Feb 3, 2022

On February 3, 2022, June Elise Settle Edwards, a resident of Haywood County for nearly seven decades, died peacefully in the ninety-sixth year of her age at her home in Waynesville following a long period of declining health.

Born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania on October 16, 1926, she was the first child of Samuel Brittain Settle and LaVantia...

Feb 2, 2022

Canton – Barbara Burress Messer – 75, passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at Haywood Regional Medical Center.

Barbara was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Bob and Edna Rogers Burress.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant brother, Lemuel Burress.  She...

Feb 2, 2022

Tracy Lynn Stephens, 50, died unexpectedly February 2, 2022, at her home on Pisgah Hwy. Candler, N.C. 28715. She was born on July 21, 1971, in Augusta G.A., the daughter of Emory Calvin Stephens and Frances Barkwell Chavous. Tracy attended school in Thomson GA, after she went on to open a craft shop in Villia Rica G.A....

Feb 1, 2022

In his long life and in his prime, Roger was a swashbuckling gentle giant with a huge appetite for life. Growing up in Toledo, OH and through his life lived in many locations including Georgia, the West Indies, Las Vegas, Miami and finally Asheville, NC. He served in Korea as an Airborne Ranger (11th Airborne-187th RCT). He was the...

Feb 1, 2022

Canton – Marion Calvin Sprinkle, 100, passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at Haywood Regional Medical Center.

Marion was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  She was a resident of Haywood County for most of her life and the daughter of the late Earl and Lou Calvin.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Jan 31, 2022

Myrtle Price Duckett died Monday, January 31, 2022, following a period of declining health. A native of Madison County, she had lived in East Asheville for most of her life.  She was the daughter of the late David Price and Bertie Hipps Mull.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her former husband, Thomas Duckett;...

Jan 31, 2022

Fines Creek Community, Margaret Juanita Williams Perkins, age 84, passed away on Monday, January 31, 2022, at Autumn Care of Waynesville.

A native of Wake County, she was a daughter of the late Ronnie and Zellie Sarvis Williams.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Keith McGlashing; and a brother, Bob...

Jan 30, 2022

Waynesville – Brenda Miller Cordell, 73, passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2022 at Mission Memorial Hospital.

Brenda was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Clyde and Thomasine Watts Miller.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Don Cordell, who died in 2011. ...

Jan 30, 2022

Canton – Robert Joshua Rice, 89, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 30, 2022 at the Community Living Center in the Charles H. George VA Medical Center.

Josh was born on March 2, 1932, to William Crawford and Beulah Kate Smathers Rice.  Josh was born and raised in the Rice Cove section in the Beaverdam Community of...

Jan 30, 2022

Our beautiful and most precious mom and aunt, Hazel Haney Christopher, has gone to the Lord in the early hours on Sunday, January 30, 2022.

A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Printus Ralph and Minnie Williams Haney. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her two sons,...

Jan 29, 2022

West Asheville/Cruso - Vernell Audrey Eugene Wheeler Shuford (December 15, 1942 - January 29, 2022)

Vernell Audrey Eugene Wheeler Shuford, 79, left this world in the early afternoon on January 29, 2022 and stepped into her heavenly home after succumbing to illness. A native of Haywood County, she was born to the late Reverend Thara Acie and...

Jan 29, 2022

Elizabeth McDaniel Swanger, a lifelong resident of Waynesville, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 29, 2022.

Pat was born September 29, 1938, in Haywood County to the late Jack and Elizabeth Sutton McDaniel.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Mary Ruby Frazier and nieces.  Pat graduated from Waynesville Township High...

Jan 28, 2022

Waynesville, Ann Louise Overbeck, born July 19,1933, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2022.

The daughter of C.J. and Harriot West Overbeck, Ann grew up in Evanston, Illinois, where she attended Willard, Haven and Evanston Township High School.  She went to Cornell University and did graduate work at Smith College School for Social Work.  Her clinical social...

Jan 27, 2022

Nina Miller Speicher, 92, of Candler passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Thursday, January 27, 2022.  A native of Dart, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Ferman Alfred and Garnett June Kendall Miller.  In addition to her parents, Nina was preceded in death by five sisters and two brothers.

In Proverbs 31:25-26, “She...

Jan 27, 2022

Cecil Doc Queen, age 85, of Sylva, NC, passed away on Thursday, January 27, 2022. Cecil was born in Whittier, NC and later moved to Detroit, Michigan in the early 1950’s where he married his sweetheart Julia and began his family. Cecil moved back to NC in 1982. He was the son of the late Cecil Glen Queen of Swain...

Jan 26, 2022

Jefferson City, Tennessee, Jerald David Swanger, Sr., age 83, passed away on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at Jefferson City Health and Rehabilitation Center.

A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late John Edward and Ocie Trantham Swanger.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Dale Lewis Swanger,...

Jan 26, 2022

Canton – Marilyn Barker Jones, 86, passed away on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at her residence.

Marilyn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and had lived in Cruso since 1976.   She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Marie Folmer Weil, husband, William Ashleigh Barker, Sr., and one grandson, Barker Bostian.  Marilyn was a member of St....

Jan 25, 2022

Candler – Wanda Sue Roberts Kilby, 79, passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Pisgah Manor Health & Rehabilitation Center.

Wanda was a native of Haywood County and a daughter of the late John and Gladys Medford Roberts.  “Her children rise up and call her blessed.  Her husband also praises her.”  She was filled with joy...

Jan 24, 2022

Earl Howard Allison, 82, of Candler passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022 at his residence. He was preceded in death by his parents, Luther and Edith Hudgins Allison; a son-in-law; sister, Elizabeth “Lib” Cook and three brothers, Howard Allison, Bobby Allison & Billy Allison

Earl was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and was employed as...

Jan 24, 2022

Thomasine Watts Miller, 90, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022 at CarePartners Hospice Solace Center (JF Keever).

Thomasine was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Aulton B. and Arletha Sutton Watts.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Lee Miller, who...