Dec 22, 2012

Billy Joe Stockton

Franklin, NC - Billy Joe Stockton, age 76, of Cody, Wyoming, formerly of Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, December 22, 2012 at Cody, Wyoming. He was born in Macon County, NC the son of the late Wade and Edna Belle Hall Stockton. He was married to Emilo Fujikawa Stockton who passed away November 10, 2005. He...

Dec 16, 2012

Edith Sanders Conley

Franklin, NC - Edith Sanders Conley, age 88, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, December 16, 2012. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Jess L. and Ida Shope Sanders. She was married to Rondal Conley who passed away in 1964.

Mrs. Conley was a nurse for Dr. Choi for...

Dec 15, 2012

David Allan Dowdle

Franklin, NC - David Allan Dowdle, 51, of Franklin, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2012. Born in Franklin, he was the son of the late Hugh Dowdle, and is survived by his mother, Meritha Purifoy (and husband, David Purifoy) and step mother, Betty Dowdle. He was also preceded by his brother, Joe Dowdle. David was...

Dec 14, 2012

Edward Carpenter

Otto - Edward Carpenter age 93 of Otto passed away Friday December 14, 2012. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late William Harley and Jennie Louise Norton Carpenter. He was married to Catherine Pitts Carpenter who passed away in 2008. Mr. Carpenter was manager of Piggy Back Operations for Southern Railway in...

Dec 12, 2012

James Patrick Kennedy

Franklin, NC - James Patrick Kennedy, age 55, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2012. He was born in Nassau County, New York, the son of the late James and Ann McGraith Kennedy. He was a stock clerk for Ingles, he loved football, and was a loving husband, father and grandfather, and was of...

Dec 12, 2012

G. Bryant Cunningham

Franklin, NC - G. Bryant Cunningham, age 78, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2012. He was born in Macon County, the son of the late Leah Cunningham Hastings. He was a US Army Veteran. He was retired from the North Carolina National Guard MP Unit and from the Coweeta Hydrological Lab and had...

Dec 11, 2012

Doris Ann Stiwinter

Cullowhee, NC - Doris Ann Stiwinter, age 68, of Cullowhee, NC passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012. Born in Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late John C. and Zennie Stephens Coward. She was a 1962 graduate of Cullowhee High School and a dietician at Highlands Cashiers Hospital. She was a loving wife, mother,...

Dec 11, 2012

Theodore Bruce Totten

Franklin, NC - Theodore Bruce Totten, age 85, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012. Born in Oakland County, Michigan, he was the son of the late George and Elizabeth Armstrong Totten. He was a veteran of the United States Navy serving during WWII during which time he was a POW. He was a...

Dec 7, 2012

Lucy Chadwick McCall

Franklin, NC - Lucy Chadwick McCall, age 89, of Franklin, NC, passed away Friday, December 7, 2012. She was born in Rabun County, GA, the daughter of the late Sam and Blanche Holt Chadwick. She was married to Hoyt McCall, who passed away in 1989. She was a homemaker and a member of Cullasaja Assembly of...

Dec 7, 2012

Evelyn Eleanor Barrett

Franklin, NC- Evelyn Eleanor Barrett, age 81, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, December 7, 2012. Born in Brookings, South Dakota, she was the daughter of the late George and Mary Helen "Mae" Sorsen. She is preceded in death by her husband James Edward Barrett. Evelyn was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church where she...

Dec 6, 2012

John "Jr." Wilson

Franklin, NC - John "Jr." Wilson, age 67, of Franklin, NC, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012 as the result of a car accident. He was born in Macon County, the son of the late John Riley Wilson and Pauline Kimsey Wilson. He was married to the late Joanne Wiggins Wilson. He was a Veteran of...

Dec 5, 2012

Thomas Curry Merchant, Jr.

Highlands, NC - Thomas Curry Merchant, Jr., a former newspaper owner and publisher, passed away peacefully in Highlands, NC on December 5, 2012, at the age of 96. He was a resident of Madison, FL for 82 years and of Highlands, NC for 14 years.

Survivors include his four children, Shirley Merchant Johnson...

Dec 4, 2012

Harold Dean "Bud" Carver

Franklin, NC - Harold Dean "Bud" Carver, age 67, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Willard and Bertha Phillips Carver. He retired from B & B Concrete with 40 years service; loved trading guns and working on lawn mower engines.

Dec 3, 2012

James Oliver Sweeny

Highlands, NC - James Oliver Sweeny died December 3, 2012 at home in Highlands, NC. Born in White Plains, NY on March 15, 1917 the son of Raymond and Fannie Sweeny, he grew up in Anderson, SC where he attended Boys' High School before entering Clemson University in 1935. At Clemson he was President of Tau...

Dec 3, 2012

Lillian Evia Holder

Robbinsville - Lillian Evia Holder, 97, of Robbinsville and Burnsville, NC, passed away Monday, December 3, 2012 at Swain Hospital, Bryson, City, NC.

She was a daughter of the late Tolvin and Clara Aldridge. She was the loving and faithful wife of Wayne G. Holder, who died in 1973. She is survived by all...

Dec 3, 2012

Mildred Mae Houston Buchanan

Sylva, NC - Mildred Mae Houston Buchanan, 95, of Sylva, NC passed away Monday, December 3, 2012. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late William Ingram Houston and Letha Arlesie Owens. She was married to Lyndon Gordon Buchanan, who passed away in 1970. She was a devoted member of New Savannah...

Dec 2, 2012

Charles Thomas McDowell

Otto, NC - Charles Thomas McDowell, age 49, of Otto, NC passed away, Sunday, December 2, 2012. Born in Macon County, he was the son of Lucy "Merle" Bradley Adameit and the late Thomas M. McDowell, Jr. He was a trainer for the Hanes Textile Company for 21 years and loved golfing and reading. He was...

Dec 2, 2012

Margaret Janis Rawle

Franklin, NC - Margaret Janis Rawle, age 75, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2012. Born in Philadelphia County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Claire Bede. Mrs. Rawle was a homemaker and loved antiques and making pottery and ceramics.

She is survived by her husband of 33 years, Edmund D. Rawle; a...

Nov 30, 2012

Nickey Lewis (Nick) Crawford

Franklin, NC - Nickey Lewis (Nick) Crawford, age 63, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, November 30, 2012 at the Charles George VA Center in Asheville, NC. He was born in Macon County, NC, the son of the late Herbert L. and Marie Shope Crawford. Nick was a U S Marine Veteran serving in Viet...

Nov 29, 2012

Gene Dowdle

Franklin - Gene Dowdle, 72, of Franklin passed away Thursday, November 29, 2012 He was the son of the late Woodrow and Helen Dowdle.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Juanita Cassada Dowdle; two daughters, Tammy (Rick) Dills of Lawrenceville, GA and Cindi Dowdle of Suwanee, GA; one grandson, Christopher Dills of...