Emily Markham
Nov 3, 2011
Emily Day Markham, 68, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011. Born in Trenton, TN, she was the daughter of the late Otis Day and Vera Powell Day. She graduated from the University of Tennessee, where she was a cheerleader and a member of the Chi Omega Fraternity. She was a member of Louisa Chapel UMC. Emily was an...
Mary Shepherd
Nov 3, 2011
Mary Nell Shepherd, 75, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011. Born in Winston Salem, NC, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Paul Lampley and Hallie Mae Scott. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Dwight Lampley. Mary loved painting, crocheting, knitting and enjoyed watching wrestling. She loved her two dogs,...
Donald Worley
Nov 2, 2011
Donald Eugene Worley, 63, of Otto, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Born in Roane Co, TN, he was the son of the late Talford Worley and Bessie Lane Worley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sons, Erik and Derrik Worley. Donald loved fishing and camping. He was a member of Black Mtn. Baptist...
Sarai Taylor
Nov 2, 2011
Sarai Ann Taylor, infant daughter of Jonathan Taylor and Anna Edmonds Taylor, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2011. In addition to her parents, she is survived by grandparents, Bruce Allan Taylor of Franklin, Patricia Sumner Taylor of Franklin, Teressa Simmons of Franklin and Randy Gregory of Asheville; great grandparents, Jimmie Simmons, Opal Sumner and Nolan and Dorothy Gregory all of...
Peggy Browning
Nov 1, 2011
Peggy Browning, 82, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2011. Born in Otto, NC, she was the daughter of the late Luddie Andrew Jones and Rosie McCall Jones. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bennie T. Browning who died in 1983; a son, James Browning who died in 1991 and two infant...
Robert Wallace
Oct 31, 2011
Robert Ray Wallace, 71, of Franklin, passed away Monday, October 31, 2011. Born in Macon Co, he was the son of the late Ernest Wallace and Beatrice Green Wallace. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, William J. Wallace and George Hilton Wallace and granddaughter, Ashleigh Nicole Moore. He was a US Army veteran...
Alba Rowland
Oct 28, 2011
Alba Rowland, 83, of Franklin, passed away Friday, October 28, 2011. Born in Macon Co, she was the daughter of the late Harley E. Yonce and Eva Raburn Yonce. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Brice Rowland who died April 18, 1980; two sisters, Dorothy Yonce Waters and Ruth Yonce Solesbee and a...
Dean Williams
Oct 28, 2011
Dean Paul Williams, 61, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, October 27, 2011. Born in Berkshire, MA, he was the son of Marie Lysek Williams and the late Charles Williams. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by an infant son, Joel Aaron Williams. Dean was a US Navy veteran. He was a registered nurse at Stephens County...
Geneva Sams
Oct 26, 2011
Geneva Luvina Mantooth Sams, 91, of the Otto Community in Macon County, died Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Seneca Rehabilitation Center in Seneca, SC after a period of declining health. She was born February 17, 1920 to Clayburn and Trissie-Jane Mantooth in Louden County, Tennessee and moved as an infant with her parents to Gastonia, NC that same year. She...
Marjorie Shower
Oct 26, 2011
Marjorie Gwendolyn Ford Shower, 89, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Born in Sand Springs, OK, she was the daughter of the late Robert Daniel Ford and Phoebe L. Hurd Ford. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Arnold Shower; grandson, Edmund Glenn Shower, Jr. and daughter-in-law, Brenda Overstreet Shower. Marjorie...
Joseph Switzer
Oct 25, 2011
Joseph M. Switzer, 94, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2011. Born in Columbus, OH, he was the son of the late Frank Switzer and Gladys Jensen Switzer. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Helene Switzer who died in 1983 and a brother, Frank "Bud" Switzer. Joseph worked for the USPS...
Ila Holland
Oct 24, 2011
Ila May Potts Holland, 94, of Franklin, passed away Monday, October 24, 2011. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Walter Potts and Sarah Hurst Potts. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Luther Holland; brother, J.D. Potts and sisters, Annie Morgan, Maggie Hastings and Eddis Lovell and a...
Edwin Setser
Oct 22, 2011
Edwin Ray Setser, 83, of the Cartoogechaye Community, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2011. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Gilmer Jacob Setser and Nina Ray Setser. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Ellen Setser. Edwin retired from the U.S. Army. He served during the Korean War...
Billy Carver
Oct 20, 2011
Billy Abraham Carver, 76, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2011. Born in Jackson Co., he was the son of the late Wayne Carver and Sarah Rosie Castle Carver. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Delcia Carver, who passed away May 20, 2011; five brothers, Hayes, Kenneth, James, Andrew and Frank...
George Scott
Oct 17, 2011
George Daniel Scott, 75, of Franklin, passed away Monday, October 17, 2011. Born in Macon Co., he was the son of the late Ralph Scott and Alice Franks Scott. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Fred and Clyde Scott; sister, Margie Scott and son in-law, Ben Beach. George loved to hunt, fish, dig ramps...
Ralph Greenwalt
Oct 16, 2011
Ralph F. Greenwalt, of Franklin, North Carolina, died Sunday, October 16, 2011. He was 95 years old. Ralph was born and grew up near Manchester, Illinois, moving to Franklin 30 years ago. During WWII Ralph was a Lieutenant in the U. S. Army Air Corps, Eighth Air Force, 398th Bomb Group, 603rd Bomb Squadron, where he piloted B17's. Ralph received...
Thelma Medeiros
Oct 16, 2011
Thelma Medeiros, 84, passed away Sunday, October 16, 2011, at her home in Franklin, North Carolina of congested heart failure. She was born in Lakeland, Florida, where she lived most of her life. She graduated from Lakeland High School in 1945. She worked as a secretary for the Tampa Tribune; was a charter member of the Chapel in the Grove...
Dixie Bebee
Oct 15, 2011
Dixie Carol Bebee, 51, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2011. Born in Cordele, GA, she was the daughter of Jim Williams of Douglas, GA and the late Carolyn Jannelle Barber Williams. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Tracy and Linda and a grandson, Lane. Dixie attended Trinity Assembly of God. In...
Vincent Krug
Oct 12, 2011
Vincent George Krug, 73, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Born in Long Island, NY, he was the son of the late Vincent George Krug and Dorothy Paton Krug. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Joannie Jurek. Vincent loved antiques and going antiquing. He specialized in American-Indian antiques. He was of...
Sandra Swann
Oct 10, 2011
Sandra Jo Swann, 53, of Franklin, passed away Monday, October 10, 2011. Born in Anaheim, CA, she was the daughter of the late James B. Swann and Willie Elmore Swann. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her step mother, Helen Swann. She is survived by two sisters, Stormy Cabe and Carol Crews both of Franklin...
