Roy Ashley BrannenHodges-Moore Funeral Home Roy Ashley Brannen, age 51, passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Mr. Sam J. Franklin Jr.Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory PINEVILLE, N.C. - Mr. Sam J. Franklin Jr. of Pineville, N.C., passed away on February 10, 2018, at age 85. Marie Williams NewmanHodges-Moore Funeral Home Marie Williams Newman, age 81, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, February 15, 2018, at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, Ga., after a brief illness.