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.

Ethel Stuart

Ethel Stuart

Feb 14, 2014

Clyde- Ethel Stuart, age 88, of Jones Cove Road, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, February 14, 2014 at MedWest-Haywood. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Wayne William and Fannie Mae Chambers Medford. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Archie Boineau, Jr.

Archie Boineau, Jr.

Feb 14, 2014

Waynesville, Archie Glenn Boineau, Jr., age 94, formally of Meadow Street, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2014 at Haywood Lodge and Retirement Center. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Archie Glenn and Lillian Webster Boineau. He was a Turrett Captain First Class US Navy veteran of World War II...

Mary Rodreques

Mary Rodreques

Feb 14, 2014

Waynesville, Mary Becker, age 55, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2014 at Mission Hospital. She was the daughter of Ronaldo and Rosemary Wright Rodreques, and was preceded in death by one brother, Eddie. She worked at Burger King for 27 years. She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Kevin Becker; sisters, Yolanda Riffe and...

Mary Becker

Mary Becker

Feb 14, 2014

Waynesville, Mary Becker, age 55, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2014 at Mission Hospital. She was the daughter of Ronaldo and Rosemary Wright Rodreques, and was preceded in death by one brother, Eddie. She worked at Burger King for 27 years. She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Kevin Becker; sisters, Yolanda Riffe and...

Johnny Foster

Johnny Foster

Feb 13, 2014

Clyde, Johnny Max Foster, age 76, of Osborne Road, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at his residence. Johnny was a native of Blount County, Alabama, and had resided in Haywood County for 21 years. He was preceded in going home to be with the Lord by his parents, Okey and Connie Foster; and brothers, Albert...

Georgia Smathers

Georgia Smathers

Feb 13, 2014

Georgia Herren Smathers, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late George and Missouri Rogers Herren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death her husband, John Earl Smathers, who died in 1992 and a daughter, Jill Smathers Emerson, who died...

Pearl Jones

Pearl Jones

Feb 11, 2014

Pearl Banks Jones, age 93, formerly of Smathers Street, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Silver Bluff Assisted Living Arrowhead Cove. A native of Byington, Tennessee, she was a daughter of the late Joe Henry and Jessie Clevenger Banks. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin D. Jones,...

Ross Hughes

Ross Hughes

Feb 11, 2014

Dr. Ross E. Hughes December 28, 1923-February 11, 2014

Dr. Ross Hughes, 90, of Hendersonville, went to sleep in Jesus, awaiting the great Resurrection. Born in Oklahoma, he spent the first 15 years of his life in China, with his missionary parents, the late Alton and Emma Ortner Hughes. Ross graduated from Emory Dental School in 1948,...

Barbara Welch

Barbara Welch

Feb 11, 2014

Alexandria, VA, Barbara Shaw Welch a longtime resident of Alexandria, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. She was raised in Nutley, NJ, and was a loving wife to Samuel C. Welch of Waynesville until his death in 1969. Barbara was a graduate of Duke University, she taught for 17 years at the Alexandria Hospital School...

Annie Warren

Annie Warren

Feb 11, 2014

Annie Marylee Warren, age 100, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Herman Andrew Warren and Bessie Lee Eplee Warren Penland. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Ruth...

John Boardman

John Boardman

Feb 11, 2014

John Robeson Boardman, 82, of Madison, Mississippi, died in his sleep on February 11, 2014. He was born on April 29, 1931, in Marietta, Georgia, to William Kilbourne Boardman, Jr., and Mary Clark Robeson Boardman. John was a 1955 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He was on active duty for four years and was subsequently in...

Jenny Knight

Jenny Knight

Feb 10, 2014

Jenny Ruby Knight, age 83, passed away on Monday, February 10, 2014 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Adam and Nola Sisk Knight. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Adam R. Knight and Vernon J. Knight and a sister, Annie Virginia Knight....

Rena Brown

Rena Brown

Feb 9, 2014

Rena Milam Brown, 84, of Asheville, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 9, 2014. A native of Bandana, NC she was the daughter of the late George and Ella Silver Milam. Rena attended the Penland School and graduated from Bryson City High School. She had a great love of country music, often traveling great distances...

Frances Swanger

Frances Swanger

Feb 9, 2014

Frances "Shorty" Lucille Snyder Swanger, age 91, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2014, at Smoky Mountain Health & Rehabilitation Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Wiley Pearson and Hazel Mae Rhodarmer Snyder. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Roy F. Swanger who died...

Roberta Haynes

Roberta Haynes

Feb 9, 2014

Dellwood, Roberta Elizabeth Moody Haynes, age 88, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2014 at Mission Hospital after suffering a fall. A native of Haywood County, she was the eldest daughter of the late Hilliard and Rosa Lee Moody. She spent 54 happy years married to Charles Richard Haynes, who passed away in 2003 and was also...

Norma Trambley

Norma Trambley

Feb 7, 2014

Waynesville/Acworth, GA, Norma Virginia Trambley, age 75, passed away on Friday, February 7, 2014 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Florida. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, she was a former resident of Jacksonville, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia before moving to Haywood County in 1985. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Edna Robinson Gebhard and...

Richard Boyce

Richard Boyce

Feb 6, 2014

Richard Arnold "Dick" Boyce, age 73, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2014. He was a native of Canton, Ohio and the son of the late William James and Dora Mae Arnold Boyce. He retired as a sales representative and enjoyed cabinetry and remodeling homes. He also enjoyed fishing and golfing. He is survived by his companion...

Nell Wyatt

Nell Wyatt

Feb 6, 2014

Waynesville, Nell Allen Wyatt, age 90, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 10:38 p.m. at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Reverend Kay and Mamie Crawford Allen. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wid Woodrow Wyatt...

Alice Overman

Alice Overman

Feb 5, 2014

Waynesville, Alice Leona Christopher Overman, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Autumn Care of Waynesville. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Conard and Ellen Rebecca Moore Hembree. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Climbingbear, a son, Robert Christopher;...

Josephine Davis

Josephine Davis

Feb 5, 2014

Waynesville, Josephine Hoyle Smith Davis, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Autumn Care of Waynesville. Josephine was a native of Jackson County and a former resident of Pennsville, New Jersey for 30 years, before moving to Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late John Harrison and Nancy Farris Sitton Hoyle. In...

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