Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Leo Bennette Huckabee, Iii
Sep 25, 2020
Highlands, NC – Leo Bennette Huckabee, III, age 77, of Highlands, NC, passed away on Friday, September 25, 2020. Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Memorial Services for Leo will be held at a later date. The family requests, that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Highlands United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1959, Highlands, NC 28741...
Anne (Talley) Chastain
Sep 24, 2020
Anne Talley Chastain, 84 of Highlands passed away Thursday, September 24, 2020. She was born January 1, 1936 in Macon County, NC to the late Lester Talley and Amanda Miller Talley. Anne was known for her great cooking and baking at Mountain Fresh Grocery where she worked for many years. She founded the Highlands Emergency Council and volunteered countless...
William Cary Vanhook
Sep 22, 2020
William Cary (Bill) VanHook, 83 of Palm Bay, FL passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at his home in Palm Bay, FL. Bill was born September 13, 1937 in Franklin, NC to the late Cecil VanHook and Addie Ledbetter VanHook. Bill retired as a Master Sergeant from the United States Marine Corp. with 22 years of service. He later...
Louise Alice (Carpenter) Spier
Sep 22, 2020
Louise Alice Spier, 88 of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, September22, 2020. Louise was born September 19, 1932 in Allegany County, New York to the late Hazen Carpenter and Ellen Whitney Carpenter. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Cornerstone Presbyterian Church.
Louise is survived by her husband of 67 years, Fred Spier; two daughters,...
N. Jean Welch
Sep 16, 2020
Norma Jean Welch (Jean), 84, passed away on September 16, 2020 at her home in Franklin, North Carolina. Ms. Welch was retired from an extensive career as band director for the band and music program at Franklin High School. She is loved, admired and missed by the many hundreds of students who were part of music education and marching...
Porter Duncan
Sep 14, 2020
Porter Coy Duncan, 96, of Franklin, N.C. died peacefully at home Monday, September 14, 2020.
Born in Clayton, NC on June 23rd, 1924 (son of Wilbur Duncan and Leona Patton Duncan), Porter lived in Franklin for most of his adult life.
Disqualified from active service in WW II, due to eyesight problems, he served in...
William "Bill" Furman Collins
Sep 12, 2020
William “Bill” Furman Collins, 74, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2020 surrounded by family and loved ones. Bill was born in Macon County on August 10, 1946 to the late G.H. Gibson and Helen Shepherd Gibson. He was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. Bill worked as a supervisor at the Macon County Landfill until his retirement. He also...
Lawrence "Larry" Owens
Sep 10, 2020
Lawrence “Larry” Owens, 63, of Franklin, NC was called home to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, September 10, 2020. He was born in Miami, Fl. and moved to Franklin 25 years ago. Some may remember him as the tall skinny dude who would walk into town each day, coffee in one hand and a...
Karen (Orpen) Verran
Sep 8, 2020
Karen Orpen Verran, Franklin, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at her home. Karen was born October 13, 1957 in Jamestown, PA to the late Paul Orpen, Sr. and Olive Stange Orpen. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, loved animals, gardening and arts and crafts.
Karen is survived by her husband Robert Verran; a son,...
Pearle Rogers Lambert
Aug 31, 2020
A Pillar of our Highlands community was sadly lost on Monday, August 31, 2020, when Pearle Rogers Lambert passed away. She had spent more than 100 years making this world a better place and will be deeply missed by her family, friends and all who knew her. Pearle was born in Scaly Mountain on November 14, 1919, to the...
Uwe Edward Haarhoff
Aug 25, 2020
UWE Edward Haarhoff, 83, of Scaly Mountain, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2020. He was born July 19, 1937 in Hamburg, Germany to the late Clements and Elisabeth Haarhoff.
Mr. Haarhoff went into business at the age of 19 as a hairdresser in Braunschweig, Germany. He served the German Royal families, and many royalty in Europe. ...
Herbert E Church, Jr.
Aug 17, 2020
Herbert E. Church, Jr. of Pittsboro, NC passed away on Monday, August 17, 2020 at age 99. “Ebb” as his friends called him was born in Nashville, TN on December 13, 1920. His parents were Herbert Church, Sr., and Eunice Hill Church. Ebb is preceded in death by his wife Dorothea in 2008, who he met and married in...
Natalie Bucki
Aug 17, 2020
Franklin, NC
Natalie Bucki, 94, passed away Monday, August 17, 2020, after a life filled with painting, travel, and good people. Of her painting, she said “My desire when painting is to create a space with light and color and to invite the viewer to enter. I no longer paint on location, preferring to take my own...
Bob Holbrooks
Aug 12, 2020
Mr. Bob Holbrooks, 89, passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Mr. Holbrooks was born in Macon County, NC on August 25, 1930 to the late Jessie Sloan Holbrooks and Beedie Icenhower Holbrooks.
Mr. Bob was a master of all trades and he worked very hard for his family. He loved to build things, mow grass, hunt, and...
Louise (Guffey) Vanhook
Aug 12, 2020
Louise Guffey Vanhook, 90, of Franklin passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Louise was born September 30, 1929 in Macon County, NC to the late Norman Guffey and Dlena Mashburn Guffey. Mrs. Vanhook was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. In her early years, Louise was very involved in the homemakers club, she always grew a garden, and...
Charles Madison Morgan
Aug 11, 2020
It is with great sadness that we announce Mr. Charles Morgan, 62, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2020. He was born in Franklin, NC to the late Francis Jane Cope Morgan. Charlie spent most of his life in Darrington, Wa. He worked for Summit Timber/Hampton as a Millwright in Darrington, Wa. He was a hard worker and loved his...
Edith E. Vanderwerp
Aug 6, 2020
Edith Emily (DeKraker) Vanderwerp Edith died on August 6, 2020 at Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Franklin, North Carolina. She was born on August 24, 1923 to Peter DeKraker and Gertrude (Douma) DeKraker in Holland, Michigan. In high school she participated in Dutch dances during the annual Tulip Festival. She graduated from Holland High School in June...
John Francis Rieckelman
Aug 5, 2020
John Francis Rieckelman left this world on August 5 after spending his final days in his beloved mountains of North Carolina.
John was born in Buffalo New York on December 17, 1935. After spending several years at Syracuse University, he joined his father in business and in 1958 started a branch in Canada that became highly successful. ...
Eloise (Buchanan) Crane
Aug 1, 2020
Mrs. Eloise Buchanan Crane, 86, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, August 1, 2020. Mrs. Crane was born March 20, 1934 in Jackson, Co. NC to the late Dan Buchanan and the late Minnie Gregory Buchanan. She was married to the late Carlton Crane who preceded her in 2002. She worked and retired from Burlington Industries and...
Margaret Lucille (Thomas) Chancey
Aug 1, 2020
Mrs. Margaret Lucille Thomas Chancey, 87, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2020. Mrs. Chancey was born May 30, 1933 to the late J.C. Thomas and Auther Barfield Thomas. She was married to the late Bennie Chancey who preceded her. She worked and retired from Honeywell in Tampa, FL. making space parts for NASA Space program. Mrs. Margaret loved gardening,...
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