Sep 6, 2002

Canton-Virginia Cline Thornhill-69 of the Lake Logan community died Friday, September 6, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital. She was a native and had lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Albert P. Cline, Sr. She was a nurse with Visiting Health Professionals of Haywood County and...

Sep 5, 2002

Perry Roberts, age 56, of 1207 Sorrells Cove died Thursday, September 5, 2002 at his residence. He was a native of and had resided in Haywood County most of his life. He was the son of the late Elbert and Riddie Davis Roberts. He was a Norfolk-Southern Railway employee with 32 years of service. He was an...

Sep 2, 2002

Fred R. Wilson, age 80, of 100 Allen Drive, died Monday, September 2, 2002 at his residence. He was a native of and had resided in Haywood County most of his life. He was the son of the late Gomer and Mirah Worley Wilson. He was also preceded in death by a son, Steven D. Wilson who...

Sep 1, 2002

Bessie Mae Harris Pressley, age 85, of 138 Milksik Cove Road died Sunday, September 01, 2002 at St. Joseph's Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Manuel and Sarah Scott Harris. She was preceded in death by her husband, Landie Thomas Pressley who died in 1998 and a son, Jerry Logan Pressley who died in 1986....

Sep 1, 2002

A. DOUGLAS JEFFERIES Waynesville-Andrew Douglas ''Doug'' Jefferies, age 79, resident of Venice, Florida and Waynesville, North Carolina died Sunday, September 1, 2002 at Mission St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville, NC. He was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He served in the Canadian Navy on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic during World War II. Later, after...

Aug 31, 2002

Leicester-Hillard Stamey, age 86, of Colton Drive, died Saturday, August 31, 2002 at Aston Park Health Care Center. He was born in Haywood County and was the son of the late John F. and Minnie Josephine Gaddis Stamey. He was also preceded in death by a son, Dennis Stamey and a sister, Wilsie Abbott, and two brothers,...

Aug 31, 2002

Maggie Valley, NC-Robert Hill Hosch, Sr., age 63, formally of Orlando, Florida, died Saturday, August 31, 2002 at Memorial Mission Hospital, Owen Heart Center, Asheville, NC. Born in Jacksonville, Florida on March 11, 1938, he was the son of the late Arthur Bert and Bessie DeLoach Hosch. He was a member of the Orlando, Florida Masonic Lodge...

Aug 30, 2002

Jerry J. Gold Candler Jerry Jerome Gold, 56 of 22 Eagle Lane in Candler died Friday, August 30, 2002 at the Mt. Area Hospice Solace Center. A native of Haywood County, he was son of the late Joseph and Betty Deweese Gold. He attended Trinity Baptist Church and was a veteran of the US Navy serving during...

Aug 30, 2002

Gudger Clark Waynesville Gudger Henry "Red" Clark, 99, of Bethel and of Hamilton, OH died Friday, August 30, 2002 at the Brian Center. He was born on April 14, 1903 of Shepherds Creek in Swain County to William and Dolly Watkins Clark. He retired from Champion International Paper in Hamilton, OH after 45 years service. He was...

Aug 29, 2002

William R. Rogers Canton William Ronald "Ronnie" Rogers, 56, of 116 Sharp Mountain Road died Thursday, August 29, 2002 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was son of the late Ernest Rogers and was also preceded in death by a sister, Phyllis Perz who died in 1997. He was a member of East Fork...

Aug 29, 2002

Garner- James E. "Jimmy" Bass- 77, of 1307 Frederick Road- died Thursday, August 29, 2002 after a brief illness. He was a native of Haywood County and was the son of the late Ralph E. Bass and Annie Russell Bass. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Loretta B. Harris. He was a retired employee...

Aug 28, 2002

REVEREND RUSSELL L. YOUNG, JR. Waynesville-Reverend Russell Lowell Young, Jr., age 80, 41 Rolling Green Drive, died Wednesday, August 28, 2002 at Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital. A native of Columbia, SC, he had lived in Haywood County for the past 33 years. He was the son of the late Reverend Russell Lowell Young, Sr. and Anne Matilda Snelson...

Aug 28, 2002

MERV TERRY Waynesville-Mervin E. ''Merv'' Terry, age 66, of 1234 A. Crabtree Rd., died August 28, 2002 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Dixon, Illinois and was the son of the late Frank R. and Theresa Hohlen Terry. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served in the U.S. Navy. He...

Aug 28, 2002

JOAN ALSUP LATHAM Waynesville, NC-Joan Alsup Latham, age 68, passed into the hands of her loving Savior, Wednesday, August 28, 2002 at her residence. She was a native of Arkansas and was the daughter of the late Robert Taylor and Mary Florence D. Alsup. She was preceded in death by her husband Prentiss Thomas Latham, three brothers,...

Aug 28, 2002

Joyce W. Beck Rogersville, TN Joyce Wood Beck, 46, died Wednesday, August 28, 2002 at her residence, 5030 Highway 55 N in Rogersville. A native of Buncombe County, she was daughter of the late Ernest Samuel Wood, Sr. Surviving are, her mother, Lois Todd Wood of Asheville, her husband of 27 years, Ron Beck; one son, Kevin...

Aug 7, 1953

 

Diana Moore Chambers, 70, of Etowah passed away on Monday, August 7, 2023 unexpectedly in Carthage, Mississippi. A native of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Brenas and Alphadean Medford Moore.

 

Diana was a graduate of Enka High School and AB Tech. She was a kind and compassionate person and loved spending time with...

Waynesville, North Carolina, Lawrence "Larry" Salamon, age 85, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2022 and Maureen Cunningham Salamon, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2022.

Larry was a native of Illinois and was a son of the late Emil and Anna Kolzer Salamon, in addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...

Waynesville, Evelyn Mae Hurst Buchanan-McClure, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at her home surrounded by her loving family.

A native of Tennessee, she was a daughter of Milas Hurst and Willa Mae Lockhart Hurst.  She was preceded in death by her dear husband, Samuel McClure, who died in December 2019 as well as her siblings,...

Canton – Marilyn McClellan Mears stepped away from us permanently March 14 to begin her journey through the never ending universe and beyond.

Marilyn’s passing was due to complications of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), a disease she steadfastly battled for 20 years.  She was the longest living Flolan patient, Flolan, an IV continuous medication, was her friend for...

Stanley T. Hill

Waynesville, Stanley Thomas Hill, age 69, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at his residence surrounded by his family.

A native of Clark County, Washington and he was a son of the late Noel Hill.  Stanley’s life was defined by his service in the Navy.  He proudly served two tours in...