Franklin High School Alumni Obituaries

Mr. Harold Franklin Steed Jr. 78 passed away Saturday January 10 2026 at Beacon Place at AuthoraCare Collective. Sending my deepest condolences to the Family of Mr.Harold Franklin Steeds family. May you find peace and comfort in this difficult time. On behalf of the William Penn High School Class of...

Herman Franklin Spicer age 87 of Forest City died Thursday January 1 2026. Herman was born on August 7 1939 in Rutherford County and was the son of the late Ernest Franklin Spicer and Rose Bailey Spicer. He was a graduate of RS Central High School a member of Riverside Baptist Church and he proudly ...

Mrs. Joan Gregory Walston age 85 of Farmville NC passed away peacefully on Saturday January 10 2026 with her children by her side at The Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice. Born on Mothers Day May 121940 to Joseph Alexander Gregory and Lala Godwin Gregory Joan was a lifelong resident of ...

Carolyn Jean Lindsey Barnes beloved daughter of the late Robert and Catherine Lindsey was born on August 31 1943 in Wilson County North Carolina. She peacefully departed this life on Sunday December 21 2025. Affectionately known as Jean she was reared in Elm City North Carolina where she received he...

Rev. Hubert Chester McCleney 92 of Chadbourn met his Lord and Savior early Saturday morning January 10 2026. Hubert was born on December 24 1933 son of the late William Chester McCleney and Daisey Marie Carter McCleney. He was also preceded in death by his brother Richard Franklin McCleney. Funeral ...

Services celebrating the life of Jonathan Mark Thorne will begin at 1030 am on Friday October 24 2025 at Newton County Funeral Home South Chapel with Rev. William Savell and Rev. Charles Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Ridge Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery under the directio...

Kevin Smith was born on January 16 1959 and passed away on Monday December 1 2025 at the age of 66. Kevin transitioned peacefully with his beloved wife and family members by his side. Kevin was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He was educated in the New Orleans Public School System and was a prou...

Robert Luedavid Jamison Jr. peacefully transitioned home to be with our Lord on October 18 2025 at the age of 73. Robert was the eldest child born to the late Clayona Althea Calvin Jamison and Robert Luedavid Jamison Sr. in New Orleans Louisiana. He started his Christian journey at an early age and ...

Constance Connie Marriott Selico CEO of Murray Henderson Funeral Home and a retired educator of the Jefferson Parish School System went home to be with the Lord on Thursday July 20 2023 at the age of 90. Connie as she was fondly known was born in Brooklyn New York to Lillie Winfield and Charles Marr...

Lillie Jean Cochran was born to the late Rev. Richard Hughes and Mrs. Lillian Stone in Troy Alabama. She spent her young years with her family in Thomasville Georgia until they settled in Sarasota Florida in the 1950s. Lillie graduated from Booker High School in 1961 and moved to Jacksonville Florid...

Shelly Jean Thornton 56 passed away peacefully on Saturday October 18 2025 at Community Hospice care center. Born on December 15 1968 Shelly was the daughter of the late Sgt. John T. Thornton USMC and her mother Connie Jones. Shelly was a loving tenderhearted and kind person who cherished reminiscin...

Mr. John Franklin “Frank” Destefan, 84, of Waynesboro, PA passed away Sunday morning, January 18, 2026, at Mercy House, Chambersburg, PA.Born December 24, 1941 in Dubois, PA, he was the son of the late Anthony and Vesta C. (Reiter) Destefan.Mr. Destefan was a graduate of Dubois High School. He late...

Mrs. Jane S. (Stouffer) Klinefelter, 99, a resident of Pelican Landing, Sebastian, FL and formerly of North Wales, PA and Quincy, PA, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2026.Born March 2, 1926 in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Paul L. and Helen (McFerren) Stouffer.Mrs. Klinefelter gr...

Mr. John Jacob Lindsay, 78, of Greencastle, PA, passed away Thursday morning, January 15, 2026, in Chambersburg Skilled Nursing and Rehab.Born June 20, 1947, in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Charles B. and Verma B (Musselman) Lindsay.Mr. Lindsay graduated from Greencastle High School wi...

Mr. Darrel L. Potts, 79, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away in his home Friday, January 16, 2026.Born January 22, 1946 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Charles H. and Stella V. (Kisecker) Potts.Mr. Potts graduated from Waynesboro Area Senior High School with the class of 1964.He served hi...

