Cecil Kinsland
Jan 9, 2008
Cecil R. Kinsland, 79, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, January 9,2008. A native of Macon County, Mr. Kinsland was the son of the late Paul and Ruby Mason Kinsland. He was also preceded in death by one brother, Paul Judson Kinsland Jr., and one sister, Betty Kinsland. Mr. Kinsland was a graduate of Franklin High School and Western Carolina University....
Paul Smith
Jan 8, 2008
Paul F. Smith, 59, of Franklin, passed away January 8, 2008. Born in Rochester, NY, he was the son of the late Fredrick Raymond Smith and Grace Eunice Read Drum. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Bobby Smith. Paul was a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by a sister, Susan Carol Rose...
Margie Curtis
Jan 7, 2008
Margie Phillps Curtis, 84, of Otto, passed away Monday, January 7, 2008. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late King and Allie Sanders Phillips. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Frank A. Curtis; one brother, Barnard Phillips; and one sister, Berthie Phillips. Mrs. Curtis was a homemaker and avid farmer. She was of...
Maude Baldwin
Jan 1, 2008
Maude Augusta Welch Baldwin, 104 of Franklin entered into eternal rest on January 1, 2008. Born in 1903, she was the first of fifteen children born to Wilburn and Alice Kimsey Welch. The family moved from Swain County to the Lower Burningtown community of Macon County when Maude was a child. She was married in 1923 to one of Macon...
James Taylor
Dec 28, 2007
James David Taylor, 65, of Sylva, NC, died Friday, December 28, 2007. Born in Gastonia, NC, he was the son of the late John W. Taylor and Lillie Mae Giles Taylor. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Marvin Thomas Jacobs. James was a U.S. Navy veteran; a member of the Oasis Temple of Charlotte, a member of...
Anita Wyatt
Dec 28, 2007
Anita Davis Wyatt, 43, of Franklin, passed away Friday, December 28, 2007, following a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Bryson City, NC, she was the daughter of Max Clyde Davis and Inez Stevenson Davis. Anita graduated from Western Carolina University with a degree in marketing and business management. She was manager of Premiere Marketing until her illness forced her...
Thomas Bivens
Dec 27, 2007
Thomas Samuel Bivens, 55, of Franklin, formerly of Cottonwood AZ, passed away Thursday, December 27, 2007. Born in Sacramento, CA, he was the son of Mary "Joy" McCorkle Bivens of Bayard, New Mexico and the late Tom Bivens. He was a Vietnam Veteran serving in the Coast Guard. Thomas was an aircraft mechanic and restaurant owner. In addition to his...
Dean Mashburn
Dec 27, 2007
Dean F. Mashburn, 91, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, December 27, 2007. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late W.C. "Charles" and Jennie Angel Mashburn. He is also preceded in death by one daughter, Shirley Jean Mashburn; four brothers, Avery, Furman, Clate, and Cecil Mashburn; and two sisters, Alice Gore and Jane Hardin. Mr. Mashburn...
Frances Fortson
Dec 25, 2007
Frances L. Fortson, 87, of Sylva, NC, formerly of Franklin, NC passed away December 25, 2007. Born in Eastman, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. Lancaster and Ethel Williamson Lancaster. Frances retired from Southern Bell. She is survived by two sons, Alan Henderson of Danielsville, GA and Charles Henderson of Atlanta, GA. No Services are planned....
Juanta Kama
Dec 23, 2007
Juanita Deen Kama, 80, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2007. Born in Oklahoma City, OK, she was the daughter of the late George M. and Beulah Rouse Deen. She is also preceded in death by a son, Otis Dale Wright. Mrs. Kama was a charter member of Respect, which is now known as R.E.A.C.H., a Brownie Leader and...
Joy Gray
Dec 23, 2007
Joy Gray, 74, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2007. Born in Asheville, NC, she was the daughter of the late William Horace Davis and Vera Inez Perry Davis. Joy was married to Homer Austin Gray who died November 23, 1998. She was a member of Iotla Methodist Church. She is survived by five children, Robert Perry Mitchell of...
Shirley Golding
Dec 23, 2007
Shirley Golding, 68, of Cherryville, NC formerly of Franklin, NC, passed away December 23, 2007. Born in Miami, FL, she was the daughter of the late John Jereb and Ercel "Tiny" Hillhouse Jereb. Shirley was a tutor at Macon Middle School for many years; was a Real Estate Agent and a member of the Franklin Board of Realtors. She was...
Glenda Cook
Dec 20, 2007
Glenda Henderson Cook, 61, of Franklin, NC, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2007. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Glen and Mable Dills Henderson. Glenda was preceded in death by her brother, Jake Henderson. She was a loving mother and had a special way with the children she provided care for in her home....
Furman Passmore
Dec 19, 2007
Furman I. Passmore, 80, of Franklin, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Isaac N. Passmore and Zelma Blackburn Passmore. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Elwin V. "Pat" Latimer, and a sister Evelyn Talley. He was a Navy veteran serving during WWII...
William Mcnary
Dec 19, 2007
William Hicks McNary, 81, of Franklin, NC, formerly of Lake Wales FL, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007. A native of Volusia County, Florida; he was the son of the late Archibald Hicks McNary and Anna Sterthaus McNary. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Burton R. McNary. Mr. McNary was a WWII Navy Veteran...
John Miller
Dec 18, 2007
John Allyn Miller, 60, passed away Tuesday, December 18,2007. Born in Rochester, New York, he was the son of Dr. Charles V. Miller and the late Ann Amelia Clark Miller. He was a self-employed professional photographer based in Asheville for 15 years. He was a retired Vietnam-era U.S. Army veteran, member of the Mill Creek Men's Golf Association, and a...
Emlis Houston, Jr.
Dec 15, 2007
Emlis Green Houston, Jr., 82, of Franklin, died Saturday, December 15, 2007. A native of Macon County, Mr. Houston was the son of the late Emlis Green Houston and Emma McCoy Houston. Mr. Houston retired as Superintendent of Maintenance with Dekalb County schools. He was a WWII veteran, a member of the Franklin VFW Post 7339 and a member of...
Esther Clairville
Dec 14, 2007
Esther Garvey Clairville, 95, of Franklin, NC passed away December 14, 2007. Born in Providence, RI, February 1, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Valeda Garvey. She was preceded in death by husband, William Clairville in 1988; sisters, Alice and Madeline Garvey of Providence, RI; brothers and sisters-in-law George and Waneta Garvey, Robert and Rita Garvey,...
Debbie Carmichael
Dec 12, 2007
Debbie Carmichael, 50, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. Born in McKeesport, PA, she was the daughter of the late Harry Herskowitz and Edith Rosenbloom Herskowitz. Debbie received her bachelors degree from the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL. She was a teller at Macon Bank. She is survived by her husband of 17 years, Dale Carmichael;...
Freda Lee Henry
Dec 8, 2007
Freda Lee Mincey Henry, 80, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Frederick Mincey and Betsy Young Mincey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John F. Henry who died January 19, 2003; a son, Gary Henry who died December 31, 2001...
