Obituaries
Steve Burns
Jun 5, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Steve Burns, age 59, of Blairsville, who passed away Monday, June 5, 2017 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.Steve was born in Marietta, Georgia and had lived in Blairsville for all of his life. He was a wonderful husband and father, and loved being with his family. Steve...
Helen "Diane" Halász
Jun 5, 2017
Helen "Diane" Halász of Murphy, NC went to be with the Lord Monday, June 5, 2017 at the age of 84. She was born in Berea, OH March 10, 1933 to Clyde and Helen Mohler. She was a career woman who always put her family first and a very loving mother and wife who loved to paint. You will always...
Clarence Thomas Hooper
Jun 1, 2017
Clarence Thomas Hooper Sr., age 67 of Murphy, passed away June 1, 2017 at Erlanger Medical Center. Clarence was born to John Ben and Edna Hooper on June 7, 1949 in Graham County, NC. He was raised in a large family with 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Being a simple man, book learning was never of importance to him. By...
Wayne George Krakora
May 29, 2017
Retired Lt. Wayne G. Krakora 78 years old took his final journey to the angels loving arms May 29, 2017. There he was met by his parents Christine Krakora (Guth), Charles Krakora. Brothers Charles, Ralph, Donald. Sister in laws Elaine, Ruth. Daughter Maria. Grandson Jimmy. Wayne served and protected his entire life; Country, Community, friends and family. He was always...
Lloyd Eugene Hughes
May 29, 2017
Lloyd Eugene Hughes, age 81 of McCaysville, passed away Monday, May 29, 2017. Mr. Hughes was born October 6, 1935, in Copperhill, TN to the late Mack Lorene Hughes and the late Beulah Lee Everett Hughes. He was preceded in death by, brother and sister in law, Roy E. and Claudine Hughes.Lloyd was a life long resident of Fannin County...
JoAnn VanPelt
May 29, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces memorial services for Mrs. JoAnn Lena Van Pelt of Blairsville, GA passed away on May 29,2017 in Blairsville. JoAnn was born on January 3, 1936 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Pruellene (Outlaw) and U.B. Wetherington. She was a graduate of Asbury College with a degree in Biology and worked as a Medical...
Gail Ann Allen
May 28, 2017
Gail Ann AllenFebruary 14, 1939 - May 28, 2017 Gail Allen, of Morganton, Georgia, went home to heaven on May 28, 2017, after a brief illness. She was born in Lanson, Michigan to James and Beryl Gleason. She was married and raised three children with her first husband, Robert Juengel, and later married the love of her life, Sam Allen....
Martha Bailey Watson
May 21, 2017
Martha B. Watson, aged 86, passed away on May 21, 2017, at home in Morganton, Georgia, where she lived with her son, John, for the past year. She was surrounded by family from near and far. Martha was born in Decatur, Alabama, November 19, 1930, the only child of Eugene and Martha (Porter) Bailey. After college education at Randolph Macon...
Jack Douglas Stepp
May 21, 2017
Mr. Jack Douglas Stepp, 78, of Calhoun, GA passed away Sunday May 21, 2017 at Gordon Hospital.Jack was born January 7, 1939 in McCaysville, GA to the late Aud Lee Stepp and Anna Lee Nari Stepp of Blue Ridge, GA. He was a graduate of West Fannin High School in 1957 and graduated from the University of Georgia with BBA...
Mollie Merle Akin
May 20, 2017
Mollie Akin, age 88 of old Highway 5 of Blue Ridge, passed away Saturday, May 20, 2017, at Stonehenge Assisted Living Center in Blairsville. Mollie was born January 31, 1929 in Polk Co., TN to the late Balus Samuel Akin and the late Bessie Elizabeth Akin. She was a member of Epworth First Baptist Church. She worked 29 years as...
Patricia Mack Drew
May 20, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory announces the death of Mrs. Patricia Mack Drew, age 93, of Blairsville, formerly of Young Harris, Georgia, who passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017.Mrs. Drew was born in Thomasville, Georgia, to the late Worden E. Mack and the late Normandie H. Mack. Patricia was a member of Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in...
John Dorsey Cole
May 19, 2017
John Dorsey Cole, age 86 of Ellijay, formerly of Mineral Bluff, passed away Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Cameron Hall Assisted Living Facility in Ellijay. Mr. Cole was born March 15, 1931 in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late Frank Cole and the late Winifred Warren Cole. A member of the Mineral Bluff First Baptist Church and a retiree...
Homer F. Payne
May 16, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Homer Forrest Payne, age 80, of Blairsville GA who went home to be with Jesus on May 16, 2017.Homer was born in Toccoa, Georgia to Allen and Lorena Payne--the youngest of six children. He met and married the love of his life Louise Standridge in July 1958. The...
Betty G. Cook
May 15, 2017
Betty Jane (Greene) Cook, age 92 of McCaysville, passed away May 15, 2017 at Union General Hospital. Mrs. Cook was born September 14, 1924 in Copperhill, TN to the late Mark Greene and the late Etha Dalton Greene. Mrs. Cook graduated from Copperhill High School in 1942. Later she attended Knoxville Business College. Mrs. Cook worked at the Tennessee Copper...
Royce Burnette
May 14, 2017
Mr. Royce Burnette, age 93 of Blue Ridge, passed away Sunday morning, May 14, 2017, at Blue Ridge Assisted Living Center. Mr. Burnette was born November 19, 1923, in Epworth, GA to the late Mark Burnette and the late Burdetta Cobb Burnette. Mr. Burnette was a member of the Copperhill First United Methodist Church and a retired teacher from the...
Donald Ray Foster
May 14, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Donald Ray Foster, age 62, of North Fort Myers, Florida, who passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017.Mr. Foster was born in Detroit, Michigan, a son of the late William Robert Foster and the late Ella Ree Wilson Foster. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Charles Truelove
May 14, 2017
Mr. Charles E. Truelove, age 80 of Buford, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017 at is home. Mr. Truelove was born November 2, 1936 in mineral bluff , GA to the late Grady Truelove and the late Jane Bell Truelove. Survivors include: wife, Donna Truelove, daughter, Tammy Riley, daughter, Deborah (Kelly) Bollinger, daughter, Sherry Ashworth, daughter, Jennifer (Stafford) Huff, son,...
Lynee Renee Calhoon
May 14, 2017
Lynee Renee Calhoon, age 57 of Marble, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017, at her home. Mrs. Calhoon was born Dec. 2 1959, in Tampa, FL to the late Gilbert Boyce and Diane French Boyce. Mrs. Calhoon was a born again christain. She was an herbalist and enjoyed gardening.Survivors include husband, Ned L. Calhoon, sons, Ned Calhoon, Jr. and David...
Shirley Williams Ledford
May 5, 2017
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces Funeral Services for Mrs. Shirley Williams Ledford, age 67 of Hiawassee, who passed away suddenly on Friday, May 5, 2017.Shirley will be missed by all who knew her, but especially by her family: her loving husband of 24 years, Rickie Ledford; her son, Michael Callahan; her step-sons, Blake and Justin Ledford; her brother,...
Wenford "Joe" Anderson
May 5, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mr. Wenford "Joe" Anderson, age 84, of Hiawassee, who passed away on Friday, May 5, 2017 in North East Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Mr. Anderson was born in Hayesville, North Carolina, a son of the late Henry Grady Anderson and the late Mattie Hogsed Anderson. He was a veteran of...
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