Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Mitchell Hampton Haskett
Sep 26, 2013
Mitchell Hampton Haskett
Franklin, NC - Mitchell Hampton Haskett, age 96, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, September 26, 2013 at a local nursing center. He was born in Macon County, the son of the late Johnny and Laura Buchanan Haskett. He worked in textile mills. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and great great grandfather....
Mack A. Roper
Sep 14, 2013
Mack A. Roper
Highlands, NC and Miami, FL - Mack A. Roper of Highlands, North Carolina, and Miami, Florida, passed away on September 14, 2013, from injuries suffered in a one vehicle accident in Highlands on August 31.
Mack was born on December 17, 1923, in Jacksonville, Florida, to John and Annie Mae Roper. After graduating from...
Agnes Ledford Byrd Newhouse
Sep 12, 2013
Agnes Ledford Byrd Newhouse
Franklin, NC - Agnes Ledford Byrd Newhouse, 91, of Franklin, NC, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2013 at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Andy Ledford and Bertha Dills. She was preceded in death by her husbands, B. C. Byrd and Roland Newhouse. In...
Edna Nix Hunt
Sep 12, 2013
Edna Nix Hunt
Franklin, NC - Edna Nix Hunt, 87, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, September 12, 2013. Born in Rabun County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Icie McCall Carver. She was employed by a textile factory; loved her flowers and garden and loved to clean house.She was a member of Macedonia Baptist...
Ora Evelyn Cheek Wykle
Sep 11, 2013
Ora Evelyn Cheek Wykle
Franklin, NC - Ora Evelyn Cheek Wykle, age 87, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2013. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Will and Jane Sorrells Cheek. She was married to Frank Wykle, who passed away in 1970. She had worked at Burlington Industry, and was a member...
Helen Wallace
Sep 8, 2013
Helen Wallace
Franklin, NC - Helen Wallace, 89, of Franklin, NC passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2013. Born in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of the late Belvin Norton and Willie Conley Henry. She was preceded in death by her husband, W. J. "Billy" Wallace.
Mrs. Wallace owned and operated Wallace Grocery. She was a...
Grover Franklin Kennedy
Sep 7, 2013
Grover Franklin Kennedy
Highlands, NC - Grover Franklin Kennedy, 72, of Highlands, NC passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2013. Born in Chatham County, he was the son of the late Arthur and Athelene Moody Kennedy. He was a shrimper in Florida, and a landscaper in Highlands. He was a member of Highlands United Methodist Church.
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Robert "Bob" O'Neal
Sep 5, 2013
Robert "Bob" O'Neal
Franklin, NC - Robert "Bob" O'Neal, 70, of Otto, NC went to be with his Heavenly Father on Thursday, September 5, 2013. Born in Bristol, TN, he was the son of the late Roy and Mary Lee Millsap O'Neal. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was employed by Sprint Telephone in the...
Ronald Edward Mccarrick
Sep 5, 2013
Ronald Edward McCarrick
Franklin, NC - Ronald Edward McCarrick, 67, of Franklin passed away Thursday, September 5, 2013. He is survived by his life partner, Kathleen Kettyle; daughter, Morgan McCarrick of Orlando, FL; son, Cory McCarrick of Orlando, FL and sister, Patricia McCarrick of Pennsylvania.
No services are planned at this time.
Bryant...
Doris Crowe Picklesimer
Sep 4, 2013
Doris Crowe Picklesimer
Highlands, NC - Doris Crowe Picklesimer age 76, of Highlands, NC, passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2013. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Alvin C. and Pearl Reed Crowe. She was a retired teacher for Highlands Head Start. She was a loving wife, mother, grand and great grandmother, she loved her...
Alva Jewell Bentley Woodring
Aug 30, 2013
Alva Jewell Bentley Woodring
Glenville - Alva Jewell Bentley Woodring, 81, went to be with the Lord on Friday August 30, 2013. A native and lifelong resident of Glenville, NC.
She loved living in the mountains and enjoyed vegetable and flower gardening. She was a member of Hamburg Baptist Church and lived her mountain values. She had...
Herbert John Ashe
Aug 29, 2013
Herbert John Ashe
Highlands, NC - Herbert John Ashe, age 91, of Highlands, NC, passed away on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at Fidelia Eckerd Living Center in Highlands, NC. He was born on April 30, 1922 in Harlem, NY, to parents Michael and Martha Carroll Ashe. He was the oldest of three siblings, Carroll Ashe McIver, deceased and Donald...
Phillip Chapman
Aug 27, 2013
Phillip Chapman
Franklin, NC - Phillip Chapman, age 63, passed away on August 27, 2013, at his home. Phillip was born in Nichols County, WV, the son of the late Henry Russell Chapman and Leah Opal Radar. Phillip worked for Austin Powder for a number of years. He was a loving father, grandfather and great grandfather. Phillip was a...
Jane H. Lebus
Aug 27, 2013
Jane H. LeBus
Highlands, NC - Jane H. LeBus, 88, of Highlands, NC passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2013. Born in Maysville, KY, she was the daughter of the late Frank Leslie and Maude Berry Hendrickson. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Reynolds LeBus who died in 2001.
Mrs. LeBus is survived by two...
Dorothy Ann Dodd
Aug 25, 2013
Dorothy Ann Dodd
Franklin, NC - Dorothy Ann Dodd, 92, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, August 25, 2013. Born in DeKalb County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. and Ada McDougal Dean. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert C. Dodd, Sr.
Mrs. Dodd was a bookkeeper for a gasoline...
Janice Amelia Miller Henderson
Aug 21, 2013
Janice Amelia Miller Henderson
Franklin, NC - Janice Amelia Miller Henderson, age 76, of Franklin, NC passed away peacefully in her sleep, Thursday, August 21, 2013 at a local nursing center. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Dover Howard and Frankie Virginia Tallent Miller. She was a supervisor for Burlington Industries. She was a...
Betty Dann
Aug 21, 2013
Betty Dann
Franklin, NC - Betty Dann, 82, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Born in Waycross, GA, she was the daughter of the late William Herrin and Rena Bennett Jones. She was married to Wayne O'Neal Dann who preceded her in death. She was a homemaker and member of Ocoee Christian Church in Ocoee, Florida....
Eugenia Spurlock
Aug 20, 2013
Eugenia Spurlock
Highlands, NC - Eugenia Spurlock, age 79, of Highlands, NC passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at a Highlands Cashiers Hospital. Born in Aiken, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clinton and Rosa Green Hall. She was married to the late Willie Benjamin Spurlock, Sr. who passed away in 1998. She was a dietician at...
George Jackson Hedden
Aug 20, 2013
George Jackson Hedden
Franklin, NC - George Jackson Hedden, 74, of Franklin, NC passed away, Tuesday August 20, 2013. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Howard and Ruby Stewart Hedden. He was Service Manager for Detroit Diesel; was a volunteer at Care Net, and worked the Franklin Flea Market for many years. He was...
Joanna Pittman Fox
Aug 18, 2013
Joanna Pittman Fox
Cashiers NC - Joanna Pittman Fox died at home on August 18, 2013, of a malignant brain tumor. Joanna was born December 4, 1937, in Atlanta, Georgia. Her parents were Frank Smith Pittman Jr. and Virginia Boyd Pittman, both of Griffin, GA. She moved to Prattville, AL, in 1946. She was graduated from Sullins...
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