Mildred Millie Elizabeth Brownlee 97 of Washington passed away on Wednesday December 10 2025 in Woodside Place of Presbyterian SeniorCare Washington. Millie was born on January 27 1928 a daughter of John H. Jackson and Madeline Glaum Jackson. Millie was a graduate of Trinity High School where she wa...

Sheri Lynn MinnichMcDermott 58 of Hampstead NC passed away on Monday December 15 2025 at home surrounded by family after a courageous battle with cancer. Sheri was born November 28 1967 in Pottsville PA the daughter of Richard Dale and Paula Jean Shadle Minnich. Sheri graduated from Williams Valley ...

Stephen Pattison affectionately known to many as C.P. passed away peacefully surrounded by his wife and children on Thursday December 4 2025 at Grand View Hospital in Sellersville PA. He was 69. He was the devoted and loving husband of Ellen Goldstein Burk whom he married on May 9 2025. Born in Abin...

Gerald Joseph Salem, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2025, at St. Alexius in Hoffman Estates, IL, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on February 2, 1951, in Chicago, IL, the son of John and Marie (née Orlando) Salemi. Gerald dedicat...

Allen L. Hawkins, age 70, passed away peacefully on December 4, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. He was born on December 20, 1954, in Panama City Beach, Florida.Allen was a loving son, brother, father, and friend. He was preceded in death by his father, Horace Hawkins. He is survived by his devoted mothe...

Mable Jean Clayton was born on June 22 1953 in Friars Point Mississippi to Willie and Albertine Parker. Mable was baptized at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Tampa Florida under the leadership of Reverend John Willis. She later continued her Christian journey at Peace Progressive Community Chu...

Mr. Samuel Master Martin of Tampa FL passed away on Saturday January 3 2026. Funeral services will be held on Saturday January 24 2026 at 200 p.m. at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church 8525 N. 78th Street Tampa FL 33637 with Rev. Kaleb D. Barnum Eulogist. Samuel Master Martin was born on August 23 ...

John I. Woodward 73 of Lancaster passed away on Saturday January 10 2026 after a fourteenmonth battle with cancer. He died peacefully in his sleep at Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy. Born in Coatesville John was the son of Robert I. Woodward and his wife Daisy Lou Woodward of Lancaster both ...

Marie A. Starr 83 of Lancaster passed away Wednesday December 31 2025 after secretly fighting Stage 4 lung cancer. Born in Columbia she was the daughter of the late Roger and Helen Stabinski Cranford. Marie was the loving longtime partner of over 30 years to the late Al Black. She was a graduate of...

Funeral services for Mrs. Gussie Maye Wentworth will be held at 200 pm on Saturday January 10 2026 at Franklin Funeral Home in Meadville MS. Visitation will be from 500 to 800 PM Friday January 9 and from 100 to 200 PM Saturday. Bro. Pat Sullivan and Bro. Mike Walker will be officiating the services...

Ike Williamson 71 of Meadville died at Ochsners Medical Center in New Orleans Louisiana on December 20 2025. Visitation will be at Franklin Funeral Home on Tuesday December 23 2025 from 500 p.m. until 800 p.m. and Wednesday December 24 2025 from 1000 a.m. until 1100 a.m. The funeral service will be ...

Funeral services for John Glenn Bayless will be held on Saturday August 9 2025 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Smithdale MS at 1100 AM with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday August 8 2025 from 500 PM to 800 PM and Saturday August 9 2025 from 1000 AM until 1100 AM. B...

Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Ann Chatham will be on Wednesday November 19 2025 at Meadville Methodist Church in Meadville MS at 1100 AM. Visitation will be from 1000 AM until the time of service at 1100 AM. Rev. Calvin Cosnahan will be officiating the services with Franklin Funeral Home in cha...

Sally Caviness Wallace 77 passed away peacefully Tuesday August 19 2025 at her residence. She was born June 21 1948 to Charles and Blanche Caviness of Corinth Mississippi. During her years in Corinth Sally was a Curved Bar Gold Award Girl Scout a member of the intellectually gifted organization of M...

Craig Alan Glup was born to Ernie and Noretta Glup on May 14, 1961, in Omaha, Nebraska. Craig passed away November 20, 2025. The family moved to Tekamah when Craig was four years old, where he remained the rest of his life.Craig graduated from Tekamah-Herman High School in 1979. Durin...