Obituaries
Alvin Bernard Harper
Feb 27, 2012
Alvin Bernard Harper died February 27, 2012 in Ellijay at his residence in Cameron Hall. Mr. Harper was born on January 30, 1916 in McCaysville, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his parents Thomas Lafayette Harper and Hattie Jane McDaniel Harper, brother Theodore Harper, and sister Bernice Harper Spikes.Mr. Harper joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1934 at...
Annie Lou Worden (Patton)
Feb 26, 2012
Annie Lou Worden, age 87 of Blairsville, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2012. Mrs. Worden was born February 15, 1925 in Blairsville, GA to the late Lonzo Patton and the late Minnie Abernathy Patton. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Annie Lou worked for many years as a Dietary Worker in the Union County School System. She also...
Ruth A. Walker (Addington)
Feb 25, 2012
Mrs. Ruth A. Walker, of Blue Ridge, passed away February 25, 2012, at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mrs. Walker was born in Union County, GA to the late Herman and Laura Jones Addington. She was a member of First Baptist Church Blue Ridge where she was a church training leader and sang in the choir and the Fannin Regional Hospital Auxiliary,...
Marjorie Schmidtke
Feb 25, 2012
Marjorie Erickson Schmidtke age 78 of Hiawassee, Georgia passed away peacefully at her home on February 25, 2012 after a prolonged and courageous fight against cancer. Marjorie was born in Wartburg Tennessee on March 9th 1933 then moving to the Jupiter, Tequesta Florida area for 41 years. She moved to Hiawassee Georgia in 1999 until the present. Marjorie had a...
L. H. "H - ie" Long
Feb 24, 2012
L. H. "H-ie" Long, age 84 of Ducktown, TN, passed away March 11, 2012 at Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Mr. Long was born February 24, 1928 Survivors include: sister, Mildred Long. Arrangements incomplete and will be announced later by the Finch-Cochran Funeral Home.Arrangements entrusted to the Finch-Cochran Funeral Home of McCaysville, GA. You may send condolences to the...
Mary Blaine (Stoudemire)
Feb 24, 2012
Mary Blaine, age 78 of Suches, passed away Friday, February 24, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Blaine was born August 7, 1933 in Saluda, SC to the late Harry Stoudemire and the late Lila Belle Seay Stoudemire. She was a member of Mt. Lebabon Baptist Church in Suches. Mrs Blaine had been very active in her church and community. She...
Ruth M. Baker
Feb 23, 2012
Ruth Morgan Baker, age 86 of Murphy, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012, at Clay County Care Center in Hayesville. She was born January 30, 1926 in Clay Co., North Carolina to the late Rev. Roscoe Morgan and the late Dora Deavers Morgan . Ruth was an avid quilter. She was of the Baptist Faith. Preceded in death by an...
John Donald Stevenson
Feb 22, 2012
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death of Mr. John Donald Stevenson, age 87, of Young Harris, Georgia, who passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2012 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Mr. Stevenson was born on October 22, 1924, in Detroit, Michigan. He was a veteran of World War II, and served in the U.S. Army Air...
Sammy Lee Monkus
Feb 21, 2012
Mr. Sammy Lee Monkus, age 49 of Atlanta, passed away February 21, 2012 at Nurse Care of Atlanta. Mr. Monkus was born January 29, 1963 in Baldwin Co., GA to the late Edgar Harrison Monkus and the late Muriel Waldroup Monkus. Sammy was raised by his parents the late James C. Monkus and Elizabeth Pierce Monkus in Atlanta, GA. He...
Delores Heaton (Hunt)
Feb 19, 2012
Lena Delores (Hunt) Heaton - (Mama Dee) - Beloved wife, mother and grandmother, age 76 of Morganton passed away on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 at her home. She was born December 5, 1934 in Fannin County, GA to the late Rev. Augustus (Gus) Hunt and Docia Turner Hunt. She was preceded in death by brother; Clyde Hunt, and sister; Ruby...
