Jul 8, 2022

Waynesville, Richard Claude Woody, 69, passed away on Friday, July 8, 2022 at his residence.

Claude was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a son of the late Richard and Thelma Silvers Woody.  He was descendent of Cataloochee Valley.  When the national park was formed, his dad, at the age of three, left Cataloochee...

Jul 8, 2022

Canton – Janet Elizabeth Deaver Frady, 92, passed away on Friday, July 8, 2022 at Autumn Care of Waynesville.

Janet was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Charlie and Lola Singleton Deaver.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Claude H. Frady; a...

Jul 6, 2022

Helen Ledford Brackett, 90, formerly of the Bethel Community passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at her residence in Candler.  A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late S. C. “Cat” and French Singleton Ledford. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband and love of her life, Johnny...

Jul 6, 2022

Canton – Paul Francis Greene, 66, passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at his residence.

Paul was a native of Suffolk County, New York and a son of the late John Emmanuel and Martha Frances Cooke Greene.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Zachary Paul Greene; one brother, John...

Jul 6, 2022

Canton -Mary Elizabeth Wyatt, 95, of Canton passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at her residence.  A native of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Parley Porter and Essie Mason Cogburn. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Nobel J Wyatt in 2005; sisters, Martha C. Kuykendall, Betty C....

Jul 5, 2022

Lake Junaluska, Norma Lillian Roberts Wright, 86, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at Advent Health in Hendersonville.

A native of Western North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Reverend Ivon Roberts and Lillian Smith Roberts.  She was also preceded in death by her sister, Osteen Cosgrove and brother, Elwood Roberts.

Norma...

Jul 4, 2022

Waynesville – Lura Cole Angel, 90, of Waynesville passed away on Monday, July 4, 2022, at Pisgah Manor Nursing Home.

A native of Buncombe County, she was daughter of the late Jasper and Eugenia Stevens Cole.  In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Allen Angel, II.

She is...

Jul 3, 2022

Morristown, Tennessee, Evelyn Jenkins Davis, age 86, passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Avenir Memory Care Assisted Living in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A native of Swain County, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Ernest and Minnie Shuler Jenkins.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 58...

Jul 2, 2022

Canton - Gedwin Liston Allen, 84, of Canton passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2022, at Haywood Regional Hospital.  A native of Buncombe County, he was son of the late Paul Hamilton and Winfred Elizabeth Allen.

Gedwin proudly served in the US Army. He retired as a Relief Foreman from Champion International in 1998 after 31 years...

Jun 30, 2022

Christopher Joseph Palmer, age 57, passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2022. A native of Rush Fork, NC, he was the son of Elise DeLozier Palmer and the late Joseph Hardy Palmer. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his dear brother, Joseph William (Jody) Palmer.

Chris is survived by his loving wife...

Jun 29, 2022

Canton –  Nancy Mingos King, 74, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at Care Partners Hospice Solace Center (John F. Keever).

Nancy was a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of the late George James and Juanita Foster Mingos.  Because of her mother’s death at the age of one, James and Mae Mingos raised her.   In addition...

Jun 28, 2022

Nancy Clare Annich Downey, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at Brookdale Senior Living in Ohio.

A native of Kingston, Pennsylvania, she had resided in Dayton, Ohio since November 2020. Prior to that, Nancy lived in her beloved mountains near Waynesville, NC since 1993 where she was a floral designer. Previously she had resided...

Jun 27, 2022

Canton – Carroll Lee Hill, 94, passed away  on Monday, June 27, 2022 at Aston Park Health Care Center.

Carroll was a son of the late Ben and Daisy Leatherwood Hill.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Glenna; two sons, Jessie Joneal and David Lee Hill; and a niece, Angelia...

Jun 26, 2022

Waynesville, Joe Everett Boyd, age 86, took his eternal flight early morning on Sunday, June 26, 2022.

A native of Haywood County, Joe was the only child of the late Troy Charles Boyd and Maye Davis Boyd.

Joe was born August 19, 1935.  After graduated high school at Waynesville Township High School, he joined the...

Jun 26, 2022

Cameron, North Carolina – Jeffrey Phillip Jacobson, beloved father, grandfather, and brother passed away on June 26, 2022, surrounded by his family.

Jeff was a native of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and a son to Norman and Eunice Ostreich Jacobson.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, First Lieutenant Mark Jacobson, and...

Jun 23, 2022

Chase Lee Hertel, 28; passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at his residence.

Chase was born on August 17, 1993 in St. Petersburg, Florida.  He lived there until he was 6 years old then moved with his family to Asheville.  As an adult, he lived in Weaverville for a couple years before moving to his current...

Jun 21, 2022

Susie Richards, 93, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

She was born in Waynesville, the eighth of eleven children born to the late Carl and Ninnie Bryson.  Susie spent her childhood in the mountains of western North Carolina working the farm with her parents and siblings.

A childhood accident...

Jun 21, 2022

Wanda Lee Johnson Payne, 88, of Canton passed away on Tuesday, June 21. 2022 at Mission Hospital.  She was the daughter of the late John Lester and Lora Jones Johnson.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Howard William “Bill” Payne in 2016; a son, Howard Edward “Eddie” Payne in...

Jun 20, 2022

Canton – Doris Joan McElrath, 76, passed away on Monday, June 20, 2022 at her residence.

Doris was a veteran having served in the United States Navy.

No formal service is scheduled at this time.

The care of Mrs. McElrath has been entrusted to Wells Funeral Homes of Canton and an online memorial...

Jun 20, 2022

Colleen Parker Jones, 56, of the Beaverdam Community passed away on Monday, June 20, 2022, at Mission Hospital. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Glenn Pegram Parker and Marie King Parker of Canton. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her sister, Loretta Gail Parker.

A 1984...