Jan 21, 2012

Marvin C. Miles

Franklin - Marvin C. Miles, 87 of Franklin passed away Saturday, January 21, 2012. He was born in Fort Bragg, NC and was the son of the late Marvin C. Miles Sr. and Dessa Lee Hudsbeth Miles. He is survived by his wife of 63 years Betty Frances Coleman Miles. He was a U S Navy...

Jan 17, 2012

James Harold Brown

Franklin - James Harold Brown, age 87, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2012. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Fernando Erastus and Ada Justice Brown. He was married to Anna Pearl Tarpley Brown who died October 20, 2006. He was retired from General Motors; a member of...

Jan 15, 2012

Royce Steve Ulsh, Sr.

Otto, NC - Royce Steve Ulsh, Sr. age 70, of Otto, NC passed away Sunday, January 15, 2012. Born in Dade Co., FL, he was the son of the late Leroy Edward and Mary Emma Jones Ulsh. He was married to Joanne Marie Sontag Ulsh for 48 years. Royce was in the recycling business and...

Jan 14, 2012

Denny Hugh Dills

Otto - Denny Hugh DillsDenny Hugh Dills, age 46, of Otto, NC, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2012. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late Jake Howard Dills and Gertrude Juanita Willis Dills. He was a member of Mulberry United Methdist Church, and heating and air was his profession. He collected...

Jan 13, 2012

Dorothy Richardson Jackson

Highlands, NC - Dorothy Richardson Jackson went home to be with the Lord, January 13, 2012 at the Fidelia-Eckerd Living Center. Miss Dot, as she was called, moved to Chestnut Hill of Highlands in 1996. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, she was educated, lived and worked there with her husband of 59 years, Robert Lee Jackson,...

Jan 13, 2012

Kelly Talley Munger

Highlands - Kelly Talley Munger, age 42, of Highlands, NC, passed away Friday, January 13, 2012 at a local hospital. She was the daughter of the late Bobby Joe Talley of Highlands and Sandra Rogers Collins, of Mt. Rest, SC.

Kelly was a cosmetologist at Creative Concepts in Highlands, and had worked in local...

Jan 11, 2012

June Gregory Conley

Franklin, NC - June Gregory Conley, age 80, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at an Asheville Hospital. She was a lifelong native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Sherman and Anny Hardin Gregory. She was married to J. L. Conley who passed away in 1973. She had worked at The...

Jan 10, 2012

Burdell Holbrook Coir

Franklin, NC - Burdell Holbrook Coir, age 100, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2012. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late William and Catherine Shepherd Holbrook. She was married to Herman George Coir, who died in 1971. She was a homemaker and a member of Iotla Baptist Church. Burdell was a Rosie...

Jan 2, 2012

Barbara Ann Fehner

Franklin, NC - Barbara Ann Fehner, age 73, of Franklin, NC passed away, Monday, January 2, 2012. Born in Jamaica, NY, she was the daughter of the late Chester and Alice Superkoff Malinoski. She was a homemaker.

She is survived by one daughter, Mary Alice Shackelford of Fuquay Varina, NC; three sons, George Shackleford...

Jan 1, 2012

Betty Surmiak Wise Bowling

Franklin, NC - Betty Surmiak Wise Bowling, age 77, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, January 1, 2012. Born in Fayette County, WV, she was the daughter of George C. Bowling and Edith Bickford Nelson. She was married to Paul Lewis Surmiak for 40 years and she was a manager at Space Maker Storage. She...

Dec 29, 2011

Exum Boyde Horton, Jr.

Franklin, NC - Exum Boyde Horton, Jr., age 85, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, December 29, 2011. Born in Raleigh, NC, he was the son of the late Exum Boyde Horton Sr. and Mary Fleming Horton. He was married to Victoria Elizabeth Adams Horton for 40 years. He grew up in Chapel Hill, NC...

Dec 28, 2011

Ronald (Ron) Elliott

Franklin, NC - Ronald (Ron) Elliott, retired Army First Sergeant, passed away on December 28, 2011. His is survived by a godson, John Davis. Ron and his wife, Betty, resided in Franklin, NC. Ron was a veteran of the Korean War and the Viet Nam War, where he was awarded the Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts...

Dec 25, 2011

Karin Bell Gasperin

Franklin, NC - Karin Bell Gasperin, age 52, of Otto, NC passed away Sunday, December 25, 2011. Born in Knoxville, TN, she was the daughter of Pat Spivey Bell of Franklin, NC and the late Jerry Bell. She was married to Lou Gasperin for 30 years and was a homemaker. She was a loving wife and...

Dec 19, 2011

Lillian Jones Sloan

Franklin, NC - Lillian Jones Sloan, age 89, departed this world on Monday, December 19. Lillian was born in Franklin, NC to Maud (Jacobs) and Gilmer Jones. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Bob Sloan, sisters Nancy Jones and Dorothy Chamberlain, and brother, Andy Jones. She is survived by...

Dec 18, 2011

William Martin Brennan

Highlands, NC - William Martin Brennan passed away at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital on December 18, 2011, born in Coral Gables, Florida, on June 24, 1933. He was a member of Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church. He served in the United States Coast Guard. After retiring from Gables Engineering in Coral Gables where he was an...

Dec 16, 2011

Gene Ray Cheek

Franklin, NC - Gene Ray Cheek, age 79, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, December 16, 2011. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late William Oliver and Jane Sorrells Cheek. He was married to Doris Anne Sorrells Cheek for 59 years. He was employed by Nantahala Power and Light Company for 30...

Dec 16, 2011

Harold Franklin Brammer

Highlands, NC - Harold Franklin Brammer, 84, of Highlands peacefully passed away Friday, December 16, 2011 at home with his family present. He was born in Mullens, West Virginia, the son of Trevor Franklin Brammer and Hallie Beckelheimer Brammer. He was a US Navy Veteran of World War II and a graduate of Concord University. He...

Dec 13, 2011

Delores Phillips

Franklin, NC - Delores Phillips, age 87, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2011. Born in Wayne Co. MI, she was the daughter of the late John and Genevieve Wegener Manneback. She was married to the late James Clyde Phillips for 47 years. She was a pharmacy assistant and was of the Lutheran faith.

Dec 12, 2011

Michael Russ Quigley

Franklin, NC - Michael Russ Quigley, age 51, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, December 12, 2011. Born in Lansing, MI, he was the son of the late Charles and Janet Johnson Quigley. He worked in construction as a home builder.

Michael is survived by his step-mother, Gladys Quigley; one sister, Mary Ellen Jackson...

Dec 10, 2011

Charles Robert Horn

Franklin, NC - Charles Robert Horn, 78 of Winslow, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2011 in Winslow. He was born in Franklin, NC and was the son of the late Leonard and Leota McCracken Horn. He retired from the US Navy and was a Vietnam Veteran. Later he drove a truck for Cannon Express and...