Obituaries
Luther Elmer Trantham
Mar 18, 2012
Luther "Elmer" Trantham, age 82, of Mineral Bluff, Georgia, passed away March 18, 2012 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Mr.Trantham was born in Cherokee County, NC on November 6, 1929 to the late John Trantham and the late Zillie Swanson Trantham. Survivors include: wife of 33 years, Rosie Lee Trantham, step-son, Coye (Betty) Watkins, step-son, C. L. (Bea) Watkins,...
Lewis Jordan
Mar 14, 2012
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Lewis Jordan, age 80, of Blairsville, who passed away early Wednesday morning, March 14, 2012, at his home.Lewis was a lifelong resident of Union County, and was born on Friday, February 5, 1932, a son of the late Roy Jordan and the late Nettie Plott Jordan. He was a veteran...
Robert Edward Barclay
Mar 12, 2012
Mr. Robert Edward Barclay, Jr. known as "Bob" age 87, of Copperhill, TN, passed away Monday March 12, 2012 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Barclay was born April 13, 1925 in Copperhill, TN to the late Robert E. Barclay Sr. and the late Marylu Thompson Barclay. Bob was in the US Army Signal Corp serving in Europe and in the...
Luther H. ""H-e"" Long,
Mar 11, 2012
Mr. Luther H. Long Jr., better known as "H-e "age 84 of Ducktown, TN, passed away Sunday evening, March 11, 2012, at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Mr. Long was born February 24, 1928 in Polk County , TN to the late Luther Hayden Long Sr. and the late Mary Elizabeth Amburn Long . He was a member...
Hillard Phillips
Mar 10, 2012
Hillard Phillips, age 87 of Murphy, passed away March 10, 2012 at Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home. Mr. Phillips was born April 5, 1924 in Murphy, NC to the late Virgil and Josie Orr Phillips. He attended Willscott Baptist Church enjoyed gardening, cutting grass and working outside. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Helena Powers.Survivors include: wife of...
Jeffery Brown
Mar 10, 2012
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Jeffery Brown, 36, of Flowery Branch, Georgia, who passed away suddenly on March 10, 2012. He is preceded in death by his mother and step father Marilyn and Tommy Nash of Decatur, GA .Jeff is survived by his son, Bailey; his fiancee, Adrienne; father and step mother, Thomas and Susan Brown...
Arvel Seabolt
Mar 7, 2012
Mr. Arvel Seabolt, age 85 of Suches, passed away March 7, 2012 at the VA Hospital in Atlanta. Arvel was born October 18, 1926 in Suches, GA to the late Benjamin and Evie Garrett Seabolt. He was a member of Cooper's Creek Baptist Church, and served in the Army during WW II. He loved hunting, fishing, and farming. A wonderful...
Beulah Inez Ware (Cole)
Mar 6, 2012
Beulah Iniz Ware, age 77 of Fulton KY formally of Fannin County, passed away March 6, 2012 . She was born June 11, 1934 in Fannin County, Ga. to the late John Cole Della Lue Bell Cole. Survivors include: husband, Allison E. Ware, daughter, Wanda J. Lenox, grandchildren, Christopher Patrick Lenox, Allison Iniz Lenox, Charles Novakovich, and Derek Novakovich, sisters,...
Kathy Diane Folds (Cofer)
Mar 5, 2012
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces memorial services for Mrs. Kathy Diane Cofer Folds of Blairsville, Georgia, who was "promoted" on Monday evening, March 5, 2012, after a valiant battle with breast cancer. Kathy was born February 19, 1961, on the U.S. military base in Nuremberg, Germany, to parents Leonard Cofer and Ruth Gamble Cofer. Two months later, Kathy...
Glenn Rollins Buchanan
Mar 5, 2012
Rev. Glenn Rollins Buchanan, age 79, of Copperhill, TN passed away March 5, 2012 at his home. Rev.Buchanan was born February 25, 1933 in Polk County, TN to the late Daniel Buchanan and the late Mamie Ross Buchanan. He was a member of Copperhill Church of God, and was a Minster in the Tri State Area for over forty years....
Mary Josephine Eldridge (Fager)
Mar 2, 2012
On March 2, 2012 Mary Jo Fager Young Eldridge, age 91,went home to be with her Lord. Those of us who survive her, and who were deeply blessed by her life, celebrate her. She was born in Payne , Ohio in 1920 to Helen Cole Fager and Edward D. Fager. In 1938 she graduated from high school in Akron, Ohio...
Bruce Donald Buss
Feb 27, 2012
Mr. Bruce Donald Buss, age 62 of Blue Ridge, passed away February 27, 2012. Mr. Buss was born June 17, 1949 in Owatonna, MN.Survivors include: wife, Marla K. Buss, daughter & son-in-law, Amy (Mike) Potthast, daughter, Sarah Renee Buss. Arrangements entrusted to the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge, GA. You may send condolences to the family and sign the...
Jerry Ray Mann
Feb 27, 2012
Jerry Ray Mann, age 72 of Murphy, passed away February 27, 2012 at the Valley View Care Center in Andrews. Jerry was born January 31, 1940 in Murphy, NC to Ella McClure Mann and Glenn Mann. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Glenn Jr. and Rex W. Mann, and two sisters, Francis Mann Radford and Linda...
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...

