Obituaries
Mary Gail Price Tomlinson
Mar 24, 2014
Mary Gail Price Tomlinson, age 69 of Blairsville, passed away Monday, March 24, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Tomlinson was born March 10, 1945 in Brunswick, Georgia. At the age of six weeks, she was adopted by Bill and Sally Price of Brunswick and lived there for the next 27 years. She was a 1963 graduate of Glynn Academy and...
Florence Caroline Holland
Mar 22, 2014
Florence Caroline Holland passed peacefully in Hiawassee, Georgia, on March 22, 2014, where she had lived since 2005. She was 92 years old. Predeceased by her husband, John F. Holland (1985). She will be missed by daughter Florence Hughes (Jim), sons, John Jr. (Christine), Thomas (Shelley) and Peter (Susie), 11 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. She also leaves behind two...
John Ray De Long
Mar 22, 2014
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death of John R. De Long, Well known Business Owner and Award Winning Home Builder who passed away after a brief illness on Saturday, March 22, 2014. Mr. De Long was born in Gainesville, Ga. and was preceded in death by hisFather, James Kelsey De Long , his Mother, Mary Lawson De...
Wade Allen Woody
Mar 22, 2014
Wade Allen Woody, son of late John Evan Woody and Nola Butts Woody passed away at age 74, in his home, on Saturday March 22, 2014.He was born December 28, 1939 in Fannin, Georgia and after high school graduation served the U.S. Airforce for 4 years in Canada. He then returned to his Georgia mountain roots, and while residing in...
Jeannette B. Hudak
Mar 21, 2014
The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mrs. Jeanette Hudak, age 78 of Blairsville, Georgia who passed away on Friday, March 21, 2014. This is a different kind of obituary. Instead of just the dates, place of birth and residence, this will be a synopsis of the life of a special lady who lived her...
Bonnie Mae Hunter
Mar 21, 2014
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the Funeral Services for Mrs. Bonnie Mae Hunter, 89 of Blairsville who passed away on Friday, March 21, 2014.Bonnie Mae was born in Choestoe Valley of Union County, Georgia on May 4, 1924 to the late William Buren & Phoebe Iowa (Hood) Hunter. She and her 7 siblings were raised on the river...
Virginia Rivers
Mar 18, 2014
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces memorial services for Mrs. Virginia Rivers, age 99, of Hiawassee, Georgia, who passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Chatuge Regional Nursing Home in Hiawassee.Memorial services have been scheduled for Saturday, March 29, 2014, at 2:00 p.m., in the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home in Hiawassee. The family will receive friends at the funeral...
Sammy Johnson
Mar 18, 2014
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mr. Sammy Johnson, age 71, of Hiawassee, Georgia, who passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville.Sammy was a good man, father, husband & amazing grandfather. He was known as "Pee Wee" to some of his family and close friends. He saw value in hard work and...
Thelma Ruth Johnson
Mar 17, 2014
Mrs. Thelma Ruth Johnson, age 84 of Morganton, passed away March 17, 2014 at the Heritage Healthcare Nursing Home. Ruth was born November 15, 1929 in Fannin County, GA to the late John Grandville Killian and the late Ruby Bell Higdon Killian. A member of the Toccoa Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by husband, J.P. Carl Johnson, five...
Adolfo Schultze
Mar 16, 2014
Adolfo Schultze, age 89 of Blairsville, passed away Early Sunday morning March 16, 2014 at Union General Hospital. Arrangements at this time are incomplete and will be announced later by the Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, GA. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.
Herol Payne
Mar 15, 2014
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Herol Payne, age 89, lifelong resident of Blairsville, who passed away Saturday evening, March 15, 2014, in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.Mr. Payne was born on April 27, 1924, a son of the late Norvie Payne and the late Laura Frances Rector Payne. He was a proud veteran of the...
Barbara Louise McCrorey
Mar 13, 2014
Barbara Dean McCrorey, 78 beloved wife of Brooks, passed away on March 13, 2014. Survived by her five children, Martha (Elrod), Diana (Vincent), Wesley, Tom and Billy, their spouses, thirteen grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Barbara served the Lord with her husband through Wycliffe Bible Translators in Ghana, West Africa and Mexico. They went with a group from different churches to...
Walter Jacob Barnhardt
Mar 11, 2014
Mr. Walter Jacob Barnhardt, age 90 of Hayesville, passed away March 11, 2014 at the Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home. Mr. Barnhardt was born February 17, 1924 in Rock Hill, SC to the late Earl and Estell Steele Barnhardt. Funeral services will be held at a later date.Arrangements entrusted to the Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy, NC. You may send...
Duane Howard Boyce
Mar 10, 2014
Mr. Duane Howard Boyce, age 76 of Mineral Bluff, passed away March 10, 2014 at his home.. Mr. Boyce was born July 13, 1937 in Syracuse, NY to the late Howard Boyce and the late Olive Rose Boyce. Survivors include: wife, Sandra Boyce, daughter & son-in-law, Pam (Dan) Boyce, son, David Boyce, brother, Howard (Beverly) Boyce Jr., sister, Carolyn (Don)...
Edith Beryl Thomas
Mar 9, 2014
Edith Beryl Beaver Thomas, age 97 of Blairsville, formerly of the Hemptown Community, passed away Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Stonehenge Assisted Living Center in Blairsville. Mrs. Thomas was born April 20, 1916 in Morganton, GA to the late Crawford W. Beaver and the late Bessie Laura Ammons Beaver.Mrs. Thomas taught in the Fannin County School System for over 44...
Edward B. "Benny" Cooper
Mar 8, 2014
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Edward B. Cooper, Jr., known to friends and family as "Benny", age 71, of Blairsville, who went home to our Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Tranquility at Kennesaw Mountain Hospice in Marietta, Georgia.Benny was an outgoing, adventurous boy and the oldest of 6 children. At about age...
Edith Ellen Patterson
Mar 5, 2014
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Edith Ellen Patterson, affectionately known as "Tip", age 75, of Morganton, Georgia, who passed away on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 in Blairsville."Tip" was born in Union County, Georgia, on November 24, 1938, a daughter of the late Gurley Raper and the late Blanche Cook Raper. She was a member of Zion...
Merritt Gerald "Jerry" Garner USAF (Ret.)
Mar 4, 2014
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the Funeral Services of Merritt G. Garner (Jerry) who died peacefully in his sleep of congestive heart failure at his home in Young Harris ,Georgia on Tuesday, March 4th, 2014. He was 92 years old, born Feb. 27th, 1922 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Jerry will be buried with full military honors at the Georgia...
Adele Bujnicki Pawlowski
Mar 3, 2014
Beloved wife of the late Walter F. Pawlowski; loving mother of Susanne Lee, Walter "Herb" (Mary Jane) Pawlowski, David (Catherine) Paul and Faye (Thomas) Eichenseer; cherished grandmother of Adele, Joshua and Blake and five great grandchildren; dear sister of Joseph (Theresa), Leonard "Nick" (Fran) Bujnicki, Janice (Edward) Wisniewski, Patricia (late Gregory) Kozij, Elizabeth Merta-Wisniewski and predeceased by Helen Filipowicz, Lorraine...
Betty Collins Daves
Mar 2, 2014
Mrs. Betty Collins Daves, age 82 of Morganton, passed away March 2, 2014 at the Union General Hospital. Mrs. Daves was born July 14, 1931 in Morganton, GA to the late George Nelson and Laura Collins. A member of the Concord Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by brothers, Wayne, Clyde and Ben Collins, and sisters, Virgie Galloway and...

