Obituaries

Joyce Amanda Phillips

Joyce Amanda Phillips

Aug 21, 2021

Joyce A. Phillips, age 86, of Murphy, passed away Saturday, August 21, 2021, at Murphy Rehab and Nursing Home. Mrs. Phillips was born April 1, 1935, in Macon County, NC to the late Daniel Mack and the late Zell Kilpatrick Mack. She attended Wilscot Baptist Church, and had retired from many years of nursing. Joyce enjoyed playing the piano, reading...

James Landon Pickelsimer

James Landon Pickelsimer

Aug 19, 2021

James Landon Pickelsimer, age 78, of Morganton, GA, passed away Thursday, August 19, 2021, at his home. James was born January 19, 1943, in Mineral Bluff, GA, to the late Landon Pickelsimer and Rose Bell Bowers Pickelsimer. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed fishing, camping, hunting, and riding in the mountains. He was preceded in death by his parents, Landon...

Charlene Dillard Singleton

Charlene Dillard Singleton

Aug 19, 2021

Charlene Dillard Singleton, age 76, of Mineral Bluff, passed away Thursday, August 19, 2021, at her home. Mrs. Singleton was born September 3, 1944, in McCaysville, GA to the late Charlie Dillard and the late Clarice Carney Dillard. She was a lifelong resident of Fannin County and a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Mineral Bluff. Charlene enjoyed gardening...

E.L. Ware

E.L. Ware

Aug 18, 2021

E.L. Ware, age 77 of Mineral Bluff, passed away August 18, 2021 at Union General Hospital. He was born June 1, 1944 in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late Wayne Ware and Ruth Hawkins Ware. E.L. was of Christian faith, enjoyed gardening, and was a skilled craftsman and woodworker. He was preceded in death by wife, Regina Ware, father, Wayne...

Alycen Estelle Whiddon

Alycen Estelle Whiddon

Aug 16, 2021

Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory announces the death of Alycen Whiddon, age 67 of HIawassee who passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, August 16, 2021 after a 10 year courageous battle with cancer and it's effects. A Memorial Service is being planned to be held at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee. *A...

Betty Jean Brendle

Betty Jean Brendle

Aug 15, 2021

Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory announces the death of Mrs. Betty Jean Brendle, age 85 of Blairsville who passed away on Sunday August 15th, 2021. Mrs. Brendle was born on March 20th, 1936 in Macon, North Carolina to the late Grover W. Smith, Sr. and Marjorie (Gass) Smith. Betty was a member of the Blairsville First Baptist Church. She worked...

Robert Larry Ashley

Robert Larry Ashley

Aug 14, 2021

Robert Larry Ashley, age 74 of Hiawassee, GA passed away Saturday, August 14th, 2021. Larry was born on December 2nd, 1946 in Chandler, IN the son of Jesse and Mildred Ashley. Larry Graduated from Castle High School in 1964 and joined the United States Marine Corp the same year. Larry was a very proud Marine and Vietnam veteran. Larry had...

William David Cohn

William David Cohn

Aug 13, 2021

William David McCarter Cohn “Dave”, age 65, of Copperhill, TN, passed away August 13, 2021, at Seasons Hospice. Dave was born October 28, 1955, in Baton Rouge, LA, to the late William Howard McCarter, the late Barbara Tarver Speights, and his adoptive father, the late Lawrence Henry "Bob" Cohn. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in McCaysville/Copperhill....

Alma     Annette Sutton Ross

Alma Annette Sutton Ross

Aug 13, 2021

Annette "Net" Sutton Ross, age 70, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away August 13, 2021, at her home. Annette was born April 1, 1951, in Copperhill, TN, to the late Eugene Sutton and the late Cora Mae Lackey. She was preceded in death by her father, Eugene Sutton, mother, Cora Mae Lackey Sutton.In death, we find a surprising richness of...

David  Dwight Ledford

David Dwight Ledford

Aug 12, 2021

The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces Funeral Services for David Dwight Ledford of Hiawassee who passed away on August 12, 2021 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. David will be warmly remembered by all who knew him, but especially missed by his family: his devoted wife, Lisa Ledford; his sons, Cody (Jill) Ledford and Jacob (Brooke) Ledford; step-daughters,...

