OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for

Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.

Joy A. Mccollum

Joy A. Mccollum

May 29, 2013

Joy A. McCollum

Franklin, NC - Joy A. McCollum, 75, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013, after an extended illness. Born in Macon Co., she was the daughter of the late Phil and Mildred "Tootsie" Kinnebrew McCollum. Joy was a teacher in the Macon County school system and at Southwestern Community College, where she was also business...

Theodore Franklin Fowler

Theodore Franklin Fowler

May 25, 2013

Theodore Franklin Fowler

Franklin - Theodore Franklin Fowler, age 79 of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013. He was born March 31, 1934 in Fulton County, Georgia, the son of the late Tyre Franklin Fowler and Thelma Corrine Perry Fowler. He was a construction building material consultant. He was a member of the first University of Florida...

Helen Williamson Mcclure

Helen Williamson Mcclure

May 24, 2013

Helen Williamson McClure

Franklin, NC - Helen Williamson McClure, age 88 of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, May 24, 2013 at a local nursing home. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Willie Wymer Williamson and Mattie Dills Williamson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her Husband T.J. McClure....

Reverend Charles Alexander Ledford

Reverend Charles Alexander Ledford

May 23, 2013

Reverend Charles Alexander Ledford

Franklin, NC - Reverend Charles Alexander Ledford, age 85 of Franklin, NC, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2013 at his residence after an extended illness. He was born July 21, 1927 in Dekalb County, Georgia, the son of the late Charles Tindell and Maybelle Alexander Ledford. He was a U S Army veteran of WWII...

Nathan Bryan Simpson, Jr

Nathan Bryan Simpson, Jr

May 17, 2013

Nathan Bryan Simpson, Jr.

Highlands - Nathan Bryan Simpson, Jr. 46 of Highlands, NC and formerly of Tampa, FL, died May 17, 2013. He was a sixth generation Floridian decended from four pioneer Florida families: Lesley, Cleaveland, Wootton and Bryan.

He was predeceased by his brother John Gray Simpson of Highlands and formerly of Tampa, his grandparents...

Laura Etta Passmore Adams

Laura Etta Passmore Adams

May 17, 2013

Laura Etta Passmore Adams

Franklin - Mrs. Laura Etta Passmore Adams, 88, of Franklin NC, who passed away Friday May 17, 2013 in the loving care of her daughter and son-in-law Nell and Rick Jenkins. Mrs. Adams was born in Jackson County NC June 29, 1924. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson Passmore and Lilly Lorena...

William "Bill" Thomas Mann

William "Bill" Thomas Mann

May 13, 2013

William "Bill" Thomas Mann

Highlands - William "Bill" Thomas Mann died on May 13, 2013 in Highlands, NC. He was the son of Cannie and William Henry Mann, born May 11, 1930 in Augusta, Georgia. Mr. Mann is survived by his wife, Sara Stringer Mann, married for 60 years. He is survived by his sister Lucille Mann Byars, of...

Della Kingsley Malpasse Lucas Macdougall

Della Kingsley Malpasse Lucas Macdougall

May 12, 2013

Della Kingsley Malpasse Lucas MacDougall

Highlands, NC -Della Kingsley Malpasse Lucas MacDougall, age 89, passed away Mother's Day, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Della was born at the Mattie Harris farm, Davisboro, Georgia, Washington County, February 5, 1924 to William Harris Malpasse and Pauline Winifred Jernigan Malpasse.

Della is preceded in death by her parents, her first husband...

Mrs. Villa Mae Dills Maney

Mrs. Villa Mae Dills Maney

May 12, 2013

Mrs. Villa Mae Dills Maney

Franklin, NC - Mrs. Villa Mae Dills Maney, age 83, of Franklin, NC, went home to be with our Lord on Sunday, May 12, 2013. She was born May 4, 1930 in Cartoogechaye to the late Judson and Jane Pendergrass Dills. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Marsha Ann Holland Mason

Marsha Ann Holland Mason

May 8, 2013

Marsha Ann Holland Mason

Franklin, NC - Marsha Ann Holland Mason, age 60, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Denver and Delton Jennings Holland. She was a loving wife and mother. She loved flowers and reading, and she was a member of Sugarfork Baptist Church....

