Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Bruce Franklin Thompson
Dec 31, 2015
Bruce Franklin Thompson, 86, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015. Mr. Thompson was born September 6, 1929 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to the late John and Eva Cusick Thompson. Bruce retired from Frances Brewster Clothing Company in Palm Beach, Fl. before moving to Highlands where he loved to paint and enjoy mountain life.
Survivors include his wife...
Robert Newton Biddle
Dec 26, 2015
Robert Newton Biddle, age 80, of Franklin passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015. He was born in Knoxville, TN, the son of the late Roy and Lucy Williams Biddle. He was a graphic designer for Daniels Graphics in Asheville and liked to sketch art. He also did yard work and landscaping and was a US Army Veteran.
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Betty Jean (Tallent) Cloninger
Dec 24, 2015
Betty Jean Tallent Cloninger was she given the most precious Christmas gift when was welcomed into the arms of her Lord and Savior on December 24, 2015.
Betty was born January 7, 1932 to the late Marion Edward Tallent and Tally Roper Tallent Stewart in Macon County, NC.
She is preceded in death by her...
Wilda Virginia (Albright) Dick
Dec 23, 2015
Wilda Virginia Albright Dick of Highlands, died Wednesday, December 23, 2015.Mrs. Dick was born August 27, 1920, in Pittsburgh, PA.She was the daughter of John and Mildred Albright and was raised in the Pittsburgh area, and attended school there.She was predeceased by her husband, Howard Geyer (Skee) Dick, son, Howard J. Dick, and sister, Edith Albright Bottles.Mrs. Dick lived...
Annie Louise Mcfalls
Dec 21, 2015
Dateline:Â Bryson City, NC
Annie Louise Cline McFalls, 79, of Bryson City passed away Monday, December 21, 2015. Born in Swain County, she was the daughter of the late George and Pearl Wiggins Cline. She had worked at Tuckasegee Mill as an inspector. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who enjoyed keeping her grandchildren, painting...
Michael John Blauer
Dec 16, 2015
Michael John Blauer passed away unexpectedly from natural causes on December 16, 2015 at his home in Highlands, NC. Mike was born in Jacksonville, Florida on March 8, 1952 to the late John and Laura Blauer. He graduated from Wolfson High School in 1970. Mike spent a quarter of a century as a bookstore owner in Jacksonville and became...
Alice (Ledbetter) Southard
Dec 15, 2015
Alice Ledbetter Southard, 96, of Franklin passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2015 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Harley and Essie Carpenter Ledbetter. She was married to Dillard Southard who preceded her in death in 2006.
Mrs. Southard loved to cook "good stuff"; collect red birds and...
Mary Elizabeth (Butts) Bucknell
Dec 15, 2015
Mary E. Robinson Bucknell, 89, of Franklin, passed away at her home on December 15, 2015. Mary was born Mary Elizabeth Butts in Newport News, Virginia, on September 20, 1926, to the late Alexander and Margaret Herrington Butts. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Frederick Anthony Bucknell, and her brother, Edwin Fulcher, formerly of...
Charles Holt Davis
Dec 14, 2015
Charles Holt Davis, age 102, of Otto, NC, passed away Monday, December 14, 2015. He was born in Jackson County, NC, the son of the late David Robert Davis and Mary Duke Patton Davis. He was preceded in death by his first wife of 57 years, Thelma Holt Davis and also by his second wife, Sarah Ethel Talley Davis. ...
Hattie Lorena (Slagle) Shope
Dec 12, 2015
Mrs. Hattie Lorena Slagle Shope, 102, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Shope was born July 27, 1913 in Macon County to the late A.B. Slagle and Adelaide Slagle. She was the widow of the late Jess Edgar Shope who preceded her. Ms. Hattie was a loving homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother, and aunt; She was...
Diane Helen Chapman
Dec 11, 2015
Diane Helen Chapman, 59, passed away Friday, December 11, 2015 in Asheville, NC.
Diane was born March 4, 1956 in Birmingham, Vermont. She worked as a CNA for many years.
Survivors include her mother, Kate (Kittie) Tayes of Summerfield , FL; a son, Ellis Chapman and his wife, Ellen Chapman of Bermerton, WA; a granddaughter,...
Joshua Caleb Nixon
Dec 11, 2015
Joshua Caleb Nixon, 18, of Otto, NC went to be with the Lord Jesus on December 11th, 2015. He is survived by his parents Michael and Robin Giaimo, and sisters, Melody Rochford and Jessica Haavisto. Joshua was especially close to his cousins, Clay and Analeigh. He leaves behind many extended family members.
Joshua attended Trinity Assembly of...
Joseph William Fennell
Dec 7, 2015
Joseph William Fennell, 76, of Tequesta, FL and Franklin, NC passed away Monday, December 7, 2015.
Born in Miami, FL, he was the son of the late Joseph L. Fennell and Margaret B. Fennell. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, first with the Seabees and then on a submarine, the USS Sea Poacher.  Joe’s...
Cleamon Levon Moffitt
Dec 6, 2015
Cleamon Levon Moffitt, age 64, of Cashiers, NC, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015. He was born in Jackson County, the son of the late Finley Josiah Moffitt and Vylena McCall Moffitt. He was a self‑employed contractor and a member of Cashiers Church of God.
He is survived by one daughter, Laura Dodson and her husband, Jeremy...
Robert Earl Brewer
Dec 4, 2015
Robert Earl Brewer, 59, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, December 4, 2015. He was born in Detroit, MI, the son of Bernard and Gladys Brewer. He was a resident of Macon County for 6 years and was employed in the tool and dye manufacturing industry. He loved to fish, loved the mountains and loved his dog.
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Mary (Henson) Cagle
Dec 4, 2015
Mary Henson Cagle, 96, of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, December 4, 2015 in an Asheville hospital. Born in Clay County, she was the daughter of the late Homer and Virginia Fuller Henson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Garrison.
Mrs. Cagle was employed as an inspector for Burlington Industries, Belden Electric Cord and...
Ralph William Deville
Nov 28, 2015
Ralph William deVille, 84, of Highlands, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2015.
Born in Miami and graduated from Miami High, he received his Master’s in Ceramic Engineering from Ohio State University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
He served in the United States Air Force, and while on leave, he traveled to Japan....
James William Callahan
Nov 27, 2015
Franklin, NC- Mr. James William Callahan, 79, passed away Friday, November 27, 2015, in Franklin. Mr. Callahan was born February 2, 1936, in Guilford County, NC to the late James Tyson and Alcie M. Britt Callahan. He graduated from Jamestown High School class of 1954 and he earned a Bachelor’s Degree  from Western Carolina University, graduating in...
Lucille Mary (Melcher) Erb
Nov 24, 2015
Lucille Mary Erb, 85, of Franklin passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2015. Born in Allentown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Bennett A. and Margaret Witman Melcher. She served as secretary for the city of Boca Raton; was a member of Smokey Mountain Quilters and was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.
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