Jul 29, 2014

Waynesville, William Chappell "Bill" Meyers, age 68, passed away on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at The Homestead. A native of Parris Island, South Carolina, he was the son of Dorothy Chappell Meyers of Marshallville, Georgia and the late Dr. Charles E. Meyers. He served as a Lieutenant in the US Navy and was employed in Contracts Management...

Jul 28, 2014

Roy Martin "Crow" Freeman, age 66, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2014 at MedWest Haywood. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Sam and Annie Lee Mann Freeman. He was also preceded in death by a brother, James Freeman. He was a United States Army veteran serving in...

Jul 28, 2014

Thomas Darwin Lewis, age 77, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2014 at Charles George VA Medical Center. A native of Huntington, Texas, he was the son of the late Ira Dee and Jewel Baygent Lewis. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, J. L. Lewis and Doyle Woodrom and two sisters Jean Jeambert and...

Jul 28, 2014

Wilburn Earl "Doc" Mills, age 80, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2014 at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late John Millard and Burlie Medford Mills. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Almarie Campbell. He retired from American Enka Corp. in 1996 with...

Jul 28, 2014

Douglas Lee Limeberry, age 69, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his family. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Alvin Raymond and Ella Mae Phillips Limeberry. He was also preceded in death by a son, William Ambrose "Wee Willie" Limeberry who died...

Jul 28, 2014

Frankie Owen Milner, age 77, of Trinity Chapel Road, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2014 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Pauline Emerson Owen. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Gerald E. Milner, who died in 1999; two brothers, C.S. Owen, Jr.,...

Jul 27, 2014

Lee Andrew Queen, 80, of Asheville died unexpectedly on Sunday, July 27, 2014. A native of Buncombe County, he was the son the late Rev. Oscar C. Queen, Sr. and Della Smith Queen.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Evelyn Taylor Nix and a brother, Oscar C. Queen, Jr.

He is survived by...

Jul 26, 2014

Max Gardner Sanford, affectionately known as "Dude", age 74, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2014 at his home after a valiant battle with cancer. Max was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a son of the late Robert Gilmer and Leola Hill Sanford. Max was an expert craftsman and builder, leaving a legacy of...

Jul 26, 2014

Clyde Calvin Sutton, age 94, passed away on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the Elizabeth House. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Samuel Lawson and Nila Baxter Sutton. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Clara Blaylock Sutton who died in 1999. Clyde was a retired...

Jul 24, 2014

Barbara Jean Clemmons Stills, 74, passed away on Thursday, July 24, 2014 surrounded by her family. She was a daughter of the late William and Eller Cowert Clemmons. She was a very, very loved wife, mother and grandmother. Barbara is survived by her husband of 33 years, Cecil Stills; daughters, Vickie, Michelle, Mickey and Sonya; sons, Michael, Jerry (Norma),...

Jul 23, 2014

James Erle Bridges, Jr., age 60, passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at his residence. He was born and raised in Homestead, Florida. Jim had resided in Haywood County for 28 years and was the son of the late James Erle Bridges and Gene Chmielewski Smith. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Nancy...

Jul 23, 2014

Randy Tyler Jensen, age 18, passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Tyler was a native of Brown County, Wisconsin and the son of Kevin "Fuzzy" and Stephanie Jensen. He was a member of Life Church of Waynesville. Tyler was a free-spirited, charming young man. He enjoyed skateboarding, composing his own Christian rap music, pencil sketching, and...

Jul 22, 2014

Waynesville, Brenda Shelton Rogers, age 65, of Azalea Drive, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at MedWest Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Hettie Mae Brown Shelton. She was employed as a medical transcriptionist at Mountain Medical and Haywood County Hospital...

Jul 22, 2014

Charles Edward Neal, age 77, of the Reed Cove community passed away early Tuesday morning, July 22, 2014 at his home in the arms of his special love, Cindy Dixon-Owen. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Thomas Norris and Callie Kimsey Neal. He was also preceded in death...

Jul 20, 2014

Waynesville, Lawrence Odell Nelson, age 83, of Suburban Loop, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 20, 2014 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late David and Loretta Rathbone Nelson and was also preceded in death by three sisters; one brother, and his companion Lula Barrett....

Jul 20, 2014

Canton, Martha Ann Williams Franklin, age 77, of 21 Grand Drive, passed away on July 20, 2014 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Benjamin and Mary West Revis. She is also preceded in death by her first husband, Charles E. Williams, who died in 1982 and...

Jul 19, 2014

Charles Wilson Morgan, 82, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston Salem. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Jay Wilson and Eula Brown Morgan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his infant sister, Evelyn Louise Morgan; his brother,...

Jul 19, 2014

George Wallace Brown, M.D., of Waynesville, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014, at Martha's Vineyard Hospital in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. Dr. Brown was born Jan. 27, 1929, in Waynesville to George Andrew Brown Jr., former Haywood County chairman of the Board of Commissioners, and Beatrice Jarrett Brown. Brown was predeceased by his sister, Betty B. Cabe, and...

Jul 18, 2014

Waynesville, Henry Clay "Jack" Coldiron, age 93, passed away on July 18, 2014 at Mission Hospital. He was born in Arno, Virginia and moved to Harlan, Kentucky as an infant with his parents, the late James and Lavina Carrie Phillips Coldiron. He is also preceded in death by the mother of his children, Cleo Hickox Coldiron and...

Jul 17, 2014

David Allman Hensley, age 74, passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2014, at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Charles and Naomi Justice Hensley. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Kathaleen Hensley. He retired from Crossmark Sales in Charlotte as district...