Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Claymer Carver

Claymer Carver

Mar 12, 2007

Waynesville-Claymer Carver, age 94, died Monday, March 12, 2007 at the Brian Center. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County. He was the son of the late Oliver and Tina Sutton Carver. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 75 years, Leona Carver, who died in 2006, an infant son and a daughter,...

Clarence Morrow, Jr.

Clarence Morrow, Jr.

Mar 12, 2007

Canton - Clarence Herman Morrow, Jr., age 77, of Sharp Mountain Road died Monday, March 12, 2007 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Clarence and Elsie McCracken Morrow. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Dorothy Morrow and Peggy Nations. Clarence was a member and past master...

Ruth Stamey

Ruth Stamey

Mar 11, 2007

Candler - Ruth Beatrice Plemmons Stamey of Youngs Drive died Sunday, March 11, 2007 at John F. Keever Solace Center, in Asheville. A native of Madison County, she was a daughter of the late Richard and Bertie Price Plemmons. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Guy Stamey, who died in 2002 and...

Lloyd Penland

Lloyd Penland

Mar 9, 2007

Lloyd Cecil Penland, age 73, of 5 Apple Lane, died Friday, March 9, 2007, at the St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospital. He was a native of Buncombe County and the son of the late Cashius and Kathleen Epley Penland. He was preceded in death by his sister, Florence Moore; and two brothers, Horace and Maurice Penland....

Randall Singleton

Randall Singleton

Mar 9, 2007

Waynesville-Randy Singleton, age 51, died Friday, March 9, 2007 at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of Bobbie Jean and Roger Singleton of Canton. He was employed at the University of North Carolina at Asheville as a carpenter for four and one-half years and was a member of Mount...

June Trantham

June Trantham

Mar 9, 2007

June Wood Trantham, age 85, of 622 South Haywood Street, Waynesville, formerly of Canton, died Friday, March 9, 2007, at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Seth C. and Grace Rogers Wood In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Wilson Trantham, who died in 1988, and two...

Mairl Pressley

Mairl Pressley

Mar 8, 2007

Mairl "Chip" Pressley, age 76, of 7 Carolina Mountain Drive, died Thursday, March 8, 2007, at her residence. She was a native of Buncombe County and the daughter of the late Theodore Roosevelt "Paw" and Edna "Maw" Trull Pressley. She was also preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. She was a former employee of...

Geraldine Peyton

Geraldine Peyton

Mar 8, 2007

Ruth Geraldine Robinson Peyton died Thursday, March 8, 2007, at Haywood Regional Medical Center after a lengthy period of declining health. Born on February 17, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Gurley Glenn and Elsie Elizabeth Byers Robinson. She was the wife of the late Preston Carlton Peyton, who died March 14, 2002. They had...

Emma Rhinehart

Emma Rhinehart

Mar 8, 2007

Emma Galloway Rhinehart, age 102, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. She was a native of Transylvania County and the daughter of the late Earl Pink and Janie Sizemore Galloway. She was also preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters; two daughters, Grace Kuykendall and Maxine Galloway; and two sons, Glenn and...

Carl Bridges

Carl Bridges

Mar 8, 2007

Clyde- Carl Bridges, age 83, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 at his residence. A native of Swain County, he was the son of the late Richmond and Nannie Raby Bridges. He had previously lived in Eugene, Oregon for 35 years before returning to Haywood County in 1987. Mr. Bridges was preceded in death by two wives, Thelma...

Margie Pearson

Margie Pearson

Mar 7, 2007

Waynesville-Margie Christine Underwood Pearson, age 79, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at Haywood Regional Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family. A native and life long resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Charles Edgar and Stella Grant Underwood. At age 5, Chris's birth mother died and Leona, her stepmother, continued...

Lucy Heatherly

Lucy Heatherly

Mar 7, 2007

Clyde - Lucy Suttles Gaddis Heatherly, age 81 died Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at Smoky Mountain Health Care.<br><br>She was a native and life-long resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Martin and Betty Reynolds Suttles. She was preceded in death by her husband Dewey Heatherly, who died February 2, 2007; her first husband, William...

Sybil Wilburn

Sybil Wilburn

Mar 7, 2007

Clyde—Reverend Sybil Glenn Wilburn, age 92, of 64 Mountain Mission Road, passed away on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 8:55 p.m. at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Williamson, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Harry Glenn Wilburn and Laura Adeline Proffit Wilburn. She was a retired minister, a schoolteacher, and a member...

Frank Woody

Frank Woody

Mar 6, 2007

Canton - Frank William Woody, age 76, of Little East Fork Road died Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at his residence following an extended illness. He was a son of the late Carl William and Lou White Woody, descendents of the Cataloochee Valley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter Sheila Elaine...

Jack Caldwell

Jack Caldwell

Mar 6, 2007

Waynesville-Jack D. Caldwell, age 72, of Lowell Street, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native and life long resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Thomas and Ella Caldwell. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a son Bobby Caldwell, and five brothers. He...

Conard Wines

Conard Wines

Mar 5, 2007

Clyde - Conard F. Wines passed away after a very brief illness on Monday, March 5 at Park Ridge Hospital in Fletcher, NC. The family will receive friends at Wells Funeral Home in Canton on Thursday, March 8 from 5PM to 7PM. Services will be held in the Funeral Home Chapel at 11AM on Friday, with the...

Owen Trantham

Owen Trantham

Mar 5, 2007

Owen Hugh Trantham, age 66, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 5, 2007. He was a native of Buncombe County and the son of the late Marion and Virginia Welch Trantham. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Jeannie Griffin Brown who died in 2000. He retired from Felkel Oil Company with...

Sarah Chambers

Sarah Chambers

Mar 5, 2007

Bethel - Kathryn Rhinehart Chambers, age 75, of 4848 Old River Road went to Heaven to be with her Lord, husband Frank, and Mother and Daddy she loved so much. She was surrounded by her loving family. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the daughter of William Ray and Elizabeth S. Rhinehart....

Jo Norris

Jo Norris

Mar 5, 2007

Clyde - Jo Ann Webb Norris, age 69, of 81 Allen Street, died Monday, March 5, 2007 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the daughter of the late Ralph and Delitha Gibson Webb. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Norris who died in 1985....

Reverend Gosnell

Reverend Gosnell

Mar 4, 2007

Canton - Reverend Dr. Ricky Dale Gosnell, age 48, died Sunday, March 4, 2007 at Memorial Mission Hospital. He was a native of Spartanburg, SC and the son of Jessie James and Lillian Spake Gosnell of Spartanburg, SC. Rick was pastor of Canton First Baptist Church for nine years and also served Buffalo Lick Baptist Church in...

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