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.
Max Sanford
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...
Clyde Sutton
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...
Barbara Stills
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),...
James Bridges
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...
Tyler Jensen
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...
Brenda Rogers
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...
Charles Neal
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...
Lawrence Nelson
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....
Martha Franklin
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...
Charles Morgan
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,...
George M.D.
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...
Henry Coldiron
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...
David Hensley
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...
Ruth Rogers
Jul 17, 2014
Ruth Helen Blalock Rogers, 94, passed away Thursday July 17, 2014, at Brighton Gardens in Raleigh, NC. She was a resident of Haywood County all her life and a lifelong member of Clyde Central United Methodist Church where she was very active until she moved to Raleigh in 2004. Ruth was the wife of S.L. Rogers and...
Odell Jacobs
Jul 17, 2014
Odell Jacobs, 90, of Leicester, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014. A native of Clay County, he was the son of the late Troy Edward Jacobs and Nonia Ann Mosteller. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Troy, daughter-in-law, Brenda and grandchild, Keagan. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Day Jacobs; daughters,...
Germaine Courchene
Jul 15, 2014
Maggie Valley – Germaine Rita Maisonneuve Courchene, age 88, passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at her summer residence. A native of Windsor, Ontario Canada, she was the daughter of the late Edmond and MarieAnge Lamarche Maisonneuve. She was a graduate of the University of Ottawa Canada and received a degree in Education. A devoted wife...
Harley Tate
Jul 15, 2014
Lake Junaluska – Harley Manson Tate, age 93, passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Joseph Glenn and Oberia Bryson Tate. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Eva Jane Rogers Tate, who died...
Phyllis Whitman
Jul 14, 2014
Clyde, Phyllis Marie Caldwell Whitman, passed away on Monday, July 14 at her residence. Born in Haywood County on June 27, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Leon L. Caldwell and Mazie McCracken Caldwell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Davis Whitman, who died in 1999; sisters,...
Buford Burchfield
Jul 14, 2014
Waynesville, James Buford Burchfield, age 98, of Lenwood Drive, passed away on Monday, July 14, 2014 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Lon and Sally Rogers Burchfield. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Louise Christopher, two sisters, and five brothers. He...
Hilda Jenkins
Jul 12, 2014
Waynesville, Hilda Faye Hardin Jenkins, age 84, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at the Haywood House in Canton. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Clifford and Mary Chapman Hardin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Swan Jenkins, who died in...
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