Gladys Elmore
Jan 26, 2005
Gladys R. Elmore, 91, of Franklin, entered into rest on Wednesday, January 26, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie M. Rogers and Louise Hall Rogers. She was married to the late Charles A. Elmore. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Annie Stevenson and...
Stephen Long
Jan 23, 2005
MACON FUNERAL HOME P.O. BOX 1175 FRANKLIN, NC 28744 828-524-5540 Fax-828-349-0818 Stephen Edwin Long, 57, of Whittier, NC, entered into rest on Sunday, January 23, 2005. A native of Winston Salem, NC, he was the son of Cleo Caudle Long of Winston Salem, NC and the late George Long. Stephen was the manager of Peoples Department Store for many years...
Carl Gruber
Jan 22, 2005
Carl Richard Gruber, 75, of Franklin, entered into rest Saturday, January 22, 2005. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of the late Carl J. and Dagmar Alm Gruber. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Corrine Byrne Carl was a US Navy Korean War Veteran; Past Commander of American Legion Post...
Paul Kloko
Jan 20, 2005
Paul Keith Kloko was born in Niles, Michigan on August 31, 1935, the son of Ervin Louis Kloko and Berniece Bowersox Kloko. He attended high school in Niles and Sturgis, Michigan. He married Emelyne Lane on February 12, 1954. He worked for the U.S. Post Office in Sturgis until 1963, then moved out west for four years. After getting an...
Lewis Cansler
Jan 19, 2005
Furman "Lewis" Cansler, 77, of Franklin, entered into rest, Wednesday, January 19, 2005. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Zeb and Hallie Tippett Cansler. He was married to the late Mary Will Henson Cansler who died in 1995. Lewis was a member of Iotla Baptist Church. He loved to witness and gave out hundreds...
Dover Welch
Jan 14, 2005
Dover D. Welch, 80, of Franklin, entered into rest Friday, January 14, 2005. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Austin L. and Pearl Morgan Welch. In addition to his parents. Dover was a U.S. Marine Corp. veteran of WWII and was a member of the American Legion Post 108. He retired from General Motors...
Jim Himschoot
Jan 13, 2005
Jim Himschoot, 82, of Franklin, entered into rest Thursday, January 13, 2005. A native of Brooklyn, Iowa, he was the son of the late August and Mildred Brush Himschoot. In addition his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Susan Himschoot, who died in 2002. He was a self-employed electrician; a member of St. Francis Catholic Church; a...
Eula Brock
Jan 13, 2005
Eula Steptoe Brock, 84, of Franklin, entered into rest on Thursday, January 13, 2005. A native of Worthington Springs, FL, she was the daughter of the late Manning Leon Steptoe and Myra Atkins Steptoe. She was a nurse for the Baptist Hospital in Miami, FL. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Lonnie J. Brock; one son, Stephen...
Lorenzo Mccarty
Jan 10, 2005
Lorenzo Hugh McCarty, 84, of Franklin, entered into rest Monday, January 10, 2005. A native of Lansing, Michigan, he was the son of Hugh and Edna C. Buelow McCarty. He was a timber worker and last worked for the US Forest Service; was a US World War II Army veteran; and a member of the Snow Hill United Methodist Church....
Elsie Alger
Jan 10, 2005
Elsie Mae Farmer Alger, 81, of Franklin, entered into rest Monday, January 10, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late George Brabson and Frances McDowell Farmer. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George William Alger, who died in October 2001, and a brother, Glenn W. Farmer, who...
James David Woody
Jan 10, 2005
James David Woody, 65, of Franklin, entered into rest Monday, January 10, 2005. A native of Roxboro, NC, he was the son of the late Samuel Benjamin and Annie Maude Wilburn Woody. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Bill Woody. He retired in 1995 after 32 years from General Telephone Electronics (Verizon). He...
Marvin Van Oeveren
Jan 9, 2005
Marvin J. Van Oeveren, 88, of Franklin, entered into rest on Sunday, January 9, 2005. A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, he was the son of the late John Van Oeveren an Jennie Wierenga Van Oeveren. He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. He retired from Richmond Construction in Sarasota, FL where he worked for 40...
Mary Gordon
Jan 8, 2005
Mary A. Gordon, 80, of Franklin, entered into rest on Saturday, January 8, 2005. A native of Belfountain, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late George Thomas Anderson and Faye Brown Anderson. She was co-owner of the Runway Market and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by four children, Michael Beebe of Franklin, Skip Beebe of Smyrna,...
Louise Paul
Jan 7, 2005
Ella "Louise" Paul, 90, of Stuart, Fl, entered into rest on Friday, January 7, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late El Tallent and Nettie Reese Tallent. She was married to the late Charles William Paul, Sr. who died in 1982. She has resided in Stuart, Florida since 1949, moving from Franklin. Louise worked...
Fern Rhyne
Jan 6, 2005
Fern G. Rhyne, 88, of Franklin, entered into rest Thursday, January 6, 2005. A native of Cramerton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Quinton Orr Goforth and Letha Hardin Goforth. She was married to the late Reedy Rhyne. Fern was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Mt. Holly, NC. She is survived by three children Betsy Nichols...
Kathleen Ramey
Jan 6, 2005
Kathleen Ramey, 82, of Concord, NC formerly of Franklin, NC, entered into rest on Thursday, January 6, 2005. A native of Mooresville, NC, she was the daughter of the late William Oscar Bolick and Ethel Shumaker Bolick. She was married to the late Claude Ramey. Kathleen was a member of First Assembly of God Church, Franklin, NC. She is survived...
Waldo "Gibby" Gibson
Jan 6, 2005
Waldo H. "Gibby" Gibson, 88, of Franklin, entered into rest on Thursday, January 6, 2005. A native of Jacksonville, FL, he was the son of the late Richard Harlan Gibson and Cora Belle Hughes Gibson. He was a member of Angel Medical Center Auxiliary for 20 years with over 12,000 hours of volunteer service; in 2003 he received the NC...
Virgie Shuler
Jan 5, 2005
Virgie Louise Shuler, 91, of Franklin, entered into rest on Wednesday, January 5, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Melvin and Sarah Belle Blaine Long. She was married to the late Don Lee Shuler who died in 1985 and was preceded in death by a son Paul Edward Shuler, a daughter, Mary...
Alex Mckown
Jan 4, 2005
J. Alex McKown, Jr., 81, of Franklin, entered into rest on Tuesday, January 4, 2005. A native of Conley, GA, he was the son of the late Joseph A. McKown, Sr. and Florence Hatcher McKown Ball. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII and was involved in the invasion of Normandy. Alex was a self employed certified prothetist. He...
Rose Oakes
Jan 4, 2005
Rose Oakes, 88, of Franklin, entered into rest on Tuesday, January 4, 2005. A native of Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Victoria Studnicky. She was married to the late Cleon Oakes who died June 22, 1996. She is survived by a daughter, Karen Sanders of Franklin. No Services are planned. Macon Funeral Home is in...
