William "Billy" Moore
Sep 8, 2007
William H. "Billy" Moore, 54, of Morristown, TN formerly of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, September 8, 2007. Born in Macon County, he was the son of John Moore of Franklin and the late Maxine Talley Moore. Billy was also preceded in death by a brother, Larry "Tub" Moore. Billy was district sales manager for O'Reilly's Auto Parts in Morristown,...
William "Bill" Lopes
Sep 5, 2007
William "Bill" J. Lopes, Sr., 76, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2007. Born in Erie County, PA, he was the son of the late John B. Lopes and Julia Martini Lopes. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Louise S. Lopes who died in 1988. Bill was a U.S. Army veteran. He owned and operated Bill's...
John Carl Brown
Sep 4, 2007
John "Carl" Brown, 80, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2007. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Lambert Brown and Pauline Early Brown. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Mack, Marvin and Lawton and a sister, Arlee Conner. Carl retired from Nantahala Power & Light after 33 years of service. He was...
Andrew "A.J." Mccarthy
Sep 2, 2007
Andrew "A.J." McCarthy, 20, of Franklin, died Sunday, September 2, 2007. Born in Beverly, Mass. he was the son of John and Mary Blanchard McCarthy and the late Alice Foster McCarthy. A.J. was a 2007 F.H.S. graduate and attended Resurrection Lutheran Church. He worked at Macon Citizens for the Handicap. In addition to his parents, he is survived by four...
Julie Chandler
Sep 1, 2007
Julie Grace Chandler, 42, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, September 1, 2007, in Eatonton, GA. Born in Griffin, GA, she was the daughter of Julie Ann Patton of Winter Haven, FL and the late Charles Willard Greene . She was preceded in death by a sister, Debbie Szydlo who died November 5, 2001. Julie previously worked for Drake Software. She...
Kaiden Shirley
Aug 30, 2007
Kaiden Storm Shirley, infant son of Greg Shirley and Keisha Carter, of Dillard, GA, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2007. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a half brother, Koda Sage Carter; half sister, Ginnefer Nikole Shirley; maternal grandparents, Jean and Albert Carter of Sylva, NC; paternal grandparents, Linda Shirley of Clayton, GA and Sam Shirley of...
Nick Pargeans
Aug 30, 2007
Nick Pargeans, 86, of Franklin, NC, died on August 30, 2007 after a short illness. Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1921 he was the son of the late William and Pota Pargeans. He was married to Winifred Anderson for 47 years, she pre-deceases him by 5 years. He was brother to John Pargeans, deceased. Nick lived in NJ most...
Jean Stone
Aug 28, 2007
Jean E. Stone, 77, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2007. Born in El Paso, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Frank Gravel Smith and Elizabeth Baes Reihl Smith. A member of St. Francis Catholic Church she was active in the choir and loved to volunteer at church. She is survived by her husband of 33 years,...
Fred Combs, Jr.
Aug 27, 2007
Fred Combs Jr., 71, of Franklin, NC, formerly of Sanderson, Fl passed away Monday, August 27, 2007. He was born in Taylor, FL on September 8, 1935. He is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Faye Combs, three sons: Jerry and wife Emy, Clayton and wife Penny, Bruce and wife Lisa; two daughters: Charlotte Mills and husband John,...
Hazel Mastin
Aug 26, 2007
Hazel Irene Smith Mastin, 88, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2007. Born in Ludowici, GA, she was the daughter of the late Sheldon Osgood Smith and Minnie Lee Todd Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Mastin who died December 9, 2000; a grandson Richard Hall, Jr. who died in 2006 and sisters, Lavania "Lee"...
John "Chuck" Richardson
Aug 21, 2007
Chuck Richardson passed away on Tuesday, August 21st at Solace Hospice in Asheville, NC. A longtime resident of Franklin, he was 84 years old. Born John Charles Henry Richardson on March 10, 1923 in Flint, Michigan, Chuck was the eldest of four children born to Violet and Charles Henry Richardson. He graduated from Northwestern High School in Detroit, Michigan and...
Walter Metzdorf
Aug 19, 2007
Walter H. Metzdorf, 66, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, August 19, 2007. A native of Anderson, Indiana, he was the son of the late Arthur L. Metzdorf and L. June Tucker Metzdorf. Walter was a retired banker in management; a US Air Force veteran; a Rotarian, receiving the Paul Harris Fellow; and he was a member of Memorial United Methodist...
Walter Robinson, Jr.
Aug 19, 2007
Walter Lee Robinson, Jr., 85, of Franklin, NC, passed away Sunday, August 19, 2007. A native of Sofkee, GA, he was the son of the late Walter Lee Robinson, Sr. and Minnie Haddock Robinson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Jewel Kersey Robinson, who died in December 2002. He retired in 1982 from...
Roy Southard
Aug 17, 2007
Roy Woodrow Southard, 94, of 3315 West Old Murphy Road, Franklin, passed away Friday, August 17, 2007. He was a native of Macon County and life long resident of the Cartoogechaye Community, the son of the late Charles and Florence Sprinkle Southard. He was a Timberman, Dozer Operator and Farmer, and a member of Cartoogechaye Baptist Church where he had...
Elsie Higgins
Aug 17, 2007
Elsie Evelyn MacDonald Higgins, 90, of Franklin, passed away Friday, August 17, 2007, after a period of declining health. She was born in Brantord, Ontario Canada and was the daughter of the late Elsie Evelyn MacDonald and step-father Duncan J. MacDonald. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Murray J. Higgins, who died...
Micah Lee & Mckenna Grace Caroline Mchan
Aug 14, 2007
Micah Lee and McKenna Grace Caroline McHan, infant twins of Duane and Jamie West McHan of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2007. Surviving in addition to their parents, Duane and Jamie McHan are maternal grandparents, Jackie and Carolyn West, of Franklin; Gene and Margaret McHan of Franklin; maternal great grandmother, Edna Bowers of Franklin; brother and sister, Ryan McHan...
Mildred Lau
Aug 8, 2007
Mildred "Millie" Ruth Lau, 55, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2007 after a long battle with breast cancer. Born in Daytona Beach, FL, she was the daughter of Dorothy Jean Kressman Mann of Ocala, FL and the late James Walter Mann. She was preceded in death by a niece, Bonnie Jean Gresham who died in 2002. Millie retired...
Joyce Lewis
Aug 7, 2007
Joyce Bates Lewis, 59, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2007. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Boyd Bates and Lola Watts Bates. Joyce was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Jean Bates and three brothers, Dennis, Marvin and Clyde. She was a member of Prentiss Church of God and worked for several...
Charles Perreault
Aug 2, 2007
Charles "Chuck" Perreault, 73, of Franklin, NC, passed away Thursday, August 2, 2007. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of the late Charles Perreault, Sr. and Anne Winstead Perreault. Chuck was a conductor at the Great Smoky Mountain Railway for the past eight years and was said to be the best conductor they ever had. He was a...
Robert "Bobby" Kendall
Jul 31, 2007
Robert (Bobby) L. Kendall, Jr., 52, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2007. A native and life long resident of Macon County, he was the son of Robert L. Kendall, Sr., and the late Wanda Crisp Kendall. Bobby was in the construction business; and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving in addition to his father, Robert L. Kendall, Sr.,...
