Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Jennie Ledford

Jennie Ledford

Jan 27, 2015

Waynesville, Jennie Mae Ledford, age 86, of Ben Medford Road, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Maggie Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Brownlow and Jennie Mae Reese Haynes and also preceded in death by her husband, Elgin Eli Ledford,...

Lucille Davis

Lucille Davis

Jan 26, 2015

Clyde, Lucille Arrington Davis, age 89, passed away on Monday, January 26, 2015. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Nellie Bradley Arrington. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Grover H. Davis, who passed away in 2011; a sister, Hazel Bishop; and three...

Wilena Phillips

Wilena Phillips

Jan 25, 2015

Waynesville, Wilena May Brown Phillips, age 93, of Crystal Lane, passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Haywood House. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Harley E. and Nora Messer Clark. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Fletcher Brown, who died in 1982 and...

Ruth Justice

Ruth Justice

Jan 23, 2015

Waynesville, Ruth Southerland Justice, age 80, of Big Cove Road, passed away on Friday, January 23, 2015 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Annie Mae Burgess McClure. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her first husband and father...

Ginger Reid

Ginger Reid

Jan 23, 2015

"1941 – 2015" Canton – Virginia "Ginger" Green Reid, age 74, passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Dewey Silas and Myrtle McMahan Green. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas...

James Beasley

James Beasley

Jan 23, 2015

Waynesville, James William "Bill" Beasley, age 73, passed away on Friday, January 23, 2015 to be in the arms of his loving wife in Heaven. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Douglas and Nancy Elizabeth Justice Beasley. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Pauline Smith...

Billy Mull

Billy Mull

Jan 22, 2015

Waynesville, Billy Eugene Mull, age 69, passed away on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Park Ridge Hospital. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Charlie Burlin and Lela Rathbone Mull. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Debra Sue Mull, who died in 2014 and a daughter, Chrystal Mull. Billy...

Jack Smathers

Jack Smathers

Jan 20, 2015

"1919 – 2015" Canton – Jack Thomas Smathers, age 95, went home to be with the Lord that he has served so faithfully on Tuesday, January 20, 2015. A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Frank "Happy"Smathers and Maude Cabe Smathers. He was also preceded in death by one brother and three...

William Hutchison

William Hutchison

Jan 20, 2015

"1919 – 2015" Clyde – William Franklin Hutchison, 95, passed away January 20, 2015 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Gaston County, he was a son of William Lee and Mary Daisy Wilson Hutchison. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Marion, Robert, and Charles Hutchison; and three sisters, Mary Kennedy, Rachel Gibson, and...

Roger Ferguson

Roger Ferguson

Jan 20, 2015

Maggie Valley, Roger Wade Ferguson, age 64, passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at his residence. Roger was a native of Haywood County, the son of the late Charles Anderson and Jincie Hyatt Ferguson and was also preceded in death by a brother, Charles Wayne Ferguson. Roger grew up on the family dairy farm in Dellwood...

Doyle King

Doyle King

Jan 19, 2015

Doyle Pegram King, age 85, of the Beaverdam community, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015 at Silver Bluff Rehabilitation Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late D. V. and Artie Parham King. He was also preceded in death by one brother, Elbert King; and a sister, Jean...

George Gaddis

George Gaddis

Jan 18, 2015

George Asbury Gaddis, age 84, passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at The Homestead. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Fain Asbury and Clora Grooms Gaddis. He was also preceded in death by a son, Michael Keith Gaddis; a sister, Maxine Ashe; a brother, Robert Gaddis; a...

James Burgin

James Burgin

Jan 18, 2015

James Fredrick Burgin, Jr., 71, of Leicester, died Sunday, January 18 at the Keever Solace Center. He was the son of the late James Frederick Burgin, Sr. and Gladys Brotherton Burgin. He served in the US Army during Vietnam and retired from the VA Medical Center in Asheville. He is survived by his daughters, Cathy (Don) Estes of Burnsville,...

Vernon Grimsley

Vernon Grimsley

Jan 17, 2015

Vernon Lee Grimsley, 91, of Asheville, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015. He was born in Arlington, VA to the late Rollie Lee and Clara Belle Wise Grimsley. During WWII he was a ship welder in California. As a young man, Vernon loved vocabulary and learning large words, he watched his favorite football team, the Redskins, practice on his...

Lois Minton

Lois Minton

Jan 17, 2015

Clyde, Lois Elaine Minton, age 63, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2015. A native of Lucas County Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Houston and Clara Moles. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters and a brother. She is survived by two daughters, Roberta Brunck (Aaron), of Clyde...

Jane Stamey

Jane Stamey

Jan 17, 2015

Jane Gregory Stamey, age 89, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2015, at her daughter's residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Bert and Nannie Evans Gregory. She was also preceded in death by her husband Wayne Stamey, who died October 15, 2014; two brothers, Charles and James...

Grace Messer

Grace Messer

Jan 16, 2015

Grace Estella Messer "Loving Mother and Grandmother" Asheville- Grace Estella Messer, age 98, passed in peace on Friday, January 16, 2015 at the Aston Park Health Care Center. A native of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late John Franklin and Charlotte Cates Foster. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Franklin Shepard

Franklin Shepard

Jan 15, 2015

Loving Father and Grandfather Candler – Franklin Delano Shepard, age 76, passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Mission Hospitals – Memorial Campus. A native of Franklin, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Norman and Lelia Hall Shepard. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Pearl Lillian Warren Shepard, who died...

Lillian Howard

Lillian Howard

Jan 15, 2015

Mary Lillian Rogers Howard, ninety three, who lived the majority of her life at 206 Howard Valley Road, left this world to join her savior January 15, 2015. Mary had been a resident of Aston Park Health Care Center, Inc. of Asheville, NC for the last three (3) years of her life. She was a native of...

Robert Medford

Robert Medford

Jan 15, 2015

Clyde, Mr. Robert Taylor Medford, 86, of Clyde passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Haywood Hospital after a period of declining health. He was the son of Wayne William and Fannie Chambers Medford. In addition to his parents, Mr. Medford was preceded in death by two sons, William Taylor Medford and Robert Taylor Medford, Jr.;...

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