Obituaries
Recent obituaries in North Carolina
The obituaries in the North Carolina Area reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy. Their stories serve as a reminder of the richness and complexity North Carolina's history and identity.
Linda Edmonds
Feb 4, 2011
Asheville Edmonds, Linda Henson, 64, of Asheville, died on Friday, February 4, 2011. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of Ulus and Vivian Burris Henson and a graduate of Bethel High School. She loved spending time at home with her family and the GA Bulldogs. She is preceded in death by her father, Ulus Henson and...
Joetta Rinehart
Feb 3, 2011
Asheville, Joetta F. Rinehart, age 77, passed away on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at Givens Estates. A native of Davidson County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Ernest R. and Pearl Martin Doby. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Eugene, Robert, Donald, and Nelson Doby. She was...
Luther Greene
Feb 3, 2011
Luther Maynard Greene, age 89, passed away on Thursday, February 03, 2011 at Thomasville Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Robert and Dorsey Fisher Greene. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Rathbone Greene, who died in 2004; three brothers; and four...
Brainard Burrus
Feb 2, 2011
Brainard Monroe Burrus, age 87, died on Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at Mission Hospitals – Memorial Campus. Brainard was born in Mooresboro, NC and lived most of his life in Haywood County. He was the son of the late Samuel Brainard and Annie Lovelace Burrus and was preceded in death by a sister, Marjorie Burrus Fuller. He...
Faye Guffey
Feb 2, 2011
Faye Hall Guffey, age 83, passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late David Earl and Mamie Swaim Hall. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Guffey, who died in...
Clide Stiles
Feb 2, 2011
Clide Henson Stiles, age 95, passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Beulah Fletcher Henson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Stiles, who died in 1983; two granddaughters, Leaetta...
Louis Andrews
Feb 1, 2011
Waynesville, Louis Wayne Andrews, Sr., age 78, passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Greensboro, Georgia, he had resided in Haywood County for the last three years. He was the son of the late Lewis Paul and Helen English Andrews and was a retired farmer. He is survived by...
David Smith
Feb 1, 2011
Waynesville, David Lee "Hulley" Smith, age 63, of 212 Belleview Road passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2011. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late John Smith, Sr. and Birdell Love Smith. He was also preceded in death by one sister, Rovena Love; three brothers, Nolie Love, John Smith, Jr., and George...
Charles Robinson
Feb 1, 2011
Waynesville, Charles Lee Robinson, age 71, passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at Chestnut Park Drive. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of Dwayne and Lou Ellen Miller Robinson. He was a graduate of Waynesville Township High School. He was a truck driver for Wellco for 20 years and retired in 1997 from...
Ricky Edwards
Feb 1, 2011
Waynesville, Ricky Dale Edwards, age 45, of 17 Scotts Drive, passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at his residence. A native of Cherokee County, he lived most of his life in Haywood County and was the son of the late Cora Sue DeHart and was also preceded in death by a sister, Penny Wishon. Rick enjoyed...
Evelyn Morris
Jan 31, 2011
Waynesville, Evelyn Rogers Morris, age 92, passed away on Monday, January 31, 2011 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Taylor and Polly Fisher Rogers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh Morris who died in 2007; a son, Arnold...
G. Jameson
Jan 31, 2011
Waynesville, Reverend G.W. Jameson, 88, of 1117 Oakdale Rd., Waynesville, NC, went home to be with His Lord and Savior, Monday, January 31, 2011 at his residence. A native of Habersham County, Georgia, he was preceded in death by his parents, S.Y. and Dessie Jameson; wife of 60 years, Lillie Sales Jameson; a brother, Otis Jameson; and...
Ronald Passmore
Jan 30, 2011
Ronald David "Pops" Passmore, age 58, of Surrett Road died on Sunday, January 30, 2011, at his residence. A native of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late John Woodrow and Pearlie Mae Dunbar Passmore. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Joseph Jonathan Passmore. He was employed with Ken Wilson Ford as...
Archie Wells, Jr.
Jan 30, 2011
Waynesville, Archie Leroy Wells, Jr., age 80, passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at the Brian Center. A native of Topeka, Kansas, he was the son of the late Archie Leroy Wells, Sr. and Flossie Sunbeam Wells. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his first wife, Loretta Wells; a daughter, Cindy...
Kathy Young
Jan 30, 2011
Kathy Wilson Young, age 56, passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Guilford County, she was a daughter of Maxine Lemons Spivey of Stokesdale and the late Clay Wilson, Jr. She retired, with 30 years of service, from the Buncombe County School System, where she taught as an...
Louise Scott
Jan 30, 2011
Louise Worley Scott, age 83, died on Sunday, January 30, 2011, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Chester F. and Genie West Worley. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Curtis Scott, who died in 2007; a daughter, Edith Dawn Scott;...
Lee Stamey
Jan 29, 2011
Lee Roy Stamey, age 80, died on Saturday, January 29, 2011, at John F. Keever Solace Center. A native of Madison County, he was the son of the late James Newton and Bessie Baldwin Stamey. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Ethel Summey Stamey, who died in 1987 and a son, Gary Gene...
Verneta Parham
Jan 29, 2011
Verneta Sheffield Parham, age 71, passed away, on January 29, 2011, at Heartland Medical Hospital in Sebring, Florida. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Vernon and Maude Massie Sheffield. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant sister, Emily Sheffield. She was a...
Carl Shaffer
Jan 27, 2011
Carl Shaffer, 58 passed away on Thursday January 27, 2011 after a short illness. He was a lifetime resident of Buncombe County , born on November 30, 1952 in Spruce Pine, NC. He is survived by his parents Peter and Perry Shaffer, sister Cynthia Shaffer, daughter Michele Kriezel, husband Jeff Kriezel & 2 grandsons Skyler & Keaton Kriezel. A...
Kenneth Calloway
Jan 27, 2011
Calloway, Kenneth 'Randy' Randall, 31, of Candler, went home to be with the Lord unexpectedly on Thursday, January 27, 2011. He is survived by his son, Logan Calloway; father, Garrett Willie (Paula) Calloway; mother, Kellie Surrett (Rick) Austin; sister, Carole Calloway; longtime companion, Nikki Amason; grandmother, Connie Surrett and numerous relatives and friends. The family invites family and friends...
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