Obituaries

James Paul Walden

James Paul Walden

Dec 15, 2013

Mr. James Paul Walden, Jr., age 82 of Cleveland, TN, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Starr Regional Medical Center, Athens, TN. Mr.Walden was born October 17, 1931 in Fannin County, GA to the late Paul Walden, Sr. and the late Gwendolyn PopeWalden. He was a member of Pantertown Baptist Church and the Copperhill Masonic Lodge. James was very...

Roger "Gomer" Garrett

Roger "Gomer" Garrett

Dec 13, 2013

Mr. Roger "Gomer" Garrett, of Blairsville, age 57, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2013, at his home following an extended illness.Roger was born in Young Harris, Georgia, on March 8, 1956, a son of Jim Garrett and Grace Lee Addington Garrett. Hardly anyone knew him as Roger, but everyone knew who "Gomer" was and knew they had a lifelong...

Bernice Dockery Winn

Bernice Dockery Winn

Dec 11, 2013

Bernice Dockery Winn, age 90 of Blairsville, passed away December 11, 2013 at Union County Nursing Home. Bernice was born May 9, 1923 in Lumpkin County, Georgia to the late Webster & Florence Dockery. She was raised at the foot of the mountain in the Turners Corner area during the great depression. As a young girl she would learn skills...

Evelyn Davenport

Evelyn Davenport

Dec 11, 2013

Ms. Evelyn Davenport, age 86 of McCaysville, Georgia, passed away December 11, 2013 at the Life Care of Basin, Ducktown, TN. Evelyn was born October 25, 1927 in Polk County, TN to the late Carl Davenport and the late Ollie Miller Davenport. She was a member of theEpworth First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and...

James Merle Mashburn

James Merle Mashburn

Dec 10, 2013

Mr. James Merle Mashburn, age 79 of Morganton, passed away December 10, 2013 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Mashburn was born July 13, 1934 in Fannin Co, GA to the late John Mashburn and Gurtrue Collins Mashburn. A member of New Testament Baptist Church, he was preceded in death by his parents, 3 Sisters and 5 brothers: Ailene Van Der...

Kathleen E. Mull

Kathleen E. Mull

Dec 9, 2013

Mrs. Kathleen E. Anderson Mull, age 91, of McCaysville, Georgia, passed away December 9, 2013 at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin in Ducktown, TN. Mrs. Mull was born January 16, 1922 in Mineral Bluff, GA to F. Kell Anderson and Minnie Bell Williams Anderson. A member of the First Baptist Church of Copperhill/McCaysville, she was preceded in death...

Nettie Burch Conley

Nettie Burch Conley

Dec 6, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Nettie Burch Conley, age 94, of Blairsville, who passed away Friday, December 6, 2013 in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.Mrs. Conley was born in Hayesville, North Carolina on January 8, 1919, a daughter of the late William Paul Burch and the late Hattie McClure Burch. Mrs. Conley had lived...

Ernest Nathan Dowdy

Ernest Nathan Dowdy

Dec 5, 2013

Mr. Ernest Nathan Dowdy, Jr. - Husband, Daddy, Opa, and Friend - age 71, of Hiawassee, Georgia, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013 at his home.Nathan was born in Richmond, Virginia, on Saturday, December 13, 1941, a son of the late Ernest Nathan Dowdy and the late Ruth Phillips Dowdy. Nathan grew up in Boca Raton, Florida, and graduated from...

Bobby Lee Jones

Bobby Lee Jones

Dec 3, 2013

Mr. Bobby Lee "Butch" Jones, age 65 of Blairsville, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Erlanger Medical Center. Mr. Jones was born January 26, 1948 in Copperhill, TN to the late Earl Prince Jones and the late Vicie Jane Frances Jones Todd. He was preceded in death by his brother, Willard Ronald Jones in addition to his parents.He is...

Paul Greene

Paul Greene

Dec 3, 2013

Mr. Paul Greene, Sr., age 87 of Blue Ridge, passed away December 3, 2013 at the Heritage Healthcare Nursing Home. Paul was born April 28, 1926 in McCaysville, GA to the late G.W. Greene and Savada Josephine Todd Greene. He was the youngest of four children and the only son. During his last year of high school, he was called...

