Obituaries

May 10, 2007

Wendy Rae Szczepanski, age 56, of Murphy, passed away Thursday, May 10, 2007 at Murphy Medical Center. Wendy was born Tuesday, July 25, 1950 in Pittsburg, PA to the late Raymond Gribble and the late Norma Davis Gribble. Coming from Florida she had lived in this area for the past eight years she had worked as a nurse before coming...

May 10, 2007

Mr. Bennie Clark, Jr., age 78, of Fayetteville, NC, formerly of Fannin County,died Thursday, May 10, 2007 at Southeastern Hospice House in Lumberton, NC. He is preceded in death by his parents, the Bennie Clark and Effie Jones Clark; and sibbings, Paul Clark, Dan Clark, Pearlie Chavis, Garland Clark and Reatha Oxendine. Mr. Clark is survived by his special companion...

May 10, 2007

Mr. Clayton Brown, age 84 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Thursday, May 10, 2007. Mr. Brown was born Saturday, November 30, 1922 in Union County, Georgia to the late Henry Franklin Brown and the late Collesta Thomason Brown. He was a member of Choestoe Baptist Church, Allegheny Lodge #114 F & AM, Lions Club and was a P.O.W. during WWII...

May 10, 2007

Mrs. Bonnie Beatrice "MawMaw D" Thomas Davis, age 98 of McCaysville, Ga, passed away Thursday, May 10, 2007 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mrs. Davis was born Sunday, February 14, 1909 in Lumpkin Co., GA to the late Earl Lawrence Thomas and the late Ezzie Mae Walker Thomas. She was preceded in death by grandson, Michael Scott. Survivors include: daughter &...

May 10, 2007

Mr. Tollie Harry Bass, II, age 51, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Thursday, May 10, 2007 at his home. Mr. Bass was a native of Fort Pierce, Florida, and was a member of Port St. Lucie First Baptist Church. He had been living in Blairsville since 1995. Surviving family members include his son, Benjamin Bass, of Ft. Pierce; his parents,...

May 9, 2007

Mrs. Mary Pauline "Polly" Eller, age 77 of Hiawassee, GA, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2007 in Stanardsville, Virginia. Mrs. Eller was born Thursday, January 23, 1930 in Towns County, Georgia to the late Walter Poole Roach and the late Nola Bowen Roach. Mary was a resident of Towns County for the majority of her life and had resided in...

May 9, 2007

Ethel Rosalee Gibson, age 81 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at Union General Hospital. Ethel was born Tuesday, February 9, 1926 in Union County Georgia, to the late Paul Gibson and the late Nellie Brown Gibson. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. Survivors include: brother, John Earl Gibson of Blairsville, GA, brother, James H....

May 9, 2007

Mrs. Vena Estelle "Pat" Nichols, age 87 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at Union County Nursing Home. Mrs. Nichols was born Monday, November 24, 1919 in White County, Georgia to the late Luther Gerdene Satterfield and the late Amanda Elizabeth Cain Satterfield. She was a member of Yahoola Baptist Church in Dahlonega, GA. She was a...

May 8, 2007

The Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge, Georgia announces the death of Doris Mae Elsey, age 82, of Summerfield, who passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at the Leesburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be announced later by the funeral home.

May 7, 2007

Mr. Randall Denton, Sr., age 89 of Murphy, NC, passed away Monday, May 7, 2007 at Murphy Medical Center. Mr. Denton, Sr. was born Wednesday, November 14, 1917 in Polk Co., TN to the late Lee Denton and the late Carrie Bell Denton. A member emeritus of Mineral Bluff Masonic Lodge # 483 F& Am . Survivors include: wife, Ada...

May 6, 2007

Bertha Elizabeth Totherow, age 97, of Marble, passed away Sunday, May 6, 2007 at Murphy Medical Center. Mrs. Totherow was born Friday, September 3, 1909 in Union County Ga. to the late Reverend M.L. Burns and the late Etta Hawkins Burns. Bertha was a homemaker and loving mother who raised nine children and enjoyed quilting working in her flowers and...

May 6, 2007

May 6, 2007

Mrs. Thelma Marshall Norton, age 87 of Young Harris, GA, passed away Friday, May 4, 2007 at Chatuge Regional Nursing Home. Mrs. Norton was born Monday, August 25, 1919 in Polk County, TN to the late Frank Marshall and the late Golden Wright Marshall. Mrs. Norton was a lifelong resident of Towns County and a member of Old Brasstown Baptist...

May 4, 2007

Mrs. Hazel Collins Clary, age 91 of Blairsville, GA, died on Friday, May 4, 2007 at Union County Nursing Home. Hazel was born Tuesday, July 27, 1915 in Union Co, GA to the late Bob and Viola Collins, one of 6 children. She was preceded in death by her three brothers, Cecil, Jim, and R. Neal Collins. Hazel attended Choestoe...

May 1, 2007

Paul Edward Morgan, Sr., age 70 of Murphy, passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at Murphy Medical Center. Paul was born Tuesday, June 16, 1936 in Clay County to the late Marion R. Morgan and the late Dora Jane Deaver Morgan. He was of Baptist faith, loved setting with friends and neighbors, talking over a cup of coffee. He was...

Apr 30, 2007

Mrs. Jimmie Nell Duvall, age 58 of Murphy, NC, passed away Monday, April 30, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Duvall was born Wednesday, August 18, 1948 in Fannin Co., GA. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include: husband, Morgan Duvall of Murphy, NC, son & daughter-in-law, John & Ronda Duvall of Lawton, OK, daughter, Paula Duvall...

Apr 29, 2007

Roger Phillip Spargo, age 74, of Chester, VA formerly of Ducktown passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2007. He was born in Ducktown, TN the son of the late Mark Hannah Spargo and Minerva Taylor Spargo. Phil was a graduate of Ducktown, TN High school, class of 1950, and the University of Tenessee Knoxville. He was preceded in death by...

Apr 27, 2007

Anita Lewis Davis, age 69, of Kimball, Tenn. formally of the Copperbasin passed away Friday, April 27, 2007 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. Anita was born Saturday, October 16, 1937 in Polk co. Tenn. to the late Edward Lewis and the late Maggie Addington Lewis. A member of Bible Baptist Church, She was preceded in death by husband Jim L....

Apr 27, 2007

Mrs. Carolyn Mae Allen, age 82, of Blue Ridge, Georgia, passed away Friday, April 27, 2007 at Dallas, GA. Mrs. Allen was born Tuesday, February 10, 1925 in Muskegee County, GA to the late Byron Appleby and the late Kathern Augusta Dollor Appleby. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Gilmore Allen. Carolyn was a homemaker mother of...

Apr 26, 2007

Mrs. Leila Mae Shope Trull, age 98, of Blairsville, GA, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2007 at the Union County Nursing Home. Born on August 26, 1908, in Candler, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Terrell and Jenny Shope and was also preceeded in death by her first husband, Otis B. Trull, and by her second husband,...