George Kistner, Jr.
May 1, 2008
George Paul Kistner, Jr., 67, of Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, May 1, 2008. Born in Lakeland, FL, he was the son of George P. Kistner and the late Annie C. Lynch Kistner. George was a U.S. Air Force veteran and a retired police officer with a combined 38 years of service (25 years from Lakeland Police Dept. and 13...
Elda Womack
Apr 28, 2008
Elda Ledford Womack, 93, passed away after a brief illness on April 28, 2008 in Charlotte, NC. She was born February 27, 1915 in the Burningtown section of Macon county. Elda was the daughter of Fred and Dora Poindexter Ledford. Mrs. Womack was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Reid Womack, brothers Lee, Crawford, Howard and Bob Ledford...
Hildegarde Chasse
Apr 27, 2008
Hildegarde Simonne Chasse, 96, of Franklin, passed away, April 27, 2008. Born in Fall River, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Hildebert Gagne and Emma Gagnon Gagne. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Leo Edward Chasse who died in 1964; brother, Conrad A. Gagne and two sisters, Emma Berube and Rita...
Linda Ferguson
Apr 25, 2008
Linda Ann Ferguson, 45, of Franklin, passed away on Friday, April 25, 2008. Born in Peekskill, NY, she was the daughter of Roberta Adams Smith of Marco Island, FL and the late Joel H. Berman. Linda received her Bachelors Degree from the University of Florida and served as a judicial assistant for the 8th Circuit Court in Gainesville, FL. She...
Lester Vickers
Apr 25, 2008
Lester C. Vickers, 91, of Franklin, passed away Friday, April 25, 2008. Born in Sylacuga, AL, he was the son of the Cape Vickers and Lona Mae Vanderslice Vickers. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Effie Mae Cooper Vickers and son, Rev. Michael Vickers. Lester was a US Navy veteran and later...
Richard Stone
Apr 25, 2008
Richard F. Stone, 76, of Franklin, passed away Friday, April 25, 2008. Born in Marlboro, MA. He was the son of the late Kenneth F. Stone and Dorothy Marie Thatcher Stone. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Jean Smith (August 28, 2007). Richard was a US Marine Corps combat wounded veteran of the...
Alice Clark
Apr 23, 2008
Alice Anderson Clark, 95, of Conyers, GA, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late James A. Anderson and Hazel Crisp Anderson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Otis Clark; son Preston Clark and her two brothers and seven sisters. Alice retired in 1973...
Ruby Corpening
Apr 20, 2008
Ruby Penland Corpening, 91, of Hayesville passed away Sunday, April 20, 2008. Born in Towns County GA. She was the daughter of the late John Burton Penland and Mary Jane Johnson Penland. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Quincey Corpening in 1979; a brother, Von Penland; three sisters, Euel Penland, Ethel Sims and...
James "Jim Buck" Buchanan
Apr 19, 2008
James "Jim Buck" Buchanan, 72, of Franklin, passed away April 19, 2008. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Oscar Buchanan and Edna Picklesimer Buchanan. In addition he was preceded in death by five sisters, Margie Cabe, Myrtle Campbell, Annie Dykes, Ruby Justice, Hazel Rogers and one brother, Neville Buchanan. James retired in 1992 after 37...
Emma Erwin
Apr 19, 2008
Emma V. Erwin, 93, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late John B. Vinson, Sr. and Mae Belle Conley Vinson. In addition she was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Erwin who died in 1972. Emma was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed reading and...
Evelyn Speed
Apr 18, 2008
Evelyn Anthony Speed, 74, of Franklin, passed away, April 18, 2008. Born in Yadkin Co, NC, she was the daughter of the late Vance Anthony and Dellie Peele Anthony. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Creed Clark and second husband, Jim Speed. She was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by three children, Carol Cota and...
George Ramsey, Jr.
Apr 18, 2008
George Thomas Ramsey, Jr., 73, of Franklin, passed away April 18, 2008. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late George Thomas Ramsey, Sr. and Texie Justice Ramsey. He is survived by four children, Clinton Ramsey of Franklin, George Dennis Ramsey and Donald Marvin Ramsey both of Candler, NC and Verna Kay Blackwell of Inman, SC; one...
Richard Hair
Apr 16, 2008
Richard C. Hair, 73, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Born in Winona, WV. He was the son of the late Raleigh and Irma Painter Hair. In addition, Richard was preceded in death by a daughter, Martha Mae Hair. Richard was a US Air Force veteran of the Korean conflict. He was a school bus driver for...
Michael Waugh
Apr 16, 2008
Michael George Waugh, 59, of Franklin, passed away April 16, 2008. Born in Glendale, CA, he was the son of the late Max and Grace MacNeil Waugh. He was a U.S. Marine Corp. Michael was a truck driver. He is survived by two sons, Scott Shellman of Henderson, Nevada and Tyler Trujillo of Palm Dale, CA; four brothers, Edward Wedberg,...
Alene Munger
Apr 16, 2008
Alene Gregory Munger, 78, of Franklin, NC, passed away on Wed., April 16, 2008. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Martha Clark Gregory. She was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church. She is survived of her husband of 58 years, Pearly Munger; three children, Ronnie Munger of McAllen, TX, Keith Munger of...
Ida Green
Apr 15, 2008
Ida Barger Feltner Green, 84, of Franklin, NC, passed away on April 15, 2008. She was born in Alberta, Canada and moved to Oneida, Kentucky with her parents, the late Robert and Ebbie Barger. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband Clarence Feltner who died in 1954 and sisters Etta Deaton, Luli Barger...
John Mcclure
Apr 13, 2008
John N. McClure, born June 1, 1913, in Beeson Works, PA, died on Sunday, April 13, 2008, in Franklin, NC. He will live on in the memory of his wife of 25 years, Marian Randel McClure, and his family, Gus and Michele McClure McMahon, Garrett and Addison McMahon Martin and their daughter MacKenzie, Maqelle McMahon, Robin McClure Henry, Morgan Jennings,...
Dennis Daryl Thomasson
Apr 13, 2008
Dennis "Daryl" Thomasson, 55, of Franklin, NC, passed away Sunday morning at 4:43am, April 13, 2008 at Angel Mercy Hospital in Franklin. Daryl was born November 9, 1952, in Winston Salem, NC. Daryl spent his childhood growing up in Danville, VA. He was an excellent baseball player as a boy, playing short stop. He played with pride as he knew...
C. Lofton Fouts
Apr 11, 2008
Mr. C. Lofton Fouts, Jr, age 76 of Douglasville passed away April 11, 2008. He was born September 6, 1931 in Winston-Salem, NC, the son of the late Annie Ruby White Fouts and C. Lofton Fouts, Sr. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina �" Chapel Hill and member of Delta Sigma Pi. Mr. Fouts served as...
Larry Baldwin, Sr.
Apr 8, 2008
Larry Grayson Baldwin Sr., 64, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Born in Canton, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Owen William Baldwin and Margaret Rentz Baldwin. In addition, he was preceded in death by his first wife Betty Wicker Baldwin (1994). He was owner of the Baldwin Funeral Homes in Hinds County, MS until 1976...
