Jonas Conard
Feb 29, 2012
Waynesville, Jonas Conard, age 61, of Zurich Lane, passed away on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at MedWest Haywood. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late James Loyd and Polly Finny Conard and was also preceded in death by two sisters, Lottie Woody and Mary Climbingbear and one brother, Hoover Conard. Jonas loved...
Millard Nations
Feb 28, 2012
Canton – Millard John Nations, age 85, passed away on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Mountain View Manor Nursing Center. He was the son of the late Ben Arvle and Martha Phillips Nations. Millard was preceded in death by his beloved wife of fifty-nine years, Peggy Morrow Nations. Millard was a member of Mountain View Church of...
Gerald Conley
Feb 28, 2012
Gerald L. Conley, 81, of West Asheville, passed away on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012. A native of Swain County, he was the son of the late James Bert and Lillie Mae Parham Conley. Gerald was a Coast Guard Veteran and a member of the Nichols-West Asheville Masonic Lodge #650, a32 Degree Mason, Scottish Rite, York Rite and Shriner and...
David Garber
Feb 27, 2012
Waynesville, David D. Garber, age 67, of Georgia Avenue, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2012 at his residence. A native of Fishersville, Virginia, he had resided in Northern Virginia before moving to Haywood County in 1988. He was the son of the late Joseph and Gladys Wimmer Garber. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Nellie Seitz
Feb 27, 2012
Waynesville, Nellie Kate Seitz, age 80, of Hillside Terrace Drive, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2012 at MedWest Haywood. A native of Rutherford, NC, she was the daughter of the late Volney and Mattie Lou Philbeck Earley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister. Nellie Kate was...
Berlyn Murray
Feb 26, 2012
Canton, Berlyn Cogburn Murray, age 86, of Chinquapin Road, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Smoky Mountain Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Lee and Beulah Mae Chambers Cogburn. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence...
Ed Bell
Feb 25, 2012
Canton, Edward Weston Bell, age 88, passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Aston Park Health Care Center in Asheville. Ed was a native of Flint, Michigan; he was the son of the late Edward and Marie Kerr Bell. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Bell Driver and a brother, Robert Calvin....
Ruth Sharpe
Feb 25, 2012
Waynesville, Ruth Downs Sharpe, age 67, passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Smoky Mountain Healthcare and Rehab Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late James Carmal and Ruby R. Haney Downs and was also preceded in death by a brother, Kenneth Downs. Ruth enjoyed fishing and working in her...
Nancy Fagan
Feb 25, 2012
After suffering a series of complications resulting from a hospitalization in December 2011, Nancy Fagan, 76, passed away peacefully on February 25, 2012 surrounded by her family at Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC.
Nancy was born in Elkins, West Virginia on June 28, 1935. She moved to Asheville in 1956 where she met Asheville native W....
Willie Kirkpatrick
Feb 24, 2012
Willie Mae Justice Kirkpatrick, age 88, of Mountain Hart Retirement, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012 at Maggie Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Edith Paskal. Mae was orphaned as an infant and raised by other members of the family. In her teens,...
Betty Baker
Feb 24, 2012
Betty McElrath Baker, age 84, died Friday, February 24, 2012 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Hugh and Hazel Pless McElrath. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert "Bud" Vinson Baker; and a son-in-law, Charles Lee Mehaffey. Betty was a member...
Rickie Garner
Feb 24, 2012
Canton, Rickie Jean Holland Garner, age 62, of Brian Drive, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012 at John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Staten Island, New York, she had lived in Haywood County most of her life. She was the daughter of Rick V. and Theresa Holland and was also preceded in death...
Alex Sutton
Feb 24, 2012
Clyde, Alex Alvin Sutton, age 62, of Liner Creek Road, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Weldon Rufus and Lucille Noland Sutton. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a son, Daniel Eric Sutton and grandparents, Tommy...
Judith Chapman
Feb 23, 2012
Waynesville, Judith Chapman, age 72, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at her home. A native of Rochester, New York, she had resided in Haywood County for the past five years. She was the daughter of the late Fred and Ann Flass Maxfield. Judith was Assistant Vice President of Nursing at Doylestown Hospital in Doylestown, Pennsylvania...
Ruth Bates
Feb 23, 2012
Ruth M. Bates, 88, of Weaverville, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2012. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late John and Carlos Carver Morris. Ruth had been a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Skyland and volunteered at the Council on Aging for many years. She owned and operated her own hair salon,...
Herbert Matthews
Feb 22, 2012
Herbert Matthews, 76, of Candler, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2012. A native of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Jesse James and Sadie Irene Franklin Matthews. Herbert is survived by his wife, Clara E. Matthews; children, Michael, Gary and Robin Matthews and Shavonda Bennett, and her husband, Brad; sister, Myrtle Soloman; brother, Delbert Matthews; 12...
Erous Mooney
Feb 22, 2012
Erous Davis Mooney, age 90, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Dolph and Hattie Webb Davis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Gary Mooney; three sisters, Pearl Rogers, Nola Shoemaker, and Mabel...
Valerie Mathes
Feb 21, 2012
Valerie Clontz Mathes, age 97, died on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Riley and Eva Henson Clontz. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roy R. Mathes, who died in 1992; and several brothers and sisters, Maebell...
Dorothy Brigman
Feb 20, 2012
Carolyn Brigman went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 17, 2012, surrounded by the love of her family. She was born on May 16, 1939, as one of ten children born to the late William Ira and Virginia Dare Calloway Brigman. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Hal N. Little, and...
Philip Burns, Sr.
Feb 20, 2012
Waynesville, Philip J. Burns, Sr., age 73, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2012 at MedWest-Haywood. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, he was a former resident of Boone, North Carolina before moving to Haywood County in 2008. He was the son of the late Frederick and Margaret Doble Burns, but was raised by Louis B. and Sarah...
