Evelyn Faye "Maw" (Carpenter) Dills

Evelyn Faye Carpenter Hastings Dills “Maw”, age 89 of Franklin, passed away on Tuesday, August 3, 2021.

Born in Franklin, North Carolina on July 23, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Omega Carpenter. Evelyn was a woman of faith and she was a life-long member of Tessentee Baptist Church.

Surviving are her five children, Linda Harbuck, Betty Reece, Lillian Hastings, Sandra Bradley and Ronald Carpenter; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; two sisters Gladys VanPelt and Marie Anderson; several nieces and nephews also survive.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by two husbands, Bill Hastings and J.B. Dills; two sisters, Dorothy Justice and Lois Curtis and one brother Arnold Carpenter.

Funeral Services are scheduled for 2 pm, Friday, August 6, 2021 in the Chapel of Bryant-Grant Funeral Home with Rev. Barry Bowman and Preacher Robert Dryman officiating. Interment will follow in Wright Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Travis Gregg, Keith Reece, William Ledbetter, Bill Bowman, Steven Bowman and Tyler Reece.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm on Thursday, August 5, 2021 at the funeral home.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is serving the Dills family. Online condolences can be made at www.bryantgrantfuneralhome.com