Obituaries

FRANKLIN – Betty Zane Henry Hunter Butts passed away on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021.

SYLVA – Elizabeth T. Buchanan, 91, died peacefully Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. Elizabeth was born April 3, 1930, in Franklin, North Carolina.

FRANKLIN – Dana Phillip Bellavance, 60,  passed away Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021.

Dana was preceded in death by his fathers, Hollis Williams, and Paul Bellavance.

APOPKA, FLORIDA – Danny D. Talley, 50, passed away on Aug. 23, 2021. He was born on Feb. 26, 1971, in Apopka. 

MILLS RIVER, NORTH CAROLINA – Donald George Faulkner, 66, passed away at the Elizabeth House Hospice Center on Aug. 30, 2021, after a courageous battle with cancer.

FRANKLIN – Kathryn Elizabeth Roten Cruse, 88, went home to be with Jesus on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021.

OTTO – James Glenn Castle, 67, passed away on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021.

Glenn was born in Rabun County, Georgia to Geneva Reynolds Castle Carpenter and the late R.L. Castle. 

FRANKLIN – Sarah Virginia Leopard Brendle, 88, went on to Glory on Aug. 29, 2021. A native of Jackson County, she was born on June 26, 1933 to Lambert and Allie Bryson Leopard.

FRANKLIN – Maxine Carver Wilson, 68, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021.

Graveside service was held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Holly Springs Baptist Church.

FRANKLIN – John Kirk Impagliatelli, 56, passed away Monday, Aug. 23, 2021.

A gathering of friends was held on Saturday, Aug. 28 at Macon Funeral Home.