Obituaries
Hazel Cole
Oct 21, 2016
Hazel Bertha Cole, age 88 of Morganton, passed away Friday, October 21, 2016 at Pruitt Health Care . Hazel was born April 16, 1928 in Murphy, NC to the late Burley Thomas and the late Minnie Harper Thomas. Mrs. Cole was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Hazel enjoyed going to church and spending time with her family Mrs....
Johnny Brown
Oct 20, 2016
Johnny Burtz Brown, age 83 of Morganton, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2016 at his home. Johnny was born July 22, 1933 in Ducktown, TN to the late George S. Brown and the late Minnie Burtz Brown Campbell. A member of Toccoa Baptist Church, Johnny was also an active member of the Blue Ridge Senior Center. He loved doing puzzles...
Sarah Ward Calverley
Oct 18, 2016
Sarah Ward Calverley, age 82 of Chipley went home to be ever with the Lord on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 in Blairsville, GA. Sarah was born on November 1, 1933 To Amos and Leatus Ward in Commerce, GA. While serving as a USO secretary, Sarah met and later married Colonel Wesley Calverley in 1957 in Warner Robbins, GA. Wes and...
John Horkavy
Oct 18, 2016
Mr. John Horkavy, age 70 of Hiawassee, passed away early Tuesday morning October 18, 2016 at his home. John was born September 9, 1946 in Wallingford, CT to the late John Horkavy and Jennie Morganti Horkavy. He was a member of Hiawassee United Methodist Church.Survivors include his wife, Hope Lamade Horkavy, mother, Jennie Horkavy of Guilford, CT, daughter, Joy Hales...
Edward Paul Peterson
Oct 17, 2016
Edward Paul Peterson, 80, of Vero Beach, Florida, and Blairsville, Georgia, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2016 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Mr. Peterson was born in Vero Beach, on February 11, 1936, a son of the late Axel Peterson and Lillian Lundeen Peterson. He served in the U.S. Navy, and was a citrus grower in Florida....
Betty Kelley Williams
Oct 17, 2016
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Betty Kelley Williams, age 80 of Blairsville, who passed away Monday, October 17, 2016 at Stonehenge Assisted Living in Blairsville. Betty was born March 4, 1936 in Blairsville, a daughter of the late Virge Kelley and the late Snow Addington Kelley. She was a lifelong resident of Blairsville,...
Hugh Lynn Brackett
Oct 16, 2016
Mr. Hugh Lynn Brackett, age 72 of McCaysville, passed away October 16, 2016 at home. Mr. Brackett was born September 29, 1944 in Ducktown, TN to the late Jody Brackett and the late Ester Taylor Brackett. A member of Saint Anthonys Catholic Church, Mr. Brackett worked for City Service in Copperhill, TN for 33 years and traveled with the Boiler...
Michael Raymond Garbach
Oct 15, 2016
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Michael Raymond Garbach, age 70 of Blairsville, who passed away Saturday evening, October 15, 2016 at his home. Mr. Garbach was born in Rochester, New York, a son of the late Raymond Garbach and Jane Minkau Garbach. He and his wife, Paula, moved to Blairsville 8 years ago from...
Charles Darren Ledford
Oct 12, 2016
Charles Darren Ledford, age 49, of Buford, GA passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2016. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles J. Ledford and grandfather, James Fred Beavers. He is survived by his mother, Jeanie Ledford, Buford, GA; sister, Lisa Sue Bush, Buford, GA; grandmother, Edna Beavers, McCaysville, GA; nephews, Landon Bush, Buford, GA and Rylan Patterson,...
Robert Earl Davis
Oct 11, 2016
Robert Earl Davis, age 94 of Copperhill, passed away October 11, 2016 at Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Mr. Davis was born May 28, 1922 in Etowah, TN to the late Fred Davis and Birdie Long Davis. A member of the Baptist faith and the American Legion, he was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Marie Davis.Survivors include:...
Kay A. Cook
Oct 10, 2016
Kay A. Cook, age 86 of Mineral Bluff, passed away October 10, 2016 at Union County Nursing Home. Mrs. Cook was born August 27, 1930 in Copperhill, TN to the late Chris Murphy Briant and the late Reathel Marie Hill Briant. A member of Kingtown Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her sister Greta Jones, and her brothers,...
Tina Hensley
Oct 10, 2016
Tina Sue Hensley, age 52 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Monday, October 10, 2016 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Tina was born July 14, 1964 in Copperhill, TN. Tina was a member of Friendship # 2 Baptist Church. Mrs. Hensley worked several years at the News Observer. Mrs. Hensley enjoyed drawing, spending time with her family and going to church. Tina...
James B. Jones
Oct 8, 2016
Mr. James B. Jones, age 85 of Hiawassee, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016 at Chatuge Regional Hospital in Hiawassee.Mr. Jones was born August 26, 1931 in Blairsville, GA to the late Hoyt and Ethel Collins Jones. James was a member of McConnell Memorial Baptist Church. He was a lifelong resident of the area and worked as a Brick Mason...
Terry Lee Watkins
Oct 7, 2016
Mr. Terry Lee Watkins, age 62 of the Wolf Creek community in Murphy, NC, went home to be with his precious Lord and Savior, suddenly on Friday morning, October 7, 2016 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. Terry was born January 28, 1954 in Copperhill, TN to the late Aubrey Watkins and Joy Horton Watkins. He was a lifelong member...
Ginger Ann Barrow
Oct 6, 2016
The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Hiawassee announces Memorial Services for Mrs. Ginger Ann Barrow, age 78, of Hiawassee who passed away on October 6, 2016 at her home.Memorial Services will be held at 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 15 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 34 Rogers Street, Blairsville, GA.Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral...
Gwendolyn Lee Justus
Oct 4, 2016
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Gwendolyn Justus, age 68, of Blairsville, who passed away on Tuesday morning, October 4, 2016. Mrs. Justus was born May 25, 1948 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late John Harmon Pye and Elizabeth Jane (Hunter) Pye. Gwen devoted her life to her family, loving each child and grandchild unconditionally....
Jesse Albert Thornton
Oct 4, 2016
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces for the Parrott Funeral Home of Fairburn, GA funeral services for Jesse Albert Thornton, age 85, who passed away on October 4, 2016. He was the son of the late William Hillyer Young Thornton and Elizabeth Fletcher Thornton of Union City, GA. He was the sixth of nine children. Jesse worked for...
Dorothy Juanita Elrod
Sep 25, 2016
Dorothy "Juanita" Elrod , age 73 of Morganton, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016 at her home. Juanita was born January 2, 1943 in Morganton, GA to the late Lewin Elrod and Ivilee Bell Elrod. A member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by sister, Louise Elrod, Brother's, Robert Elrod, Arlen Elrod and Alfred Elrod.Survivors include:...
Lonnie Ray Bragg
Sep 24, 2016
Mr. Lonnie Ray Bragg , age 50, of Blue Ridge, GA. passed away Saturday, September 24th , 2016 at his home. Mr. Bragg was born in Douglasville, GA. on November 8th, 1965. Mr Bragg was the son of the late Elton Martian Bragg and Diana Clark. Lonnie enjoyed music and Nascar Racing.He is survived by his Son, Lonnie Ray Bragg,...
Elizabeth "Bette" Alice Teschner
Sep 23, 2016
Bette Teschner, age 91, of Blue Ridge, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 23, 2016. Born in Philadelphia, April 14, 1925, Bette spent a lot of time between Philadelphia, the Pocono Mountains, and the Jersey Shore. At the age of eighteen Bette was the youngest beautician in Philadelphia to open her own beauty shop. She married in 1950 and raised...
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