OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for

Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.

Linda Lou Payne Bumgarner

Linda Lou Payne Bumgarner

Feb 12, 2008

Linda Lou Payne Bumgarner

Canton - Linda Lou Payne Bumgarner, 59 of Canton passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Haywood County on October 4, 1948 to James Roy Payne and the late Marjorie Kostoff Payne. She worked at Britthaven Nursing Home for several years prior to her illness. She liked...

Mary Lee Smith Peek

Mary Lee Smith Peek

Feb 10, 2008

Mary Lee Smith Peek

Greeneville, TN and Franklin, NC - Mary Lee Smith Peek, age 79 of Snapps Ferry Road, Greeneville, TN formerly of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, February 10, 2008 at Takoma Regional Hospital in Greeneville, TN. She was born, July 14, 1927 in Toccoa, GA, the daughter of Lewis William and Alice Wood Smith. She was...

James Harold "Boat" Tallent

James Harold "Boat" Tallent

Feb 10, 2008

James Harold "Boat" Tallent

Franklin, NC - James Harold "Boat" Tallent, age 69, of Bates Branch Road, Franklin, NC, passed away Sunday, February 10, 2008 at his residence. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late Harve and Annie Bates Tallent. He was a US Navy Veteran, he served on the SS Caperton Destroyer. He...

Leland Phythyon

Leland Phythyon

Feb 8, 2008

Leland Phythyon

Franklin - Leland Phythyon, age 92, of Carl Slagle Road, died Sunday, February 8, 2008 in a Franklin, NC, Nursing Home. He was a native of Westmorland County, PA, the son of the late James and Emily Maude Molton Phythyon. He was married to the late Ann Naylor Phythyon who died in 1992. He worked for U....

Mary Ellen Setser

Mary Ellen Setser

Feb 7, 2008

Mary Ellen Setser

Franklin, NC - Mary Ellen Setser, age 81, of Cartoogechaye Community passed away Thursday, February 7, 2008 at Memorial Mission Hospital. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Gilmer J. and Nina Ray Setser. She was a registered nurse with 49 years of service, serving in several areas of Medical Facilities....

Parilee Lula Dills Anderson

Parilee Lula Dills Anderson

Feb 5, 2008

Parilee Lula Dills Anderson

Franklin, NC - Parilee Lula Dills Anderson, age 94, of Smith Hill Road, Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at her residence. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of Judd and Jane Pendergrass Dills. She was married to her loving husband for 47 years, Wiley T. Anderson who died in...

Nancy Jane Milstead

Nancy Jane Milstead

Feb 4, 2008

Nancy Jane Milstead

Franklin, NC - Nancy Jane Milstead, age 85, of Gingerwood Drive, Franklin, NC passed away Monday, February 4, 2008 at a local nursing home. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Dewitt T. and Lula Buchanan Allen. She was married to Larry Milstead who passed away in 1994. She was a...

Laverne Eleanor Fedors

Laverne Eleanor Fedors

Feb 4, 2008

Laverne Eleanor Fedors

Dateline: Franklin, NC - Laverne Eleanor Fedors, age 84, of John Teague Road, Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, February 4, 2008 in a local hospital. She was a native of Cook County, IL, the daughter of the late George Heidenreich and Eleanor Chvatal Heidenreich. She was married to the late William Fedors. She was a LPN,...

Genessa Gay Owenby

Genessa Gay Owenby

Feb 2, 2008

Genessa Gay Owenby

Nantahala, NC - Genessa Gay Owenby, age 84, of the Nantahala Community, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Murphy Medical Center. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Columbus Bunyan and Emma Grant Owenby. She was married to Lawson Owenby who passed away August 24, 2004. She was a homemaker...

Mary Halley Furr

Mary Halley Furr

Feb 1, 2008

Mary Halley Furr

Mary Halley Furr, 75, passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours on February 1st, ending her long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. She was born in County Sligo, Ireland, the oldest of three children of the late Kathleen Shryane and William Halley. A graduate of Lenox Hill Nursing School in New York...

