Doris Brandsma
Nov 19, 2011
Doris June Brandsma, 90, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2011. Born in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late Harry Peterson and Marsha Cooper Peterson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Ralph Brandsma; two sons, Warren and Alan; brother, John Peterson and grandson, Christopher. She was a member...
Joel Scarinci
Nov 16, 2011
Joel Scarinci, 57, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Born in Summerville, NJ, he was the son of Betty McMurthy Lytle and the late Joel J. Scarinci. Joel was a U.S. Navy veteran and was a talented painter. In addition to his mother, Betty Lytle of Harrisburg, PA, he is survived by his companion, Victoria Gelfond of Franklin;...
Anne Westlund
Nov 15, 2011
Anne Catherine Westlund, 87, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. Born in Adele, GA, she was the daughter of the late William Carter and Frankie Fry Carter. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James A. Westlund, Sr. and a son, Michael Victor Westlund. Anne was a member of Grace Baptist Church....
Nell Wilkes
Nov 14, 2011
Nell Candis Wilkes, 81, of Franklin, passed away Monday, November 14, 2011. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late William C. Dowell and Nancy Anderson Dowell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Billy Junior Moses, Sr., second husband, Henry Herman Wilkes; son, Ralph Moses; sisters, Kate Downs, Josie...
John Mcgovern
Nov 11, 2011
John Robert "Bob" McGovern, 77, of Franklin, passed away Friday, November 11, 2011. He was born in Atkinson County, Georgia, July 19, 1934, to Peter McGovern and Thelma McKinnon McGovern. His family moved to Florida in 1937. He was a resident of Daytona Beach and Port Orange, FL for 54 years. He was employed for 34 years by Florida Power...
James Landrum
Nov 10, 2011
Spec Landrum, a major contributor to college athletics in Georgia, passed away peacefully at the age of 94, in Franklin, N.C. on November 10. Uniquely, he coached and left legacies at three different Universities in Georgia, including both Tech and Georgia. He was respected by all who had the opportunity to know or work with him. Born in a farmhouse...
John Worrall
Nov 7, 2011
John Mackey Worrall, 72, of Otto, passed away Monday, November 7, 2011. Born in Miami, FL, he was the son of the late Frank Worrall and Nelle Yeager Worrall. He was a chemist with Baxter International. John was a member of the Master Gardeners Club and he loved to woodwork. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Katie...
Ralph Thompson
Nov 6, 2011
Ralph Wayne Thompson, 73, of Franklin passed away Sunday, November 6, 2011. Born in Picken, Illinois, he was the son of the late Virgil Thompson and Amelia Lawson Thompson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Joshua Thompson. Ralph was a member of Higdonville Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife of 11...
Julie Jackson
Nov 5, 2011
Our Angel Julie Ann Hardegree Jackson, 56, of Otto, NC, fell asleep on Saturday, November 5, 2011 and went to heaven to be with the Lord. Born in Miami, FL, she was the daughter of Ron Hardegree and the late Mary Lou Bennett Hardegree. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her grandparents, Cynthia and Edward...
William Gorden Underwood
Nov 4, 2011
William Gorden Underwood, 75, of Cullowhee, NC, passed away Friday, November 4, 2011. Born in Blairsville, GA, he was the son of the late William Wayne Underwood and Mary Jane Bryson Underwood. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Carl, Lawson and Fred. Gorden was a member of Bible Baptist Church. He was a...
Mary Shepherd
Nov 3, 2011
Mary Nell Shepherd, 75, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011. Born in Winston Salem, NC, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Paul Lampley and Hallie Mae Scott. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Dwight Lampley. Mary loved painting, crocheting, knitting and enjoyed watching wrestling. She loved her two dogs,...
Emily Markham
Nov 3, 2011
Emily Day Markham, 68, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011. Born in Trenton, TN, she was the daughter of the late Otis Day and Vera Powell Day. She graduated from the University of Tennessee, where she was a cheerleader and a member of the Chi Omega Fraternity. She was a member of Louisa Chapel UMC. Emily was an...
Sarai Taylor
Nov 2, 2011
Sarai Ann Taylor, infant daughter of Jonathan Taylor and Anna Edmonds Taylor, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2011. In addition to her parents, she is survived by grandparents, Bruce Allan Taylor of Franklin, Patricia Sumner Taylor of Franklin, Teressa Simmons of Franklin and Randy Gregory of Asheville; great grandparents, Jimmie Simmons, Opal Sumner and Nolan and Dorothy Gregory all of...
Donald Worley
Nov 2, 2011
Donald Eugene Worley, 63, of Otto, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Born in Roane Co, TN, he was the son of the late Talford Worley and Bessie Lane Worley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sons, Erik and Derrik Worley. Donald loved fishing and camping. He was a member of Black Mtn. Baptist...
Peggy Browning
Nov 1, 2011
Peggy Browning, 82, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2011. Born in Otto, NC, she was the daughter of the late Luddie Andrew Jones and Rosie McCall Jones. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bennie T. Browning who died in 1983; a son, James Browning who died in 1991 and two infant...
Robert Wallace
Oct 31, 2011
Robert Ray Wallace, 71, of Franklin, passed away Monday, October 31, 2011. Born in Macon Co, he was the son of the late Ernest Wallace and Beatrice Green Wallace. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, William J. Wallace and George Hilton Wallace and granddaughter, Ashleigh Nicole Moore. He was a US Army veteran...
Dean Williams
Oct 28, 2011
Dean Paul Williams, 61, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, October 27, 2011. Born in Berkshire, MA, he was the son of Marie Lysek Williams and the late Charles Williams. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by an infant son, Joel Aaron Williams. Dean was a US Navy veteran. He was a registered nurse at Stephens County...
Alba Rowland
Oct 28, 2011
Alba Rowland, 83, of Franklin, passed away Friday, October 28, 2011. Born in Macon Co, she was the daughter of the late Harley E. Yonce and Eva Raburn Yonce. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Brice Rowland who died April 18, 1980; two sisters, Dorothy Yonce Waters and Ruth Yonce Solesbee and a...
Marjorie Shower
Oct 26, 2011
Marjorie Gwendolyn Ford Shower, 89, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Born in Sand Springs, OK, she was the daughter of the late Robert Daniel Ford and Phoebe L. Hurd Ford. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Arnold Shower; grandson, Edmund Glenn Shower, Jr. and daughter-in-law, Brenda Overstreet Shower. Marjorie...
Geneva Sams
Oct 26, 2011
Geneva Luvina Mantooth Sams, 91, of the Otto Community in Macon County, died Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Seneca Rehabilitation Center in Seneca, SC after a period of declining health. She was born February 17, 1920 to Clayburn and Trissie-Jane Mantooth in Louden County, Tennessee and moved as an infant with her parents to Gastonia, NC that same year. She...