Henry D Addington

Henry D Addington

Nov 30, 2013

Mr. Henry Dilmus Addington, age 85 of Morganton, passed away November 29, 2013 at . Mr. Addington was born February 26, 1928 in Fannin County, GA to the late Henry Drayfus Andington and the late Amy Beaver . A member of making music guitar grandchildren husband father grandfather great grandfather, he was preceded in death by father, Henry Drayfus Andington,...

Linda Kay Hedden

Linda Kay Hedden

Nov 30, 2013

Mrs. Linda Lance Hedden, age 64 of Morganton, passed away Saturday, November 30, 2013 at her home. She was born November 11, 1949, in Ducktown, TN, to Orvin and Louise Rogers Lance. Linda was an active member of Crossover Community Church. After retiring from Georgia State Patrol as chief drivers license examiner, she worked as a real estate agent. Linda...

Frances Vera Kollinay Gluck

Frances Vera Kollinay Gluck

Nov 26, 2013

Frances Vera Kollinay Gluck, age 89, of Cumming, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 in Cumming, Georgia.Mrs. Gluck was born in Flushing, New York, on June 19, 1924, the daughter of the late George and the late Vera Toth Kollinay. She and her husband, Howard, lived in the Owltown Community of Blairsville for 37 years. Besides her parents,...

Bernice Anderson

Bernice Anderson

Nov 26, 2013

Bernice Lovell Anderson, age 86, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2013 in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.Mrs. Anderson was a native and lifelong resident of Blairsville, and was born on December 7, 1926. She was a daughter of the late John Robert Lovell and the late Armina Pearl Stephens Lovell, and was a member of Fairview...

Louise Murray Blaisdell

Louise Murray Blaisdell

Nov 26, 2013

Louise Murray Blaisdell, age 83, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at her home.Mrs. Blaisdell was born in Atlanta on March 24, 1930 to the late Charles Francis & Eulalia (Williams) Murray. An accomplished violinist, Louise played with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at the age of 15 and continued with them for a number of years....

Fran Wagner Taylor

Fran Wagner Taylor

Nov 26, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces memorial services for Fran Wagner Taylor, age 63, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away Monday, November 25, 2013.Independent and free-spirited, Fran was a woman full of life and energy. She would rise early everyday ready to start a new adventure. With a child like wonder,a whimsical and sometimes slight mischievous personality she...

Ronald Timothy Jabaley

Ronald Timothy Jabaley

Nov 25, 2013

Dr. Ronald Timothy Jabaley Sr., 73, of McCaysville, passed away on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. He was born and raised in Copperhill, TN and was a graduate of West Fannin High School, class of 1958. He earned a docorate of optometry from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN in 1966. Dr. Jabaley served in the Army from 1966...

Hugh Everett Cain

Hugh Everett Cain

Nov 23, 2013

Mr. Hugh Everett Cain, age 67 of Norfolk, VA passed away November 23, 2013 at the DePaul Hospital in Norfolk, VA. A visitation was held Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Holloman-Brown Funeral Home in Norfolk, from 6-8 pm. He was laid to rest at the Cooper's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Suches. There were no local services planned. Arrangements...

Terry Hubert Graves

Terry Hubert Graves

Nov 22, 2013

Loving husband, father, and brother Terry Hubert Graves, 45, of the Culberson community, went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 22, 2013 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.He was a native of Murphy, North Carolina and he cared deeply about the town that he called home. He was involved with the Cub Scouts as an Assistant Den...

Callie Jeanette McDaniel (Nichols)

Callie Jeanette McDaniel (Nichols)

Nov 21, 2013

Mrs. Callie J. McDaniel, age 82 of Blue Ridge, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013 at the Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. Mrs. McDaniel was born March 8, 1931 in Epworth, GA to the late Wilford and Amanda Turner Nichols. A member of Temple Baptist Church, in addition to her parents she was preceded in death by husband, George McDaniel and...