Obituaries

Mary Carney Payne

Mary Carney Payne

May 19, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mrs. Mary Payne, age 86 of Blairsville who passed away on Monday, May 19, 2014.Mrs. Payne was born on Monday, January 20, 1928 in Barberton, Ohio to the late Claude Thomas Carney, Sr. and Alma (Foster) Carney. She was a Christian Lady in every sense of the term, who had a...

John Henry Turner

John Henry Turner

May 19, 2014

Mr. John Henry Turner, age 70 of Atlanta, passed away May 19, 2014 at Welstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta. Mr. Turner was born October 19, 1943 in Savannah, GA to the late Thomas Edwin Turner and the late Mary Edith Elmore . He was preceded in death by his parents and sister Priscilla Turner.Survivors include: wife, Hazel Turner, son &...

Charles Nathaniel Reynolds

Charles Nathaniel Reynolds

May 19, 2014

Mr. Charles Nathanial Reynolds, age 24 of Epworth, passed away May 19, 2014 at 44 Lickskillet Trail. Mr. Reynolds was born July 9, 1989 in Miami, FL to David Blair Reynolds and Sharla Sue Blankenship. He loved to watch and play football.Survivors include: father, David Blair Reynolds, mother, Sharla Sue Reynolds, brother, David Blair Reynolds of Epworth, GA, brother Benjamin...

Flora Edwina Goforth

Flora Edwina Goforth

May 19, 2014

Mrs. Flora Edwina Goforth, age 81 of McCaysville, passed away Monday, May 19, 2014 in Athens, TN after a period of declining health. Mrs. Goforth was born October 9, 1932 in Ducktown, TN to the late Arthur Milton Chastain and Eva Anna Lee Hyde Chastain. Mrs. Goforth was a member of Kingtown Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...

Linda Sue Gibson

Linda Sue Gibson

May 19, 2014

Mrs. Linda Sue Gibson, age 52 of Morganton, passed away May 19, 2014 suddenly at her home. Mrs. Gibson was born October 22, 1961 in Deerborn, MI to the late Eugene Smith and Dorothy Wright. She was a member of the Morganton Baptist Church. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by one brother, Danny Smith. Linda...

Vera Turner Davenport

Vera Turner Davenport

May 18, 2014

Mrs. Vera Turner Davenport, age 84 of Cherrylog, passed away May 18, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Davenport was born April 22, 1930 in Union County, GA to the late Elmer Turner and the late Vesta Davenport Turner. She attended Oak Grove Baptist Church, retired from Levi Strauss after 40 years of service enjoyed sewing, flowers and taking care of...

William Clifton Williams

William Clifton Williams

May 17, 2014

Mr. William Clifton Williams, age 87 of McCaysville, Ga, passed away Saturday May 17, 2014 at his home. Mr. Williams was born May 14, 1927 in McCaysville, GA. He had been a very active member of Epworth First Baptist Church.. Clifton also was a US Navy Veteran serving in WW II. He retired from the rail road dept. of City...

Steve Moore

Steve Moore

May 17, 2014

Mr. Steve Moore, age 60 of Morganton, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014. Mr. Moore was born July 10, 1954 in Maryville, TN to the late Scott Moore and Jean Prince Moore. A member of Morganton Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by father, Scott Moore.Survivors include: wife, Melanie Rodgers, mother, Jean Moore, daughter, Cayce Moore, sister, Nancy Moore,...

Elven Delano Hensley

Elven Delano Hensley

May 16, 2014

Rev. Elven Delano Hensley, age 91 of Morganton, passed away May 16, 2014 at The Laurels of GreenTree Ridge, in Asheville, NC. Hensley was born November 13, 1922 in Trenton, TN to the late George Delano Hensley and the late Hettie Willis Hensley. A member of Blue Ridge First Baptist Church. He was a minister and pastored for forty three...

Jennie Myrtle Lawson

Jennie Myrtle Lawson

May 9, 2014

Mrs. Jennie Myrtle Lawson, age 91 of Blue Ridge, passed away Friday, May 9, 2014 at the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mrs. Lawson was born November 25, 1922 in Dothan, AL to the late Grover C. Lewis and the late Lenora Outlaw Lewis. Coming from a family of nine, she was preceded in death by nearly all of...

