Nov 10, 2012

Ann Mikol

Franklin, NC - Ann Mikol, 94, of Franklin, NC passed away, Saturday, November 10, 2012. Ann was born on Feb. 21, 1918 in Arenac County, Michigan; she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Verna Rajewski. She was married to Adam Mikol until his death in 1995. Ann retired from the Standish Hospital, was...

Nov 10, 2012

Aletha Bernice Keener Talley

Highlands, NC - Aletha Bernice Keener Talley, 82, of Highlands passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at her home. She was a native and lifelong resident of Highlands. She was a member of Shortoff Baptist Church. She had been employed at both Highlands Cleaners and Laundry and Peoples Department Store in Highlands. Her most...

Nov 10, 2012

Doyle George Peek

Lula, GA - Doyle George Peek, 81, of Lula, GA passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at his home. He was born in Macon County and was the son of the late George and Honor Grace Cabe Peek. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He attended Free Chapel Church in...

Nov 7, 2012

Charlene Gladys Bryant Hendricks

Highlands, NC - Charlene Gladys Bryant Hendricks, age 96, of Highlands, NC passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2012. Born in Graves County, KY, she was the daughter of Chester D. and Effie Givens Bryant. She was married to Samuel Hardin Hendricks who died in February 2008. She was an elementary school teacher in Duval County...

Nov 6, 2012

James Frank McCall

Highlands, NC - James Frank McCall, age 91, of Highlands, NC passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late William Bryan McCall and the late Maude Conley Shope. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving during WWII. He was a carpenter and was a...

Nov 6, 2012

Gene Siler Passmore

Franklin, NC - Gene Siler Passmore, age 51, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Siler and Minta Bell Hicks Passmore. He was employed by Rhodes paving and loved to hunt; loved NASCAR racing and collecting NASCAR memorabilia and antiques. He was a...

Nov 4, 2012

Marie Milsap Ammons

Franklin, NC - Marie Milsap Ammons, age 60, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, November 4, 2012. Born in Gaston County, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Chinera Milsap Collins. She worked at Blue Bell Textile Manufacturing and was custodian at Trimont Christian Academy and love cleaning house and cleaning cars. She was...

Nov 1, 2012

Loyd Avery Allen

Franklin, NC - Loyd Avery Allen, age 84, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, November 1, 2012. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Tom and Eva McMahan Allen. He was a carpenter and farmer and a member of Liberty Baptist Church where he was a deacon. He was a loving...

Nov 1, 2012

Winston Carrington Lill

Franklin, NC - Winston Carrington Lill passed away November 1, 2012 in New Orleans, LA. Husband of Dorothy McCutcheon Lill; Father of Winston C. Lill, Jr. and Helen Lill Craige. Also survived by three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

He was a summer visitor and part-time resident of Wayah Road, in Franklin, NC...

Oct 30, 2012

Fred Roger Wooten

Franklin, NC - Fred Roger Wooten, age 82, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Charlie and Ruth Brown Wooten. He was a veteran of the US Navy serving during the Korean War and worked for Burlington Industries for 40 years. He was...

Oct 29, 2012

Oma Downs

Franklin, NC - Oma Downs, age 98, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, October 29, 2012. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie M. and Mary Magdelene Gibson Wooten. She was married to the late Ray Downs who died in 1997. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother and she...

Oct 29, 2012

Bessie B. Stockton

Franklin, NC - Bessie B. Stockton, age 91, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, October 29, 2012. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Minnie Bingham. She was married to G. R. Stockton who died October 28, 1993. She was a homemaker and she worked for the Older American Program of the...

Oct 28, 2012

Nora Belle McConnell Carpenter

Franklin, NC - Nora Belle McConnell Carpenter, age 85, passed away Sunday, October 28, 2012 at a local nursing home. She was a lifelong resident of Macon County, the daughter of the late Dewey and Nina Bingham McConnell. She was a homemaker and a member of Coweeta Baptist Church where she was a former choir...

Oct 28, 2012

Margaret Cochran Brendle

Franklin, NC - Margaret Cochran Brendle, age 71, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, October 28, 2012. Born in Swain County, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Minnie Ledford Cochran. She was married to the late Stan Brendle who died May 23, 2011. Mrs. Brendle owned and operated the Pizza Peddler Restaurant, along...

Oct 25, 2012

Bernard Charles Dewey

Franklin, NC - Bernard Charles Dewey, age 88, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, October 25, 2012 at a local nursing home. He was born in Quebec, Canada the son of the late James Gilbert and Gertrude Elizabeth Taylor Dewey. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Alberta Dewey who passed away in 2010....

Oct 25, 2012

James Garland Willis

Franklin, NC - James Garland Willis, age 80, of the Cowee Community, passed away Thursday, October 25, 2012 at his residence. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late William Luther Willis and Irene Tallent Willis. He was a US Army Veteran serving during the Korean War, and was a member of...

Oct 22, 2012

Effie S. McCrackine

Franklin, NC & Reynoldsburg, OH - Effie S. McCrackine, age 97, of Franklin, NC and Reynoldsburg, OH passed away Monday, October 22, 2012 at an Ohio Hospital. She was born in Alvarado, VA the daughter of the late Walker and Susan Wright Sweet. She was married to the late Clyde W. McCrackine for 58 years before...

Oct 22, 2012

Dewey Morgan, Sr

Franklin, NC - Dewey Morgan, Sr., age 86, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, October 22, 2012. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late John M. and Mary Scott Morgan. He was a gas company truck driver; a veteran of the United States Army serving during WWII, and he was a member...

Oct 20, 2012

Nancy Gail Hunnicutt Downs

Franklin, NC - Nancy Gail Hunnicutt Downs, age 70, of Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012. Born in Transylvania County, she was the daughter of Lillian Culver Hunnicutt and the late Frank Hunnicutt. She was married to Bobby Ray Downs who passed away November 28, 2010. She was a loving mother and grandmother....

Oct 11, 2012

Edith Marie Sellers Welch

Alto GA - Edith Marie Sellers Welch, age 89, of Alto, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Welch was born on May 1, 1923, in Franklin, North Carolina; daughter of the late Samuel Oscar and Gladys Marie Waldroop Sellers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...