Obituaries
Lynda Jo Martin
Jan 8, 2021
Mrs. Lynda Jo Martin entered heaven’s gates on January 8, 2021. She was born April 14, 1944 in Thomasville, GA, the only child of Mr. Bryant Ellis and Mrs. Marion “Joyce” Collier. To be closer to her parents, in 1968 Lynda Jo moved to Blairsville where she made her home for the next 52 years. Lynda never met a stranger...
Rita Davis DeMarco
Jan 7, 2021
Rita Bernice Davis DeMarco, 80, of Hoschton, GA, passed away on January 7, 2021 at Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Rita is survived by her daughters Diane Acker (Ivan), Laura Van Slyke (Dan), her bother Stanley Davis, her grandchildren Ivan Benton Acker, III and Laura Ann Lynn Acker, and her cherished cousins, nieces, and nephews. She was preceded in...
Marjorie Parris Woodward
Jan 7, 2021
Marjorie Parris Woodward, age 89, of McCaysville, passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021, at her home. Mrs. Woodward was born May 29, 1931, in McCaysville, GA, to the late Bunyon Parris and the late Pauline Pope Parris. She was a lifelong resident of Fannin County and a member of Coletown Baptist Church. Marjorie loved her family and grandchildren, enjoyed taking...
Charles Howard Keheley
Jan 7, 2021
Mr. Charles Howard Keheley, age 91 of Blairsville, GA who passed away on Thursday January 7th, 2021 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. Mr. Keheley was born on August 6th, 1930 in Chatsworth, GA to his parents, Howard and Myrtle (Hackney) Keheley. Charles served his country honorably in the United States Army during the Korean War Era. He was a...
Calvin Lunsford
Jan 7, 2021
Mr. Calvin Ernest Lunsford, age 96 of Suches passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2021. Mr. Lunsford was born and raised in Suches, Georgia on November 17, 1924 to the late Boss & Mamie Lunsford. As a young man, Calvin ventured to Detroit to work in automobile manufacturing. Shortly, later he returned to Suches and began to start his family....
Bennie Sue Hancock
Jan 6, 2021
Mrs. Bennie Sue Hancock, 86, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the Fannin Regional Hospital. Mrs. Hancock was born in Murphy, NC, on November 29, 1934, to the late George Ledford and the late Cora Cook Ledford. She was a member of Kingtown Baptist Church and enjoyed sewing, creating stained glass, and working in her church. Bennie Sue was...
Kim Mark Fene
Jan 6, 2021
It is with great sadness the family of Kim Mark Fene announces his passing on January 6, 2021 at the age of 86. Kim passed away peacefully of old age near his home in Blue Ridge, Georgia. He did not have Covid. The family is grateful for all the healthcare workers at Blue Ridge Memory Care who worked around the...
Robert Gordon Berry
Jan 3, 2021
The Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy announces Funeral Services for Mr. Robert Gordon Berry, age 86 of Lake Mary, Florida who passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2021. Mr. Berry was born in Atlanta, Georgia on August 30, 1934 to the late Raymond and Evelyn Berry. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 and proudly fought...
Rebecca Ann Singletary
Jan 3, 2021
Rebecca Ann (Becky) Singletary, 91, passed away peacefully on January 3, 2021, in Blue Ridge, GA. Born in Bowdon, GA to Olin and Lovie Moore, Becky graduated from Bowdon HS and St. Joseph’s Infirmary School of Nursing (now St. Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta) where she found her calling. She became an RN and worked as a nurse for over 50 years,...
Lynda Gail Gilbert
Jan 3, 2021
LYNDA GAIL GILBERT Gail Gilbert passed away peacefully on January 3, 2021 at Chatuge Regional Nursing Home in Hiawassee, GA. Gail was born in Atlanta, GA on December 28, 1961 to the late Marcus Luther Gilbert and Edith Emaline Howard Gilbert. Gail is survived by her sister Marcia Hogsed and her husband Sherrill Hogsed of Hayesville, NC, her son Jeremy...
