Aug 19, 2012

Kenneth Tyler Fisher, age 17, passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2012. A native of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Kenneth Ray Fisher, who died in 2001. He was a student at the Alternative Learning Center in Waynesville. Tyler loved to play the drums and guitar. Regardless of how bad your day was...

Aug 18, 2012

Candler-Felbert Revis, age 89, of WNC Baptist Camp Road, passed away on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. Felbert was a native of Haywood County, he had lived in Buncombe for the past 35 years. He was the son of the late Jess and Reldy Rogers Revis. In addition to his parents, he...

Aug 17, 2012

Canton-Sheila Whitaker Roberson, age 54, of Sharptown Road, passed away on Friday, August 17, 2012 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Bossier City, Louisiana, she was a daughter of Kenneth C. and Katherine Thomason Whitaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael Roberson, who died in 2008, and also by her maternal and...

Aug 17, 2012

Waynesville, John Ray Mullen, Jr., age 84, of 146 Locust Grove Drive, passed away on August 17, 2012 at his residence. A native of Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late John R. and Mary Stephanic Mullen and was also preceded in death by his son, Thomas Charles Mullen. He was a veteran of...

Aug 16, 2012

Canton - Peggy Ann Whitaker Bowers, age 44, passed away on Thursday, August 16, 2012 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, for most of her life, she was a daughter of Edward and Ruby Green Whitaker. Peggy will be remembered for being extremely kind-hearted and very generous, almost to a fault. She dearly loved her...

Aug 16, 2012

Edith Oliver Brown, age 67, of Crawford Creek Road, died August 14, 2012, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. A native of Swain County, she was a daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Luvenia Baines Oliver. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Everett W. Brown, who died July 7, 2012. Edith...

Aug 15, 2012

Waynesville, Alice Convert Herrera, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at Autumn Care Nursing Home. Born in New York, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Grace White Convert. She is survived by a daughter, Alida Herrera of Waynesville, one son, James Herrera, of Detroit, and her grandchildren, Christopher and Caitlin Bingham....

Aug 15, 2012

Faye Fish Scott, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at her residence. Born in Macon County, she was a lifelong resident of Haywood County and the daughter of the late Dewey Thomas and Julia Woods Fish. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Burgin Scott, who died in 2001; three brothers; and...

Aug 15, 2012

Glen Elwood Pressley, age 54, passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at The Homestead. A native of Summit County, Ohio, he is survived by his wife of 34 years, Michelle Tamasovich Pressley. He was a son of the late Glen Edward Pressley. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his brother, Bill...

Aug 15, 2012

Waynesville, Chester Webb, age 67, of Riverbend Street, passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Hampton and Ethel Norris Webb. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Bobbie Jean Webb, who died in...

Aug 14, 2012

Geneva Sutton Hall, age 92, passed away on Monday, August 13, 2012 at The Homestead in Clyde. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Cornelius and Burdyne Messer Sutton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Doug Rathbone; her second husband, Letch Hall, who died...

Aug 14, 2012

Canton – Edith Oliver Brown, age 67, of Crawford Creek Road, died August 14, 2012, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. A native of Swain County, she was a daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Luvenia Baines Oliver. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Everett W. Brown, who died July 7,...

Aug 14, 2012

Waynesville, Stanley I. Arnold died on August 14, 2012, at home surrounded by his family. Stan, whose birth name was Ignacy S. Abramowicz, was born in Lodz, Poland on July 23, 1927, and was the only son of Maria and Julian Abramowicz. During World War II, he and his parents were forcibly transported from Poland to Russia,...

Aug 13, 2012

Waynesville, James Richard "Jay" Queen, III, son of James R. Queen, Jr. and Jo Lohr Queen of 15 Queens Farm Lane, died on Monday, August 13, 2012 in his sleep at the family home in Waynesville from leukodystrophy, a progressive, terminal brain and nerve disease. A native Tar Heel with family roots reaching back to the Revolutionary...

Aug 12, 2012

Moore Funeral Home at Forest Lawn, Candler

Martha E. Reichard, 85, of Candler, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2012. She was a daughter of the late Roy Isaac and Elizabeth Stephens Vandervort. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Forrest I. Reichard and her daughters; Diane Kathleen Fry and Anna Marie Dilts. Martha is survived...

Aug 11, 2012

Maggie Valley, Lucy Jane Wilson, age 71, passed away Saturday, August 11, 2012 at home. A native of Memphis, TN, she was the daughter of the late John and Ruth White Spalding. She was also preceded in death by her brother Bill Spalding. Lucy enjoyed sewing, gardening and vacationing in beautiful Punta Gorda, FL. She was a...

Aug 11, 2012

Waynesville, Fannie Pearl "Sally" Trantham, age 79 passed away, Saturday, August 11, 2012 at her residence. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late David Porter Brown and Mollie Caldwell Brown. Sally was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles N. Trantham in 2001 and all her...

Aug 10, 2012

John 'JD' Davis Metcalf III, 63, of Candler, passed away Friday, August 10, 2012. A native of Haywood County, he was a son of John Davis Metcalf, Jr. and MaryLou Birch. JD was a retired machinist from Alliance of Carolina Tool & Dye, Fletcher. He enjoyed camping, fishing and riding his motorcycle. JD is preceded in death by his...

Aug 9, 2012

Clyde, David Lee "Maybird" Hensley, age 46, went to his heavenly home to be with his Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, on August 9, 2012. A native of Bell County, Kentucky, he was the son of Mary Sue Hensley of Siler, Kentucky and the late Wayne Hensley. He was also preceded in death by a grandmother-in-law, Mae...

Aug 8, 2012

Waynesville, Julia Reneé Muse, age 50, of 59 Grace Ridge Road, passed away on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at Mission Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of Troy Eugene and Ruth Henson Muse of Candler. She is preceded in death by her grandparents, Connie and Ethel Muse and Loy and...