Sep 29, 2018

Waynesville, Mary LaRue Britt Hamm, a resident at Givens Estates of Asheville, NC, died at age 91 on September 29, 2018. Mary LaRue Britt was born on November 10, 1926 in Fairmont, NC as the first child of Louise Barnes and Henry Forest Britt, both now deceased. Late in the Great Depression, Mary LaRue's father died unexpectedly,...

Sep 29, 2018

Candler - Betty Jo Presley Massie, 90, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2018 at Aston Park Health Care. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Jess Weldon and Naomi Devlin Presley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Susan Dianne Crawford. Betty Jo...

Sep 28, 2018

It is with great sadness that the family of Clayton DeWitt Suggs announces his unexpected passing on Friday, September 28, 2018 in Greensboro, NC at the age of 29. He was born July 2, 1989 in Norfolk, VA. He grew up in Waynesville, NC, where he attended Tuscola High School and then Western Carolina University. Clay embraced...

Sep 28, 2018

Dr. Christopher Herbert Lane, 64, passed away on Friday, September 28, 2018. A native of Kingsport, Tennessee, Chris was the son of the late Guy Edward and Edith Estelle McAmis Lane. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Marion; three daughters, Colleen Carswell and husband, Charlie, of Waynesville, Katie Wright and her husband, Isaiah, and...

Sep 27, 2018

Canton - Beverly Smathers Jones, 53, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018 due to a short battle with cancer. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of Rosemary Reagan Smathers Garren and the late Willie Roe Smathers. She was also preceded in death by a son, Randal Flay Jones who died...

Sep 26, 2018

Faye Roland Conley, 83, of Asheville, passed away on Wednesday, September 26, 2018. She was born in Yancey County to the late Frank and Mary Ann Lewis Roland. She was an excellent seamstress and cook. As a Mary Kay Makeup Consultant, she won a trip to Dallas, Texas. She believed and trusted in God. In addition to her parents,...

Sep 25, 2018

Hot Springs, Nora Ellen King Green, age 97, passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Maggie Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Nora was preceded in death by her husband, Burley Anderson Green and daughter, Marie Whitaker. She was a member of Keenerville Christian Church and Nora enjoyed quilting for her family and was a farmer raising...

Sep 25, 2018

Betty Jean Dunlap, 81, of Asheville, passed away on Wednesday, September 25, 2018. She was born on May 3, 1937 to the late Lewis E. Dunlap, Sr. and Nellie McLean Dunlap. Betty was a graduate of Stephens-Lee High School, class of 1955 and earned her degree from Morgan State University. In her early career, she taught French and later...

Sep 25, 2018

Helen Faye Mitchell died of natural causes on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Givens Estates in Asheville, NC with all her children at her side. She was 94 years old.

Mrs. Mitchell was born Helen Faye Barnes December 19, 1923 in Birmingham, Alabama to Mattie and Ollie Barnes. She had two brothers, Jack and Robert, who lived...

Sep 24, 2018

Waynesville, Robert Hume Breese, Jr., 93, passed away on Monday, September 24, 2018 at The Homestead, surrounded by his family. The son of the late Robert Hume and Jennie Ray Breese, Bob was born at Biltmore Hospital in Biltmore, NC. His early years were spent in Raleigh, until the untimely death of his father when he returned...

Sep 24, 2018

Charlotte Conner McClure, 78, of the Erwin Hills Community, passed away after a long battle with illness, on Monday, September 24, 2018. She was born in Churchville, VA to the late Connel Hansford and Pearl Keyser Conner. She loved returning to the Shenandoah Valley, to her it was God's Country. Charlotte's passion was her family - her children, grandchildren...

Sep 24, 2018

Candler - Ronald Anthony Limeberry, 53, passed away on Monday, September 24, 2018. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of Nyoka Lee Michales Limeberry and the late Douglas Lee Limeberry. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his wife, Lisa Ann Soloman Limeberry, who died April 13,...

Sep 22, 2018

Clyde - Nancye Jean Henderson, 82, passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2018 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Dyer County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Marvin and Clemmie Palmer Maxey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Gerald Edward "Bill" Jones; her second...

Sep 21, 2018

Waynesville, Harold Dean Long, 83, passed away on Friday, September 21, 2018 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Clay County, he was the son of the late Robert and Emaline Smart Long and was also preceded in death by ten siblings. He was a US Army veteran having served in the Far Eastern Command Honor Guard....

Sep 21, 2018

Clyde - We give thanks for Dorothy Reed Hyatt, a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother and friend. Dot was blessed with 90 years of a wonderful life and passed away on Friday, September 21, 2018 at Mission Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Dot was the daughter of the late William Lawrence Reed and Mary Louise Early...

Sep 20, 2018

Waynesville, Sue Catherine Minninger Gill, 81, passed away on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at Maggie Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Lowell, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Vera Smith Minninger. Suzy and Tommy met in Chicago while she was a stewardess flying for United and Tommy was a pilot for American...

Sep 20, 2018

William Keith "Bill" Foster, 65, passed away suddenly on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at his residence in Waynesville, NC. A native of St. Louis, Missouri and a former resident of Jupiter, Florida, Bill had resided in Haywood County for the past 25 years. He was the son of Betty Jacobi Becker and Gene and Mary Ann Foster....

Sep 19, 2018

Taylorsville, Mary Viola Wyatt Webb, 88, passed away on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late James Robert and Rhoda Louise Conard Wyatt. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Reeves Webb and Robert Slagle; 19 brothers and sisters; a grandson; and...

Sep 19, 2018

Canton - Frances Woody Johnson, 89, passed away on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Floyd and Folsom Davis Woody. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gene Etheridge Johnson, who passed away in 2015....

Sep 19, 2018

Waynesville, William "Billy" Morris, 59, passed away on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. Billy was the son of the Karoline Morris and the late Gene Morris. He was a former supervisor of Dupont Chemical and a member of Ninevah Baptist Church. Billy enjoyed cooking and driving anything with a pedal and a steering wheel. Billy is survived by...