Phillip Ray Bradley

Phillip Ray Bradley

May 7, 2013

Phillip Ray Bradley

Hendersonville - Phillip Ray Bradley, 57, of Hendersonville, died Tuesday, May 7, at his home. A native of Transylvania County, he was a son of the late Horace and Susie Phillips Bradley. He had lived in Seattle, WA and San Diego, CA prior to moving to Hendersonville in April of last year.

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Virginia Spellman Mcgrath Yates

Virginia Spellman Mcgrath Yates

May 6, 2013

Virginia Spellman McGrath Yates

Highlands, NC - Virginia Spellman McGrath Yates, age 85, of Highlands, NC, passed away Monday, May 6, 2013. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late Francis and Annie Kelly Spellman. She was married first to Edward Vincent McGrath, who died in 1955 and second to William Robert Yates, who died in...

Christopher Donnell Pharr

Christopher Donnell Pharr

May 3, 2013

Christopher Donnell Pharr

Asheville & Franklin - Christopher Donnell Pharr, age 35, passed away Friday, May 3, 2013 at his residence in Asheville, NC. He was born in Coweeta, GA, the son of Joyce Cox of Franklin, NC and the late Kenneth Gary Pharr. He was computer sales and service for his own business Pharr Out PC. He was...

Billy Gordan Mccall

Billy Gordan Mccall

May 2, 2013

Billy Gordan McCall

Woodbridge, VA - Billy Gordan McCall, 75, of Woodbridge, VA, passed away May 2, 2013 at his residence. Billy was born in Franklin, NC; he was the son of the late Bulen and Eva Gregory McCall. Billy retired from Owens & Dove Excavating. He is survived by his two sons, Jeffery (Tracey) of Greensboro, NC and...

Lillian Hurst

Lillian Hurst

Apr 30, 2013

Lillian Hurst

Franklin, NC - Lillian Hurst, age 75, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2013. She was born in Bergen County, New Jersey, the daughter of the late John and Lillian Ventricelli Buglino. She was a kitchen supervisor in a deli, she loved making crafts and working crosswords puzzles. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and...

Lu Ann Weigel

Lu Ann Weigel

Apr 30, 2013

Lu Ann Weigel

Franklin, NC - Lu Ann Weigel, age 56, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2013 after a short battle with cancer. She was born in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Mary Neff Larson of Franklin, NC and the late Keith Edward Lite. She was a landscaper, and loved photography, gardening and flowers. She was...

Mary K. Aldrich

Mary K. Aldrich

Apr 29, 2013

Mary K. Aldrich

Highlands, NC - Mary K. Aldrich, 88, of Highlands, NC passed away Monday, April 29, 2013. Born in Bergen Co., NJ, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mabel Kowalski Koney. She was married to Henry N. Aldrich for 58 years who passed in 2002. She held an administrative position in Miami Dade school...

Elsie Rae Curtis Brendle

Elsie Rae Curtis Brendle

Apr 29, 2013

Elsie Rae Curtis Brendle

Franklin, NC - Elsie Rae Curtis Brendle, 89, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, April 29, 2013. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Minnie McCall Curtis. She was married to Howard Theodore Brendle who died September 21, 2010. She cooked for restaurants, did cleaning for Dr. Kahn, had...

Billy Floyd Houston

Billy Floyd Houston

Apr 28, 2013

Billy Floyd Houston

Highlands, NC - Billy Floyd Houston, 69, of Highlands, NC passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Donald Gordon and Mary Elizabeth Rogers Houston. He was a caretaker; he liked gardening, cooking, hunting and fishing and liked to draw pictures of birds. He was of the...

Robert William Hughes

Robert William Hughes

Apr 28, 2013

Robert William Hughes

Franklin, NC - Robert William Hughes, age 76, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013 in an Asheville hospital. Born in Hamilton County, Ohio he was the son of the late William and Katherine Hughes. He was a truck driver for United Dairy Farmers.

Mr. Hughes is survived by a daughter, Cathy...

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