Marcel Bibeau
Oct 2, 2007
Marcel Luciene Bibeau, 79, of Ft. Myers, Florida, and Franklin, NC, passed away, Tuesday, October 3, 2007. Born in Montreal Canada, he was the son of the late Hildege and Herminie Bellemare Bibeau. He was a self-employed commercial painter and a part-time resident of Franklin for the past eight years. Marcel enjoyed playing the piano, listening to all types of...
Larry Duvall
Sep 30, 2007
Larry Murray Duvall, 60, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2007; Born in Macon County, he was the son of Louise Murray Duvall and the late Fred Garland Duvall. He was a 1965 graduate of Franklin High School. He was a U.S. Army Veteran serving two years including a tour of duty in Vietnam. Larry was an auto mechanic...
Elbert Carpenter
Sep 29, 2007
Elbert Carpenter, 94, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2007. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Harley Carpenter and Louise Jane Norton Carpenter. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Merle Brown Carpenter who died in 1974 and two brothers, Ernie and Ervin and a sister, Dovie Pitts. He was a U.S....
Ned Haskett
Sep 27, 2007
Ned O. Haskett, 101, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2007. Born in the Ellijay Community of Macon County, he was the son of the late John Haskett and Lora Buchanan Haskett. Ned was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Passmore Haskett who died July 31, 2003 and a son, Boyd Haskett. He was a U.S. Army veteran;...
Lee Byrd
Sep 27, 2007
Lee Byrd, 94, of Otto, NC went to be with his Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ on Thursday, September 27. He had been receiving excellent care at Britthaven of Franklin, NC for about six months. He was born July 29,1913 in Sevier, McDowell County, NC to David Roe and Minnie Hollifield Byrd. He married his childhood sweetheart Dolly Marie Byrd,...
Elizabeth Byrd
Sep 25, 2007
Elizabeth Smith Jackson Byrd, 95, of Otto, NC passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2007. Born in Clarkston, GA, she was preceded in death by her father, Franklin Gordon Smith; her mother, Fay Pendleton Smith Hill; her brothers, Eugene and Henry Smith. Elizabeth attended O'Keefe High School in Atlanta, GA. During the depression, she traveled throughout the southeast selling neckties. On...
Ann Patterson
Sep 23, 2007
Ann Ledford Jones Patterson, 76, of Brashear, MO, formerly of Gastonia, died Sunday, September 23, 2007 at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. She was a native of Franklin, NC, and was the daughter of the late Zemry and Mamie Sanders Ledford. FUNERAL: 2:00 PM, Thursday, Founders Chapel, McLean Funeral Directors of Gastonia, 700 South New Hope Road, Gastonia, NC 28054. INTERMENT:...
Patricia Simons
Sep 23, 2007
Patricia "Pat" B. Simons, 62, of Matlock Creek, Franklin, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 23, 2007. Born in Swain County, she was the daughter of the late U.Z. and Dorothy Burnett. Pat was a member of Cowee Baptist Church where she chaired the kitchen committee for many years. As an Acteen Leader for years she...
Russell C. Ernst
Sep 22, 2007
Russell Calvin Ernst, 82, of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2007. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Baldwin J. and Blanche Ernst. Russell was a US Army-Air Corp. Staff Sergeant during WWII. He was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church. He was a patriotic veteran and loved America; he was a...
Dora Andrews
Sep 21, 2007
Dora Mae Andrews, 85, of Franklin, passed away Friday, September 21, 2007. Born in Orlando, FL, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Laing and Lillie Mae Norris Laing. She was married to the late John C. Andrews. Dora was a member of First Pentecostal Assembly of God Church. She is survived by six children, Patty Alessi and husband...
Angelo "Angie" Fossick
Sep 16, 2007
Angelo "Angie" Ragsdale Fossick, 83, of Franklin, NC and Ft. McCoy, FL, passed away Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007. Born in Nashville, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Homer Elmore Ragsdale and Nillar Omie Duty Ragsdale. Angie was preceded in death by her husband, Haley W. Fossick who died in 1980; two sons, Haley W. Fossick, Jr. and David...
Peggy Deitz
Sep 14, 2007
Peggy Avarine Deitz, 63, of Brevard, NC, formerly of Franklin, NC, passed away Friday, September 14, 2007. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Deitz and Annah Cowan Deitz. Peggy retired from the Franklin Press where she worked in ad sales. She is survived by her daughter, Laura Harper Deppe of Pisgah Forest, NC; two...
Jack Stamey
Sep 13, 2007
Jack Stamey, 73, of Franklin, died Thursday, September 13, 2007. Born in Macon County, he was the son of Grace Bates Stamey and the late Howard Cleveland Stamey. He was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Ann Watts who died August 15, 2006. Jack was a car salesman and a member of the Newfound Conservative Baptist Church and was...
Julia Herrin
Sep 12, 2007
Julia Sheptock Herrin, 88, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2007. Born in Elkhorn, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Michael Sheptock and Emma Sekella Sheptock. She was preceded in death by her husband, Al Herrin who died in 1982 and a sister, Ann Semanco. Julia was a U.S. Air Force veteran of WWII. She...
James Carter Mason
Sep 12, 2007
James Carter Mason, 66, of Franklin, NC, passed away from a rare pulmonary illness at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Carter was in Blount County, Alabama and moved to Franklin, NC in 1965. He was the son of the late Rigdon Mason and Odessa Nix Mason. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Elaine Ingram Mason...
Chris Cartwright
Sep 11, 2007
Chris Collins Cartwright, 89, of Highlands, NC, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2007. Born in Henry County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Collins and Myrtle Barbara Clements Collins. She spent most of her life in Miami, FL where she and her husband raised two children, Jerri and Red. As a young woman, Chris worked for...
Janet Lathrop
Sep 11, 2007
Janet Lathrop, 89, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at her home on Olive Hill Road, where she lived for the last 37 years. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Reginald Marsh and Agnes Locke Marsh. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Fuller Lathrop who died February 17, 2004; a...
Frances Passmore
Sep 11, 2007
Frances Helen Passmore, 82, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2007. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Grady Wilkes and Annie Bryant Wilkes. She was preceded in death by her husband, Pearl Passmore, a son, Jim Passmore, infant daughter, Joyce; grandson, Jimmy Passmore; two brothers, Herman and Clifton Wilkes; and sister, Leona Wilkes. Frances...
James Calcutt
Sep 9, 2007
James Helon Calcutt, 70, of Franklin, NC, passed away Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. Born in Pamplico, SC, he was the son of the late George and Getha Poston Calcutt. James retired in 1988 from the U.S. Navy as a Master Chief; he worked for Unisys Corp. for several years and worked at Greenway Ford in Orlando, FL for 12 years...
Evert Ball
Sep 8, 2007
Evert Ray Ball, 54, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, September 8, 2007, after a period of declining health. He was surrounded at all times by his family and friends. A native of Franklin, NC, he was the son of the late William Evert Ball and Manilla Rogers Ball and is brother to Anita Ball Ramsey. He was kindhearted, generous and...
