Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Pauline Shields Houston
Dec 30, 2013
Pauline Shields Houston
Franklin, NC - Pauline Shields Houston, age 96, of the Iotla community passed away at Angel Medical Center on December 30, 2013 following a period of declining health.
Pauline was born January 28, 1917 in Haywood County to Charles Anthony and Elsie Duvall Shields. She was a lifelong resident of Macon County. In 1830,...
Johnnie Collins Tallent
Dec 28, 2013
Johnnie Collins Tallent
Franklin, NC - Johnnie Collins Tallent, age 69, of Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 at a local hospital. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late John David and Helen Margaret Shepherd Collins. She was a nurse assistant for Smoky Mountain Health Care. She was a selfless loving mother and...
Colonel Paul Chmar
Dec 27, 2013
Colonel Paul Chmar
Highlands, NC - Colonel Paul Chmar, USA (ret), of Buck Creek Road, Highlands, NC, passed away Friday, Dec 27th, 2013, after 91 very rich and productive years. He was born and raised in Baltimore and Rockville, Maryland, a son of Samuel and Fannie Parkus Chmar. He was married to the late Jan Chambers Chmar, who passed...
Mary Edna Morgan Seay
Dec 27, 2013
Mary Edna Morgan Seay
Franklin, NC - Mary Edna Morgan Seay, age 86, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, December 27, 2013 at a local hospital. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Horace J. and Nellie Wilkes Morgan. She was married to Lewis Seay who passed away in 1989. She was a homemaker and...
Anthony Alan Sloope
Dec 27, 2013
Anthony Alan Sloope
Franklin, NC - Anthony Alan Sloope, age 54, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, December 27, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Dade County, FL the son of the late Charles and Naomi Marx Sloope. He was a contractor and was a member of Burningtown Baptist Church. He was a loving husband, father, and...
Walter Ray Hensley
Dec 26, 2013
Walter Ray Hensley
Franklin, NC - Walter Ray Hensley, age 59, of Rabun Gap, GA, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013. He was born in Jackson County, NC, the son of the late Gordon Clay Hensley and Evelyn Lucille Massie Hensley. He was a carpenter and a Baptist by faith, and was a US Army Veteran.
He...
Troy Arvil Welch
Dec 25, 2013
Troy Arvil Welch
Franklin, NC - Troy Arvil Welch, age 77, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at a local nursing home. He was born in Macon County, the son of the late Floyd Arvil and Emma Birdell McGaha Welch. He was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Troy was a loving husband, father, grandfather and...
Hazel Mae Pannell
Dec 24, 2013
Hazel Mae Pannell
Franklin, NC - Hazel Mae Pannell, age 59, of West Palmer Street, Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at a Clay County Care Center. She was born in Clearwater, FL the daughter of the late Manley Franklin and Dorothy Lee Borders Conhiser. She worked at Roses, drove a school bus for several years and...
Candus E. Angel
Dec 22, 2013
Candus E. Angel
Franklin, NC - Candus E. Angel, 108, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013 in a local hospital. Born in Macon County, January 25, 1905, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Dolly Jennings Gibson. She was married to Lex B. Angel, Sr. who died in 1965.
Mrs. Angel was...
W. L. (Billy) Boatwright
Dec 20, 2013
W. L. (Billy) Boatwright
Warne NC - W. L. (Billy) Boatwright, age 72, of Warne, NC passed away Friday, December 20, 2013 at his home. He was a native of West Palm Beach, FL and the son of Carolyn Grier Boatwright of Franklin, NC and the late William Thomas Boatwright. He was owner and operator of a dairy farm...
Ruth M. Ashe
Dec 18, 2013
Ruth M. Ashe
Franklin, NC - Ruth M. Ashe, 62, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of Evelyn Brendle Mashburn of Franklin and the late Charlie F. Mashburn.
She was a homemaker, loving wife and daughter and enjoyed growing flowers and shopping. She was a member...
Ned Hardy Sanders
Dec 16, 2013
Ned Hardy Sanders
Franklin, NC - Ned Hardy Sanders, 63, of Franklin, NC passed away December 16, 2013. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Jess and Ollie Mae Hastings Sanders. He was a veteran of the US Army and was a foreman for Davey Tree Service. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist...
Ned Hardy Sanders
Dec 16, 2013
Ned Hardy Sanders
Franklin, NC - Ned Hardy Sanders, 63, of Franklin, NC passed away December 16, 2013. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Jess and Ollie Mae Hastings Sanders. He was a veteran of the US Army and was a foreman for Davey Tree Service. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist...
Ralph Benjamin Rogers
Dec 15, 2013
Ralph Benjamin Rogers
Franklin, NC - Ralph Benjamin Rogers, 72, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Kermit and Ruby Ammons Rogers. He was preceded in death by his wife, Rose Moss Rogers who died in 2003.
Mr. Rogers retired from the US Forest...
Charles Allair Webb
Dec 15, 2013
Charles Allair Webb
Sapphire, NC - Charles Allair Webb, 71, of Sapphire, NC passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013 at his home. Chuck was born in Youngstown, Ohio, October 22, 1942, the son of the late Harry Charles and Wilda Adeline Allair Webb. He served in the US Navy aboard the USS Northampton as an E-3 Fireman. Upon completing...
Gayle Elizabeth Rambo
Dec 14, 2013
Gayle Elizabeth Rambo
Franklin, NC - Gayle Elizabeth Rambo, age 79, of Highlands, NC, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Angel Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Edna Fox. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, moved to Miami, Florida at the age of 20, where she later met and married her loving husband,...
Charles David Morgan
Dec 14, 2013
Charles David Morgan
Topton, NC - Charles David Morgan, 63, of Nantahala passed away December 14, 2013. Born in Macon Co., he was the son of the late Benjamin and Zelma May Morgan. David was a warrior for the Lord; he was a member of Bethel Hill Baptist Church.
David is survived by his wife of 20...
John Frederick Gray
Dec 11, 2013
John Frederick Gray
Franklin, NC - John Frederick Gray, age 70, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at a Bryson City Nursing Home.
He was born in Wilmington, DE, the son of the late Elam and Marguerite Rinker Gray. He was a surveyor. He is survived by three sons, David Gray and John Gray...
Richard Wertzler
Dec 11, 2013
Richard Wertzler
Highlands, NC - Richard Wertzler, age 98, of Highlands, NC passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at a Highlands Cashiers Hospital.
He was born in DuPage Co., IL, the son of the late Lambert John and Mary Elizabeth Rahm Wertzler. He was married 66 years to Dorothy Eleanor Guynn Wertzler who passed away in 2003....
John Clinton Walker, Jr
Dec 8, 2013
John Clinton Walker, Jr.
Franklin, NC - John Clinton Walker, Jr. age 67, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, December 8, 2013 at a local hospital. Born in York, SC, he was the son of the late John Clinton and Dorothy Yandel Walker. He was a carpenter, loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather.
He is survived...
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