Obituaries

Cora Lee Church Moretz

FRANKLIN – Cora Lee Church Moretz, age 92, passed away Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, at Angel Medical Center. She was born July 26, 1929 in Wilkes County, a daughter of the late Thomas Farro Church and Ida Mae Wyatt Church. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Boone.

Doyle Marion McCracken

DALLAS, GEORGIA _ Doyle Marion McCracken, 78, passed peacefully on Aug. 4 2021, in Kennestone Hospital Cancer Center.

Charles Dwight Lequire Sr.

ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA – Charles Dwight Lequire Sr., 66, formerly of Franklin, passed away July 16, 2021. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Zenie Hutchins Lequire and Druie Lequire; two brothers James and Jack Lequire; and sister, Carrol Lequire.

Constance Blanton Huggins

FRANKLIN – Constance Blanton Huggins passed from this life on Aug. 13, 2021. A memorial service will be held at Liberty Baptist Church, 1421 Ned Hill Road, Franklin, NC, at 11 a.m. on Aug. 28, 2021. Moffitt Family Funeral Care is honored to serve Mrs. Huggins’s family. 

Deborah Anne Hickey

MILLSAP, TEXAS – Deborah Anne Hickey, 72, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at her home. Cremation has taken place and all services will be private. Deborah was born on May 12, 1949, in Franklin, North Carolina, to Patrick and Rose Rogers. She graduated from Western Carolina University.

Marta Van Bergen Castanet

FRANKLIN – Marta Van Bergen Castanet, 58, passed away on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. Marta was born in Miami Beach, Florida.

Patricia Pettigrew Beran

FRANKLIN – A beautiful flower whose color and brilliance touched so many lives across 87 years, has faded and fallen to earth. A gentle west wind has lifted our lovely flower heavenwardly. Patricia Pettigrew Beran was a daughter of the Midwest.

Gwen Stone Taylor

FRANKLIN – Gwen Stone Taylor, 63, went home to be with Jesus, on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Gwen was the daughter of Sylvia Freeman Stone and the late Wayne Stone. In addition to her dad, she was preceded in death by a sister, Sheila Stephens.

James Augustus Seay

FRANKLIN – James Augustus Seay, 93, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late James Harrison and Mary Etta Raby Seay.

Mattie Jo Guest Hurst

FRANKLIN – Mattie Jo Guest Hurst, 86, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late John Coley and Nina Crisp Guest.