Obituaries

Local Obituaries - Haywood County, NC and the Surrounding Areas

Bertha Buchanan

Bertha Buchanan

Aug 27, 2003

Canton-Bertha Ella Ginter Buchanan, age 94 died Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A prior resident of Hendersonville, Mrs. Buchanan was married to her 1st husband Allan G. McCumber who died in 1983 and her 2nd husband Leland Buchanan who died in 1990. She is survived by one daughter, June McCumber of Pochantas, Ark,...

Eldon Clontz

Eldon Clontz

Aug 26, 2003

Canton-Eldon Luster Clontz, age 95 of 15 Cooper Street died Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a son of the late Riley E. and Eva Henson Clontz. He was preceded in death by his 1st wife, Effie Ingle Clontz and his 2nd wife,...

Mildred Earley

Mildred Earley

Aug 26, 2003

Waynesville-Mildred Elizabeth Murray Earley, 62, of Sparrow Drive died Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Lee and Glenna Ivalee Smith Murray. Surviving are three daughters, Sharon Wade and Her husband Hal and Kay Deaver and her husband Randy, both of Ashdown, AR and Christy...

James King

James King

Aug 26, 2003

Waynesville-James Manuel ''Jim'' King, age 80 of Ratcliff Cove Road, died Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a son of the late Horace and Essie King. He was also preceded in death by an infant sister, Novella King. Mr. King was a self-employed trucker and...

Stella Sexton

Stella Sexton

Aug 25, 2003

Stella Harwood Sexton, age 90 of 34 Maple Crescent went to be with her Lord, Monday, August 25, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. She was a daughter of the late Patrick Lee and Pearl Randolph Harwood. She was the wife of the late Ervin Sexton who died 1985. She was a Sunday school teacher for both adults...

Sarah Rhodes

Sarah Rhodes

Aug 25, 2003

Sarah Rhodes Canton-Sarah "Mama Sarah" Rhodes, 88, of Canton died Monday, August 25, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Alton Blain and Dorothy Mae Heatherly Henson and was also preceded in death by three brothers, Shay, Base and Grover Henson, twins Joyce Ann and Doice...

Lillie Rogers

Lillie Rogers

Aug 25, 2003

Waynesville-Lillie Mae Parker Rogers, age 91, formerly of Grandview Circle, died Monday, August 25, 2003. A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Perry and Ola Alexander Parker. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Rogers, who died in 1995. She was a homemaker and loved gardening and crocheting....

Margaret Winfield

Margaret Winfield

Aug 24, 2003

Margaret C. Winfield Canton,Margaret Cooper Winfield, 77, of 48 Birch Street in Canton died on Monday, August 25, 2003 in Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Glen Alice, TN, she was a daughter of the late Ransom and Vine Rollins Cooper and was a member of Canton Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are, her husband of...

Don Headrick

Don Headrick

Aug 24, 2003

Don H. Headrick Canton-Don Harold Headrick, 83 of the Cruso Community went to be with the Lord Sunday, August 24, 2003 after a brief illness. He was a native of Hugoton, KS and had been a longtime resident of Haywood County. He was a son of the late Oscar Cicero and Maude Dix Headrick . He was...

Helen Herndon

Helen Herndon

Aug 24, 2003

Helen Buchanan Herndon Asheville, Helen Buchanan Herndon, died Sunday, August 24, 2003 at Mission St. Joseph Hospital. A native of Haywood County, she was daughter of the late Cicero and Annie Bradley Buchanan and was also preceded in death by sisters, Maxine Lowe and Ruth Suttles and Gladys and Frankie Buchanan and a brother, Paul Buchanan. She...

Gertrude Gaddy

Gertrude Gaddy

Aug 22, 2003

Waynesville-Gertrude Gaddy, age 78, formerly of Waynesville, died, Friday, August 22, 2003 at her son's home in Horseshoe, NC. She was a native of Haywood County and was the daughter of Wilma Massie Medford of Clyde, formerly of Waynesville, and the late Larry Medford. She was preceded in death by her husband, William ''Bill'' Gaddy, a son...

Rubye Smith

Rubye Smith

Aug 22, 2003

Clyde-Rubye Fish Smith- age 83 died Friday, August 22, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Macon County and had lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was a daughter of the late Dewey and Julia Wood Fish. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Alden H. Smathers, who...

Martha Garren

Martha Garren

Aug 22, 2003

Asheville-Martha Emma Garren, age 80, of Sagamore Lane died Friday, August 22, 2003 at Mission-St. Joseph Health System. She was a native of Haywood County and previously resided in College Park, MD. She was the daughter of the late Samuel Randolph and Della Wilson Williams. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Elmer Garren...

Walter Wright

Walter Wright

Aug 22, 2003

Canton-Walter R. Wright, age 89 of Holder Branch Road, died Friday, August 22, 2003 at his residence. He was a native of Haywood County and the son of the late Thomas Leander and Maria Holder Wright. He was owner and operator of Park Street Barber Shop for 35 years and was a United States Army Veteran of...

Gerald Breece

Gerald Breece

Aug 21, 2003

Canton-Gerald Edwin Breece, age 73 of 20 Garden Lane died Thursday, August 21, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. He was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a son of the late Ernest Milford and Flora Hendrix Breece. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Eugene Breece. He...

Jeanine Beek

Jeanine Beek

Aug 20, 2003

Waynesville, NC-Jeanine Jacoba Marguerite Van Beek, age 71, of 226 Powderhorn Drive, died Wednesday, August 20, 2003 at her residence. A native of The Netherlands, she was the daughter of the late Cornelius and Reneé Lucienne Paris Van Beek. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Claudette Cannemeyer and Jacqueline Van Beek. She was a...

Henry Briley

Henry Briley

Aug 20, 2003

Clyde-Henry "Cotton" Briley, age 76 of Old Clyde Road, died Wednesday, August 20, 2003 at his residence. He was a native of Pitt Co., North Carolina and was a son of the late Jesse and Carie Tally Briley. He was employed as an insurance agent for 20 years with Life and Casualty of Nashville, TN. Mr. Briley...

Grace Reed

Grace Reed

Aug 18, 2003

Waynesville-Grace Reed, age 80, of Crooked Fork Lane, died Monday, August 18, 2003 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Hedding, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Leah Hay Wainwright. She was a former resident of Florida and had resided in Haywood County for the past ten years. She was a retired...

Glenna Murray

Glenna Murray

Aug 18, 2003

Canton-Glenna Murray- age 85 of the Bethel Community died Monday, August 18, 2003 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Gastonia, NC but, had lived most of her life in Haywood County. She had also lived in Henderson County for a brief time. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Ola Mae...

Adolphus Stokes

Adolphus Stokes

Aug 17, 2003

Waynesville, NC-Adolphus Dock Stokes, age 90, of 215 Shelton Street, died Tuesday, August 12, 2003 after a short illness. A native of Texas County, Oklahoma, he was the son of the late Mark and Mary Elizabeth Jordan Stokes. He lived 38 years in Stevens County, Kansas and lived one year in Jackson County prior to moving to...

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