Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Catherine Beaty

Catherine Beaty

Feb 23, 2006

Waynesville-Catherine Kinsolving Randall Beaty, passed away on February 23, 2006 Beloved wife of the late John Thurston Beaty, M.D. Moved to Walker-in-the-Hills area of Waynesville in 1990. Past Board member of Haywood County Art's Council, Haywood Community College Foundation and member and officer of the Waynesville Garden Club. Served as president for two years of the Waynesville...

Wanda Campbell

Wanda Campbell

Feb 23, 2006

Wanda "Granny" Sutton Campbell, age 70, of 11 Laura Drive went home to God surrounded by her family on Thursday, February 23, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Cocke County, TN and had resided in Haywood County most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Elbert and Eva Barnes...

Anna Leon

Anna Leon

Feb 22, 2006

Waynesville-Anna Guth Leon, of 21 Nancy Lane, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at Mountain Area Hospice. A native of Albany, NY, she was the daughter of the late Benton David and Ida Remita Stewart Guth. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence L. Leon, who died in...

James Hall, Sr.

James Hall, Sr.

Feb 21, 2006

Asheville- James Marlin Hall, Sr. - age 82 went peacefully to be at home with the Lord on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at Aston Park Health Care Center after an extended illness. He was a native of Haywood County but had resided in Buncombe County for the rest of his life. He was a son of the...

Evalee Fulbright

Evalee Fulbright

Feb 21, 2006

Waynesville-Evalee Snelson Fulbright of Givens Estates in Asheville, NC and formerly of Lake Junaluska, NC, died on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at Mission St. Joseph Health Care. She was born in the Alexander community of Buncombe County to Harley and Kitty Snelson on October 30, 1909. She was married to the late Guy V. Fulbright of Lake...

Thelma King

Thelma King

Feb 21, 2006

Canton- Thelma Louise King - age 75 died Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at Community Care #3. She was a daughter of the late Will Lewis and Lura Stines King. She was preceded in death by five sisters, Elsie Clark, Ora Jones, Marie Mitchell, Blanche Hall and Artie Messer and six brothers, Earl, Clyde, Kelly, Laddie, Guy and...

Ransom Russell

Ransom Russell

Feb 20, 2006

Dellwood-Ransom Moody "Buddy" Russell, age 78, of Russell Cove Road, passed away peacefully of pancreatic cancer on Monday, February 20, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and life-long resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Joseph Dewey and Laura Moody Russell. He was also preceded in death by his wife, of...

J. Trantham

J. Trantham

Feb 18, 2006

James Monroe "J. M." Trantham, age 69, of the Thickety Community passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 18, 2006 surrounded by his family at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late Newton Jasper and Cannie Elizabeth Alexander Trantham. He retired from Champion International in 1999 with...

Frankie Calhoun

Frankie Calhoun

Feb 16, 2006

Asheville-Frankie Salina Morgan Calhoun, age 91, passed away at Givens Estates on Thursday, February 16, 2006. A memorial service will be held at Givens Estates at a later date and Wells Funeral Homes & Cremation Services of Waynesville will announce arrangements.

Chester Sellers

Chester Sellers

Feb 16, 2006

Chester Atkins Sellers, age 79, of 1423 Chinquapin Road passed away Thursday, February 16, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Martha Ann Cogburn Sellers. He was preceded in death by five brothers, William, B. F, Jr., John, Cecil,...

Ray Heffner

Ray Heffner

Feb 16, 2006

Waynesville- Ray Ward Heffner, 80, died Thursday, February 16, 2006, at Mission Hospitals. He was the son of the late Albert and Bonnie Nichols Heffner of Henderson County. Ray was preceded in death by his sister Elizabeth Orr, brothers Joe Lee Heffner, Thomas Heffner, and Bobby Heffner, and father-in-law Mitt Reeves. He is survived by his wife...

Frankie Calhoun

Frankie Calhoun

Feb 16, 2006

Asheville-Frankie Salina Morgan Calhoun, age 91, of Givens Estates, Arden, NC passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2006 after a period of declining health. A native of Pembroke, GA, she was the wife of the Reverend Dr. E. Clayton Calhoun and the daughter of the late Ryals Lafayette and Mamie Goodson Morgan. In addition to her parents,...

Charles Smathers

Charles Smathers

Feb 15, 2006

Waynesville-Charles Ray "Red" Smathers, age 77, of 48 McElroy Street, passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Clayton and Nola Wooten Smathers. He was also preceded in death by one daughter, Patricia Gosnell; one son, Eddie Smathers; and two brothers, Doc and...

Vincent Inman

Vincent Inman

Feb 15, 2006

Vincent L. Inman, age 63, of 1191 Edwards Cove Road passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Haywood County and the son of Howard T. Inman of Waynesville and the late Bertha I. Inman . He was preceded in death by a son, Vincent Duane Inman who passed...

Robert Arrington

Robert Arrington

Feb 14, 2006

Waynesville-Robert Stephen Arrington, 43, of Sheriff Drive, died Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at his home. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of C. Jack and Lillian Turner Arrington. He was a former employee of the N.C. Department of Corrections and the Haywood County Sheriffs Department. He was a member of the church Jesus Christ...

Alice Leatherwood

Alice Leatherwood

Feb 14, 2006

Waynesville-Alice B. Dockery Leatherwood, 48, of Sawyer Street, passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Annie Leatherwood. She was of the Methodist Faith. She loved to play with her grandchildren, read, crochet and collect ceramic angels. She is...

Jack Palmer

Jack Palmer

Feb 13, 2006

Maggie Valley- Jack Palmer, 69, of 244 Summer Drive, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Lakeland, FL and resided in Haywood County for the past nine years, son of the late James and Lena Bush Palmer. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Emmett and Tommy...

Reverend Medford

Reverend Medford

Feb 13, 2006

Canton-Reverend Dennis W. Medford, 61, of 327 Why Worry Blvd, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Hugh and Annie Mae Medford. He is preceded in death by one brother, Buddy Roy Medford, who died in 1982 and one sister,...

Hilda Wilde

Hilda Wilde

Feb 11, 2006

Waynesville, NC-Hilda Louise Arrington Wilde, age 66, received victory in Jesus when she lost her battle to ALS on Saturday, February 11, 2006. Hilda was raised in Panther Creek, NC and lived in Newport News, VA from 1958 to 1972. She resided in Winston-Salem, NC for 33 years until September 2005 where she was a resident of...

Joseph Taylor

Joseph Taylor

Feb 10, 2006

Waynesville-Joseph Euel Taylor, age 90, of 671 S. Haywood Street, passed away on Friday, February 10, 2006 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Greer, SC and was the last living son of six children born to the late Joseph Edward and Molly Bright Taylor. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...

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