Obituaries
Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas
William Robb
Mar 6, 2012
Canton, William Swan Robb, age 46, passed away on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at his residence. A native of Westchester, New York, he was the son of Alexander McRae and Joan Sills Robb. He was in the Marine Corp Reserves. Bill was first and foremost, a fisherman. He enjoyed fishing the many streams and ponds of the...
Dallas Hatherlee, Sr.
Mar 3, 2012
Dallas Ruben Hatherlee, Sr., age 67, of Lark Lane, passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at MedWest-Haywood. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Lonnie and Ada Trull Hatherlee. Dallas was self-employed as a sheetrock installer. He was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan as well as a true Duke Blue Devils...
William Dodge
Mar 3, 2012
Asheville, NC – Reverend William Wesley Dodge, 96, passed away on March 3, 2012 at Givens Estates. He was born in Fairfax County, Virginia on December 8, 1915, and graduated from American University of Washington, DC and Duke Divinity School. Reverend Dodge served congregations in West Virginia and the Maryland/Washington DC area, retiring to Waynesville, NC in...
Jimmie Mann
Mar 2, 2012
Jimmie "Red" Mann, age 80, died Friday, March 02, 2012 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Ava Saunders Freeman. Jimmie was a very active member of Plains United Methodist Church and worked for Dr. Robert K. Harpe as an office assistant for 25 years. She is...
Stuart Creel
Mar 2, 2012
Waynesville, Stuart Edward Creel, age 86, passed away Friday, March 2, 2012 at Autumn Care Nursing Home. Stuart was born in Cordova, Alabama on December 24, 1925. He was the eldest of three sons born to Leslie and Vivian Harmon Creel. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother Leslie Creel Jr....
Edna Shook
Mar 1, 2012
Edna L. Shook, 83, of Asheville, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2012. She was born September 11, 1928 in Madison County to the late Hezikie and Clonie Matilda Roberts Lunsford. A Funeral Service will be held at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, March 6th in the Moore Funeral Home at Forest Lawn Chapel of Faith. Please visit www.moorefh.net for sign...
Betty Haynes
Mar 1, 2012
Betty Leatherwood Haynes, age 85, died Thursday, March 1, 2012 in Austell, Georgia. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Howard and Willie Pearl Medford Leatherwood. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Haynes, who died in 1990. Betty was a member of Emmanuel Baptist...
Vivian Kirkpatrick
Feb 29, 2012
Waynesville, Vivian Gunter Kirkpatrick, age 71, of Majestic Lane, passed away on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at the Brian Center with her family by her side. A native of Madison County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Mattie Brown Gunter. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Lee,...
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...
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