Obituaries
Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas
Ann Williams
Feb 21, 2008
Ann Chancy Williams, age 83, died Thursday, February 21, 2008, at The Elizabeth House of Four Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in Flat Rock. She was a native of Hartford, AL and had resided in Haywood County for the past 57 years. She was the daughter of the late Philip L. and Mary Slocum Chancy. She was...
Eula Ford
Feb 21, 2008
Eula Childers Ford, age 94, dear mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully at Silver Bluff Nursing Home on Thursday, February 21, 2008, after a brief period of declining health following a fall on February 3. She was born on May 19, 1913, in the Connelly's Creek area of Swain County to Alden and Margaret Kimsey Childers....
Margaret Wunderle
Feb 20, 2008
Waynesville, Margaret Wunderle, age 94, passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Born on May 19, 1913, she was a former resident of New Brunswick, NJ and Stuart, FL and had lived in Waynesville with her daughter since 1995. She was preceded in death by her husband, Emil Wunderle. She was a member of the Bayard Street...
Geneva Pressley
Feb 19, 2008
Geneva Watson Pressley, age 88, died Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the daughter of the late Bazz and Ada Sheppard Watson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jennings Pressley, who died in 1965; two sons, Larry Dale and R. J....
Floyd Gunter
Feb 19, 2008
Waynesville, Floyd E. Gunter, age 74, died Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at Autumn Care. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Larry and Oberia Smathers Gunter and was also preceded in death by two sisters; Pauline Gunter and Faye Hawkins and six brothers, Lewis, Lloyd, Bob, Coy, Hughey and Clyde Gunter. He...
Edith Dotson
Feb 18, 2008
Edith Medford Dotson, age 86, of the Thickety Community, died Monday, February 18, 2008 at Haywood Christian Convalescent Center after a brief illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late, Wilson Richard and Dixie Marie Sorrells Medford. Edith was a lifetime member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and...
Robert King
Feb 17, 2008
Canton—Robert L. King, age 65, of Redland Circle, died on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Robert King and Rubenia Hatchett Overman. He was a self-employed logger. He enjoyed woodworking and crafting dulcimers. Robert enjoyed gardening and flowers and also enjoyed going...
Betty Ensley
Feb 17, 2008
Sylva—Isabelle Coward Ensley, age 85, of the Balsam Community, passed away on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Jackson County, she was a previous resident of Pasadena, Texas before returning to Jackson County. She was the daughter of the late George Benjamin and Nannie Phillips Coward. In addition to her parents,...
Juanita Kilby
Feb 17, 2008
Juanita Pressley Kilby, age 60, of the Burnette Cove community, went home to be with her Lord Jesus, Sunday, February 17, 2008 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, born January 24, 1948 to the late Joe and Ruby Rogers Pressley. In addition to her parents, she was...
Martha Setzer
Feb 17, 2008
Waynesville, Martha June Cogburn Setzer, age 81, went home to be with our Lord on February 17, 2008, after a long battle with breast cancer. Born March 3, 1926 in Canton, she was preceded in death by her parents, Frank Wendell Cogburn and Lavenia Cole Cogburn; her brother, Cole Cogburn; her first husband, J. Virgil "Shorty" Smith,...
Eva Muse
Feb 16, 2008
Eva Jean Cole Muse, 72, of Stone Ridge Drive, Candler, died Saturday, February 16, 2008, at St. Joseph. She was a native of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late James Blutch and Martha Justice Cole. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gus Clarence Muse, Jr., who died in 1997; and two brothers,...
Ethel Yates
Feb 15, 2008
Ethel Cunningham Yates, age 94, went home to be with her Lord Friday, February 15, 2008. She was a native of Clay County but had resided in Haywood County for most of her life and was a daughter of the late Paul Benjamin and Sallie Elizabeth Moss Cunningham. She was preceded in death by her husband of...
Ralph Putnam
Feb 15, 2008
Ralph Edgar Putnam, age 92, died Friday, February 15, 2008 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a son of the late, Rufus and Hester Pressley Putnam. Ralph was preceded in death by his wife, Irene Kell Putnam, who died in 1986; a daughter, Lois Marie Wilson, and...
June Cook
Feb 13, 2008
Waynesville, June Lavone Cooke, age 53, who resided with her parents at 220 Ivy Hill Drive, went to her heavenly home to be with the Lord whom she dearly loved, on Wednesday, February 13, 2008. She was born on August 17, 1954 and resided in Haywood County her entire life. June was born with Spina Bifida and...
Robert Pace
Feb 13, 2008
Robert Vinson Pace, age 64, of Phillipsville Loop died Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late Wendell and Marie Baker Pace. He was owner and operator of Southern Fun RV for 25 years and a member of West...
Jimmie Parrish
Feb 12, 2008
Waynesville, Jimmie Wayne Parrish, age 57, of 1250 Joe Carver Road, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, February 11, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Virginia, he had resided in Charleston, SC, before moving to Haywood County 19 years ago. He was the son of the late Willie Rufus and Thelma Clarey Parrish. In addition...
Bobby Sales
Feb 11, 2008
Clyde, Bob Eugene Sales, Sr., age 69, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 11, 2008. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Jonathan E. and Annie Belle Sharp Sales. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a sister, Lillie Mae...
Carolyn Bartram
Feb 11, 2008
Waynesville, Carolyn Mehaffey Bartram, age 64, of Meadow View Circle, died on Monday, February 11, 2008 at Mission Hospital. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of Betty J. Mehaffey of Waynesville and the late Wilfred Mehaffey. She was also preceded in death by one brother, Jack Mehaffey. She was a nursing assistant at Autumn...
James Laney
Feb 9, 2008
James E. Laney, 62, of Candler, died Saturday, February 9, 2008, at John F. Keever Solace Center, after an extended battle of cancer. A native of Haywood County and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was the son of James Oscar Laney and Emma Dee Henson Laney. He was employed at Champion International and Blue Ridge Paper...
Thomas Lentz
Feb 9, 2008
Waynesville, Thomas Lee "Tommy" Lentz, age 84, died Saturday, February 09, 2008 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Rowan County and lived in Durham before moving to Haywood County in 1954. He was the son of the late Thomas Lee and Emma Eller Lentz, Sr. He retired in 1985 from the North Carolina...
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