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
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
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.
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
