Obituaries

Feb 13, 2021

Ruby C Dillard, age 78, of Copperhill, TN, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2021, in Murphy, NC. Mrs. Ruby was born on May 20, 1942, in Savannah, Ga, to the late Otis Pittman and the late Ruby Howard. Ruby enjoyed shopping, singing, and witnessing to others about Jesus Christ. She is preceded in death by her husband Herbert Dillard, parents...

Feb 10, 2021

Willard Thomas Asbury Jr, age 50 of Ellijay, GA passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2021, in Ellijay, GA. Mr. Asbury was born October 11, 1970, in Fairlea, West Virginia to the late Willard Thomas Asbury Sr. and the late Linda Boothe Asbury. He was preceded in death by his sister, Christine Asbury, and his step-mother, Barbara Asbury. Mr. Asbury enjoyed...

Feb 6, 2021

CAROL R RABUN Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Carol Rabun passed to her heavenly home on February 6, 2021 after a brief illness. She was 95 years young. Carol was born July 18, 1925 to Guy and Grace Rinehart in Magnolia, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her parents and by brothers,...

Feb 6, 2021

Phyllis passed from this life to her heavenly home on February 6th, 2021. She was a member of Coosa United Methodist Church in Blairsville where she had resided for 18 years. Born May 11, 1937 in Pennsylvania to William and Sara Seitz, and graduated from Cape May High School, New Jersey in 1955 and married Peter Bowman in 1957. They...

Feb 6, 2021

Kimberly Dawn Allen Rice, age 43, of McCaysville, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2021, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Mrs. Rice was born November 9, 1977, in Atlanta, GA, to the late Herschel Allen and the late Kimberly Adams Allen. She was a homemaker and a member of Midway Baptist Church. Kimberly enjoyed music, and in her...

Feb 5, 2021

Maryanne Henry, age 63, of Mineral Bluff, passed away Friday, February 5, 2021. Ms. Henry was born September 2, 1957, in Albany, GA, to the late James Paul Henry and Louise Pickelsimer Henry. Maryanne attended The House of Prayer in Blairsville and worked for many years as a travel agent. During that time, she was able to pursue her hobby...

Feb 3, 2021

"Frank" Francis Joseph Gillespie, Jr. age 67, of Blue Ridge, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2021. He was born February 19, 1953, in Oceanside, NY, to the late Francis Joseph Gillespie Sr. and the late Mary Lou de-la-Torrie Deckert. He was a member of The Ridge Community Church, where he enjoyed attending from the first time he came through the...

Feb 2, 2021

Herbert Hoover Hood, age 92, of Copperhill, surrounded by his family, passed away peacefully in his home Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Herb was born May 9, 1928, in McCaysville, GA, to the late Gordon Howard and Lon Hood of Copperhill, TN. He was the grandson of George and Lillian Gartrell Hood, who were the Colonial Hotel's proprietors in Copperhill, TN....

Jan 30, 2021

Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death and services for Mrs. Mary Glover King, age 87, of Hiawassee, Georgia, who passed away on Saturday, January 30th, 2021 in Chatuge Regional Nursing Home in Hiawassee. Visitation will be held on Monday, February 8th, 2021, between the hours of 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. The funeral services will be held at...

Jan 29, 2021

Jan 27, 2021

Jerry Max Beaver, Jr. age 64 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at his home. Mr. Beaver was born June 21, 1956, in Copperhill, TN to the late Jerry Max Beaver Sr. and the late Betty Jo Ann Bowers Beaver. Jerry worked as a pharmacist for McCaysville Drug & Gun and previously owned Family Drug for...

Jan 27, 2021

Our world lost its center on January 27,2021 when Glower Whitehead Jones suddenly passed away. He suffered a sudden heart aneurysm at his home in Blue Ridge, Ga in the arms of his wife, Joanna. Everyone knew them as an inseparable pair, and they were until the end. Born in downtown Atlanta, Glower spent his childhood in Avondale Estates and...

Jan 26, 2021

Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the deaths of Paul Clifford Ranquist, age 75, who passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2021, and his loving wife of 44 years, Diana Ferguson Ranquist, age 67, who passed away January 20, 2021. Mr. Ranquist was born May 17, 1945, in Portland, Maine to the late Elbert M. Ranquist and the late Mary...

Jan 25, 2021

Julie Jean Ladd, age 62 of Blue Ridge, passed away January 25, 2021, in Blairsville, GA. Mrs. Ladd was born November 8, 1958, in Fort Myers, FL to David Denkhaus and the late Jo Ann Denkhaus. A member of Calvary Baptist Church in Smithfield, Virginia, she was preceded in death by her beloved mother, Jo Ann Denkhaus, and loving sister,...

Jan 25, 2021

Margie Marie Nazerian, age 86, of Kennesaw, passed away Monday, January 25, 2021, at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. Mrs. Nazerian was born November 28, 1934, in McCaysville, GA, to the late Henry Floyd Walden and the late Ida Panter Walden. She was a member of Community Baptist Church in Smyrna, GA, lived in Kennesaw for 40 years, and enjoyed quilting. She...

Jan 22, 2021

Miss Sydnie Grace Jones, age 19, of Morganton, passed away Friday, January 22, 2021, at North East Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, following injures received in an automobile accident. She was born May 3, 2001, in Blue Ridge, GA, to Anthony Jones and Melinda Joy Rogers Jones. Sydnie was a lifelong resident of the area and a 2020 graduate of...

Jan 22, 2021

Mr. Jack Dunn, age 77, passed away on Friday, January 22, 2021, at his home in Copperhill, TN. Mr. Dunn was born on April 3, 1943, in El Paso, TX, to the late Emet Dunn and Rita Baker Dunn. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Copperhill, a U.S. Army Veteran, and proudly served twenty-six years....

Jan 22, 2021

Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death and graveside services for Mrs. Lucille Sara Gribble Mull, age 97, of Hiawassee, who passed away on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 at her home. Mrs. Mull was a daughter of the late Ralph Shelby Gribble and the late Georgia Ledford Gribble. She had lived in the Hiawassee area for the past 95...

Jan 21, 2021

Donna Marie Howe, age 69 of Murphy, NC passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Mrs. Howe was born February 3, 1951 in St. Charles Michigan, to the late Donald Utley and the late Marie Vacca. Donna and her husband have been a resident of Murphy, NC since 1990. She is preceded in death by her parents Donald Utley and...

Jan 20, 2021

Amaryllis Little Burns of Gulfport, Mississippi, age 93 went to be with the Lord on January 20, 2021. She was born in Murphy, North Carolina, a daughter of the late Clifford Virgil and Essie Price Little. She was a member of First Baptist Church Gulfport, having moved to Gulfport from Blairsville, Georgia in 2007. She was a charter member and...