Obituaries

M. Kathryn Davenport (White)

M. Kathryn Davenport (White)

Jul 13, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Mrs. Kathryn Davenport, age 88, of Blairsville, who passed away on Saturday morning, July 13, 2013.Martha Kathryn White was born July 11, 1925 to Ben H. White and Alybel Cash White of Hartwell, Georgia. Growing up in rural Georgia, Kathryn picked cotton, swept sandy yards, and took the...

Daniel W Smithwick

Daniel W Smithwick

Jul 12, 2013

Daniel W Smithwick, age 86 of Hiawassee, passed away Friday, July 12, 2013 in Hiawassee. Mr. Smithwick was born March 3, 1927 in Upper Darby, PA to Macon and Dorothy Singer Smithwick. Mr. Smithwick had lived in Hiawassee since 2008, moving here from Palmetto, FL. He was of the Lutheran Faith and was a WWII Army Veteran. He was preceded...

Eloise Barkett

Eloise Barkett

Jul 12, 2013

Eloise Jones Barkett, age 91, moved to her heavenly mansion on July 12, 2013. Formerly from South Florida, she was a resident of Union and Fannin Counties for the past 14 years and was an active member of Temple Baptist Church in Morganton. She was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on November 17, 1921, the seventh of ten children of Thomas...

Arlene D. Key (Davenport)

Arlene D. Key (Davenport)

Jul 12, 2013

Mrs. Arlene D. Key, age 91, of Blue Ridge, passed away July 12, 2013 at Clare Bridge Assisted Living Facility, in Cleveland, TN. Mrs.Key was born April 5, 1922 in Fannin County, GA to the late Charles Homer Davenport and the late Ollie Patterson Davenport She was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church and UMW. She enjoyed yard work...

Philip Francis Bayrouty

Philip Francis Bayrouty

Jul 10, 2013

Mr. Philip Francis Bayrouty, age 78 of Blue Ridge, passed away July 10, 2013 in Stockbridge, GA. Mr. Bayrouty was born May 10, 1935 in Worcester, MA to the late Sebley Bayrouty and Saddie Estathan Bayrouty. Philip was retired from the National Guard. He loved old records and record players. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Gladys Register Thompson

Gladys Register Thompson

Jul 10, 2013

Gladys Register Thompson age 105, passed away peacefully at home, on Wednesday, July 10th, with her only daughter, Eve Miranda, by her side. Gladys was a devout Christian and spent much of her life as a Bible teacher. She enjoyed a large array of friends and her home and heart was always open to them. Mrs. Thompson lived her entire...

Clyde Frank "Frank" Beaver

Clyde Frank "Frank" Beaver

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...

Violetta A. Godwin (Green)

Violetta A. Godwin (Green)

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...

Isaac Flemon Dubose

Isaac Flemon Dubose

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...

James Driskell

James Driskell

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...

Isaac Flemon Dubose

Isaac Flemon Dubose

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...

Maynard Neal

Maynard Neal

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...

Jade McAllister

Jade McAllister

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,...

Claudine E. Hughes (Holmes)

Claudine E. Hughes (Holmes)

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,...

Thelma Juanita Copeland (Nibert)

Thelma Juanita Copeland (Nibert)

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...

Wayne Charles Cornwell

Wayne Charles Cornwell

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...

Jerome Merrill ""Jerry"" Crockett

Jerome Merrill ""Jerry"" Crockett

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...

Lois Mongold Barr

Lois Mongold Barr

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...

Shelby Joyce Henson

Shelby Joyce Henson

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...

John Ervin Jones

John Ervin Jones

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...