Olga Rueda
Sep 27, 2022
Olga Garcia Rueda, 83, of Candler, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.
Born in Mexico, Olga was the daughter of the late Andrés Garcia and Aurelia Sosa. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Gerardo Rueda, on October 2, 2018.
Her children, Olga González and her husband, Pastor...
Billy Allison
Sep 26, 2022
Waynesville – Charles Billy Allison, beloved son, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away on September 26, 2022, at Autumn Care of Waynesville.
Billy was a native of Haywood County and son to the late Jack and Eula Noland Allison. A life-long farmer, Billy found great joy in cultivating land and raising cattle. The values that the...
Mary Lou Hughes
Sep 26, 2022
Cleveland, TN formerly of Canton - Mary Lou Campbell Ledbetter Hughes passed away at the age of 87 at the Brookdale Memory Care facility in Cleveland, TN on Monday September 26, 2022.
She was preceded by her first husband, Charles Robert Ledbetter, May 1990, and second husband, Garrett Junior Hughes, February 2006, her parents, Albert and Florence...
Wendy Ruff
Sep 24, 2022
Waynesville, Wendy Jean Meeks Ruff, age 53, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at CarePartners Solace Center.
Wendy was the daughter of Bob Salzer and the late Helen Meeks Salzer. She was preceded in death by her sister, Merry Ellen Meeks and her infant niece, Katarina.
Wendy spent her early years in Key Largo...
Michael Cartwright
Sep 24, 2022
Staff Sergeant Michael “Mike” Warren Cartwright, 65, of Candler went home to be with the Lord, on Saturday, September 24, 2022. A native of Asheville, he was the son of the late Billy Warren Cartwright and Virgie Mae Hodge Cartwright. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Sandy Cartwright and brother, Jimmy Penland.
Mike proudly...
Audrey Morgan
Sep 23, 2022
Audrey Lee Clark Morgan
September 28, 1948 – September 23, 2022
Audrey Lee Clark Morgan, 73, of Waynesville, peacefully went home to be with our Lord and Saviour on Friday, September 23, at her home.
Mrs. Morgan was born September 28, 1948 and resided in the Saunook...
Debra Smathers
Sep 22, 2022
Waynesville, Debra Arlene Jordan Smathers, age 57, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2022.
A resident of Haywood County for 40+ years, she was a daughter of Arlin Clark and the late Carol Anne Hunt Clark. Debra is survived by her two sons, Zeb Farmer and Justin Mease; her husband, Kem Smathers; and four grandchildren.
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Dr. Ernest Stines
Sep 22, 2022
Canton – Dr. Ernest Harrison Stines, 91, passed away to his heavenly home on Thursday, September 22, 2022 at his residence surrounded by his loving family.
Dr. Stines was born in Asheville and was the eldest son of the late Ernest and Doris Searcy Stines. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by the...
William Leatherwood
Sep 21, 2022
Canton – William Wesley “Bill” Leatherwood, 82, passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2022.
Bill was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a son of the late Vinson Woodrow and Ila Kay “Iliok” Pressley Leatherwood. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Ineva Brown and Betty Burr Sharpe;...
Philip Hipps
Sep 21, 2022
Philip Joe Hipps
Canton-Philip Joe Hipps, 89, passed away on September 21, 2022, at Autumn Care of Waynesville.
He was a native of Buncombe County and a son of the late Mailey Kermy and Addie Plemmons Hipps. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Dessa Kathleen...
Edith Cook
Sep 21, 2022
Canton – Edith Catherine Cook, 95, passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home.
Edith was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Perry Herman and Alcie Henson Cook. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George Ray Cook, who...
John Chandler
Sep 20, 2022
Canton – John Herman Chandler, 88, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at Haywood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
John was a native of Wendover, Kentucky but had resided in Franklin and then Haywood County for 60+ years. He was a son of the late Bert and Oda Eversole Chandler. In addition to his parents, he was...
Walter Davis
Sep 20, 2022
Walter Wilson Davis, 94 and a resident of Maggie Valley, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2022.
Born in Eau Claire, Pennsylvania, he was the oldest of the Daryl and Mary Davis’s five sons. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy and two of his brothers.
After...
Barbara Caldwell
Sep 17, 2022
Clyde, Barbara Jean Miller Caldwell, 88, passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at Haywood Regional Medical Center.
A native of Vermilion County, Illinois, she was a daughter of the late Hershel Floyd and Lena Alma Karrick Miller. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Earl Hascue Caldwell;...
William "Billy" Nicholson, Jr.
Sep 17, 2022
Maggie Valley, William "Billy" Adams Nicholson, Jr., age 66, passed away after a short period of declining health on Saturday, September 17, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family.
A native of Manhasset, New York, he was a son of the late William Adams Nicholson, Sr. and Gladys Reardon Nicholson.
Billy was a...
Harriett Cothern
Sep 16, 2022
Waynesville, NC, Melbourne, FL, Harriett Anne Weidler Cothern, 89, passed away on Friday, September 16, 2022, at Maggie Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation.
A native of Lake Worth, Florida, she was a daughter of the late Evelyn Bennett. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Hudson Cothern, who died in 2005....
Barbara Hannah
Sep 16, 2022
Candler – Barbara Jean Towe Hannah, 78, of Candler passed away on Friday, September 16, 2022, at Carepartners Hospice Solace of Asheville.
A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late James and Virginia Hill Towe. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Judy Moore as well as...
Carl Desylvia Gore
Sep 15, 2022
Carl Desylvia Gore, 79, of Asheville passed away on September 15, 2022 at Mission Hospital. A native of Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Mason C. Gore and Minnie Lee Gore. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded by his wives, Rosezell Paula, Barbara Jean, and Barbara Ann.
Carl proudly served in the US...
Doris Lindsey
Sep 15, 2022
Doris Caldwell “Babe” Lindsey
Canton formerly of Clyde – Doris Caldwell “Babe” Lindsey, 90, passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at home surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Doris was a native of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Leon and Mazie Caldwell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Mary Wait
Sep 14, 2022
Candler - Mary Lee Tipton Wait, born on 2/12/42, lost her battle with Alzheimer’s Disease on 9/14/22 at the age of 80. Though the bout was fixed from the start, she fought until the very end with a fiery spirit that will be missed, along with her quick wit and droll sense of humor, which were silenced early-on in...
