, 2006
Walter Stanley Hyatt, Jr., age 80, of Leicester, formally of Arden, NC, went to be with the Lord, Friday, August 11, 2006. He was the son of the late Walter Stanley and Augusta Hyatt Godfrey and the husband of the late Edith Brookshire Hyatt who died in 1997. He was also preceded in death by two brothers,...
Joseph Burnette
Aug 14, 2006
Joseph Edwin (Ed) Burnette, age 78, died Monday, August 14, 2006, at Mountain Area Hospice, John F. Keever Jr., Solace Center, in Asheville, NC. The son of the late Thomas Garland (Bill) Burnette and Mary Miller Burnette, Ed was born April 28, 1928. He grew up in Canton, and later lived in Waynesville and Clyde, but had...
Ray Mcclure
Aug 12, 2006
Waynesville-Ray McClure, age 73, died Saturday, August 12, 2006 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Houston and Etta Robinson McClure and was also preceded in death by a son, Ray Michael McClure, who died in 1985. He is survived by two daughters, Tracy "Beck" Hinson and her...
Corbette Connor
Aug 8, 2006
Canton- Corbette Dewayne "Bo" Connor- age 54 died Tuesday, August 08, 2006 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a son of the late Oakley and Dorothy Nelson Connor. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Oakley Worth Connor, Jr. Mr. Connor was employed by Haywood Tractor as...
Ray Deitz
Aug 7, 2006
Waynesville-Ray Deitz, age 83, of 64 Lake Drive, died on Monday, August 7, 2006, at his residence. A native of Jackson County, he was the son of the late Martin and Dessie Cogdill Deitz. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Mae Belle Wilson Deitz, who died in 1998. He...
Alvin Ballard
Aug 7, 2006
Canton- Alvin Jennings Ballard- age 71 of 2884 Old Asheville Highway, died Monday, August 7, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Buncombe County but had lived in Haywood County for 18 years. He was a son of the late Bill and May Belle Head Ballard. Mr. Ballard was employed by Asheville Fire...
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