Sep 15, 2014

Claire Janice Eismont Miers

Franklin, NC - Claire Janice Eismont Miers, age 89, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, September 15, 2014. She was born in Cuyahoga, Ohio, the daughter of the late Nicholas M. and Addie Kunkel Eismont. She was married 60 years to Stanley Miers who died in 2006. She was a legal secretary for US Court...

Sep 15, 2014

Miles Gilbert Thompson, Jr.

Highlands, NC - Miles Gilbert Thompson, Jr., 92, of Highlands passed away, Monday, September 15, 2014. Born in Washington Co., PA, he was the son of the late Miles Gilbert and Leah Schekler Thompson. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dixie Rafter Thompson. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving...

Sep 14, 2014

David Lee O’Brien

Franklin, NC - David Lee O'Brien, age 39, of Franklin, NC, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2014. He was born in Jacksonville, FL, the son of Joseph Paul O'Brien, Jr. and Linda Lou Cooper of Franklin, NC. He was a carpenter, he loved music and electronics. He was good at drawing, and was a loving son...

Sep 14, 2014

Zeb Vance Guffie, Sr.

Franklin, NC - Zeb Vance Guffie, Sr., 103, went Home Sunday, September 14 2014. Born in Macon County, December 13, 1910, he was the son of Ed Napoleon and Lily Buchanan Guffey.Zeb was pre deceased by his parents; his wife, Edna Angel Guffie; five brothers, Fred, Norman, John, Edgar, and James; seven sisters, Hattie, Lola,...

Sep 13, 2014

Cecelia "Ce Ce" Ann Harrison

Franklin, NC - Cecelia "Ce Ce" Ann Harrison, age 65, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014 at a local hospital. She was born in San Diego, CA, the daughter of the late Gerard "Jeep" and Kay Standridge Harrison. She was a house keeper and was of the Baptist faith.

She is survived...

Sep 10, 2014

Rosemary Gertrude Morgan

Seneca, SC - Rosemary Gertrude Morgan, age 98 of Seneca, SC, passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2014. She was born in Wayne County, Michigan, the daughter of the late Reginald Gerber and Rhoda Holt Gerber. She was married to Eldon Leland Morgan who passed away in 2010. She had worked as a bank teller.

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Sep 10, 2014

Claudette Jones

Franklin, NC - Claudette Jones, age 74, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2014. She was born in Fall River, MA, the daughter of the late Leo Joseph Chasse and Hildergard Gagne` Chasse. She was married to Mac Jones who passed away in 1991. She was a housewife and bondswoman; a member of St. Francis...

Sep 6, 2014

James "Jim" Frank Young

Franklin, NC - James "Jim" Frank Young, age 80, of Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, September 6, 2014. He was a life long resident of Macon County, the son of the late Leslie J. and Ruby Henry Young. He was US Navy Veteran during the Korean Conflict. He was a rural mail carrier for the...

Sep 5, 2014

JoAnn Gibson Shope

Rabun Gap GA - JoAnn Gibson Shope, 73, of The Rabun GAP Community passed away Friday September 05, 2014 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was the widow of Kent Shope. She was born November 28, 1940 in Franklin N.C., the daughter of the late Pink and Gladys Smith Gibson. She is preceded in death by...

Sep 2, 2014

Nathalie Georgia Sato

Highlands, NC - Nathalie Georgia Sato, of Highlands, NC, passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at age 90. Born on December 12, 1923, in Ithaca, New York, she was the daughter of the late Frederick Raymond and Lolita Healey Georgia. Her father was one of the founders of Black Mountain College, a progressive liberal arts school...

Aug 30, 2014

Reba Sue Hastings Worley

Franklin, NC - Reba Sue Hastings Worley, age 64, of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, August 30, 2014. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Frank and Sarah Mason Hastings. She is survived by her husband of six years, Mark Anthony "Tony" Worley. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother....

Aug 24, 2014

Ila Elizabeth Scott Wooten

Franklin, NC - Ila Elizabeth Scott Wooten, 77, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Nanny Brendle Scott. She was married to Fred Wooten who preceded her in death in 2012.

Mrs. Wooten was a loving mother,...

Aug 22, 2014

Col. Fredrick "Bo" Setser

Franklin - Ret. Lt. Col. Fredrick "Bo" Setser, age 83 of Franklin, NC passed away Friday, August 22, 2014. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late Andrew Bryan and Estelle Justice Setser. He was preceded in death by his first wife Jimmie Ruth Whitman Setser who passed away in 2012....

Aug 20, 2014

John Henry Johnson

Franklin, NC - John Henry Johnson, age 63, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2014. He was born in Delta County, Michigan, the son of the late William and Pearl Johnson. He had worked at Caterpillar and attended Riverside Fellowship Church. He was a very loving husband, father and grandfather, he loved deer hunting...

Aug 20, 2014

Trula Rae Cabe

Franklin - Trula Rae Cabe, age 76, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Born in Macon Co., she was the daughter of Alma Moss Bolick of Franklin and the late John D. Bolick. She was retired from CR Industries and was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church. She liked sewing, flowers and...

Aug 19, 2014

Ada Florence Lenoir Leatherwood

Franklin, NC - Ada Florence Lenoir Leatherwood, 93, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2014 in a local hospital. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Ben and Corine Huckaby Lenoir. She was married to Jess "Chunk" Leatherwood who preceded her in death in 1992. Mrs. Leatherwood was...

Aug 18, 2014

Lucille Brendle Wolfe

Lucille Brendle Wolfe, 86, widow of Hosie C. Wolfe, died August 18, 2014 at Magnolia Place. A native of Franklin, North Carolina, daughter of the late John Blanchard and Gladys Evelyn Parker Brendle, she was a devoted member of Liberty United Methodist Church.

Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Tammy and Ben Kluge of...

Aug 18, 2014

Clara Ann Remaly

Franklin - Clara Ann Remaly, age 88 of Franklin, NC passed away August 18, 2014. She was born in Hampshire, MA. The daughter of the late Arnold Batty and Minnie Dean Batty. She was preceded in death by her first husband Kervyn Adams who passed away in 1968 and also by her second husband William W....

Aug 17, 2014

Ellis Henry Wilkes

Franklin, NC - Ellis Henry Wilkes, age 67, of Franklin, NC, passed away Sunday, August 17, 2014. He was born in Macon County, the son of Ruth Tallent Wilkes and the late Henry Herman Wilkes. He was married to Dorothy Green Wilkes, who died in 2011. He was owner of Wilkes Paint and Body Shop. He...

Aug 15, 2014

James Ralph Ballentine

Cashiers - James Ralph Ballentine, of Cashiers, NC formerly of Anderson, SC passed away Friday, August 15, 2014. Born in Shelby, NC, he was the son of the late James R. and Mabel Wakefield Ballentine. He retired with 30 years of service with Ralston-Purina Company. He was a 1952 graduate of Clemson University, and he was...