OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for

Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.

Doris Lee Shackleford

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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