Obituaries

Evelyn Hyer

CLAYTON, GEORGIA - Evelyn Hyer, 91, passed away Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.  Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 at the chapel of Bryant-Grant Funeral Home with Chaplain David Feathers officiating. The family  received friends an hour prior to the service. Interment was held Monday, Nov.

Jackie Hensley

FRANKLIN - Jackie Hensley, 69, passed away Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.   A celebration of life gathering will be held at a later time.  Bryant-Grant Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Hensley family. 

Margaret “June” Hedden

LILBURN, GEORGIA - Margaret “June” Hedden, 84, passed away on Nov. 18, 2020. A private service was held at Stewart Cemetery in Cashiers on Sunday, Nov. 22. Macon Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Henry (Hank) Schuldt Burmester

OTTO - Henry (Hank) Schuldt Burmester, 82, passed away on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.  A funeral mass will be held at a later date.   Moffitt Family Funeral Care is honored to serve the family.

Jeffrey Todd Queen

FRANKLIN - Jeffrey Todd Queen, 47, passed away Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020 Born in Lexington, North Carolina, he was the son of Barbara Waldroop Queen and the late Kenneth Lewis Queen.

Bob Myers

ERIE, PENNSYLVAINIA - Bob Myers, 89, formerly of Franklin, passed away Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 at UPMC Hamot Hospital in Erie. He was born on April 11, 1931 in Franklin, and was the son of the late Leonard J. and Kathryn (Hyatt) Myers.

James “Jim” Porter Cunningham Jr.

FRANKLIN - James “Jim” Porter Cunningham Jr., 69, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Born in Franklin, he was the son of the late James Porter Cunningham Sr. and Esther Minerva Clouse Cunningham.

Joanne Clark Baro

FRANKLIN - After a five-year battle with dementia, Joanne Bentz Baro (aka Memaw to not only her family, but so many she embraced as extended family and friends) went home to be with the Lord on Oct.

Wayne Thomas Swank

FRANKLIN - Wayne Thomas Swank went to be with the Lord on Nov. 10, 2020 while under hospice care for Alzheimers. He was born on March 8, 1936 in Washington D.C. He was the son of William Swank and Evelyn Menne. He is preceded in death by his brother, Gerald Swank, and his parents.

John Wesley Murphy