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.
Thomas Surrett
Oct 30, 2008
Thomas "Tom" Vaughn Surrett, age 67, of Rhoda Street died Thursday, October 30, 2008, at VA Medical Center. A native of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Sherman and Helen Greene Surrett. He retired from Norfolk Southern Railway with 30 years of service as a conductor. He was a member and deacon of Ridgeway...
Gertrude Hardin
Oct 29, 2008
Gertrude Mangogna Hardin, age 88, died Wednesday, October 29, 2008, at the Brian Center in Hendersonville. A native of New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Josephine Mangogna. She was preceded in death by her husband, DeVere L. Hardin; three brothers, Peter, James, and Frank Mangogna; four sisters, Margaret DeSio, Betty Budzinski,...
Horace Medley
Oct 28, 2008
Waynesville, Horace Samuel Medley, age 81, of 87 Medley Drive, died on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at his residence. A native of Thomaston, Georgia, he had resided in Winter Garden, Clermont, and Crystal River, Florida before moving to Haywood County in 1993. He was preceded in death by a son, Horace Lee Medley, who died in 1999....
Max Rhinehart
Oct 28, 2008
Max Anthony "Tony" Rhinehart, age 63, of Dutch Cove Road, a devout Christian, who gave so much to so many, passed away peacefully at home on October 28, 2008, after a long battle with Crohn's disease. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Robert Lee Suel and Nellie Wilson...
Lucinda Maxwell
Oct 25, 2008
Waynesville, Lucinda Elvira Doering Maxwell, age 98, of the Hazelwood community, died Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of South Dakota and had lived in Santa Barbara, CA prior to living in Haywood County for 50 years. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Doering and...
Garey Wagner, Sr.
Oct 25, 2008
Hazelwood, Garey Gilbert Wagner, Sr., age 67 of Brown Avenue, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2008 after a long and hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Born September 30, 1941 in Honolulu, Hawaii to the late Gilbert and Theresa Wagner, his father was a baker in the Navy. Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, all civilians were...
Clifford Wilson
Oct 24, 2008
Clifford Wilson, age 86, of 699 Justice Ridge Road, died Friday, October 24, 2008 at John F. Keever Solace Center. A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Edwin and Anna Detheridge Wilson. He was preceded in death by four sisters and four brothers. Clifford retired from Champion International with 45 years of...
Mary Burnette
Oct 24, 2008
Mary Sue Branson Burnette, age 91, died Friday, October 24, 2008 at her daughter's residence. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Alfred Washington and Lillie Miller Melton. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Gordon Lee Branson, who died in 1988; her second husband, Clayton Burnette, who died in...
Loran Williams
Oct 23, 2008
Maggie Valley, Loran Oscar Williams, age 88, of Maggie Valley and Wilton Manors, Florida, passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at his residence. A native of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, he was the son of the late Raymond A. and Marie Jung Williams. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ellen...
Rafaelina Navarro
Oct 23, 2008
Waynesville, Rafaelina Carrillo Navarro, age 89, of Cruso Road, died on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Humacao, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of the late Felipe and Inés Carrillo. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joaquin Navarro; two brothers, Luis and Juan...
Ann Hill
Oct 22, 2008
Waynesville, Ann Kuykendall Hill, age 76, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Kuykendall and Bonnie Messer Plemmons. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Dow Hill, who died October 24, 2005, two sisters...
Winnie Walker
Oct 22, 2008
Winnie Joyce Walker, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late James Edwin and Mary Hipps Walker. Joyce was employed by Champion International as systems engineer and was a member of Clyde First Baptist Church. She is survived by one...
Nellie Mccracken
Oct 21, 2008
Bethel, Nellie Walker Willetts McCracken, age 91, passed away on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Brunswick County, she was the daughter of the late William Walker and Nancy Jane Bellamy Willetts. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Jack Garner McCracken,...
Rebecca Dehart
Oct 20, 2008
Lake Junaluska, Rebecca Sue Carver DeHart, age 74, of 135 Ernest Carver Road, passed away on Monday, October 20, 2008 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Ernest H. and Rebecca Reeves Carver. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Bill DeHart, who died in 1997. She...
Laura Longley
Oct 20, 2008
Laura Elizabeth Longley (nee Williams) fell asleep in Jesus on Monday, October 20, in Canton, North Carolina. Mrs. Longley, age 98, was born in Rock Spring, Georgia. Most of her life was spent in the Chattanooga area; she lived in Western North Carolina the past seventeen years. She was a member of the Mount Pisgah Seventh-day Adventist...
Grover Mease
Oct 19, 2008
Grover Clayton "G. C." Mease, Jr., age 82, died Sunday, October 19, 2008, at VA Medical Center in Asheville. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Grover Clayton and Jessie Williams Mease. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Hilda Cagle, Ruth Ryder; and a brother, Carrel Mease. He retired...
Thomas Mullen
Oct 18, 2008
Waynesville, Thomas Charles Mullen, age 55, of Locust Grove Drive, died on Saturday, October 18, 2008 in Maggie Valley. A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, he had resided in the Waynesville area since 1975. He was the son of John R. and Patricia Poppelreiter Mullen. He worked as a carpenter for Mullen Construction Company and was an...
Rubine Smathers
Oct 17, 2008
Waynesville, Rubine M. Smathers, age 72, of 249 Leatherwood Road, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 17, 2008 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Boone and Bessie Allen Medford. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Smathers, who...
Brendan Blanton
Oct 17, 2008
Brendan Tye Blanton, infant son of Michaela Layman Blanton and the late Trooper David Shawn Blanton, Jr., died Friday, October 17, 2008, at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. He was also preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Michael Douglas Layman and his maternal great-grandfather, Oscar Layman, Jr. For Tye to have had such a short life,...
Grace Rogers
Oct 17, 2008
Waynesville, Grace Wilson Rogers, age 67, of 32 Colony Lane, died at her residence on Friday, October 17, 2008 with her family around her. Born in Swain County, she had resided in Haywood County most all of her life. She was the daughter of the late Oscar and Lassie Gasaway Wilson. In addition to her parents, she...
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