Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Evelyn Connally

Evelyn Connally

Sep 28, 2006

Waynesville- Evelyn M. Connally, age 85, of 119 Nancy Lane died Thursday, September 28, 2006 at Pisgah Manor nursing home. A native of Winston Salem, NC, she lived in Haywood County for the past 13 years prior to living in Clearwater FL. She was the daughter of the late Luther and Nancy West Moore and the wife...

Reece Holt

Reece Holt

Sep 28, 2006

Spring Creek- Reece Holt, age 89, of 15841 Highway 209, died Thursday, September 28, 2006 at the Brian Center. A native of Madison County, he was the son of the late Robert E. and Nellie Brown Holt. In addition to his parents, four brothers, and two sisters also preceded Mr. Holt in death. He is survived by...

Raymond Lozaw

Raymond Lozaw

Sep 28, 2006

Maggie Valley--Raymond Lozaw, age 78, o f Maggie Valley passed away on Monday, September 25, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Morris Co, NJ he was a prior resident of Burlington, NC. He was the son of the late Wallace and Eleanor Margaret Beach Lozaw and was also preceded in death by one brother,...

Raymond Lozaw

Raymond Lozaw

Sep 25, 2006

Maggie Valley--Raymond Lozaw, age 78, o f Maggie Valley passed away on Monday, September 25, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Morris Co, NJ he was a prior resident of Burlington, NC. He was the son of the late Wallace and Eleanor Margaret Beach Lozaw and was also preceded in death by one brother,...

Harold Higgins

Harold Higgins

Sep 25, 2006

Clyde- Harold Sidney Higgins- age 86 died Monday, September 25, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center after a brave battle with cancer. He was a native of Hartford, Vermont where he spent most of his life, retiring to Clyde 11 years ago. He was a Corporal in the United States Army and a veteran of World War...

Gabriel Heil

Gabriel Heil

Sep 25, 2006

Waynesville-Gabriel Heil, infant son of Jonathan Robert and Melissa Parker Heil died, September 25, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He is survived by one sister, Hailey, a brother; Jaxon, grandmother; Shelia Parker of Timberlake NC; great- grandmother, Frances Parker of Durham, NC and paternal grandparents, Robert and Johnetta Heil of Waynesville; one aunt, Sharon Heil of...

Jerry Smith

Jerry Smith

Sep 23, 2006

Clyde - Jerry Lee Smith, age 57, died Saturday, September 23, 2006 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Arthur Henry Smith. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his sister, Joyce Ann Moody. Mr. Smith was a 1967 graduate of Tuscola High School and...

Wilene Brown

Wilene Brown

Sep 23, 2006

Wilene Mathews Brown, age 72, of Plott Farm Circle, died Saturday, September 23, 2006, at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Paul Russell and Lola Mae Cothran Matthews and was also preceded in death by a son, Timothy Charles Brown, and a brother, Calvin Mathews. She was a member of Beulah Baptist Church. She...

Ruby Thompson

Ruby Thompson

Sep 22, 2006

Ruby L. Thompson, age 81, of 1500 Max Thompson Road, died Friday, September 22, 2006. She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Nellie Shepard Lanning. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ray Edward Thompson, who died in 1978. Ruby was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She is survived by a...

Bobby Pless

Bobby Pless

Sep 22, 2006

Bobby Joe Pless, age 58, of 216 Academy Street, died Friday, September 22, 2006, in Graham County. He was the son of the late James Martin Pless and Hattie Mae Huffman Norris. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Elmer Sandford and Clifford Williams. He was a native of Haywood County, an employee of Blue...

Richard Muse

Richard Muse

Sep 22, 2006

Waynesville- Richard "Ricky" Muse, age 60, of 87 Bonnie's Lane, died Friday, September 22, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was employed by Dayco for 20 years as a materials expediter and retired in 1985 and was a member of Allens Creek Baptist Church. He resided in Edgewater, FL from 1985 until 2004. A native of...

Johnnie Davis

Johnnie Davis

Sep 21, 2006

Waynesville-Johnnie Ruth Davis, age 75, of 250 Underwood Cove, died on Thursday, September 21, 2006. A native and life-long resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Olis and Mary Ruth Davis. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Andrew Jackson Davis, who died on May 24,...

Leonard Palmer

Leonard Palmer

Sep 21, 2006

Maggie Valley-Col. Leonard Neil Palmer (USAF Ret.), age 92, of 142 Blueberry Lane, died on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at his residence. A native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, he was a former resident of Cocoa Beach, FL and had resided in Haywood County for the past 16 years. He was the son of the late Leonard Lee...

Giles Ellis, Iii

Giles Ellis, Iii

Sep 20, 2006

Giles Milton Ellis, III, age 63, of 170 Planters Creek Road, died Wednesday, September 20, 2006, at his residence. He was a native of Washington, DC and the son of the Giles M. Ellis, Jr. and the late Mary Lou Reed Ellis. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Leah Marie Ellis. He retired from...

Joseph Hale

Joseph Hale

Sep 20, 2006

Joseph H. Hale of Jacksonville, Florida, and Waynesville, NC died Wednesday, September 20th at St. Joseph's Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Tampa, Florida on October 7, 1923. He graduated from Hillsboro High School and the University of Florida, where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. He was a US...

Mantolene Ivester

Mantolene Ivester

Sep 19, 2006

Mantolene McMahan Ivester, age 85, of Dewey Avenue died Tuesday, September 19, 2006, at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center where she spent her last months with friends and family. She was a native of Nantahala and the daughter of the late Horace and Esther Mashburn McMahan. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. V. Ivester...

James Stevenson

James Stevenson

Sep 18, 2006

James Bennett Stevenson, age 90, died Monday, September 18, 2006, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. He was a native of Harriman, TN and the son of the late Cassius Theodore and Lela Robinson Stevenson. He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathleen Stevenson, who died in 2001. A devoted husband and father, "J.B." always put the...

Thelma Stamey

Thelma Stamey

Sep 17, 2006

Lake Junaluska-Thelma Hubbard Stamey, age 94, of 754 County Road, died on Sunday, September 17, 2006 at her residence. A native of Gaston County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Sicero and Sarah Melissa Wentz Hubbard. A life-long Methodist, she was active on local, district, conference, jurisdictional, and general church levels. She served on...

Ila Yount

Ila Yount

Sep 17, 2006

Waynesville-Ila Jean Evans Yount, age 78, of 192 Thomas Park, died on Sunday, September 17, 2006 at St. Joseph's Hospital. A native and life-long resident of Waynesville, she was the daughter of the late Harry Willis Evans, Sr. and Annette Smith Evans. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Oliver "Babe"...

Lucy Hannah

Lucy Hannah

Sep 14, 2006

Maggie Valley-Lucy Willis Hannah, age 84, of 119 Cross Creek Drive, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 14, 2006 at her residence. A native of Macon County, Lucy had lived most of her life in Haywood County and was the daughter of the late William L. and Irene Tallent Willis. She was also preceded in death by...

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