Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Agnes Mary Lee Hampton Lamb
Jan 26, 2015
Agnes Mary Lee Hampton Lamb
Rabun Gap, GA - Agnes Mary Lee Hampton Lamb, age 80, of Rabun Gap, GA, passed away Monday, January 26, 2015. She was born in Haywood County, NC, the daughter of the late Kimsey and Marie Campbell Hampton. She was married to Dean Lamb, who died in 1992. She was a homemaker and a...
Barbara Sue Passmore
Jan 26, 2015
Barbara Sue Passmore
Dillard, GA - Barbara Sue Passmore, 72, of Dillard, GA passed away Monday, January 26, 2015. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Andy and Hazel Justice Cope.
Barbara was an active member of Betty's Creek Baptist Church where over the years she taught Sunday School, played the piano, served...
Virginia "Gin" Bryant Mcclure
Jan 26, 2015
Virginia "Gin" Bryant McClure
Franklin, NC - Virginia "Gin" Bryant McClure, age 96, of Franklin passed away January 26, 2015. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Nannie Wilkes Bryant. She was a nurse for Dr. Furman Angel and a homemaker.
She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and...
Mary Margaret Mcclintock
Jan 25, 2015
Mary Margaret McClintock
Franklin, NC - Mary Margaret McClintock, 70, of Franklin passed away Sunday, January 25, 2015. Born in Hamilton, OH, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Anne O'Hern Lindsay. She was preceded in death by her husband of 34 years, Gary McClintock. She was a teacher at Roseburg High School and was an active...
Joseph "Joe" Thad Hodgin
Jan 25, 2015
Joseph "Joe" Thad Hodgin
Franklin, NC - Joseph "Joe" Thad Hodgin, 95, of Franklin passed away Sunday, January 25, 2015. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Charles "Rush" and Alice Drake Hodgin. He was a WWII veteran of the US Army where he served 3 1/2 years in the South Pacific. He was...
Lelia Viola Ammons Adams
Jan 23, 2015
Lelia Viola Ammons Adams
Franklin, NC - Lelia Viola Ammons Adams, age 92, of Franklin, NC, passed away January 23, 2015. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late James and Laura Gregory Ammons. She was married to the late John Parker Adams. She was a member of Ellijay Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and...
John "Smiley" Marvin Evans
Jan 23, 2015
John "Smiley" Marvin Evans
Otto, NC - John "Smiley" Marvin Evans, age 88, of Otto, NC passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Habersham Co., GA the son of the late John Woodfine Grady Evans and Sallie Mae Pruitt Evans. He was a carpenter and a member of the Coweeta Baptist Church. He...
Lois Roper
Jan 20, 2015
Lois Roper
Franklin, NC - Lois Roper, 85, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 in an Asheville hospital. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Nannie Wilkes Bryant. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Judson Roper who died in 1992. She was a loving mother and grandmother and...
Dorothy Dreher Mcquitty
Jan 16, 2015
Dorothy Dreher McQuitty
Franklin, N.C, - Dorothy Dreher McQuitty, 82, of Franklin, passed away Friday, January 16, 2015 at Mountain Trace Nursing Center.
She was born in Greensboro, NC to the late Amzi Bond (A. B.) and Bonnie Bellwood Dreher, July 16, 1932. She was married to the late Reverend Eric McQuitty for 56 years. She was...
William "Bill" Orval Winkle
Jan 12, 2015
William "Bill" Orval Winkle
Otto, NC - William "Bill" Orval Winkle, 87, of Otto, NC passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 in Charles George VA Medical Center. Born in Wallace, ID, he was the son of the late Christopher and Dolly Moore Winkle. He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Winkle, who died in 1985. He is...
Jessie James Cowart
Jan 10, 2015
Jessie James Cowart
Franklin, NC - Jessie James Cowart, age 68, of Franklin, NC lost his battle with lung cancer Saturday, January 10, 2015 in an Asheville hospital. He was born in Terrell Co., NC; the son of the late Frank and Maybelle Williamson Cowart. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Ledford Cowart, who passed away...
Susan Lee Bezemer
Jan 9, 2015
Susan Lee Bezemer
Highlands, NC - Susan Lee Bezemer, age 77, of Highlands, NC passed away Friday, January 09, 2015 at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. She was born in St. Paul, MN, the daughter of the late Edward A. and Jean Short Murray. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and dear friend to many.
She is survived by...
Bernice Inez Gregory Mann
Jan 8, 2015
Bernice Inez Gregory Mann
Franklin, NC - Bernice Inez Gregory Mann, age 81, of Franklin, NC, went to be with her Lord Thursday, January 8, 2015. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late George L. and Vallie Leona Holland Gregory. She was a homemaker, and a member of Sylva Assembly of God Church. She liked...
Sandra Lucille Gibson
Jan 7, 2015
Sandra Lucille Gibson
Franklin, NC - Sandra Lucille Gibson, age 74, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Elbert and Helen Estes Holland. She was a homemaker, a loving wife, mother, grand and great grandmother. She liked dolls and doll houses, she was a member of...
Margie Lee Cabe Hooper
Jan 7, 2015
Margie Lee Cabe Hooper
Franklin, NC - Margie Lee Cabe Hooper, age 87, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at a local nursing home. She was a lifelong resident of Macon County, born December 25, 1927; the daughter of the late Harley and Ida Elliott Cabe. She was married to Fred Junior Hooper who passed away April 11, 2013....
Alesha Joccqulene Mims
Jan 5, 2015
Alesha Joccqulene Mims
Franklin, NC - Alesha Joccqulene Mims, 31, of Franklin, passed away Monday, January 5, 2015. Born in Gainesville, FL, she was the daughter of Albert Mims of Cedar Key, FL and Myra Hale Huff of Williston, FL.
She was employed at The Ivy House Restaurant in Williston, FL. She was a loving mother who...
Robert Gray "Dink" Love
Jan 4, 2015
Robert Gray "Dink" Love
Franklin, NC - Robert Gray "Dink" Love, 61 of Franklin passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015 in a local hospital. Born in Jackson County, he was a son of the late Rastus and Henrietta Worley Love.
He was a graduate of Franklin High School and had worked in road construction for Alexander's Construction...
Juanita W. Mccall
Jan 2, 2015
Juanita W. McCall
Cashiers, NC - Mrs. Conrad (Juanita W.) McCall went to meet the Lord on January 2, 2015.
There will not be a funeral service.
Donations can be made to the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, PO Box 822, Cashiers, NC 28717.
The family sincerely appreciates your thoughts, prayers and...
Gladys Marie Tallent Deitz
Jan 1, 2015
Gladys Marie Tallent Deitz
Franklin, NC - Gladys Marie Tallent Deitz, age 84, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, January 1, 2015 at a local hospital. She was a lifelong resident of Macon County, the daughter of the late Carl and Arizonia Hasting Tallent. She was a homemaker and a member of West Franklin Baptist Church. She worked at...
Charles Edward Nelson
Dec 30, 2014
Charles Edward Nelson
Franklin, NC - Charles Edward Nelson, age 72, of Bryson City, NC formerly of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2014. He was born in Macon County, the son of the late Birl and Nellie Hartgrow Nelson. He was of the Baptist faith. Charles was a very special spirit who touched the lives of so...
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