Local obituaries for
Franklin & Highlands North Carolina.
Louise Kirkland Hurst
Apr 12, 2026
Mrs. Louise Kirkland Hurst, 95, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, April 12, 2026. She was born March 11, 1931, to the late Fred Kirkland and Lucinda Jenkins Kirkland.
Louise was a loving and caring wife, mother and grandmother. She was a homemaker and enjoyed canning, cooking and having big groups of people over to her house. She loved reading her...
Pamela Jean Bryson
Apr 11, 2026
Ms. Pamela Jean Roper Bryson, 76, of Topton, NC passed away Saturday, April 11, 2026. Pamela was born March 15, 1950, to the late Walter Roper and Ophia Louise McGlouthin Roper.
Pamela was a loving mother, Meemaw, sister, and friend. Her family and children and grandson were her whole life. She loved cats and other animals. She was an avid Tar...
Diane Fuller Cotton
Apr 6, 2026
Diane Cotton, 68, of Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, April 6, 2026. Diane was born December 1, 1957 in Swisher, Texas to the late Billy Gene Fuller and Mary Stroman Fuller.
She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Education was her passion, and she served more that 40 years in the public school system. Most recently she served as the...
Gladys Vinson McDowell
Apr 1, 2026
Gladys Vinson McDowell, 90, passed away on April 1, 2026.
Born on December 22, 1935, in Macon County in the Scaly Mountain community, she was the daughter of Reba Chastain Vinson Deal and Ralph Vinson.
Gladys was a real estate broker who truly enjoyed meeting new people. She was an active member of her community and served on several local boards. She...
Christina Aina-Marie Andersen
Mar 29, 2026
Christina Aina-Marie Andersen, 79, of Scaly Mtn., NC, passed away March 29, 2026. Christina was born February 5, 1947, in Brooklyn, NY to the late Alfinn Andersen and Margaret Ahlgren Andersen.
Christina was of the Lutheran faith. She loved to quilt and sew, and was a fan of the Florida Gator fan and Atlanta Braves. Christina was an animal lover; she...
Karen Lynne Smith
Mar 26, 2026
Mrs. Karen Lynne Smith, 61, passed away Thursday, March 26, 2026. Karen was born April 17, 1964, in East Hampton, New York.
Mrs. Smith was raised in Highlands, NC until the 8th grade before moving to live on the family farm in Franklin, NC. She would then spend the remainder of her life in the Cowee Community. Karen worked at Walmart...
Martha L. Vinson Rogers
Mar 24, 2026
Martha L. Vinson Rogers, 90, went home to be with her Lord on the morning of March 24, 2026. She was born on September 26, 1935, to Harley and Bessie McCall Vinson in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Noah Lee Rogers, whom she so longed to be reunited with in Heaven; her parents;...
Linda Ruth Hedden
Mar 23, 2026
Linda Ruth Hedden, 80, of Highlands, NC, passed away Monday, March 23, 2026. Linda was born July 21, 1945, in Seneca, SC, to the late Wilbur Ransom Hedden and Opal Allsep Hedden.
Ms. Hedden was a creative person, who loved nature. A free spirit, Linda loved traveling, referring to herself as a "Gypsy", having seen all fifty states two times. She...
Shirley Jean Allegretti
Mar 20, 2026
Shirley Jean Allegretti, 90, of Franklin, NC, passed away March 20, 2026.
Shirley was born October 24, 1935, in Cook County, Illinois, to the late John and Selma Kaercher Nilles.
Mrs. Allegretti worked as a hospital office administrator for Angel Hospital and was a devout attendee of St. Francis Catholic Church.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Allegretti was preceded in death by...
Shirley Ramsey Huie
Mar 17, 2026
Mrs. Shirley Ramsey Huie, 90, of Highlands, NC, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, March 17th, 2026. Shirley was born July 20, 1935, in Fulton County, GA, to the late Robert Thomas Ramsey and Martha Annis Bennett Ramsey.
Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Shirley lived many years in College Park, GA. It was here that she would meet...
Carolyn Hedden Anderson
Mar 16, 2026
October 2, 1938 – March 16, 2026
Carolyn Hedden Anderson, born October 2, 1938, in Cashiers, North Carolina, was the third of five children of Roy and Ailene Hedden. She grew up in the Yellow Mountain community and, after graduating from Glenville High School, moved to Atlanta to begin a remarkable career that would span 64 years.
While in Atlanta, Carolyn met...
Keith Cabe
Mar 14, 2026
Daniel Keith Cabe, 75, of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2026. He was born February 3, 1951 in Franklin, NC. Mr. Cabe worked for Cook Brothers Lumber Co; he served in the US Army 82nd Airborne and was a member of Cowee Baptist Church. Daniel loved to ride his Harley motorcycle. He loved his family and his brother...
Georgia Cleaveland Sanders
Mar 10, 2026
Georgia Cleaveland Sanders, age 85, of Highlands, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on March 10, 2026, with her family by her side. A proud sixth-generation Highlander, Georgia spent her life deeply rooted in the community she loved.
Born in Highlands, she was the daughter of George and Jesse Louise Cleaveland. Georgia attended Western Carolina University and went on to live a...
Jean Marie Skinner Wright
Mar 10, 2026
Jean Wright, 81, of Franklin, NC, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2026. She was born in Batavia, New York, March 15, 1944, to the late John Skinner and Alleda Calhoun Skinner.
Jean counseled people and worked with elderly and the unhoused. She touched many people's lives & made their day brighter. She loved reading, art, and writing, publishing several short stories.
Throughout...
Lilla "Ann" Crusoe
Mar 9, 2026
Lilla Ann Crusoe, 81, of Highlands, NC, passed away Monday, March 9, 2026. She was born January 17, 1945, in Key West, Florida, to the late Samuel Guy Phillips and Lilla Ann Gomez Phillips.
Ann was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She was a school teacher in the early 70s and later worked for Sears in Homestead, Florida....
Max Duane Cruse
Mar 7, 2026
On March 8th 2026, Max Duane Cruse, at 95 years of age, passed to his heavenly home. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 69 years, Edith Angel Cruse. His deceased family include parents, Fred and Jewel Cruse, brothers Jack, Floyd and Walker Cruse and sisters Ruth Medlin and Joanne Kameh. He is survived by sisters Shirley...
Samuel Roberts Blount
Mar 6, 2026
Sam passed away at the age of 78 in his home in Highlands, NC surrounded by family and friends. Sam was born in Montgomery, Alabama on May 9, 1947. Growing up in Montgomery he was known as Bob. He attended several high schools and finally graduated from Lanier High School in Montgomery. He was a proud kilt-wearing KA at The...
"Sam" Middleton Pangle
Mar 3, 2026
Ms. Claire "Sam" Middleton Pangle, 89, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
Sam was born in Jackson, Co. February 26, 1937, to the late Ransom and Hazel Matthews Middleton.
She worked and retired from nursing after many years; she started on the psychiatric ward at Angel Medical Center.
Sam was a free-spirited person she loved her family and her cats and dogs. She...
Billie Vinson Sauerwine
Feb 28, 2026
Billie Sauerwine, 77, passed away February 28, 2026. She was born in Coco Beach, Florida January 12, 1949, to the late Samuel Carl Vinson and Mildred Vinson.
Ms. Sauerwine graduated from the University of South Florida and from the University of Denver with a business degree. She was an executive account manager.
She loved to watch football, especially the Denver Broncos, and...
Mireille Pricot Henry-Douglas
Feb 28, 2026
Ms. Mireille C. Pricot Henry-Douglas, 86, went home to our Lord and Savior, February 28, 2026.
She was born June 14, 1939, in Verdun France to the late Charles F. Pricot and Marie T. Gedrodel-Pricot. She came to America where she obtained her naturalization in November of 1963. Her career path consisted of working for Lucent Technologies from which she retired....
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