Jul 9, 2010

Lester Reed Jr.

Highlands - Lester Reed Jr.(Poley) age 76, of the Goldmine Community passed away Friday, July 9, 2010 at his residence.

He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late Lester Reed Sr. and Pearl Frady Reed. He was married to Evelyn Watts Reed who passed away in 2001. He was a...

Jul 7, 2010

Walter Neville Bryson

Highlands, NC - Walter Neville Bryson, age 85, of Highlands, NC, passed away Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late Walter Allen Bryson and Ruth Young Bryson. He was a US Army Veteran of World War II. He began business in 1951. He was...

Jul 7, 2010

Lovada Taylor Ledford

Franklin, NC - Lovada Taylor Ledford, age 73, of Mimosa Drive, Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, July 7, at her residence. She was a native of Macon County and was the daughter of the late Doc and Dixie Pendergrass Taylor. She was married to Kenneth Ledford for 52 years and was retired from Belden...

Jul 6, 2010

Victoria (Vicki) Jean Russell Whitacre

Franklin - Victoria (Vicki) Jean Russell Whitacre of Franklin, formerly of Toccoa, GA died on Tuesday, July 6th in Asheville, NC. The daughter of the late Sydney King Russell and Jean Love Russell she is survived by two sons, Michael J. Vannucci of Jacksonville, FL; Richard Jeffrey Vannucci of Franklin, NC; two...

Jul 6, 2010

Hayden Thomas Ferguson, Jr

Brevard, NC & Franklin, NC - Hayden Thomas Ferguson, Jr., age 83, of Brevard, NC went to be with the Lord on July 6, 2010. He was born June 5, 1927. A native of Cherokee County, he was the son of the late Hayden T. Ferguson, Sr., and Claudia Sudderth Ferguson. He was preceded in...

Jul 6, 2010

Gerald "Jerry/J-Dog" Droze

Franklin, NC and Plantation, FL - Gerald "Jerry/J-Dog" Droze, age 69, of Franklin, NC and Plantation, FL passed away Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Born in Washington, DC he was the son of Faye Penniger Droze and the late Haywood Droze. He was married to Elizabeth Shade Droze for 39 years. He was in law enforcement for...

Jul 5, 2010

William "Shorty" Cochran

Franklin, NC - William "Shorty" Cochran, age 52, of Watauga Road, Franklin, NC passed away Monday, July 5, 2010 at a local hospital. Born in Jackson County, NC he was the son of Betty Colwell Cochran of Franklin and the late Bill Cochran. He was married to Becky Sanders Cochran for thirty five years. He owned...

Jul 4, 2010

John Otto Nausbaum

Highlands, NC - John Otto Nausbaum, age 96, of Mayflower Drive, Highlands, NC, passed away Sunday, July 4, 2010 at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital from complications after a fall. He was a native of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and lived in Brecksville, Ohio for many years until they retired in a home that Otto designed and built.

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Jul 2, 2010

Eva Christine Gregory Snipes

Franklin, NC - Eva Christine Gregory Snipes, age 70, of Lariate Loop, Waynesville, NC, passed away July 2, 2010 at John Keever Solace Center in Asheville, NC. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late George Washington Gregory and Stella Wood Gregory. She was a cook at Jim’s Drive In. She was...

Jul 1, 2010

Ruth Clark Brown

Franklin, NC and Snellville, GA - Ruth Clark Brown, age 90, of Third Street, Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, July 1, 2010 in a local hospital. Born in Fulton County, GA she was the daughter of the late John Henry Clark, Sr. and Florida Chambers Clark. She was married to the late Robert Brown. She was...

Jul 1, 2010

Louis B. Welch

Jefferson City TN - Louis B. Welch, 79, passed away on Friday, 30 July, 2010. He was a long-time member of First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, Tennessee, he served as deacon and teller. He was assistant plant manager with Berkline Corporation. A major, retired, from Air National Guard, Louis also served earlier in the U.S. Army....

Jun 26, 2010

Billy Jack Stewart

Cashiers, NC - Billy Jack Stewart, age 72, of Jodytown Road, Cashiers, NC, passed away Saturday, June 26, 2010 at his residence. He was a native of Jackson County, the son of the late John Luther Stewart and Ollie Mae Moss Stewart. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Donette Burnette Stewart. He had...

Jun 26, 2010

Mamie Virginia Hooper Raby

Franklin, NC - Mamie Virginia Hooper Raby, 89, of the Watauga Community of Franklin, NC, died Saturday, June 26, 2010. She was a native of Jackson County, the daughter of the late Tom Ruben and Dollie Gosnell Hooper. She was married to the late George Lewis Raby who died in 1994. She was past president...

Jun 22, 2010

Charles G. Caye, Sr

Augusta, GA and Highlands, NC - Charles G. Caye, Sr age 82, passed away on June 22, 2010. He was born in Atlanta, GA, the son of the late William C. Caye, Sr and Catherine G. Caye. He honorably served in Germany during WWII-US Army 7th Field Artillery-Big Red 1 as a Staff Sergeant and...

Jun 12, 2010

Dorothy Nell Sanders

Franklin - Dorothy Nell Pannell Sanders, 82, of Lake Emory Road, Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday June 12, 2010 in an Asheville Hospital. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Harrison and Mabel McGaha Pannell. She was married to Wiley J. Sanders who passed away in 1988. She was a homemaker...

Jun 10, 2010

Virginia Southard Brookshire

Spartanburg – Virginia Southard Brookshire, age 95, died peacefully Thursday, June 10, 2010 at White Oak Manor, Spartanburg.

Born in Franklin, NC on August 5, 1914, Mrs. Brookshire was a daughter of the late Jesse Robert and Hattie Angie Carpenter Southard. She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Clinton Brookshire. Mrs. Brookshire...

Jun 9, 2010

Nathan Clayton Blanchard

Franklin - Nathan Clayton Blanchard, age 25, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, June 09, 2010 at his residence. He was a native of Macon County, the son of Clayton Scott Blanchard of Franklin, NC and the late Mary Kay Blaine. He was a painter and a member of Wells Grove Baptist Church. He loved helping...

Jun 8, 2010

Lomax Hammell Holmes

Cullowhee, NC - Lomax Hammell Holmes, age 73, of Pine Creek Road, Cullowhee, NC, passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. He was a native of Dothan, Alabama, and resided in the Pine Creek Community. He was the son of the late Dan and Cubie Corrnett Holmes. He was a member of the National...

Jun 7, 2010

Bennett Dexter Jennings

Franklin, NC - Bennett Dexter Jennings, age 82, of Forest City, NC, formerly of Jackson County, passed away Monday, June 7, 2010 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. He was a native of Jackson County, the son of the late Frank and Margaret Bennett Leopard. He was a US Navy Veteran of World War II,...

Jun 1, 2010

Evelyn “Lyn” Patton

Franklin, NC - Evelyn “Lyn” Patton, of Marietta, GA formerly of Franklin, NC passed away, Tuesday, June 1, 2010 in Marietta, GA. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of J. L. and Evelyn Suttle West. She was a beloved wife, mother, “Meme” and devoted Atlanta Braves fan. She was a member of East Cobb...