Obituaries
Reid Nicholson
Jan 5, 2016
Pastor Reid Nicholson, age 70 of Mineral Bluff, passed away January 5, 2016 at his home. He was born November 2, 1945 in Fannin County , GA to the late Lawrence Nicholson and the late Vivian Nicholson. He was Pastor of Victory Temple Holiness Church for 35 years, and was the founder of Nicholson Tire Company which opened in 1982....
Ruth Colwell
Jan 5, 2016
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Ruth Colwell,age 86, of Blairsville, who passed away Tuesday morning in Clay County Care Center in Hayesville, North Carolina.Ruth was born in Blairsville on April 2, 1929, a daughter of the late Ketron and the late Mattie Burns Colwell. She was a lifelong resident of Blairsville, and a member...
Wallace Joe Duvall
Jan 2, 2016
Wallace Joe Duvall, age 59 of Blue Ridge, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2016 at the Fannin Regional Hospital. Joe was born December 18, 1956 in Copperhill, TN to the late Roy Jackson Duvall and Polly Ann Bell Duvall. A member of the Macedonia Baptist Church at Wolf Creek, he was preceded in death by his father, Roy Jackson Duvall....
Helen Ruth Callihan
Jan 2, 2016
Helen Ruth Callihan, age 89, of Snellville, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2016 . She was born April 9, 1926, in Copperhill, TN, to the late Lon Williams and Alma Davis Williams. She was a member of White Oak Hills Baptist Church in Stone Mountain. Mrs. Callihan retired from Sears after 42 years of service. She enjoyed working in her...
Shirley Sue Stowe
Jan 1, 2016
Shirley Sue Stowe, age 79 of Topton, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016 at the Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Shirley was born April 23, 1937 in Topton, NC to the late Jones Stowe and the late Alberta Conley Stowe. A member of Red Marble Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by brothers, Bobbie Brank, Frank Stowe, and Kenny...
Johnny Edgar Elrod
Jan 1, 2016
Mr. Johnny Edgar Elrod, age 64 of Morganton, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016 at his home. Johnny was born November 30, 1951 in Cleveland, OH. He attended Boiling Gap Baptist Church and Sunrise Tabernacle. He was preceded in death by his parents, John E. Elrod and Nora Lee Elrod, one brother, Abraham Elrod and one sister, Frances Plush. In...
Attle Ware
Jan 1, 2016
Mr. Attle Ware, age 79 of Blue Ridge, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016 at Pruett Health Care in Blue Ridge. He was born June 21, 1936 in Mineral Bluff, GA, to the late Homer Ware and the late Bertha Flowers Ware. He was a member of Mount Gilead Baptist church. Mr.Ware retired from Levi Strauss. He loved spending time...
David Jonathan Sedgwick
Dec 30, 2015
Mr. David Jonathan Sedgwick, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at his home. He was 88 years old.David was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 19, 1927, to the late David and Margaret Sedgwick. He was a World War II Navy veteran, and a member of First Baptist Church of Blairsville. David worked as a building contractor and carpenter for...
Billy Joe Payne
Dec 30, 2015
Mr. Billy Joe Payne, age 76 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. Mr. Payne was born March 14, 1939 in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late Howard Homer Payne and Joyce A. Arp Payne. He was a member of Hot House Baptist Church and had retired from Fannin County Road Department. He enjoyed...
Ricky Lee Stewart
Dec 29, 2015
Mr. Ricky Lee Stewart, age 57 of Morganton, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at the Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA. Ricky was born June 27, 1958 in West Virginia to the late Jack Stewart and the late Shirley Simmons Stewart. A member of the Morganton Baptist Church, Ricky enjoyed fishing and wood working in his spare time. He...
Effie Free
Dec 29, 2015
Mrs. Effie Free, age 92 of Morganton, passed away December 29, 2015 . Mrs. Free was born December 30, 1922 in Morganton, GA to the late John Stewart and Myrtle Cochran Stewart. Mrs. Free was Baptist in faith. She was preceded in death by husband, John Free, Brother's, Arvil Stewart, Winston Stewart, Johnny Stewart, Eddie Hyde, Sister's, Edith Stewart, Marie...
Richard Charles Albury
Dec 27, 2015
Richard Charles "Dick" Albury Sr., long time summer resident of Young Harris, Georgia, passed away on December 27th after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Dick was born and raised in Miami, Florida. After he retired from a family-run steamship agency in 1980, he and his wife of 49 years, Carolyn, developed property in the Truelove Mountain area. They motorhomed and...
Glenda Louise Walker
Dec 27, 2015
Glenda Louise Hughes Walker, age 66, of Ducktown, TN passed away Sunday, December 27, 2015 at Copper Basin Medical Center. Mrs.Walker was born January 30, 1949 in Polk County, to the late Harold Lloyd Hughes and Mrs.Carolyn Stiles Hughes. She was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roger Walker.Survivors include: her...
Mitchell Anthony Ellis
Dec 27, 2015
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mr. Mitchell Anthony Ellis, age 38, of Hayesville, NC, who passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2015 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA.Mitchell was born in Atlanta, GA on November 6, 1978, a son of Anthony Edward Ellis and Rhonda Sue Moss Ellis. Mitchell had lived in Hayesville for...
Anita Davenport Olmos
Dec 25, 2015
Mrs. Anita Davenport Olmos, age 62 of Calhoun, formerly of Blairsville, passed away Friday, December 25, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Olmos was born April 12, 1953 in Copperhill, TN to the late Vernon and the Ellav Newman Davenport. Anita was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Anita would tell you that her occupation was a Domestic Goddess. She loved...
Corene M. Mashburn
Dec 23, 2015
Mrs. Corene M. Mashburn, age 84 of Blue Ridge, passed away December 23, 2015 at North Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Mashburn was born January 30, 1931 in Gardendale, AL to the late Joe Muncher and Floyd Patterson Muncher. A member Zion Hill Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by both of her parents.Survivors include: daughter, Linda (Roger) Sisson, daugher,...
John Richard "Dick" Lynn
Dec 22, 2015
Mr. John Richard Lynn (Dick), age 80 of Murphy, went home to glory on December 22, 2015. Dick was born May 1, 1935 in Ohio to the late John Lynn and the late Lucille Burt Lynn. A member of Antioch Baptist Church, he lived and had a business in Venice, FL for forty years before he and his wife moved...
Wayne Henderson
Dec 22, 2015
Mr.Wayne W. Henderson, age 93 of Blairsville, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at his home. Mr. Henderson was born July 20, 1922 in Blairsville to the late Arthur and Inkabo Grant Henderson. Wayne was a member and deacon of Ebenezer Baptist Church. He was also a member of Dooley Lodge #367 F&AM. As a young man, Wayne worked with...
Sue Ann Smith
Dec 22, 2015
Sue Ann Smith, age 74 of Ellijay, passed away December 21, 2015 at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. Sue Ann Smith was born September 3, 1941 in Lubbock, TX to the late Edward Parks Freeman and the late Gladys T. Hensley Freeman. Sue Ann enjoyed sewing, quilting and gardening. Sue Ann was a retired office manager with UPS in Ellijay, and Seven...
James Leon Deal
Dec 21, 2015
Mr. James Leon Deal, better known as "Pee Wee" age 66, of Epworth, GA passed away December 21, 2015 at his home. Mr. Deal was born October 17, 1949 in Polk County, TN to the late Mr. Norman B. Deal and the late Mrs. Mary L. Ensley Deal. He was of the Baptist Faith. Pee Wee retired as a lab...
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