OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for

Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.

Pauline Shields Houston

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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