Stewart Garland Taft
Jun 2, 2005
Stewart Garland Taft, 48, of Riverview, FL, and Franklin, NC, entered into rest Thursday, June 2, 2005. A native of Sumter, SC, he was the son of Dale Taft and June Whaley Taft. He was self employed as a mechanic and automobile sales. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Sharon Dixon of Plant City, FL...
Claudia Lynnette Griffith
May 30, 2005
Claudia Lynnette Welch Griffith, 25, of Franklin, entered into rest Monday, May 30, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of Gary E. Welch of Franklin and Linda Sue Conhiser Carson of Connelly Springs, NC. In addition to her parents, she is survived by two children, Brandon Griffith and Vanessa Griffith both of Franklin; paternal grandparents, Claude...
Brenda Vinson
May 25, 2005
Brenda Roberta Marsengill Vinson, 57, of Otto, entered into rest on Wednesday, May 25, 2005. A native of Rabun County, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Webster Marsengill and Parilee Giles Marsengill. She worked for Rabun Apparel. Brenda was a member of Blue Heights Baptist Church, Mountain City, GA and attended Asbury Methodist Church. She was a...
Dorothy Swafford
May 24, 2005
Dorothy Bennett Swafford, 86, of Franklin, entered into rest on Tuesday, May 24, 2005. A native of Cataloochee in Haywood County, she lived most of her life in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Bartlett Bennett and Iva Lee Hannah Bennett. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Fannie Burr Bradley...
Betty "Bee Bee" Marsh
May 23, 2005
Betty "BeeBee" Marsh, 87, of Franklin, entered into rest on Saturday, May 21, 2005. A native of Clinton, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Karl Blakely and Allie Wetherell Blakely. She volunteered at the Smoky Mountain Visitor Center, Chamber of Commerce and the Macon County Public Library. No services are planned. Macon Funeral Home is in charge of...
Larry Dexter Crone
May 23, 2005
Larry Dexter Crone, 47, of Otto, NC, entered into rest on Monday, May 23, 2005. A native of Rabun County, Georgia, he was the son of the late Ferd Crone and Burel Dixon Crone. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Becky Elzia. Larry worked at Walmart in Clayton, GA as a stocker. He...
Randy Yates Mason
May 23, 2005
Randy Yates Mason, 45, of Franklin, formerly of Habersham Co, GA, entered into rest on Monday, May 23, 2005. A native of Seneca, South Carolina, he was the son of Dorothy Hopkins Mason and the late Elias Yates Mason. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a sister, Susan Giles who died in 2001. He graduated...
James" Ronald" Jenkins
May 21, 2005
James"Ronald"Jenkins, 74, of Franklin, entered into rest on Sat., May 21, 2005. A native of Macon County, he was the son of Ellie Talley Jenkins and the late Adam Butler Jenkins. He retired from Whitley Products in 1993. Ronald was a member of Mashburn Branch Baptist Church. In addition to his mother, Ellie Talley Jenkins, he is survived by his...
John Everett Pinder
May 20, 2005
John Everett Pinder, 83, of Franklin, entered into rest on Friday, May 20, 2005. A native of Miami, FL, he was the son of the late John H. Pinder and Lillian Knowles Pinder. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Rodney Pinder. John was a retired firefighter for Miami Fire Dept. He was a...
Genevieve Patterson
May 19, 2005
Genevieve Gale Patterson, 99, of Franklin, entered into rest Thursday, May 19, 2005, at Grandview Manor Care Center. A native of Brooklyn Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Will Pierson and Mabel Bennett Pierson. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Emmett Ray Patterson, who died in 1980. Before moving to...
Antoinette Bentley
May 16, 2005
Antoinette Smith Bentley, 87, of Franklin, and formerly of Thomaston, GA, entered into rest Monday, May 16, 2005. A native of Upson County Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Given Smith and Annie Mae Pitts Smith. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jack Bentley; a daughter, Diane Perdue; a sister, Ganelle Wall; and a grand-daughter,...
Betty Sue Sanders
May 16, 2005
Betty Sue Sanders, 73, of Franklin, entered into rest on Monday, May 16, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Henry Long and Ruth Ann Sanders Long. She was married to the late Doyle Rogers Sanders who died in 1988 and was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy McConnell who died in...
Quintin Stephen Holder, Sr.
May 12, 2005
Quintin Stephen Holder, Sr., 85, of Franklin, entered into rest Thursday, May 12, 2005. A native of Lake Butler, Florida, he was the son of the late Senegal L. Holder and Edith Peoples Holder. Quintin retired after 31 years from the US Postal Service in Miami, FL.; was a member and retired Deacon from the First Baptist Church; a member...
Vinnie Mae Marr
May 11, 2005
Vinnie Mae Martin Marr, 98, of Bryson City, NC, entered into rest on Wednesday, May 11, 2005. A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Julius Lee Martin and Aleka Bradburn Martin. She was married to the late Lambert Marr who died June 28, 2000. Vinnie graduated from Asheville Normal Teachers College and Western Carolina University....
Charles Taylor
May 10, 2005
Charles Vernon Taylor, 66, of Franklin, entered into rest on Tuesday, May 10, 2005. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Elmer James Taylor and Grady Adams Taylor. Charles was a US Air Force veteran; a heavy equipment operator for Andy Berry and a member of a Higdonville Baptist Church. He is survived by his...
Myrtle Agnes Cunningham
May 8, 2005
Myrtle Cunningham, 91, of Franklin, died Sunday, May 8, at a nursing home in Waynesville, NC. Born in Macon County on February 12, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Franklin Pierce Shields and Minnie White Shields. Myrtle was preceded in death by her husband R. Roy Cunningham to whom she was married to for 67 years; and her...
Gladys Kinsland
May 5, 2005
Gladys Pannell Kinsland, 94, of Franklin, went to be with the Lord Thursday, May 5, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Callie Hall Pannell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Kinsland, who died in 1989; four sisters, Hazel Nell Talley, Carrie Lee Ramey,...
Blanche M. Norton
May 4, 2005
Blanche M. Norton, 80, of Franklin, entered into rest Wednesday, May 4, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Jess David and Florence Massey Keener. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Norton, who died in 1994, and a brother, Bruce Keener. Mrs. Norton retired from Clayburne...
Dr. Gordon Jerome Strewler
May 1, 2005
Dr. Gordon Jerome Strewler, 91, of Franklin, North Carolina, entered into rest on Sunday, May 1, 2005. He was loved by all who knew him. A native of Racine, Wisconsin, he was the son of the late John G. Strewler and Jennie M. Johnson Strewler. Gordon attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, graduating with a bachelors in Civil Engineering...
Mildred Nicholson
Apr 24, 2005
Mildred Nicholson, 90, of Franklin, entered into rest Sunday, April 24, 2005. A native of Roufeville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas K. and Anna Marie Sloan Cochran. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Donald B. Nicholson. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. Surviving are one daughter,...
