Obituaries
Recent obituaries in North Carolina
The obituaries in the North Carolina Area reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy. Their stories serve as a reminder of the richness and complexity North Carolina's history and identity.
Linda Smith
Mar 5, 2004
Waynesville-Linda Carol Rogers Smith, age 59, of Phlox Drive, died Friday, March 5, 2004 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a life long resident of Haywood County. She was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Nunn Rogers of Autumn Care in Waynesville, and the late Davis Boone Rogers. She was a 1962 graduate of Waynesville Township High...
Michael Nanney
Mar 5, 2004
Waynesville-Michael Jon ''Mikie'' Nanney, age 33, of Edwards Cove Road, died Friday, March 5, 2004 at Black Mountain Center. He was a native of Haywood County. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Bruce and Ruth Nanney. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. He is survived by his mother, Patricia Edwards Moore...
Nettie Robertson
Mar 5, 2004
Canton-Nettie Mae, age 83, died Friday, March 5, 2004 Canton Christian Convalesce Center in Canton. She was born May 14, 1920 in Macon County, North Carolina to the late Robert Monroe and Pearl Sorrells Robertson. Also deceased are her sisters, Evelyn Swain and Hilda Melton, and brothers, William, Woodrow, Carroll, James, and Ralph Robertson. Nettie lived with...
William Reece
Mar 5, 2004
Waynesville - William Theadore "Billy" Reece, age 62, of Cedar Street died Friday, March 5, 2004 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Haywood County and the son of the late Bill and Retta Lee Davis Reece. He was a United States Army Veteran with 16 years of service. He is survived by a...
Berlyn Cordell
Mar 3, 2004
Canton-Berlyn M. Cordell died Wednesday, March 3, 2004 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Haywood County before moving to Pasadena, TX for 19 years and then back to Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Elijah and Marcilla Melvina Summey McGee and was married to Jack Cordell who died in...
Dewey Queen
Mar 3, 2004
Canton-Dewey Morris Queen, age 86, a native and lifelong resident of the Dix Creek Community went to live in glory on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. He was a son of the late Fanning and Etta Revis Queen and was also preceded in death by a sister and brother-n-law, Elsie and Claude Kuykendall....
Frances Fugate
Feb 29, 2004
Canton-Frances Hyatt Fugate, age 77, died Thursday, February 26, 2004 at the Brian Center in Waynesville. She was a daughter of the late Franklin Wilburn and Hazalee Rector Hyatt and was married to Lewis Fugate who died in 1991. She was a member of Ridgeway Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Freida Fugate Rhinehart and...
Betty Gunter
Feb 29, 2004
Waynesville-Betty Ann Ledford Gunter, age 55, of High Point, formerly of Haywood County, died Sunday, February 29, 2004 at High Point Regional Hospital. A native of Haywood County, she had lived in High Point, NC for the past 14 years. She was the daughter of Annie Mae Parton Ledford and the late Woodfin Ledford. She was also...
Sylvia Doutt
Feb 28, 2004
Canton, Sylvia Jenkins Doutt, age 84, died Saturday, February 28, 2004 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. She was a native of Macon County and was the daughter of the late James Allan and Sarah Webb Jenkins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred V. Doutt, Sr., who died in 1966. She was a girl scout...
James Hawkins
Feb 27, 2004
James Paul Hawkins, 84, of 1 Patrick Drive, Canton, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2004, at the VA Hospital in Oteen, surrounded by family and friends. A native of Gaston county, he was born April 14, 1919. He was the son of the late James and Arletha Hawkins of Gastonia. He moved to Canton at age 17 and...
Tereisa Rogers
Feb 26, 2004
Waynesville-Tereisa ''Tracy'' Marlene Rogers, age 32, of 27 Strawberry Place, died February 26, 2004. A native of Haywood County, she was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Ina and Charlie Sawyer; paternal grandparents, Annie Mae and Milburn Rogers; and a nephew, Joseph Daniel Lee Rogers. She is survived by her parents, Joe Rogers of Waynesville and Shirley...
Robert James
Feb 25, 2004
Waynesville-Robert Eugene James, age 86, of Fayetteville, Georgia, died Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at Canton Christian Convalescent Center. A native of Nebraska, he was the son of the late Floyd and Ada Heim James. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Carl James. He was employed by Allied Chemical as a Chemical Engineer. He was...
Julia Davis
Feb 25, 2004
Canton- Julia Cairnes Davis of the Beaverdam community died Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Henderson County and had lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late Harm and Jessie Harkins Cairnes and was married to Ray M. Davis who died in...
Miriam Hall
Feb 25, 2004
Virginia-Miriam Freel Hall, of Radford, Virginia, died Wednesday, February 25, 2004. Miriam was born in Alabama in 1953 and grew up in Canton, N.C. She graduated Cum Laude from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics. She was a member of Omicron Nu Honor Society. Miriam was talented...
Reverend Wheeler
Feb 24, 2004
Canton-Reverend Thara Acie Wheeler, age 94, of 162 Cold Creek Road in the Cruso community died Tuesday, February 24, 2004 at his residence. He was a native of McDowell County and lived in Haywood County for most of his life. He was a son of the late David Cornelius and Harriett Blevins Wheeler and was married to...
Virge Hutchison
Feb 24, 2004
Asheville-Virge Otis Hutchison, age 81, died Tuesday, February 24, 2004 at the St. Joseph's Campus of Mission Hospitals. He was a native of Buncombe County and was the son of the late James G. and Maudie Stepehson Hutchison. Mr. Hutchison retired from American Enka with 45 years of service. He was of the Baptist faith. He is...
June Mccall
Feb 23, 2004
Waynesville-June Whitaker McCall, age 69, of Spirea Drive, died Monday, February 23, 2004 at her residence. She was a native of Mills River in Henderson County, and had resided in Haywood County since August 1955. She was the daughter of the late Edgar and Edith Sitton Whitaker. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Helen...
Eva Johnson
Feb 22, 2004
Eva Davis Johnson, age 84, of 7 Lewis Street died Saturday, February 21, 2004 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Madison County and had lived in Haywood County most of her life and was the daughter of the late Joe and Druzilla Davis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wiley Carroll...
Ola Brannon
Feb 21, 2004
Waynesville-Susan Olina ''Ola'' Bowman Brannon, age 104, formerly of 158 Morning Drive, died Saturday, February 21, 2004 at Autumn Care Nursing Home. Ola was born in Bakersville, Mitchell County, NC on June 21, 1899. She was the last one of 13 children born to the late Professor James Clayton Bowman and his wife Anna Mary Young Bowman,...
Cade Smith
Feb 18, 2004
Waynesville-Cade Michael Smith, infant son of Christopher Matthew and Amanda Nicole Burris Smith, died Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at Fairview University Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Cole Matthew Smith in 2001. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his maternal grandparents, Randy and Sharon Burris of...
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