Thomas Brown
Jun 7, 2011
Thomas Addison Brown, 77, of Otto, passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Born in Cortland, NY, he was the son of the late Addison Brown and Virginia Filzinger Brown. Tom was an auto body restorer and was of the Presbyterian faith. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Annette Boivin Brown; three daughters, Valerie Jean Brown of Largo, FL; Roxie...
Joseph Parker
Jun 7, 2011
Joseph Rescoe Parker, 66, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Born in Miami, FL, he was the son of T. Carroll Parker and Edna Maye Bussey Parker. He attended Southern Illinois University and graduated with degree in child education. He was a Lieutenant with the US Navy and was awarded five Navy-Air medals, National Defense Ribbon and ten...
Carlton Martin
Jun 6, 2011
Carlton Grady Martin, 82, of Franklin, passed away Monday, June 6, 2011, in Franklin. Born in Macon Co, he was the son of the late John Marion Martin and Mary Lucinda Gregory Martin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Katherine Gregory Martin; second wife Irene Price Martin and sister, Effie Mae Jones...
Gary Welch
Jun 3, 2011
Gary Ervin Welch, 64, of Franklin, passed away on Friday, June 3, 2011. Born in Macon County, he was the son of Claude Welch and the late Christine Huggins Welch. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Claudia Griffith. Gary was a U.S. Army veteran. In addition to his father, he is survived by...
Lorene Locklear
Jun 3, 2011
Lorene Locklear, 82, of Franklin, passed away Friday, June 3, 2011. Born in Barbourville, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Walter Detherage and Minnie Stafford Detherage. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Locklear who died in 2005; a sister, Betty Waldroop and brother, Herbert Hamilton. Lorene was a founding member...
Frances Dewitt
May 24, 2011
Frances Nolan DeWitt, 87, of Otto, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Born in Morehouse, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Simpson N. Nolan and Katherine Jordon Nolan. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, William E. "Bill" DeWitt who died May 13, 2011. Frances was the owner of...
Delcia Carver
May 20, 2011
Alice Delcia Carver, 68, of Franklin, passed away Friday, May 20, 2011. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Byrd Monroe Collins and Lou Anna Franks Collins. She was preceded in death by four brothers, J.L., Tommy Weaver and James "Ellis" Collins and Furman Franks and two sisters, Mamie Collins and Dorothy Jones. She was a...
Michael Jacobs
May 19, 2011
Michael Frederick Jacobs, 54, of Franklin, passed away May 19, 2011. Born in Roanoke Rapids, NC, he was the son of Frances Faye Faulkner Jacobs of Cincinnati, OH and the late Jerome Arthur Jacobs. He was a U.S. Army veteran and was of the Catholic faith. Michael enjoyed outdoor activities, swimming, travel & electronics. In addition to his mother, he...
Kathleen Stewart
May 17, 2011
Kathleen Jaye Stewart, 19, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Born in Sylva, she was the beloved daughter of Michael Stewart and Joyce Bradley Stewart. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her loving sisi, Jacquelyn Stewart, with whom she shared a special love and bond; paternal grandmother, Kathleen Stewart of Wabash, IN; aunts and uncles,...
Mayzell Vinson
May 17, 2011
Mayzell Vinson, 75, of Otto, passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Born in Deer Lodge, TN, she was the daughter of the late Elbert Lee Smith and Gertrude Durham Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Teddy Smith and Ozell Smith. Mayzell loved sewing and cooking. She was a member and Sunday school...
Stephen Mason
May 16, 2011
Stephen David Mason, 54, of Palmer, AK, passed away Monday, May 16, 2011 in Palmer, AK. Born in Macon County on October 31, 1956, he was the son of Catherine Franks Mason and the late Carl David Mason. He was grandson of the late Will and Perry Mason and also Tillman and Jessie Franks of Franklin. Stephen was of the...
Samuel Tallent
May 15, 2011
Samuel "Sam" George Tallent of Greenville, SC, 67, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011. Born in Macon Co, he was the son of the late Ralph E. and Kate Raby-Tallent. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Tallent; sisters, Dorothy Clampitt and Kathryn Cook; very special mother and father-in-law, Perry and Lola Shepherd...
Kathleen Conley
May 15, 2011
Kathleen Yonce Conley, 74, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011. Born in Macon Co. she was the daughter of the late Gay Yonce and Elda Roper Yonce. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brother, Homer Yonce. She was a charter member of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church and former elder. Kathleen was a real estate...
William Dewitt
May 13, 2011
William E. "Bill" Dewitt, 92, of Otto, passed away Friday, May 13, 2011. Born in Savannah, GA, he was the son of the late William Edward Dewitt and Jessie Wallace Dewitt. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters. Bill was the owner of Coweeta Creek Campground and was a caregiver, always...
Annie Smith
May 11, 2011
Annie Dee Leatherman Smith died peacefully with her family by her side on May 11, 2011. She was born on Huckleberry Creek in 1916, the first child of Nancy Mason Leatherman and Solomon Carl Leatherman. The family moved to Cowee Valley in 1924 where they had a farm by the Little Tennessee River. After attending Athens Business College, Annie Dee...
James Dalton
May 10, 2011
James "Lewis" Dalton, 53, of Watauga Road, Franklin, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Born in Macon Co, he was the son of Lawrence Grady Dalton and Edna Raby Dalton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Arthur and Bobby Dalton. Lewis worked at Hunter's Body Shop, Nantahala Lumber Company and with Jimmy Ammons....
John Wakenshaw
May 7, 2011
John Adam "Dutsy" Wakenshaw, age 69, passed away Saturday May 7th, in Franklin, N.C. Born March 31, 1942 in Springfield, Illinois, he was preceded in death by his parents, Adam F. and Beatrice (Sanders) Wakenshaw. Graduating from Feitshans High School in Springfield, Illinois, he later attended the University of Illinois. He married Connie Jane Ivey in 1958 and had two...
Donna Leedom
May 7, 2011
Donna Mae Johnson Leedom, 82, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2011. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Elmer Johnson and Hazel Westfall Johnson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Lloyd Leedom who died April 12, 2007 and a son, James Norman "Jim" Leedom who died February 26, 2010. Donna was...
Neva Ennis
May 7, 2011
Neva Scruggs Ennis, 103, passed away May 7, 2011 in Highlands, NC. She was born August 14, 1907 in Gainesville, FL. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Brick Pomeroy Scruggs and Sara Fay Carmichael Scruggs and her husband of 57 years, John Gary Ennis. Growing up in Tampa, she graduated from Hillsborough High School. She attended...
Joan Erbele
May 4, 2011
Joan LaFelle Erbele, 71, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, May 04, 2011. Born in Macon Co, she was the daughter of the late Fred Hobson Mincey and Bessie Young Mincey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Freda Henry and Billie Mincey and brother, Charles Mincey. Joan was a medical transcriptionist for CJ Harris...
