Angelo "Angie" Fossick
Sep 16, 2007
Angelo "Angie" Ragsdale Fossick, 83, of Franklin, NC and Ft. McCoy, FL, passed away Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007. Born in Nashville, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Homer Elmore Ragsdale and Nillar Omie Duty Ragsdale. Angie was preceded in death by her husband, Haley W. Fossick who died in 1980; two sons, Haley W. Fossick, Jr. and David...
Peggy Deitz
Sep 14, 2007
Peggy Avarine Deitz, 63, of Brevard, NC, formerly of Franklin, NC, passed away Friday, September 14, 2007. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Deitz and Annah Cowan Deitz. Peggy retired from the Franklin Press where she worked in ad sales. She is survived by her daughter, Laura Harper Deppe of Pisgah Forest, NC; two...
Jack Stamey
Sep 13, 2007
Jack Stamey, 73, of Franklin, died Thursday, September 13, 2007. Born in Macon County, he was the son of Grace Bates Stamey and the late Howard Cleveland Stamey. He was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Ann Watts who died August 15, 2006. Jack was a car salesman and a member of the Newfound Conservative Baptist Church and was...
James Carter Mason
Sep 12, 2007
James Carter Mason, 66, of Franklin, NC, passed away from a rare pulmonary illness at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Carter was in Blount County, Alabama and moved to Franklin, NC in 1965. He was the son of the late Rigdon Mason and Odessa Nix Mason. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Elaine Ingram Mason...
Julia Herrin
Sep 12, 2007
Julia Sheptock Herrin, 88, of Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2007. Born in Elkhorn, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Michael Sheptock and Emma Sekella Sheptock. She was preceded in death by her husband, Al Herrin who died in 1982 and a sister, Ann Semanco. Julia was a U.S. Air Force veteran of WWII. She...
Frances Passmore
Sep 11, 2007
Frances Helen Passmore, 82, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2007. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Grady Wilkes and Annie Bryant Wilkes. She was preceded in death by her husband, Pearl Passmore, a son, Jim Passmore, infant daughter, Joyce; grandson, Jimmy Passmore; two brothers, Herman and Clifton Wilkes; and sister, Leona Wilkes. Frances...
Chris Cartwright
Sep 11, 2007
Chris Collins Cartwright, 89, of Highlands, NC, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2007. Born in Henry County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Collins and Myrtle Barbara Clements Collins. She spent most of her life in Miami, FL where she and her husband raised two children, Jerri and Red. As a young woman, Chris worked for...
Janet Lathrop
Sep 11, 2007
Janet Lathrop, 89, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at her home on Olive Hill Road, where she lived for the last 37 years. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Reginald Marsh and Agnes Locke Marsh. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Fuller Lathrop who died February 17, 2004; a...
James Calcutt
Sep 9, 2007
James Helon Calcutt, 70, of Franklin, NC, passed away Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. Born in Pamplico, SC, he was the son of the late George and Getha Poston Calcutt. James retired in 1988 from the U.S. Navy as a Master Chief; he worked for Unisys Corp. for several years and worked at Greenway Ford in Orlando, FL for 12 years...
William "Billy" Moore
Sep 8, 2007
William H. "Billy" Moore, 54, of Morristown, TN formerly of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, September 8, 2007. Born in Macon County, he was the son of John Moore of Franklin and the late Maxine Talley Moore. Billy was also preceded in death by a brother, Larry "Tub" Moore. Billy was district sales manager for O'Reilly's Auto Parts in Morristown,...
Evert Ball
Sep 8, 2007
Evert Ray Ball, 54, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, September 8, 2007, after a period of declining health. He was surrounded at all times by his family and friends. A native of Franklin, NC, he was the son of the late William Evert Ball and Manilla Rogers Ball and is brother to Anita Ball Ramsey. He was kindhearted, generous and...
William "Bill" Lopes
Sep 5, 2007
William "Bill" J. Lopes, Sr., 76, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2007. Born in Erie County, PA, he was the son of the late John B. Lopes and Julia Martini Lopes. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Louise S. Lopes who died in 1988. Bill was a U.S. Army veteran. He owned and operated Bill's...
John Carl Brown
Sep 4, 2007
John "Carl" Brown, 80, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2007. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Lambert Brown and Pauline Early Brown. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Mack, Marvin and Lawton and a sister, Arlee Conner. Carl retired from Nantahala Power & Light after 33 years of service. He was...
Andrew "A.J." Mccarthy
Sep 2, 2007
Andrew "A.J." McCarthy, 20, of Franklin, died Sunday, September 2, 2007. Born in Beverly, Mass. he was the son of John and Mary Blanchard McCarthy and the late Alice Foster McCarthy. A.J. was a 2007 F.H.S. graduate and attended Resurrection Lutheran Church. He worked at Macon Citizens for the Handicap. In addition to his parents, he is survived by four...
Julie Chandler
Sep 1, 2007
Julie Grace Chandler, 42, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, September 1, 2007, in Eatonton, GA. Born in Griffin, GA, she was the daughter of Julie Ann Patton of Winter Haven, FL and the late Charles Willard Greene . She was preceded in death by a sister, Debbie Szydlo who died November 5, 2001. Julie previously worked for Drake Software. She...
Kaiden Shirley
Aug 30, 2007
Kaiden Storm Shirley, infant son of Greg Shirley and Keisha Carter, of Dillard, GA, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2007. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a half brother, Koda Sage Carter; half sister, Ginnefer Nikole Shirley; maternal grandparents, Jean and Albert Carter of Sylva, NC; paternal grandparents, Linda Shirley of Clayton, GA and Sam Shirley of...
Nick Pargeans
Aug 30, 2007
Nick Pargeans, 86, of Franklin, NC, died on August 30, 2007 after a short illness. Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1921 he was the son of the late William and Pota Pargeans. He was married to Winifred Anderson for 47 years, she pre-deceases him by 5 years. He was brother to John Pargeans, deceased. Nick lived in NJ most...
Jean Stone
Aug 28, 2007
Jean E. Stone, 77, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2007. Born in El Paso, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Frank Gravel Smith and Elizabeth Baes Reihl Smith. A member of St. Francis Catholic Church she was active in the choir and loved to volunteer at church. She is survived by her husband of 33 years,...
Fred Combs, Jr.
Aug 27, 2007
Fred Combs Jr., 71, of Franklin, NC, formerly of Sanderson, Fl passed away Monday, August 27, 2007. He was born in Taylor, FL on September 8, 1935. He is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Faye Combs, three sons: Jerry and wife Emy, Clayton and wife Penny, Bruce and wife Lisa; two daughters: Charlotte Mills and husband John,...
Hazel Mastin
Aug 26, 2007
Hazel Irene Smith Mastin, 88, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2007. Born in Ludowici, GA, she was the daughter of the late Sheldon Osgood Smith and Minnie Lee Todd Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Mastin who died December 9, 2000; a grandson Richard Hall, Jr. who died in 2006 and sisters, Lavania "Lee"...
