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.
Hilda Rice
May 27, 2014
Hilda Harkins Rice, age 91, passed away on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at Hospice of Wake County. Born in Buncombe County but a lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Taylor Kimms and Carmen Bonnie Culberson Harkins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Monroe...
Lois Hall
May 27, 2014
Lois Sanford Hall, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late James Isam and Dovie Leona Lee Sanford. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William M. "Bill" Hall; a niece, whom she raised as a...
Lillian Blankenship
May 25, 2014
Lillian Shipman Blankenship, age 88, passed away on Sunday, May 25, 2014 at The Homestead. A native of Martinsville, Virginia, she resided in Canton most of her life and was the daughter of the late Oswald Lee and Rosa Bell Burns Shipman. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Willard Blankenship, who died in 1962;...
Cora Goforth
May 24, 2014
Cullowhee, Cora Sue Conard Goforth, age 60, passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at MedWest Harris Regional Hospital. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late James Eligah and Velma Frizzell Conard. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ben Edward Goforth, Sr., who died in 2008, and two brothers,...
Vaughn Scott
May 22, 2014
Waynesville, Vaughn Thompson Scott, 81, died May 21, 2014, following a courageous fight with pulmonary fibrosis. A Navy veteran and Waynesville resident, Vaughn was born in Alleghany County, PA on October 7, 1932. After graduating from high school in Columbus, OH, Vaughn enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served for 20 years, retiring as a Senior Chief...
Doris Jaynes
May 22, 2014
Waynesville, Doris Bonds Jaynes, age 74, of Walnut Trail, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at Maggie Valley Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. A native of Fountain Inn, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Jimmie Lee and Hattie Belle Davis Bonds and was also preceded in death by two sisters, Frances Bonds and...
Marie Byers
May 21, 2014
Marie Best Byers, age 80, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Estella Worley Best. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Kenneth, J.R., and Carroll Best. Marie was a member...
Joan Pless
May 21, 2014
Joan Bumgarner Pless, age 80, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at The Homestead. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the later Walter Henry and Nancy Selma Singleton Bumgarner. She was also preceded in death by a son, Tim Pless; three brothers, Carroll, Frank, and Ernest Bumgarner; and two...
Edna Webb
May 20, 2014
Waynesville, Edna Plemmons Webb, age 92, passed away on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. Born in Haywood County, she was raised in the Spring Creek community of Madison County. She was the daughter of the late Raymond and Bertie Hall Plemmons and was also preceded in death by her husband, Neal J. Webb,...
Shaina Godfrey
May 20, 2014
Shaina Dianne Godfrey, age 27, passed away on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Mission Hospitals – Memorial Campus. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of John Buster Godfrey, Jr. and Karen Annette Pace Godfrey. She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Forrest Glen Pace and John Buster Godfrey, Sr.; and...
Lura Fish
May 19, 2014
Morganton, Lura Fisher Fish, age 90, formerly of Spring Creek, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2014 at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care Center after a short period of declining health. A native of Haywood County, she had lived in Morganton since 1997. She was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Lizzie Russell Fisher. In addition...
Annie Penland
May 19, 2014
Waynesville, Annie Geneva Penland, age 91, of 4233 Pigeon Road, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2014 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Hugh and Florence Lenoir York Penland. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Lura Penland and Billie Frances Penland and...
Kenneth Simpson
May 18, 2014
Maggie Valley - Kenneth Walton (Ken) Simpson, once one of America's youngest and most courageous fighting men since the Civil War, died Sunday, May 18, 2014, at his home atop Walker Bald Mountain in Haywood County, North Carolina, following a period of declining health. He was 85 years old. Through deception, Simpson served as a seaman at...
Phillip Ledford
May 18, 2014
Clyde, Phillip Wayne Ledford, age 64, passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2014. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of Flossia Smith Ledford and the late Reeves Ledford and was also preceded in death by a sister, Zella Kirkland. He was a US Army veteran having served during the Vietnam Era. Phillip worked as...
Jimmy Briggs
May 17, 2014
"1933-2014" Canton – Jimmy Briggs, age 80, passed away on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Golden Living Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Roy and Velda Smathers Briggs. He is survived by a niece, Brenda Mancini of Canton; and two nephews, Richard Rhinehart of Canton and...
Alice Hardy
May 15, 2014
Waynesville, Alice Kirk Hardy, age 99, passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Maggie Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Alice was born in Isom, Tennessee on April 1, 1915, daughter of the late William C. and Josephine Kittrell Kirk. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Fred Kirk and four...
Clarissa Kuehn
May 14, 2014
Waynesville, Clarissa Finley Kuehn, age 68, passed into the arms of the Lord on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at the Homestead. Born in Wilmington, North Carolina 1945, she was the daughter of the late Robert M. and Fornia Rutt Finley. She lived most of her life in Charlotte and Waynesville. Clarissa attended Limestone College in Gaffney, South...
Alvin Cutshaw
May 14, 2014
Waynesville, Alvin Lee Cutshaw, 69, died on Wednesday, May 14. Son of the late Troy and Ola McDaniel Cutshaw, he was also preceded in death by a sister, Doris Cogdill. Surviving are one daughter, Dawn James (Danny); sons, Eddie Cutshaw (Francis) and Alvin Cutshaw (Tracy); sister, Sandra Allison; brothers, Harold Cutshaw (Kathy) and Bobby Cutshaw (Terri); half-brother,...
Mae Poston
May 13, 2014
Ottie Mae Hodge Poston, age 93, of the Cruso community, passed away on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the John F. Keever Solace Center in Asheville. A native of Monroe County, Tennessee, she was a daughter of the late Robert Warren and Dorcas Murr Hodge. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Joseph Galloway
May 13, 2014
Joseph Homer Galloway, Jr. age 84, passed away on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at Ivy Springs Manor in Buford, Georgia. A native of Henderson County, he was the son of the late Joseph Homer and Viola Rogers Galloway. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Maxine Rhinehart Galloway, who died in 2002. He retired from...
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