Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Edith Mease

Edith Mease

Dec 13, 2003

Edith Donaldson Mease, age 73, of 6 Paul Holland Road died Saturday, December 13, 2003 at Autumn Care of Waynesville. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and the daughter of the late Weaver and Minnie Seagle Donaldson. She was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Huckeby. She was a member of Plains...

Jeffrey Caldwell

Jeffrey Caldwell

Dec 13, 2003

Knoxville, TN-Jeffrey D. Caldwell, age 39 died Saturday, December 13, 2003 at the University of Tennessee Hospital in Knoxville. He was a native of Haywood County and was the son of Nancy Jones of Waynesville and Palmer B. Caldwell of Waynesville. In addition to his mother and father, he is survived by a sister, Angela Hoffpauir of...

Randy Harris

Randy Harris

Dec 12, 2003

Waynesville-Freddie Randy Dale Harris, age 39, of 456 Red Maple Drive, died Friday, December 12, 2003 at his residence. He was a native of Haywood County. He is survived by his mother and father, Freddie and Lois Owen Harris of Waynesville; his brother, Ricky Harris, and his wife, Zonya of Waynesville; and two nieces. Funeral services will...

Frank Moody

Frank Moody

Dec 12, 2003

Waynesville-Frank D. ''Pet'' Moody, age 69, of 12 Yarborough Street, died Friday, December 12, 2003 at St. Joseph's Hospital. He was a native and life long resident of Haywood County. He was the son of the late Noble and Esther Wilson Moody. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Ed Moody and by a sister,...

Jimmy Messer

Jimmy Messer

Dec 11, 2003

Waynesville-Jimmy Dale Messer, age 49, of 267 Charles Street, Clyde, died Thursday, December 11, 2003 at his residence. He was a native of Haywood County. He was preceded in death by his father, Junior Clark Messer; a sister, Barbara Messer; a brother, Clark Wayne Messer; and a special nephew, Tony Price. He was a taxi driver, a...

Patricia Jones

Patricia Jones

Dec 11, 2003

Maggie Valley-Patricia Jones, age 65, of 887 Locust Drive, died Thursday, December 11, 2003 at her residence. A native of Binghamton, New York, she was the daughter of the late Howard E. and Anne Onisko Transue. She was also preceded in death by a stepson, Mark Allen Jones. She was an executive secretary for Martin Marietta Missile...

Christopher Broyles

Christopher Broyles

Dec 10, 2003

Canton-Christopher Alan Broyles, age 35 died Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at his home. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents Robert D. Rhea and Hortense Holtzclaw Belt. Chris was a 1986 graduate of Pisgah High School. He was in the United States Air Force for 10 years serving in the Gulf War. He is survived...

Kelly Burris

Kelly Burris

Dec 10, 2003

Waynesville-Kelly G. Burris, age 69, of 274 Allen's Creek Road, died Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Graham County, he was the son of the late Ferrell Joseph and Vinnas Elizabeth Mashburn Burris. He was employed by Charles Burris Trucking and was a member of Allen's Creek Baptist Church. He is...

Ethel Walker

Ethel Walker

Dec 10, 2003

Waynesville-Ethel Best Walker, age 96, of 119 Riverview Drive, died December 10, 2003 at Autumn Care Nursing Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late William P. and Eva Rogers Best. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Howell ''Ted'' Walker, who died March 20, 1999. She was a...

Emily Penney

Emily Penney

Dec 9, 2003

Waynesville-Louise Potts Penney, age 82, of 237 Rolling Green Drive, died Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Durham County, NC, she had resided most of her life in Durham and had lived in Haywood County for the past six years. She was the daughter of the late James and Ruby Morgan...

Thomas Woody

Thomas Woody

Dec 8, 2003

Waynesville-Thomas Allen Woody, age 38, of 1042 Apple Creek Road, died Monday, December 8, 2003 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he is the son Marlene Hunter Woody of the White Oak Community and the late William W. Woody who died July 16, 2003. He was a self-employed auto mechanic and was a member of...

Ray Vancleve, Sr.

Ray Vancleve, Sr.

Dec 8, 2003

Canton-Ray Donald VanCleve, Sr., age 80, died Monday, December 8, 2003 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. He was the son of the late Carter and Fannie Lee Wyatt VanCleve. He was the owner/operator of a service station for 32 years and will be greatly missed. Ray was a United States Army Veteran of World War II serving...

William Mehaffey

William Mehaffey

Dec 7, 2003

Waynesville-William Jack Mehaffey, age 51, died Sunday, December 7, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of Betty Jane Gibson Mehaffey of Waynesville and the late Wilfred Rufus Mehaffey. He was a former employee of Haynes Electric and Haywood County School System. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He is survived,...

Ruby Burnette

Ruby Burnette

Dec 4, 2003

Canton-Mrs. Ruby Lee Clontz Burnette, age 86 of 2313 Kingston Road NE, Rome, Georgia, died Thursday, December 4, 2003, in a Rome hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Burnette was born April 23, 1917 in Canton, NC, daughter of the late Riley and Eva Henson Clontz. She had spent the greater part of her life in Canton,...

Floyd Caldwell

Floyd Caldwell

Dec 4, 2003

Waynesville-Floyd Thadus Caldwell, age 82, of 602 Ned Cove Road, died Thursday, December 04, 2003 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Dave H. and Ivie Maybeal Parton Caldwell. He was also preceded in death by a son, Carmel R. Caldwell in 1988; three sisters, Beaulah Moody, Macy Carver,...

Harold Crawford

Harold Crawford

Dec 4, 2003

Bryson City-Harold Dean Crawford, age 71, of Greasy Branch and Waynesville, died Thursday, December 4, 2003 at Mission St. Joseph Health Care System. A native of Buncombe County, he was the son of Wiley E. and Lucille Hill Crawford. He was also preceded in death by a stepson, Steve Dayton. He was a US Army veteran of...

Dorothy Naugle

Dorothy Naugle

Dec 2, 2003

Waynesville-Dorothy ''Dot'' Naugle, age 90, of 170 Stonecrest Heights, died Friday, November 28, 2003 at the Brian Center. A native of East Palestine, Ohio, she is the daughter of the late Elmer F. and Willetta Margaretta Boles Kuhns. She was also preceded in death by her husband, George Naugle, who died on November 11, 2003; a daughter,...

Merl Messer

Merl Messer

Nov 30, 2003

Canton-Merl June Messer, age 68, of Little East Fork Road, died Sunday, November 30, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Delmar Samuel and Mary Dee Davis Rogers. She was employed at the Lake Logan Lodge for several years and was a member of Laurel Grove...

Lois Buckner

Lois Buckner

Nov 28, 2003

Waynesville-Lois Liner Buckner, age 82, of 107 Chestnut Park Drive, died Friday, November 28, 2003 at Autumn Care Nursing Home. She was a native of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Samuel Paxton and Cara Snyder Liner. She was the wife of the late Leo L. Buckner, Jr. who died in 2001. She was...

Vera Brown

Vera Brown

Nov 27, 2003

Vera Brown Canton - Vera Nix Brown, age 82 formerly of Substation Road died Thursday, November 27, 2003 at the Tar River Nursing Home in Greenville, NC. She was a native of Oconee County SC and had resided in Haywood County for many years prior to moving to Greenville. She was the daughter of the late William...

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