Obituaries

Frank Dills

Frank Dills

Jan 22, 2015

The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces Funeral Services for Mr. Frank Dills, age 77 of Hiawassee who passed away on Thursday, January 22, 2015.Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, January 25, 2015 from the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Ledford officiating. Interment will follow in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery with Military Honors...

Betty Jean Stout

Betty Jean Stout

Jan 21, 2015

Mrs. Betty Jean Stout, age 84 of Upland, California, passed away January 20, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Stout was born July 1, 1930 in Martinsburg, WV. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Fannin County.Survivors include husband, Lewis A. Stout, daughter, Sandra Stout Wang, son, Dr. Alan Stout, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.Funeral services were...

Lidia Shaw

Lidia Shaw

Jan 20, 2015

The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces memorial services for Lidia Morgado Shaw of Hiawassee who passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2015.Lidia was born on May 17, 1932 in Vina Del Mar, Chile. Lidia met and later married a young Naval Chief Petty Officer, Jack Shaw, while he was stationed in Chile. As a Navy wife, she traveled and...

Yvonne C. Whitcombe Resler

Yvonne C. Whitcombe Resler

Jan 18, 2015

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Yvonne C. Whitcombe Resler, age 85, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2015 in Blairsville.Yvonne was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, on August 27, 1929, a daughter of the late Cecil Whitcombe (Brigadier General Ret.) and the late Evelyn Poulson Whitcombe. Yvonne had lived in...

Kermit Vaughan Wiles

Kermit Vaughan Wiles

Jan 17, 2015

Mr. Kermit Vaughan Wiles, age 78 of Morganton, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015 at the Wellstar Cobb General Hospital. Mr. Wiles was born June 24, 1936 in Arista, WV to the late Ardle Wiles and the late Myrtle Sizemore Wiles. He was preceded in death by one brother, James Ardle Wiles, and a sister, Sandra Wiles White. Kermit served...

Jeffery Lynn Barnes

Jeffery Lynn Barnes

Jan 17, 2015

Jeffery Barnes, age 48 of Hiawassee, passed away January 17, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Mr. Barnes was born December 30, 1966 in Young Harris, GA to Van and Lula Bell Barnes. Jeffery was a member of the North Mt. Zion Church of God. He had worked for many years for the Georgia Department of Transportation with...

Betty Killian Holloway

Betty Killian Holloway

Jan 12, 2015

Mrs. Betty Killian Holloway, age 78, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away on Monday, January 12, 2015 in Guardian Angel Home Care in Winder, Georgia.Mrs. Holloway was born in Blairsville on March 26, 1936, a daughter of the late William A. Killian and the late Thelma Williams Killian. In earlier years, Betty had worked for Singer Sewing Machine, but decided to...

Reba Gwynn Pack

Reba Gwynn Pack

Jan 11, 2015

Mrs. Reba Gwynn Pack, age 84 of Blue Ridge, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Mrs. Pack was born March 18, 1930 in McCaysville, GA to the late N.B. Gwynn, Sr. and the late Erma D Mantooth Gwynn. She attended Temple Baptist Church, enjoyed sewing, quilting and gardening, she was preceded in death by...

Fred Clinton Moore

Fred Clinton Moore

Jan 11, 2015

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mr. Fred Clinton Moore, better known as "Clinton", who passed away on January 11, 2015. Almost 95 years old, he was a direct descendant of John C. Moore, the first white man to settle in what is now Clay County, NC. Clinton was born on March 26, 1920,...

Berndt Nordhielm

Berndt Nordhielm

Jan 11, 2015

Berndt ("Nord") Nordhielm October 3, 1922 - January 11, 2015When he was two years old, Berndt Evald Nordhielm sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Sweden to the United States. You would not have noticed him in the great crowd of immigrants that arrived that year, but he had come to the country where invisible people might suddenly become visible. He...

