Nicholia Lamb
Dec 21, 2022
Nicholia Brayden Taylor Lamb, 24, of Franklin passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Born in Sylva, NC; he was the son of Mickey Jerome Lamb and Suzanne Alexandria Grant. After graduating Franklin High School, he started working as a plumber. Nicholia was a talented musician and loved to play the guitar. He is survived by his father, Mickey Lamb...
Deborah Boisclair
Dec 20, 2022
Deborah Faye Bishop Boisclair, 62, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2022. Deborah was born in Orangeburg, SC, and the daughter of John Bishop and Helen Mary Tidwell. She was preceded in death by a sister, Sheryl Bishop. She loved cooking, coloring, listening to country music, and spending time with her grandkids. She is survived by her parents; husband,...
Teresa Balcom
Dec 17, 2022
Teresa Norris Balcom, 59, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2022. Teresa was the daughter of Evelyn Holt Norris and the late LT Norris. She loved spending time with her grandkids. She was preceded in death by her father, and stepdaughter, Anastasia Scheufele. She is survived by her mother; husband, Jon Balcom, Jr.; sons, Alex Hurst, Kevin Hurst, both...
Danny Thomas
Dec 15, 2022
Danny Lee Thomas, 50, of Franklin, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2022. Born in Macon County, he was the son of Barbara Mae Guffey Thomas and the late Dewey Leon Thomas. In addition to his dad, he was preceded in death by a son, Nathaniel Johnson, and a granddaughter, Brexley Mae. Danny loved motorcycles, big rigs, and hot rods....
Ronald Holland
Dec 14, 2022
Franklin, NC: Ronald Cleyborn Holland, known as Ronnie by his friends and family, was born on March 28, 1947, to Kerma Cleyborn and Mavis Young Holland. He went on to Glory on December 14, 2022. When he was able, Ronnie and his wife, Sue, could easily be found on Sunday mornings at Prentiss Church. He loved the Lord and liked...
Otis Watts
Dec 12, 2022
Otis Denver Watts, 81, of Franklin and Sylva, went home to be with Jesus on Monday, December 12, 2022. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Glenn William and Alice Blanche Jones Watts. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Faye Frizzell Watts; brothers, Wallace and Terrell Watts; and...
Frances Guy
Dec 10, 2022
Frances Flynt Guy, age 82, passed away on Dec. 10th, 2022 after a brief illness. She was surrounded by her family. Frances was born on Sept. 29th, 1940 in Laurel, Ms. to Leon and Hazie Flynt. In 1958, she married her high school sweetheart Sidney Guy, when she was 17 years old and he was 18 years old. They had...
Nancy Beach
Dec 9, 2022
Nancy Alice Scott Beach,61, of Franklin went Home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday December 9, 2022. Born in and a lifelong resident of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late George Daniel and Annie Belle Bingham Scott. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Benjamin Franklin...
John Nichols
Dec 9, 2022
John Daryl Nichols, Sr., 74, of Franklin NC, went to be with his Heavenly Father December 9, 2022. Born in Princeton, West Virginia on January 4, 1948 he was the son on the late Lloyd L. Nichols and Eva Mae Gordon Nichols. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death my his oldest son, Luke Nichols; sister, Bonnie...
Mack Cabe
Dec 8, 2022
Mack Eugene Cabe 85, of Franklin, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2022, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in the Ronnie Green Heart Center. Mack was born on September 18, 1937, in Macon County to the late Meldrum "Pud" Dewey and Evie Keener Cabe. He was a graduate of Franklin High School. Mack was a retired logging contractor and grading...
Edna Smith
Dec 6, 2022
Edna Mae Frady Smith, 78, of Franklin went home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. Born in Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late William Garland and Carrie Franks Frady. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Vicky Smith and son, Al Smith. Three brothers; Willard, Roosevelt Albert, and...
Dan Britt
Dec 5, 2022
George "Dan" Britt, 75, passed away Monday, December 5, 2022, in Gainesville, GA. Dan was born in Roanoke, VA. He was the son of the late Harold Britt and Marie Turner Ritter and stepfather Herman Vasser Ritter. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Judith Hiers; and son, Chad Beckwith Britt. He was a member of First Baptist...
Grant Epps
Dec 3, 2022
Grant Allen Epps, 80, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, December 3, 2022. Mr. Epps was born in Troy, North Carolina on December 30, 1941, to the late Charlie and Rachel Epps. He is survived by his wife Myrtle Epps of 51 years. Grant was of the Baptist Faith and was a member at...
Arnold Buchanan
Dec 3, 2022
Arnold Buchanan, 79, of Cullowhee, NC, went home to be with Jesus on Saturday, December 3, 2022. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Perry and Myrtle Leopard Buchanan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Brenda Louise Haskett Buchanan; bonus grandson, Jason Mathes; and siblings, Linda Jane Woodard, Wayne...
William Lapp
Dec 2, 2022
William R. (Bill) Lapp Jr. passed away December 2, 2022 after a brief illness. He was born March 5, 1943 to parents, William R. Lapp Sr. and Hughmina Mary King Lapp in Hollywood FL. Bill graduated from Miami Norland High School in 1961 and worked several years before beginning a career with CSX Railroad as an engineer for 42 years....
Robert Deese
Nov 27, 2022
Robert Lee Deese, 87, of Franklin, NC, passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2022. Robert was born in Mullins, SC, and was the son of the late Samuel and Carolyn Jordan Deese. He was a diesel mechanic for Hernando County, Florida for 18 years. He served in the US Army for 3 years and US Coast Guard for 18 years....
Bart Kimmey
Nov 26, 2022
Bart Edward Kimmey was born on September 14, 1945, and passed from this life on November 26, 2022. He was a wonderful family man and a great provider who will long be remembered by those who loved him dearly: his wife of 53 years, Linda Rhoden Kimmey; his daughter, Tara Jean Kimmey; his grandchildren, Samantha, Savannah, and Robert Washington, Jr.;...
Raymond Wheeler
Nov 26, 2022
Raymond H. Wheeler, 93, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully on November 26, 2022. Ray was born March 31, 1929 to Raymond Sr. and Margaret (Peggy) Wheeler of Cleveland, OH. Later, the family moved to Cincinnati where Ray and his three sisters grew up. He loved the outdoors, camping as a Boy Scout, beekeeping, gardening, and hiking. His...
Raymond Bracken
Nov 25, 2022
Franklin, NC: Raymond Earle Bracken, Jr., went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, November 25, 2022. Born on June 22, 1933, in Blackwood, New Jersey, to the late Raymond E. Bracken, Sr., and Elizabeth A. Elfrey Bracken, he was predeceased by one brother, Harry Bracken, and his beloved wife, Georgia M. Bracken. Ray is survived by a...
Chester Mahon
Nov 25, 2022
Chester Wadsworth Mahon, Jr. was born on June 28, 1929, to Chester Wadsworth Mahon, Sr. and Dorothy Marie Joneson in Chicago, Illinois. Chet grew up in the family business, Mahon Finer Foods Grocery, which had been in the family for two generations. He attended Morgan Park Military Academy where he was appointed Captain of Company D. While at the military...
