Terry Waldroop
Mar 19, 2014
Terry Neil Waldroop, 62, of Franklin, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Terry was the son of Florence Ledbetter Waldroop Taylor and the late Neil Gilmer Waldroop. He was a barber and a member of Maidens Chapel United Methodist Church. Terry enjoyed hunting, fishing and making music. He once made music at The World's Fair in Knoxville, Tn.. In addition to...
David Lee Williams
Mar 19, 2014
David Lee Williams, Jr., 49 of Franklin, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Born in Macon County, he was the son of David Lee Williams, Sr. and Vera "Odie" Dills Williams of Franklin. David graduated from South Western Community College and Western Carolina University with a B.S. degree and was a landscaper. David loved music and was a member...
David Stanley
Mar 12, 2014
David Ray Stanley, 49, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Born in Macon County, he was the son of Stella Webb Stanley and the late Leroy Stanley. David worked for Aaron Pest Control and was a member of First United Methodist Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, music and playing the guitar. In addition to his mother, Stella Webb...
Claude Welch
Mar 10, 2014
Claude Welch, 91, of Franklin, passed away on Monday, March 10, 2014. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Austin Welch and Pearl Morgan Welch. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Christine Huggins Welch who died April 27, 2010; son, Gary Welch; granddaughter, Claudia Welch Griffith;...
Larry Wilt
Mar 9, 2014
Larry Nelson Wilt, 31, of Franklin, died Sunday, March 9, 2014. Born in St. Petersburg, FL, he was the son of Nancy Useted Wilt and the late Jerold Nelson Hope. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a half-brother, Joe Hope. Larry worked in housing construction and he enjoyed gardening. In addition to his mother, he...
Donald Eddie Adams
Mar 7, 2014
Donald Eddie Adams, 69, of Carnesville, GA, formerly of Franklin, passed away on Friday, March 7, 2014. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Thomas Edgar Adams and Hallie Southards Adams. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Bruce Wayne Adams who died February 20, 2014. Eddie was retired from...
Arbutus Cochran
Mar 4, 2014
Arbutus Young Cochran, 88, of Franklin, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Born in Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late John Young and Lula Ridley Young. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Warren G. Cochran who died in 1998;a son, Bruce Warren Cochran who died in 2000, great granddaughter,...
Freda Bryant
Mar 2, 2014
Freda Hall Bryant passed away on Sunday March 2nd at The Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community in Asheville NC where she had resided for the past 14 years. Freda was born to Dock Allison Hall and Pearl Bradley Hall on August 15th 1925 in the Oak Grove, NC community. She attended Western Carolina College where she received her teacher's certificate and...
Garland Bateman
Mar 1, 2014
Garland Bateman, 95, of Franklin passed away on March 1, 2014 at his home. Born in Nantahala, NC, on December 25, 1918, he was the son of the late T.A. Bateman and Mallie Waters Bateman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers and sisters, George, Thea, Andrew, Oscar, Claude, Gene, Nannie Morrow, Milam Wilkie and...
Estella Hallmark
Feb 27, 2014
Estella Yvette Hallmark, 52, of Franklin, went to visit Heaven on Thursday, February 27, 2014. Estella's favorite thing is spending time with her Precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and her favorite place is her prayer closet, where He shows her great and mighty things which she knew not (Jeremiah 33:3). She loves spending time with her family and friends,...
Frances Wood
Feb 27, 2014
Frances R. Wood, 92, of Franklin, passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2014. Born in Haywood Co, she was the daughter of the late Glen Robinson and Avis Burnette Robinson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Lee Wood. Frances owned Wood's Motel and volunteered at Angel Medical Center for many years. She is...
Frank Hauversburk
Feb 26, 2014
Frank Hauversburk Jr., 82, of Otto, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Born in Alton, IL, he was the son of the late Frank Leonard Hauversburk and Wilma Schoen Hauversburk. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters, Linda Kungilies and Sharon Fowler. Frank was very active in the Macon County Senior Games, loved to fish...
Clarice Witt
Feb 25, 2014
Clarice Lillian Luke Witt, 77, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Born in Thomasville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Moses Jacob Luke and Mandy Luvenia Barksdale Luke. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Aaron Alderman; brother, Dorsey Luke and sisters, Virginia Hendley and Ann White. Clarice enjoyed going...
Harold Gregory
Feb 25, 2014
Harold Douglas Gregory, 80, of Stanley, NC, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Born in Macon Co, he was the son of the late Alfred Gregory and Mandie Houston Gregory. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Nellie Mason Gregory; brother, Troy Gregory and sisters, Ruth Hedden and Ruby Jenkins;. Harold...
Ardelle Baer
Feb 24, 2014
Ardelle Ruth Armstrong Baer, 84, of Franklin, passed away on Monday, February 24, 2014. Born on September 4, 1929, she grew up in New York City. She graduated from Barrington Bible College in Rhode Island with a teaching degree and eventually earned her master's degree in education. She taught elementary school in Brentwood, Long Island, NY for over 30 years,...
Mirta Perez
Feb 22, 2014
Mirta Perez, 91, of Franklin, passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2014. Mirta was the daughter of the late Antonio Aquique Sacre and Magdalena Cheme Malya. She is survived by a daughter, Magdalena M. Perez; grandson, Alfred A. Vendrell and Christopher S. Vendrell. No services are planned at this time. Macon Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Online...
Palma Fouts Maslin
Feb 21, 2014
Palma "Pam" Elizabeth Fouts Maslin, 80, of Franklin, passed away Friday, February 21, 2014. Born in Macon Co, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Fouts and Lola Holbrook Fouts. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Dolpha Fouts. Pam was a member of Lockwood United Methodist Church in Lockwood, NY. She is...
Bruce Adams
Feb 20, 2014
Bruce Wayne Adams, 62, of Franklin, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2014. Born in Macon Co, he was the son of the late Thomas Edgar Adams and Hallie Southards Adams. Bruce was a US Army veteran and served during the Vietnam War. He loved sports; especially football, was a former coach and den leader for the Cub Scouts. He...
Betty Lou Mottola
Feb 17, 2014
Betty Lou Mottola, 78, of Franklin, passed away on Monday, February 17, 2014. Betty was an adult educator and taught crafts at Orange County Adult Education Center. She loved the Lord, enjoyed cooking, crafts, making dolls and had a great sense of humor. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Richard Mottola; six children, Richard M. Mottola Jr....
Patricia Lamb
Feb 17, 2014
Patricia Ann (Hopewell) Lamb, 88, formerly of Terre Haute, IN, passed away peacefully at the Hermitage in Dillsboro, North Carolina on Monday, February 17, 2014, where she had resided for the past three years. She was born March 13, 1925, in Sullivan, Indiana to Roy and Edna Hopewell. Her creativity and talent led her to attend Indiana State Teacher's College...
