Nov 28, 2014

Jerry, Kathryn and Rose Marie Cannon

Hart County GA - Jerry Russell Cannon, 48, Kathryn Marie (Brendle) Cannon, 32, and Rose Marie Cannon, 5, of Canon, died Friday, November 28, 2014.

Jerry was born October 30, 1966, in Royston, the son of Louise (McGill) Cannon and the late James Cannon. Kathryn was born April 14, 1982, in...

Nov 27, 2014

Alvin Ralph Allison

Charleston, SC & Hayesville, NC - Alvin Ralph Allison, age 60, of Charleston, SC formerly of Hayesville, NC passed away Thursday, November 27 at a Charleston hospital. He was born in Towns County, GA, the son of Betty Allison Wheeler and the late Ralph Allison. He was known for his loving, kind nature and...

Nov 27, 2014

Daniel Walter- Chance Johnson

Franklin, NC - Daniel Walter- Chance Johnson, 34, of Franklin passed away Thursday, November 27, 2014. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of Judie Phillips Johnson of Franklin and the late Danny Johnson. He was self-employed as a roofer and carpenter. He was a loving father and grandfather who loved his family. He...

Nov 27, 2014

J. David Smith

McAllen, TX - J. David Smith, age 55, of McAllen, TX passed away Thursday, November 27, 2014.

He was raised in Greenville, SC, the son of the late James D. and Judy Raines Smith. He received a Bachelors of Music degree from Furman University and a Masters degree from the University of Southern Mississippi....

Nov 26, 2014

Arther Herbert Doughty

Franklin, NC - Arther Herbert Doughty, age 74, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at a Sylva Hospital. He was born in Linneus, Missouri, the son of the late George D. and Sadie M. Wallen Doughty. He was a contactor, he liked to golf and was a member of the Franklins Men's golf...

Nov 24, 2014

Leonard Dwight Lord, Sr.

Glenville, NC - Our Dad, Leonard Dwight Lord, Sr., ( L.D.) passed away unexpectedly on Monday, November 24, 2014, surrounded by his lovely mountains. His family is saddened with grief.

L.D. was born in St. Augustine, Florida March 26, 1928. He is survived by his wife Virginia, who he loved for 67 years,...

Nov 23, 2014

Bernice Elizabeth Ledford McDowell

Franklin - Bernice Elizabeth Ledford McDowell, 82, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, November 23, 2014. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Spurgeon Theodore and Maybelle Burton Ledford. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank McDowell, Jr.

Mrs. McDowell was a member of Union United Methodist...

Nov 20, 2014

Jane P. Lewis

Highlands -Jane P. Lewis, 88 of Highlands passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014 in a Highlands Hospital. She was born in Bibb County, GA October 19th, 1926. She was preceded in death by her mother, Sarah Ann Parks. She was a member of Athens United Methodist Church in Athens, GA where she had served as secretery....

Nov 20, 2014

Arvina J. Hedden

Naples, FL & Franklin, NC - Arvina J. Hedden, age 92, of Naples, FL. formerly of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Frank and Rosella Holland Moss. She was married to Cleatus Sylvester Hedden who passed away May 13, 2011. She was a...

Nov 17, 2014

Joseph Henry Cabe

Franklin, NC - Joseph Henry Cabe, 71, of Franklin passed away Monday, November 17, 2014. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Ralph and Rosalee Dills Cabe. He was a retired welder in Newport News Shipyard; he liked farming; was a Harley Davidson enthusiast and loved riding and racing Harleys and was...

Nov 16, 2014

Carla Lynne Sample

Franklin - Carla Lynne Sample. Age 51, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2014 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. She was born on December 26, 1962 in Sarasota, FL, where she spent the majority of her life. In 2006, she decided to settle in Franklin, NC. Carla enjoyed the sunshine, was very fond of the...

Nov 16, 2014

Shirley Ann Melling

Franklin, NC - Shirley Ann Melling, age 79, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, November 16, 2014. She was born in Tampa, Fl. She was married to the late Barry Melling. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her daughter, Dawn Spath of Tallahassee, FL and her son, Robert Paul Connor, III of Ypsilati, MI....

Nov 14, 2014

Naomi Elliott Childers

Duluth, GA - Naomi Elliott Childers, age 78, of Duluth, GA, formerly of Franklin, NC, died peacefully on Friday, November 14, 2014 after a long period of declining health.

She was a native of Macon County, a daughter of the late Fred and Oma Hall Elliott. She was a 1954 graduate of Franklin High...

Nov 13, 2014

Onna Aurora Dempsey

Franklin - Onna Aurora Dempsey, infant daughter of Erica St Laurent and Andrew P. Dempsey passed away Thursday, November 13, 2014. Surviving in addition to the parents are two brothers, Kameron and Ashton Dempsey, one half sister, Kiara Dempsey; one half brother, Jeremiah Dempsey; maternal grandmother, Christy Burns, and paternal grandparents, Patrick and Tammie Dempsey.

Nov 8, 2014

Annette Dalrymple Moore

Franklin, NC - Annette Dalrymple Moore, age 78, of McDonough, GA, passed away Saturday, November 8, 2014. She was born in Macon County, NC, the daughter of the late William and Blanche Martin Dalrymple. She was married to L. A. Moore, who died in 1987. She was a homemaker and a loving mother and grandmother and...

Nov 6, 2014

Gabriel Lucas Bates/Higgins

Franklin - Gabriel Lucas Bates/Higgins, infant son of Nick Higgins and Amber Lyn Bates passed away Thursday, November 6, 2014 in a Charlotte hospital.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his maternal grandparents, James and Cathy Bates, and a half brother, Jude Higgins all of Franklin. Graveside services will be held...

Nov 3, 2014

Ann Carolyn O'Cain Bischoff

FranklinLake County FL - Ann Carolyn O'Cain Bischoff died peacefully in Lake County, Florida November 3, 2014 at the age of 76. Ann was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Margurite Eltonhead Lockton and William F. O'Cain, II. She moved to Orlando, Florida in 1948 and lived in the Conway area. She was a member of...

Nov 3, 2014

Michael Hardin Shuler

Franklin, NC - Michael Hardin Shuler, age 51 of Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, November 3, 2014. He was born in Neurenburg, Germany, the son of Ray Shuler of Lawton, Oklahoma and Betty Gribble Acord of Franklin, NC. He worked for Orkin Exterminator for fifteen years. He was a graduate of Franklin High School, and a...

Nov 2, 2014

Bessie Mae Taylor Gregory

Franklin, NC -Bessie Mae Taylor Gregory, 82, of Franklin, passed away November 2nd, 2014. Born March 18, 1932 in the Mountain Grove Community of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late James Edly and Annie Young Taylor, both of Franklin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband...

Nov 1, 2014

Jack L. Mattox

Cullowhee, NC - Jack L. Mattox died at his home on Sunday, 23 Nov 2014 of a suspected heart attack. He was a decorated veteran of the Viet Nam war, a welder in the steel mills in St Louis, and recently retired from Cimmaron Homes of Highlands, North Carolina. He attended Pine Creek Baptist Church and...