Obituaries
Elaine Fountain Ellingsworth
Aug 6, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and memorial services for Mrs. Elaine Fountain Ellingsworth, 85, of Blairsville, who passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia.Mrs. Ellingsworth was born in DelRay Beach, Florida, and was a homemaker. Her husband, Norman, passed away one day earlier, on August 5, 2017.Family members include two daughters, Rebecca...
Roy H. Stepp
Aug 5, 2017
Mr. Roy H. Stepp, age 87, of Blue Ridge passed away Saturday, August 5, 2017, at Life Care Center of Copper Basin following a brief illness. He was born July 17, 1930, in McCaysville, GA to the late Tom G. Stepp and Callie Campbell Stepp.Mr. Stepp was a US Army Veteran serving during the Korean Conflict and was a life...
Norman Eugene Ellingsworth
Aug 5, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and memorial services for Mr. Norman Eugene Ellingsworth, age 86, of Blairsville, who passed away on Saturday, August 5, 2017 in Clay County Care Center in Hayesville, North Carolina.Mr. Ellingsworth was born in DelRay Beach, Florida, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army, and served in Korea. He had...
Phyllis Rice
Aug 5, 2017
Phyllis Maxine Rice, age 86, of Morganton, GA. passed away Saturday August 5, 2017 at Hospice of Chattanooga. Phyllis was born October 18, 1930 in Fork Ridge, TN to the late Fred C. Hamlett and the late Cora Ownby Hamlett. A member of Concord Baptist Church, Phyllis was preceded in death by her husband, William Olon Rice, sister's, Virginia Nell...
James Lewis Jarrard
Aug 4, 2017
Mr. James Lewis Jarrard, age 96 of Blairsville, passed away August 4, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family and loving wife of 46 years. Mr. Jarrard was born June 29, 1921 in Cleveland, Georgia to the late Charles Augustus Jarrard and the late Rachel Naomi Allison Jarrard. James was a member of the First United Methodist Church of...
Marguerite Taylor Abernathy
Jul 31, 2017
Marguerite Taylor Abernathy, age 93 of McCaysville, passed away July 31, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Abernathy was born November 20, 1923 in Maryville, TN. A member of Epworth First Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her parents, Julius Edwards and Myrtle Horner Taylor, her brothers Edward Taylor and Robert Taylor, and her husband, Charles Cutts Abernathy. Mrs....
Lawrence Ray Bowers
Jul 29, 2017
Lawrence Ray Bowers II, age 74 of Morganton, GA died July 29, 2017 while recovering from heart surgery. Larry was a gregarious and energetic father and grandfather, and an active member of Grace Presbyterian Church in Blairsville, GA. Larry was born in Whiteville, NC and grew up in the fields and swamps of surrounding Columbus county. After graduating from Mercersburg...
Kolby William Long
Jul 29, 2017
Kolby William Long, age 17 of Morganton, passed away Saturday, July 29, 2017 due to an unexpected accident. Kolby was born August 19, 1999 to William Long and Charlotte Wilson Long. Kolby attended Fannin County High School. In his spare time, Kolby enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his family. Kolby was Baptist in faith. Kolby was preceded in...
Mukut Gupta
Jul 28, 2017
The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mr. Mukut Gupta who at the age of 77 died after a brief illness at Union General Hospital at 8:22 AM on July 28, 2017. He was born in Chittagong, India, November 17, 1939. He was a graduate of MSU Baroda Engineering College in 1962, with a degree...
Sandy Lee Newman
Jul 27, 2017
Sandy Lee Newman, age 52 of Newnan, Ga passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the home of Doug Newman in Morganton Ga with family by her side. Sandy was born February 8, 1965 in Irvine, KY to the late Hiram Newman and the late Cleona Turner Newman. Survivors include three sisters, Sarah (Johnny) Watkins, Sue Hardy and Sherry Molly...
Ronald Gene Warnock
Jul 27, 2017
Ronald Gene Warnock, age 80, of Mineral Bluff formerly of Louisville, Georgia, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017, at Pruitt of Blue Ridge, Ga. Mr. Warnock was born November 16, 1936, in Soperton, GA to the late Delmar David Warnock and the late Mattie Pauline Page Warnock. He graduated from Mercer University with a BS Degree and later received a...
Donna Kay Roper
Jul 25, 2017
Donna Kay Roper, age 57 of Topton, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at the Murphy Medical Center. Donna was born June 3, 1960 in Andrews, NC to the late Ray Keith Postell and Shirley Owenby Postell. A member of Fairview Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her father, Ray Postell and her husband, James Thomas Roper. In...
Robert Eugene Thomas
Jul 23, 2017
Robert Eugene Thomas, age 77, of Copperhill passed away Sunday, July 23, at WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center in Marietta surrounded by family members.Mr. Thomas was born September 30, 1939, in Copperhill to the late Ida Mae Goss Thomas and Roy Robert Thomas. He was raised in the Kingtown section of McCaysville.Robert graduated from West Fannin High School in 1957....
Margaret Avampato Smith
Jul 22, 2017
Margaret Mary Smith, age 79 of Murphy, passed away July 22, 2017 in Murphy, NC. Mrs. Smith was born December 9, 1937 in Connecticut to the late Jack Avampato and the late Margaret Ellis Avampato, and was a longtime resident of Lake Worth, FL. A member of the St. William Catholic Church of Murphy, NC, Mrs. Smith retired from Sacred...
Kermit Chambers
Jul 21, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Julius Kermit Chambers, age 74, of Blairsville, who passed away Friday, July 21, 2017 in Blairsville.Kermit was born in a little house off Kiutuestia Creek on August 20, 1942 in Blairsville, Georgia, to Julius and Edith (Denton) Chambers. He married his wife Margie April 29, 1964. They were...
James "Ronnie" Rogers
Jul 18, 2017
Mr. James "Ronnie" Rogers, age 64 of Blue Ridge, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at his home. Ronnie was born in Fannin County, GA to the late Andrew Rogers and the late Carrie Bearden Rogers. Mr. Rogers worked for the Tennessee Chemical Company for over 20 years. Ronnie enjoyed working outside on his lawn and going to car shows....
Dwight Ferrell Earley
Jul 18, 2017
Blue Ridge, Georgia — Dwight "Ferrell" Earley, 84, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017 following a brief illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dwight L. and Nettie Lewis Patterson Earley. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Frances Jean (Anderson) Earley, his daughter, Debra J. (Earley) Heller and her husband, Dr. Eugene W. Heller,...
Marie Collins Knight
Jul 18, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Alda Marie Collins Knight, 90, of Blairsville, GA, who passed away peacefully on July 18, 2017 at Union County Nursing Home, Blairsville.Marie was born on October 12, 1926 and raised in the Choestoe community of Union County. She was the youngest of Harve and Northa Collins' three children. An...
Wade Hampton Whelchel
Jul 17, 2017
Mr. Wade Hampton Whelchel III, age 67 of Blue Ridge (formerly of Murrayville, GA), passed away Monday, July 17, 2017 at his home on his beloved horse farm after an extended illness. Wade was born December 22, 1949 in Gainesville, GA to the late Wade H. Whelchel II and the late Marguerite Peck Whelchel. Mr. Whelchel was an exceptional horseman...
Jean Maltby Davis
Jul 14, 2017
Mrs. Jean Maltby Davis, age 89, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed into new life on Friday, July 14, 2017 at her home in Blairsville. Her presence will be greatly missed by all who knew her, but especially by her family, son Carl E. Davis, Jr., son and daughter-in-law Richard & Karen Davis, daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Leo Peacock and daughter...
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