James" Ronald" Jenkins
May 21, 2005
James"Ronald"Jenkins, 74, of Franklin, entered into rest on Sat., May 21, 2005. A native of Macon County, he was the son of Ellie Talley Jenkins and the late Adam Butler Jenkins. He retired from Whitley Products in 1993. Ronald was a member of Mashburn Branch Baptist Church. In addition to his mother, Ellie Talley Jenkins, he is survived by his...
John Everett Pinder
May 20, 2005
John Everett Pinder, 83, of Franklin, entered into rest on Friday, May 20, 2005. A native of Miami, FL, he was the son of the late John H. Pinder and Lillian Knowles Pinder. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Rodney Pinder. John was a retired firefighter for Miami Fire Dept. He was a...
Genevieve Patterson
May 19, 2005
Genevieve Gale Patterson, 99, of Franklin, entered into rest Thursday, May 19, 2005, at Grandview Manor Care Center. A native of Brooklyn Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Will Pierson and Mabel Bennett Pierson. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Emmett Ray Patterson, who died in 1980. Before moving to...
Betty Sue Sanders
May 16, 2005
Betty Sue Sanders, 73, of Franklin, entered into rest on Monday, May 16, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Henry Long and Ruth Ann Sanders Long. She was married to the late Doyle Rogers Sanders who died in 1988 and was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy McConnell who died in...
Antoinette Bentley
May 16, 2005
Antoinette Smith Bentley, 87, of Franklin, and formerly of Thomaston, GA, entered into rest Monday, May 16, 2005. A native of Upson County Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Given Smith and Annie Mae Pitts Smith. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jack Bentley; a daughter, Diane Perdue; a sister, Ganelle Wall; and a grand-daughter,...
Quintin Stephen Holder, Sr.
May 12, 2005
Quintin Stephen Holder, Sr., 85, of Franklin, entered into rest Thursday, May 12, 2005. A native of Lake Butler, Florida, he was the son of the late Senegal L. Holder and Edith Peoples Holder. Quintin retired after 31 years from the US Postal Service in Miami, FL.; was a member and retired Deacon from the First Baptist Church; a member...
Vinnie Mae Marr
May 11, 2005
Vinnie Mae Martin Marr, 98, of Bryson City, NC, entered into rest on Wednesday, May 11, 2005. A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Julius Lee Martin and Aleka Bradburn Martin. She was married to the late Lambert Marr who died June 28, 2000. Vinnie graduated from Asheville Normal Teachers College and Western Carolina University....
Charles Taylor
May 10, 2005
Charles Vernon Taylor, 66, of Franklin, entered into rest on Tuesday, May 10, 2005. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Elmer James Taylor and Grady Adams Taylor. Charles was a US Air Force veteran; a heavy equipment operator for Andy Berry and a member of a Higdonville Baptist Church. He is survived by his...
Myrtle Agnes Cunningham
May 8, 2005
Myrtle Cunningham, 91, of Franklin, died Sunday, May 8, at a nursing home in Waynesville, NC. Born in Macon County on February 12, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Franklin Pierce Shields and Minnie White Shields. Myrtle was preceded in death by her husband R. Roy Cunningham to whom she was married to for 67 years; and her...
Gladys Kinsland
May 5, 2005
Gladys Pannell Kinsland, 94, of Franklin, went to be with the Lord Thursday, May 5, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Callie Hall Pannell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Kinsland, who died in 1989; four sisters, Hazel Nell Talley, Carrie Lee Ramey,...
Blanche M. Norton
May 4, 2005
Blanche M. Norton, 80, of Franklin, entered into rest Wednesday, May 4, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Jess David and Florence Massey Keener. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Norton, who died in 1994, and a brother, Bruce Keener. Mrs. Norton retired from Clayburne...
Dr. Gordon Jerome Strewler
May 1, 2005
Dr. Gordon Jerome Strewler, 91, of Franklin, North Carolina, entered into rest on Sunday, May 1, 2005. He was loved by all who knew him. A native of Racine, Wisconsin, he was the son of the late John G. Strewler and Jennie M. Johnson Strewler. Gordon attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, graduating with a bachelors in Civil Engineering...
Mildred Nicholson
Apr 24, 2005
Mildred Nicholson, 90, of Franklin, entered into rest Sunday, April 24, 2005. A native of Roufeville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas K. and Anna Marie Sloan Cochran. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Donald B. Nicholson. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. Surviving are one daughter,...
Gertrude Hafner
Apr 22, 2005
Gertrude "Gaye" Hafner, 93, of Franklin, NC and Tamarac, FL, entered into rest on Friday, April 22, 2005. A native of Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Mary Speiser Glemser. She was a retired personnel director for McArthur Dairy, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Gaye was a member of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Church in North...
Vernon Pruett Justus
Apr 16, 2005
Vernon Parrish Pruett Justus, 92, of Asheville, NC formerly of Franklin, NC, entered into rest on Friday, April 15, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late George T. Parrish and Beulah Porter Parrish. She was first married to the late Buran Jason Pruett then to the late Carlton Justus and in addition was preceded...
Helen Dowdle
Apr 16, 2005
Helen Daves Dowdle, 88, of Franklin, entered into rest on Saturday, April 16, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Ann Phillips Daves. She was married to the late Woodrow Dowdle who died in 1979. She was a member of Wells Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by two children, Brenda Corbin...
Garland Stephen Byrd
Apr 15, 2005
Garland Stephen Byrd, 88, of Franklin, entered into rest on Friday, April 15, 2005. A native of McDowell County, NC, he was the son of the late Roe and Minnie Hollifield Byrd. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Bill and eight sisters, Mildred, Mae, Myrtle, Katherine, Edith, Althea, Bessie and Davada. He was...
Fannie Faye Dean
Apr 14, 2005
Fannie "Faye" Forrester Dean, 67, of Franklin, entered into rest on Thursday, April 14, 2005. Graveside Service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 18, at Brush Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Bryson City. Macon Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences available @www.maconfuneralhome.com
Dr. H. Nelson, Jr. Makinson
Apr 12, 2005
Dr. H. Nelson Makinson, Jr., 79, of Franklin, entered into rest Tuesday, April 12, 2005. A native of Kissimmee, FL, he was the son of the late Henry Nelson Makinson, Sr. and Grace Winn Makinson. Dr. Makinson was a Veterinarian and was a US Army Air Corps WWII Veteran. Dr. Makinson was the founding pastor and member of Franklin Covenant...
Elizabeth "Betty" Lindner
Apr 10, 2005
Elizabeth "Betty" Lindner, 95, of Franklin, entered into rest on Sunday, April 10, 2005. A native of Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Anna Ramp Heidt. She was married to the late Edwin Lindner who died in 1985 and was preceded in death by five brothers, Joseph, Chris, Anton, Nick and John Heidt. She was...
