Obituaries

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...

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Jun 30, 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...

Jun 27, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Daisy Mae Patterson, age 87, of Blairsville who passed away Thursday, June 27, 2013 at her home.You were always welcome in Miss Daisy's home, if you came by she would prepare you a home cooked meal, a cold sweet tea and sit with you in the kitchen to talk. Having grown...

Jun 24, 2013

The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mrs. Henrietta Mangus Brumbaugh, age 72 of Hiawassee who passed away surrounded by the love of her family at her home on Monday, June 24, 2013.Henrietta Mangus Brumbaugh born November 26, 1940 in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia to Willliam M. and Thelma Jenkins Mangus.Henrietta was preceded in death by...

Jun 22, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Sharon Kay Sackett, age 68, of Blairsville who passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2013.Mrs. Sackett was born in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma on December 19, 1944 to the late James "Jim" Bambeck & Eileen Huffman Bambeck. She was raised in Dover, Ohio in a turn of the century school house.After...

Jun 21, 2013

Jun 20, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces memorial services for Mrs. JoAnne England Weber, age 74, of Doraville, Georgia, formerly of Blairsville who passed away Thursday, June 20, 2013.Mrs. Weber was born in Athens, Georgia on March 27, 1939 to the late Robert & Alma Elkins England. She was the "baby" of all her siblings. Her family moved to Blairsville where...

Jun 19, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville funeral services for Helen Marie Rogers, of Blairsville, who passed away on Wednesday evening, June 19, 2013, in St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta.Mrs. Rogers was born September 26, 1924 in Mineral Bluff, Georgia to the late Press Ballew and Jemima (Mima) Magness Ballew. Helen grew up with a large family, but lost her mother at...

Jun 19, 2013

Frazier H. "Steve" Newell, age 80 of Mineral Bluff, passed away June 19, 2013. Mr. Newell was born March 13, 1933 in Rochester, New York, to Robert Newell and Ethel Horton Newell. He graduated from Edison Tech High School in Rochester in 1950 and then enlisted in the US Air Force. He served his country for twenty years, including overseas...

Jun 18, 2013

Mrs. Marie Dockery Laney, age 66 of Murphy, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the Murphy Medical Center. Mrs. Laney was born October 22, 1946 in Murphy, NC to the late Ralph Dockery and the late Minnice Graves Dockery. A native and life-long resident of Cherokee County and a member of the Hanging Dog Baptist church she was preceded...

Jun 18, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Pauline Neal Harkins, age 85, of Suches, Georgia, who passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.Pauline was born in Blairsville on July 14, 1927 to the late Brim & Ida Elliott Jarrett. She grew up with her 3 siblings in the Jarrett Apple House...

Jun 17, 2013

Charlotte Diann "DeeDee" Adams Donaldson, age 53 of Hiawassee, passed away June 17, 2013 in Towns County. A private family graveside service will take place Saturday, July 20, 2013. Arrangements entrusted to the Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, GA.

Jun 17, 2013

Mrs. Eula Knox, age 86 of Mineral Bluff, passed away June 17, 2013. Mrs. Knox was born April 28, 1927 to the late Werner W. Saylors and the late Roxie Ann Fortner. A member of Temple Baptist Church. She retired from Delta after 35 years of service, enjoyed making porcelain dolls, traveling and cooking. Her favorite pass time of all...

Jun 17, 2013

Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Rev. William Lloyd Ledford, of Hayesville, North Carolina, who passed away on Monday, June 17, 2013 surrounded by the love of his family.Rev. Ledford was born in Clay County, North Carolina on May 3, 1930 to the late Milton & Lillie Ledford. Lloyd had an incredible work ethic that was instilled...

Jun 16, 2013

Pastor Terrell William Jones, age 69, of Blairsville passed away Sunday Morning, June 16, 2013 in the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Terrell was born June 12, 1944 in Union County to the late Jewell and Cora (Murphy) Jones. Pastor Jones was a lifelong resident of Union County. He married the love of his life, Evelyn Jones, on December...