Obituaries

Feb 17, 2022

Glenda   Pierce, age 61, of Blue Ridge, passed away Thursday, February 17, 2022, at North Knoxville Medical Center.   Glenda was born March 18, 1960, to the late Edward Pete Daniel and the late Geneva Bullard Daniel. She was a member of Kingtown Baptist Church; she enjoyed  Scary Movies, Cops, great-nieces, cigarettes, and church. She was preceded in death by Danny...

Feb 17, 2022

Dale Michael  Harrison, age 65 of Cleveland, passed away February 17, 2022 at Life Care Center of Cleveland.  Mr. Harrison was born November 13, 1956 in Greensboro, NC to the late Robert Alexander Harrison and Joyce Meril Danner.



Survivors include: uncle, Gerald Danner, mother, Joyce Meril Harrison, Brother, Kenny Harrison.

 

No funeral Services are planned at this time



Interment will be...

Feb 16, 2022

Feb 16, 2022

Coy Roosevelt Nix, age 89 of McCaysville, GA, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at his home.  Mr. Nix was born November 14, 1932, in Culberson, NC to the late Zeb Killian and the late Pauline Nix.  He was preceded in death by daughter, Joyce Nix Morgan. He worked for the U.S. Forestry Service for many years. Coy loved watching...

Feb 16, 2022

Anita Yvonne Roberts, age 85, of Blue Ridge, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Piedmont Mountain Side Hospital. Mrs. Roberts was born May 23, 1936, in Suttle, AL, to the late John Andrew Creel and the late Ila D. Stone Creel. Prior to moving to North Georgia in 2017, Mrs. Roberts made her home in Orrville, AL. where she...

Feb 15, 2022

Del Lay Pierman, age 74, passed away peacefully at her home in Turtletown, TN, on Tuesday  morning, February 15th, completing a life of joy, service, and love.



Del was born on October 16th, 1947, in Newton, MS, to the late Lt. Col. Henry “Hank” Lay and

Olivia “Lil” Lay. She found joy as a child on the family’s dairy farm, surrounded by...

Feb 14, 2022

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death and graveside services for Valerie Victoria  Harkins, age 65,  of Blairsville, who went home to be with the Lord on February 14, 2022.



Valerie was born May 15, 1956 in Ringgold, GA to the late Carl Driggins and Mary Pratt Driggins, and dedicated her life to her faith and her beloved cats. To...

Feb 14, 2022

Feb 13, 2022

Roy Dean Hughes, age 77, of Blue Ridge, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2022, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta after a brief illness.  He was a member and a deacon of Temple Baptist Church.  Roy was born November 16, 1944, in Cobb County, GA, to Roy E. Hughes and Claudine Holmes Hughes.  



Roy proudly served his country with four years...

Feb 13, 2022

Raymond Mullings, referred to as Fred by his beloved wife, age 80, of Blue Ridge, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2022, at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Mullings was born May 13, 1941, in Bronx, NY, to the late Clement Mullings and the late Dorothy Forbes Mullings. Ray devoted 21 years of service in the United States Army, with an illustrious...

Feb 12, 2022

Feb 11, 2022

Karen Rose Cook, age 67 of Marble, NC passed away February 11, 2022, at Duke Medical Center in Durham, NC.  Mrs. Cook was born September 6, 1954, in Deridder, LA to the late Lester Moore and the late Billie Jean Henson.  She was preceded in death by her grandchild, Christopher Lockett, and her brother, Donnie Goudy.



Survivors include: husband, David Lionel...

Feb 10, 2022

John Thomas Otwell, age 97 of Blue Ridge, GA went to be with his Lord on Thursday, February 10, 2022, in Blue Ridge. Mr. Otwell was born September 12, 1924, in Atlanta, GA to the late Scott Otwell and the late Della Otwell. A member of Morganton Baptist Church, he was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Virginia Otwell,...

Feb 10, 2022

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Thomas Lowell Tucker, age 61, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Thursday, February 10th, 2022 at home.



Tom was born in Rockledge, Florida on May 14, 1960, a son of Kelvin Tucker and the late Anne Tucker. He attended North Marion High School in Sparr, Florida; Truett McConnell...

Feb 9, 2022

Feb 9, 2022

John Lee Holmes, age 79, of Hiawassee, Georgia passed away peacefully on February 9, 2022 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. John was born August 9, 1942 in Alma, Michigan and was the oldest son of Betty E. Holmes and the late John William Holmes.



John graduated from St. Louis High School in 1960 and went onto obtain...

Feb 7, 2022

Regina Patterson Mock, age 81, of Blue Ridge, passed away Monday, February 7, 2022, at Pruitt Health Care in Blue Ridge.   Mrs. Mock was born February 16, 1940, in Blue Ridge, GA, to the late Hobert Patterson and the late Ollie Botts Patterson.  She was of the Methodist Faith and loved traveling and spending time with family.

Survivors include daughter,...

Feb 6, 2022

James Thomas  Bandy, age 81 of Copperhill, passed away February 6, 2022 at Erlanger Medical Center. Mr. Bandy was born December 6, 1940 in Murphy, NC to the late Thomas A. Bandy and the late Arizona. James was a truck driver most of his life and had worked with K & S Truck line for many years. He enjoyed driving...

Feb 5, 2022

Mrs. Margaret (Mardee) Kauffman, age 96, passed away peacefully in Blue Ridge, on February 5, 2022.

Mardee was born in Chicago, IL, on October 22, 1925, the youngest of 4 children born to Charles and Blanche.

During World War II, Mardee was a US Cadet Nurse Corps member as a nursing student, graduating with her RN from Loyola University in Chicago....

Feb 5, 2022

Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death and services for Robert Frank  Hamlin, age 94,  of Hiawassee, Georgia, who  passed away February 5, 2022.  Mr. Hamlin was formerly a resident of Brasstown Manor in Hiawassee.



Hamlin was born July 13, 1927 in Syracuse, New York to Harry and Wilhma Hamlin. He served in the Army during WWII and is thanked...