Shirley Mae Drinnon
Apr 17, 2014
Shirley Mae Drinnon, 65, of Franklin, passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Glenn Reeves and Willa Mae Childers Reeves. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Jeffery Craig Drinnon and a grandson, William Madison Drinnon. She was a member of Burningtown Baptist...
Patrick "Pat" Gregory
Apr 15, 2014
Patrick "Pat" Abran Gregory, 84, of Cornelia, GA, formerly of Franklin, NC, passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Lewis Gregory and Maude Holland Gregory. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Edward and J.L. and sister, Dorthena Holland. Pat was a US...
John "Big John" Seay
Apr 15, 2014
John Thomas "Big John" Seay, 88, of Franklin passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Arvey Bedford Seay and Mary Leona Williams Seay. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Myrtle Sanders Seay who died February 23, 2011; son, Larry "LeRoy"...
Charles William Woodring
Apr 14, 2014
Charles "William" Woodring, 60, of Franklin, passed away on Monday, April 14, 2014. Born in Jackson County, NC, he was the son of the late James Lewis Woodring and Eullia Reed Woodring. He loved to build birdhouses and jewelry boxes and loved being outdoors. He is survived by his companion Patricia Mathis; two children; brothers and sisters, May, Elaine, Mamie,...
Irma Pohlenz
Apr 13, 2014
Irma Brunner Pohlenz, 87, of Franklin, passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2014. Born in Munich, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Simon Brunner and Terese Sedlmeier Brunner. Irma was an interior decorator and owned Sam's Upholstery. She is survived by her husband of 72 years, Roy Rodney Pohlenz; son, John Pohlenz of Whittier, NC; brother, Hans Brunner...
Mary Ann Mcclure
Apr 12, 2014
Mary Ann McClure, 64, of Franklin, passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Born in Miami, FL, she was the daughter of the late Leo Francis Kullman and Helen Scott Kullman. Mary enjoyed music, spending time with her grandchildren and taking photos. She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Elgie McClure; two sons, Richie Sund and wife Tara...
Larry Morris
Apr 12, 2014
Larry Dale Morris, 64, of Franklin, passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Eddie Morris and Ethel Early Morris. Larry was a landscaper; member of Walnut Creek Baptist Church; an avid sportsman, enjoying all sports and was an animal lover. He is survived by his wife of 25 years,...
John Roy Potts
Apr 11, 2014
John Roy Potts, 77, of Highlands, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2014. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Robert Leonard Potts and Flossie McCall Potts. He was preceded in death by a son, John Michael Potts and one brother, Jimmy Potts. After graduating from Glenville High School, he joined the Air Force and served...
Norma Hollingsworth
Apr 10, 2014
Norma Large Hollingsworth, 93, of Tiger, GA, (and Asheboro, NC and Durham, NC) passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Nellie B. and H. Lee Large, MD of Rocky Mount, NC. She was predeceased by her husband Harry D. Hollingsworth, by a sister Janet L. Hawkins and a brother H. Lee Large, Jr., MD....
Daniel Atkinson
Apr 8, 2014
Daniel Cornelius Atkinson, 60, of Satsuma, FL, passed away on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Born in Bennettsville, SC, he was the son of Nancy Cantrell Alexander of Franklin and the late Daniel C. Atkinson. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his step dad, Hoyt W. Alexander and a brother, John Atkinson. Daniel was a chef;...
Betty Goude
Apr 5, 2014
Betty Goude went to be with her Lord and Savior peacefully asleep on Saturday, April 05, 2014. She was born in Scranton, SC on December 7, 1929 to Rev. and Mrs. Ernest B. Lee, Pentecostal Holiness ministers. On April 11, 1947 she married Rev. James M. Goude, a Church of God minister. She is predeceased by her mother and father,...
Joan Lamb
Apr 5, 2014
Joan Lois Thomas Lamb, 70, of Franklin, passed away on Saturday, April 5, 2014. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Thomas and Lois Ledford Thomas. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Mitchell Lamb who died in 2005 and three sisters, Margie, Agnes and Geneva. She was a...
Thomas Fries
Apr 3, 2014
Thomas John Fries, 64, of Franklin, passed away on Thursday, April 3, 2014. Born in Burlington, WI, he was the son of the late Rodney Lewis Fries and Carol Ann Kortendick Fries. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Elizabeth Zitzmann. Thomas was a member of Cowee Baptist Church. He worked in construction....
Helen Bilger
Apr 2, 2014
Helen Drown Bilger, 83, of Franklin, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Born in Peabody, MA, she was the daughter of the late Henry Eugene Drown and Blanche Bascom Drown. Helen retired from Florida Power where she worked as a data entry operator. She was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church. Helen enjoyed her doll collection (she had...
James Conrad Clark
Mar 29, 2014
James Conrad Clark was born June 3, 1943, in Covington County, Mississippi. He is predeceased by his mother and father, Virgil and Bertha Kate Roberts Clark and two brothers who were deceased before his birth. He is survived by his wife, Julia Susan Wallace Clark and three children, Ronald Keith Clark Regelman (Dawn) of Smiths Station AL, and Connie Rochelle...
Vera Harper
Mar 29, 2014
Vera Emma Glover Harper, 94, of Franklin, NC and formerly of Greensboro, Al., died Sat. March 29, 2014. Mrs. Harper was a native of Eutaw, Al, and the daughter of the late Joseph E. Glover and Vera Singley Glover. She was a homemaker; loved spending time with her family and sharing family values with them. She loved to fish, working...
Gwendolyn Marshall
Mar 24, 2014
Gwendolyn Vaughan Marshall passed away peacefully on Monday, March 24, 2014, at Eckerd Living Center in Highlands, NC. She was born in Lilly, Georgia on April 15, 1927 to James Nunnally Vaughan and Ferol Adams Vaughan. In 1946 while in nursing school at Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville, she met and married William M. Bowen and became a...
Shirley Raby
Mar 23, 2014
Shirley Pressley Raby, 73, of Franklin, passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2014. Born in Canton, NC, she was the daughter of the late George Earl Pressley and Lola Bailey Pressley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Buddy Raby, sister, Joyce Haney and husband Richard and nephew, Mike Warren. She was the most...
Daniel Bruce Perry
Mar 22, 2014
Daniel Bruce Perry, 93 of Franklin passed away on Saturday, March 22, 2014. He was a U.S. Army Air Corp Veteran of WWII; member of Junaluskee Masonic Lodge No. 145 and was an Oasis Shriner. Bruce was the owner and operator of Franklin Tool and Mfg. since 1972. He was preceded in death by his wife Anita L. Perry who...
Frank Mason
Mar 20, 2014
Frank H. Mason, 90, of Franklin went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Dan and Ida Hastings Mason. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Julia Chastain and Sarah Hastings of Rabun, GA; four brothers, Earl, Woodrow, J.R. (Bud)...
