Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Lula Kate Gibson
May 25, 2009
Lula Kate Gibson
Franklin, NC - Lula Kate Gibson, age 94, of Granny Kate Lane, Franklin, NC passed away Monday, May 25, 2009 at a local care center. She was a lifelong resident of Macon County, the daughter of the late Samuel and Nannie Sellers Green. She was married to J.D. Gibson who passed away in 1961. She was...
Genevieve Goodwin Smith
May 24, 2009
Genevieve Goodwin Smith
Franklin, NC -Genevieve Goodwin Smith, age 88, of Wolf View Road, Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, May 24, 2009 at a local hospital. She was born in Merrimack Co., N.H., the daughter of the late William E. and Susan Deborah Smith Goodwin. She graduated from Laconia Hospital Nursing School in New Hampshire. She was married to...
Dana Bowen Chandler
May 22, 2009
Dana Bowen Chandler
Franklin, NC - Dana Bowen Chandler, age 86, of Franklin, NC, passed away Friday, May 22, 2009 in a local nursing home. He was a native of Kanawaha County, West Virginia, the son of the late Joseph L. Chandler and Leelia Maude Perry Chandler. He was married to the late Una Hellen Hill Chandler. Mr. Chandler...
Mary Byrd
May 21, 2009
Mary Byrd
Franklin, NC - Mary Strain Byrd, age 97, of Franklin, NC, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2009, in a local nursing home. She was born in Baldwin, GA, the daughter of the late Floyd and Norma Stewart Strain. She was married to the late Clint Byrd. She was a graduate of Franklin High School and Western Carolina...
Randall Steven Buhrmaster
May 17, 2009
Randall Steven Buhrmaster
Hendersonville – Randall Steven Buhrmaster, 53, of Jubilation Drive, died Sunday, May 17, 2009.
A native of Miami, Florida, he was the son of Patricia Liles Buhrmaster Howe of Melbourne, FL and of the late Glen Charles Buhrmaster.
Randy was a former resident of Key West, FL, Franklin and Canton, before moving...
Isaac Newton Keener
May 13, 2009
Isaac Newton Keener
Highlands, NC - Isaac Newton Keener, age 88, of Perquin Road, Highlands, NC passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at his residence. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late Isaac N. and Martha Calloway Keener. He was married to Emma Louise Henry Keener who passed away in 1993. He was a...
Margaret Hester Franks
May 8, 2009
Margaret Hester Franks
Franklin - Margaret Hester Franks, 85, of Riverbend Road, Franklin, NC passed away Friday, May 8, 2009 in a Sylva NursingCenter. She was born in Jackson Co., NC. She was the daughter of the late Lewis and Sarah Johnson Pressley. She was married to Jimmy Franks who passed away in 1997. She retired from Grandview Manor...
John William (Pluck) Baty
May 8, 2009
John William (Pluck) Baty
Highlands - John William (Pluck) Baty, 92, of Sassafras Gap Road, Highlands, NC passed away Friday, May 8, 2009 at a Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late Henry J. and Mary Silla Crane Baty. He was married to Eva Hedden Baty who died June 15, 1999. Mr....
Michael Benjamin Ford
May 5, 2009
Michael Benjamin Ford
Franklin, NC - Michael Benjamin Ford, age 63, of Smokerise Road, Franklin, NC passed away May 5, 2009 at a local hospital. He was born in Hawthorn, Nevada, the son of the late Robert Lee Ford and Bobbie Thrasher Ford Smith. He was married to Patricia Ann Ford who passed away December 4, 2007. He was...
Elsie Patterson Dills
May 2, 2009
Elsie Patterson Dills
Otto - Elsie Patterson Dills 89 of the Otto community died Saturday, May 2, 2009 at her residence. She was a native of Clay County the daughter of the late Lester and Elda McClure Patterson, she was a homemaker she was the widow of the late Allen Dills who died in 1981. She loved digging ginseng....
Irene P. James
May 2, 2009
Irene P. James
Highlands - Irene P. James age 103, of Highlands NC passed away Saturday May 2, 2009 in Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. She was a native of Macon County and was the daughter of the late Edward P. and Cora Rogers Picklesimer. She was married to the late Lawton P. James who died 1944 and was an Elementary School...
Gibson Jefferson Mcconnaughey Highlands -Gibson Jeff Illness.
May 2, 2009
Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey Highlands - Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey died in Highlands, North Carolina on May 2, 2009 after a brief illness.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, William Cary McConnaughey. She is survived by her sons, Jefferson and Joseph McConnaughey, and a granddaughter, Elizabeth Barksdale McConnaughey.
Mrs. McConnaughey was the author of...
Joseph Allen Geoghagan
Apr 30, 2009
Joseph Allen Geoghagan
Highlands, NC - Joseph Allen Geoghagan, age 66, of West Cypress Lane, Highlands, NC passed away Thursday, April 30, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Stephens County, GA, the son of the late James Lamar and Myrtle Sapp Geoghagan. He was a welder and was of the Methodist faith. He was Pit Master for...
Henry Adam Donikowski
Apr 29, 2009
Henry Adam Donikowski
Franklin, NC - Henry Adam Donikowski, age 89, of Red Fox Run, Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in a local hospital. He was a native of Patterson County, New Jersey, the son of the late Adam and Marcella Donikowski. He was a machinist for Reductions Motors Construction, and was a US Navy Veteran...
Randy Raby
Apr 29, 2009
Randy Raby
Scaly Mountain, NC - Randy Raby, age 42, of Billingsley Road, Scaly Mountain, NC died Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, Highlands, NC.
Born in Transylvania County, NC October 1, 1966, he was the son of Bobby Joe Raby and Barbara Ann Watson. He was a rock and brick mason in the...
Calvin Leroy "Shot" Stockton
Apr 27, 2009
Calvin Leroy "Shot" Stockton
Franklin, NC - Calvin Leroy "Shot" Stockton, age 71, of Lively Lane, Franklin, NC passed away Monday, April 27, 2009 at his residence. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late David J. and Katherine Bates Stockton. He was a brick mason and he dirt track raced at the Rainbow Raceway....
Cora Mae Rogers
Apr 24, 2009
Cora Mae Rogers
Franklin, NC - Cora Mae Rogers, age 75, of River Road, Franklin, NC, passed away Friday, April 24, 2009 at her residence. She was a native of Graham County, NC, the daughter of the late Pearley Cable. She was a stenographer for a law firm, and was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church.
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Charles H. Noble, Iii
Apr 23, 2009
Charles H. Noble, III
Glocester MA - Charles H. Noble, III, 67, Gloucester, Mass died on April 23, 2009 after a long battle with Cancer.
Mr. Noble attended Gloucester Public Schools and was a Graduate of The University Of Massachusetts with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1963. He was the only son of Charles Noble, Jr....
Cora Lee Zickgraf
Apr 21, 2009
Cora Lee Zickgraf
Franklin, NC - Cora Lee Zickgraf, age 83, of West Rogers Street, Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at a local nursing home. She was born in Chattooga Co., GA. the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Elizabeth McNutt Harris. She was first married to Wingfield Short who passed away April 23, 1977...
Barbara Jean Henson Woody
Apr 19, 2009
Barbara Jean Henson Woody
Otto - Barbara Jean Henson Woody, age 72, of Otto, NC died Sunday April, 19, 2009 in a local nursing home. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late James Moore Henson and Robie Mae English Henson. She was married to James Arthur Woody, Jr. who passed away in 2007. She...
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