Obituaries

Gordon Jolly

FRANKLIN - Gordon Roger Jolly, 76, passed away Jan. 8, 2023. Moffitt Family Funeral Care is honored to serve such a great man and his family.

Harley Gibson

FRANKLIN - Harley Judson “Jud” Gibson, 75, passed away Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, at his residence. Born and raised in Macon County, he was the son of the late Harley Gibson and Lesa Roper Gibson.

Nathan Humphries

FRANKLIN - Nathan Shane Humphries, 30, passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Born in Hall County, Georgia, he was the son of the late Cynthia Johnson Stiwinter. Nathan was an arborist and owner of New Beginning Tree and Lawn Care.

Janice Heflin

FRANKLIN - Janice Kay Heflin, 81, of Maryville, Tennessee, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. She was born on Jan. 25, 1941, in Franklin and graduated from Franklin High School in 1959.

Jack Cotton Jr.

FRANKLIN - Jack Hill Cotton Jr., was born on May 17, 1953, at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Hope Hardy and Jack Hill Cotton. He passed on to Glory on Jan. 8, 2023.

Zena Brogden

COWEE - Zena Pearl Rickman Brogden, 95, passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Bryant-Grant Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Brogden family.

Kenneth Blaine

FRANKLIN - Kenneth Paul Blaine, 60, passed away Jan. 2, 2023. Born in Franklin, on June 14, 1962, he was the son of Paul and Epsie Kirkland Blaine. Kenneth served his country as a member of the United States Army.

Jack DeBetta

FRANKLIN - Jack James DeBetta, 91, passed away Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Born in New York, New York, he was the son of the late John and Mary Parente DeBetta. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by wife, Jacqueline Strebel DeBetta, and sister, Theresa Vereline.

Gregory Walker

FRANKLIN - Gregory Uyles Walker, 67, passed away Dec. 30, 2022. Moffitt Family Funeral Care is honored to serve Greg’s family.

John Sanders

FRANKLIN - YNCS John Jackson “Jack” Sanders, USN Ret. passed away Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Jack was born Oct. 8, 1937, in Macon, County to the late Charles Claude Sanders and Leona Tippett Sanders.