Obituaries
Lewis Oliver Merritt
Mar 15, 2022
Lewis Oliver Merritt, age 91 of Hiawassee, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at Chatuge Regional Nursing Home. Mr. Merritt was born May 11, 1930, in Decatur, GA, to the late Ulice Merritt and Claire Mitchell Merritt. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Young Harris, and Hiawassee Masonic Lodge. He had spent most of his working life...
Thelma "Dean" McDonald
Mar 14, 2022
Thelma Stiles McDonald better known to family and friends as "Dean", age 85, of Murphy, passed away Monday, March 14, 2022, at Murphy Rehab and Nursing Home. Mrs. McDonald was born February 4, 1937, in Cherokee County, NC, to the late Ernest Stiles and the late Icey Payne Stiles. She was a member of Boiling Springs Baptist Church, and had...
Kenneth Lee Stuart, Sr.
Mar 13, 2022
Kenneth Lee "Greasy" Stuart Sr, age 89, of Copperhill, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2022. He was born June 23, 1932, to the late William Clyde Stuart and the late Margie Keeton Stuart. Mr. Stuart was a member of Union Baptist Church, McCaysville Masonic Lodge #423 F&AM. He was an avid NASCAR fan and loved to travel. He started K...
Bobby Joe Shields, Sr.
Mar 12, 2022
Bobby Joe Shields, age 81 of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022 at his home. Mr. Shields was born March 22, 1940, in Culberson, NC to the late Dennis M. Shields and the late Beulah Stiles Shields.
Survivors include: wife, Dorothy Faust Shields, sons, Bobby Joe (Tammy ) Shields , Jr., and Scott (Tonya) Shields, step-sons, Travis (Marie...
Kenneth Dale Compton
Mar 8, 2022
Kenneth Dale Compton, age 75, a resident of Blairsville for five years, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at Union General Hospital. Ken was born December 29, 1946 in
Tenso, Virginia to the late Walter Compton and the late Sally Counts.
He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War, earning a Purple Heart, Bronze Star, National Defense Service Medal, Combat...
Anne Marie Falls Palmer
Mar 7, 2022
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death of Anne Marie Falls Palmer, age 68, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Monday, March 7th, 2022 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville following a lingering illness. Ms. Palmer was born in Camp Atterbury, Indiana, a daughter of the late William R. Falls and the late Bernice Justice Falls. She was...
Dorothy Hall Ziemann
Mar 5, 2022
Dorothy Hall Ziemann, age 63 of Morganton, GA, passed away March 5, 2022. Dorothy was born July 16, 1958, in Washington, DC to the late George Elmer Hall and Shirley McPhillips Hall. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Susan Nichols and Mary Ann Hall. Dorothy loved reading, painting, knitting, and tea, as well as spending time with her...
Alice Shirley Griffith
Mar 5, 2022
Shirley A. Griffith, age 83, of Murphy, passed away peacefully at her residence on Saturday, March 5, 2022.
She was a lifelong resident of Cherokee County and the daughter of the late Enoch N. and Mae (Stiles) Allen.
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Griffith, to whom she was married...
William James Pave
Mar 4, 2022
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. William James Pave, age 82, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Friday, March 4th, 2022. Mr. Pave was born in Chicago, Illinois, a son of the late William Pave and the late Ann Gurgovic Pave. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, and achieved the rank...
Laura Ann Desrosiers
Mar 3, 2022
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces Memorial Services for Laura Ann Desrosiers, who passed away on March 3, 2022.
Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, March 11, 2022 from Christ the King Anglican Church in Hiawassee,
The family requests that donations to the church be made in lieu of flowers.
James Edgar Searcy
Mar 3, 2022
James Edgar Searcy, age 94 of Morganton, GA passed away March 3, 2022, in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Searcy was born May 3, 1927, in Cherry Log , GA to the late Alvin Edgar Searcy and the late Maimie Lee Searcy. A member of Blue Ridge Church of Christ, he was preceded in death by his, son, Zachary Searcy. Mr....
William Keith Dyer
Mar 2, 2022
William Keith Dyer, age 57 of Blairsville, passed away March 2, 2022 at Union General Hospital. Dyer was born March 18, 1964 in to the late William Harold Dyer and Judith Ann Wallace Dyer. He was preceded in death by his father, William Harold Dyer. Survivors include: mother, Judith Ann Wallace Dyer, grandson, William Keith Dyer, and granddaughter, Aubrey Dyer....
William Richard Rahn
Mar 2, 2022
William Richard Rahn, age 58, of Hiawassee, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 in Augusta, Georgia.
Bill was born Sept 12, 1963 in St. Petersburg, FL. He graduated in 1981 from Keswick Christian School,in Seminole, FL. During and after high school he worked for the family business, Rahn Trellis until 1991. When he followed his dad’s advice to "find...
Billie Yvonne Long
Feb 28, 2022
Billie Yvonne Townsend Long, age 69, of Morganton, Georgia passed away at her home on Monday, February 28, 2022. Mrs. Long was born on December 23, 1952 to the late Claude Rolson Townsend and Mildred Frances Roberts Townsend. She was preceded in death by a brother, Clyde Lee Townsend.
Billie loved music, traveling, camping and being with her family. She...
Lounell Barrett
Feb 28, 2022
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death and services for Lounell Shook Barrett, age 87, who went to her heavenly home after a period of declining health February 28th, 2022. A longtime nurse at Chatuge Hospital and later the owner of the Enotah, Barrett House, and Georgia Mountain restaurants in Hiawassee, her passion was caring for others, whether it...
Paul Ray
Feb 25, 2022
Paul James Ray, Jr. age 81 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Friday, February 25, 2022, in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Ray was born February 10, 1941, in Morganton, GA to the late Paul James Ray Sr. and the late Bessie Smith Ray. He was preceded in death by his, niece, Michelle Ball. Paul loved bluegrass music, fishing & hunting,...
Teddie "Rocky" Francis Holbrooks, Jr.
Feb 23, 2022
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Teddie F. "Rocky" Holbrooks, Jr., age 44, of Young Harris, Georgia, who passed away on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022.
Mr. Holbrooks was born in Blairsville, Georgia, and was a member of The Rock Church in Dahlonega, Georgia. He enjoyed woodworking as a hobby.
Surviving family members include his mother, Gail...
Luther Jackson McGuire, Jr.
Feb 22, 2022
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Mr. Luther Jackson "Mac" McGuire, Jr., age 70, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Mac was born in San Antonio, Texas, a son of the late Luther Jackson McGuire, Sr., and Rosalinda Paiz McGuire. He...
John D Wright
Feb 21, 2022
Mr. John D. Wright, age 89, of Morganton, Georgia passed away on Monday, February 21, 2022 at his home. Mr. Wright was preceded in death by his parents, Newton and Lattie Arp Wright, brother Billy Wright, Sister, Eleanor Davenport, Half-brother, Henry Wright, and Half-sisters, Ethel Turner and Leslie Botts
Mr. Wright is survived by his wife, Mary Frances Wright of...
Mary Ellen Berger
Feb 21, 2022
Mary Ellen Berger, age 88 of Morganton, GA passed away Monday, February 21, 2022, at her home. Mrs. Berger was born November 23, 193,3 in Noble, IL to the late Lester Street and the late Leona DeBoard. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Berger; sister, Lila Kokoris, step-mother, Cleora Street, and step-father, Paul DeBorard. She was a...
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