Obituaries

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...

Jan 20, 2021

Javona Grace Allen Walden, age 67, of Mound City, IL, formerly of Morganton, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2021, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born March 3, 1953, in Copperhill, TN, to the late Joseph Lake Allen and the late Thelma Grace Harrison Allen. Javona was of the Christian Faith, attended East Fannin High...

Jan 20, 2021

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Ms. Flossie Leah Mason Stebbins, age 92, of Marietta, Georgia, who passed away on Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 in Marietta. Ms. Stebbins was born in Blairsville, a daughter of the late Charles Washington Mason and the late Mary Lee Jordan Mason. She was the eldest daughter...

Jan 19, 2021

Otis Weeks, age 94, of Chattsworth, GA, formerly of Blue Ridge, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at his home in Chattsworth. Mr. Weeks was born March 18, 1926, in Ellijay, GA, to the late Kelly David Weeks and the late Lola Cochran Weeks. He was a member of Eastside Church of Christ. Otis was a WWII Army Veteran who...

Jan 19, 2021

Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death of Mr. Kenneth Jay Shook, age 74 of Winder, GA passed away on Tuesday January 19th, 2021. Mr. Shook was born on October 7th, 1946 in Young Harris, GA to the late T.J. and Ruby Shook. For most of his life, Ken worked as a Builder and Grading Contractor. Ken was a...