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.
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...
Catherine Stamey
Jun 1, 2008
Leicester, Catherine Burnette Stamey, age 91, died at Silver Bluff Nursing Home on Sunday, June 1, 2008. She was a native of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Gaston and Ossie Anders Burnette. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Hilliard Stamey, who died in 2002; one son, Dennis Stamey; three sisters,...
Heather Reid
Jun 1, 2008
Candler, Heather Elizabeth Barrineau Reid, age 30, of Candler, passed away after a long courageous battle with cancer on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at Duke University Hospital. She was a native of and lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was the daughter of Janet Kimball Camlin and her husband, Wally, of Waynesville and the...
William Jones
Jun 1, 2008
Waynesville, Lucius Jones, age 69, died on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the John F. Keever Solice Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Frank and Reba Bramlette Jones. He was a self-employed farmer. He is survived by several cousins. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m....
Judy Young
Jun 1, 2008
Maggie Valley, Judith "Judy" Ann Dickerson Young, age 65, of Columbine Lane, died on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at her residence. A native of Tuscumbia, Missouri, she had resided in Atlanta before moving to Haywood County in 1999. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Grace Snelling Dickerson. In addition to her parents, she was...
Ralph Phillips
May 30, 2008
Waynesville, Ralph Phillips, age 81, of Hillside Terrace, died Friday, May 30, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and was the son of the late Arthur and Marietta Ray Phillips. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Judy Phillips, who died in 1996; five sisters:...
William Morgan
May 29, 2008
William Ernest "Ernie" Morgan, age 49, died Thursday, May 29, 2008 at Memorial Mission Hospital Campus. He was a native of Buncombe County and a son of Mary Abel Morgan of Fernandina Beach, FL and the late Charlie Morgan. Ernie was employed by Ward Piano Company for the past 25 years and he attended Canton Freewill Baptist...
Linda Trull
May 29, 2008
Linda Mason Trull, age 59, died Thursday, May 29, 2008 at St. Joseph Hospital Campus. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was a daughter of U.L. and Dorothy "Dot" Lankford Mason. She was preceded in death by a brother, William Doug Mason. Linda was a member of Canton Freewill Baptist Church where she played...
Isabell Randall
May 28, 2008
Isabell Revis Randall, age 83, of Brown Road, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at St. Joseph Hospital. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Jess and Reldy Revis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Wilson Smith, who died in 1958; two sons, Samuel W. and Roger Lee Smith; and...
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