Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
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...
Charles "Chuck" K. Hammock
Aug 7, 2021
Charles "Chuck" K. Hammock, Jr. died at the age of 81 in Highlands, NC on August 7, 2021.
He was born in Glennville, GA on November 1, 1939, and lived most of his adult life in Atlanta, GA before retiring to Highlands, NC. Chuck graduated from Georgia Tech as a civil engineer, and he worked for the...
Sandra (Holder) Reece
Aug 6, 2021
Sandra Holder Reece, 61, of Clyde, NC, passed away Friday, August 6, 2021. She was born in Haywood County, December 27, 1959, to the late William Carol Holder and Virginia Fincher Holder. Sandra had worked at Ingles Supermarket in Waynesville and at Franklin Ingles on the Georgia Road. She loved cooking, going to the beach, planting her garden and...
Evelyn Faye "Maw" (Carpenter) Dills
Aug 3, 2021
Evelyn Faye Carpenter Hastings Dills “Maw”, age 89 of Franklin, passed away on Tuesday, August 3, 2021.
Born in Franklin, North Carolina on July 23, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Omega Carpenter. Evelyn was a woman of faith and she was a life-long member of Tessentee Baptist Church.
Surviving are...
Judith (Evans) Houston
Jul 27, 2021
Judith Evans Houston, 77, of Franklin, NC, passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Judith was born July 19,1944 in Macon County, NC, to the late C. J. Evans, Jr. and Margie Stanfield Evans. She was retired from the Macon County School System and was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church where she helped in the nursery. She loved...
Lawrence Lee Hawley
Jul 25, 2021
Lawrence Lee Hawley, 84, passed away Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Highlands, North Carolina after several years of declining health. Larry was born November 9, 1936, in Hot Springs, Arkansas to the late Norman R Hawley and Margaret Steckle Hawley. An Eagle Scout, he was a 1955 graduate of Cordele High School in Cordele, Georgia where he ran track....
Maethel Elaine (Deeg) Shindelman
Jul 24, 2021
Maethel Elaine Deeg Shindelman, 95, long-time resident and community volunteer of Macon County started her voyage into eternity on July 24, 2021. Born the only child of Arthur and Ida Deeg on November 11, 1925, in St. Paul, MN, Maethel was a precocious child, skipping two grades and entering the University of Minnesota at age 16. Her fascination about...
James Norman Houston Jr.
Jul 24, 2021
James Norman Houston Jr., 93, of Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, July 24, 2021.
He is the son of the late James Norman and Ella Avery Houston. James retired from General Motors.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Marie Darragh and Dorothy Cox; one brother James Taylor Houston.
James is survived...
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