Obituaries

HIGHLANDS - Beloved longtime Highlands resident Mary S.

ACEWORTH, GEORGIA - Ruby Holden Passmore, 65, of Acworth, Georgia passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020.

FRANKLIN - Adam Ernest Kenyon, 47, previously of Colorado and Tennessee, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.

A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.

FRANKLIN - Clara Dean Singleton Farmer, 83, formerly of Slater, South Carolina, passed away on June 11, 2020 at Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Franklin. 

BRYSON CITY - Betty Lou Clontz-Tabor, 74, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.

A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, June 20 at Tabor Family Cemetery.

FRANKLIN - Billy Joe Butler, 58, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020.

TOPTON - Bert Dean Bateman, 82, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2020.

Funeral services were held at noon on Saturday, June 13, 2020 in White Oak Flats Baptist Church.

HICKORY - Bobby Joe Adams, 52, passed away Friday, June 12, 2020.

A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in Union Hill Cemetery.

NORTHVILLE, MICHIGAN - Mary Justice, 92, passed away June 4, 2020.  

She was born on January 11, 1928 in Franklin, North Carolina; daughter of Roy and Cora (Haskett) Rankin.  

FRANKLIN - Milton Dwight Estes, 66, passed away on Monday, June 8, 2020.