Obituaries
Doug Barrett
Apr 10, 2017
Mr. Doug Barrett, age 72 of Hiawassee, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at his home. Mr. Barrett was born December 10, 1944 in Hiawassee, GA to Jay and Ethel Lee Melton Barrett. Doug was a U.S. Army Veteran having served during the mid 60's in Korea as a medical specialist. He was a person who loved to work with...
Mary Duncan Fair
Apr 8, 2017
Mrs. Mary Duncan Fair, age 93 of Hiawassee, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Chatuge Regional Nursing Home. Mrs. Fair was born December 5, 1923 in Miami, FL to Lewis and Mary Hyman Duncan.Mary and her husband, Robert, moved to Hiawassee in 1977. Robert passed away in 1993. Mary loved to travel and took many trips with the United...
Michael S. Payne
Apr 7, 2017
Michael S. Payne, age 75 of Ducktown, passed away Friday, April 7, 2017 in Stone Mountain, GA. Mr. Payne was born April 14, 1941 in Atlanta, GA to the late Glenore Payne and the late Ruth Ann Sanford Payne. Michael served his country by enlisting in the US Army. Survivors include: two daughters, Tracy Payne and Juli Payne Dykes (Brian),...
Betty Stogsdill Cotner
Apr 6, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mrs. Betty Lynn Cotner, 52, of Morganton, Georgia, who passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2017 in Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee.Betty was born in 1965, a daughter of the late Dennis and the late Lorene Stogsdill. Betty is survived by her loving husband, David; a son, Robert Curtis...
James "Rusty" Bishop
Apr 6, 2017
Mr. James Edwin "Rusty" Bishop, Jr., age 63 of Blairsville, GA, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2017, at his home following a long illness. Rusty was born on August 7, 1953, in Atlanta, GA. He was preceded in death by his parents, Doris and Edwin Bishop of Fayetteville, GA, and his beloved dachshund, Sadie.Survivors include his other "girls," Niki...
Olin Hughes
Apr 5, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mr. Olin Hughes, age 93, of Young Harris, Georgia, who passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville.Mr. Olin Hughes was born in Union County, Georgia on August 18, 1923 to Rev. Robert Lee Hughes and Lillie Haseltine (Burns) Hughes. He was a loving...
Bette A. Kaufman
Apr 3, 2017
Mrs. Bette A. Kaufman, age 78, of Murphy, passed away Monday, April 3, 2017, Mrs. Kaufman was born November 4, 1938, in Milford, MA to the late Grace Sutherland. Coming from Florida, she had made Murphy her home for the past 24 years. She was a member of Appalachian Heritage Crafters Outreach, an accomplished artist in Oils and other mediums.Survivors...
Kay Jones
Apr 2, 2017
Kay M. Jones, of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2017. She was born in Greenfield, Ohio to Dr. William and Marjorie Counter. She was preceded in death by her parents. Kay is survived by her partner in Life, Shirley Krogstad, of Mineral Bluff, Georgia; her brother, Richard Counter (Lynn) of Greenfield, Ohio; her three children, Angela...
L.E. "Junior" Kimsey
Apr 2, 2017
Mr. L.E. "Junior" Kimsey, Jr., of Hiawassee, passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2017.Junior was born in Hiawassee on February 27, 1930, a son of Leonard Esco Kimsey and Bertha Lowe Kimsey. He was a retired brick mason, and had worked hard his whole life every day, but reserved Sunday for the Lord. He had served in the U.S. Army...
Thelma Clore
Apr 1, 2017
Thelma Juanita Clore, age 87 of Blue Ridge, passed away April 1, 2017 at her home . Thelma was born May 25, 1929 in Gastonia, NC to the late Lon Cearley and the late Icie Adams Cearley. Thelma was preceded in death by husband, Everett Clore, Brother, Dwight Cearley, Son, Brent Clore, sister, Gladis Queen, sister, Hazel Reece & sister,...
Frankie P. Smith
Mar 31, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces memorial services for Mrs. Frankie P. Smith, age 81, of Hiawassee, who passed away on Friday evening, March 31, 2017 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Mrs. Smith was born in Rex, Georgia, a daughter of the late Walter Franklin Phillips and the late Clara Mae Pitts Phillips. She had been living in...
Johnny L Little
Mar 31, 2017
Mr. Johnny Luke Little, age 69, of Murphy, passed away Friday, March 31, 2017. Mr. Little was born March 30, 1948, in Murphy, NC. A member of Macedonia Baptist Church, he was preceded in death by his parents.Survivors include wife, Betty Little, daughter Tania D. Little and step-daughter Michelle Burrell sisters, Joanne Gower, Jackie Dillard & Janie Little, brother, Reid...
David McKinley Bates
Mar 30, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces graveside services for Mr. David McKinley Bates, age 56, of Blue Ridge, Georgia, who passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at his home.Mr. Bates was born in Franklin, North Carolina, on July 17, 1960, a son of the late John Bates, Jr. and the late Mary Elizabeth Arnold Bates. David had...
Kathryn Droze
Mar 29, 2017
Mrs. Mary Kathryn Lewis Droze, age 87 of Lyman, SC, formerly of Blairsville, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017 in Lyman. Mrs. Droze was born May 10, 1929 in Blairsville, GA to the late Roy and Jane Donaline Hood Lewis. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church where she had been very active. She was preceded in death by...
Roy Dean Moore
Mar 29, 2017
Mr. Roy Dean Moore, age 74 of Murphy, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at his home. Mr. Moore was born June 9, 1942 in Murphy, NC to the late Dee Moore and the late Alice Donely Moore. A member of Peachtree Baptist Church, he was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, one brother and son, Michael Moore....
Dorothy D. Byers
Mar 29, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Dorothy D. Byers, age 90, of Blairsville, who passed away on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 in Dallas, Georgia.Dorothy was a native and lifelong resident of Blairsville, and was born in 1926, to Eli Daniel and Laura Davenport Daniel. She was the last living of twelve children. Dorothy owned and...
Bob Adcus Dingler
Mar 28, 2017
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death of Mr. Bob Adcus Dingler, age 81 of Young Harris, GA who passed away on March 28, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. No Services are planned at this time.Arrangements entrusted to the Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee, GA. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register...
Robert Skinner
Mar 27, 2017
SKINNER, Robert Bryan, passed away peacefully in Mineral Bluff, Georgia, USA on Monday 27th March 2017. Son of Bob and Marjorie Skinner (deceased), beloved husband of 45 years to Allison (nee Carter) and father of Stacey, Marsha (Goldberg) and Ryan. Brother of John, Douglas, Rosemary (Costa) and Christopher. Grandfather of Jacob and Aeryn Meyer, Reese and Brody Goldberg, Rowen and...
Richard Allen Schmidtke
Mar 27, 2017
Dr. Richard Allen Schmidtke, WW II veteran, age 91, of Hiawassee, Ga. passed away unexpectedly Monday,March 27, 2017 at The Ronnie Green Heart Center in Gainesville, Ga. He was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan on July 27, 1925 and was the only child of Albert Herman and Lillian Morlock Schmidtke. He grew up in St. Joseph,Michigan and graduated from St....
Joyce England Johns
Mar 27, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Joyce England Johns, age 81, of Conley, Georgia, who passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017 in Concord, Georgia.Mrs. Johns was born in Athens, Georgia, a daughter of the late Robert Baxter England and the late Alma Elkins England. Joyce spent her childhood in Blairsville, and went to...
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