Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Henry Teague

Henry Teague

Oct 5, 2007

France Teague, age 88, died Friday, October 5, 2007, at Silver Bluff Village. He was a native of Haywood County in the White Oak Community and a lifelong resident. He was the son of the late James Lawson and Mattie Russell Teague, and was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Mattie Ledford Teague, who...

Jack Messer

Jack Messer

Oct 4, 2007

Canton-Jack Wayne Messer, age 72, of 96 Little East Fork Road, died on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and life-long resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Robert and Addie Mae Phillips Messer. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Merle...

Doris Rhew

Doris Rhew

Oct 3, 2007

Maggie Valley-Doris E. Rhew, age 88, of 124 Market Street, died on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Wharton, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Lela Woods Cauley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, David Rhew, who died in 1990...

Virginia Blythe

Virginia Blythe

Oct 3, 2007

Canton - Virginia H. Blythe, age 78, died Wednesday, October 03, 2007 at Brian Center in Waynesville. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Earl and Bessie Dot Nations Henson. She was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Gerald C. Blythe, who died in December,...

Robert Irwin

Robert Irwin

Oct 3, 2007

Iron Duff-Robert "Bob" Irwin, age 74, died October 3, 2007 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Dayton, Ohio, he resided in Haywood County since early 2004. He is the son of the late Ralph and Georgia Hendrickson. He was a retired Chief Warrant Officer having served over 20 years in both the US Air Force...

Dirk Bean

Dirk Bean

Oct 3, 2007

Waynesville-Dirk Everett Bean, age 37, died suddenly on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at his home in Louisburg, NC. He had lived in the Wake Forest, Louisburg area for the past 17 years. He was the son of Barbara R. Bean and the late Allen E. Bean. Dirk was owner of Appalachian Hardwood Floors and was a member...

James Lytton

James Lytton

Sep 30, 2007

Waynesville-James Eugene Lytton, Jr., age 63, of 145 Valley Brook Lane, died on Sunday, September 30, 2007 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Mooresville, NC, he was a former resident of Troy, NC and had resided in Haywood County for the past seven years. He was a US Navy veteran and a retired caterer. He...

Donna Ferguson

Donna Ferguson

Sep 30, 2007

DONNA C. FERGUSON Clyde-Donna Carver Ferguson, age 51, died on Sunday, September 30, 2007 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of Freida Brookshire Carver of Greeneville, TN and the late Donald Lloyd Carver. She was employed as a weaver for American Silk/Paxar for 23 years and was a...

Jimmy Browning

Jimmy Browning

Sep 29, 2007

Waynesville-Jimmy Neal Browning of Maxwell Street, age 42, died Saturday, September 29, 2007 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and was preceded in death by his father, John Browning who died in 1998 and a brother, Jacob Lee Browning. Jimmy loved nothing more than spending time with his...

James Jones, Jr.

James Jones, Jr.

Sep 29, 2007

James Horace Jones, Jr., age 86, died Saturday, September 29, 2007, at the VA Medical Center. He was the son of the late James Horace and Jesse Fulbright Jones, Sr. and was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Elizabeth McFall Jones, who died in 1984. He was retired from the United States Navy, having served...

Lois Patterson

Lois Patterson

Sep 27, 2007

Waynesville, NC-Lois E. Patterson, age 89, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2007 at her residence. A native of Covington, Kentucky, she had resided in Haywood County, NC since 2001. She was the daughter of the late Thomas D. and Lois Hogg Ector. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Dr....

Carl Cutshaw

Carl Cutshaw

Sep 26, 2007

Waynesville-Carl William Cutshaw, age 89, of 57 Mill Street, passed away surrounded by his family Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Julius P. and Hazel Burdine Evans Cutshaw. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife,...

Annie Rathbone

Annie Rathbone

Sep 24, 2007

Waynesville-Annie Price Rathbone, age 91, of the Panther Creek Community, died Monday September 24, 2007. Born in Cataloochee Valley, she was a lifelong resident of Haywood County and had resided the last two years in Chester, SC with her niece and family. She was the daughter of the late Will and Ivy Franklin Price and was also...

D.B. Arrington

D.B. Arrington

Sep 22, 2007

Panther Creek-D.B. Arrington, age 75, of Amos Arrington Road, died Saturday, September 22, 2007 at his home. He was a native of Haywood County and was the son of the late Amos and Effie Rathbone Arrington. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bobbie Pearl Arrington in 2003 and his daughter, Diane Pressley. He was employed...

John Smiley

John Smiley

Sep 21, 2007

Waynesville-John H. Smiley, Jr., age 69, of Presidential Drive, died Friday, September 21, 2007 at his home. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late John and Pearl Godfrey Smiley, and the husband of the late Anne McElroy Smiley who died in 2001. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Katrina Louise...

Sandra Howell

Sandra Howell

Sep 21, 2007

Waynesville-Sandra "Sandie" Howell, age 44, died Friday, September 21, 2007, after a period of declining health. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of Charles E. Cagle and Althea L. Rogers. She held an Associate Degree from Haywood Community College and was an administrative assistant and registrar at Lake Junaluska Assembly for 16 years and...

Garrett Demarce

Garrett Demarce

Sep 19, 2007

Garrett Jonah DeMarce, 12 day-old infant son of Adrian Damon and Kimberly Miller DeMarce of Smyrna, Georgia died Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Jackson Noah DeMarce; maternal grandparents, Mike and Barbara Miller of Clyde; maternal great-grandmother, Annette Miller of Clyde; paternal grandparents,...

Kenneth Hall

Kenneth Hall

Sep 18, 2007

Waynesville-Kenneth Hall, age 59, died September 18, 2007 at his residence. He was a native of Greenville, SC and was the son of the late Alex and Lona Carver Hall. He was also preceded in death by a son; sister, Louise Rathbone and brother, Clifford Hall. Mr. Hall was employed by Carolina Southern as a Mill Room...

Sybil Ferguson

Sybil Ferguson

Sep 18, 2007

Clyde-Sybil Snyder Ferguson, of 544 Thompson Cove Road, Clyde, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2007. A native of Clyde, where she lived most of her life, she was retired from Powell Industries where she was employed for 25 years. She was also employed as a bookkeeper at Ward Piano Company for a number of years. She attended...

Lisa Kirkpatrick

Lisa Kirkpatrick

Sep 16, 2007

Canton - Lisa Watson Kirkpatrick, age 45, died Sunday, September 16, 2007 at Memorial Mission Hospital. She was a native of Buncombe County, but had resided in Haywood County for most of her life. She was a daughter of John Howard and Della Pace Watson and was a member of High Street Baptist Church. In addition to...

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