Jackie Ann Jones

Jackie Ann Jones

May 9, 2014

Mrs. Jackie Ann Jones, age 69 of Buckhead, passed away May 9, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Jones was born July 2, 1944 in Canton, GA to the late Carl Jack McClelland and the late Elizabeth Morris McClelland. Survivors include her loving husband, George F. Jones Sr., son, James Steven Jones, daughter, Micki (James) Warbington, son, George (Charlotte) Jones Jr.,...

Joan Maynard Compana

Joan Maynard Compana

May 9, 2014

Mrs. Joan Maynard Compana, age 72 of Blairsville, passed away May 9, 2014 at Wellstar Community Hospice Tranquility. Mrs. Compana was born in Clacton-on-Sea, England to the late Gordon Maynard and the late Sybil Heath Maynard. She was a member of the Liberty Hill United Methodist Church. Joan married the love of her life, Dominic, in England in 1958 and...

Marie Lovell Underwood

Marie Lovell Underwood

May 7, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mrs. Marie Lovell Underwood, age 75, of Hiawassee, Georgia, who passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on May 7, 2014. She was born on November 8, 1938 to the late Leila Jane (Stephens) Lovell and Verdie Roosevelt Lovell of Blairsville, Georgia. She is preceded in death by her beloved...

Louvendia Sue Weaver

Louvendia Sue Weaver

May 7, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Louvendia Sue Weaver, age 48, of Blairsville, who went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Louvendia was born on December 18, 1965, a daughter of Audrey Deyton and the late Ruby Deyton. She was a homemaker and had been a lifelong resident of Blairsville. A...

Regina Foster Patterson

Regina Foster Patterson

May 6, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mrs. Regina Carrie Patterson, age 87 who passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2014.She will be lovingly remembered by all who knew her, but especially missed by her family: son & daughter-in-law, Michael and Elaine Patterson; grandchildren, Jason Patterson and Tanya Brown; great grandchildren, Cobey, Alden & Hannah Patterson and Harley...

George Harold King

George Harold King

May 5, 2014

Mr. George Harold King, age 78 of Blairsville, passed away Monday, May 5, 2014 at Union General Hospital. He was born October 15, 1935 in Cobb County Georgia. He was the son of the late Kenneth Lester King and the late Ruby Clair Hemphill King. He was a veteran serving as Master Sergeant in the Air National Guard at Dobbins...

Eileen Francis Link

Eileen Francis Link

May 4, 2014

.Eileen Francis Link, 82, of Athens Georgia, died Sunday May 4th 2014.She was born to the late William and Emily O'Keeffe, March 24th 1932, in the Bronx, New York. She married her loving and devoted husband Robert E. Link, Jr. in 1954 and they lived together in Great Neck and Oyster Bay, NY, before relocating to Athens GA in 2012.The...

Naomi Harris Nordhielm

Naomi Harris Nordhielm

May 2, 2014

Naomi Harris was born in a tiny house on West North Street in Galesburg, Illinois on May 29, 1925. Sixteen years later she was, according to a completely unbiased witness, "the prettiest girl on the floor" at a YMCA dance. She married that unbiased witness just before he traveled across the Pacific to fight in a war. She stayed married...

Hoyt Mull

Hoyt Mull

May 2, 2014

Mr. Hoyt Mull, age 79 of Blue Ridge, passed away May 2, 2014 at Union Co. Nursing Home.. Mr. Mull was born June 28, 1934 in Copperhill, TN to the late Cliff Mull and the late Mae Hurst Mull. He served in the U.S. Army and was preceded in death by father, Cliff Mull and mother, Mae Mull.Survivors include: daughter,...

Clint A. Deal

Clint A. Deal

Apr 30, 2014

Mr. Clint A."Brackett" Deal, Sr, .age 84, of Turtletown, TN, passed away April 30, 2014 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. He was born March 3, 1930, in Polk Co, TN to the late Bunyon Harley Deal Sr., and the late Blanch Cole Deal. He also was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Juanita Postelle Deal, son, Earl...