Margaret Friedling
Jan 15, 2007
Margaret Ann Friedling, went to be with the Lord Monday, January 15, 2007, in a peaceful passing at Angel Medical Center. She was born Dec. 27, 1926, in Paducah, Kentucky to the late Curtis Hilliard and Ona White Hilliard. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 42 years, Jack Friedling. Margaret loved travel and adventure. She was...
Lawrence Long, Jr.
Jan 14, 2007
Lawrence Henry Long, Jr., 71, of Franklin, formerly of Tucker, GA, passed away Sunday, January 14, 2007. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Lawrence H. Long, Sr. and Annie Laura Sprinkle Long. He retired from Atlanta Drug Transport Inc. where he worked as a Supervisor. He attended Central Baptist Church and was a former...
A. Rufus Morgan, Jr.
Jan 13, 2007
A. Rufus Morgan, Jr., 90, of Franklin, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 13, 2007. Born in Rutherfordton, NC, he lived most of his life in Macon County. He was the son of the late Rev. A. Rufus Morgan and Madeline Mahala Prentis Morgan. Rufus was a U.S. Navy and Army veteran and was a member of the VFW Post 7339....
Cleo Phillips
Jan 12, 2007
Cleo J. Phillips of Franklin, passed away peacefully on January 12, 2007. Born September 12, 1920 in Hastings, Florida to George and Belle Ashton Johnson, she was welcomed by sisters Laura, Louise and Lola and brothers James and Hoke. Cleo grew up in Cocoa, FL and remained a true "Floridian" all her life. She was a proud "Mosquito Beater" and...
Martin Kangas
Jan 11, 2007
Martin William Kangas, 91, of Franklin, NC formerly of Ashtabula, OH passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2007. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he lived in Ashtabula for 64 years before moving to Franklin, NC in 1977. He was the son of the late William Kangas and Martha Spetz Kangas. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Jessie Mcconnell
Jan 10, 2007
Jessie McConnell, 73, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2007. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late William Arthur McConnell and Minnie E. Sorrells McConnell. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by four brothers, Ural, B. L., John, and Paul McConnell; and one sister, Grace McConnell. She was...
Oliatta Angel
Jan 8, 2007
Oliatta Virginia Potts Angel, 86, of Franklin, passed away on Monday, January 8, 2007. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Potts and Virgie Bryant Potts. She was married to the late Elbert E. Angel for 67 years who died December 12, 2002 and was preceded in death by a sister, Helen Higdon and...
Margie Wykle
Dec 29, 2006
Margie Franks Wykle, 76, of Franklin, passed away Friday, December 29, 2006. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Tillman Franks and Jessie Trantham Franks. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by four infant sons, R.L., Tommy, Lloyd and Floyd; two brothers, Jim and Hayes Frank; two sisters, Grace and Mary...
Robert Nash
Dec 27, 2006
Robert Earl Nash, 75, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2006. A native of Peytona, West VA, he was the son of the late Charles Nash and Hazel Barker Nash Kirk. Robert was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War; and retired in 1998 from Zipperer Farms where he worked as a farm mechanic for 23 years....
Allen Johnson, Sr.
Dec 26, 2006
Allen Kenneth "Buddy" Johnson, 84, of Franklin, NC, passed away at his home, Tuesday, December 26, 2006. Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Buddy lived in Jacksonville, Florida since the age of 2 years old until moving to Otto 14 years ago. He was the son of the late Robert T. Johnson and Vera Orchard Johnson. Buddy was a U.S. Navy...
Richard Pancratz
Dec 25, 2006
Richard Pancratz, 73, of Franklin, entered into eternal rest Monday, December 25, 2006. Born on March 14, 1933, in Lake Helen, Florida, Mr. Pancratz grew up in the Daytona Beach area graduating from Mainland High School in 1950. A carpenter by trade, he owned and operated Richard's Floor Surfacing for 38 years before retiring to Franklin in 1991. He served...
Woolvin Patten
Dec 24, 2006
Woolvin Lee Patten (92) died on December 24, 2006, in Franklin, North Carolina. He is survived by his step-daughter, Catherine Anne Bridges of Palm Desert, California; two grandchildren, Linda (Kay) Walker and Pam Gardoski; four great grandchildren, and his sister, June Patten Sammons of Gainesville, Georgia. He was predeceased by his parents, Nathaniel Murat Patten and Annie Elizabeth Woolvin Patten...
Dorothy Phillips
Dec 19, 2006
Dorothy Louise Phillips, 92, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2006. A native of Goshen, AL, she was the daughter of the late John Nathan Phillips and Mary Braswell Phillips. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Lamar Phillips and a sister, Mary Kathryn Deese, who died in October 2005. She was an Associational Missionary and member...
Lea Anne Tippett
Dec 18, 2006
LeaAnne Tippett, 31, of Franklin, passed away Monday, December 18, 2006. A native of Macon County she was the daughter of Joe and Linda Rickman Tippett. She was a member of Iotla Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she is survived byher fiance, Brian Pritchard of Franklin; a brother, Greg Tippett and wife Kelly of Arden; sister, Ramona Hill...
William Greene
Dec 18, 2006
Sevear Greene, 64, of Franklin, passed away Monday, December 18, 2006. Born in Whittier, NC, he was the son of Avery Greene and Nellie Slagle Greene. He was an Ordained Independent Baptist Minister, formerly serving as pastor of The Labour of Love, The Prayer House and Bethel Berry Baptist Church. He was a member of Olive Hill Gospel Chapel. He...
Robert Euting
Dec 17, 2006
Robert W. Euting, 77, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2006. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of the late Fredrick Euting and Mary Jane Adams Euting. In addition he was preceded in death by two sons, James and Michael; one brother, Thomas and a grandson, Daniel Wesley Euting. Robert retired from Morton Salt where he...
Pauline Couts
Dec 16, 2006
Pauline Rogers Couts, 77, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2006. Born in Rabun County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Hicks Rogers and Bertha Eller Rogers. She was married to the late Willis Couts who died in 2000 and was preceded in death by five brothers, Marvin, Floyd, Guy, Verlon and Wayne Rogers. She retired...
Edward Nelson
Dec 16, 2006
Edward William Nelson, 38, of Fort Drum, New York, former resident of Staten Island, New York, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2006. A native of Staten Island, NY, he was the son of Edward E. and Roberta Nelson of Franklin. In 1986 he was awarded the Eagle Scout Badge. Eddie was a Drill Sergeant in Fort Jackson for three years;...
Thomas "Tommy" Thibault
Dec 14, 2006
Thomas D. "Tommy" Thibault, 51, of Franklin, passed away December 14, 2006. A native of West Palm Beach, FL, he was the son of Laurent Thibault and wife Joan of Sebastian, FL and Dolores Byrd and husband Robert of Franklin. Tommy worked for Circle K as a maintenance/refrigeration technician in Florida before moving to Franklin. He was an outdoorsman and...
Margaret Douglass
Dec 12, 2006
Margaret B. Douglass, 185 Hillcrest Circle, died at home December 12, 2006. Margaret (Peggy) was born in 1927 at Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of the late Richard Franklin Broaddus and Mary Lancaster Broaddus, deceased. She is survived by husband, James E Douglass of Franklin, two sons Richard B Douglass and wife Victoria K Douglass of Franklin and Gregory S Douglass...
