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.
Deborah Bumgarner
May 25, 2006
Deborah Fortner Bumgarner, age 53, of Upper Glady Fork Road, died Thursday, May 25, 2006, at her residence. She was a native of Iredell County, NC and had resided in Buncombe County for the last 32 years and was the daughter of Harry Fortner of Statesville and Martha Gillis Duncan and her husband, Jim, of Hiddnite, NC....
Rachel Green
May 24, 2006
Waynesville-Rachel Lucinda James Green, age 81, of the Fines Creek Community, went to be with Jesus on Tuesday, May 23, 2006. Born on July 27, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Larry and Doshie James. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 44 years, Arthur Green, who always stood by her side;...
Lewis Messer
May 24, 2006
Lewis Hardin "Red" Messer, age 83, of 6 Starnes Cove Drive, died Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at Aston Park Health Care Center. He was a native of Haywood County and the son of the late Charlie and Sara Lee Messer. He retired from Coca-Cola with 38 years of service in 1985 as a salesman. Mr. Messer was...
Margaret Hall
May 23, 2006
Margaret Haynes Hall, age 90, formerly Caring Place Loop, died on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at Stroud Nursing Home in Marietta, South Carolina. She was the daughter of the late W.V. and Georgia Cockrell Haynes, Sr. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Oscar Hall, who died in 1998; one son, Alan Duane Hall,...
Robert Henson
May 23, 2006
Robert Lee Henson, age 72, died Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late Rufus and Bessie Wooten Henson. He was preceded in death by a brother, James Weldon Henson and a sister, Hilda Henson Mann. He retired from Champion...
Thomas Rogers, Jr.
May 22, 2006
Thomas Hugh Rogers, Jr., age 92, of 120 Pleasant Hill Road died Monday, May 22, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late, Thomas Hugh Rogers, Sr. and Gertrude McCracken Rogers. He was preceded in death by an infant son, William Rogers; two...
Jerome Clark
May 22, 2006
Jerome Johnson "Spider" Clark, age 79, died Monday, May 22, 2006, at Canton Christian Convalescent Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late Joshua and Ethel Grogan Clark. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Jane Chapman Clark who died in 1999. He is survived by...
James Summey
May 22, 2006
James "Jim" Evert Summey, age 66, of North Canton Road died Monday, May 22, 2006, at Haywood Regional Medical. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late Howard and Ella Grooms Summey. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles and Gene Summey and a sister, Ethel Stamey....
Myrgle James
May 21, 2006
Crabtree- Myrgle Mattie Parker James, 94, of 173 Bud's Drive, went home to her Heavenly Father on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was born in Haywood County on October 11, 1911; she was the daughter of Dan and Laura Matthews Parker. Mrs. James worked at Crabtree-Iron Duff School Cafeteria for twenty years....
Sue Smathers
May 18, 2006
Susan (Sue) Woody Smathers, 88, of 1634 Dutch Cove Road passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Thursday, May 18, 2006. She had been a resident of Autumn Care Nursing Home since 2002. She was a native of Madison County NC, but had been a resident of Haywood County since 1956. She was a daughter of...
Juanita Trantham
May 16, 2006
Clyde-Juanita Trantham, age 71, of 113 Mountain View Street, died on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at the Brian Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of Georgia Duckett Trantham and the late Clyde Trantham who died in 1991. She was owner/operator of Kiddieland Daycares of Clyde and Canton and was a member of Emanuel...
Edwin Snead
May 14, 2006
Waynesville, NC-Edwin Mabbette Snead, age 85, passed away on May 14, 2006, at his home in Balsam, NC after a brief illness. Born in Daytona Beach, he practiced architecture for more than 40 years in Daytona Beach as a partner in the firm of McDonald, Craig and Snead, which designed and served as construction administrators for such...
Robert Palen
May 13, 2006
Robert Clifton "Cliff" Palen, age 42, of Julia Lane, Maggie Valley, died Saturday, May 13, 2006, at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and survived by his parents, Robert G. Palen of Franklin and Henrietta King Palen of Clyde. Cliff is also survived by his fiancé, Jennifer Cordevant of Maggie Valley;...
Geneva Davis
May 12, 2006
Waynesville-Geneva L. Davis, age 74, of Camp Branch Road, died Friday, May 12, 2006 at the Brian Center of Waynesville. She was a native of Florida and had spent her summers in Haywood County for the last 40 years. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Sherman, James, Lewis, and Arthur Lee Davis, and two sisters...
Vera Miller
May 11, 2006
Vera Rogers Miller, age 98, of Trammel Avenue died Thursday May 11, 2006, at The Brian Center of Waynesville. Vera was a native of Clay County, Alabama and was the daughter of the late Walter and Leola Brooks Rogers. She was preceded in death by her husbands, George D. Thomason, who died in 1934, and Clyde E....
Addie Brookshire
May 11, 2006
Canton-Addie Nell Ledford Brookshire, age 83 of Cresent Loop died Thursday, May 11, 2006 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Obed and Helen Hicks Ledford. She was preceded in death by her husband Garland William Brookshire who died in 1986. Mrs....
Connie Ball
May 10, 2006
Connie Lynn Ball, of Candler, North Carolina, crossed over to continue her journey on Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at the John F. Keever Solace Center. Born June 1st, 1967 in Asheville, Connie was the youngest of four children of Joe and Mary Toledo Whitt Ball of Candler. She resided in the Leicester, Arden, and Candler communities of...
Clarence Plemmons
May 9, 2006
Clarence Ron Plemmons, age 59, of 27 Walnut Ridge Road died Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center in Asheville. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of Clarence R. Plemmons and the late Jency M. Plemmons. He retired from Square D as a maintenance technician with 34...
Cora Medford
May 9, 2006
Canton - Cora Maggie Wilson Medford, age 85, of Dutch Cove died Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Piedmont, SC and the daughter of the late Lennie and Lula Nicholson Wilson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lane Wesley Medford, who died in 2004, and numerous brothers...
Joy Haynes
May 9, 2006
Clyde- Joy Lee Ferguson Haynes- age 73 of 81 Wiley Haynes Drive died Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at St. Joseph Hospital due to complications from a brain aneurysm. She was a native of Alexandria, Virginia but had resided in Haywood County since 1968 after coming from Asheville. She was a daughter of the late Gorman and Mary...
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