Ora Watson Morrow

Ora Watson Morrow

Jan 28, 2008

Ora Watson Morrow

Franklin, NC - Ora Madeline Watson Morrow, age 96, of Ulco Lane, Franklin, NC died peacefully at home, Monday, January 28, 2008. She was born in Cherokee County, NC the daughter of the late Charles H. and Emma Nelson Watson. She graduated from Andrews High School. She was married to C.L. Morrow who passed away in...

Kathryn Mavis Bates

Kathryn Mavis Bates

Jan 28, 2008

Kathryn Mavis Bates

Franklin, NC - Kathryn Mavis Bates, age 69, of Sloan Road, Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, January 28, 2008, in a Franklin, NC hospital. She was a native of Macon County the daughter of Kate Green Gibson of Franklin, NC, and the late J. D. Gibson. She was retired from Burlington Industries as a Quality Control...

Loretta Mccall

Loretta Mccall

Jan 23, 2008

Loretta McCall

Cashiers, NC - Loretta McCall, age 75, of Cashiers, NC, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. She was a native of Jackson County, the daughter of the late Jerry Mirah Bradley and Etta White Bradley. She was married to the late Alvis McCall, who passed away in 1979. She was a homemaker and a...

Floy Jean Southards Mccall

Floy Jean Southards Mccall

Jan 18, 2008

Floy Jean Southards McCall

Franklin, NC - Floy Jean Southards McCall, of Mack Branch Road, Franklin, NC, passed away Friday, January 18, 2008 in a local nursing home. She was a native of Macon County, a daughter of the late John and Ida Welch Southards. She was married to the late George H. McCall, who passed away in 1994....

Robert "Rob" Bell

Robert "Rob" Bell

Jan 14, 2008

Robert "Rob" Bell

Franklin, NC - Robert "Rob" Bell, age 96, of Coweeta Lab Road, Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, January 14, 2008 in a local nursing home. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late Joe Bell and Savannah Shope Bell. He had worked as a logger, and was a truck driver for Vinson...

Carter Norman Brunk

Carter Norman Brunk

Jan 13, 2008

Carter Norman Brunk

Franklin, NC - Carter Norman Brunk, age 81, of Franklin, NC, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2008 in an Asheville hospital. He was born in Cook County, Illinois, the son of the late Carter and Thelma Dickinson Brunk. He was a US Air Force Major, and a World War II Veteran, serving in strategic Air Command...

Ethel Mae Tippett

Ethel Mae Tippett

Jan 12, 2008

Ethel Mae Tippett

Franklin - Ethel Mae Tippett 89 of Franklin, NC died Sat. January 12, 2008 in a Jackson County Nursing Home. She was a native of Henderson, NC, the Daughter of the late David and, Georgia Allison McFalls. She was married to the late Carl Virgil Tippett. She had worked for the Town Motel and was a...

Robert "Bob" D. Graves

Robert "Bob" D. Graves

Jan 11, 2008

Robert "Bob" D. Graves

Otto, NC - Robert "Bob" D. Graves, age 74, of Otto, NC passed away Friday, January 11, 2008 in an Asheville Hospital. He was born in Dean County, WI, the son of the late Emerson Frank and Emily Jean Carterson Graves. He was an aircraft mechanic for the US Air Force with 20 years of...

Lila Belle Seay Stoudemire

Lila Belle Seay Stoudemire

Jan 5, 2008

Lila Belle Seay Stoudemire

Franklin, NC - Lila Belle Seay Stoudemire, age 95, of Gibson Cove Road, Franklin, NC passed away Monday, January 5, 2008 at Mt. View Manor Care Center in Bryson City, NC. She was born in Lexington Co., South Carolina, the daughter of the late Charlie and Barbara Corley Seay. She was married to Harry C....

Daniel Lee Hart

Daniel Lee Hart

Jan 4, 2008

Daniel Lee Hart

Franklin, NC - Daniel Lee Hart, died peacefully at his home on Friday, January 4, 2008, at the age of 74. He is survived by his beloved wife of almost 50 years, Jane (nee Fox) Hart; daughters, Linda Lee (Mark) Piegore and Mary Jane (Neal) Weintraub; grandchildren Mark Jr., and Ashley Piegore, and Sylvia and Daniel...

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