Barbara Hannah
Dec 5, 2009
Waynesville, Carrie Barbara Dene Woody Hannah, age 55, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Haywood County but had lived in Concord, NC prior to moving back to Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late Jimmy Lawson and Bertha Banks Woody and was also preceded in...
Jack Hoglen
Dec 5, 2009
Jack J Hoglen, 75, of Candler, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Mission Hospitals. He was a son of the late Hallie Stiles and Everett Hoglen and was also preceded in death by six brothers.
Mr. Hoglen retired from the US Marine Corps as Gunnery Sergeant after serving 20 years and also retired from the...
Carrie Wilson
Dec 5, 2009
Carrie Mae Trantham Wilson, age 80, died Saturday, December 5, 2009, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late William Carl "Bill" and Gertrude Devlin Trantham. She was also preceded in death by a son, James Carroll Wilson, Jr. and a brother, Billie Trantham. She...
George Howell
Dec 4, 2009
George Thomas "Tommy" Howell, age 77, of Tommy Howell Road died Friday, December 4, 2009, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Hamilton, Ohio, he was the son of the late Paul Jennings and Rebecca Little Howell. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Judith Ann Howell who died in 2003 and two sisters,...
Ann Walsh
Dec 4, 2009
Balsam, Ann Eden Walsh, age 76 of Balsam, NC, died on Friday, December 4, 2009 at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, NC. Born August 31, 1933 in Rome, Georgia she moved back to Okeechobee, FL as a small child. The family later moved to Ft. Pierce, FL in 1938, where she graduated from Ft. Pierce High School...
Berlin Haynes
Dec 3, 2009
Waynesville, Berlin Coman Haynes, age 100, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at McCracken Rest Home. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Posey Bruce and Mary Elizabeth Frisbee Haynes. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Finey Sutton and Estie Kirkpatrick; four brothers, Henry, Posey, Furman, and Lawson...
Betty Lane
Dec 2, 2009
Waynesville, Betty Jean Lane, age 77, of 88 Polk Street, died on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at her residence. A native of Stanly County, NC, she had lived in Chicago, Houston, and Mt. Pleasant, MI before moving to Haywood County in 1972. She was the daughter of the late George W. and Pantha Griffin Plyler. She received...
Dorothy Peterson
Dec 2, 2009
Maggie Valley, Dorothy Elizabeth Hamilton Peterson, age 96, of passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at her residence. A native of Rochester Mills, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John W. and Annie Jane Simpson Hamilton and was also preceded in death by her husband, Gordon Bernard Peterson, who died November 21, 2007, her...
Kent Roberts
Dec 2, 2009
Kent Stephen Roberts, age 52, passed away on December 2, 2009, at his residence. He was a native of Blount County, TN, and was the son of Charles and Mary Gene Roberts. He served the Lord as a member of Providence Church in Clyde. Kent enjoyed music, playing guitar at church and with his friends. He was...
Ruth Rector
Nov 30, 2009
Clyde, Ruth Price Rector, 82, of 48 Tranquility Heights, Hyder Mountain community, died Monday, November 30, after a two and one-half year illness. A Haywood County native, she was the daughter of the late Dewey and Lura Davis Price of Fines Creek. She retired from the Maggie Valley Country Club as comptroller for more than 20 years,...
Edna Ferguson
Nov 30, 2009
Waynesville, Edna Caldwell Ferguson, 75, of 94 Long Street, passed away on Monday, November 30, 2009 at Courtyard Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Asheville. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the daughter of the late Charlie Ray and Eulala Palmer Caldwell. She is also preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Lee...
Barbara Shelton
Nov 29, 2009
Waynesville, Barbara Noland Shelton, age 55, of Plott Mountain Road, died on Sunday, November 29, 2009 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of Ellen Rathbone and the late Medford Noland. She was employed at Dayco Inc. for 25 years and later graduated with honors from Southwestern Community College where she earned...
Roger Singleton
Nov 28, 2009
Roger Guy Singleton, age 77, of the Dix Creek Community, died Saturday, November 28, 2009 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late James Guy and Lois Rogers Singleton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Randall Lynn Singleton; and two brothers, Bruce and...
Geneva Hoyle
Nov 26, 2009
Geneva Jones Hoyle, 86, formally of Georgia, passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2009 at Mission Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Myrtle Gunter and Sampson Jones. She was also preceded in death by her husband Raymond and a son Rocky Hoyle.
A native of Jackson County she dedicated her life to raising her children...
Michael Cochran
Nov 26, 2009
Michael Anthony "Mike" Cochran, age 63, died Thursday, November 26, 2009 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Howard and Mabel Blaylock Cochran. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Martha Free Cochran, who died in 2005....
Ed Smith
Nov 25, 2009
Waynesville, Edwin C. "Ed" Smith, age 81, of 450 Chambers Road, died on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Leonard Carol and Lucy Jane Burnette Smith. He was also preceded in death by one sister, Dot Ford. Ed retired from Champion Papers as a...
Peggy Harkins
Nov 25, 2009
Waynesville, Peggy Ann Carver Harkins, age 71, died on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late John Kelly and Rachel Smith Carver. She retired in 2001 from Haywood Regional Medical Center as a CNA with over 25 years service. Peggy...
Rose Brooks
Nov 25, 2009
Rose Jane Brooks, 91, of Candler passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at Pisgah Manor. She was a daughter of the late Bess Byrd and James Turner Davis. She was also preceded in death by her son Malcolm Brooks, husband Benjamin Brooks and two sisters.
Survivors include her daughter, Viki Warren and husband Robert, sisters, Frances...
James Jennings
Nov 24, 2009
Waynesville, James Cecil "J.C." Jennings, Sr., age 88, of 160 Hillside Terrace Drive, passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at his residence. A native of Orangeburg, SC, he had lived most of his life in Haywood County. He was the son of the late Marion Bissell and Betty Elizabeth Smoak Jennings and was also preceded in...
Floyd Cothern
Nov 23, 2009
Waynesville, Floyd G. Cothern, age 89, died on Monday, November 23, 2009 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Macon County, he had lived most of his life in Haywood County. He was the son of the late Nathaniel Augustus and Tallie Gregory Cothern. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...
