Obituaries

Jul 9, 2013

Mr.Clyde "Frank" Beaver, age 81, of McCaysville, GA, passed away July 9, 2013 at his residense on Oak Dr. Mr.Beaver was born October 28, 1931 in Greenville, SC to the late James H. Beaver and the late Ruth Panter Beaver. Frank served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the McCaysville First Baptist Church...

Jul 9, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Violetta G. Godwin, age 83, of Blairsville, who passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2013, following a period of declining health.Mrs. Godwin was born in Wisconsin, on February 3, 1930, a daughter of the late Lewis M. Green and the late Vesta MacFarland Green. She and her husband Maylon moved to...

Jul 9, 2013

Isaac Flemon DuBose, 96, of Blairsville, formerly of Macon, died Saturday, July 11, 2009 after a brief illness at Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at Hart?s Mortuary at The Cupalo on Peake Road in Macon. The family will receive guests at 1:30 pm with services at 3 P.M. followed...

Jul 9, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. James A. Driskell, age 88, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, in St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.Mr. Driskell was born in Atlanta, on May 30, 1925, a son of the late James C. Driskell and the late Bertha L. Garmon Driskell. He was a...

Jul 9, 2013

Isaac Flemon DuBose, 96, of Blairsville, formerly of Macon, died Saturday, July 11, 2009 after a brief illness at Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at Hart?s Mortuary at The Cupalo on Peake Road in Macon. The family will receive guests at 1:30 pm with services at 3 P.M. followed...

Jul 8, 2013

Maynard Neal, age 94 of Canton, passed away July 8, 2013 at Heritage Hospice. He was born July 27, 1918 in Union County, GA to the late Samuel H. and the late Jennie Reid Neal. He was a member of Hickory Road Baptist Church in Holly Springs, a Gideon and a former member and deacon of Morganton Baptist Church.. He...

Jul 8, 2013

Ms. Alycia Jade Katie McAllister, age 13 of Blue Ridge, passed away July 8, 2013. Ms. McAllister was born January 18, 2000 in Dekalb County, GA to Polly McAllister and Michael Dye. She was a member of Hemptown Baptist Church in Morganton, GA.Survivors include: mother, Polly McAllister, maternal grand-mother, Katie Murray, Brothers, Timothy Patterson, John Elrod, Joey Elrod, Cayden McAllister,...

Jul 6, 2013

Mrs. Claudine Effieann Holmes Hughes, age 87 of McCaysville went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, July 6, 2013 at the Gilmer County Nursing Home in Ellijay. Mrs. Hughes was born February 7, 1926 in Pickens County, GA to the late Floyd Holmes and the late Estelle Grizzle Holmes. A member of the Fairview Baptist Church,...

Jul 4, 2013

Mrs. Thelma Juanita Copeland, age 77 of Ellijay, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2013 at her home. Mrs.Copeland was born September 19, 1935 in Point Pleasant, WV to Worthy and Thelma Nibert. Survivors include loving husband Fred Copeland, one sister, Phyllis Stephens, three adopted daughters, and 35 grandchildren.A private family service was held Friday, July 5, 2013 at the Finch-Cochran...

Jul 3, 2013

Mr. Wayne Charles Cornwell, age 78 of Murphy, passed away July 3, 2013 at Murphy Medical Center. Mr. Cornwell was born July 21, 1934 in Clay Co., NC to the late Sam Cornwell and the late Julia Green Cornwell. A member & Deacon at Little Glade Baptist Church and the River Valley Baptist Church, he was preceded in death by...

Jul 2, 2013

Jerome (Jerry) Merrill Crockett, 63, Newnan, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. He was the fourth child of Durwood and Mary Crockett. Jerry was born in Atlanta and attended East Atlanta High School. He is a resident of Newnan, frequenting his cabin in Blue Ridge, Ga. Jerry retired from the State of Georgia after serving 34 years, working...

Jul 2, 2013

Mrs. Lois Mongold Barr, age 107, of Blairsville passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2013. The daughter of William Bry Mongold and Mary Bynum Mongold was born at Mountain Rest, SC on June 29, 1906. She was educated in Georgia Public Schools and graduated from Piedmont College in the Class of 1926. After teaching for several years, she was married to...

Jul 2, 2013

Shelby Joyce Prince was born in Blairsville, GA on March 1, 1941 to Reba Tanner Prince of Union County, GA and James Earl Prince of Fannin County, GA. After the death of her father in WWII, she and her mother moved to Birmingham, AL, where her mother married Charles Burch. She has two sisters, Patricia Musso and Sheryl Linnert. She...

Jul 1, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. John Ervin Jones, age 82, of Blairsville who passed away Monday, July 1, 2013 at his home surrounded by the love of his family.Ervin was born in Blairsville on November 3, 1930 to the late Dewey & Carrie Ballard Jones. He married the love of his life, Joyce Gwendolyn Nichols...

Jul 1, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Elmer C. Thompson, age 84, of Blairsville who passed away Monday, July 1, 2013, at his home.Elmer was born on December 16, 1928 in Culberson, North Carolina. He spent his childhood there with his parents, Charlie and Dollie Anderson Thompson and four siblings: Blanche, Lois, Fred and James. At the...

Jul 1, 2013

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Jun 29, 2013

Mr. Thomas Ernest Daves, age 82 of Alpharetta, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2013. Mr. Daves was born June 28, 1931 in Morganton, GA to the late Ernest and Evah Turner Daves. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Alpharetta.Survivors include: wife, Joanne Daves, son, John Daves, daughter, Eugenia Cawley, daughter, Laura (Phong) Truong, daughter, Vanessa (Rhett)...

Jun 29, 2013

Alma E. Little, age 78, of Union County, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2013. Alma was born in the Suches community of Union County, on April 7, 1935 to the late Charlie Abercrombie and the late Callie Harkins Abercrombie. Alma died suddenly on Saturday, June 29, 2013, at Union General Hospital. Alma lived the majority of her life...

Jun 29, 2013

Mrs. Reba Botts, age 70 of Epworth, passed away June 29, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Botts was born January 16, 1943 in Cherokee Co., NC to the late Wade Ware and the late Ollie Wright Ware. A member of Old Jerusalem Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by Father, Wade Ware, Mother, Ollie Wright Ware..Survivors include: Spouse, Robert...