Francis Scott
Feb 19, 2012
Pastor Francis Royal Scott, 93, of Blairsville passed away February 19, 2012, he was born to Elmer and Ida Mae Scott March 20, 1918 in Arcadia, Florida, the fifth of seven children. He was a well educated man, a dedicated pastor, teacher, and missionary. He attended Graysville Academy in Graysville, TN., Forest Lake Academy in Orlando, FL., Atlantic Union College...
Freda Puett Collins
Feb 19, 2012
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Freda Puett Collins, age 85, of Young Harris who passed away Sunday morning, February 19, 2012. Freda was a daughter of the late Frank B. Puett and the late Lela Berrong Puett. Besides her parents, she had been preceded in death by a son, Michael Hooper, of Young Harris,...
Lilly "Rozell" Jones (Sutherland)
Feb 18, 2012
Mrs. Lilly "Rozell" Jones, age 70 of Murphy, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2012, at her daughter's home in Murphy. Mrs. Jones was born April 6, 1941, in Ozark, AR to the late Ewell Sutherland and Virgie Brown Sutherland. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and aunt who was loved by all. She enjoyed sewing, painting and canning food....
William Hoyt Earley
Feb 18, 2012
Mr. William Hoyt Earley, age 85 of Copperhill, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Erlanger Medical Center. Mr. Earley was born January 30, 1927 in Copperhill , TN to the late George M. Earley and Stella Patterson Earley. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Frances Earley, parents, George and Stella Earley, brother Melvin Earley and sister...
Gerard Duffe
Feb 16, 2012
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Gerard Duffe, age 80, of Blairsville who passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at his home. Mr. Duffe was born in Hempstead, New York on September 1, 1931 to the late Christopher & Stella Wienkle Duffe. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. Gerard moved to...
Carl R. Dillard
Feb 15, 2012
Mr. Carl R Dillard, age 72 of Mineral Bluff, passed away February 15, 2012 at Fannin Regional in Blue Ridge, GA.. Mr. Dillard was born September 28, 1939 in Murphy, N.C. Survivors include: daughter, Rebecca (Dewayne) Cannon of Blue Ridge, GA., son, Edwin Dillard, Blue Ridge, son, Andy (Donna) Dillard of Culberson, NC, son, Hubert Dillard of Mineral Bluff, son,...
Janet M. Otto (Obitts)
Feb 15, 2012
Janet (Obitts) Otto, 75, a retired teacher and resident died February 15, 2012 after a short battle with cancer. Born in Elyria, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Russell W. Obitts of Ohio and Marion V. (Maslyk) Obitts, currently of Riverdale, GA., she married Robert Theodore Otto, an officer in the US Air Force, in 1958 and the...
Dollie Dimples Ray (Payne)
Feb 14, 2012
Mrs. Dollie Dimples Ray, age 80 of Morganton, passed away February 14, 2012 at Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Mrs. Ray was born May 10, 1931 in Fannin, GA to Hershel and Gertrude Kyle Payne. A member of Hothouse Baptist Church in Mineral Bluff, she was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Clem B. "C.B." Ray...
Thomas H. Rothchild
Feb 13, 2012
Thomas Harlan Rothchild was born on March 5, 1923, in St. Paul, Minnesota, and died on February 14, 2012 in Ellijay, Georgia, after a long illness. He was pre-deceased by his wife Barbara after 65 years of marriage. He is survived by his son John and daughter Melanie; his sister June Vernon; his brothers Ken and Lee; loving grandchildren Scott...
Neal Kelley
Feb 13, 2012
Neal B. Kelley, age 88 of Blairsville, passed away Monday, February 13, 2012 at Union General Hospital. Mr. Kelley was born September 6, 1923 in Blairsville, GA to the late John B. Kelley and the late Gertrude Weaver Kelley. He was a member of the Blairsville Church of Christ. Neal was a WW II Army Veteran having served in the...
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