Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Carrie Nell Gibson Cabe
Aug 18, 2013
Carrie Nell Gibson Cabe
Franklin, NC - Carrie Nell Gibson Cabe, 79, of Franklin passed away Sunday, August 18, 2013. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Minnie Angel Gibson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Cabe who died August 27, 2012.
Mrs. Cabe was a loving mother,...
Herby Dillard "Shorty" Nicholson, Jr
Aug 14, 2013
Herby Dillard "Shorty" Nicholson, Jr.
Franklin, NC - Herby Dillard "Shorty" Nicholson, Jr., age 85, of Byhalia, Mississippi, formerly of Macon County, NC passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2013 after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Monetta, SC, the son of the late Herby Dillard Nicholson, SR and Gazette Pauline Rogers Nicholson. He was a dairy...
Virginia Ayers
Aug 13, 2013
Virginia Ayers
Whittier, NC - Virginia Ayers, age 99, of Whittier, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013. She was born in Highland Park, MI, the daughter of the late Harold and Eva Hornsby Fredericks. She was married for 62 years to Robert F. Ayers, who died in 2000. She had worked as a head teller in a bank....
Gladys Marie Mcconnell
Aug 13, 2013
Gladys Marie McConnell
Franklin - Gladys Marie McConnell, 87, of Franklin passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013. Born in Rabun County, GA she was the daughter of the late Marion S. and Leona N. McClure Thomas. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Lyman McConnell, who died July 21, 1989.
Gladys was a very loving...
Warren William Chambless
Aug 10, 2013
Warren William Chambless
Highlands, NC -Warren William Chambless, 69, of Highlands, NC passed away Saturday, August 10, 2013.
Born in Bay County, Florida, Bill was the son of the late Horace Russell Chambless and Frances Beall Chambless. He was married to Penny Kente Chambless for 47 years. Bill was a graduate of Fitzgerald High School, and the...
Eunice Hunter Stribling
Aug 10, 2013
Eunice Hunter Stribling
Highlands - Eunice Hunter Stribling, 94, of Highlands, NC, passed away peacefully on August 10, 2013.The widow of Robert Sloan Stribling, Eunice had been a resident of the Chestnut Hill community since 1998. She and "Strib" were founding members (1964) of the Wildcat Cliffs Country Club. Her golfing talent and competitiveness propelled her to a record...
Wade Higdon
Aug 8, 2013
Wade Higdon
Franklin, NC - Wade Huffman Higdon, age 89, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, August 08, 2013 at a local hospital. He was born in Macon County, the son of the late William R. and Georgia Corbin Higdon. He was a dairy farmer and a member of the Higdonville Baptist Church. He loved his church and the...
Dr. Raynor L. Duncombe
Aug 3, 2013
Dr. Raynor L. Duncombe
Austin, TX - Dr. Raynor L. Duncombe died recently at his residence in Austin, TX at the age of 96. Born in Bronxville, N.Y. in 1917, he was educated at Wesleyan University, with an M.A. from the University of Iowa in English literature and a PhD from Yale University in Astronomy. Dr. Duncombe worked as...
Hallie Estena Cabe Dotson
Aug 3, 2013
Hallie Estena Cabe Dotson
Franklin, NC - Hallie Estena Cabe Dotson, 94, of Cleburne, Texas, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2013 in Cleburne. She was born October 30, 1918 in Franklin, North Carolina to Harve Grey and Addie Saunders Cabe. She married Lawrence Ervin Dotson on September 25, 1948 in Toccoa, Georgia and he preceded her in death on...
Danny Johnson
Aug 2, 2013
Danny Johnson
Franklin, NC - Danny Johnson, age 61, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, August 2, 2013 in an Asheville Hospital. He was born in Macon County, the son of the late Walter and Laura Ellen Anderson Johnson. He was a roofing contractor. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and liked to hunt, fish and being outdoors....
Dr.Travis Bedsole Goodloe, Sr
Aug 2, 2013
Dr.Travis Bedsole Goodloe, Sr.
Highlands, NC - Dr.Travis Bedsole Goodloe, Sr., age 72, of Highlands, NC passed away Friday, August 02, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Mobile, AL, the son of the late John Russell and Nell Bedsole Goodloe.
He was a Veteran of the US Navy serving during the Vietnam war. He graduated...
Margaret West Bailey
Jul 30, 2013
Margaret West Bailey
Highlands, NC - Margaret West Bailey, 98, of Highlands, NC passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Mitchell Wellington and Alretta Sneft West. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, William J. Bailey, Jr.
Mrs. Bailey was a graduate of...
Tommy Carroll Drake
Jul 29, 2013
Tommy Carroll Drake
Franklin, NC - Tommy Carroll Drake, 59, of Franklin went home to be with Jesus Monday, July 29, 2013. Born in Pontiac, MI, he was the son of the late Clyde C. and Patricia Stiles Drake. He was employed by Drake Software. Tommy was a musician, singing and playing bass, and used his musical talents for...
Carol Suzanne Ritzman Kirk
Jul 27, 2013
Carol Suzanne Ritzman Kirk
Hayesville, NC - Carol Suzanne Ritzman Kirk, age 84, of Hayesville, NC passed away Saturday, July 27 at her residence. She was born in Toledo, OH, the daughter of the late Walter W. and Stella Coen Ritzman. She was married 61 years to James Ezra Kirk, Jr. who passed October 15, 2011. She...
Ray Swafford
Jul 26, 2013
Ray Swafford
Franklin, NC - Ray Swafford, 89, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, July 26, 2013 at his residence. Born in Macon County he was the son of the late Perry B. and Pearl Baldwin Swafford. He was married to Mildred Shope Swafford for 69 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Franklin. He...
Dallas Pauline Henson
Jul 26, 2013
Dallas Pauline Henson
Amery WI, Franklin - Dallas Pauline Henson 94, originally of Franklin, NC passed away July 26, 2013 at the home of her daughter, Deborah Henson, in rural Amery, WI. Dallas was born May 13, 1919 on Bell Creek, Hiawassee, Towns County GA to Lewis Cass Ledford and Bellzona (Coleman) Ledford.
Dallas attended Young Harris...
Britty Leona Beasley
Jul 22, 2013
Britty Leona Beasley
Franklin, NC - Britty Leona Beasley, age 95, of Otto, NC passed away Monday, July 22, 2013 at her residence. She was born in Clay County, NC the daughter of the late Andrew and Bashey McCall Webb. She was married to Joseph Asbury Beasley who passed away in 1968. She was a homemaker and a member...
Sallie Ann Mason
Jul 20, 2013
Sallie Ann Mason
Franklin, NC and St. Cloud, FL - Sallie Ann Mason, 57, of St. Cloud, FL formerly of Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, July 20, 2013. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Robert S. and Edna Webb Mason.
She attended Rabun Gap Nacoochee School and operated her own mechanic business....
Mildred J. Burnette
Jul 20, 2013
Mildred J. Burnette
Franklin- Mildred J. Burnette, 80, of Franklin passed away Saturday, July 20, 2013. Born in Macon Co., she was the daughter of the late Everett and Bertha Bryant Cook. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Clyde Burnette who died in 1994. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She liked gardening,...
Peter Mckenzie Roberts
Jul 15, 2013
Peter McKenzie Roberts
Franklin, NC - Peter McKenzie Roberts, 78, of Franklin passed away Monday, July 15, 2013. Born in Kings Co., NY, he was the son of the late Lewis and Francis Smart Roberts. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy, serving from 1952-1955, and was employed in the maintenance department of an assisted living complex....
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