Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Joachim Rohling

Joachim Rohling

May 28, 2006

Fort Lawn, SC-Joachim "Yogi" Rohling, age 46, of 1325 Mt. Vernon Road, died on Sunday, May 28, 2006 at Piedmont Medical Center. Born in Germany, Mr. Rohling was a son of the late Hermann and Gisela Kohler Rohling and was also preceded in death by his sister, Margarita "Rita" Rubin. He was retired from Bell South and...

Katherine King

Katherine King

May 27, 2006

Waynesville, NC-Katherine King Allison, age 64, wife of Robert Allison of 209 Bridgewood Avenue, Taylors, SC, died May 25, 2006. Born in Asheville, NC, she was the daughter of Maude Silver King and the late Marvin King. Mrs. Allison was a graduate of Enka High School and Furman University, and retired Records Specialist with the State of...

Robert Neri

Robert Neri

May 27, 2006

Waynesville-Robert John "Bobby D." Neri, age 58, passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at his residence. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of the late Bernard Michael and Catherine Petito Neri and was also preceded in death by one brother, Bernard Neri. He was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War...

Katherine Allison

Katherine Allison

May 25, 2006

Waynesville, NC-Katherine King Allison, age 64, wife of Robert Allison of 209 Bridgewood Avenue, Taylors, SC, died May 25, 2006. Born in Asheville, NC, she was the daughter of Maude Silver King and the late Marvin King. Mrs. Allison was a graduate of Enka High School and Furman University, and retired Records Specialist with the State of...

Deborah Bumgarner

Deborah Bumgarner

May 25, 2006

Deborah Fortner Bumgarner, age 53, of Upper Glady Fork Road, died Thursday, May 25, 2006, at her residence. She was a native of Iredell County, NC and had resided in Buncombe County for the last 32 years and was the daughter of Harry Fortner of Statesville and Martha Gillis Duncan and her husband, Jim, of Hiddnite, NC....

Rachel Green

Rachel Green

May 24, 2006

Waynesville-Rachel Lucinda James Green, age 81, of the Fines Creek Community, went to be with Jesus on Tuesday, May 23, 2006. Born on July 27, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Larry and Doshie James. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 44 years, Arthur Green, who always stood by her side;...

Lewis Messer

Lewis Messer

May 24, 2006

Lewis Hardin "Red" Messer, age 83, of 6 Starnes Cove Drive, died Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at Aston Park Health Care Center. He was a native of Haywood County and the son of the late Charlie and Sara Lee Messer. He retired from Coca-Cola with 38 years of service in 1985 as a salesman. Mr. Messer was...

Margaret Hall

Margaret Hall

May 23, 2006

Margaret Haynes Hall, age 90, formerly Caring Place Loop, died on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at Stroud Nursing Home in Marietta, South Carolina. She was the daughter of the late W.V. and Georgia Cockrell Haynes, Sr. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Oscar Hall, who died in 1998; one son, Alan Duane Hall,...

Robert Henson

Robert Henson

May 23, 2006

Robert Lee Henson, age 72, died Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late Rufus and Bessie Wooten Henson. He was preceded in death by a brother, James Weldon Henson and a sister, Hilda Henson Mann. He retired from Champion...

Thomas Rogers, Jr.

Thomas Rogers, Jr.

May 22, 2006

Thomas Hugh Rogers, Jr., age 92, of 120 Pleasant Hill Road died Monday, May 22, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late, Thomas Hugh Rogers, Sr. and Gertrude McCracken Rogers. He was preceded in death by an infant son, William Rogers; two...

Jerome Clark

Jerome Clark

May 22, 2006

Jerome Johnson "Spider" Clark, age 79, died Monday, May 22, 2006, at Canton Christian Convalescent Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late Joshua and Ethel Grogan Clark. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Jane Chapman Clark who died in 1999. He is survived by...

James Summey

James Summey

May 22, 2006

James "Jim" Evert Summey, age 66, of North Canton Road died Monday, May 22, 2006, at Haywood Regional Medical. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late Howard and Ella Grooms Summey. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles and Gene Summey and a sister, Ethel Stamey....

Myrgle James

Myrgle James

May 21, 2006

Crabtree- Myrgle Mattie Parker James, 94, of 173 Bud's Drive, went home to her Heavenly Father on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was born in Haywood County on October 11, 1911; she was the daughter of Dan and Laura Matthews Parker. Mrs. James worked at Crabtree-Iron Duff School Cafeteria for twenty years....

Sue Smathers

Sue Smathers

May 18, 2006

Susan (Sue) Woody Smathers, 88, of 1634 Dutch Cove Road passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Thursday, May 18, 2006. She had been a resident of Autumn Care Nursing Home since 2002. She was a native of Madison County NC, but had been a resident of Haywood County since 1956. She was a daughter of...

Juanita Trantham

Juanita Trantham

May 16, 2006

Clyde-Juanita Trantham, age 71, of 113 Mountain View Street, died on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at the Brian Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of Georgia Duckett Trantham and the late Clyde Trantham who died in 1991. She was owner/operator of Kiddieland Daycares of Clyde and Canton and was a member of Emanuel...

Edwin Snead

Edwin Snead

May 14, 2006

Waynesville, NC-Edwin Mabbette Snead, age 85, passed away on May 14, 2006, at his home in Balsam, NC after a brief illness. Born in Daytona Beach, he practiced architecture for more than 40 years in Daytona Beach as a partner in the firm of McDonald, Craig and Snead, which designed and served as construction administrators for such...

Robert Palen

Robert Palen

May 13, 2006

Robert Clifton "Cliff" Palen, age 42, of Julia Lane, Maggie Valley, died Saturday, May 13, 2006, at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and survived by his parents, Robert G. Palen of Franklin and Henrietta King Palen of Clyde. Cliff is also survived by his fiancé, Jennifer Cordevant of Maggie Valley;...

Geneva Davis

Geneva Davis

May 12, 2006

Waynesville-Geneva L. Davis, age 74, of Camp Branch Road, died Friday, May 12, 2006 at the Brian Center of Waynesville. She was a native of Florida and had spent her summers in Haywood County for the last 40 years. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Sherman, James, Lewis, and Arthur Lee Davis, and two sisters...

Vera Miller

Vera Miller

May 11, 2006

Vera Rogers Miller, age 98, of Trammel Avenue died Thursday May 11, 2006, at The Brian Center of Waynesville. Vera was a native of Clay County, Alabama and was the daughter of the late Walter and Leola Brooks Rogers. She was preceded in death by her husbands, George D. Thomason, who died in 1934, and Clyde E....

Addie Brookshire

Addie Brookshire

May 11, 2006

Canton-Addie Nell Ledford Brookshire, age 83 of Cresent Loop died Thursday, May 11, 2006 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Obed and Helen Hicks Ledford. She was preceded in death by her husband Garland William Brookshire who died in 1986. Mrs....

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