May 6, 2015

Paul William Cabe, of 716 Meadowbrook Road, Kings Mountain, NC passed away at home Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Paul was born in Franklin, North Carolina, on January 16, 1944. Paul was a graduate of Western Carolina University where he served as student body president and was a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. He later completed a master’s degree...

May 5, 2015

Vernon Douglas Brown, 91, of Highlands, NC passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Born in Mobile, AL, he was the son of the late Peter James and Mamie Carrie Lott Brown.

He was a convenience store manager and was a veteran of the US Navy.  He was a member of Highlands First Baptist Church where he was...

Apr 23, 2015

Frank Harris Holloway, Jr.

Highlands, NC - Frank Harris Holloway, Jr., 91, of Highlands, NC passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015. Born in Ocala, FL, he was the son of the late Frank Harris and Gladys Brooks Holloway. He was married for 59 years to Hattie Tyler Holloway, who preceded him in death.

Mr. Holloway...

Apr 22, 2015

Robert Terry Shields

Franklin, NC - Robert Terry Shields, age 69, of Franklin, NC, passed away, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. He was born in Macon County, the son of the late James Garland Shields and Ila Mae Gray Shields. He had worked as a proof finisher for a Chemical Plant for twenty two years and at Tekton...

Apr 18, 2015

Franklin - Mr. Kenneth L. Sherman Jr., age 84, died from Respiratory Failure Saturday, 18 Apr 2015 at Charles George VA Medical Center, Asheville, NC. Had had been suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Mr. Sherman is survived by a wife, Sieglinde, three children: Mark Sherman, Kevin Sherman, and Eileen Locke. He also leaves behind four...

Apr 17, 2015

Vera Rogers

Franklin, NC - Vera Rogers, of Franklin passed away peacefully Friday, April 17th, with her son Jim and his wife Pam by her side. Mom, grandma, great grandma, and farmer to the end, Vera and her late husband Carlos continued the family's farming tradition that began in Macon County in 1849. Through the years as...

Apr 16, 2015

Charlotte Hook Baker

Franklin, NC - Charlotte Hook Baker, age 71, of Franklin, NC, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2015. She was born in Washington DC, the daughter of the late Charles Wallace Hook and Clarissa Waple Hook. She had worked in a clerical position for the US Government, and was of the Catholic Faith. In addition to her...

Apr 16, 2015

William Henry “Bill” Aaron, Jr.

Highlands, NC- William Henry "Bill" Aaron, Jr., 78, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2015. Mr. Aaron was born June 2, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan to the late William Henry Aaron and Evelyn Arnold Aaron. Bill worked in radio for most of his career before coming to Highlands with his wife Nancy to open Southern...

Apr 15, 2015

Virginia "Kimbo" Cleaveland Bryson

Highlands, NC - Virginia "Kimbo" Cleaveland Bryson, age 70, of Highlands, NC, passed away April 15, 2015 at Highlands Cashiers Hospital. She was a native Highlander, where she lived her entire life. She was the daughter of the late George and Louise Beale Cleaveland.

She was employed by the Town of Highlands for...

Apr 13, 2015

Hermie Moffitt Dills

Franklin, NC - Hermie Moffitt Dills, age 93, of Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, April 13, 2015. She was a native of Macon County, daughter of the late Lawrence and Bertha Ledford Moffitt. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.

She is survived by three daughters, Evelyn Clark of Easley,...

Apr 12, 2015

Randall "Randy" J. Solesbee

Franklin, NC - Randall "Randy" J. Solesbee, age 71, of Franklin, NC, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015. He was born in Macon County, the son of the late Ralph and Ruth Younce Solesbee.

He is survived by three sisters, Judy Cochran and her husband Russell of Waynesville, NC, JoAnn Styles and her...

Apr 11, 2015

Martha Ingaborg Nordin Barber Wiltcher

Highlands, NC - Martha Ingaborg Nordin Barber Wiltcher, age 100 years, of Highlands, NC, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving children and their spouses on Saturday, April 11, 2015. A resident of the Eckerd Living Center, born December 28, 1914 in Bethlehem, PA to the late Ingaborg Nordin and Fritz Nordin of Sweden....

Apr 9, 2015

Janet Maria Law Holt

Franklin, NC - Janet Maria Law Holt, age 79, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015. She was born in Hudson, NY, the daughter of the late Franklin James and Mary Ana Venditti Law. She was a homemaker and a member of Louisa Chapel of United Methodist Church . She volunteered for Angel...

Apr 6, 2015

Judith Charlene Awtrey

Franklin, NC - Judith Charlene Awtrey, 58, of Franklin passed away Monday, April 6, 2015. Born in Columbus, OH, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Edna McCumber Marks. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who loved to read and write poetry.

Mrs. Awtrey is survived by her...

Apr 6, 2015

Sylvia Freda Conn Leousis

Highlands, NC - Leousis, Sylvia Freda Conn, 89, died Monday, April 6, after a brief illness. Sylvia was born in Athens, Alabama, to Will and Dell Conn, but spent most of her adult life in St. Petersburg, Florida. After the Second World War, she married the love of her life, Peter Leousis, and they had...

Apr 5, 2015

Andrew Jackson Picklesimer

Highlands, NC - Andrew Jackson Picklesimer, 63, of Highlands passed away Sunday, April 5, 2015. Born in Macon Co., he was the son of the late Alfred and Katherine Talley Picklesimer. He was a supervisor at Macon County's recycling center. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather who loved hunting and fishing. He was a...

Apr 4, 2015

Rebekah R. May

Franklin - Rebekah Ray May, age 103, of Nantahala formerly of Franklin, passed away in the exact place she was born. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late James Robert and Virginia Adaline Wild Ray. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clint May who died in 1952....

Apr 4, 2015

Ester Mae Bates Williams

Franklin, NC - Ester Mae Bates Williams, age 76, of Franklin, NC, passed away April 4, 2015. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Mack and Dicey Stiwinter Bates. She was married to the late Woodrow Williams. She had worked as a machine operator in a cotton mill and...

Apr 2, 2015

Otis Lafayette Dallas, Sr.

Hayesville, NC - Otis Lafayette Dallas, Sr., 72, of Hayesville passed away Thursday, April 2, 2015. Born in DeKalb Co., GA, he was the son of Virginia Nicholson Dallas of Decatur, GA and the late Emory L. Dallas. He was a commercial painter.

In addition to his mother he is survived by his...

Mar 31, 2015

Mary Bazan

Highlands, NC - Mary Bazan, age 94, of Highlands, NC passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Fidelia Eckerd Living Center. She was born in New York City, NY, the daughter of Roman and Anastasia Zaharchik. She was loving wife of 35 years to the late Nicolas Bazan. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother....