Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Minda Price

Minda Price

Sep 11, 2003

Clyde-Minda McElrath Price, age 83, died Thursday, September 11, 2003 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Hattie Ledford McElrath. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Davis Price, who died in 1984 and two brothers, Wilson and Ammons McElrath. She was a member of...

Frances Henson

Frances Henson

Sep 10, 2003

Candler-Frances Chambers Henson, age 56 of 9 Southern Magnolia Lane, died Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at St. Joseph's Hospital after a brief battle with cancer. She was a native of Haywood County and had lived in Buncombe most of her life. She was a daughter of Mable Murray Chambers of Candler and the late Elton Agustus Chambers....

Alawayne Hall

Alawayne Hall

Sep 9, 2003

Waynesville-Alawayne Phillips Hall, age 79, of 228 Dock Ratcliff Road, died Tuesday, September 09, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Pearlie Van and Rachel Ratcliff Phillips. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Dwight Hall, who died in 1978. She was a...

Dean Surrett

Dean Surrett

Sep 9, 2003

Clyde-Dean Surrett, age 30, of 7558 Panther Creek Road, died Tuesday, September 9, 2003. A native of Haywood County, he was a member of Belmont Baptist Church. He loved hunting and horseback riding. He is survived by his father, Arlie D. Surrett, of Hickory and his mother Kay Stiles Surrett of Clyde; a sister, Devon Teaster, of...

Hazel Medford

Hazel Medford

Sep 8, 2003

Canton-Hazel Hoglen Medford, age 72, formerly of the Dutch Cove Community died Monday, September 8, 2003, at the Millennium Health and Rehabilitation in Edgewater, MD. She was a native of Haywood County,where she lived most of her life until moving to Edgewater to live with her daughter in 1999 due to declining health. She was a daughter...

Roger Hardin, Sr.

Roger Hardin, Sr.

Sep 8, 2003

Clyde-Roger Alexander Hardin, age 61, of 145 Forsythia Lane, died Monday, September 08, 2003 at his residence. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of Grace Earls Hardin Severt of Clyde and the late Claude Hardin. He was also preceded in death by a son, Roger ''Alex'' Hardin, Jr. who died in 2002; and two...

Joann Oare

Joann Oare

Sep 8, 2003

JoAnn Oare Clyde-JoAnn Oare, age 70, of 2348 Hyder Mountain Road, passed away on Monday, September 8, 2003 at her residence. She was a native of Columbus, Ohio, and the daughter of the late Raymond and Helen Clements Eddy. She is survived by her husband, William P. Oare; four sons, Paul Richard ''Rick'' Eddy of Waynesville, Patrick...

John Griffin

John Griffin

Sep 8, 2003

Waynesville-John Richard ''Dick'' Griffin, of Ft. Pierce Florida died September 8, 2003. A native of Roanoke, Virginia, he was the son of the late Samuel and Edna Young Griffin. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Ada Ann Ferguson Griffin in 1998 formerly of Waynesville; two sisters, Dorothy G. Hays and Judith G. Aasheim; and...

Edith Fultz

Edith Fultz

Sep 6, 2003

Edith was a lifelong member of the church her grandfather founded, Long's Chapel United Methodist Church in Lake Junaluska. She taught Sunday School there for more than three decades and strongly supported the Church's preschool education programs. In 1995, the Church recognized her life-long contribution through the establishment of the Edith Long Fultz Scholarship Fund. Edith moved...

Elizabeth Smathers

Elizabeth Smathers

Sep 6, 2003

Lake Junaluska-Mary Elizabeth McNeal Smathers, age 95, of Lake Junaluska and Asheboro, died Saturday, September 6, 2003. She spent the last few months of her life at the Clapps Nursing Center in Asheboro and will be buried next to her beloved husband, the Reverend Frank C. Smathers, in the Morning Star United Methodist Church cemetery in Haywood...

Myrtle Mehaffey

Myrtle Mehaffey

Sep 6, 2003

Waynesville-Myrtle Smith Mehaffey, age 91, of Waynesville, died Saturday, September 6, 2003 at Autumn Care Nursing Home. She was a native and life long resident of Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late Ezekiel and Mary Etta McDaniel Smith. She was the wife of the late William Alney Mehaffey, who died in 1985. She was...

Carl Alcorns

Carl Alcorns

Sep 3, 2003

Waynesville-Carl Thomas Alcorns, age 54, of Maggie Valley, formerly of Florida, died September 3, 2003 at VA Medical Center at Oteen. He was preceded in death by his father, Edward Alcorns, Sr. He had worked with many of his friends at Clark and Leatherwood. He was a US Navy veteran having served in Vietnam with his brother,...

William Stephens

William Stephens

Sep 2, 2003

Waynesville-William Kerr Stephens, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, died Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at Duke Medical Center in Durham. The son of John Ruben and Sara Cathey Stephens, Mr. Stephens was born in 1925 in Canton and attended Canton schools. After completing his freshman year at Clemson College, he joined the Army Air Forces in 1943, serving...

Charles Holland

Charles Holland

Sep 1, 2003

Canton-Charles Wiley "Shotgun" Holland, age 84 of 521 Groundhog Road, died Monday, September 1, 2003 at the VA Medical Center in Oteen after an extended illness. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and was the son of the late John and Elva Joyce Westmoreland Holland. He was also preceded in death by a...

Dwight Presnell

Dwight Presnell

Aug 30, 2003

Waynesville-Dwight Presnell, age 61, of Jordan Farm Drive, died Saturday, August 30, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Haywood County and was the son of the late Pless and Lillie Teaster Presnell. He was a member of East Waynesville Baptist Church. He was the owner and operator of the Presnell Exxon and...

John Hyde

John Hyde

Aug 30, 2003

Maggie Valley-John Thomas Hyde, age 66, of Link Circle, died Saturday, August 30, 2003 at his residence. He was a native of Macon County having lived most of his life in Swain and Haywood Counties. He was the son of the late W. P. and Nettie Cruse Hyde. He was a US Air Force veteran. He retired...

Mark Herren, Sr.

Mark Herren, Sr.

Aug 28, 2003

Candler-Mark Henry Herren, Sr., age 80 died Thursday, August 28, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. He was a native of Haywood County and was the son of the late George H. and Missouri Rogers Herren. He was also preceded in death by two sons; Mark Henry Herren, Jr., Ronald Edward Herren and a sister Mary Edith Herren....

Benjamin Eidam

Benjamin Eidam

Aug 28, 2003

Lake Junaluska-Benjamin Howard ''Ben'' Eidam, age 70, of 14 Pepper Avenue, died Thursday, August 28, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Columbus, Georgia, he was the son of the late Benjamin Howard Eidam, Sr. and Wilma Andrews Eidam. He was a graduate of Columbus High School in Columbus, Georgia, and received his Pharmacy Degree...

Floyd Fisher

Floyd Fisher

Aug 28, 2003

Waynesville-Floyd Edwin Fisher, age 85, of Waynesville and the Fines Creek Community, died Thursday, August 28, 2003 at Autumn Care of Waynesville. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Lizzie Russell Fisher. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Dortha Coward Fisher; a granddaughter, Misty Dawn Fisher; a...

Lester Mull

Lester Mull

Aug 27, 2003

L. L. Mull Canton-Lester Leonard "LL" Mull- age 87, of Laurel Drive, died Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at Mission-St. Joseph Health Systems. He was the son of the late Cleve and Nan Henderson Mull and was the husband of the late Ellen Gibson Mull who died in 2001. Mr. Mull was a member of Calvary Baptist Church...

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