Obituaries

James Shuler

FRANKLIN - James Marselle Shuler, 92, passed away April 24, 2022. Bryant-Grant Funeral home is serving the Shuler family.

Mildred Justice

RABUN GAP, GEORGIA - Mildred Ann Norton Justice, age 89, was called home on Tuesday, April 19. Born on July 19, 1932, in Macon County, to Richard Norton and Margaret Burrell Norton, she grew up to be a Proverbs 31 woman, model wife, mother and friend. Mildred was wife to Coyl Justice for 74 years.

Gloria Franklin

FRANKLIN - Gloria Oliver Franklin, 75, went home to walk with Jesus on Thursday, April 21, 2022. She was born in Macon County to the late Gene Oliver and Lois Oliver Lathrop. Gloria was a very caring wife, mother, and grandmother and always thought of others before herself.

Walter Deats IV

FRANKLIN - Walter “David” Deats IV, 54, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, he was the son of Walter David Deats III and Karen Kelly Higdon. David was a painter by trade, and an extremely gifted artist.

Violet Cox

FRANKLIN - Violet Spencer Cox, 88, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Bryant Grant Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Cox family.

Teresa Corpening

FRANKLIN - Teresa Jane Corpening, 56, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2022. Bryant-Grant Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Corpening family.

Maxie Carpenter

SYLVA - Maxie Lee Corn Carpenter, 99, passed away on Good Friday, April 15, 2022, one month shy of her 100th birthday. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Lee and Flora Corn. Maxie was preceded in death by her husband, Earvin A.

Robert Bell

FRANKLIN - Robert Donald “Don” Bell, 92, passed away at home on April 23, 2022. He was born April 25, 1929, in Culberson to the late Robert T. Bell and Laura Chastain Bell. He was a U.S. Army veteran and served in the Korean War.

Dorothy Arnold

COWEE - Dorothy Kavanaugh Arnold, age 92, passed away on April 18, 2022. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, she moved to West Palm Beach, Florida in 1944. She married in June 1950 then moved to North Carolina.

Grover Anderson

FRANKLIN - Grover Lee Anderson, 70, passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2022. Macon Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.