Peggy Louise Conley
Jan 2, 2021
Mrs. Margaret “Peggy” Conley, age 73 of Blairsville passed away on Saturday January 2nd, 2021 at Union General Hospital. Mrs. Conley was born on May 25th, 1947 in Goshen, OH to the late James Edward and Virginia (Hill) Wallace. Peggy was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Blairsville and loved crafts and sewing. She was a good-hearted...
Anna Theodora Parker
Jan 2, 2021
Anna Theodora Parker, age 90, of Morganton, GA passed away Saturday, January 2, 2021, at Sonshine Manor in Jasper, GA. Mrs. Parker was born June 13, 1930, in Dortmund, Germany, to the late Jacob Wichmann and the late Anna Gertrud Lamberti Wichmann. A member of New Life Church, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Parker and her...
Lloyd Baker, Jr
Jan 1, 2021
Lloyd Baker, Jr. age 76 of Murphy, passed away Friday, January 1, 2021, following an extended illness. Mr. Baker was born on April 28, 1944, in Murphy, NC. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd Baker, Sr, and Ruth Morgan Baker; by his sister, Ora Baker; and by his grandson, Nathan Dillard. Lloyd was also a proud member...
Scott Taylor
Jan 1, 2021
Scott Taylor, age 62, of McCaysville, passed away Friday, January 1, 2021 at his residence surrounded by family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents Paul & Fleta Taylor, brothers Terry & Berry Taylor, grandparents Marcus & Iowa Taylor and Walt & Birdie Ledford as well as mother-in-law Carolyn Housley. Scott was an avid Atlanta Falcons fan...
Reba Elizabeth Isaac
Jan 1, 2021
Reba Elizabeth Isaac, age 97, of Sumter, SC, passed away Friday, January 1, 2021. Mrs. Isaac was born March 29, 1923, in McCaysville to the late John Messer Callihan and the late Corina Ethel Hawkins Callihan. She was a lifelong resident of Fannin County until moving to Sumter, SC to live, and was a loving, dedicated wife and mother. Reba...
Clarence Eugene (Bud) Johnson
Jan 1, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death and memorial services for CPO Clarence "Bud" Eugene Johnson, USN, Ret., age 98, of Hiawassee, Georgia, who passed away on Friday, January 1st, 2021 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville, Georgia. Mr. Johnson was born on March 7th, 1922 in Canton, Ohio, and he and his family moved to north Florida when...
Edith Angeline Hogsed Garrett
Jan 1, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death of Edith Angeline Hogsed Garrett, "Aunt Ned" to many, passed away Friday, January 1, 2021 at the age of 101. A native of the Shooting Creek community of Clay County, North Carolina, she was born November 9th, 1919, as the baby sister to the late Newton and Curtis Hogsed, and only daughter...
Alice Marie Gribble
Dec 30, 2020
Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Ms. Alice Marie Gribble age 74 of Hayesville, NC who passed away on December 30th, 2020 at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, NC. Alice is survived by her brother, Chip Gribble; sisters, Dorothy Brown, MaryAnn Townsend, Becky Davenport, Vicky Gribble, Annie Sue Gribble; son, Shane Gribble. There are...
Lt. Col Clark O. Barker (Ret)
Dec 30, 2020
Lt. Colonel Clark O. Barker, 97, of Copperhill, Tennessee, died suddenly on December 29, 2020. Clark was born to Roy and Ruby Barker in 1923. He grew up in Lapel, Indiana, before joining the military in 1942. He was a proud veteran of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, where he served as an Electronics Warfare Officer aboard B-52 Bombers....
Larry Hayes
Dec 30, 2020
Larry Hayes, of Ormond Beach, Florida, and McCaysville, Georgia, died December 30, 2020, at his mountain home on Fightingtown Creek in McCaysville. He was 81. Born in Atlanta on October 4, 1939, he was the son of Luther Floyd and Ruby Thomas Hayes, both of Fannin County, Georgia. His father was a steamfitter who traveled extensively to work on construction...
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