Obituaries

May 10, 2008

Mrs. Opal Walsh Patton, age 83 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Union General Hospital. Mrs. Patton was born Sunday, March 15, 1925 in Union County, GA to the late Bryan Walsh and the late Josie Reece Walsh. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and was preceded in death by husband, Weldon Patton,...

May 9, 2008

Mrs. Brenda Sue Gay, age 53 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Friday, May 9, 2008 at St. Joseph's Hospital. Brenda was born Tuesday, June 15, 1954 in Towns County, Georgia to Mary Payne Hensley of Blairsville and the late Marcus Hensley. Survivors, in additon to her mother, include: husband, Thomas Gay of Blairsville, GA, son and daughter-in-law, Roy and Sheena...

May 9, 2008

Mrs. Lizzie Grizzle, age 88 of Suches, GA, passed away Friday, May 9, 2008 her residences. Mrs. Grizzle was born Monday, February 16, 1920 in Union County, Georgia to the late Henry Garrett and the late Mary Harkins Garrett. She was a member of Corinth Baptist Church and was preceded in death by husband, Grady Grizzle, daughter, Sharon Grizzle and...

May 8, 2008

Mr. Lewis Weldon Willis, age 81 of Blairsville, GA, and Jacksonville, FL, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2008 at his residence, after a long illness. Mr. Willis was born Wednesday, July 28, 1926 in Ty Ty, Georgia to the late Cecil Willis and the late Edith Wood Willis. He was a WWII Navy Veteran, serving aboard the USS Cimmaron in...

May 7, 2008

Dorothy M.B. Maggs, age 82 of Murphy, NC, passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at her home. Dorothy was born Sunday, May 10, 1925 in Mineola, Long Island New York to the late Herbert Bayard and the late Ella Havens Bayard. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother to her family; she previously worked as a legal secretary to...

May 7, 2008

Virginia Q. Smith, 87, of Hamilton, GA died Wednesday May 7, 2008, at her home in Hamilton. Graveside services for Mrs. Smith will be held 4: 00 PM Sunday June 15, 2008, at Crestlawn Cemetery in Copperhill, TN. Mrs. Smith was born January 24, 1921, in Cherokee County, NC, daughter of Lula Mae and Alonzo Quinn. She graduated from Tennessee...

May 1, 2008

Jack Leon Simonds, Sr., age 75 of Copperhill, TN, passed away Thursday, May 1, 2008 at Copper Basin Medical Center. Jack was born Monday, January 9, 1933 in Cherokee Co. NC to the late Andrew Jackson Simonds and the late Josephine Henson Simonds. He was of the Baptist Faith, retired from Tenn. Chemical Company after thirty four years of service,...

Apr 30, 2008

Mrs. Rosa Lee Verner, age 78 of Mc Caysville, GA, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Verner was born Saturday, May 18, 1929 in Fannin Co. Ga. to the late John Henry Griggs and the late Charlotte Logan Griggs. She was a member of Kingtown Baptist Church. Survivors include: husband, Morris Verner of McCaysville, daughter, Jo...

Apr 30, 2008

Apr 30, 2008

The Finch-Cochran Funeral Home of McCaysville, Georgia announces the death of Mr. William Alvin "Bill" Collins, age 74, of Mc Caysville, who passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008at the Kenneston Hospital in Marietta, GA. Survivors include: wife, Wanda Collins of McCaysville, Ga., daughter, Shelley Bell of Kennesaw, son, Terry Collins of Blairsville, Ga., step daughter, Jeffie Barnes of Woodstock, Ga.,...

Apr 29, 2008

Brady William Singleton , age 3, of Ducktown, TN, went to Heaven Tuesday, April 29, 2008, as a result of injuries sustained from an accident in Liberty, NC. Brady was born July 27, 2004, in Murphy, NC. He was a gift from God to his parents Ron and Shirley Singleton. Brady enjoyed driving his toy John Deere tractor almost every...

Apr 27, 2008

Mrs. Bonnie Lee Ledford, age 90 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2008 at Union County Nursing Home. Mrs. Ledford was born Monday, September 17, 1917 in Clay County, NC to the late Mack Garrett and the late Lassie Maney Garrett. She attended Hiawassee Church of God and was preceded in death by husband, Taft Ledford, son, Grover...

Apr 26, 2008

Mrs. Lois Hawkins, age 70 of Mineral Bluff, Ga, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mrs. Hawkins was born Sunday, January 9, 1938 in Fannin County, Ga to the late Harvey W. Gibson and the late Mamie Rose Gibson. Survivors include: husband, Charles E. Hawkins, daughter & son-in-law, Sue and Jack Bryson, daughter & son-in-law, Sherry...

Apr 25, 2008

Apr 25, 2008

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville, Georgia announces funeral services for Mrs. Thelma Mae Mitchell Beavers, age 77, of Piedmont, Alabama, formerly of the Atlanta area, who passed away Friday, April 25, 2008. Mrs. Beavers was born in Union County, Georgia on Thursday, July 24, 1930, a daughter of the late Clarence Mitchell and Mae Young Mitchell. She was...

Apr 25, 2008

Gladys Louise Underwood, age 89 of Hiawassee, GA, passed away Friday, April 25, 2008 at Union General Hospital. Mrs.Underwood was born Sunday, July 28, 1918 in Towns County, GA to the late Luther White and the late Carrie Hooper White. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. Mrs. Underwood was preceded in death by he husband, Herschel Underwood and...

Apr 23, 2008

Michele Kimsey Ray, age 42 of Plant City, FL, formerly of Towns County, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at her home due to complications of Crohns Disease. Michele was born Tuesday, January 4, 1966 in Towns County, GA to L.E. Kimsey, Jr. and Carolyn Johnston Kimsey. She was a member of the East Side Baptist Church in Plant City,...

Apr 23, 2008

Mr. Roy A. Caldwell, age 77, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville. Mr. Caldwell was born Saturday, May 3, 1930 in Fayette County, West Virginia, to the late Shirley Caldwell and the late Cecil May Lacy Caldwell. Roy was a member of First Baptist Church of Blairsville, and of The Homebuilders...

Apr 22, 2008

Mrs. Sarah D. Gray, age 83 of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 138 Indian Forest. Mrs. Gray was born Thursday, August 14, 1924 in Fannin County to the late William Davis and the late Ervalene Kell. She was preceded in death by husband, Homer Gray. Survivors include: daughter, Linda Webb of Blue Ridge, GA, son,...

Apr 19, 2008

Dollie Hancock, age 76 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Dollie was born Tuesday, October 6, 1931 in Cherokee Co. NC to the late Bill Ballew and the late Gaile Ledford Ballew. A member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, enjoyed cooking, shoping and spending time with family. Survivors include: husband, W. E. Hancock,...