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.
Sherry Boyett
Jun 20, 2008
Clyde – Sherry R. Boyett, age 61, died Friday, June 20, 2008, at her residence. A native of Bayport, Mo., she was a former resident of St. Petersburg, FL. She was preceded in death by her first husband, David Rochowhicz. She was a retired communications officer with the St. Pete Beach Police Department with 20 years of...
Howard Futrell
Jun 19, 2008
Howard Alton Futrell, age 74, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, at his residence. A native of North Hampton County, NC, he was the son of Howard Alvin and Rennie Draper Futrell. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Wilton Ray Futrell. He was retired from the United States Army and Charleston Naval shipyard. He was...
Trooper Blanton, Jr.
Jun 17, 2008
Trooper David Shawn Blanton, Jr., G-540, age 24, a two-year veteran with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol died a hero on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, in the line of duty. He was a native of Swain County and was very proud of his Cherokee heritage. Shawn was the first member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee...
Betty Cooke
Jun 17, 2008
Betty Cogburn Cooke, age 86, died Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Parley and Essie Mason Cogburn. She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Jay Eugene Cook, who died in 2005; two infant sons, Ronald Porter and J.E. Cooke and...
Grace Jenkins
Jun 16, 2008
Grace Rathbone Jenkins, age 89, died Monday, June 16, 2008, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late John and Kate Early Rathbone. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Walter Jenkins, Sr. who died in 1993. She retired from Haywood County Hospital...
Robert Pedgrift
Jun 15, 2008
Lake Junaluska, Robert "Bob" Pedgrift, age 88, died on Sunday, June 15, 2008 at Autumn Care. A native of Chicago, IL, he had resided in St. Petersburg, FL for 36 years and moved to Haywood County in 1988. He was the son of the late John and Marie Herm Pedgrift. He was a US Air Force veteran...
Ruby Roberts
Jun 15, 2008
Waynesville, Ruby Barrett Roberts, age 93, joyfully left this earthly home on Sunday, June 15, 2008 to spend eternity in her heavenly home with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and to join her loving husband of 67 years, Maurice C. Roberts, who passed away on December 18, 2005. In addition to her husband, she was also...
Len Mcclure
Jun 15, 2008
Len Willis McClure, age 73, beloved husband, dad, papaw, brother, and uncle went to sleep in the Lord on June 15, 2008. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Grady and Pearl Bryson McClure; a sister, Wilma Haney; two brothers, Wilson McClure and Bobby McClure; and two of man's best friends, Red and Shasta, who...
Reeves Greene
Jun 15, 2008
Clyde, Reeves James Greene, age 85, of 109 Cloverhill Road, died on Sunday, June 15, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late James Baxter and Sophia McElroy Greene. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Marvin, Elmer,...
Opal Willis
Jun 14, 2008
Opal Juanita Willis, returned to our Lord's kingdom on Saturday, June 14, 2008. Born in Mineral Bluff, Georgia, in 1921, she moved to Canton, North Carolina, in 1936, where she met and married her love, friend and soul mate, Herschel Lee Willis. They were married June 21, 1941 and shared 58 wonderful years of life together. They...
Wanda Caldwell
Jun 13, 2008
Waynesville, Wanda Caldwell, age 50, of Riverbend Street, died Friday, June 13, 2008 at Mission Hospitals-St. Joseph Campus after a brief battle with cancer. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and was the daughter of Lois Moody Cagle and the late Robert H. Cagle. She was also preceded in death by a brother,...
Eva Moody
Jun 12, 2008
Waynesville, Eva Lou Ledford Moody, age 71, of 219 Killian Street, died on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at her residence. A native and lifetime resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Mollie Fish Ledford. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant son, Jackie Moody; two...
Grover Parham
Jun 11, 2008
Grover Posey Parham of Jenkins Road died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Ernie and Gertrude Worley Parham. He retired from the Town of Canton with 25 years of service and was a member of Beaverdam Baptist Church. He...
Mark Conner
Jun 11, 2008
Mark Dewayne Conner, age 45, died Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of Enlow and Nina Reece Conner. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Idella and Lawrence Reece and Pearl and Brownlow Conner. Mark loved spending time with his...
Ronald Boynton
Jun 9, 2008
Maggie Valley, Ronald "Ronnie" Boynton, age 31, of 544 Black Camp Gap Road, died on Monday, June 9, 2008 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Broward County, Florida, he was the son of Ronald Roy Boynton, Sr. and Margaret Ann May Boynton of Clyde. He was owner and operator of Rapid Ron's Plumbing. In addition to...
Mary Rogers
Jun 7, 2008
Waynesville, Mary Elizabeth Nunn Rogers, age 84, died Saturday, June 7, 2008 at Autumn Care Nursing Home in Waynesville. She was a native of Lenoir County, NC and had lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Davis Boone Rogers; a daughter, Linda R. Smith; a sister, Eloise Collins...
Robert Woodlief
Jun 6, 2008
Waynesville, Robert E. Woodlief, age 64, of Apple Creek Road, died on Friday, June 6, 2008, at Memorial Mission Hospital. He was a native of Franklin County, NC and a former resident of Hollywood, FL and had lived in Haywood County for the past 15 years. He was a retired paint fabricator for Sun Stream Jet Center...
Jeptha Smathers
Jun 3, 2008
Jeptha Thomas "J. T." Smathers, age 87, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late A. F. and Daisy Medford Smathers. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Donna S. Sutton and an infant son, William Ralph Smathers. He...
Ethel Ledbetter
Jun 3, 2008
Ethel Watts Ledbetter, age 79, of Hill Top Road, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Macon County, she was a daughter of the late William and Josephine Evett Watts. She was preceded in death by her husband, McKinley Bryson Ledbetter, who died November 14, 2007. Ethel was a member of...
Barbara Clauser
Jun 2, 2008
Waynesville, Barbara Kay Manus Clauser, age 71, of 172 Liberty Road, died on Monday, June 2, 2008 at her residence. A native of Logan County, IL, she was a former resident of Akron, OH, Omaha, NE, Columbia, SC and Charlotte, NC and had lived in Haywood County since 1992. She was the daughter of the late Carl...
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