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...

Oct 11, 2012

Arnold Richmond Keener

Highlands, NC - Arnold Richmond Keener, age 85, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2012 at Highlands Cashiers Hospital. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late John Richmond and Bertha Zona Smith Keener. He was a WWII Veteran of the US Army in Germany and was a member of the Goldmine Baptist...

Oct 8, 2012

Barbara Jean Hurst

Franklin, NC - Barbara Jean Hurst, age 62, of Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, October 8, 2012. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Junior and Pearl Russell Webb. She was a homemaker and loving mother and grandmother. She loved to take pictures and spending time with family, she was of...

Oct 8, 2012

Joyce Elaine Tucker Cabe

Franklin, NC - Joyce Elaine Tucker Cabe, age 61, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, October 8, 2012.

Born in Bibb County, GA, she was the daughter of Terry Matthew and Beryl Joyce Brantley Carswell of Lizella. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother and enjoyed crocheting, collecting Native American...

Oct 7, 2012

Sherry Jean Bernhisel Hornbuckle

Cherokee, NC - Sherry Jean Bernhisel Hornbuckle, age 48, of Cherokee, NC, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2012. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of the late Edward and Jean Wahnetah Bernhisel. She was a homemaker, and a loving mother and grandmother. She was of the Baptist Faith.

She is survived...

Sep 24, 2012

Geneva "Jenny" Carol Payne Ward

Mt. Blanchard OH - Geneva "Jenny" Carol Payne Ward, 75, of Mt. Blanchard passed away at 6:18 p.m. on Monday, September 24, 2012 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. Jenny was born on May 10, 1937, to the late Clay and Ellie (Ledford) Payne in Franklin, NC. Jenny married Loris E. Ward on...

Sep 24, 2012

Colter Reece Owens

Highlands - Colter Reece Owens, infant son of Amber "Nikki" Owens, passed away Monday, September 24, 2012. In addition to his mother, he is survived by a sister, Delainey Nichole Owens, a brother, Daggar Vincent Owens; maternal grandparents, Yvette and Michael Tiger, paternal grandparents, Dennis and Sandra Owens, maternal great grandmother, Yvonne Barron, a number of...

Sep 21, 2012

Bertha Blackburn Moss

Cullowhee, NC- Bertha Blackburn Moss, age 90, of the Yellow Mountain Community passed away Friday, September 21, 2012. Born in Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Parker and Arizona Blackburn. She was married to Gus Moss who passed away in 1999. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved to spend...

Sep 21, 2012

Harry Lee Yoder

Franklin, NC - Harry Lee Yoder, age 64, of Franklin, NC formerly of Brunswick County, NC passed away Friday, September 21, 2012. Born in Durham, NC he was the son of the late Francis Marion and Hallie Claiborne Yoder. He was a flight medic for the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War and was...