OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for

Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.

Hester Hedden Keener

Hester Hedden Keener

May 27, 2012

Hester Hedden Keener

Highlands, NC - Hester Hedden Keener, age 74, of Destin, FL formerly of Highlands, NC went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 27, 2012. Born May 24, 1938 in Gneiss, NC, to the late Quince and Emma Stewart Hedden. She was preceded in death by a son, Terry Dean a daughter, ReneeÂ’ Gwen, and...

Mrs. Janice M. Chisholm

Mrs. Janice M. Chisholm

May 26, 2012

Mrs. Janice M. Chisholm

Cullowhee, NC - Mrs. Janice M. Chisholm, age 68, of Cashiers NC, beloved wife and mother, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2012 surrounded by her family. She was born in Only TN, the daughter of the late Ray M. McClanahan and Mildred Harvill McClanahan. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother John...

Betty Jean Bryson Womack

Betty Jean Bryson Womack

May 26, 2012

Betty Jean Bryson Womack

Franklin, NC - Betty Jean Bryson Womack, age 82, of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2012 surrounded by her family. She was a native of Macon County and was the daughter of the late James Carr Bryson and Sarah Frances Rickman Bryson. She was married to Raymond Harvey Womack who passed away in...

Vernon Hugh Phillips, Sr

Vernon Hugh Phillips, Sr

May 23, 2012

Vernon Hugh Phillips, Sr.

Highlands, NC - Vernon Hugh Phillips, Sr., age 95, of Highlands, NC passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012 in the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. He was born in Russell County, AL, the son of the late Kimbro and Alma Farmer Phillips. He is preceded in death by his parents, an older brother, Cyril Phillips, a daughter, Gloria...

Zane Alexander Wood

Zane Alexander Wood

May 20, 2012

Zane Alexander Wood

Franklin, NC - Zane Alexander Wood, age 89, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012 at a local hospital. He was born in Jackson County, NC the son of the late Mont Wood and Dorothy Mae Extine Wood. He was a truck driver and a member of the Ellijay Missionary Baptist Church. He was...

Barbara Gribble Norton

Barbara Gribble Norton

May 17, 2012

Barbara Gribble Norton

Franklin - Barbara Gribble Norton, age 78, of Otto, NC passed away Thursday, May 17, 2012 at a local hospital. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Jack and Belle McConnell Gribble. She was a retired school teacher at Hampton City Schools in Hampton, VA and retired from the LBJ Job...

Mitchell Bates

Mitchell Bates

May 15, 2012

Mitchell Bates

Franklin, NC - Mitchell Bates, age 52, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Born in Macon County he was the son of Maybelle Guffey Bates of Franklin, NC and the late George "Bo" Bates. He was married to Debbie Bateman Bates for 28 years. He was a personal care assistant at Grandview Manor for...

Fredrick Glenn Henry

Fredrick Glenn Henry

May 15, 2012

Fredrick Glenn Henry

Franklin, NC - Fredrick Glenn Henry, age 79, of Franklin, NC, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in an Asheville hospital. He was born in Pickford, Michigan, the son of the late Glenn and Edna Brown Henry. He was a US Army Veteran, and was a recipient of the Purple Heart during the Korean War. He...

Bettie Louise Davis Downs

Bettie Louise Davis Downs

May 13, 2012

Bettie Louise Davis Downs

Franklin, NC - Bettie Louise Davis Downs, age 84, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, May 13, 2012. Born in Hendersonville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Walter E. and Bessie Mae Burnette Davis. She was married to the late Thomas Troy Downs who died June 7, 1997. She was a member of...

Barbara Hope Wallace

Barbara Hope Wallace

May 12, 2012

Barbara Hope Wallace

Franklin, NC - Barbara Hope Wallace, age 84, of Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, May 12, 2012. Born in Union Co., South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late John Quincey and Alberta Ella Hayes Wallace. She was a teacher in the public school system and was a member of First Presbyterian Church where she...

