Pamela Partington
Feb 5, 2005
Pamela Jo Partington, 52, Franklin, entered into rest on Saturday, February 5, 2005. A native of Panama City, FL, she was the daughter of P.Z. Pickens and Carol Strickland Pickens of Panama City, FL. Pam was a cosmetologist for 25 years and had worked at Smoky Mountain Health Care for the past 6 years. She was a member of First...
Dewey Price
Feb 4, 2005
Dewey Edward Price, Jr., 77, of Franklin, entered into rest on Friday, February 4, 2005. A native of Taplin, West Virginia, he was the son of Mamie Wills Cabell of Uneeda, West Virginia and the late Dewey Edward Price, Sr. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a sister, LoisAnn Price. He graduated from Van High...
Jane Gullett
Feb 1, 2005
Jane Carpenter Gullett, 55, of Clayton, GA, entered into rest on Tuesday, February 1, 2005. A native of Kokomo, Indiana, she was the daughter of Senator Robert C. Carpenter and the late Ruth Cope Carpenter. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Elizabeth Poppe and Debbie Marshall. Jane worked at Rabun County Hospital for...
Donald Hodgin
Jan 31, 2005
Donald D. Hodgin, 63, entered into rest Monday, January 31, 2005. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late William Hodgin and Hazel Watts Conley. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a brother, Ronnie Hodgin who died in 1989. Donald was a construction worker and a member of Gillespie Chapel...
Estelle Chastain
Jan 28, 2005
Thelma "Estelle" Chastain, 82, of Otto, entered into rest on Friday, January 28, 2005. A native of Rabun County, GA, she was the daughter of the late William Riley Lamb and Beaulah Curtis Lamb. She was married to the late Furman "Dock" Chastain who died in 2002 and was preceded in death by three brothers, Robert, Floyd and Paul Lamb...
Janet Hutchins
Jan 28, 2005
Janet Ann Hutchins, 70, of Franklin, entered into rest on Friday, January 28, 2005. A native of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, she was the daughter of the late Steve Schultz and Emma Morrison Schultz. She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Gene Hutchins; four children, Dena Butts and husband Ron of Franklin and Scott Cogan, Jody Schurig and husband Jon...
Gladys Elmore
Jan 26, 2005
Gladys R. Elmore, 91, of Franklin, entered into rest on Wednesday, January 26, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie M. Rogers and Louise Hall Rogers. She was married to the late Charles A. Elmore. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Annie Stevenson and...
Stephen Long
Jan 23, 2005
MACON FUNERAL HOME P.O. BOX 1175 FRANKLIN, NC 28744 828-524-5540 Fax-828-349-0818 Stephen Edwin Long, 57, of Whittier, NC, entered into rest on Sunday, January 23, 2005. A native of Winston Salem, NC, he was the son of Cleo Caudle Long of Winston Salem, NC and the late George Long. Stephen was the manager of Peoples Department Store for many years...
Carl Gruber
Jan 22, 2005
Carl Richard Gruber, 75, of Franklin, entered into rest Saturday, January 22, 2005. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of the late Carl J. and Dagmar Alm Gruber. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Corrine Byrne Carl was a US Navy Korean War Veteran; Past Commander of American Legion Post...
Paul Kloko
Jan 20, 2005
Paul Keith Kloko was born in Niles, Michigan on August 31, 1935, the son of Ervin Louis Kloko and Berniece Bowersox Kloko. He attended high school in Niles and Sturgis, Michigan. He married Emelyne Lane on February 12, 1954. He worked for the U.S. Post Office in Sturgis until 1963, then moved out west for four years. After getting an...
Lewis Cansler
Jan 19, 2005
Furman "Lewis" Cansler, 77, of Franklin, entered into rest, Wednesday, January 19, 2005. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Zeb and Hallie Tippett Cansler. He was married to the late Mary Will Henson Cansler who died in 1995. Lewis was a member of Iotla Baptist Church. He loved to witness and gave out hundreds...
Dover Welch
Jan 14, 2005
Dover D. Welch, 80, of Franklin, entered into rest Friday, January 14, 2005. A native of Macon County, he was the son of the late Austin L. and Pearl Morgan Welch. In addition to his parents. Dover was a U.S. Marine Corp. veteran of WWII and was a member of the American Legion Post 108. He retired from General Motors...
Eula Brock
Jan 13, 2005
Eula Steptoe Brock, 84, of Franklin, entered into rest on Thursday, January 13, 2005. A native of Worthington Springs, FL, she was the daughter of the late Manning Leon Steptoe and Myra Atkins Steptoe. She was a nurse for the Baptist Hospital in Miami, FL. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Lonnie J. Brock; one son, Stephen...
Jim Himschoot
Jan 13, 2005
Jim Himschoot, 82, of Franklin, entered into rest Thursday, January 13, 2005. A native of Brooklyn, Iowa, he was the son of the late August and Mildred Brush Himschoot. In addition his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Susan Himschoot, who died in 2002. He was a self-employed electrician; a member of St. Francis Catholic Church; a...
Elsie Alger
Jan 10, 2005
Elsie Mae Farmer Alger, 81, of Franklin, entered into rest Monday, January 10, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late George Brabson and Frances McDowell Farmer. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George William Alger, who died in October 2001, and a brother, Glenn W. Farmer, who...
James David Woody
Jan 10, 2005
James David Woody, 65, of Franklin, entered into rest Monday, January 10, 2005. A native of Roxboro, NC, he was the son of the late Samuel Benjamin and Annie Maude Wilburn Woody. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Bill Woody. He retired in 1995 after 32 years from General Telephone Electronics (Verizon). He...
Lorenzo Mccarty
Jan 10, 2005
Lorenzo Hugh McCarty, 84, of Franklin, entered into rest Monday, January 10, 2005. A native of Lansing, Michigan, he was the son of Hugh and Edna C. Buelow McCarty. He was a timber worker and last worked for the US Forest Service; was a US World War II Army veteran; and a member of the Snow Hill United Methodist Church....
Marvin Van Oeveren
Jan 9, 2005
Marvin J. Van Oeveren, 88, of Franklin, entered into rest on Sunday, January 9, 2005. A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, he was the son of the late John Van Oeveren an Jennie Wierenga Van Oeveren. He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. He retired from Richmond Construction in Sarasota, FL where he worked for 40...
Mary Gordon
Jan 8, 2005
Mary A. Gordon, 80, of Franklin, entered into rest on Saturday, January 8, 2005. A native of Belfountain, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late George Thomas Anderson and Faye Brown Anderson. She was co-owner of the Runway Market and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by four children, Michael Beebe of Franklin, Skip Beebe of Smyrna,...
Louise Paul
Jan 7, 2005
Ella "Louise" Paul, 90, of Stuart, Fl, entered into rest on Friday, January 7, 2005. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late El Tallent and Nettie Reese Tallent. She was married to the late Charles William Paul, Sr. who died in 1982. She has resided in Stuart, Florida since 1949, moving from Franklin. Louise worked...
