Mollie Rose Martin

Franklin, NC - Mollie Rose Martin, age 71, of Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, June 20, 2011 in a Highlands Nursing Home. She was a native of Hamilton County, TN, the daughter of the late Elige S. Brooks and Bessie Mae Michaels Brooks. She had worked as a cook in a restaurant and at Clayburn Manufacturing in Clayton, GA. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved to sew, pick blackberries and flea marketing and was of the Baptist faith.

She is survived by three daughters, Vicky Abell and her husband Robert of Hollywood, Maryland, Linda Campbell and her husband Johnny and Carolyn Gibson all of Franklin, NC; three sons, Fred Mathis, Harold Mathis and Tommy Mathis all of Franklin, NC; two sisters, Marietta Crosby and Diane Allen both of Greenville, SC; four brothers, Benny Brooks of Waynesville, NC, Tim Brooks, Roger Brooks, and James Brooks all of Toccoa, GA; twenty-two grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren also survives.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 3:00pm in the Chapel of Bryant-Grant Funeral Home, with Rev. John Raby officiating. Burial will be at Cowee Baptist Church Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends from 2:00 till 3:00 pm, one hour prior to the service at Bryant-Grant Funeral Home.

The family requests that memorial donations be made to Bryant-Grant Funeral Home, 105 West Main Street, Franklin, NC 28734.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences are available by visiting bryantgrantfuneralhome.com or by email.