Dorothy (Raulerson) Ming

Nov 27, 2017

Dorothy Raulerson Ming, 95, of Franklin passed away Monday, November 27, 2017. Born in Okeechobee, FL, she was the daughter of the late Keatley Burt and Martha Scott Raulerson. She was married to Robert Ming who preceded her in death in 1991.

Mrs. Ming was a bookkeeper and she was a member of Faith Primitive Baptist Church...

James Daniel Gibson

Nov 27, 2017

James Daniel Gibson, 82, of Franklin passed away Monday, November 27, 2017. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late James Daniel Gibson and Kate Green Gibson.

Mr. Gibson retired from APAC‑Harrison Construction and loved baseball and shooting pool. He was a veteran of the United States Army and he was a member of...

Betty Sue (Thomas) Talley

Nov 26, 2017

Betty Sue Thomas Talley, 75, of Mountain City, GA passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017. Born in Macon County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Charles Porter and Ethel Moffitt Thomas. She was married to Dennis Atlee Talley who preceded her in death on September 25, 2007.

Mrs. Talley loved to play bingo and fish....

Mary Sue (Stanley) Ledford

Nov 25, 2017

Mary Sue Stanley Ledford, 84, of Franklin passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Monroe and Luna Franks Stanley. She was married to Don Ledford who preceded her in death.

Mrs. Ledford was, along with her husband Don, a local business owner and she loved gardening. She...

Mary Lou Combs

Nov 22, 2017

Mary Lou Liner Combs, passed away on November 22, 2017 at the age of 89. She was born on September 16, 1928 in Franklin, NC, the only child of the late Tressie Russell Liner and Lawrence B. Liner. In addition to her parents, Mary Lou was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Cass, on September 13, 2017, as...

Robert Carver Sears

Nov 18, 2017

Col. Robert Carver “Bob” Sears, USAF (Ret.), died peacefully Nov. 18, 2017, at the age of 101.

The son of Col. Robert and Marguerite Hume Sears, he was born Jan. 23, 1916, in Honolulu, Hawaii, where his father was stationed. During his adolescence, the family lived at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and Bob spent much of his...

Debra Holt

Nov 11, 2017

Debra Holt, age 60, of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2017.  She was born in Suffolk, VA, the daughter of the late William and Caroldine Masengill Sanders.  She had worked as a cashier, and was a loving mother, grandmother, and sister.

She is survived by a daughter, Cindy Walker of Franklin, NC, a son, Danny...

Christian Nelson Frolund

Nov 11, 2017

Christian Nelson Frolund, 81, passed away Nov. 11, 2017, from a massive brain hemorrhage.

A Life Well Spent

Born in Lansing, Michigan, Chris and his younger sister Emily grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, the only son of two Michigan State University graduates, Mary and Nelson Frolund.

He is survived by his wife,...

James Burgess

Nov 11, 2017

James Burgess, age 82, of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2017.  He was born in Macon County, the son of the late Charlie and Carrie Penland Burgess.  Mr. Burgess worked for the Town of Franklin, he liked hunting, fishing, and walking his dog.  He attended New Bethel Baptist Church.  In addition to his parents he was preceded...

Elizabeth S. Densmore

Nov 7, 2017

Elizabeth S. Densmore, 85, died Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Elizabeth was born November 2, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri to the late Louis Edwin Straub and Nellie Hugon Straub. She was married to the late Neal H. Densmore. Elizabeth worked many years in the retail business and was a volunteer for a shelter for battered women of domestic violence....

Anita Louise (Wiberg) Norton

Nov 7, 2017

Anita Louise Wiberg Norton, 71, of Franklin passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Anita was born in Sydney, Australia, the daughter of the late Erik Wiberg of Sweden and Marjorie Watts Wiberg of Australia. Mrs. Norton was a successful business woman. She was an agent in the real estate business, she was one of the original cashiers at the...

Dovie (Moss) Mccall

Nov 1, 2017

Dovie Moss McCall of Highlands went to her heavenly home, Wednesday evening, November 1. She was born in the Buck Creek community of Macon County, October 3, 1913 to the late Frank and Rosella Holland Moss.

Dovie was married to Rev. James Madison McCall who passed away in 1980. She was a housewife and worked as a...

Mary J. (Lopez) Edwards

Oct 30, 2017

Mary J. Edwards (Lopez) 12‑08‑1928 to 10‑30‑17, of Franklin, NC, passed with peace in Margate, FL, and is in heaven with Jesus and her beloved husband, Jack E. Edwards. She spent many years in Franklin, and was active in many organizations over the years that were near to her heart. She led an active life in the community until...

Annie (Lequire) Rogers

Oct 30, 2017

Annie Lequire Rogers, 89, of Franklin passed away Monday, October 30, 2017. Born in Bryson City and later relocating to Franklin due to the construction of Fontana Dam, she was the daughter of the late William Henderson Lequire and Martha Emmaline Taylor Lequire. She was married to Tommy Lee Rogers who preceded her in death.

Mrs. Rogers...

Hazel Bernice (Moses) Stamey

Oct 28, 2017

Hazel Bernice Moses Stamey, 86, passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017.

Mrs.Stamey was born April 20, 1931, in Macon County to the late Lorenze Thomas Moses and Edna Bowman Moses. Hazel was preceded in death by the father of her children Dennis Virgil Stamey in 1957. She married Jay Lloyd Stamey in 1968, and he preceded her...

Joseph "Joe" Paul Miller

Oct 24, 2017

Joseph Paul Miller, 73, went to be with his son on Tuesday, October 24, 2017.

Mr. Miller was born June 16, 1944 in Warwick, Virginia to the late Paul and Mary Miller. Joe worked many years in the automotive industry and was a U.S. Navy Veteran. Joe loved to cook, watch horse racing, NASCAR, and football. He...

Patricia Darlene Mccall

Oct 21, 2017

Highlands, NC

Patricia D. McCall, 71, passed away Saturday, October 21, 2017.

Services will be held at a later date.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the McCall family.

Madge (Owens) Munger

Oct 15, 2017

Dateline: Highlands, NC

Madge Owens Munger, 82, of Highlands passed away on Sunday, October 15, 2017. Born in Rabun County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Hayman Luther and Ethel Miller Owens. She was married for 61 years to Fred Munger who preceded her in death on August 31, 2016.

Mrs. Munger worked...

Mack Ernest Holland

Oct 13, 2017

Mack Ernest Holland, 74, of Cullowhee passed away Friday, October 13, 2017. He was born September 18, 1943 in Jackson County to Harry and Ruth Watson Holland.

Mr. Holland was a builder and he enjoyed hunting and fishing and he loved NASCAR.

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Jessie Holland; sons, Michael Ernest Holland,...

Albert Lemuel Justice

Oct 13, 2017

Albert Lemuel Justice, 73, of Franklin passed away Friday, October 13, 2017. He was born in Macon County, December 5, 1943, to the late Ralph and Ruby Buchanan Justice. He worked in the shipping and receiving department of Burlington Industries and Fruit of the Loom.

Mr. Justice enjoyed gardening and coon hunting and he was a lifetime...