Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Gilmer Harry Henson
Aug 25, 2011
Gilmer Harry Henson
Franklin, NC -Gilmer Harry Henson, age 85, of Otto, NC passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011 at an Asheville Hospital. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late Lonnie and Ora Norris Henson. He was a Veteran of the US Army. He owned and operated a dairy farm for over 40 years...
Helen Drake Swafford Owens Waldroop
Aug 24, 2011
Helen Drake Swafford Owens Waldroop
Franklin, NC - Helen Drake Swafford Owens Waldroop, age 89, of Franklin, passed away August 24, 2011. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Arthur and Delia Dills Drake. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by 6 brothers, Odell, Edwin, Claude, Ralph, Elmo and Clyde...
Donald N. Mcbride
Aug 23, 2011
Donald N. McBride
Topton - Donald N. McBride, age 80, of Topton, NC passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at the Valley View Care Center in Andrews, NC.
Donald was a native of Sharon, PA and lived in Bradenton, FL before moving to the Nantahala Community 26 years ago. He was the son of the late Myrtle...
Frances C. Wright
Aug 22, 2011
Frances C. Wright
Central, SC - Frances Crunkleton Wright, 83, of Central and widow of Thomas B. Wright, Sr., died Monday, August 22, 2011 at her home.
Born in Highlands, NC, she was a daughter of the late Earl and Annie Nicholson Crunkleton. Frances was a graduate of Banner Elk College. She was a member of the...
Gordon Madison Houston
Aug 22, 2011
Gordon Madison Houston
Highlands, NC - Gordon Madison Houston, age 31, of Highlands, NC, passed away peacefully at home, Monday, August 22, 2011. He was a native of Macon County the son of Jane Talley Houston of Highlands, NC and the late John Willis Houston. He was a 1999 graduate of Highlands High School, and loved to hunt and...
Donald Roger Williams
Aug 22, 2011
Donald Roger Williams
Franklin, NC - Donald Roger Williams, age 50, of Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, August 22, 2011 in Asheville, NC. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Gertrude Wich Williams of Franklin, NC and the late Lonnie Williams. He was a roofer and was an avid fisherman and hunter.
In addition to...
Deeda Mashburn Elmore
Aug 20, 2011
Deeda Mashburn Elmore
Franklin, NC- Deeda Mashburn Elmore, age 99, of Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, August 20, 2011 at a local nursing home. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Jennie Angel Mashburn. She was married to Clint Elmore who passed away in 1969. Deeda was a member of Bethel United...
Gerald Edward Helzel
Aug 19, 2011
Gerald Edward Helzel
Franklin, NC - Gerald Edward Helzel, age 89, of Franklin, NC, formerly of Gainesville,FL, passed away Friday, August 19, 2011 in a local nursing home. He was born in Jeannette, PA, and was the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Frank and Hazel Sager Helzel. He was married to the late Sylvia Hubner Helzel. He...
Jeremy Eugene Griffin
Aug 16, 2011
Jeremy Eugene Griffin
Franklin, NC - Jeremy Eugene Griffin, age 81, of Franklin, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2011 in Morganton, NC. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of the late George S. and Pearl Donauga Griffin.
He was married to the late Ruth Angel Griffin, who passed away April 4, 2011. He was...
David A. Rohrer
Aug 16, 2011
David A. Rohrer
Highlands, NC - David A. Rohrer, age 82, of Highlands, NC passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2011. He was born in Geary County, Kansas, the son of the late Harold A. Rohrer and Helen Whitehair Rohrer. He was a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army, serving 27 years, including time during WWII and the Korean Conflict....
Betty Ann Van Why
Aug 16, 2011
Betty Ann Van Why
Franklin, NC - Betty Ann Van Why, age 63, of Franklin, NC, formerly of East Stroudsburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2011 while under the care of hospice at Angel Medical Center. Born in Northampton County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Hilda Bush Hill. A 1966 graduate of Bangor...
Elaine Phillips
Aug 16, 2011
Elaine Phillips
Franklin, NC - Elaine Phillips, age 22, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at a local hospital. Born in Jackson County, NC she was the daughter of Larry F. Phillips and Evelyn Williamson both of Franklin, NC. She was a waitress and cashier at B & D Restaurant; liked to camp, fish and hike...
Helen Henson Grant
Aug 15, 2011
Helen Henson Grant
Franklin, NC - Helen Henson Grant, 91, formerly of Franklin, died August 15 at Brooks-Howell Home in Asheville. Mrs. Grant was born Nov. 19, 1919, to the late Lonnie and Ora Henson of Otto. She was married for 53 years to Dr. Ben P. Grant, a Franklin dentist who died in 1994. She worked...
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.
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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...
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