Aug 22, 2009

Mrs. Winifred May Bellingham Hill

Georgetown, FL & Franklin, NC - Mrs. Winifred May Bellingham Hill, 103 years young, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009 . Born in London, England on January 10th, 1906, she came to America when she was one. She grew up in New York, went to secretary school in Herkimer, NY where she went to work....

Aug 16, 2009

Ruth Naomi Wyatt

Franklin, NC - Ruth Naomi Wyatt, age 80, of Franklin, NC, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2009 in a local nursing home. She was a native of Dixon County, Virginia, the daughter of Katherine Stilner Wyatt. She was a cook at Grandview Manor Rest Home for 25 years, and attended Prentiss Church of God. She was...

Aug 16, 2009

Warren Walter Hirt, Jr

Sylva, NC - Warren W. Hirt, Jr, age 78, of Sylva, NC passed away Sunday, August 16, 2009. A native of Detroit, Michigan the son of the late Warren Walter Hirt, Sr and Hilda Gobbetti Hirt, he was a US Marine Veteran during the Korean conflict. After his military service, he relocated his family to...

Aug 14, 2009

Calvin Eugene "Gene" Owenby

Franklin, NC - Calvin Eugene "Gene" Owenby, age 83, of Franklin passed away August 14, 2009 at his residence. Born November 22, 1925 at Nantahala, he was the son of the late General Wheeler and Delphia Cochran Owenby. He was preceded in death by a sister, Pauline Owenby Jones and a brother Newell Owenby. A...

Aug 13, 2009

R. William (“Bill”) Metzger Sr.

Cashiers - R. William (“Bill”) Metzger Sr., of Cashiers, North Carolina died on August 13, 2009. Born in Willoughby, Ohio on April 2, 1930, he had a successful business career that included executive positions with Air Products, Eutectic, Disston Tools and The Triangle Corporation. With Triangle, he was President of Utica Tool Company in...

Aug 13, 2009

Eldon Tallent

Franklin, NC - Eldon Tallent, age 55, of Franklin, NC, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 13, 2009, after a period of declining health. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late Ralph and Gertrude Tallent. He had worked at Carolina Junction as store manager, and had...

Aug 11, 2009

Cecil Henry Day

Nantahala, NC - Cecil Henry Day, age 82, of Nantahala, died Tuesday, August 11, 2009 in a Chattanooga Hospital. He was a native of Swain County, the son of the late Gwin Edward and Essie Keith Day. He was a WWII veteran, having served as a guard at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial. He retired from...

Aug 10, 2009

William "Bill" Ivan Drummond

Franklin, NC - William "Bill" Ivan Drummond, age 63, of Little Ellijay Road, Franklin, NC passed away Monday, August 10, 2009 flying his favorite airplane at Brasstown, NC. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of the late Robert And Dorothy Drummond. He worked at Drake Enterprises. He was a US Airforce Veteran...

Aug 9, 2009

Dean Russell Conley

Franklin, NC - Dean Russell Conley, age 44, of Tippett Lane, Franklin, NC, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2009 in an Asheville hospital. He was a native of Jackson County, the son of June Gregory Conley of Franklin, NC and the late J. L. Conley. He was a master carpenter, and loved to hunt and fish....

Aug 1, 2009

William Edward Kuipers, Jr

Wellington FL / Sapphire - William Edward Kuipers, Jr., of Wellington, Florida, passed away at his summer home in Sapphire, North Carolina on Saturday, August 1, 2009. Bill was 78 years old.

A long time resident of Ridgewood, New Jersey, he graduated from Lehigh University with a degree in Business Administration and Finance...

Jul 30, 2009

Karen Gail Gaston Loetzer

Franklin, NC - Karen Gail Gaston Loetzer, age 60, of Country Bend Road, Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, July 30, 2009 at her residence. She was born in Coral Gables, FL, the daughter of the late Robert Lloyd and Frances Reed Gaston. She was employed by The Franklin Press where she was an advertising sales...

Jul 28, 2009

Ditalina Costa

Franklin, NC - Ditalina Costa, age 102, passed away July 28, 2009, in Ontario, Canada. She was a native of Alge, Portugal, the daughter of the late Jose Santos an Adelaide Campos Santos. She was married first to the late Delfim Reis and second to the late Julio Costa. She was a homemaker and a member of...

Jul 22, 2009

Marilyn Allen Votry

Franklin, NC - Marilyn Allen Votry, age 80, of Delia Drive, Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at an Asheville Hospital. She was born in Attica, NY the daughter of the late Robert and Marian Perkins Allen. She was a retired assistant Post Master and a member of St. Agnes Episcopal Church. She loved...

Jul 21, 2009

John Wiley Angel

Franklin, NC - John Wiley Angel, age 84, of Rogersville, TN formerly of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at a VA Hospital in Johnson City, TN. He was a native of Macon County, NC the son of the late Carl L. and Lura Cloer Angel. He was a WWII US Army Veteran where...

Jul 20, 2009

Claudette Rae Lundy Reed

Otto, NC - Claudette Rae Lundy Reed, age 76, of Ledford Lane, Otto, NC passed away Monday, July 20, 2009 at an Asheville Hospital. She was born in Cowley, Kansas, the daughter of the late Claude and Ruth Rogers Lundy. She was married to Melvin Rhea Reed who passed away August 14, 2006. She was...

Jul 19, 2009

Fred Freeman, Jr

Franklin, NC - Fred Freeman, Jr., of Nashville, TN formerly of Sylva, NC passed away Sunday, July 19, 2009 at a Nashville Care Center. He was born in Tennessee, the son of the late Fred Freeman, Sr. and and step-mother, Verlon Freeman. He was a truck driver and was of the Baptist faith.

He...

Jul 18, 2009

Annie Birdell Hurst

Franklin, NC - Annie Birdell Hurst, age 91, of Rose Creek Road, Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, July 18, 2009 at a Haywood County Care Center. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late William Fred and Eva Easter Houston Lowe. She was married to Manuel Ardell Hurst who passed away in...

Jul 17, 2009

Ed Brogden

Franklin, NC - Ed Brogden, age 83, of Franklin, NC, passed away Friday, July 17, 2009 in a local nursing home. He was a native of Swain County, the son of the late J. A. Brogden and Faye Hupp Brogden. Mr. Brogden was a member of Cowee Baptist Church for 61 years, where he served as a...

Jul 15, 2009

Maybelle Chastain Neely

Highlands, NC - Maybelle Chastain Neely, age 93, of Clear Creek Community, Highlands, NC passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at Fidelia-Eckerd Nursing Home.

She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late David E. and Ada Bryson Chastain. She was married to the late James Philo Neely, who passed away...

Jul 15, 2009

Pearl Elizabeth Woods Moses

Franklin, NC - Pearl Elizabeth Woods Moses, age 95, of Highlands Road, Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2009 in a local nursing home. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Andy and Sarah McDowell Woods. She was married to the late Willie Moses, who passed away May 23,...