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...

Jan 24, 2022

Canton – Jessie Sharp Ledford, 79, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022 at Haywood Regional Medical Center.

Jessie was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Wesley and Edna Garnes Sharp; In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Bertha Sharp Blaylock and husband,...

Jan 24, 2022

Clyde – Ruth Marie Jones Moore, 89, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022 at Haywood Regional Medical Center.

Ruth was a native of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Chancy and Flora Jane Wines Jones.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Moore, who died in 1998;...

Jan 24, 2022

Canton, Doris Kathryn Nichols Kerley, age 91, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022, at Autumn Care.

A native of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Clayton and Elsie Moore Nichols.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lester H. Reece and Harry Kerley; sons, Eddie and Wayne...

Jan 23, 2022

Clyde, Nancy Jo Dowless Schwark, age 77, passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2022, at Asheville Specialty Hospital.

Born in July, 1944 at the Carlisle Barracks Army Hospital in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Nancy Rebok Dowless.  Nancy traveled around the world as an Army daughter.  She attended Southwest Texas State...

Jan 22, 2022

Waynesville, Marion Ellis Howell Choate, 92, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2022.

A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Grady and Winnie Kinsland Howell. Along with her parents, Marion is preceded in death by her son, William “Hamp”ton Choate, Jr. and two brothers, Vinson Howell and Gene Howell. Bige with her...

Jan 22, 2022

Clyde – Readie Crane Donaldson, 89, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Haywood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

Readie was a native of Georgia and a daughter of the late Pete and Mae Smith Crane.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Horace Donaldson, who died in 1991; two...

Jan 21, 2022

Asheville – Sheila Langford Hall, 89, passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022 of natural causes.

Sheila was a native of Buncombe County and a daughter of the late Harold Langford and Ann McClellan.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Hammond Hall, Sr., who died in 2013; one son,...

Jan 20, 2022

Bryson City, Ellen Kilgannon, age 61, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 20, 2022, at a friend’s home, surrounded by love, following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

A native of New Jersey and a Swain County resident since 1988, she was a daughter of the late William and Lorraine Rey Kilgannon.  In addition to her parents, she...

Jan 18, 2022

Spring Creek, Curnal Lee Payne, age 70, passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at Mission Memorial Campus.

Lee was a lifelong resident of Spring Creek and was a son of the late Isaac and Georgia Greene Payne.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a great-grandson, Jaxson Gage Watford; three brothers, James...

Jan 18, 2022

"Mama Jo"

Joanne Rivenbark Wooten, age 79, passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at Haywood Regional Medical Center following a prolonged illness.

As a Navy dependent, Joanne moved frequently early in her life, with most of her youth being spent in Wilmington, North Carolina.  She was the daughter of the late Walter and Hazel...