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FRANK A. HOGAN

Frank A. Hogan, 88, of Brasstown died Friday (Sept. 5, 2003) in a Murphy hospital. A native of Cherokee County, he had lived in Black Mountain for 25 years before moving back to Brasstown in 1980. He was the son of the late Burton Nelson and Laura Standridge Hogan. Frank had been a maintenance engineer for YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly and had also worked with the John C. Campbell Folk School. He was a member of the Little Brasstown Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by a son, Jerry C. Hogan.

Surviving are the wife, Bea Robinson Hogan; a daughter, Candas Beryl Sabato and husband, Mike of Swannanoa, NC; a son, Frank Edmond Hogan and wife, Kay of Greenville, SC; two sisters, Bertha Carringer of Brasstown and Willa Mae Anderson of Raleigh, NC; and six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Funeral services at 2:00 PM Sunday (Sept. 7) in the Little Brasstown Baptist Church with the Revs. Aud Brown and Fred Lunsford officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers: Roy, James, Tommy, Jack, and Harry Hogan, and Lyle, Jimmy, Weaver, Hugh, and Billy Carringer.

The family will receive friends from 6:30-8:00 Saturday evening at the Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy where the body will be until placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the services.

The family requests memorials be made to the Little Brasstown Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box 12, Brasstown, NC 28902 or the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly, Maintenance Endowment Fund, 84 Blue Ridge Circle, Black Mountain, NC 28711.

Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy in charge of all arrangements.