Miles "Buster" Anthony Fitts

Miles "Buster" Anthony Fitts

Aug 12, 2021

The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces Funeral Services for Miles "Buster" Anthony Fitts, age 70 of Hayesville, NC who passed away on August 12, 2021. Mr. Fitts is survived by his son & daughter-in-law, Patrick & Renee Fitts; son, Mark Fitts; grandchildren, Griffin Fitts, Evon Fitts, Madison Nicole Fitts, Brittany Lee Hall, Bryson "Chipper" Tyler Fitts, Morgan Ashley Ray,...

Ethelene "Ethel" T. Chambers

Ethelene "Ethel" T. Chambers

Aug 12, 2021

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death and graveside services for Mrs. Ethelene "Ethel" Teague Chambers, age 78, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Thursday, August 12th, 2021, peacefully at her home, after an extended illness. Mrs. Chambers was a life long resident of Union County, and was a member of Ivy Log Baptist Church. Mrs. Chambers is...

Dewey Franklyn Wright

Dewey Franklyn Wright

Aug 11, 2021

Dewey Franklyn Wright of Eastman, GA passed away August ll, 2021 from complications due to injuries he received from an automobile accident. He was surrounded by his loving wife of 57 years, Brenda Darsey Wright, and his brother-in-law, Will Darsey, and sister-in-law, Carol Darsey. He was preceded in death by his Father, Reece Styring Wright, his mother, Janet Wade Wright...

Lily Richardson

Lily Richardson

Aug 10, 2021

Lily MacKenzie West Richardson was born in Jamestown, RI on August 17, 1918. She died in her sleep on August 10, 2021 at her daughter Sue Ann’s home in McCaysville, GA. She is preceded in death by her parents Francis and Lily Mackenzie West of Jamestown, RI, four brothers and three sisters, and her husband Thomas A. Richardson of East...

Paul  Ray Postell

Paul Ray Postell

Aug 10, 2021

Mr. Paul Ray Postell, age 60, passed away on August 10, 2021 at the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Postell was born to the late William Young Postell and Anna Midlred Arp Postell in Copperhill, Tennessee. Paul was preceded in death by a brother, Michael Young Postell. He is survived by his sister, Karen Postell George; nephew, Isaac...

Marlene Marie  Helton Bell

Marlene Marie Helton Bell

Aug 9, 2021

Marlene Marie Helton Bell, age 84, of McCaysville, passed away August 9, 2021. Marlene was born December 29, 1936, in Copperhill, TN, to the late Ernest Helton and the late Alice Mae Stuart. She was of Baptist faith. Marlene enjoyed Elvis, sewing, reading, working in the yard, watching westerns, square dancing, and dancing in general. She was preceded in death...

Larry Clifford Parmiter

Larry Clifford Parmiter

Aug 9, 2021

Larry Clifford Parmiter, age 74 of Murphy, passed away August 9, 2021, at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital. Larry was born August 15, 1946, in Athens, OH, to the late Clifford Parmiter and the late Audrey Niggermeyer. He is preceded in death by his father, Clifford Parmiter, mother, Audrey Parmiter, son, John David Parmiter, sister, Roselyn McGee O'Connor. Survivors include: wife,...

Zelma Plott Henderson

Zelma Plott Henderson

Aug 8, 2021

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Mrs. Zelma Plott Henderson, age 99, native and lifelong resident of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Sunday, August 8th, 2021 at her home. Mrs. Henderson was born in Blairsville, a daughter of the late Claud Plott and the late Flossie Owenby Plott. She was of the Baptist...

Robert Francis Stilson

Robert Francis Stilson

Aug 8, 2021

Robert Francis Stilson, age 83, of Marietta, GA, passed away on August 8, 2021, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, GA. Robert was born on August 6, 1938, in Wayland, New York, to the late Francis T. Stilson and the late Mary Fanaro Stilson. Mr. Stilson grew up and graduated high school in Perry, NY, loving nature, his family, and his...

Colleen M Chambliss

Colleen M Chambliss

Aug 7, 2021

Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory announces the death of Mrs. Colleen M. Chambliss, age 86 of Blairsville who passed away on Saturday August 7th, 2021 at her home. Mrs. Chambliss is preceded in death by her husband, Patrick V. Chambliss, Jr, and her children, Patrick Clifford Chambliss and Elaine Marie Chambliss. Survivors include her children, Timothy Jon Chambliss (Kimberly), Jeffery...