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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Jul 20, 2021

James Mitchell Brown, 72, of Highlands, NC and Coral Springs, Fl. passed away July 20, 2021. James was born in California on September 28, 1948, to the late Maurice Brown and Helen O’Connell Brown.

James is survived by his wife of 50 years, Linda Arbuthnot Brown; children, Courtney McConnell (Nathan) and Lauren Blake (Paul); grandchildren, Shanley, Faith,...

Jul 18, 2021

Janet Louise Riker Eve, age 90, passed away on July 18, 2021. She was born August 21, 1930, to Thaddeus Weed Riker and Fannie Rhea Preston, both college professors. During her third year at University of Texas, while studying fine art, Jan met and later married Philip Henry Eve, Jr. They moved around the southeast, had four children, and...

Jul 17, 2021

Mr. Heinz Ludwig Bressel, 93, passed away Saturday, July 17, 2021. Mr. Bressel was born April 20, 1928 in Hamburg, Germany. He lived in Franklin for the past 29 years. He worked and retired in the manufacturing of jewelry. He was also an assistant curator at the Franklin Gem and Mineral Museum.

Survivors include his son, Raymond...

Jul 16, 2021

Martha Sam Gibson Jamison, 72, went home to be with the Lord Friday, July 16, 2021. Martha Sam was born in Macon County, NC on November 8, 1948, to the late Sam Gibson and Mary Jo Fulbright Gibson. She was a graduate of the Franklin High School Class of 1967 and earned a BSED degree in 1971 from Western...

Jul 14, 2021

CAYE, DOROTHY (Dottie) GODWIN passed away peacefully on July 14, 2021, surrounded by her family after a short illness.

Her beloved husband of 59 years, Charles G. (Peter) Caye Sr., preceded her in death, as did her father, William Morris Godwin, and her mother, Puella Hudson Godwin.

Dottie was a native of Atlanta, Georgia, but...