Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Larry Thomas Smith
Aug 14, 2011
Larry Thomas Smith
Shreveport, LA - Larry Thomas Smith, age 65, of Shreveport, LA, passed away Sunday, August 14, 2011 at his residence. Larry was born January 16, 1946 in Macon County, NC and was a son of the late Glenn Thomas and Virginia Parrish Smith. He retired from General Motors Corporation in Shreveport and was a member of...
Glenn "Peter" Pridgen
Aug 13, 2011
Glenn "Peter" Pridgen
Cashiers, NC - Glenn "Peter" Pridgen, age 86, of Cashiers, NC passed away Saturday, August 13, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Avon Park, FL, the son of the late Leo and Ruby Gideons Pridgen. He was a US Navy WWII Veteran and he attended the University of Nevada after his naval service. He...
Scotty Gibson
Aug 11, 2011
Scotty Gibson
Franklin, NC - Scotty Gibson, age 47, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, August 11, 2011 at his residence. Born in Jackson County he was the son of the late Buford and Eddie Marie Bennett Gibson. He was a supervisor at Cemex Concrete Products and was a member of the Piney Mountain Baptist Church in Sylva. Scotty...
Karen Sue Keyser
Aug 10, 2011
Karen Sue Keyser
Franklin, NC - Karen Sue Keyser, age 72, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2011 in a Sylva hospital. Born in Wheeling, WV, she was the daughter of the late Thomas K. and Mary Elizabeth Sassig Keyser. She was a retail manager for The Avenue Ladies Store; was on the Board of Directors of...
Randall Harold Williamson
Aug 9, 2011
Randall Harold Williamson
Franklin, NC - Randall Harold Williamson, age 58, of Hendersonville, NC, formerly of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2011 in an Asheville hospital. He was a native of Macon County, the son of Louise Roper Williamson of Franklin, NC and the late Harold Williamson. He was a kitchen manager for Jackson County Senior Center, and...
Helen Elizabeth Nelson
Aug 8, 2011
Helen Elizabeth Nelson
Franklin, NC - Helen Elizabeth Nelson, age 89, of Walnut Cove Road, Franklin, NC passed away Monday, August 8, 2011 at her residence. She was born in Myrka, Finland, the daughter of the late Erland Tuisku and Lydia Maenrinne Tuisku. She was a homemaker and past president of VFW Post 4287 Auxiliary in Orlando, FL.
...Mary Bingham Dryman
Aug 7, 2011
Mary Bingham Dryman
Franklin, NC - Mary Bingham Dryman, age 77, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, August 7, 2011 at a local Nursing Home. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Richard Bingham and Elsie Dowdle Bingham. She was married first to Jim Setser who passed away in 1974, and second to Foy...
Curtis Preston Hester
Aug 7, 2011
Curtis Preston Hester
Highlands - Curtis P Hester, 82, went to be with his Lord on August 7, 2011.Curtis was born on November 19, 1928 in McRae, GA to parents Thelma and Claude Hester. The family later moved to Miami Florida and he graduated from Edison High School in Miami. He joined the US Navy from 1952 to1953, then...
Dorothy Evelyn Crawford
Aug 6, 2011
Dorothy Evelyn Crawford
Franklin - Dorothy Evelyn Crawford, age 74, of Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, August 6, 2011 at Angel Medical Center. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Mark Bryant and Lucinda Poindexter Bryant. She was married to the late Paul B. Crawford who passed away in 1981. She was a loving...
Robert Douglas Stanley
Aug 6, 2011
Robert Douglas Stanley
Franklin & Daytona Beach - Robert Douglas Stanley, 71, entered eternal life to be with his Lord on August 6, 2011. He will forever be known as a compassionate, loving husband, father, grandfather, teacher and coach.
Doug graduated from Mainland Senior High School, served in the U.S. Air Force & earned degrees at the...
Donald Wayne Tallent
Aug 5, 2011
Donald Wayne Tallent
Franklin, NC - Donald Wayne Tallent, age 67, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, August 5, 2011 at his residence. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late John Harve and Anna Bates Tallent. He was married to Barbara Sutton Tallent and together they owned and operated TallentÂ’s Produce for 28 years....
Elmer James Searle, Jr
Aug 4, 2011
Elmer James Searle, Jr
Franklin, NC - Elmer James "Jay" Searle, Jr., age 82, of Franklin, NC, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2011 at his residence. He was a native of Wayne County, Michigan, the son of the late Elmer J. Searle, Sr. and Effie Fraser Searle. He was a US Navy Veteran and took part in Atomic Bomb...
Dorothy Ruth Demaintenon
Aug 3, 2011
Dorothy Ruth deMaintenon
Franklin, NC - Dorothy Ruth deMaintenon, age 85 of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2011 in a local nursing center. Born in Onondaga Co., NY she was the daughter of the late Theodore A. and Dorothy Eppler Mayer. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Philip deMaintenon. Dorothy was a homemaker; a...
Grace Ellison Drake Hawes
Jul 31, 2011
Grace Ellison Drake Hawes
Franklin, NC - Grace Ellison Drake Hawes, age 87, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, July 31, 2011 in a local nursing center. Born in Queens, NY, she was the daughter of the late Albert K and Caroline S. Corwin Drake. She was a homemaker; loved playing bridge and was a member of St. Agnes...
Betty Louise Higdon
Jul 26, 2011
Betty Louise Higdon
Franklin, NC - Betty Louise Higdon, age 90, of Paris, TN, formerly of Franklin, NC, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2011. She was born in West Union, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Glennwood and Mary Agnes McInTosh Phillips. She was married to the late James Dean Higdon, who passed away July 4, 1997.
...Helen Jeanette Hipple Welch
Jul 26, 2011
Helen Jeanette Hipple Welch
Franklin, NC - Helen Jeanette Hipple Welch, age 96, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2011 at her residence. Helen was born in Canton, IL; she was a supervisor in Lee County Electric Co-op; was a member of Amvets in Ft. Myers, FL and was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church in...
Howard Russell Votry
Jul 21, 2011
Howard Russell Votry
Franklin, NC - Howard Russell Votry, age 84, of Franklin, NC, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011 at his residence. He was a native of Oakfield, NY, the son of the late Ezra and Martha Beecher Votry. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marilyn Allen Votry, who passed away in 2009. He was a...
Mary Stansbury Williams
Jul 21, 2011
Mary Stansbury Williams
Franklin, NC - Mary Stansbury Williams, age 91, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011 in a local hospital. Born in Tampico, Mexico, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Dathene Roach Stansbury. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Williams who died in 1994. She was a secretary and...
Milan (Milam) Wilkie
Jul 20, 2011
Milan (Milam) Wilkie
Franklin, NC - Milian "Milam" Bateman Wilkie, age 95 of Grant, AL formerly of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at Highland Medical Center in Alabama. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Alec and Malley Waters Bateman. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Henry "Tor" Wilkie...
Alberta Eleanor Plaag
Jul 19, 2011
Alberta Eleanor Plaag
Highlands, NC - Alberta Eleanor Plaag, age 96, of the Goldmine Community and Safety Harbor, FL passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at her residence. Born in Mercer County, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Josephine Helbing Schoeller. She was married to the late Albert F. Plaag and a member of Goldmine...
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