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.
Karen Harvey
Nov 3, 2003
Karen Harvey Canton, Karen Lee Jackson Harvey, 51, of 16 Beaverdam Street passed away on Monday, November 3, 2003 at her home. She was a native of Long Beach, CA and is the daughter of Doug and Marlene Jackson. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by a daughter, Jennifer Sue Harvey who died in...
Ava Freeman
Nov 2, 2003
Ava S. Freeman Canton, Ava Sauders Freeman, 94, of 109 Home Place Trail died Sunday, November 2, 2003 at the Canton Christian Convalescent Center. She was a native of Caldwell County and had lived in Haywood County most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Saunders and was the widow of...
Zola Scott
Nov 2, 2003
Waynesville-Zola Richardson Scott, 90, died Sunday, November 2, 2003 at the home of her daughter after a long period of declining health. Mrs. Scott was a native and lifelong resident of Sugar Grove, Virginia and was for seventy-two years, a devoted member of Elizabeth United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Herbert...
Allie O'Neil
Nov 2, 2003
Allie C. O'Neil Canton-Allie Carol Carter O'Neil, 60, of 9 Ellen Greene Drive went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 02, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Ralph Kurt Carter and Lora Violet Reese Carter of Mars Hill. She was a member of...
Myrtle Mccracken
Nov 1, 2003
Waynesville-Myrtle Kinsland McCracken, age 91, formerly of Welch Street, died Saturday, November 1, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native and life long resident of Haywood County. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Gordon Luther Kinsland, Sr. and her second husband, Glenn Silas McCracken. She was also preceded in death by...
Burdell Wyatt
Nov 1, 2003
Waynesville-Burdell Riddle Wyatt, age 79, of 24 Solomon Street, died Saturday, November 1, 2003 at her residence. She was a native of Macon County having lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late Nannie Riddle. She was preceded in death by her husband Randolph R. Wyatt, who died in 1985;...
Edward Reece
Nov 1, 2003
Waynesville-Edward ''Eddie'' Reece, age 55, of Waynesville, died Saturday, November 1, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital, Asheville. A native and life-long resident of Haywood County, he was the son of Doris Nichols Reece Kerley, of Canton, and the late Lester H. Reece. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Katherine Reece. He was a...
Myrna Bradbury
Oct 29, 2003
Waynesville-Myrna Athey Bradbury, age 85, died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Chase County, Nebraska, she had resided in Chicago, Illinois before moving to Haywood County in 1968. She was the daughter of the late Harvey E. and Mina A. Theobald Athey. She was also preceded in death by her husband,...
Mary Gardner
Oct 29, 2003
Canton-Mary McLeod Cochran Gardner,age 65 of the Bethel Community died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at her residence. She was a native of Hamilton, Scotland and had lived in Mays Landing NJ for over 30 years before moving to Haywood County 13 years ago. She was a daughter of the late James and Annie Reid Cochran and was...
Charles Gaddis
Oct 29, 2003
Waynesville-Charles Edward ''Teeny'' Gaddis, age 71, of 149 Camp Branch Road, died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and life-long resident of Haywood County, he was the son of J. Allen and Bertha Wyatt Gaddis. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jean Sheehan Gaddis, who died in 2001....
Bonnie Randall
Oct 29, 2003
BONNIE ROBINSON RANDALL Waynesville-Bonnie Easter Robinson Randall, age 85, died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Pink Joseph and Emma Franklin Robinson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry Ervin Randall, who died in 1999; and two brothers, William...
Howard Worley
Oct 27, 2003
Howard Sherman Worley- age 88 died Monday, October 27, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. He was a native of Haywood County and moved to Buncombe County after his marriage to the late Hazel West Worley who died in 1990. He was also preceded in death by his parents, Reverend General Sherman and Nina West Worley, a brother,...
Janette Parker
Oct 25, 2003
Clyde - Janette Sanford Parker, age 82, of Thompson Cove died Saturday, October 25, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Haywood County and the daughter of the late, W. C. and Bertha Mae Thompson Sanford. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer A. Parker who died in 1975. She retired...
Fred Ferguson
Oct 25, 2003
Fred Jaynes Ferguson, age 95, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on October 25, 2003. His beloved wife of 57 years, Catherine, and his grandson, John H. Ferguson, preceded him in death. He is survived by his son, Fred J. Ferguson, Jr. and daughter-in-law Rosemary; granddaughter Jana Ferguson Lohse, her husband Bert...
Lucy Robinson
Oct 25, 2003
Waynesville-Lucy M. Robinson, age 82, died Saturday, October 25, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late R. F. and Mabelle Harvel Robinson. She was also preceded in death by four sisters, Margie Hartsell, Lula Belle Wyatt, Artie Lunsford, and Beulah Robinson; and by three...
Mary Norris
Oct 24, 2003
Waynesville-Mary Willie Sutton Norris, age 84, of Oakdale Road, died Friday, October 24, 2003 at Autumn Care Nursing Home. She was a native of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Spawn and Hessie Bradshaw Sutton. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Norris, her daughter, Doris Massie, three sisters, Lula Mae...
Curt Knight
Oct 24, 2003
Waynesville-Curtis L. ''Curt'' Knight, age 75, died Friday, October 24, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Macon, Georgia and had lived in Haywood County since 1993. He was the son of the late Ponce de Leon and Mary Frances Kendrick Knight. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Phyllis Williams....
Betty Goodrich
Oct 23, 2003
Canton-Betty Sue Vance Goodrich, 71, died Thursday, October 23, 2003 at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach, Florida. She was a native of Haywood County and the daughter of the late John Way and Ruth Mae Sellars Vance. She was a member of Boca Raton First Baptist Church. In addition to her husband of 44 years, Raymond...
Frances Taylor
Oct 23, 2003
Waynesville-Frances Liner Williams Taylor, age 85, of Park Place Condominiums, died Thursday, October 23, 2003 at the Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center in Asheville. A native and life long resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late George Washington and Mary Adeline Norris Liner. She was also preceded in death by her first husband,...
Timothy Arrington
Oct 23, 2003
Waynesville-Jerry Timothy Arrington, age 49, of Betty's Drive, died Thursday, October 23, 2003 at his residence. He was a native of Haywood County and was the son of Betty Sorrells Arrington of Waynesville and the late Bonner Arrington. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a sister, April Arrington Higdon. He was an...
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