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...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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;...

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...

Feb 4, 2014

Douglas Lynn Stuart, 57, formerly of Asheville, went home to be with Jesus, in Tennessee on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a son of Clarence McKinnley Stuart and the late Dorothea Ann Mashburn. Douglas loved God and his family. In addition to his father, he is survived by his daughters,...

Feb 3, 2014

Lillian Deaver Justice, age 90, passed away on Monday, February 03, 2014 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Lola S. Deaver. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Robert Lowery Justice, Jr., and two...

Feb 2, 2014

Clyde, Michael Bruce DeBruhl, age 67, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2014. A native of Buncombe County, and resident of Haywood County for the past three years, he was the son of the late Hobert and Grace Hopper DeBruhl and was also preceded in death by sisters, Carol Pheln and Vikki DeBruhl. He was a nurse...