Mar 22, 2013

James "Jimmy" William Beck Jr,

Highlands, NC - James "Jimmy" William Beck Jr, age 78, of Highlands passed away Friday, March 22, 2013. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late James William Beck, Sr. and Beulah Henry Beck. He retired from the U.S. Forest Service where he had worked in maintenance. Jimmy liked fishing and...

Mar 18, 2013

Freeman Denver Rice

Franklin, NC - Freeman Denver Rice, age 70, of Franklin passed away Monday, March 18, 2013. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Barney and Rosa Kelly Rice. He was married to the late Doris McKinney Rice. He owned his own landscaping business; liked to play bluegrass music and was of the...

Mar 18, 2013

Colleen Gale Field

Franklin, NC - Colleen Gale Field, age 55, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, March 18, 2013.

Born in Minneapolis, MN, she was the daughter of John and Winifred Mattsfield Johnson of Franklin. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and loved to cook.

In addition to her parents, Colleen is...

Mar 17, 2013

Jesse L. "Sonny" Sanders

Asheville and Franklin - Jesse L. "Sonny" Sanders, age 85, of Asheville formerly of Macon County passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013 in Asheville. He was born in Macon County, the son of the late Jesse L. Sanders, Sr. and Ida Florence Shope Sanders. He had worked in a textile mill doing electrical maintenance. He...

Mar 14, 2013

John Henry Hopkins

Franklin, NC - John Henry Hopkins, age 63, of Otto, NC, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Macon County, the son of the late Raleigh and Maude Bingham Hopkins. He was a carpenter and truck driver, and of the Baptist faith. He loved to hunt and fish, and enjoyed...

Mar 14, 2013

William Charles Tabor

Franklin, NC - William Charles Tabor, age 47, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Cherokee Co., NC the son of J.C. and Barbara Sutton Tabor of Bryson City, NC. He was a 1984 graduate of Swain County High School. He was a concrete dispatcher for Southern...

Mar 11, 2013

Stephen Ralph Turner

Franklin, NC - Stephen Ralph Turner, age 67, of Franklin, passed away Monday, March 11, 2013. Born in Lee County, FL he was the son of Ray Turner of Franklin and the late Mary Etta Hawkins Turner. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather and loved to spend time with his friends. He was a...

Mar 8, 2013

Noland Tildon "Bud" Hudson, Jr.

Franklin, NC - Noland Tildon "Bud" Hudson, Jr. age 65, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, March 8, 2013. Born in Danville, VA, he was the son of the late Noland Tildon and Lois Linda Graybill Hudson. He was owner of his own irrigation business; was a member of Prentiss Church of God and...

Mar 5, 2013

Harold Lewis Dorn

Highlands, NC - Harold Lewis Dorn, 96, died on March 5, 2013 in Hospice care at Highlands Hospital. He had been living at Chestnut Hill Retirement Center since May 2009 after a serious accident.

Born on 12/27/1916 in South Miami, FL, he was the eldest child of Harold Wesley & Mabel White...

Mar 3, 2013

David Lee Dillard

Franklin - David Lee Dillard, age 68, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013 at a local hospital. He was born in Jackson County, NC the son of Nellie Franks Dillard of Sylva, NC and the late Charlie Dillard. He was a Veteran of the US Army. He was a retired teacher for the...

Mar 1, 2013

Jessie Jane Wilson

Franklin, NC- Jessie Jane Wilson, 83, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, March 1, 2013. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late J. Frank Wilson and Elva Solesbee Wilson. Jessie was the manager of the Cowee School cafeteria for several years and also retired from Caterpillar where she worked as a machine...

Mar 1, 2013

Judy Galdon

Highlands - Judy Galdon, 54 years old, died Friday, March 1, 2013. Judy took her own life after a life-long struggle with alcoholism. She was born April 26, 1958 in Galveston, TX. She grew up in Gamboa, Canal Zone, Panama, C.A.

Judy was a graduate of Decatur High School in Georgia. A life-long chef with...

Feb 28, 2013

Arlene Rae Duhl

Franklin - Arlene Rae Duhl, age 76, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, February 28, 2013 at a Highlands Cashiers Hospital. She was born in Montgomery Co., OH, the daughter of the late Herbert and Ruth Kelly Grice. She was a medical secretary, ER secretary and she worked as an operating room tech at Good Samaritain...

Feb 27, 2013

James Youel "Jim" Cabe

Franklin - James Youel "Jim" Cabe, age 68, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at his home on Middle Creek, Otto, North Carolina. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Herschel Milo and Eula George Burrell Cabe. Following a successful law career spanning 39 years, he retired in 2009. After...

Feb 25, 2013

David Eric Engelking

Otto, NC - David Eric Engelking, age 46, of Otto, NC, passed away Monday, February 25, 2013. He was born in Palm Beach, Florida, the son of Edward Chuck Engelking and Diane Dolores Schuler Barkman and his step father Carl A. Barkman. He worked in construction as a painter. He was very artistic; he enjoyed painting,...

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....

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...

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...

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....

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....