Ray Mason
Oct 29, 2006
Ray Howard Mason, 74, of Franklin, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2006. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late LeRoy Mason Sr. and Mary Gertrude Ray Mason. He was also preceded in death by a son, Randall Mason; two brothers, LeRoy Mason, Jr. and Carroll Mason and a sister, Charlotte Snyder. He was a...
Billy Meadows
Oct 29, 2006
Billy D. Meadows, 80, of Franklin, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2006. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Emlis Meadows and Ethel Morgan Meadows. In addition he was preceded in death by brothers, Don, Doyle, Rex, Lionel, Joseph, Gray, Wayne and a sister, Rebecca Meadows Angel. Billy was a member of Rose Creek...
Leobelle Gibson
Oct 26, 2006
Leobelle Bradley Gibson (Mother, Granny, Mrs. Leo), 100, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2006 at Britthaven Nursing Home of Franklin. She was born July 20, 1906 in Macon County to the late Everette and Beulah Bradley. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, William Frank Gibson; her son, Billy Joseph Gibson; and seven brothers...
Martha "Mattie" Shields
Oct 19, 2006
Martha "Mattie" Pearle Cunningham Shields, 94, of Franklin, NC, passed away at Angel Medical Center after a brief illness on Thursday, October 19, 2006. A lifelong resident of Macon County, she was a daughter of the late George Cunningham and Emma Rebecca Jacobs Cunningham. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Julia, Bertha, Nannie,...
Joseph Helton, Jr.
Oct 18, 2006
Joseph Helton, Jr., 85, of Franklin, NC, passed away on Wednesday, October 18, 2006. A native of Hamilton, Ohio, he was the son of Joseph Helton, Sr. and Lillie Helton. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a brother, Walter Helton. He was a plumber and had worked for Local Union #108 as a pipe...
Robert Parrish
Oct 17, 2006
Robert Mack "Bobby" Parrish, 75, of Highlands, NC, formerly of Franklin, NC, passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2006. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late James Robert Parrish and Beaulah Jolly Parrish. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a sister, Margaret Parrish Younce. He worked as an aircraft mechanic...
Verna Baliles
Oct 16, 2006
Verna "Mildred" Baliles, 71, of Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, October 16, 2006. A native of St. Petersburg, FL, she was the daughter of Verna Mildred Thomas and the late Fabian Grover Thomas. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Wilbur and Gene Thomas. Mildred was a secretary for the family business; graduated from...
Harold Lottes, Jr.
Oct 14, 2006
Harold Raymond Lottes, Jr., 62, of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, October 14, 2006. A native of Sewickley, PA, he was the son of the late Harold Raymond Lottes, Sr. and Geraldine Long Lottes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Angela Kaye Lottes who died in 1978; and a brother, Richard Wesley Lottes....
Lisa Nicholayeff
Oct 13, 2006
Lisa Carol Schoone Nicholayeff, 49, of Franklin, NC, passed away Friday, October 13, 2006. A native of Jackson, MS, she was the daughter of Marjorie Healy Schoone and the late Egbert Schoone. She was a homemaker and was of the Catholic faith. In addition to her mother, Marjorie Healy Schoone of Easton, PA, she is survived by two children, Nicholas...
Burdell Christophel
Oct 12, 2006
Burdell Hurst Christophel, 89, of Franklin, NC, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2006. A native of Dalview Montana, she was the daughter of the late John C. Hurst and Mary Jenkins Hurst. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her first husband, Ralph Matthews who died in 1945, her second husband, John Christophel who died...
Dorothy Petrosky
Oct 12, 2006
Dorothy Belejack Petrosky, 77, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2006. A native of Meriden, CT, she was the daughter of the late Vasil Belejack and Pricilla Paraska Stenanchak. She was a phone operator in communication. Surviving are her husband of fifty-five years, Robert J. Petrosky; three children, Steven Petrosky of St. Petersburg, FL; Debbie Gaylord of Ludlow, MA,...
Farriel Grady
Oct 11, 2006
Farriel D. Grady, born on September 20, 1940, son of J. D. and Altia Grady of Plymouth, MI, age 66, has gone to sleep in death while he waits for the resurrection as God has promised to be reunited with his family and friends here on earth. He was a kind and loving husband to his wife, Gail of forty-six...
Andrew Demont
Oct 10, 2006
Andrew R. "Andy" Demont, III, 59, of Otto, NC, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2006,after a long battle with lung cancer. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, he was the son of the late Andrew R. Demont, II and Dorothy Leon Fitzsimmons Demont. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Demont who died in 2002. He was...
James Davis, Sr.
Oct 7, 2006
James Leldon Davis, Sr., 65, of Bryson City, NC, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2006. A native of Jasper, Alabama, and lifelong resident of Mobile, Alabama, he was the son of the late Ted and Mary Ellen Boston Davis. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a retired computer technician for the F.A.A. James attended Hillside Baptist Church in...
Evila Bernece Smith
Oct 7, 2006
Evila Bernece Smith, 93, of Franklin, NC, passed away Saturday, October 7, 2006. A native of Matherville, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Amiel C. Frye and Leota Essley Frye. She was married to the late William Raymond Smith who died August 24, 1986. She is survived by her son, Chellis "Chet� Smith of Franklin; and a granddaughter,...
Janet Gibson
Oct 6, 2006
Janet Gibson, 60, of Franklin, NC, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2006. A native of Lynchburg, VA, she was the daughter of Virginia White. She was a member of Iotla Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Wade Gibson; one daughter, JoAnn Woodall of Franklin; one brother, Larry Batton of Charlottesville, VA; two grandchildren, Travis...
Catherine Corbett
Oct 3, 2006
Catherine M. Corbett, 91, of Waycross, GA formerly of Franklin, NC, passed away on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 in Waycross, GA. A native of Long Island, NY, she was the daughter of the late Charles Maasch and Johanna Kohler Maasch. She was married to the late Alan Corbett who died December 15, 1993, a son, David Kenny who died in...
Alton Eugene "Gene" Frizzell
Oct 2, 2006
Alton Eugene "Gene" Frizzell, 90, of Franklin, NC, passed away on Monday, October 2, 2006. Born in Webster, NC, he was the son of the late Wilburn Don Frizzell and Selma Lewis Frizzell. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Velma Louise Morgan Frizzell who died May 11, 1989; infant daughter; and brothers, Clifford, George, Flenn and Hayes...
Connie Higdon
Oct 2, 2006
Connie Bishop Higdon, 37, of Franklin, NC, passed away Mon., Oct. 2, 2006. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of Roger and Joyce Sanders Bishop. She was the patient account manager at Angel Medical Center. Connie was a member of Watauga Baptist Church. She graduated from Western Carolina University with a degree in Business Administration/Accounting. In addition...
Louise Beets
Oct 2, 2006
Louise Farmer Beets, 80, of Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, October 2, 2006. Born in Clinton, TN, she was the daughter of the late Fletcher Farmer and Sara Wright Farmer, and was also preceded in death by a brother, Nelson Farmer. She was a quality assurance auditor for Martin Marietta; and was a member of the First Baptist Church in...
