Obituaries

FRANKLIN – Donald Hazen, 79, passed on to his heavenly home on Dec. 7, 2020.

FRANKLIN – Brittiney Nicole Gossett, 28, of Franklin and Canton, Georgia passed away Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.

FRANKLIN – The Rev. George Thomas Fisher passed away  on Dec.  11, 2020. 

PIGEON FORGE, TENNESSEE – Danielle P. Ferrante, 44, formerly of Philadelphia and Coatesville, Pennyslvania,   passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020.  

ASHEVILLE – George Wayne Faulkner, 97, passed away on Dec. 18, 2020.

FRANKLIN – Mrs. Elizabeth Ann “Libby Ann” Dean, 79, passed away Wednesday Dec. 2, 2020 at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva. 

OTTO - Jackson Vaughn Cabe departed this world for a better place on Dec. 15, 2020. 

BUCK CREEK - Richard Irving Bullis, known by his family and friends as Dick, was born on Sept. 21, 1930, to James J. and Adelaide McKewen Bullis, and passed from this life on Dec. 13, 2020.

MINT HILL – George Nicholas Bateman, 95, formerly of Franklin and Canton, and of Baltimore, Maryland, passed away at home on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020.

MINT HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - George Nicholas Bateman, 95, formerly of Franklin and Canton, North Carolina, and of Baltimore, Maryland, passed away at home on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020.