Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
James Berrien Chidsey
May 14, 2014
James Berrien Chidsey
Highlands, NC - James Berrien Chidsey, III, 57, of Highlands, NC, passed away May 14, 2014. He was born in Rome, GA, to the late James Berrien Chidsey, Jr. and Jeannette Brown Chidsey Trott. In addition to his mother and her husband, Allen Trott, he is survived by his sons, James Berrien Chidsey, IV; Devin Bishop...
Ellen Marie Landing
May 13, 2014
Ellen Marie Landing
Franklin, NC - Ellen Marie Landing, 60, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2104. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Lon and Rachel Ammons Cook. She was a loving mother and grandmother; she loved her dogs, bird watching and gardening. She attended Newman Chapel Baptist Church.
...Mary Ann Ray Hedden
May 12, 2014
Mary Ann Ray Hedden
Franklin, NC - Mary Ann Ray Hedden, 78, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, May 12, 2014. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Onie Vanhook Ray. She worked at Angel Medical Center and later at Western Sizzling Steak House for several years. She was a loving wife; loved...
Ellis Dewuel Bates
May 9, 2014
Ellis Dewuel Bates
Franklin, NC - Ellis Dewuel Bates, 82, of Valdosta, Georgia passed away Friday, May 9, 2014. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Boyd and Lola Watts Bates. He was a kind man, loving father, grandfather and great grandfather. He loved dancing and gardening, fishing and his work building steel forms to...
Ruth Ellen Darden
May 8, 2014
Ruth Ellen Darden
Cashiers, NC - Ruth Ellen Darden, 78, of Cashiers died peacefully at the Highlands Cashiers Hospital on Thursday, May 8 from pancreatic cancer. She was born in Connecticut to the late Oliver Champ and Helen Robertson. Ruth moved from Miami to Cashiers in the early 1960's. Here she married Edward Boyle Darden in 1976...
Janie Nicholson
May 6, 2014
Janie Nicholson
Franklin, NC - Janie Nicholson, 85, of Franklin passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Born in Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Isabelle Parker Coward. She was married to William J. "Bill" Nicholson who preceded her in death on March 14, 2011.
Mrs. Nicholson was a loving mother, grandmother and...
Ray Keith Postell
May 4, 2014
Ray Keith Postell
Andrews, NC - Ray Keith Postell, 74, of Andrews passed away Sunday, May 4, 2014. Born in Cherokee County, he was the son of the late Marvin and Grace Dockery Postell. He was a retired inspector for Chrysler Corporation, loved building houses with Donald Cross and Alan Kirby and loved all sports. He was a loving...
William Lee Huff
May 2, 2014
William Lee Huff
Highlands, NC - William Lee Huff, 74, of Highlands, NC passed away Friday, May 2, 2014. Born in Dade County, FL he was the son of the late Lewis and Mary Depree Huff. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during the Korean conflict; a service technician for Sears for 29 years; former president...
Jeannette Ennis Beauregard
Apr 29, 2014
Jeannette Ennis Beauregard
Franklin, NC - Jeannette Ennis Beauregard, 92, of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Born in Fitzgerald, GA, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Lillian McKay Ennis. She was employed in the banking business. She was a member of Cedar Hills Baptist Church. Mrs. Beauregard is survived by three sons,...
Maxine Simons Arvey
Apr 29, 2014
Maxine Simons Arvey
Franklin, NC - Maxine Simons Arvey, 79, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Tommy and Lottie Clark Simons. She loved her family and was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Mrs. Arvey is survived by her husband of 61 years,...
Dennis Keith Ashe
Apr 26, 2014
Dennis Keith Ashe
Franklin, NC- Dennis Keith Ashe, 62, of Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, April 26, 2014. Born in Macon County, he was the son of Logan Ashe and the late Ruth Ray Ashe. He loved to hunt and fish and enjoyed stock car racing. He was a member at Wells Grove Baptist Church. He was married to...
Diane Mckinney
Apr 16, 2014
Diane McKinney
Franklin, NC - Diane McKinney, 53, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Born in Orange, NJ, she was the daughter of the late George B. and Dorothy Hale Chadwick. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles Edward McKinney.
Diane liked to do crossword puzzles, crocheting and liked playing games and...
Annie Leota Norris
Apr 14, 2014
Annie Leota Norris
Franklin, NC - Annie Leota Norris, age 86, of Franklin, passed away Monday, April 14, 2014. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late L. D. Norris and Sally Stewart Norris. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Launa Dowdle and Clara Lou Moody and three brothers,...
Dorothy Moore Martin
Apr 14, 2014
Dorothy Moore Martin
Hayesville - Dorothy Moore Martin, age 86, of Hayesville, NC passed away Monday, April 14, 2014 at a Sylva Hospital. She was born in Harrison County, TN. the daughter of the late Ernest and Lula Crowder Moore. She was married to Thomas Albert Martin who passed away February 02, 2006. She was a secretary for Boice...
Mary Groom
Apr 13, 2014
Mary Groom
Franklin, NC - Mary Groom, age 84, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, April 13, 2014 . She was born in Hartford, AR, the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Doris Groom. She owned a Cosmetology Business.
She is survived by her two sons, Rodney Watts of Nashville, NC and Perry Selph of Las Vegas, NV;...
Beulah Anniemae Johnson Buchanan
Apr 11, 2014
Beulah AnnieMae Johnson Buchanan
Franklin, NC - Beulah AnnieMae Johnson Buchanan, age 88, of Franklin, NC, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014. She was born in Jackson County, NC, the daughter of the late Luther Joel and Bertha Morgan Johnson. She was a homemaker, she loved to quilt, can, gardening and flowers. She was a loving mother, grandmother, she...
Dawn M. Wendling Murray
Apr 7, 2014
Dawn M. Wendling Murray
Dayton, OH - Dawn M. Wendling Murray, age 48, of Dayton, Ohio passed away on Monday, April 7, 2014. She is preceded in death by her mother, Tana G. Maxwell; grandmother, Ruby Johnson, Marjorie Brown.
She is survived by her husband, Gerald "Jerry" Murray; father, Michael A. Wendling (Linda); sister, Rachel R. Wendling;...
Ulmer Hamilton Parrish, Jr
Apr 5, 2014
Ulmer Hamilton Parrish, Jr.
Highlands, NC - Ulmer Hamilton Parrish, Jr., 83, of Highlands, NC passed away Saturday, April 5, 2014. Born in Dade Co., FL, he was the son of the late Ulmer Hamilton and Grace Nichols Parrish. He was a graduate of Stetson University; a veteran of the US Army; a member of the American Legion and...
Roy Wayne Ramsey
Apr 4, 2014
Roy Wayne Ramsey
Franklin, NC - Roy Wayne Ramsey, who would have been 89 on April 2nd, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014 in a local hospital. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Clara Hyatt Ramsey. He was a US Marine veteran of World War II. He was retired from...
Virginia Annette Hedden
Mar 28, 2014
Virginia Annette Hedden
Franklin - Virginia Annette Hedden, age 89, of Franklin, passed away Friday, March 28. She was the daughter of the late Roy and Lilly Stanfield Keener. She was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore Hedden. She loved cooking for family and church friends; she was also a pink lady at Angel Medical Center....
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