Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Elizabeth "Betty" Whitcomb Healy
Feb 24, 2013
Elizabeth "Betty" Whitcomb Healy
Franklin - Elizabeth "Betty" Whitcomb Healy, age 91, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, February 24, 2013 at a local hospital. Born in Syracuse, NY, she was the daughter of the late Leon C. and Hazel C. Whitcomb Healy. She was a bookkeeper and assistant office manager for Holland & Holland Attorneys for 29 years....
Rebecca S. Henson
Feb 24, 2013
Rebecca S. Henson
Franklin, NC - Rebecca S. Henson, 84, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, February 24, 2013. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Pinkney Wilson Smart and Bertha Cunningham Smart. She was married to the late James Hoover Henson who died in 1991. Mrs. Henson was a loving mother, grandmother and great...
Lester Neville Norton
Feb 23, 2013
Lester Neville Norton
Franklin, NC and Odenville, AL - Lester Neville Norton, age 86, of Odenville, AL, formerly of Franklin, died Saturday, February 23, 2013. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Virgil Lester and Mary Parker Norton. He was a veteran of the US Navy serving during World War II in the Pacific Theatre...
Jimmie Ruth Whitman Setser
Feb 22, 2013
Jimmie Ruth Whitman Setser
Franklin, NC - Jimmie Ruth Whitman Setser, 76, of Franklin, NC passed away quietly in her sleep surrounded by her family Friday, February 22, 2013. Born in Macon County, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Wilson Whitman and Mary Ledbetter Whitman. She was married to Lt.Colonel Fredrick "Bo" Setser for 56 years....
Dillie Wykle Green
Feb 21, 2013
Dillie Wykle Green
Franklin, NC - Dillie Wykle Green, age 86, of Franklin, NC, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Samuel and Margaret Lavada Messer Wykle. She was married to George Green, who passed away in 1996. She was a homemaker and a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church....
Karen Leigh Odgers
Feb 21, 2013
Karen Leigh Odgers
Franklin - Karen Leigh Odgers, 56, of Franklin, NC, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013, following a brief illness. Karen grew up in Burlington, NC, and attended Appalachian State University. She currently owned and operated Karen Leigh Odgers Jewelry Designs with her husband Artemus Autlav based out of Franklin, NC. She and special friend and former...
Martha Louise Talley Reese
Feb 16, 2013
Martha Louise Talley Reese
Highlands - Martha Louise Talley Reese, age 83, of Highlands, NC, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2013 at a local hospital. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Marcus Leonard and Charlotte Keener Talley, and was married to the late Wayne Allen Reese who passed away in 2005. Martha was...
Doris Jean (Jeannie) Resce
Feb 14, 2013
Doris Jean (Jeannie) Resce
Highlands, NC - Doris Jean (Jeannie) Resce died February 14 peacefully at her home in Highlands. She was born June 2, 1920 in Society Hill, SC the youngest of 7 children. While going to school in Charleston, SC she met her first husband Norman Mosely and they moved to Coral Gables, Florida where...
James Monroe Jones
Feb 14, 2013
James Monroe Jones
Franklin, NC - James Monroe Jones, age 78, of Otto, NC, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013. He was born in Transylvania County, NC, the son of the late Clyde and Dellia Golden Jones. He was married to the late Cleo Vinson Jones. He was a textile worker and was an avid gardener.
He...
Edith Crunkleton
Feb 11, 2013
Edith Crunkleton
Dillard GA - Edith Crunkleton, 91, of Dillard died Monday February 11, 2013 at Angel Medical Center in Franklin, NC.
She was born July 3, 1921 in Macon County, NC but lived in Rabun Gap and Dillard for more than 60 years. She was a member of Dillard United Methodist Church and was a loving...
Mildred Ledford Bryson
Feb 11, 2013
Mildred Ledford Bryson
Franklin, NC - Mildred Ledford Bryson, age 92, of Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, February 11, 2013. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Samuel and Ida Guy Ledford. She was married to the late Charles "Chic" Bryson who died in 2010. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Cyprian's...
Gary Winston Whittle
Feb 10, 2013
Gary Winston Whittle
Franklin, NC - Gary Winston Whittle, 63, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, February 10, 2013. Born in Hillsborough County, FL, he was the son of the late Winston Cecil Whittle and Dorothy Evelyn Henry Hazlett. Gary was a surveyor and was a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church.
He is survived by his...
Delphia Denzel Evit
Feb 10, 2013
Delphia Denzel Evit
Highlands, NC - Delphia Denzel Evitt, age 98, of Highlands, NC, passed away Sunday, February 10, 2013. She was born in West Plains, Missouri, the daughter of the late James Monroe Guilliams and Eliza McKinney Guilliams. She was married to Mack Evitt who passed away in 1965. She had worked as a CNA at Highlands Cashiers...
Wanda Kay Ledford Taylor
Feb 10, 2013
Wanda Kay Ledford Taylor
Franklin, NC - Wanda Kay Ledford Taylor, 66, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, February 10, 2013. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Rose Garrett Ledford. She was a waitress for Huddle House for 25 years. She was a loving mother; a superb grandmother and was affectionately known...
James "Jim" Lynn Mabery
Feb 9, 2013
James "Jim" Lynn Mabery
Otto, NC - James "Jim" Lynn Mabery, age 73,of Otto, NC passed away Saturday, February 09. 2013. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, he moved to Otto in 1986 from Mount Dora, FL.
He was a carpenter and was a member of the Longview Baptist Church in Franklin, NC. Jim was a full time...
Janet Mcguire Mcsween
Feb 8, 2013
Janet McGuire McSween
Mint Hill - As the sun rose up on the morning of February 8th, Janet McGuire McSween went home to be with the Lord Jesus. Janet, 62, had been fighting an extended illness which attacked her lungs for the past three years, but now she can breathe easy again in the presence of her...
Maria Salud Gonzalez
Feb 6, 2013
Maria Salud Gonzalez
Franklin, NC - Maria Salud Gonzalez, age 86, of Franklin, NC formerly of Mexico, passed away Wednesday, February 06, 2013 in a local nursing home. She was born in Uriangato, Guanajuato, Mexico, the daughter of Francisco Dominguez and Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez Dominguez.. She was married 60 years to Miguel Gonzalez Ruiz who passed away January 09,...
Jerry Fouts Dills
Feb 5, 2013
Jerry Fouts Dills
Franklin, NC - Jerry Fouts Dills, age 78, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2013. A lifelong resident of Macon County, he was the son of the late Lester B. and Exie Henderson Dills. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during the Korean Conflict and was a retired lineman with Duke...
Wayne Mack Harrison
Feb 3, 2013
Wayne Mack Harrison
Franklin, NC - Wayne Mack Harrison, age 80, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013. He was born November 15, 1932, in Macon County, the son of the late Earl Moten and Clara Shope Harrison. He was married to Grace Setser Harrison for 62 years.
In addition to his wife Wayne is survived by two...
L C Nix
Feb 1, 2013
L C Nix
Highlands, NC - L C Nix, age 92, passed away Friday, February 1, 2013, at his residence. Born in Haywood County, NC, he was the son of the late Oscar and Marguerite Neely Nix. He was married to Ellie Wilson Nix who passed away May 5, 2011. He was a WWII US Air Force Veteran and...
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