Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Mary Massie

Mary Massie

Aug 20, 2014

Waynesville, Mary Elizabeth Smathers Massie died early Wednesday morning at the age of 86. Mary was a beautiful, vibrant, sparkling gem of a woman who was a credit to her family, her friends, and the town of Waynesville. She touched many lives. She was an excellent student, excelling particularly in language and grammar, and was valedictorian of...

Pauline Sharp

Pauline Sharp

Aug 20, 2014

Canton - Pauline West Sharp, age 83, of Hungry Creek Road of the Cruso Community, passed away on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at The Homestead. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Ollie Burress West. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by...

Mildred Hill

Mildred Hill

Aug 18, 2014

Myrtle Beach, SC - Mildred Ensley Mauldin-Hill, age 82, formerly of Waynesville, passed away on Monday, August 18, 2014 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late William Else and Ethel Jones Ensley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Jack Rice

Jack Rice

Aug 17, 2014

Jack Jesse Rice, age 86, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 17, 2014 at Mission Hospitals – St. Joseph Campus. Jack was born on November 8, 1927 to William Crawford and Beulah Kate Smathers Rice. Jack was born and raised in the Rice Cove section in the Beaverdam Community of Haywood County. He was also preceded in...

Michael Jaynes

Michael Jaynes

Aug 15, 2014

Waynesville, Michael "Mike" Gene Jaynes, age 67, of Josiah Drive, passed away on Friday, August 15, 2014 at Maggie Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Malcolm and Pearl Howell Jaynes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife,...

Lucille Wines

Lucille Wines

Aug 14, 2014

Lucille Warren Wines, age 92, passed away on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Gaston and Laura Bradley Warren. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ray Carly Wines, who died in 1978; and eight brothers and...

Brenda Houser

Brenda Houser

Aug 12, 2014

Waynesville - Brenda Gail Cutshaw Houser, age 58, passed away on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at The Homestead. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Truman Newton and Essie Maye Messer Cutshaw and was also preceded in death by a son, Jason Houser, Von West, and brother, Butch Cutshaw. She was employed...

Karen Ramsey

Karen Ramsey

Aug 7, 2014

Karen Marie Ramsey, "Granny", 64, of 20 Karn Road , graced Heaven's Gates on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at the John F. Keever Jr. Solace Center in Asheville, NC. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, she was a long time resident of Buncombe County. She was the daughter of the late Milton Garnet Johnson and Jeannine Marie Johnson of Asheville. Karen...

Walter Woody

Walter Woody

Aug 7, 2014

Walter Gerald "Chip" Woody, age 66, passed away on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at Mission Hospitals – St. Joseph Campus. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Marion Jesse and Eula Hanks Woody. He was also preceded in death by five brothers. Chip enjoyed working in his flower garden...

Rachel Thomason

Rachel Thomason

Aug 6, 2014

Rachel Stamey Thomason, age 92, passed away on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at Maggie Valley Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Mack and Ella Franklin Stamey. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Wiley Carroll Thomason who died 1988; two sons,...

Mary Lee

Mary Lee

Aug 6, 2014

Mary Israel Lee, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at the Haywood House. A native of Buncombe County, she had resided in Haywood County since she was five years old and was the daughter of the late, Hobert and Nina Israel. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Era Fay Israel. She...

Gail Austin

Gail Austin

Aug 6, 2014

Waynesville, Jeanette Gail Austin, age 72, passed away on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at her home. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Pless and Jessie Heatherly White and was also preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Sandy Austin. She was a supervisor for Haywood County Animal Control where she retired after...

Betty Brookshire

Betty Brookshire

Aug 5, 2014

Betty Sue Hipps Brookshire, age 81, passed away on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at Mission Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Jeter Charles and Victoria Suttles Hipps. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Earl and Reeves Hipps and a sister, Doris Mann. She was...

Paulette Duppstadt

Paulette Duppstadt

Aug 5, 2014

Waynesville, Paulette Hager Duppstadt, age 62, of the Bethel Community passed away on Tuesday, August 05, 2014 at The Homestead. A native of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late James and Lena Payne Hager. She was employed by Weichert Realtors in Morris Plains, New Jersey for 19 years and traveled with her husband to...

Blake Zimmerman

Blake Zimmerman

Aug 3, 2014

Waynesville, Eric Blake Zimmerman, age 58, of Suyeta Drive, passed away on Sunday, August 3, 2014 at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Bob Zimmerman and Hallie Shelton Stinnette (Shuler) and also preceded in death by stepfather, Oscar Shuler; niece, Morina Michelle Stinnette; two brothers, Bill...

Thomas Green

Thomas Green

Aug 3, 2014

Waynesville, Thomas Berlion Green, age 75, of Fairway Hills Drive went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, August 3, 2014 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Leonard and Georgia Allison Green and was also preceded in death by two sisters, Robbie...

Margaret Jacobs

Margaret Jacobs

Aug 2, 2014

Margaret Louise Day Jacobs of Leicester, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2014. A native of Macon Count, she was the daughter of the late Gwyn and Esse Day. She was preceded in death by her husband, Odell. Margaret is survived by her daughters, Nancy Osteen, Alice Holmes and Carolyn Jacobs; sons, Roddie and Dale Jacobs; 6 grandchildren; 2 great...

Mable Rogers

Mable Rogers

Aug 1, 2014

Canton, Mable Edna Rogers, age 100, passed away on Friday, August 1, 2014 at Memorial Campus in Asheville. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late John and Dollie Woody Rogers. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry Rogers, who passed away in 2001; three...

Brent Tilley

Brent Tilley

Jul 30, 2014

E5 Machinist Mate 2nd Class, Brent Anthony Tilley, age 27, passed away on July 30, 2014. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of Tony and Ginger Sutton Tilley of Canton. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, James "Jimmy" Sutton; grandmothers, Ruth Ethel Hyde Sutton and Evelyn Freeman Tilley; great-grandmother, Flora Hyde; aunts,...

Martin Jones

Martin Jones

Jul 30, 2014

Clyde, Martin Andrew Jones, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Howard Martin and Mackalean Kuykendall Jones and was also preceded in death by a brother, Donald Jones and half brother, Chester Kuykendall. Martin was employed at Lea Industries for...

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