Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Doris Lee Shackleford
Oct 23, 2013
Doris Lee Shackleford
Franklin, NC - Doris Lee Shackleford, age 80, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2013. She was born in Spotslvania, VA, the daughter of the late Larue J. Aylesworth and Katherine Talley Aylesworth. She was a CNA and her primary goal was helping other people. She was a member of Goshen Baptist Church in...
Marie Rogers Tilson
Oct 21, 2013
Marie Rogers Tilson
Gastonia - Marie Rogers Tilson, age 101, died peacefully on October 21, 2013 at CaroMont Regional Medical Center. A native of Macon, County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Dock M. and Emma Watson Rogers. She was the oldest living member of Buck Creek Baptist Church in Highlands, NC and worked as a seamstress....
Mildred Eileen Mcguire
Oct 18, 2013
Mildred Eileen McGuire
Franklin, NC - Mildred Eileen McGuire, age 90, a long term resident of Macon County, passed away Friday, October 18, 2013. She was born in Homestead, FL, the daughter of the late Lyle and Clara Whippo Field. She was married to the late Donald Charles McGuire. She was a cashier at Ingles and was of the...
Jay Lloyd Stamey
Oct 17, 2013
Jay Lloyd Stamey
Franklin, NC - Jay Lloyd Stamey, 87, of the Ellijay Community passed away Thursday, October 17, 2013. Born in Gastonia, NC, he was the son of the late Nelson Virgil and Marie C. Cook Stamey. He was employed by Macon County Supply and the Macon County School System; he enjoyed electronics, feeding birds, telescopes, riding his...
Janette Elaine White
Oct 12, 2013
Janette Elaine White
Franklin, NC - Janette Elaine White, 59, of Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, October 12, 2013. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Alma Mathis Hedden. She was a 1972 graduate of Franklin High School; a school bus driver for Macon County Board of Education and had worked at Ingles...
Carl Fred Friebus
Oct 8, 2013
Carl Fred Friebus
Otto, NC - Carl Fred Friebus, 88, of Otto, NC passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2013. Born in Maywood, IL, he was the son of the late Solomon and Maria Margaret Friebus. He was a veteran of the US Navy, serving during WWII and the Normandy landings. He was an electrician for Daniels Construction and was...
Marie Alice Sharpe
Oct 7, 2013
Marie Alice Sharpe
Highlands, NC and West Palm Beach, FL - Marie Alice Sharpe, 80, of Highlands, NC passed away Monday, October 7, 2013. Born in Los Angeles, CA she was the daughter of the late Charles and Gladys Quatacker Churan. She was married to Norman Thomas Sharpe who preceded her in death in June of 2011. She was...
Robert Jackson Love
Oct 4, 2013
Robert Jackson Love
Franklin, NC - Robert Jackson Love, 76 of Franklin passed away Friday, October 4, 2013 at Angel Medical Center. He was born November 14, 1936 in Macon County, the son of the late Tillery Theodore and Pauline Snyder Love . He graduated from Franklin High School. He served in the Navy four years and moved to...
Wanda Ray Shepherd
Oct 1, 2013
Wanda Ray Shepherd
Franklin, NC - Wanda Ray Shepherd, 66, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Burl Ray and Lucille Pendergrass Ray of Franklin. Mrs. Shepherd was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother and she loved spending time with her grandkids and family and...
Thomas Harley Potts
Sep 30, 2013
Thomas Harley Potts
Franklin, NC - Thomas Harley Potts, 82, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, September 30, 2013. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late William Floyd Potts and Annie Ella Queen Potts. He retired from Ford Motor Company in Michigan, and served in the United States Marine Corps. He was a loving husband,...
Curtis Denzel Miller
Sep 30, 2013
Curtis Denzel Miller
Franklin, NC - Curtis Denzel Miller, 75, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, September 30, 2013. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Edgar and Eva Woodard Miller. He was a lineman for GTE Telephone Company in Lakeland, FL and loved to go to flea markets, fish and watch golf. He was...
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.
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