Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Billy Solesbee
Sep 23, 2021
Mr. Billy Solesbee, 85, passed away Thursday, September 23, 2021. Mr. Solsebee was born February 21, 1934 in Macon County NC to the late Charles S. Solsebee and Nobia Cunningham Solsebee. Billy served his contry for 23 years in the US Navy and he served 4 years in the US Air Force. Mr. Billy traveled the world and served...
Rowland Baker Ranger, Jr.
Sep 22, 2021
Rowland Baker Ranger, Jr., 74 of Franklin passed away September 22, 2021. He was born February 11, 1947 in Miami, FL to the late Rowland Baker Ranger, Sr. and Lillian Matusek Ranger. Rowland was a Vietnam Veteran.
Rowland is survived by his wife Jill Ranger and his son, Keith Ranger.
Bryant Grant Funeral Home is...
Linda Greene Clary
Sep 22, 2021
Linda Greene Clary, 82, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, September 22, 2021. She was born March 2, 1939 in St. Petersburg, Florida to the late Ben and Lora Gillis Greene. She worked and retired from many dental offices in St. Petersburg, FL and Atlanta, GA. She was a flight attendant for Eastern Airlines in the early 1960's and...
Fred Wooldridge
Sep 19, 2021
Fred C. Wooldridge passed away on September 19, 2021, in Highlands, N.C.
After moving to Miami Beach, Florida, from Louisville, Kentucky, his birth place, he worked for Florida Power and Light for several years as a Lineman Helper.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army and spent six years in the U.S. Army Reserve as a...
John Martin Velsor
Sep 19, 2021
John Martin Velsor, 77 of Concord, NC passed away Sunday, September 19, 2021 at his residence. Mr. Velsor was born September 25, 1943 in New York, NY to the late William Stanley Velsor and Catherine McCormick Velsor. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, he was a faithful member of Multiply Church (CFA) where he served in the Sr. Adult...
Alma Jane Owens
Sep 19, 2021
Alma Jane Owens 73, of Clayton, Ga passed away Sunday, September 19, 2021. She was born February 23, 1948 in Rabun County, Georgia to the late Alney Owens and Ruth Chastain Owens. Alma started working for the company Itron when she was 16 years old and was still employed with the company. She had perfect attendance. She served for...
Antonio Zendejas Pacheco
Sep 17, 2021
Antonio Zendajas Pacheco, 64 of Franklin passed away September 17, 2021. A funeral service will be held at 1:00pm Wednesday September 29, 2021 at the St Francis of Assisi. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Family will receive friends Tuesday September 28, 2021 from 4:00pm-10:00pm at the Bryant Grant Funeral Home Chapel. Bryant Grant Funeral Home and Crematory is...
James Andrew Parker
Sep 17, 2021
Mr. James Andrew Parker, 86, passed away Friday, September 17, 2021. Mr. Parker was born October 22, 1934 in Rabun County, Ga to the late John Frank Parker and Ethel Elizabeth Edmonds Parker. He worked as a carpenter in the construction business. Mr. Andrew was a member of the Ed Teague & Georgia Mountain Boys Blue Grass Gospel for ...
Grace Marie (Ledford) Bradley
Sep 14, 2021
Grace Marie Ledford Bradley, 90, of Franklin, NC, passed away September 14, 2021. She was born in Macon County June 19, 1931 to the late Charles T. Ledford and Hallie Marie Nichols Ledford. Mrs. Bradley had worked in the cafeteria for the Macon County School System, and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She was a loving...
Eric Urrutia
Sep 11, 2021
Eric (E Rock) Urrutia passed unexpectedly Saturday 11 September 2021. Our family loss was purchased by his release to eternal glory in the new body he so deserved. Eric survived three open heart surgeries over his short life, then a debilitating stroke finally giving way to a failed heart. As a “service brat” he was born in Asheville and...
Mary Berry
Sep 9, 2021
Mary Hopkins Young Berry, aged 90, recently of Atlanta, GA, died peacefully in Florence, SC on September 9, 2021.
Mary was born in New Orleans, LA to Barbara Linton Eskrigge Young and John Livingston Hopkins Young on June 5, 1931. She graduated from Washington Seminary in Atlanta, GA, and attended the University of Georgia, majoring in Landscape...
Rev. Norman Rix Meservey
Sep 4, 2021
The Rev. Norman Rix Meservey, 84, passed away Saturday, September 4, 2021 after a long battle with cancer and now rests in the arms of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He is the son of the late Norman Baldwin and Lydia Rix Meservey.
Norman spent his teenage years in the Boy Scouts receiving the rank of...
Merrill Jerome Edwards
Sep 2, 2021
Merrill Jerome Edwards, passed away Thursday, September 2, 2021. He was born July 17, 1939 in Starke, FL, the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Merrill Edwards.
Mr. Edwards graduated from Bradford County High School in 1957 and graduated from Florida State University in 1961 with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education (trumpet-principal instrument). He completed...
Rodney Lamont Hall
Sep 1, 2021
Rodney Lamont Hall, 45, of Canton, NC passed away Wednesday September 1, 2021. He was born in Macon County September 26, 1975 to Robert Isaiah Hall, Sr. and Patricia Stewart Hall. Rodney had a passion for Hotrods and working on cars. He was employed by RSR Car Quest in Franklin. Rodney was a loving husband, father, son and brother....
Rosa Lee Bradley
Aug 30, 2021
Rosa Lee Bradley, age, 92 of Franklin, passed away Monday, August 30, 2021.
Born in Macon County on March 8, 1929, she was the daughter of the late George Bulen McCall and Eva Jane Gregory McCall. Rosa Lee was a woman of faith and was a member of Rose Creek Baptist Church. She was an avid homemaker...
Freddie Webb
Aug 26, 2021
Freddie Webb, 69, of Highlands passed away Thursday, August 26, 2021. He was born August 26, 1952 in Macon County to the late Richard Webb and Doris Gibson Webb. Freddie worked for Highlands Country Club for 38 years in the maintenance department. He was a wonderful carpenter and in his spare time would saw lumber. Playing corn hole, fishing...
Marigold Eleanor Neely
Aug 22, 2021
Marigold Eleanor Neely was born on February 7, 2021 and passed into the eternal loving arms of Jesus on August 22, 2021. At six and a half months old, she was often the embodiment of the famous Shakespeare quote, “Though she be but little, she is fierce!” Born with underdeveloped lungs, Marigold showed us what a fighting spirit looks...
Catherine Kay (Happoldt) Smith
Aug 22, 2021
CATHARINE (KAY) HAPPOLDT SMITH
On Sunday August 22, Kay Happoldt Smith was called home after battling ovarian cancer for more than 3 years. She is preceded by her parents, Albert and Mary Happoldt, her brother Albert Happoldt Jr. and her sister Marylou Happoldt Jackson. Kay was born in Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA in 1940 and graduated...
Melissa Gibney
Aug 17, 2021
Melissa Gibney, 53 of Franklin passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021. No services are planned. Bryant-Grant Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Gibney family. Online condolences can be made at www.bryantgrantfuneralhome.com
Joseph Scott Vinson
Aug 16, 2021
Joseph Scott Vinson,61, of Franklin, N.C., passed away on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Scott was born on March 17, 1960, in Dayton, Ohio to Joseph and Nancy Vinson. Scott was a loving husband and father. He was preceded in death by his wife Patricia Anne Vinson who passed away on February 27, 2021, and father, Joseph Forest. Scott worked...
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