Jessie Duckett Jr.
Jun 26, 2013
Jessie Duckett, Jr., 76, of Franklin, passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Born in Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Jessie Duckett, Sr. and Rachel Clark Duckett. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Brenda Duckett. Jessie was a US Army Vietnam veteran, worked at the Macon County Recycling...
Erwin Rickman
Jun 25, 2013
Erwin Charles Rickman, 86, of Franklin, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Born in Proctor, NC, he was the son of the late Joseph Henry Rickman and Candice Olene Sawyer Rickman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Glenn Alen Rickman and grandson, Nathan Dills. Erwin was a US Army Air Force veteran...
Sterling Peek
Jun 24, 2013
Sterling Odell Peek, 73, of Franklin, passed away on Monday, June 24, 2013. Born in Macon Co, NC, he was the son of the late Bulen Neil Peek and Nellie Hedden Peek. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Morley and Grendall Peek. Sterling was a US Army veteran. He enjoyed gardening, golfing and...
Carl Floyd Jr.
Jun 23, 2013
Carl Kenneth Floyd, Jr., 2, of Franklin, passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2013. He was the son of Carl K. Floyd Sr. and Jessica Rogers of Franklin. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, McKenzi Floyd of Sevierville, TN; paternal grandparents, Lueann Jenkins and Fred Floyd; maternal grandparents, Dorothy Rogers and Jack and Jackie Hurst...
Westley Jacomino Jr.
Jun 16, 2013
Westley Anthony Jacomino Jr., 70, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2013. Born in New Orleans, LA, he was the son of the late Westley Anthony Jacomino Sr. and Eleanor Jeanfreau Jacomino. Westley was a US Navy veteran and member of the American Legion and VFW. He was a member of the Macon County Humane Society, Noah's Ark Humane...
Raymond Teska
Jun 16, 2013
Raymond A. Teska, 87, of Otto, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2013. Born in Milwaukee, WI, he was the son of the late Walter J. Teska and Hattie Janowiak Teska. Raymond was a US Army veteran and served during WWII. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 8363; a member of St. Francis Catholic Church and enjoyed...
Doris Alberti
Jun 14, 2013
Doris Margaret Alberti, 84, of Franklin, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2013. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was the daughter of the late John Louis Lively and Lona Katherine Eustice. Doris loved bingo and crossword puzzles. She was Baptist by faith. She is survived by four children, Diane Devlin and husband Thomas of Orlando, FL, Carolyn Holland...
Margaret Taliaferro
Jun 12, 2013
Margaret "Maggie" Ella Taliaferro, 82, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Born in Edison, GA, she was the daughter of the late Judge Beach Thompson and Maggie Louise Whatley Thompson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Neves. Margaret was a member of the Eastern Star in Edison, GA. She loved...
Verlie Mae Chambless
Jun 12, 2013
Verlie Mae Cochran Chambless, 64, of Franklin, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 after she lost her battle to cancer. Born in Macon Co., she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Sylvester Cochran and Ollie Leigh Pendergrass Cochran. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Ray...
R.W. "Cotton" Beals
Jun 11, 2013
R.W. "Cotton" Beals, 78, Franklin, NC, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013. He attended St. Thomas Aquinas (Central Catholic) High School. He then enlisted in the Marines. He was a strong Christian and a member of the Knights of Columbus and attended St. Francis Catholic Church. He retired from the Postal Service in 1997 after 37 years. He was an...
Fern Smith
Jun 11, 2013
Fern Elizabeth Smith, 93, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Born in Traill County, ND, she was the daughter of the late John Oscar Sathra and Martha Larson Sathra. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Alfred Smith; a sister, Margaret Lasher and three brothers, John, Alan and Hillis Sathra. Fern enjoyed...
Arcilla Henry
Jun 10, 2013
Arcilla Woody Henry, 91, of Franklin, passed away Monday, June 10, 2013. Born in Macon Co, she was the daughter of the late Grover Woody and Allie Younce Woody. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Thurman Henry; three brothers, Frank, Roby and Harry Woody and two sisters, Lois Farmer and Louise Smith. Arcilla...
Ronald Bishop
Jun 10, 2013
Ronald Gene Bishop, 75, of Franklin, passed away on Monday, June 10, 2013. Born in Lexington, KY and raised in Portsmouth, OH, he was the son of the late Roger F. Bishop and Venetia Parker Bishop. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Irene Shields Bishop. Ron will be remembered for working as a...
Elmer Mccall
Jun 8, 2013
Elmer C. McCall, 87, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2013. Born in Dillard, Georgia, he was the son of the late Frank McCall and Rosa Nix McCall. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters, Gladys Dendy, Lilly McCall, Lassie Norton, Margie McKinney and Pauline McConnell and two brothers, Carl and Hoyt and two...
Catherine Drengwitz
Jun 8, 2013
Catherine Ann"Kitty" Drengwitz, 87, of Franklin, passed away on Saturday, June 08, 2013. Born in Springfield, IL, she was the daughter of the late James Marren and Mary Ryan Marren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George Drengwitz who died July 25, 2008; brothers, John Marren and James Marren, sister, Margaret Marren and...
Joan Marchand
Jun 4, 2013
Joan Mary Marchand, 70, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Ebert and Rita Charwinsky Ebert. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Daniel Marchand and brother, Richard Ebert. She is survived by her longtime companion, James P. Gregory Sr. of...
Ann Pardee
Jun 1, 2013
Sharon Ann Tilley Pardee, 66, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2013. Born in Omaha, NE, she was the daughter of Ralph and Estelle Koch. A commercial artist for many years, Ann also worked as a dental assistant and a paralegal in Clearwater, Florida, where she lived for most of her life. Locally, in Franklin, she was a member...
James "Jim" Kelly
May 30, 2013
James "Jim" Alvin Kelly, 70, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2013 after a long illness. Born in North Bend, OH, he was the son of the late Eugene Kelly and Lelia Lozier Kelly. Jim was a US Air Force veteran, where he worked as an Intelligence Superintendent. He was a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church. He is...
Michael Green
May 26, 2013
Michael K. Green, 55, of Land O' Lakes, FL passed away Sunday, May 26, 2013. He was born in Detroit, MI and moved to FL in 1983. Michael was a partner at Saxon, Gilmore, Carraway & Gibbons, P.A., concentrating his practice on civil litigation and trial work, commercial, securities, and other litigation matters. Michael received his B.A.C. degree in 1981...
Shelley Jenkins
May 25, 2013
After a long terminal illness, Shelley Jenkins, 39, of Franklin, passed away on Saturday, May 25, 2013 surrounded by family and friends. Born in Springfield, Tennessee, she was the daughter of Sunshine Dowlen Cantley of Franklin formerly of Nashville, Tennessee and the late Stuart Allen Jenkins, formerly of Roanoke, Virginia. She is survived by her mother, Sunshine Cantley and step-dad,...
