Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Joseph Blaylock

Joseph Blaylock

Nov 8, 2008

Joseph Frank Blaylock, age 79, died quietly at home Saturday, November 08, 2008. A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late William Joseph (Joe) Blaylock and Viola Revis Blaylock. Frank was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church where he had served as a deacon. He was employed by Olin Corporation for 29...

Odell Wyatt

Odell Wyatt

Nov 8, 2008

Waynesville, Odell Hal Wyatt, age 75, of 293 Plott Valley Road, passed away on Saturday, November 08, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Henry Estes and Mary Russell Wyatt. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Virginia Jones and...

Randall Pitts

Randall Pitts

Nov 7, 2008

Randall Wayne "Randy" Pitts, age 48, of 116 Turnpike Road, died unexpectedly Friday, November 7, 2008. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of Wayne Hilliard and Ovieda Banks Pitts. He was employed as a car salesman with Ken Wilson Ford of Canton. Randy was also WPTL 920 AM's Pisgah Football Radio Broadcast analyst and...

Geneva Morancie

Geneva Morancie

Nov 7, 2008

Geneva Paxton Morancie, age 77, died Friday, November 7, 2008 at Canton Christian Convalescent Center. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late John Paxton and Fannie Fish Paxton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Morancie, who died in 1994, and one son, Howard Paxton. Geneva always had a special...

Scott Bartucca

Scott Bartucca

Nov 6, 2008

Waynesville, Scott Lawrence Bartucca, age 36 of Clearwater Drive, died Thursday, November 6, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital. He was a native of Waterloo, NY and had lived in Haywood County for the past four years. He attended St. Johns University and Oswego State University. Scott was a devoted father and worked as a private investigator. He...

John Sooy

John Sooy

Nov 6, 2008

Waynesville, John William Sooy, age 71, of 125 Cartwright Drive, died Thursday, November 6, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Millville, New Jersey, resided in Westlake Village, California for 30 years then moved to Haywood County in 2007. He was the son of the late John W. Sooy and Lillian Satterlee Sooy. John was a...

Charles Mease

Charles Mease

Nov 6, 2008

Charles Michael "Moose" Mease, age 46, died unexpectedly on Thursday, November 6, 2008, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of Buford Barton and June Smith Mease. He was a 1980 graduate of Pisgah High School and an employee of H&M Construction as a pipe fitter and...

Jack Bocook

Jack Bocook

Nov 4, 2008

Waynesville, Jack Alexander Bocook, age 80, of 87 Willow Road B12, died on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at Autumn Care of Waynesville, NC A native of Buncombe County and former resident of Clearwater, Florida, he had resided in Haywood County, NC for the past 20 years. He was the son of the late James Arvle and Nelle...

Jane Williamson

Jane Williamson

Nov 3, 2008

Jane Harrison Williamson, age 82, of Country View Drive, died Monday, November 3, 2008, at her residence. A native of Madison County, she was the daughter of the late Troy C. and Tisha Moore Harrison. She was preceded in death by her husband, John R. Williamson, who died in 1968. Jane was a loving mother, sister, and...

Fannie Shelton

Fannie Shelton

Nov 3, 2008

Waynesville, Fannie McClure Shelton, age 82, of Belle Meade Drive, died on Monday, November 03, 2008 at the Brian Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Estus Andy and Rena Cagle McClure. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Wayne and Forest McClure and one...

Gene Rogers

Gene Rogers

Nov 3, 2008

Gene McLain Rogers, age 76, died Monday, November 3, 2008, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Ernest McLain and Lena Leatherwood Rogers. He was preceded in death by a son Stuart Rogers, who died in 1997 and a brother, Lewis Rogers. He was...

Evelyn Clark

Evelyn Clark

Nov 3, 2008

Nora Evelyn Davis Clark, age 82, died Monday, November 3, 2008, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late James Robert and Dorothy Huffman Davis and Kenneth Noah and Grace Forrester. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. C. Clark; a daughter, Linda...

James Robertson

James Robertson

Nov 3, 2008

James Leroy "Dickie" Robertson, age 67, died Monday, November 3, 2008, at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of Savannah Lusk Robertson and the late William G. "Slim" Robertson. He was employed with Bonitz Company for more than 20 years as a roofer. James loved watching NASCAR, football, baseball,...

Louise Rathbone

Louise Rathbone

Nov 2, 2008

Waynesville, Louise Messer Rathbone, age 88, of Monta Vista Drive, died on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, and was the daughter of the late James and Sally Vess Messer. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Frank C. Rathbone who died...

Frances Hart

Frances Hart

Nov 2, 2008

Lake Junaluska, NC – Frances Cobb Hart, 79, of 48 Hart Lane, died on November 2, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late C. Ernest and Mary Elliott Cobb of Lake Junaluska, NC and Seminole Florida. Frances was a graduate of St. Petersburg High School and Wesleyan College, Macon, GA. Most...

Warren Stiles

Warren Stiles

Nov 1, 2008

Warren Lee Stiles, age 53, died Saturday, November 1, 2008, at Asheville Speciality Hospital. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of Don Stiles of Canton and the late Glenna Warren Stiles. He was presently employed with Evergreen Packaging and a member of Canton First United Methodist Church. He was a 1973...

Edward Zane

Edward Zane

Oct 31, 2008

Waynesville, Edward Joseph Zane, age 84, of Grey Fox Lane, died on Friday, October 31, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Camden, New Jersey. Edward lived in Cherry Hill, NJ and had resided in Haywood County for the past 19 years. He was the son of the late Howard and Helen Soistman...

Harry O'Rear

Harry O'Rear

Oct 30, 2008

Waynesville, Harry Barron O'Rear, age 88, of Calhoun Ridge Drive, died on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at his residence after a brief illness. Dr. O'Rear was born in Jasper, AL on June 26, 1920, the son of the late Schley O'Rear and Grace Boshell O'Rear. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Jean O'Rear Pickett...

Thomas Surrett

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

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,...

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