Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Ruby Clark

Ruby Clark

Dec 4, 2008

Ruby Embler Clark, age 81, died Thursday, December 4, 2008 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Mildred Winchester Embler. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Paul Clark, who died in January, 2008 and one brother, Joe Embler. She was employed with St....

Adrienne Dinwiddie

Adrienne Dinwiddie

Dec 4, 2008

Waynesville, Andrienne Geiser Dinwiddie, 94, entered into eternal rest on December 4, 2008. A native of New Orleans, LA, she was the daughter of Clara Aurianne Geiser and John Geiser, Swiss artist, who after extensive travel in South America, settled in New Orleans and became a well known artist of that city, fully restoring the frescoes of...

Betty Mull

Betty Mull

Dec 2, 2008

Betty Jean Reece Mull, age 71, died Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at Canton Christian Convalescent Center. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Lush and Jessie Robinson Reece. She was preceded in death by one son, Charlie Hardin; one grandson, Jared Hardin; and one sister, Mary Ann Reece. Betty enjoyed crafts, reading...

Lucille Rathbone

Lucille Rathbone

Dec 1, 2008

Lucille Fowler Rathbone, age 93, of Clyde, went home to be with her Lord on December 1, 2008. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Jesse M. and Zalia Rogers Fowler. She was preceded in death by a sister and her husband, Valrea and James Chambers; a brother and his wife, Rufus...

Frances Fowler

Frances Fowler

Nov 30, 2008

Waynesville Frances Lebrada "Brenda" Caldwell Fowler, age 69, of 29 Grape Leaf Drive, died Sunday, November 30, 2008 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was a daughter of Hayden and Ruby Wright Caldwell and wife of the late Clyde Lee Fowler, Jr., who died in 1999. She was also preceded in...

Athalee Holley

Athalee Holley

Nov 29, 2008

Waynesville, Athalee Johnson Holley, age 90 died Saturday, November 29, 2008 at the Canton Christian Convalescent Center. She was born in Independence, Louisiana on October 26, 1918. She graduated from Albany High School and lived in Hammond, LA all her adult life before moving to North Carolina 5 years ago. She was preceded in death by her...

Don Conkling

Don Conkling

Nov 27, 2008

Waynesville, Donald Ray Conkling, age 82, died on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Casper, Wyoming, he was the son of the late Ray C. and Florence Henry Conkling and was also preceded in death by a brother, William Conkling. He was a US Navy Veteran of World War II and...

Harriett Burns

Harriett Burns

Nov 27, 2008

Waynesville, Harriett M. Burns, age 94, of 622 Haywood Street, died on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at Smokey Mountain Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. A native of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, she resided in Newark, NJ before moving to Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late William and Harriett Stephenson Burns and was also preceded in...

Gerald Jones

Gerald Jones

Nov 27, 2008

Gerald Edward "Bill" Jones, age 73, of Jones Cove Road, died Thursday, November 27, 2008, at his residence. A native of Dyersburg, TN, he had resided in Haywood County since 1996 and was the son of the late John I. and Mary Baker Jones. He was also preceded in death by a brother and a sister. He...

Johnnie Kinsland

Johnnie Kinsland

Nov 26, 2008

Johnnie Kinsland, age 73, of Old River Road, died Wednesday, November 26, 2008, at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late J. W. and Essie Mason Cogburn Kinsland. She was also preceded in death by three half sisters, Martha Kuykendall, Betty Cooke, and Shang Cogburn. She was a member of...

Mary Webb

Mary Webb

Nov 25, 2008

Waynesville, Mary Cady Webb passed on to her Heavenly Father Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at Hospice House in Savannah, Georgia. She was born on July 2, 1919 to Adam Alonza and Ada Starling Cady in Hahira, Georgia. In February of 1945, she married Earl Grey Webb, Sr. in Valdosta, Georgia and shortly thereafter moved to Pompano Beach,...

Carolyne Broyles

Carolyne Broyles

Nov 24, 2008

Maggie Valley, NC Carolyne "June" Broyles, age 68, of 174 Blue Jay Loop, died Monday, November 24 2008 at her residence. A native of Sparta, TN, she had resided in Los Angeles, California, and Springfield, TN before moving to Haywood County in 2001. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Elese Bennette Broyles. She worked...

Reeves Farmer

Reeves Farmer

Nov 23, 2008

Reeves Everette Farmer, age 70, of Crescent Loop, died Sunday, November 23, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was a son of the late David and Lovie Revis Farmer. He was preceded in death by two brothers, five sisters, and one son, David Farmer. Reeves retired in 1998...

Hettie Frady

Hettie Frady

Nov 23, 2008

Waynesville, Hettie Jones Frady, age 85, of Allens Creek Road, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2008 at Autumn Care. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Talmadge and Oberia Buchanan Jones. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Mildred Jones, and two...

William Buckner

William Buckner

Nov 22, 2008

Canton, William Kelly Buckner, age 97, died Saturday, November 22, 2008 at Autumn Care facility. He was born in Jackson County, and moved to Haywood County as a young boy. He was the son of the late Nettie Buckner. He was also preceded in death by his beloved wife of 74 years, Rowena Williams Buckner. Kelly was...

Richard Crooks

Richard Crooks

Nov 21, 2008

Maggie Valley, Richard Clark "Dick" Crooks, age 75, of 93 Hickory Drive, died on Friday, November 21, 2008 at his residence. A native of Marion, Indiana and former resident of Plantation, Florida, he had lived in Haywood County since 1989. He was the son of the late Lardner Clark and Lovey Ruth Fenstermaker Crooks. He was a...

Alberta Price

Alberta Price

Nov 20, 2008

Alberta Eary Price, age 78, died Thursday, November 20, 2008, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Wood County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mae Gilbert Eary. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Price, who died in 1996; and two sisters, Deloris Fields and Linda France. She...

Louella Bettis

Louella Bettis

Nov 19, 2008

Louella Madeira Bettis, age 83, died Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Covington, KY, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Henrietta Leslie Madeira. She was preceded in death by her husband, Escher William Bettis. Louella was an active church member at Harvey Browne Presbyterian Church where every year...

Winnie Fowler

Winnie Fowler

Nov 18, 2008

Clyde, Winnie Lou Williams Fowler, age 59, of 117 Suttles Street, passed away peacefully at her residence. A native of Clayton, Alabama and former resident of Orlando, FL, she had lived in Haywood County for over 30 years. She was the daughter of the late Marvin L. and Sallie Lou Dease Williams. In addition to her parents,...

Alva Carver

Alva Carver

Nov 18, 2008

Maggie Valley, Alva Jo Moody Carver, age 85, of 341 Soco Road, died on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Clifton and Isabelle Mehaffey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ned Carver, who...

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