Obituaries
Ernie George Sellers
Jul 15, 2021
Ernie George Sellers, age 76, of Morganton, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2021, at N.E. Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Mr. Sellers was born March 7, 1945, in Hiawassee, GA, to the late George Sellers and the late Juanita Sampson Sellers. Ernie was of the Pentecostal faith and enjoyed carpentry, making furniture, and working on cars. He was preceded in...
J. W. Payne
Jul 14, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for J.W. Payne, age 93 of Blairsville who passed away on Wednesday evening July 14th, 2021 at his home. J.W. was born on September 12th, 1927 in Blairsville, a son to the late Norvie and Laura (Rector) Payne. Mr. Payne was a lifelong resident of Union County....
William "Howard" Long
Jul 13, 2021
William "Howard" Long, age 74, of Epworth, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at his home. Mr. Long was born July 19, 1946, in Ellijay, GA, to the late William Lafayette Long and the late Eva Davenport Long. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Epworth. Howard was preceded in death by his...
Elvin "E.J" E. Johnson, Jr.
Jul 13, 2021
Elvin (EJ) Johnson, Jr. died at his home on July 13, 2021 at the age of 75. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 24, 1945 but spent his life in Lake Wales, Florida. He was an engineer for Florida Power for 36 years. In 1964, EJ married Bonnie Lawrence, and they had two sons, EJ and Tommy. EJ...
Patsy Puett Efird
Jul 12, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Mrs. Patsy Puett Efird, age 82, of Blairsville, who passed away Monday, July 12th, 2021 at her home following an extended illness. Mrs. Efird was a daughter of the late Jarvis Cline Puett and the late Ruth Greene Puett. She was a native of Hiawassee, Georgia,...
Brenda Gail Garrard
Jul 9, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death and funeral services for Mrs. Brenda Gail Garrard, age 76, of Hayesville, North Carolina, who passed away on Friday, July 9th, 2021 in Chatuge Regional Hospital in Hiawassee. Mrs. Garrard was born in Marshall County, Alabama, a daughter of the late T.B. Owens and the late Estelle Collins Owens. Brenda was a...
William Joe Gray
Jul 9, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Mr. William Joe Gray, age 76, of Blairsville, who passed away on Friday, July 9th, 2021 at his home. Mr. Gray was born in Blairsville, a son of the late William Fred Gray and the late Etta Chastain Gray. He served in the U.S. Army during...
Frances Payne Brown
Jul 8, 2021
Frances Payne Brown, age 82, of Turtletown, passed away Thursday, July 8, 2021, at her home. Mrs. Brown was born October 3, 1938, in McCaysville, GA to the late Roy Godfrey and the late Della Poteet Godfrey. She was a member of the Ocoee Church of Christ and had worked at Copper Basin Medical Center in the Medical Records Department....
Johnny Vinson Hooper
Jul 5, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Johnny Vinson Hooper, age 64, of Blairsville, who passed away on Monday, July 5th, 2021 at his home. Mr. Hooper was born in Young Harris, Georgia, a son of the late Vinson Hooper and Betty Jean Conley Hooper. Surviving family members include his mother, Betty Jean Hooper; daughter...
Linda Jane Cook
Jul 5, 2021
Linda Jane Cook (Scheffer), age 72, of Erie, passed away on Monday, July 5, 2021. She was born in McCaysville, GA on July 30, 1948, daughter of the late Charles and Lillian A. Davis Cook.Linda was a well-educated woman, earning a master’s degree from the University of Georgia. She retired from a rewarding and successful career of over 35 years...
Randy Scott Reynolds
Jul 4, 2021
Randy Scott Reynolds, age 65 of Seffner, FL passed away July 4, 2021 in Blue Ridge, GA. Randy was born January 25, 1956 in Gulfport, Mississippi, to the late John H. Reynolds Sr. and the late Eddie Lou Garner Reynolds. Randy grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and attended Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe, Louisiana graduating with a B. S....
Octavies Beavers
Jul 4, 2021
Octavies Beavers Jr., age 94 of Marietta, GA passed away July 4, 2021 in Austell, GA. Mr. Beavers was born January 22, 1927 in McCaysville, GA to the late Octavies Beavers Sr. and the late Dora McDonald Beavers. A veteran of the U.S. Navy and a member of Mt. Paran Church in Atlanta, GA, was preceded in death by his...
William Lute Clema
Jul 3, 2021
William L. Clema, age 81 of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away July 3, 2021 in Dalton, GA. Mr. Clema was born May 3, 1940 in Humboldt, NE to the late Col. Joe A. Clema and the late Sylva K. Clema. A veteran of the United States Army, he attended two years at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, then...
Ethel Florence Schaff
Jun 30, 2021
Ethel Florence Schaff, age 90, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. She was born Ethel Florence Cowles, July 7, 1930, in Spearfish, South Dakota. She moved to Lakeland, Florida in 1961, then to Jensen Beach, Florida in 1996, and finally to Blairsville, Georgia in 2016. Upon her retirement from Cement Products in Lakeland, FL, she relocated...
Cynthia Dash Burmood
Jun 30, 2021
Cynthia Ann Dash Burmood, 81, of Hiawassee, Georgia passed away on June 30, 2021 while in hospice care. A private family service will be held later this summer in Colorado. Cynthia, “Cindy”, was born in Birmingham, AL, grew up in Rocky Ford, CO and raised a family in Largo, FL. Cynthia attended the University of Colorado, started several creative and...
Richard Norrell
Jun 30, 2021
Richard Brooks Norrell, age 84, of Blue Ridge and Atlanta passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at Union General Hospital, Blairsville, GA. Richard was born in Atlanta, graduated from Murphy High School in 1955, entered the Navy, and worked at Lockheed Aircraft, followed by 33 years at Delta Air Lines. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Joyce,...
Jack D. Raper
Jun 27, 2021
Jack Dempsey Raper, age 96, of Copperhill, passed away Sunday morning, June 27, 2021, at Life Care of Copper Basin in Ducktown, TN following several months illness.Mr. Raper was born May 25, 1925, in the Patrick Community of Cherokee County, NC, to the late Martin Thomas Raper and the late Dora Lou Kilpatrick Raper. Jack was a lifelong resident of...
Charles Dwight Mason, Sr.
Jun 27, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Charles Dwight Mason, Sr. age 82 of Blairsville who passed away on Sunday June 27th, 2021 in Augusta, GA. Mr. Mason was born on May 14th, 1939 in Hayesville, NC to the late Roy E. and Nellie (Patterson) Mason. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church...
Judy Ann Godfrey
Jun 26, 2021
Judy Morrow Godfrey, age 68 of Murphy, NC died June 26, 2021 after a long battle with cancer. Judy loved life and she loved her family. She adored, more than anything, her grandkids and great grandkids. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hartford & Edith Morrow; brothers, Jack, Sherman, and Larry Morrow; sister, Marie Loudermilk; and great grandson,...
Ruth Marie-Riordan Pirhadi
Jun 23, 2021
Ruth Marie Pirhadi (Riordan), age 44, of Norfolk, VA passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2021. She was born Ruth Marie Riordan, January 16, 1977 in Adrian, Michigan and graduated from Onsted High School in 1995. She spent 4 years in the US Navy where she achieved first female onboard to qualify for Helmsman on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. She went...
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