Jessie Zachary Manley

Mar 5, 2022

Jessie Zachary Manley, 84 of Highlands, NC gained her heavenly wings Saturday, March 5, 2022. The last 40 years she has enjoyed being a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church; she loved camping, having family gatherings, working in her flower gardens and loved to travel. She and her husband...

Margaret Ann Childers

Mar 2, 2022

Margaret Ann Childers, 69, passed away Wednesday March 2, 2022 surrounded by her family at Harris Regional Medical Center. She was born May 11, 1952 in Salem County, New Jersey to the late James Tooley and Margaret Pancoast Tooley. Margaret worked at Cashiers Plastic and Ingles Deli until her retirement. She liked watching game shows and Lifetime tv. She...

Ruth (Lequire) Wooten

Mar 2, 2022

Ruth Lequire Wooten, 90, of Franklin, passed away March 2, 2022.  Born in Swain County and later relocating to Franklin due to the construction of Fontana Dam, she was the daughter of the late William Henderson Lequire and Martha Emaline Taylor Lequire.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Rev....

James Brownlow Mccoy

Feb 27, 2022

James Brownlow McCoy, age 76, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022. Born in Murphy, NC on August 25, 1945, he was the son of the late Billy and Betty McCoy. James was a Vietnam War Veteran serving in the United States Air Force. He was a business man who owned several businesses around town. He enjoyed listening...

Arthur "Art" Mclellan

Feb 24, 2022

Arthur “Art” McLellan, 79, of Franklin passed away Thursday February 24, 2022. Born in Boston Massachusetts to the late Arthur and Grace McLellan.

Art is survived by his wife of 52 years, Barbara McLellan; a sister, Geraldine Kaptur of Ft. Lauderdale, FL.; two granddaughters, Sarah Shillingford of Kissimmee, FL. and Haley Elizabeth Ostrander of St. Augustine, FL.;...

Selma Ann (Roane) Ledford

Feb 22, 2022

On February 22, 2022, Selma Ann Roane Ledford went to heaven to once again be with her mother and husband. She was born in 1934 in Macon County to Zebulon Roane and Ivy Lee Waldroup Roane. She lived her early years in the Jones Creek area of Macon County among a large extended family.  She married William Edward Ledford,...

Annie (Scott) Angel

Feb 19, 2022

Annie Ray Scott Angel, 84, of Franklin, NC passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2022.

Born on October 15, 1937, in Macon County she is the daughter of the late Wiley and Louise Scott. Annie Ray worked for Belden Corporation for 35 years where she retired. She was a charter member of East Franklin Baptist Church where...

Robert Craig Hoffman

Feb 16, 2022

Robert Craig Hoffman, 54, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is assisting the Hoffman family.

Eddie "Mr. Ed" Floyd

Feb 14, 2022

Eddie Joe Floyd, 77, of Franklin, NC passed away on February 14, 2022.

Known to many as Mr. Ed, he was born on July 25, 1944. Eddie was a manager of Pizza King and Pizza Hut where he was honored as top store in the United States in 1972. He moved to Otto in 1997, after retiring...

Doris Evelyn Hodgins

Feb 12, 2022

Doris Evelyn Sanders Hodgins, 81, of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, February 12, 2022.  She was born August 8, 1940 in Macon County, NC, the daughter of the late Ernest and Bertha Watts Sanders.  Mrs. Hodgins was a hard worker, she had worked at Belden, and as a nurse and caregiver for several nursing homes.  She liked to work...

Henry Coleman Mcmahan

Feb 10, 2022

Henry Coleman McMahan, 75, passed away Thursday February 10, 2022. He was born January 5, 1947, to the late Tim McMahan and Pauline Waldroop McMahan. Henry was born and raised in Macon County. He enjoyed being outside feeding the birds and chickens. He worked and retired with Franklin Sheet Metal for 26 years. He was a member of the...

Kathleen (Farrell) Hughes

Feb 7, 2022

KATHLEEN FARRELL HUGHES, 84, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON FEBRUARY 7, 2022. KATHY WAS BORN IN EASTCHESTER, NEW YORK. SHE ATTENDED MARYMOUNT COLLEGE AND MARRIED HER SOUL MATE, EDWIN JOHN HUGHES IN LARCHMONT, NEW YORK ON JUNE 28,1958. THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL AND LOVING MARRIAGE FOR 57 YEARS. KATHY AND ED MOVED TO ATLANTA, GA IN 1961WHERE THEY BEGAN RAISING...

Steve Howard Miller

Feb 7, 2022

Steve Howard Miller, age 71, of Franklin, NC passed away on Monday, February 7, 2022.

Born on July 4, 1950, in Macon County, he is the son of the late Dover and Frankie (Tallent) Miller. Steve’s early passion in life was baseball. He played for the first Franklin Panthers baseball team. After graduating, he enlisted in the...

Jane Marie (Collins) Moon

Feb 1, 2022

Jane Marie Collins Moon, 96, of Franklin, North Carolina, passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2022.  She was born August 11, 1925, in Oneida, New York, the daughter of the late Webster and Irene Eckhard Collins. Mrs. Moon was a finance director for the Osceola County Department of Aging and was of the Methodist faith.  Jane loved to collect antiques...

Barbara Ellen (Hoffner) Artman

Feb 1, 2022

Barbara Ellen Hoffner Artman, 92, a resident at Fidelia Eckerd Living Center passed away peacefully February 1, 2022, with her loving niece Lorraine Missel Hamilton and husband Greg Hamilton at her side.

Born on January 13, 1930, to Floyd and H. Elsie (Spraggon) Hoffner in Streator, IL. Barbara and her former husband Floyd Artman moved to Delaware,...

Leslie Paul Mcdonald

Jan 31, 2022

Leslie Paul McDonald, 78, of Sylva, NC, passed away Monday, January 31, 2022.  He was born June 5, 1943 in Haywood County, NC to the late Leslie A. and Velda Cornelia Haney McDonald.  Mr. McDonald worked for BASF Corporation a Research and Development Company.  He was a veteran of the US Navy and a Baptist by faith.  He liked...

Charlie "Junior" Henderson Barnes, Jr.

Jan 30, 2022

Mr. Charlie Henderson "Junior" Barnes, Jr., 96, passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022 in Seneca, SC. He was born July 13, 1925 in Oconee, Co. SC to the late Charlie H. Barnes, Sr. and Effie Miller Barnes. He was married to Lucille Houston Barnes who preceded him in 1989. Mr. Junior Barnes was a farmer and worked and retired...

James Dean Johnson

Jan 27, 2022

James Dean Johnson, age 74, a resident of Highlands, NC and Savannah, GA, died January 27, 2022.  He passed away peacefully at his home in Highlands with his wife, Shirley Merchant Johnson, and his sister-in-law, Mary Darwin Johnson, at his side.

Jim’s parents, Mel Johnson and Irene Swenson Johnson were in California when Jim was born.  They...

Kathryn (Chastain) Forrester

Jan 27, 2022

Mrs. Kathryn Chastain Forrester, 74, of Highlands passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022.

Mrs. Forrester was born November 11, 1947 in Rabun County, Ga to the late Rob Chastain and Eileen Prince Chastain. She worked and retired from Cashiers Plastic after 31 years of service. She was of the Methodist faith. She loved her family and she...

Betty Catherine Duvall

Jan 23, 2022

Betty Catherine Duvall, age 86, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022.

Born on June 11, 1935, in Macon County she was the daughter of the late Walter and Dessie Pickens Tippett. Betty held different jobs over the years, she worked at Wal-Mart for 21, Sky City for 17 and Burlington Industries for 10 years. She...