Obituaries

FRANKLIN – Ruth Farley died May 2, 2021, 24 days prior to her 100th birthday. That would be 99.94 years old.

FRANKLIN – Ervin Allen “Buck” Bingham, 80, passed away on Friday, May 14, 2021.

FRANKLIN – Tammy Kimsey Walker, 60, passed away on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

COHUTTA, GEORGIA – Clarence Tallent Sr., 79, formerly of Franklin, passed away Thursday, May 6, 2021. He was born on May 7, 1941.

HOUSTON, DELAWARE – James William “Billy/Caddy” Peek, 68, formerly of Franklin, died on Tuesday, May 4, 2021.

FRANKLIN – Charles “Scoon” Verlin Nichols, 71, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2021.  

FRANKLIN – James Alton “Al” Mitchell, 92, of Franklin, passed away on May 9, 2021.

Franklin – John W. (Jack) Lewis Jr. was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, Oct. 4, 1935, the son of John W. Lewis and Ruby Merle Stevens Lewis.

FRANKLIN – Blanche Smith Morgan, 78, passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. She was born on Nov. 5, 1942, in Franklin to John Doyle and Dove (McCoy) Smith.  On Oct.

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Frank W. DuMond, 80, passed peacefully at CentrePoint Health and Rehab on May 5, 2021, from an extended illness. He was born in Cornwell, New York to Howard J.