Harry Walker

Harry Walker

Jan 10, 2015

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces services for Harry Taylor Walker, age 85, who passed away peacefully at his home in Blairsville, Georgia with his family at his side after a long battle with prostate cancer on January 10, 2015. Harry was born on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1929, in Memphis, Tennessee, son of the late John...

Patricia Lynn Mann

Patricia Lynn Mann

Jan 10, 2015

Ms. Patricia Lynn Mann, age 67 of Blue Ridge, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2015 at her home. Ms. Mann was born July 8, 1947 in Chattanooga, TN, to the late Frederick Earl Mann and the late Mary Elizabeth Thomas Mann. Pat attended Harbor Ministries.She had lived in the area for the pass twenty years, moving form Atlanta. She volunteered...

Patricia Parkinson Seymour

Patricia Parkinson Seymour

Jan 9, 2015

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces Memorial Services for Mrs. Patricia Parkinson Seymour, age 88 of Blairsville who passed away Friday morning, January 9, 2015 at The Hayesville House Assisted Living in Hayesville, North Carolina. Mrs. Seymour was born December 22, 1926 in Coshocton, Ohio to the late Herbert & Myrtle (Yale) Parkinson.She will be warmly remembered...

Ruth N. Patterson

Ruth N. Patterson

Jan 9, 2015

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the Funeral Services for Ms. Ruth N. Patterson, age 93, of Blairsville, who passed away Friday, January 9, 2015 at Union County Nursing Home.Ruth was born November 24, 1921 in Blairsville Georgia to the late William & Lillie (Elliott) Patterson.An embodiment of the Ruth of the Bible, her faith and love was evident in...

Virginia Mary Anderson

Virginia Mary Anderson

Jan 9, 2015

Miss Virginia Mary Anderson, age 96 of Blue Ridge, passed away January 8, 2015 at Pruitt Health Care In Blue Ridge. Miss Anderson was born January 18, 1918 in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late Frank Kell Anderson and the late Minnie Bell Williams Anderson. Of the Baptist faith, she was preceded in death by brothers, Edmond Anderson, Reid Anderson,...

Alberta Downing Bierce

Alberta Downing Bierce

Jan 8, 2015

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces a Memorial Gathering for Mrs. Alberta Downing Bierce, age 80, of Young Harris, Georgia, who passed away at her home on Thursday, January 8, 2015.Alberta was born January 24, 1934 in Charlotte County, Florida to the late Clarence Leroy & Dorothy Lee (Parsley) Downing. A loving Wife, Mother, Sister, Grandmother and...

Virgil Robert Steffans

Virgil Robert Steffans

Jan 8, 2015

Mr. Virgil Robert Steffens, age 94 of Morganton, passed away Thursday, January 8, 2015 at the Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Steffens was born November 20, 1920 in Iowa to the late Carl Steffens and the late Marie Dorland Lusk. He was a Christian in faith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by wife, Mary Haugen Steffens,...

Viola Anna Kipling

Viola Anna Kipling

Jan 6, 2015

Viola Anna Kipling, age 90 of Ellijay, GA, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mrs. Kipling was born July 18, 1924 in Surprise, NE to the late Theresa and Otto Hoffman. Mrs. Kipling was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Kipling, Jr., a son, Barry Kipling, and her siblings, Arnold, Carl, Erwin Hoffman, and Wilma...

Grace Odom

Grace Odom

Jan 6, 2015

After a life of enjoying hard work and caring for children, Grace Odom left this life to start her new one on January 6, 2015.Born to Arthur and Alice Craig Parris in the North Georgia mountains on June 11, 1930, Grace was lovely and adventurous. She married James Odom at an early age on September 3, 1946. Her husband departed...

William "Bill" Weber

William "Bill" Weber

Jan 5, 2015

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces Graveside Services for Mr. William "Bill" Weber, age 75, of Atlanta, who passed away Monday, January 5, 2015 at his home.Mr. Weber was born in Dane, Wisconsin on September 27, 1939 to the late Leo Peter & Ann (Fuchs) Weber. Mr. Weber was a Vietnam Veteran of both The United States...