Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Nannie Reed

Nannie Reed

Aug 30, 2006

Nannie Gertrude Reed, age 92, died Wednesday, August 30, 2006, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. She was the daughter of the late Augusta Alexander and Ida Pless Reed and was preceded in death by six sisters and four brothers. She retired from Champion International after 41 years of service. She was a member of Canton First United...

Frances Mcgaha

Frances Mcgaha

Aug 30, 2006

Maggie Valley-Lillie Frances Roberts McGaha, age 77, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Cherokee County, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Dessie Berrong Roberts and was also preceded in death by a sister, Edna Jones and a brother, Clyde Roberts....

Lucille Hilton

Lucille Hilton

Aug 29, 2006

Lucille Higgins Floyd Hilton, age 82, of 440 Dogwood Road died Tuesday, August 29, 2006, at the Brian Center in Weaverville. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the daughter of the late Pete N. and Flora Etta Clark Higgins. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Fred E. Floyd who...

Harold Parks

Harold Parks

Aug 29, 2006

Waynesville-Harold "Hal" Parks, age 79, of Brandywine Road, died on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Warren, RI, he was the son of James E. and Carrie Catherine DeNardo Parks and was also preceded in death by a brother, James Parks. He received his degree in Journalism at Louisiana State University and...

James Lyerly

James Lyerly

Aug 28, 2006

James Rex "Jack" Lyerly, Jr., age 74, of Pisgah Drive, died Monday, August 28, 2006, at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of Frankie McGaha Lyerly and the late James Rex "Penny" Lyerly, Sr. He retired from Champion International as an electrician in 1995 with 43 years of...

Joe Evans

Joe Evans

Aug 27, 2006

Joe Sherman Evans, age 91, of 2225 Dutch Cove Road died Sunday, August 27, 2006, at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. He was a native of Haywood County and the son of the late, John and Etta Evans. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eva K. Evans, who died in 1996; two sisters, three brothers;...

Janice Smathers

Janice Smathers

Aug 27, 2006

Janice Louise Smathers, age 85, died Sunday, August 27, 2006, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. She was a native and life long resident of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Walter G. and Eva West Smathers. Ms. Smathers was a graduate of Clyde High School, Mars Hill Junior College and Western Carolina Teachers College....

Johnny Bonham

Johnny Bonham

Aug 27, 2006

Johnny Franklin Bonham, age 68, died Sunday August 27, 2006, at his residence. He was the son of Ruby Pressley Bonham, of Canton, and the late Frank Bonham. He retired from International Paper in 1998 with 22 years of service. He also retired from the Air Force, having served in Korea and Vietnam and was a member...

Cordie Lovelace

Cordie Lovelace

Aug 27, 2006

Cordie Mae Caldwell Lovelace, age 85, of 160 Shelton Road, died Sunday, August 27, 2006 at the John F. Keever Jr. Solace Center in Asheville. She was born in Cocke County, TN and had lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late Reuben Allison and Sarah Sutton Caldwell and was...

Cora Devlin

Cora Devlin

Aug 26, 2006

Cora Lee Hargrove Curtis Devlin of Sandy Branch Road, died Saturday, August 26, 2006, at her home near Canton. She was a native of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Joseph A. and Mary Shook Hargrove. She was the widow of James Floyd "Flossie" Devlin and of Lt. John Frank Curtis, U.S. Army Air...

Margaret Evans

Margaret Evans

Aug 24, 2006

Margaret Danielson Evans, age 75, of Rice Cove Road, died Thursday, August 24, 2006, at North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. She was a native of Swain County and had resided in Haywood County for the past 22 years. She was the daughter of the late Ernest E. "Jake" and Hester Lila Danielson. She was preceded...

Edgar Plott

Edgar Plott

Aug 24, 2006

Edgar Norman "Buddy" Plott, age 89, died Thursday, August 24, 2006, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. He was a native of Haywood County and the son of the late James and Flora Kinsland Plott. He was preceded in death by five brothers, Hubert, Howard, Fred, Wayne, and Alvin Plott; two sisters, Annie Ledbetter and Elizabeth Potts. He...

Fred Coward

Fred Coward

Aug 23, 2006

Waynesville-Fred Harris Coward, age 92, of Ratcliff Cove Road, passed away on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at Canton Christian Convalescent Center. A native of Madison County, he was the son of the late Pink and Rachel Harris Coward. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Plemmons Coward, who died in 2001; his daughter, Joyce...

Jane Blake

Jane Blake

Aug 21, 2006

Jane Hartman Blake, age 38, died Monday, August 21, 2006, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Portland, OR and the daughter of Richard and Hazel Trull Hartman. She was a member of East Fork Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she is survived by two sons, Micheal Blake and Steven Blake and...

Gladys Robinson

Gladys Robinson

Aug 21, 2006

Gladys Putnam Robinson, age 90, died Monday, August 21, 2006, at Pigeon Valley Rest Home. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the daughter of the late Joseph and Cora Pressley Putnam. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lucius Homer Robinson who died in 1989 and a grandson, Joseph Robinson. She...

Eugene Belt

Eugene Belt

Aug 21, 2006

Canton- Eugene Belt - age 70 of 4141 Thickety Road died Monday, August 21, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a son of the late Ray and Louise Norman Belt. He retired from Champion International in 2000 with 46 years of service. He is survived by...

Christine Eytcheson

Christine Eytcheson

Aug 19, 2006

Hot Springs-Christine Donna Parker Baxley Eytcheson, age 79, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, August 19, 2006 She was a native of Shelby County, KY and was the daughter of Lewis and Mae Tipton Parker. She was also preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters. She was a homemaker and a member of...

Bobby Caldwell

Bobby Caldwell

Aug 18, 2006

Waynesville-Bobby F. Caldwell, age 45, died Friday, August 18, 2006 at his residence. He was a native of Haywood County and was employed as a construction worker. He was the son of Hilda Bowen-Scheetz of Pompano Beach, FL and Jack D. and Hazel Caldwell of Waynesville. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister,...

Geraldine Hoglen

Geraldine Hoglen

Aug 14, 2006

Asheville- Geraldine Smith Hoglen - age 67 died Monday, August 14, 2006 at St. Joseph Hospital. She was a native of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Lily Mae Mathis Green and step-father, Homer Green and Carl Columbus Smith and step-mother, Lela Stroupe Smith. Mrs. Hoglen was preceded in death by a step-sister, Mary Bradford....

Walter Hyatt, Jr.

Walter Hyatt, Jr.

Aug 14, 2006

Walter Stanley Hyatt, Jr., age 80, of Leicester, formally of Arden, NC, went to be with the Lord, Friday, August 11, 2006. He was the son of the late Walter Stanley and Augusta Hyatt Godfrey and the husband of the late Edith Brookshire Hyatt who died in 1997. He was also preceded in death by two brothers,...

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