Obituaries
Charles "Chuck" Raymond Amara
May 7, 2018
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death of Charles "Chuck" Raymond Amara, age 64, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Monday, May 7, 2018 at his home.Mr. Amara was born September 2, 1953 in San Diego, California. He always had a knack for fixing things which led him to a career as a mobile RV Tech. For...
Bill (Junior) Lackey
May 7, 2018
Mr. Bill (Junior) Lackey, age 86 of Copperhill, TN passed away Monday, May 7, 2018 in Polk Co. TN. Mr. Lackey was born March 13, 1932 in Copperhill, TN to the late L. C. Lackey and the late Alma Lackey. Bill and his first wife Virginia Mae Sutton moved from the McCaysville area in 1953 to Northern Illinois. After the...
Anne Cochran Gilmore
May 6, 2018
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death of Mrs. Anne Cochran Gilmore passed away peacefully in her home in Atlanta Georgia is on May 6, 2018. She was 80 years old.Anne was born in Molena, Georgia on December 10, 1937 to James Cochran and Mamie Foster Cochran. Raised on a farm in Molena with her siblings, she attended Molena...
Chris Gus Grevis
May 6, 2018
Chris Gus Grevis, 91, of Toledo, Ohio, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at Genesis Health Care. He was born in Copperhill, Tennessee on July 27, 1926 to Gus and Lina (Mormanis) Grevis. Chris graduated from Woodward High School and would enlist in the United States Navy to proudly serve his country during WWII....
Andrew Raines West
May 4, 2018
Andrew Raines West, age 20 of Murphy, passed away suddenly Friday, May 4, 2018. Andrew was born January 16, 1998 in Murphy, NC to Shane West and Michelle Melton West. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Fred Melton. Andrew was a gentle and kindhearted person. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.Survivors include his...
John Paul Barrett
May 3, 2018
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death of Mr. John Paul Barrett, age 67, of Hiawassee, GA, who went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 3, 2018.Mr. Barrett was born on Monday, July 24, 1950, in Rome, GA, to Benson & Fay Douglas Barrett. John is a former member of the North-South Skirmish Association 3rd GA...
Grant L. Simpson
May 2, 2018
Grant L. Simpson, age 77 of Mineral Bluff, passed away May 2, 2018 in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Simpson was born April 9, 1941 in Pontiac, Michigan to the late Max Simpson and the late Dorothy Robinson Simpson. A member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Mr. Simpson has lived in the area for the last forty-seven years. Grant worked...
Shirley Voisey Taylor
May 2, 2018
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mrs. Shirley Eunice Voisey Taylor, age 92, of Blairsville, Georgia, who went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday morning, May 2nd, 2018.Mrs. Taylor was born on Sunday, January 17, 1926 in St. John's, Newfoundland, to the late Richard H. and Winifred Bowden Voisey. Having grown up together,...
Christopher Lynn Payne Mosteller
Apr 28, 2018
Mr. Christopher Lynn Payne Mosteller, age 48 of Marble, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2018 at his home. Christopher was born August 10, 1969 in Andrews, NC to LeRoy Payne and the late Mary Sharon Bradley Messer. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by his adopted father, Claude Mosteller, brother, Elie Payne Sutton and sister, Amy...
Lois Nell Long
Apr 26, 2018
Mrs. Lois Nell Long, age 97 of Blue Ridge, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2018 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville. Mrs. Long was born June 27, 1920 in Fannin County, GA to the late Walter Stanley and the late Mary Belle Messer Stanley. A member of Big Creek Baptist Church and a lifelong resident of Fannin County, Lois and...
Martha Florence Stonecipher
Apr 24, 2018
Mrs. Martha Florence Stonecipher, age 74 of McCaysville, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Stonecipher was born May 29, 1943 in Turtletown, TN to the late Frank England and the late Mary Nicholson England. A member of Mine City Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Vaughn Stonecipher, also, grandson, Nicholas...
Matthew Kenneth West
Apr 22, 2018
Matthew Kenneth West, age 31 of Suwanee, GA passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2018 after a sudden illness.Matthew graduated from Union County High School in 2004 . He was gifted with athletic talent in a variety of sports. However, playing sports was more about the friendships made than the glory won. Matthew was passionately curious and loved to learn....
William Robert McKeon
Apr 22, 2018
William Robert McKeon Sr., 63, of Murphy, NC passed away quietly Sunday, April 22, 2018 at his residence in Peachtree.He was born on May 21, 1954 in Pautucket, Rhode Island but lived most of his life in Murphy. He was a devoted father and grandfather to 3 adult sons and 6 grandchildren.He was the son of Lucy B. McKeon of...
Eloise Sutton Caldwell
Apr 22, 2018
Mrs. Eloise Sutton Caldwell, age 86 of Marble, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018 at the Murphy Medical Center. Mrs. Caldwell was born June 6, 1931 in Murphy, NC to the late Leaman Sutton and the late Ora Gibson Sutton. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by husband, Kenneth Caldwell and her brother and sisters, Wilma...
Wayne Arnold Weible
Apr 21, 2018
Wayne Weible, born in Long Beach California in 1937, died on Saturday April 21st 2018 after a three month illness.For the past 33 years, Wayne has made it his life's mission to spread the messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje bringing hundreds of thousands of people to conversion to God. Wayne has traveled the world speaking about Medjugorje and he...
Mary Evelyn Stewart
Apr 21, 2018
Mary Evelyn Stewart, age 95 of McCaysville, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mrs. Stewart was born October 3, 1922 in McCaysville, GA to the late Carl Edward German and the late Edgel Denny German. A longtime member of the First Baptist Church of McCaysville, she was preceded in death by her husband, E.P. (Slim) Stewart,...
Cecil Monroe Henson
Apr 18, 2018
Cecil Monroe Henson, age 90 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at his home. Mr. Henson was born May 10, 1927 in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late Rev. William Ralph Henson and the late Anna Mae Dye. A member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, he was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters, Ruby...
Mary Ann Smith
Apr 17, 2018
Mary Ann Smith, age 77 of Blue Ridge, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in Ellijay, GA. Mrs. Smith was born April 29, 1940 in Raburn Co. Ga., to the late Jess Hopkins and the late Sarah Craig Hopkins. Mary worked as a seamstress for Levi Strauss and enjoyed fishing in her spare time. She was preceded in death by...
David Pauley
Apr 14, 2018
The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces Memorial Services for Mr. David Pauley, age 67 who passed away on April 14, 2018 at his home.On Four-Fourteen-Fifty-one, an oilman from Oklahoma, and a diner owner from Texas welcomed a second child into the world in Laurel, MS, and taught David Lynn Pauley how to love food and sweet tea....
Robert Russell Stewart
Apr 11, 2018
Robert Russell Stewart, age 82, of Hiawassee, GA, passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Mr. Stewart (Bob) was born in Hazard, KY to the late Reuben Henry Stewart and Flora May Culbertson Stewart on April 21, 1935.Bob was a language teacher who spent 33 years at Clarkston High School where he especially enjoyed teaching French. He loved all things French,...
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