Christine Horne
Jun 18, 2008
Christine Powell Horne went Home to be with the Lord June 18,2008 atChatuge Regional Nursing Home, Hiawassee, GA. She was a former resident of St. Petersburg, FL and Franklin, NC. Born in Williston, FL on September 21, 1917, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Mattie Jones Powell. She was also preceded in death by her husband...
Wallace Fox
Jun 14, 2008
Wallace Edward Fox, 79, of Otto, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2008. Born in Tryon, NC, he was the son of the late Nathan Phillip Fox and Jeanette Carey Fox. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by son, Wallace Edward Fox Jr. who died in 2006. Ed was a retired U.S. Marine Corps veteran. After retiring...
Larry Roach
Jun 8, 2008
Larry Roach, 72, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, June 8, 2008. Born in Toccoa, GA, he was the son of the late Luther Q. Roach and Pernelle Stowe Roach. Larry was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He was a radio announcer for WALH. He is survived by three children, Jefferson Lee Roach of Atlanta, GA, Sarah Pernelle Grimes and husband...
Otelia Higdon
Jun 4, 2008
Otelia "Tilly" Haskett Higdon, 87, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Born in Macon County, she grew up in the Mountain Grove Community. She was the daughter of the late Levi Haskett and Alice Parker Haskett. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, T.B. Higdon; brothers, Jim Haskett and J.D. Haskett and...
Claire Stevens
Jun 4, 2008
Claire Marie Stevens, 71, of Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Born in West Springfield, Mass., she was the daughter of the late John M. Hussey and Alexina M. Boulerice Hussey. She worked for the Shriner's Hospital as a Medical Transcriptionist. She lived most of her life in West Springfield, Mass. Claire attended St. Francis Catholic Church in...
D. Smith
Jun 1, 2008
D. Dean Smith, 90, went to be with God, Sunday, June 1, 2008. Born in Petersburg, VA, Ms. Smith was the daughter of Charles L. Smith and Daisy B. Dean Smith. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by brother, Leonard Smith and two sisters, Martha Smith Lynch and Sara Bell Smith Fuhr. She graduated in 1935...
Robert Rostallon
May 30, 2008
Robert E. Rostallon, 76, of Franklin, passed away Friday, May 30, 2008. Born in Laurens, SC, he was the son of the late James Louie Pulley and Mary Helen Strickland Pitts. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by brothers, Jack and Bill Pulley. Robert was a retired Iron Worker and served in the U.S. Marine Corp...
Joyce Mackenzie
May 29, 2008
Joyce Ruth MacKenzie, 80, of Franklin, formerly of West Haven and Branford, CT, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2008. She was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Beatrice MacKenzie. Ms. MacKenzie was a graduate of the Hartt College of Music, now part of the University of Hartford. She spent 22 years teaching vocal music in the public schools of...
Robert Killian
May 29, 2008
Robert "Bob" Killian, 64, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2008. Born in East Hanover, NJ, he was the son of the late Anton Killian and Alma Sweeney Killian. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Charles Killian and Anton Killian. Bob served as a Police Officer with Macon County's Sheriff's Department for 12...
Johnny Brown
May 28, 2008
Johnny Ray Brown, 68, of Otto, passed away on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at the home surrounded by his family. A native of Otto, NC, he was the son of the late Cecil Cling Brown and "Grace" Saunders Brown. He was the husband of the late Elinor "Joy" Brown. In addition he was preceded in death by brothers, Roy Lee...
Charles Shields Jr.
May 25, 2008
Charles Anthony Shields, Jr., 76, of Franklin, died May 25, 2008. Born in Franklin, he was the son of the late Charles Anthony and Elsie Duvall Shields. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Troy Shields. A gregarious man who never met a stranger, Charles graduated from Franklin High School, served in the US...
Mary Cadilac
May 23, 2008
Mary Grow Cadilac, 84, of Franklin, passed away Friday, May 23, 2008. Born in Wayne County, MI, she was the daughter of the late Hobart B. Grow and Jeannette MacGregor Grow. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Delvin "Del" H. Cadilac, who passed away in 2005. Mary was a homemaker and moved from...
Alfred Smith
May 18, 2008
Alfred W. Smith, 90, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2008. Born in Fonda, NY, he was the son of the late William K. Smith and Grace Nutt Smith. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by half brother, George Smith. Alfred retired from the University of Florida as a Ceramic Engineer. He served in the...
Stanley Penland
May 14, 2008
Stanley Edward Penland, 77, of Franklin, passed on to his Heavenly home on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Mr. Penland was born in Clay County in 1930, and moved to Macon County in 1942. He was the son of Jessie Bayse Penland and Alva Henson Penland. He was co-owner and later owner of Riverbend Dairy Farm in the Iotla Community for...
George Billetdoux
May 13, 2008
George Joseph Billetdoux, 92, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Born in Hudson Falls, NY, He was the son of the late George Thomas Billetdoux and Louise Mae Conrow Billetdoux. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Marie Schubert Billetdoux who died May 13, 2006. George retired as a self employed Real...
Clarence Mason
May 12, 2008
Clarence Eugene Mason, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2008, at Harris Regional Hospital. A native of Macon County he was the son of the late beloved and Mary Gertrude Ray Mason Lee Roy Mason, Sr. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Carroll , L.R., Ray and Harve Dale and one sister,...
Thelma Cowart
May 11, 2008
Thelma Ross Cowart, 73, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2008. Born in Frostburg, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late William Walter Ross Sr. and Alretta Mae Loar Ross. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by daughter, Patricia Pellerin and two brothers, Richard and Walter Ross. Thelma was a homemaker and lived in...
Helen Tallent
May 9, 2008
Helen Henderson Tallent, 76, of Franklin, passed away Friday, May 9, 2008. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Glenn Henderson and Mable Dills Henderson. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by brother, Jake Henderson and sister, Glenda Cook. Helen owned and operated "Helen's Beauty Shop" in her home for over 50...
Joseph Roper
May 5, 2008
Joseph "Joe" Roper, 81, of Franklin, passed away on Monday, May 5, 2008. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Harley Roper and Bertha Garner Roper. In addition to his parents he was preceeded in death by one brother, Hal Roper and four sisters, Barbara Roper, Edna Houston, Edith Anderson and Gertrude McKinney. Joe was a...
William Macneill
May 5, 2008
William Neil MacNeill, born in 1918, of Franklin, passed away, May 5, 2008. Born in Lynn, Mass. He was the son of the late Neil MacNeill and Agnes English MacNeill. Bill was a retired heating and air conditioning engineer. He served in the US Air Force and US Army Air Corps during WWII and the Korean Conflict. Bill was former...
