Roy Aiello
Oct 25, 2007
Roy "DD" Joseph Aiello, 83, of Franklin, died Thursday October 25, 2007 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in New York City, NY, he was the son of the late Frank Chester Aiello and Fannie Rose Aiello. He was preceded in death by his wife, Blanche Aiello who died September 27, 1997. He was a US Army Veteran...
Pauline Cable
Oct 23, 2007
Pauline Fouts Cable, age 95, daughter of the late David Clingman Fouts and Evelyn "Effie" Kimsey Fouts, died at her home on October 23, 2007. She was born and died on the land settled by her Fouts family in the l830's. Also preceded her in death were her husband Harry L. Cable in 1971; sister Jean Fouts Hunnicutt and husband...
Faye Holland
Oct 22, 2007
Faye Cabe Holland, 98, entered into her heavenly home on Monday, October 22, 2007 at her residence. A native of Macon County, she has lived in Franklin her whole life. She was the daughter of James H. Cabe and Estelle McClure Cabe. She was preceded in death by her husband, Orron B. Holland who died June 7, 2000; three brothers...
Freda Tabor
Oct 22, 2007
Freda Stafflebach Tabor, 72, of Franklin, passed away Monday, October 22, 2007. Born in Jackson Co., NC, she was the daughter of the late James Stafflebach and Jerdie Leora Henry Stafflebach. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll Tabor who died in 1994 and siblings, David Harold Stafflebach, Jerdie Fern Stafflebach, Felix Francis Stafflebach, James Leonard Stafflebach, Jr....
William Mauser
Oct 16, 2007
William Fredrick Mauser, 85, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, October 16,2007. Born in Camden, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Richard and Emma Williams Mauser. He was preceded in death by his wife, May P. Mauser who died in 2004. Moving from Florida, he resided in Franklin the past fifteen years. He was employed by RCA and...
Lorrraine Reece
Oct 13, 2007
Lorraine Anita Lee Reece, 88, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, October 13, 2007. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Norman Lee and Mary Elizabeth Winner Lee. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Grady Reece, a grandson, Brad Kimsey and four brothers, Leslie, Norman, Earl, and Paul Lee and a sister, June Wade....
Nancy Jill Carroll
Oct 11, 2007
Nancy Jill Ebbers Carroll, 67, of Leesburg FL, and Franklin NC, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2007. Born in Flint Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Harold Ebbers and Janet Snyder Ebbers. Nancy was a vice-president of a title insurance company. She is survived by her two children Robert Carroll and wife Karen of Leesburg, FL and Kathy...
Dixiana Hanks
Oct 10, 2007
Dixiana Sprague Hanks, 77, of Franklin NC, formerly of Leesburg, FL, passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2007. Born in Washington, Mo, she was the daughter of the late James Truman Sprague and Mildred Bishop Sprague. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Sylva, NC. Dixiana was a retired school teacher. She is survived by her husband of 50...
Maria Bahr
Oct 4, 2007
Maria A. Bahr, 85, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, October 4, 2007. Born in Holguin, Cuba, she was the daughter of Manuel and Eulalia Tejeda Carralero. She was married to the late Humberto Bahr who died June 13, 1997. Maria was of the Catholic faith. She is survived by her three children; Armando Bahr of Toledo, Ohio, Ana Lamas of...
Robert Clapp
Oct 4, 2007
Robert Loren Clapp, 72,of Franklin, NC and Boynton Beach, FL, passed away Thursday, October 4, 2007. Born in Michigan City, Indiana, he was the son of the late Clyde and Ruth Covert Clapp. He was a U.S. Army Veteran; a member of the Resurrection Lutheran Church and he was a volunteer at the Chamber of Commerce in Franklin where he...
Marcel Bibeau
Oct 2, 2007
Marcel Luciene Bibeau, 79, of Ft. Myers, Florida, and Franklin, NC, passed away, Tuesday, October 3, 2007. Born in Montreal Canada, he was the son of the late Hildege and Herminie Bellemare Bibeau. He was a self-employed commercial painter and a part-time resident of Franklin for the past eight years. Marcel enjoyed playing the piano, listening to all types of...
Larry Duvall
Sep 30, 2007
Larry Murray Duvall, 60, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2007; Born in Macon County, he was the son of Louise Murray Duvall and the late Fred Garland Duvall. He was a 1965 graduate of Franklin High School. He was a U.S. Army Veteran serving two years including a tour of duty in Vietnam. Larry was an auto mechanic...
Elbert Carpenter
Sep 29, 2007
Elbert Carpenter, 94, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2007. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Harley Carpenter and Louise Jane Norton Carpenter. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Merle Brown Carpenter who died in 1974 and two brothers, Ernie and Ervin and a sister, Dovie Pitts. He was a U.S....
Lee Byrd
Sep 27, 2007
Lee Byrd, 94, of Otto, NC went to be with his Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ on Thursday, September 27. He had been receiving excellent care at Britthaven of Franklin, NC for about six months. He was born July 29,1913 in Sevier, McDowell County, NC to David Roe and Minnie Hollifield Byrd. He married his childhood sweetheart Dolly Marie Byrd,...
Ned Haskett
Sep 27, 2007
Ned O. Haskett, 101, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2007. Born in the Ellijay Community of Macon County, he was the son of the late John Haskett and Lora Buchanan Haskett. Ned was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Passmore Haskett who died July 31, 2003 and a son, Boyd Haskett. He was a U.S. Army veteran;...
Elizabeth Byrd
Sep 25, 2007
Elizabeth Smith Jackson Byrd, 95, of Otto, NC passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2007. Born in Clarkston, GA, she was preceded in death by her father, Franklin Gordon Smith; her mother, Fay Pendleton Smith Hill; her brothers, Eugene and Henry Smith. Elizabeth attended O'Keefe High School in Atlanta, GA. During the depression, she traveled throughout the southeast selling neckties. On...
Patricia Simons
Sep 23, 2007
Patricia "Pat" B. Simons, 62, of Matlock Creek, Franklin, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 23, 2007. Born in Swain County, she was the daughter of the late U.Z. and Dorothy Burnett. Pat was a member of Cowee Baptist Church where she chaired the kitchen committee for many years. As an Acteen Leader for years she...
Ann Patterson
Sep 23, 2007
Ann Ledford Jones Patterson, 76, of Brashear, MO, formerly of Gastonia, died Sunday, September 23, 2007 at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. She was a native of Franklin, NC, and was the daughter of the late Zemry and Mamie Sanders Ledford. FUNERAL: 2:00 PM, Thursday, Founders Chapel, McLean Funeral Directors of Gastonia, 700 South New Hope Road, Gastonia, NC 28054. INTERMENT:...
Russell C. Ernst
Sep 22, 2007
Russell Calvin Ernst, 82, of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2007. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Baldwin J. and Blanche Ernst. Russell was a US Army-Air Corp. Staff Sergeant during WWII. He was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church. He was a patriotic veteran and loved America; he was a...
Dora Andrews
Sep 21, 2007
Dora Mae Andrews, 85, of Franklin, passed away Friday, September 21, 2007. Born in Orlando, FL, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Laing and Lillie Mae Norris Laing. She was married to the late John C. Andrews. Dora was a member of First Pentecostal Assembly of God Church. She is survived by six children, Patty Alessi and husband...
