Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Nellie Trull

Nellie Trull

Sep 16, 2007

Canton - Nellie Bird Trull went home to be with God on September 16, 2007. She was a member of Maple Grove Baptist Church and an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She was a health care worker for many years. Nellie was born on March 15, 1941 to the late Timpson and Alkinney...

Ella Donaldson

Ella Donaldson

Sep 15, 2007

Ella Moore Donaldson, age 84, died Saturday, September 15, 2007, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. She was a resident of Haywood County for 60 years and the daughter of the late William Henry and Elizabeth Whitmire Moore. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Henry Donaldson, who died in 1993. During World War II, Ella...

Geraldine Moore

Geraldine Moore

Sep 15, 2007

Waynesville-Geraldine Balding Moore, age 75, of the Ninevah community was promoted to her new home in Heaven on Saturday, September 15, 2007 at Pardee Hospital, Hendersonville. Geraldine B. Moore was a native of Madison County, and had resided in Haywood County most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Landon John and Bertha Stamey...

Charles Lance

Charles Lance

Sep 12, 2007

Charles Calvin Lance, age 73, of Upper Glady Fork Road died Wednesday, September 12, 2007, at his residence. He was a native of Haywood County but had lived in Buncombe County most of his life. He was the son of the late James J. and Lexie Crisp Lance. He was also preceded in death by two brothers,...

Thomas Robeson

Thomas Robeson

Sep 12, 2007

Crabtree-Thomas Ferguson Robeson, age 25, of the Crabtree community, died on September 12, 2007 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A native of Reno, Nevada, he was a long time resident of Haywood County. He was the son of Mary Ann Robeson of Clyde and the late Edward John Robeson, IV. He operated a sawmill...

Sandra Gullion

Sandra Gullion

Sep 11, 2007

Clyde-Sandra Rogers Gullion, age 65, of Abbott Moore Road, died on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native of Bridgeport, AL, she was a prior resident of Memphis, TN, and was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Rogers and Bernice Marlar. In 1994, she retired after 20 years from Kelloggs in Memphis,...

Emma Radford

Emma Radford

Sep 10, 2007

Canton-Emma Jean McCarty Radford, age 73, died on Monday, September 10, 2007 at Smoky Mountain Health Care. She was born in Columbus, Georgia on May 5, 1934 to parents Annie Ruth and Thomas Ewell McCarty, deceased. She was second among four children that included Thomas Ivo McCarty, Betty Evelyn Norris, and John Earl McCarty, all of whom...

Ruth Cogdill

Ruth Cogdill

Sep 10, 2007

Maggie Valley-Ruth Lewis Cogdill, age 87, died on Monday, September 10, 2007 at the Brian Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Mattie Carpenter Lewis. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Lee and Hugh Lewis, and one great grandson, Steven Daniel Rich. She was an employee...

Polly Worley

Polly Worley

Sep 10, 2007

Polly Scott Worley, age 93, of 172 Rice Cove Road, died Monday, September 10, 2007, at her daughter's residence. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the daughter of the late Rufus and Elizabeth Robinson Scott. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph R. Worley who died in 1985; a daughter...

Melita Sorrells

Melita Sorrells

Sep 9, 2007

Clyde - Melita Cook Sorrells, age 50, died Sunday, September 9, 2007 at her residence. She was a native and life long resident of Haywood County and a daughter of Guy Lewin and Geraldine Conard Cook. Melita had many passions which included art, cooking, and spending time with her nieces and nephew. Her family will miss her...

Bearl Nesbitt

Bearl Nesbitt

Sep 9, 2007

Bearl Floyd (B. F.) Nesbitt, a 42 year resident of Henderson County passed away at home on Sunday, September 9, 2007, at the age of 89. Born and raised in Buncombe County, he met and married the former Emily Palmer of Crabtree in 1941 and called Haywood County his home for over 25 years. He is survived...

Virginia Long

Virginia Long

Sep 8, 2007

Clyde - Virginia Price Corzine Long, age 89, of Maple Street, Clyde, died Saturday, September 8, 2007, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Earl and Etta Fansler Price. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Carlton Corzine, who died...

Lila Jackson

Lila Jackson

Sep 7, 2007

Lila Mae Watts Jackson, age 83, died Friday, September 7, 2007, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late James Burton and Velda Burnette Watts. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Jack C. Jackson,...

Thelma Cucumber

Thelma Cucumber

Sep 7, 2007

Thelma Minnie Cucumber, age 46, died Friday, September 7, 2007, at St. Joseph's Hospital. She was a native of Haywood County and the daughter of the late Mason and Diane Cucumber. Thelma was an accomplished Cherokee artisan. She made dream catchers and various craft designs including bead working that was passed down through her family. Her designs...

Ethel Muse

Ethel Muse

Sep 7, 2007

Ethel H. Muse, age 84, of Candler, passed away peacefully in her home on Friday, September 7, 2007, after a long illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County and was the daughter of the late Lewis Pless and Ida Ethel Scruggs Hall. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years,...

Joseph Evans

Joseph Evans

Sep 7, 2007

Waynesville, NC-Reverend J. Claude Evans, age 90, died on Friday, September 7, 2007, in Asheville NC. He was born in Anderson SC on February 5, 1917 and was the son of the late Joseph Manley and Mary Ligon Evans. He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. He graduated from Wofford College and Duke...

Mary Adamson

Mary Adamson

Sep 5, 2007

Canton - Mary Lou Adamson, age 76, died Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at St. Joseph Hospital after a long illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late, Lawrence Albert and Loni Hall Cogburn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Horace Olin Adamson, who died in 1992...

Jeffrey Brooks

Jeffrey Brooks

Sep 5, 2007

Jeffrey Yates Brooks, age 36, died Wednesday, September 5, 2007, at Memorial Mission Hospital. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of Ruby Yates Brooks of Canton and the late Weldon F. "Bud" Brooks. He was a 1989 graduate of Pisgah High School. Jeff was a very loving and caring father....

Anthony Green

Anthony Green

Sep 4, 2007

Waynesville- Infant Anthony Dane Green, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, September 4, 2007. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of Doyle Dane and Amanda Owen Green, Jr. He was preceded in death by a grandfather, Lowery Edward Owen. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his maternal grandmother, Lydia...

William Oare

William Oare

Sep 4, 2007

Clyde-William "Bill" Oare, age 85, of Hyder Mountain Road, died September 4, 2007 at Smoky Mountain Heath Care. A native of Columbus, Ohio he had resided in Cardington Ohio, and Johnston, Ohio before moving to Haywood County in 1984. He was the son of the late Willard and Francis Hickman Oare and was also preceded in death...

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