Obituaries

Sep 9, 2019

Velma Dale Lord, age 65 of Ellijay, GA, passed away September 9, 2019, in Ellijay, GA. Mrs. Lord was born June 4, 1954, in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Henry Kendall and the late Stella Panter Kendall. A member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Lord, brothers, Larry Kendall and Vaughn...

Sep 7, 2019

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Gordon W. Taylor, age 94, of Blairsville, Georgia, who went home to be with the Lord on September 7, 2019.Mr. Taylor was born in Carbonear, Newfoundland to William Bond and Martha (Mehaney) Taylor on September 25, 1924. Having grown up together, He married his high school sweetheart, Shirley...

Sep 7, 2019

Mr. George J. Berry passed away on September 7, 2019 at home. Mr. Berry, a native of Union County, spent his working years in Atlanta and retired in 2004 to Monroe County in middle Georgia. He was born on July 5, l937 to William Cautus Berry and Lorena Crawford Berry of Blairsville.He was a member of the Union County High...

Sep 5, 2019

Mr. David Kiefer Sherb, age 89 of Hiawassee, passed away September 5, 2019 at his home. Mr. Sherb was born January 3, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY to the late Warner J. and Blanch Sherb, but was raised on Staten Island. Then later he attended the Admiral Farragut Academy prep school in St. Petersburg, Fl.; He then graduated from Wagner College...

Aug 31, 2019

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Bradley Joe Burger, age 53 of Mineral Bluff, Georgia who passed away on Saturday morning, August 31, 2019 at his home.Bradley was a lifelong resident of Fannin County and a member of First Baptist Church of Blairsville. He was an avid hiker, motorcycle rider and pilot, in fact...

Aug 31, 2019

James Oliver Allen, age 70 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2019, in Blue Ridge. Mr. Allen was born December 24, 1948, in Blairsville, GA to the late John Allen and the late Irene Payne Allen. A member of the Baptist faith, Mr. Allen attended Hot House Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his brother, Randall...

Aug 30, 2019

Aug 29, 2019

Mrs. Grace Collis Callihan, age 90, of Blue Ridge passed away Thursday, August 29, 2019, at her home. Grace was born November 13, 1928, to Allen and Gaily Garrison Collis. She was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church where she loved to play the piano and sing praises to God. Mamaw Grace, as her grandchildren called her, was the...

Aug 26, 2019

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mrs. Kathy Ann Stewart, age 66, of Blairsville Georgia who went home to be with our Lord and Savior on August 26, 2019 following an extended illness. She was born to Lawrence and Wanda Goodwin on October 13, 1952 in Atlanta, Georgia. Kathy loved the outdoors, fishing, camping,...

Aug 26, 2019

Frances Adams Rutz, age 77 of Phenix City, AL passed away August 26, 2019, in Alabama. "Fran" was born January 7, 1942, in Marietta, GA to the late Hayne B Adams and the late Maggie Hooper Adams. A member of Mineral Bluff Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Rutz; sister, Delores Adams Dean; and brothers,...

Aug 26, 2019

Brian Burnette age 42, passed away on Monday, August 26, 2019. Taken from his young life much too early. Brian was born on July 10, 1977, in Decatur, Ga. He had several jobs over his lifetime, but his favorite was driving tractor-trailers over the road. He loved those big trucks. He enjoyed watching wrestling and singing to the radio. He...

Aug 25, 2019

Our loving mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend Margaret Viola Guenther Lewis passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2019.She was loved by so many and will always be remembered by her contagious smile, beautiful heart, and her AMAZING banana bread. She is proceeded in death by her husband, Gerald Edwin Lewis, her mother and father and her siblings, and two of...

Aug 25, 2019

Mary Maxine Fuller, age 86 of Cherrylog, GA passed away Sunday, August 25, 2019, in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Fuller was born October 12, 1932, in McCaysville, GA to the late Jasper C. Ray and the late Amanda Dilbeck Ray. A member of the United Methodist faith, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Fuller, and her sister,...

Aug 25, 2019

Aug 24, 2019

Barbara Ann "Bobbie" Moore, age 65 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2019, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. Mrs. Moore was born November 5, 1953, in Atlanta, GA to the late Arthur Bowles and the late Mary West Bowles. Mrs. Moore was of the Baptist faith.Survivors include: husband, Jarrell Glenn Moore; sons, Ray Moore & Mikie (Katie) Moore;...

Aug 23, 2019

Edward Minor Powell, Jr., age 82, passed away Friday, August 23, 2019, at home surrounded by family.Born August 10, 1937, to Edward Minor Powell, Sr. and Opal Hull Powell in Arcadia, Florida. He grew up in Sarasota, Florida, where he met his wife, Glenda, and raised his family. He was a land surveyor, later worked in the mobile home industry...

Aug 18, 2019

Mr. Robert Harry Jones, age 77, of Marble, passed away Sunday, August 18, 2019, at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital. He was born October 29, 1941, in Murphy, NC to the late William Alexander Jones and Winnie Faye Hall Jones. Mr. Jones had served with the Peachtree Fire Department for 22 years and retired from MGM Brake. He was an avid...

Aug 17, 2019

Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mr. Luther Edward, better known as "Ed", DeFoor, Jr., of Hiawassee, who passed away on Saturday, August 17th, 2019. He was 81 years of age.Mr. DeFoor was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a son of the late Luther Edward DeFoor, Sr. and the late Clara Ellis DeFoor. Ed remembers his parents as...

Aug 16, 2019

It is with sadness that the family of Luva (Lu) Marie Stoll Whetstone of Mineral Bluff, Georgia announces her death on Friday, August 16, 2019. Lu Whetstone was born in Geauga County, Ohio on November 13, 1928, to Derlin Stoll and Pearl Kightlinger Stoll. She is preceded in death by her husband, John H. Whetstone, her sister, Arlene Gotham, and...

Aug 14, 2019

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory announces the death and funeral services for Mrs. Edna Lea Carr Hedden, age 64, of Blairsville, who passed away on Wednesday, August 14th, 2019 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Mrs. Hedden was born in Copperhill, Tennessee, a daughter of the late John Wesley Carr, Sr. and the late Virdie Payne Carr. She was...