OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for

Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.

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...

James Edgar Sharp

James Edgar Sharp

Apr 25, 2013

James Edgar Sharp

Cullowhee, NC - James Edgar Sharp, age 85, of Cullowhee, NC, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2013. He was born in Jackson County, the son of the late Herbert and Martha Wiggins Sharp. He was a retired electrician for Duke Energy; he loved the Atlanta Braves, and was a caddy master at Sapphire Country Club for...

John Gray Simpson

John Gray Simpson

Apr 24, 2013

John Gray Simpson

Highlands, NC - John Gray Simpson, 44 of Highlands, NC and formerly of Tampa, passed away April 24, 2013. He was a six generation Floridian descended from four pioneer Florida families: Lesley, Cleaveland, Wootton and Bryan.

He was predeceased by his grandparents, Hazel W. and Thomas E. Gray and Geraldine L. and Arthur A....

Hugh Dennis Justus

Hugh Dennis Justus

Apr 23, 2013

Hugh Dennis Justus

Franklin, NC - Hugh Dennis Justus, 66, loving father, grandfather and husband, of Franklin passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Born in Rabun County, GA, he was the son of the late Webb D. and Mae Baker Justus. He was an accomplished carpenter and owned Justus Homebuilders. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy...

Robert Randolph Cowart

Robert Randolph Cowart

Apr 21, 2013

Robert Randolph Cowart

Otto, NC - Robert Randolph Cowart, 83, of Otto, NC passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Frank Robert and Mae Belle Williamson Cowart. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was a member of Franklin VFW Post #7339 and American Legion...

Phyllis Parker Doherty

Phyllis Parker Doherty

Apr 18, 2013

Phyllis Parker Doherty

Cashiers, NC - Phyllis Parker Doherty, 71, passed away at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital on Thursday, April 18, 2013 after a year and a half battle with lung cancer. Phyllis was born in Mt.Vernon, Illinois on February 25, 1942. She moved to Cashiers, N.C. with her family in 1972. Phyllis is the daughter of the late Dale Parker...

Eddis Margine Holden Patterson

Eddis Margine Holden Patterson

Apr 16, 2013

Eddis Margine Holden Patterson

Franklin, NC - Eddis Margine Holden Patterson, 91, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in a Sylva nursing home. Born in Swain County, she was the daughter of the late Norman E. and Martha Jane Dehart Holden. She was married to Calvin S. Patterson, who preceded her in death.

She...

Mary M. Dill

Mary M. Dill

Apr 15, 2013

Mary M. Dill

Claypool IN - Mary M. Dill, 79 of Claypool, Indiana passed away at 12:14 pm on Monday, April 15, 2013 at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

On January 5, 1934, she was born in Franklin, North Carolina to Neville and Bessie (Watts) Ramey. She was united in marriage to David S. Dills on November 19,...

Dollie Pressley

Dollie Pressley

Apr 12, 2013

Dollie Pressley

Franklin, NC - Dollie Pressley, 94, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, April 12, 2013. A lifelong resident of Macon County, she was preceded in death by her husband Walter Pressley in November 1977. Also her mother, Martha Shuler; three sisters, Ethel Scism, Bonnie Poteat, and Louise Scott; one brother, Frank D. Shuler.

Survivors include...

Rev. Edgar David Riley

Rev. Edgar David Riley

Apr 12, 2013

Rev. Edgar David Riley

Hillsborough, NC - Rev. Edgar David Riley of 518 Terrell Road, Hillsborough, NC, passed away suddenly on Friday afternoon, April 12, 2013, at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. A beloved son, brother, husband, father and friend; he will be greatly missed by many.

David was born on January 19, 1952, in Durham, NC...

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