George Martin "Bud" Hogsed

George Martin "Bud" Hogsed

May 11, 2012

George Martin "Bud" Hogsed

Franklin, NC- George Martin "Bud" Hogsed, age 63, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, May 11, 2012. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Evan Washington Hogsed and Louise Hamby Hogsed. He worked for the local power company for 38 years. He was a lifelong member and supporter of United Steel...

Doyle Gordon Gibson

Doyle Gordon Gibson

May 10, 2012

Doyle Gordon Gibson

Franklin, NC - Doyle Gordon Gibson, age 73, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, May 10, 2012. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Luther and Minnie Angel Gibson. He was married first to Nancy Crawford Gibson who died in 2003; then to Joyce Dobias Gibson for seven years. He was a...

Barbara Britton Holland

Barbara Britton Holland

May 6, 2012

Barbara Britton Holland

Franklin, NC and Decatur, GA - Barbara Britton Holland, age 73, of Decatur, GA, formerly of Franklin, NC passed away, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Born in Macon County she was the daughter of the late Raymond N. and Exie Estelle Duvall Britton. She was married to the late Watsel Lee Holland who died in 1978.

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Elaine Jauna Espinoza Velasco

Elaine Jauna Espinoza Velasco

May 6, 2012

Elaine Jauna Espinoza Velasco

Franklin, NC - Elaine Jauna Espinoza Velasco, age 84, of Franklin, NC passed away, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Born in San Diego, CA, she was the daughter of the late Jesus Francisco Espinoza and Rita Araila Cano Espinoza. She was married for 62 years to the late Victor Paul Velasco who died in 2007. She...

Freda Wooten Beaty

Freda Wooten Beaty

May 5, 2012

Freda Wooten Beaty

Clayton GA - Freda Wooten Beaty, 54, of Clayton, died Saturday, May 5, 2012 in Oconee Hospice of the Foothills Seneca, SC.

Mrs. Beaty was born August 17, 1957 in Macon County, NC she was a daughter of Fred and Ila Scott Wooten. She worked in the textile industry for many years...

Rhondel Gene Mcmillan

Rhondel Gene Mcmillan

May 4, 2012

Rhondel Gene McMillan

Franklin, NC - Rhondel Gene McMillan of Walnut Creek Community, Franklin, North Carolina passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012. He was born July 20, 1931, in Clark County, Casey, IL, to Thomas N. McMillan and Hazel Johns McMillan, both deceased. He is survived by his wife Garnet Angle McMillan, whom he married on July 15,...

Walter Cameron Durie

Walter Cameron Durie

May 4, 2012

Walter Cameron Durie

Franklin, NC - Walter Cameron Durie, age 80, of Franklin, NC, passed away Friday, May 4, 2012. He was a native of Toronto, Canada, the son of the late William A. Durie and Mina Chamberlain Durie. He was a mechanical engineer and a member of Spiritual Light Center. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and...

Robert "Bob" Raby

Robert "Bob" Raby

May 3, 2012

Robert "Bob" Raby

Franklin, NC - Robert "Bob" Raby, age 69, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, May 3, 2012. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late George Lewis and Mamie Virginia Hooper Raby. He was married to Ruth Bernadine Williams Raby for thirty-seven years. He was retired from General Motors in Pontiac, MI; he...

Judy Ann Bradley Green

Judy Ann Bradley Green

May 1, 2012

Judy Ann Bradley Green

Franklin, NC - Judy Ann Bradley Green, age 73, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, May 1, 2012. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Ervin and Sybil Moss Bradley. She was married to Arthur Green, Jr. for thirty-nine years. She was a secretary for the U. S. Forest Service for...

Ransom "Bud" Dana Hill

Ransom "Bud" Dana Hill

May 1, 2012

Ransom "Bud" Dana Hill

Franklin, NC - Ransom "Bud" Dana Hill, age 80, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at a local nursing home. He was born in Morrisville, VT the son of the late Glenn and Hazel Perry Hill. He was married to the late Joan Hill. He was a retired plumber and was President...

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