Obituaries
Charles Edward Fain
Oct 25, 2017
Charles Edward Fain, age 90 of Morganton, passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at his home. Charles was born July 27, 1927 in Morganton, GA to the late Ephraim Prince Fain and the late Omi Dillard Fain. He attended New Hope Baptist Church and he owned the Morganton Music Park for 33 years. In his spare time, Charles enjoyed playing...
Billie Sonja McLaughlin
Oct 23, 2017
Billie Sonja McLaughin, age 78 of Marble, passed away October 23, 2017 at the Murphy Rehab and Skilled Nursing Home. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Sherry Perez and two grandchildren, Ryan and Alex Perez. A private family service will be held at a later date.Arrangements entrusted to the Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy, NC. You may send condolences...
James A Geiger
Oct 21, 2017
James A. Geiger, 87 of Murphy, NC formerly of Bradenton, Fa. died Saturday, October 21, 2017, after a long illness. He was a US Air Force Veteran serving in Korean from 1951 to 1954. He was the manager over school bus transportation Dept. of Manatee School System.Survivors include his wife of 66 years Regina, sons Paul of Palmetto, Fl. Jody...
Harris Joiner
Oct 19, 2017
Harris Marvett Joiner, age 81, of Blue Ridge, passed away at his home Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Mr. Joiner was born June 20, 1936, in Jakin, GA to the late Eugie Lee Joiner and Johnnie Fay Hill Joiner. He was a member of Epworth First Baptist Church and a US Army veteran serving in Korea. He enjoyed fishing, woodworking, and...
Geneva Stamey Cole
Oct 17, 2017
Mrs. Geneva Stamey Cole, age 87 of McCaysville, GA passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Cole was born in Ellijay, GA to the late Lloyd Henson and Estelle Parks Henson. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ruben Stamey and her second husband, Claude B. Cole. She was also preceded in death by her...
Franklin D. Hunter
Oct 17, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Franklin Delano Hunter, age 84, who passed away 17 October 2017 in his home following an extended illness.Franklin was born in Blairsville in 1932, the 8th of 9 children to the late James Hayes Hunter and the late Lydia Dyer Hunter. He was a member of Choestoe Baptist...
Warner C. Zachary
Oct 16, 2017
Warner C. Zachary, Jr., age 97, passed away on Monday, October 16, 2017 at his home on Blue Ridge Lake. Born July 18, 1920 in Knoxville, Tennessee, he attended Gibbs High School and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He was a WWII veteran serving in the 385th Bomber Group of the 8th Air Force in England. He graduated from the...
Pearl Nixon Collins Gilreath
Oct 16, 2017
Pearl Nixon Collins Gilreath, age 100, of Morganton, passed away Monday, Oct. 16, 2017 at Pruett Health Care. Mrs.Gilreath was born September 25, 1917 in Martinez, CA, to the late Frank Nixon and Dove Garrison Nixon. Pearl was a member of Morganton Baptist Church where she had served in several capacities over the years and she had also been an...
Janice Wright Innis
Oct 16, 2017
Janice Wright Innis, age 83, of Blairsville, GA passed away October 16, 2017. Mrs. Innis was born April 11, 1934 in Ayer, Massachusetts to Raymond and Mildred (Wesley) Wright. Janice was a member of Sebastian United Methodist Church in Sebastian, FL and GFWC Sebastian River Junior Women's Club. She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband Sherwood...
Lawrence G. Henry
Oct 15, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Lawrence Gene Henry, age 73, of Blairsville, who passed away on Sunday, October 15, 2017 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Mr. Henry had lived in Blairsville for 21 years, moving here from Avondale Estates, Georgia. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. He had...
Sidney Lee Hicks
Oct 15, 2017
Sidney Lee Hicks, age 80 of Murphy, passed away Sunday, October 15, 2017, at his home. Mr. Hicks was born March 28, 1937, in Farner, TN to the late Homer Lee Hicks and Lillian Gertrude Jones Hicks. He was of the Baptist Faith and enjoyed gardening and fishing; he was a US Army Veteran serving in the 4 Infantry Division...
