Joy Gray
Dec 23, 2007
Joy Gray, 74, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2007. Born in Asheville, NC, she was the daughter of the late William Horace Davis and Vera Inez Perry Davis. Joy was married to Homer Austin Gray who died November 23, 1998. She was a member of Iotla Methodist Church. She is survived by five children, Robert Perry Mitchell of...
Glenda Cook
Dec 20, 2007
Glenda Henderson Cook, 61, of Franklin, NC, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2007. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Glen and Mable Dills Henderson. Glenda was preceded in death by her brother, Jake Henderson. She was a loving mother and had a special way with the children she provided care for in her home....
Furman Passmore
Dec 19, 2007
Furman I. Passmore, 80, of Franklin, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Isaac N. Passmore and Zelma Blackburn Passmore. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Elwin V. "Pat" Latimer, and a sister Evelyn Talley. He was a Navy veteran serving during WWII...
William Mcnary
Dec 19, 2007
William Hicks McNary, 81, of Franklin, NC, formerly of Lake Wales FL, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007. A native of Volusia County, Florida; he was the son of the late Archibald Hicks McNary and Anna Sterthaus McNary. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Burton R. McNary. Mr. McNary was a WWII Navy Veteran...
John Miller
Dec 18, 2007
John Allyn Miller, 60, passed away Tuesday, December 18,2007. Born in Rochester, New York, he was the son of Dr. Charles V. Miller and the late Ann Amelia Clark Miller. He was a self-employed professional photographer based in Asheville for 15 years. He was a retired Vietnam-era U.S. Army veteran, member of the Mill Creek Men's Golf Association, and a...
Emlis Houston, Jr.
Dec 15, 2007
Emlis Green Houston, Jr., 82, of Franklin, died Saturday, December 15, 2007. A native of Macon County, Mr. Houston was the son of the late Emlis Green Houston and Emma McCoy Houston. Mr. Houston retired as Superintendent of Maintenance with Dekalb County schools. He was a WWII veteran, a member of the Franklin VFW Post 7339 and a member of...
Esther Clairville
Dec 14, 2007
Esther Garvey Clairville, 95, of Franklin, NC passed away December 14, 2007. Born in Providence, RI, February 1, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Valeda Garvey. She was preceded in death by husband, William Clairville in 1988; sisters, Alice and Madeline Garvey of Providence, RI; brothers and sisters-in-law George and Waneta Garvey, Robert and Rita Garvey,...
Debbie Carmichael
Dec 12, 2007
Debbie Carmichael, 50, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. Born in McKeesport, PA, she was the daughter of the late Harry Herskowitz and Edith Rosenbloom Herskowitz. Debbie received her bachelors degree from the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL. She was a teller at Macon Bank. She is survived by her husband of 17 years, Dale Carmichael;...
Freda Lee Henry
Dec 8, 2007
Freda Lee Mincey Henry, 80, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Frederick Mincey and Betsy Young Mincey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John F. Henry who died January 19, 2003; a son, Gary Henry who died December 31, 2001...
Walter Floreani
Dec 7, 2007
Walter Roy Floreani, 64, of Franklin, passed away Friday, December 7, 2007. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of Theresa Masoni Floreani and the late Americo E. Floreani. He served briefly in the U.S. Army Reserves. Walter was a Professor in the Health Sciences Department at Western Carolina University. He was an artist, water colorist, avid sports fan...
Edward Sullivan
Dec 3, 2007
Edward Joseph Sullivan, III, 55, of Franklin, passed away Monday, Dec 3, 2007. Born in Massachusetts, he was the son of Shirley Elizabeth Dodge Sullivan of Arlington, Mass. and the late Edward Joseph Sullivan, Jr. Ed was owner of Franklin Realty, member of the Board of Realtors; member of the Board for Franklin Little League; very active with the Little...
Verlon Swafford
Nov 30, 2007
Verlon Edward Swafford, 90, of Franklin, passed away Friday, November 30, 2007. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late James H. Swafford and Eller Crawford Swafford. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy Bennett Swafford who died May 25, 2005; brothers, Paul, Harvey, Carl and Clifton and a sister,...
Mary Lee Moses
Nov 30, 2007
Mary Lee Moses, 79, of Franklin, passed away Friday, November 30, 2007. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late George N. Bingham and Georgia Bell Patton Bingham. She was married to the late T.B. Moses who died in 1966. She retired from Belden. Mary was a member of Longview Baptist Church and was a member of...
Joyce Byrd
Nov 29, 2007
Joyce S. Byrd, 84, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2007. Born in Old Fort, NC, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Sawyer and Reba Burnette Sawyer. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Garland Stephen Byrd who died April 15, 2005; a brother, James Earl Sawyer, a sister, Carolyn Pilkington;...
Yvonne Durland Gray
Nov 28, 2007
Yvonne Durland Gray, 79, of Franklin, passed away Wed., November 28, 2007. Born in Vestal Center, NY, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Park and Myrtle Ellis Park. She was preceded in death by her first husband Albert John Durland, second husband, Clarence Elbert Gray; step daughter, Diane Colleton and a grandson, Sean Beams. She graduated from Russell...
Irene Bishop
Nov 27, 2007
Irene Shields Bishop, 65, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2007. Born in Miami, FL, she was the daughter of the late Walter M. Shields and Florence Warden Shields. Irene graduated from Coral Gables High School; attended Miami-Dade Community College and graduated from SCC. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Ronald Bishop; a son, Kenneth Bishop...
Betty Lou Clontz
Nov 23, 2007
Betty Lou Ledford Clontz, 75, of Franklin, passed away Friday, Nov. 23, 2007. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Fred Ledford and Dora Elsie Poindexter Ledford. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Carson Clontz, Sr.; a son, Glenn Carson Clontz, Jr.; four sisters, Annie Tripplet, Mary Margaret Ledford, Ruth Mahota Ledford and...
Martha Hildebrand
Nov 21, 2007
Martha Frances McIntire Longnecker Hildebrand, 84,of Franklin, NC, passed away Wed., Nov. 21, 2007. She was born February 8, 1923 in her parents farm home in Madison County, OH, to the late S.F. & Blanche Higgins McIntire. She weighed only 2 ¼ lbs. And was kept alive in the wood cook stove. She grew up in the village of Irwin,...
David Charleston
Nov 21, 2007
David Nevius Charleston, 56, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at Angel Medical Center. Born in Atlanta, GA, he was the son of Charmian Martin Charleston Williams and the late Robert Parks Charleston. He was a graduate of Stetson University, Deland, FL and was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. After being a part time resident...
Joanne Keck
Nov 21, 2007
Joanne Keck, 78, of Franklin, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2007. Born in Kendallville, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Harry E. Culbertson and Rosa Calkins Culbertson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Grant Keck who died in 1975 and a sister, Rosemary Gregory Matthews. Joanne grew up in...
