Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Elsie Noland

Elsie Noland

Aug 8, 2018

Raleigh, Elsie Green Noland, 89, died August 8, 2018. She was the daughter of Marion Carlise Green, Sr. and Ruth Carraway Green. Elsie graduated from Waynesville Township High and Woman's College of UNC in Greensboro with a degree in home economics. She married E. Jack Noland in 1951 and raised four children in Haywood County before moving...

Linda Sheppard

Linda Sheppard

Aug 8, 2018

Canton - Linda Gail Sheppard, 75, passed away on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at Mission Hospital - Memorial Campus. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Carey and Connie Sheppard. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Betty Cable and Donna Pack. Gail was a teacher at...

Hilda Nichols

Hilda Nichols

Aug 6, 2018

Waynesville, Hilda Cagle Nichols, age 88, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2018 at Maggie Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Hilda is a Haywood County native and was the daughter of the late Odell and Effie Hunter Cagle. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Nichols; sisters, Wilma Rathbone and...

John Kinsland

John Kinsland

Jul 31, 2018

Clyde - John Stuart Kinsland, 91, passed away on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was a son of the late John Hascue and Lois Evans Kinsland. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Jincie Patton Kinsland, who died...

Theodore Lappas, Jr.

Theodore Lappas, Jr.

Jul 30, 2018

Clyde, NC: Mr. Theodore "Ted" Lappas, Jr., age 81, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 30, 2018. Ted was born November 3, 1936 in Union City, New Jersey. He was the son of the late Theodore Lappas Sr. and Walburga Kammerbauer Lappas. In addition to his parents, his sister, Alexandra P. Lappas, preceded him in death. Ted...

Sheila Fox

Sheila Fox

Jul 30, 2018

Asheville - Sheila Jo Wykle Fox, 59, of 324 Lower Grassy Branch Road, went to be with the Lord on Monday, July 30 2018 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Ruth Sheehan Wykle. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Charles Rogers

Charles Rogers

Jul 30, 2018

Deep Gap, NC - Charles William Rogers, 55, slipped into the hands of our Heavenly Father on Monday, July 30, 2018. A native of Haywood County, Charles was the son of Bill Jack and the late Regina Ferguson Rogers. Charles was a loyal and loving husband, a supportive son, brother, uncle, a rock-solid nephew, cousin and the...

Mike Mcdonald

Mike Mcdonald

Jul 30, 2018

Charlottesville, VA, Mike McDonald passed away on Monday, July 30, 2018. In failing health for several years, he made the tough choice to leave his beloved home in Waynesville, North Carolina, to be near family in the Charlottesville area. He was born March 1, 1944 to Jaunice Barnes Sawyer, in Albany, Missouri and lived in Missouri, then...

Paul Evans

Paul Evans

Jul 29, 2018

Waynesville, Paul Martin Evans, age 66, passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2018 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Arthur Paul (A.P.) and Dorotha "Dot" Martin Evans. Paul was a member of First Baptist Church of Waynesville. He retired from Lowe's as a forklift operator and later at...

Melvin Earley

Melvin Earley

Jul 24, 2018

Clyde - Melvin Bryant Earley, 85, passed away peacefully at his residence on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was a son of the late James Fred and Bertha Jane Hamlett Earley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Elsie Elders and Shirley Rickman...

Stuart Sutton

Stuart Sutton

Jul 22, 2018

Waynesville, Stuart Robert Sutton, age 79, passed away on Sunday, July 22, 2018 at Haywood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Joe and Sylva Hembre Sutton. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Beulah Payne Sutton. Stuart is survived by two...

Edwin Donaldson

Edwin Donaldson

Jul 19, 2018

Candler - Edwin Richard Donaldson, age 86, passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Bronx, New York, he was the son of the late Edwin Sterling and Lillian Elizabeth Renke Donaldson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Celia Rosalie Colby Donaldson,...

Maudie Davis

Maudie Davis

Jul 18, 2018

Waynesville, Maudie B. Davis, age 92, passed away on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late William Edward and Martha Snyder Buchanan. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Madison Davis, who died in 1991, two...

Marjorie Kury

Marjorie Kury

Jul 16, 2018

Marjorie "Margie" Davis Kury, 94, of Asheville, passed away on Monday, July 16, 2018. She was born in Detroit, MI to the late Harrison and Connie Fullbright Davis. She grew up in Haywood County, and was later active in the Venable Community and Sardis United Methodist Church. She was a good-hearted woman and will be missed. In addition to...

Mary Penland

Mary Penland

Jul 15, 2018

Mary Jones Penland, 72, of Candler, passed away on Sunday, July 15th. A native of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Horace and Matilda Warren Jones. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Walter Lee Jones. She is survived by her son, John Russell Jones; siblings, John Jones of Black...

Annie Caldwell

Annie Caldwell

Jul 15, 2018

Waynesville, Annie Mae Caldwell, age 95, passed away on Sunday, July 15, 2018 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Tommy and Ella Caldwell. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by six brothers, Lloyd, Doc, John, Jack, Tommy and Frank Caldwell; four sisters,...

Tommy Hall, Jr.

Tommy Hall, Jr.

Jul 12, 2018

Tommy Hall, Jr. Canton - Thomas "Tommy" Green Hall, Jr. 67, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at his residence following an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Thomas Green Hall, Sr. and Genevie McCreary Hall. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...

Thelma Buchanan

Thelma Buchanan

Jul 10, 2018

Waynesville, Thelma Wilkes West Buchanan, age 97, passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at Autumn Care of Waynesville. Thelma was born August 30, 1920 in Jackson County and resided in Jackson and Haywood County most of her life. She was the daughter of the late John and Talitha Haskett Wilkes. In addition to her parents she...

Ralph Sprinkle

Ralph Sprinkle

Jul 9, 2018

Ralph Fredricke Sprinkle, 75, of Asheville, passed away on Monday, July 09, 2018. He was the son of the late Fredricke and Juanita Follett Sprinkle. He was known for his singing voice and playing various musical instruments. Ralph had been an Eagle Scout and a Brickmason; he served in the U.S. Navy and was a lifetime member of the...

Reeves Reeves

Reeves Reeves

Jul 7, 2018

Reeves Kooiman Reeves, 80, passed away on Friday, July 7, 2018. A native Haywood County, he was the son of the late Tom and Mildred Kooiman Reeves. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Cathey Reeves in 1978; and a brother, Rudy Reeves. He was a member of the U.S. Air...

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