Nevin Rice
Oct 14, 2017
Mr. Nevin Rice, age 93 of Marble, NC passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017, at his home. Mr. Rice was born August 2, 1924, in Anderson, SC to the late Vernon Washington Rice and Essie Manning Rice. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Tara Leigh Cox.Mr. Rice was a US Navy veteran serving as a Fighter Pilot flying...
Hazel S. Douglass
Oct 13, 2017
Hazel Laverne Shideler Douglass (b. 1/31/1918, McCune, KS - d. 10/13/2017, Blairsville, GA) passed away at the Union County Nursing Home. She was preceded in death by her husband of nearly 60 years, John McConnell Douglass, Jr. Mrs. Douglass is survived by sons Duane Douglass (Ann), Kennesaw, GA; Craig Douglass (Glinda), Acworth, GA; and daughter Connie Douglass, Charleston, SC. Hazel...
Estelle W. Camp
Oct 13, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Estelle W. Camp, age 93, of Blairsville, who passed away on Friday, October 13, 2017 in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.Mrs. Camp was a native of Newark, New Jersey, and had moved to Blairsville in 1980 from West Palm Beach, Florida. She was a longtime member of...
Jackalyn Gale Garrett
Oct 13, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Miss Jackalyn Gale Garrett, age 59, who passed away on Friday October 13, 2017 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Hwy. 515 near Blairsville, Georgia.Miss Garrett was a life long resident of Hiawassee, Ga. who loved to work in her flowers, was an avid reader who loved Christian Books...
Pamela Ann Wilson Hills
Oct 13, 2017
Pamela Ann Wilson Hills, age 62 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away October 13, 2017. Mrs. Hills was born October 7, 1955 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Edgar Monkus and the late Muriel Waldroup Monkus. She attended Toccoa Baptist Church and she was preceded in death by her husband, Danny Wilson, father, Edgar Monkus, mother, Muriel Monkus, brothers,...
Irene Johnson Woody
Oct 10, 2017
Irene Johnson Woody, age 86 of Blue Ridge, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at Pruitt Health Care. Mrs. Woody was born May 4, 1931, in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late Avery Millholland and the late Pearl Henry Millholland. She was a member of Toccoa Baptist Church. She enjoyed crocheting, bingo, crossword puzzles, cooking and spending time with family....
Ruth Evangeline Shaw
Oct 7, 2017
Mrs. Ruth Evangeline Shaw, age 86 of Century, FL passed away October 7, 2017 at Baptist Hospital, Pensacola, FL. Mrs. Shaw was born December 10, 1930 in Covington, KY. A member of the Catholic faith, she was preceded in death by her father, Clyde Bourdess, mother, Pearl Bourdess, husband, Clay E. Shaw, daughter, Shawna J. Cornell.Survivors include: daughter, Shelley (Rand)...
Brian Stephen Lewis
Oct 7, 2017
Brian Stephen Lewis, age 60 of Copperhill, went to be with the Lord on October 7, 2017. Brian was born March 25, 1957 in Copperhill, TN to the late Gerald E. Lewis and Margaret V. Guenther Lewis. A member of Isabella Baptist Church, he was preceded in death by his father, Gerald Lewis.Survivors include: mother, Margaret Viola Lewis, brothers, Alvin...
Lewis "Tom" Thomas Murphy
Oct 7, 2017
The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory announces Funeral Services for Mr. Lewis Thomas Murphy, Jr. who passed away on October 7, 2017.Born June 21, 1934 in Griffin, GA to Lewis and Lillian Murphy, "Tom" was the oldest brother of 2 surviving sisters, Mary Ann Macie and Carol Walraven. After graduating from Griffin High School, he earned his Industrial Management degree...
Subscribe
Get alerts when new obituaries are posted
