Phillip Wayne Potter
Sep 9, 2005
Phillip Wayne Potter, 68, of Franklin, entered into rest on Friday, September 9, 2005. A native of Ocala, Florida, he was the son of the late Walter Harrison Potter and Jessie Mae Godwin Potter. He was a US Air Force veteran and retired after 38 years from the US Dept. of Interior where he worked as a geological surveyor at...
Myrtle Sluzenski
Sep 8, 2005
Myrtle I. Sluzenski, 93, of Franklin, entered into rest on Thursday, September 8, 2005. A native of Mt. Morris, PA, she was the daughter of the late Edward Furman and Savannah Martin Furman. She was a member of Mooncrest Baptist Church, Mooncrest, PA and attended Bethel United Methodist Church, Franklin. She is survived by four children, Marshall Briscoe and wife...
Rosemary Fouts
Sep 7, 2005
Rosemary C. Fouts, 65, of Franklin, entered into rest on Wednesday, September 7, 2005. A native of Calypso, NC, she was the daughter of the late John A. Casha, Sr. and Dallie Wadsworth Casha. She worked at Belden as a secretary and was a member of Cowee Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband of 44 years, William E....
Gladys Leona Wilkes
Sep 4, 2005
Gladys "Leona" Wilkes, 75, of Franklin, entered into rest on Sunday, September 4, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Grady Wilkes and Annie Bryant Wilkes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Clifton and Herman Wilkes. She is survived by four sisters, Beatrice B. Deweese, Frances H....
Hattie Mae Conley
Aug 28, 2005
Hattie Mae Collier Conley, 85, of Franklin, entered into rest on Sunday, August 28, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Collier and Josephine Anderson Collier. She was married to the late Joseph L. Conley who died in 1982 and was preceded in death by two brothers, Rufus and Bill Collier and half...
Roy Herbert Fouts
Aug 26, 2005
Roy Herbert Fouts, 83, of Franklin, passed away Friday, August 26, 2005. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Hamilton Fouts and Rosa Downs Fouts. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by five brothers, Vance, Buford, Blanton, Lofton and Cyrus and two sisters, Laura Mae Dietz and Revena Smith. He was...
Victor John Rasky
Aug 21, 2005
Victor John Rasky, 63, of Franklin, and formerly of Miami, FL, entered into rest Sunday, August 21, 2005. A native of Phillipsburg, NJ, he was the son of the late Frank Rasky and Ethel Liszkai Rasky. Mr. Rasky served 30 years in the US Air Force, retiring as Chief Site Manager. He was a member of VFW Post 7339 and...
Louise Elizabeth Ledford
Aug 19, 2005
Louise Elizabeth Blaine Ledford, 84, of Franklin, entered into rest Friday, August 19, 2005. A native and life long resident of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late David Wilson Blaine and Maude Green Blaine. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Fred Gray, who was killed in combat during WWII;...
Robert Anthony Fisher
Aug 17, 2005
Robert Anthony Fisher, 72, of Franklin, entered into rest Wednesday, August 17, 2005. A native of Freeport Long Island, NY, he was the son of the late Andrew J. Fisher and Edith Morris Fisher. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a son, Patrick Fisher. Mr. Fisher worked as a road construction supervisor; was a...
Robert Thomas Bailey
Aug 17, 2005
Colonel Robert Thomas Bailey, retired, 67, of Franklin, died Wednesday, August 17, 2005. A native of Canton, GA., he was the son of the late Lee Newton Bailey and Lillian Porter Bailey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Anne Bailey. Mr. Bailey retired from the Finance Department, DeKalb County Board of Health; was...
Dorothy Mae Houston
Aug 16, 2005
Dorothy Mae Spooner Houston, 94, of Cocoa, FL, and formerly of Highlands, entered into rest Tuesday, August 16, 2005, in Cocoa, Florida. A native of Baker, Oregon, she was the daughter of the late John Spooner and Bertha Zachary Spooner. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, James T. Houston who died in...
Willard Marve Ashe
Aug 14, 2005
Willard M. Ashe, 76, of Franklin, entered into rest on Sunday, August 14, 2005. A native of Murphy, NC, he was the son of the late Wade Ashe and Abbey Dockery Ashe. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Ellis. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church. He is survived by...
Johnny Clinton Gibson
Aug 6, 2005
Johnny Clinton Gibson, 51, of Franklin, entered into rest on Saturday, August 6, 2005. A native of Macon County he was the son of Wymer Gibson and the late Edna Holland Gibson. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Mashburn Branch Baptist Church. In addition to his father, Wymer Gibson, he is survived by a sister, Gloria...
Avanell Stewart
Aug 6, 2005
Avanell Stewart, 69, of Franklin, entered into rest on Saturday, August 6, 2005. A native of Judsonia, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Lomey Chumley and Bertha Helton Chumley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Christine Free and her twin sister, Annabell Bunch. She was an active member of Franklin Church...
Richard B. Cofield
Aug 5, 2005
Richard B. Cofield, 87, of Franklin, NC and Ft. McCoy, FL, entered into rest on Friday, August 5, 2005. A native of Santa Rosa County, Florida, he was the son of the late Samuel Dexter Cofield and Berta Linton Cofield. Richard retired from the U.S. Army as a Master Sgt. and retired from the Florida National Guard after 32 years...
Frederick G. Harker
Aug 3, 2005
Fredrick G. Harker, 87, of Franklin, entered into rest Wednesday, August 3, 2005. A native of Kenosha, Wisconsin, he was the son of the late George Harker and Fredricka Senne Harker. Fred was first married to, Margaret Comley Harker who died in 1997; then to, Mildred Sweetsir Harker who died in 2004. He was also preceded in death by a...
John Troy Hurst
Jul 31, 2005
John "Troy" Hurst, 91, of Franklin, entered into rest on Sunday, July 31, 2005. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Albert Hurst and Nellie Raby Hurst. He was the oldest male member of Liberty Baptist Church where he served as a trustee and as building fund treasurer and he was an usher for 10...
Cynthia Booth
Jul 28, 2005
Cynthia Merritt Booth, 69, passed away suddenly on Thursday, July 28, 2005, at her home in Glenville, NC. Born in Madison, TN on August 25, 1935, she moved to Delray Beach, FL in 1946 with her parents, Herman and Hattie Mae "Peggy" Merritt. Cynthia graduated with honors from Seacrest High School in 1953, where she was a member of the...
Nadine Ruth Myers Bandy
Jul 27, 2005
Nadine Ruth Myers Bandy, 87, of Franklin, entered into rest on Wednesday, July 27, 2005. A native of Valdosta, GA, she was the daughter of the late William Miley and Luola Thompson Miley. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her husband, Curtis Bandy; one daughter, Betty Myers of Orlando, FL one sister, Ethel Putnam...
Arthur E. Jr. Schmidt
Jul 26, 2005
Arthur E. Schmidt, Jr., 79, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 in Tiger, GA. Formerly of Franklin, NC and Rye, NY he was born in Rye, NY to Charlotte B. and Arthur E. Schmidt, Sr. He is survived by his devoted wife of 35 years, Ruth, of Tiger, GA; son, James Schmidt of Richmond, VA; daughter, Lisa Jean Ferrell...
