Howard Grady "Jap" Bateman Sr.

FRANKLIN - Howard "Jap" Grady Bateman Sr., 86, passed away Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, surrounded by family. He was born June 19, 1939, in Nantahala to the late George Washington Bateman and Thelma Maude Baldwin Bateman. Jap enjoyed the simple pleasures of life: fishing, wagon trains and camping, and...