Robert Hensley
Jul 20, 2006
Robert Gordon Hensley, 36, of Franklin, NC, passed away on Thursday, July 20, 2006. A native of Macon County, he was the son of Steve Gordon Hensley and Roberta Mason Hensley. He was preceded in death by a brother, Mitchell Ray Hensley. Robert was a rock mason and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day...
Emil Varrichio
Jul 18, 2006
Emil Joseph Varrichio, 93, entered into rest Tuesday, July 18, 2006. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he was son of the late Virgil and Joanie Varrichio. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Clara Belle Stanfield Varrichio. Mr. Varrichio retired from Photo Circuits where he helped manufacture cameras. He was also an avid golfer, shooting two holes...
Dewey Taylor
Jul 17, 2006
Dewey Lee Taylor, 70, of Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, July 17, 2006. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Elmer J. Taylor and Grady Adams Taylor. In addition he was preceded in death by a son, David Lee Taylor and a brother, Charles Taylor. He was a US Army veteran and retired from LBJ...
John Hussey
Jul 16, 2006
John G. Hussey, 73, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, July 16, 2006. Born March 7, 1933, in Jamestown, NY, he was the son of the late Carroll George Hussey and Elizabeth Klomp Hussey. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, and worked as a wartime photo-journalist. He later worked in the Insurance Industry, a professional photographer and...
Archie Laube
Jul 14, 2006
Archie Laube, 79, of Summerfield, FL, passed away Friday, July 14, 2006. A native of Grand Blanc, Michigan, he was the son of the late George Laube and Agnes Rhiness Laube. He was married to the late Ethel Elizabeth Edwards Laube who died March 29, 1994 and was preceded in death by a daughter, Ann Byrnes who died in 2001....
Annie Ledford Conley
Jul 14, 2006
Annie Cloer Ledford Conley, 85, of Franklin, passed away on Friday, July 14, 2006. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Ceburn Cloer and Laura Ella McCracken Cloer. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Frank Ellis Ledford who died in 1977, second husband, Charlie Conley who died...
Larry Pruett
Jul 13, 2006
Larry K. Pruett, 43, of Millsboro, Delaware, formerly of Franklin, NC, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2006. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Jack and Birdie Sue Carpenter Pruett. Larry was a splicing tech for Verizon for the past 9 years. He has been a field contractor since 1988. He was a member...
Faustine Holland
Jul 13, 2006
Faustine A. Holland, 73, of Franklin, entered into rest Thursday, July 13, 2006. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Everette and Juanita Holland. She worked in the lab at Angel Hospital; and she was a member of the Franklin Seventh Day Adventist Church. Surviving are three sisters, Maxine Davidson of Franklin, Elaine Odom of...
Danny Williams
Jul 10, 2006
Danny Ray Williams, 46, of Franklin, NC, passed away on Monday, July 10, 2006. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Robert Lee Williams and Ruth Dills Williams. In addition he was preceded in death by a brother, Fred Arnold. He is survived by three children, Danielle Williams, Crystal Gail Williams and Danny Ray Williams,...
A.F. "Jack" Biggs
Jul 8, 2006
A.F. "Jack" Biggs, 79, of Weaverville, NC, entered into rest on Saturday, July 8, 2006. A native of Coles County, Illinois, he was the son of the late Arthur Biggs and Elsie Walters Biggs. He was preceded in death by his first wife Betty Lou Sollars Biggs who died in 1989 and his second wife, Norma Holland Biggs. In addition...
Margie Reece
Jul 7, 2006
Margaret "Margie" Waldroop Reece, 103, passed away Friday, July 7, 2006, in a local nursing center. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Margaret Allman Waldroop. She was married to the late Frank W. Reece who died in 1964 and was preceded in death by three children, John Reece of Montana, Lucille Reece...
Raymond Crunkleton
Jul 7, 2006
Raymond Crunkleton, 61, of Franklin, NC, passed away Friday, July 7, 2006 at a VA center in Richmond, VA. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Claud Crunkleton and Belle Stanfield Crunkleton. He was preceded in death by a brother, Chuckie Crunkleton. Raymond was a U.S. Army veteran and was a member of the VFW...
David Allen Crawford
Jul 4, 2006
David Allen Crawford, 64, of Otto, NC, entered into rest on Tuesday, July 4, 2006. A native of Fleetwood, England, he was the son of Doris Isobel Jones Crawford and the late Richard Walter Crawford. In addition to his mother, Doris Isobel Crawford of Otto, NC; he is survived by a sister, Ethel Crawford of Boston, Mass. Funeral Services will...
Robert Marion Hogue
Jun 28, 2006
Robert Marion Hogue, 84, of Franklin, entered into rest Wednesday, June 28, 2006. A native of Ashtabula, Ohio, he was the son of the late Frank Lorin and Lillian M. Heaston Hogue. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Randy Hogue, who died in 1996. He was a US Coast Guard veteran of WWII,...
Michael Adam Green
Jun 27, 2006
Michael Adam Green, 22, of Candler, NC, formerly of Franklin, NC, passed away on Tuesday, June 27, 2006. A native of Macon County, he was the son of Richard Arthur Green and Kathryn Bradley Bates. Adam was a member of the Civil Air Patrol at Franklin High School. He was currently a student at UNC Asheville. Adam enjoyed outdoor activities...
William Parrish
Jun 27, 2006
William L. Parrish, 86, of Otto, NC, entered into rest on Tuesday, June 27, 2006. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late William Parrish and Blanche Higdon Parrish. He was married to the late Verna Hardee Parrish who died August 9, 2002. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and was retired civil service....
William Doug Simpson
Jun 23, 2006
William Doug Simpson, 84, of Franklin, NC, entered into rest on Friday, June 23, 2006. A native of Canton, NC, he was the son of the late Dean Simpson and Dolly Myers Simpson. Doug was a member of First United Methodist Church; member of the Junaluskee Masonic Lodge No. 145; 32nd degree Mason and was town alderman for 28 years....
Martha Alice Posey
Jun 22, 2006
Martha "Alice" Posey, 87, of Franklin, entered into rest on Thursday, June 22, 2006. A native of Gastonia, NC, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Moore and Caroline Cable Moore. She was married to the late Alfred Henry Posey who died in 1993 and was preceded in death by a grandson, Alfred Breedlove and a great grandson, Johnny...
Florence Gaynell Pendergrass Tidwell
Jun 19, 2006
Florence "Gaynell" Pendergrass Tidwell, 84, of Boaz, Alabama formerly of Franklin, NC, entered into rest on Monday, June 19, 2006. A native of Nantahala, NC, she was the daughter of the late Bruce Duvall and Edith West Duvall. In addition she was preceded in death by her first husband, Vester Pendergrass who died in 1989; a daughter, Jane Dickard who...
The Reverend Edward F. Leblanc
Jun 16, 2006
The Reverend Edward F Leblanc, passed, as he lived his life very peacefully, at home on Friday June 16, 2006. Ed, as he was called was born in Cleveland Ohio, on June 27, 1922. Son of the late Howard E LeBlanc and Jane Cook LeBlanc. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Mary Jane Plesz, two wives,...
