Obituaries
Betty C. Kight
Aug 23, 2020
Mrs. Betty C. Kight, age 90 of Blairsville, formerly of Barnesville, GA passed away on Sunday August 23rd, 2020 at home. Mrs. Kight was born on September 2nd, 1929 in Atlanta, GA to the late Clyde and Alma (Johnson) Mitchell. She was a longtime resident of Barnesville, but recently moved to Blairsville to live with her granddaughter, Mandy who was...
Marsha Diane Kipling
Aug 22, 2020
Marsha Diane Kipling, age 72, went to be with God and the angels on Saturday, August 22, 2020 after battling the pain and suffering of multiple myeloma. She is now with her little brother Barry, her parents, Viola and Cecil Kipling, and a host of others who have gone before her. Marsha leaves behind her long-time friend, Sharon Meek, brother...
Lillian Ann Nelson
Aug 21, 2020
Lillian A Nelson, age 96 of Blairsville, passed away August 21, 2020. Lillian was born July 13, 1924 in Bronx, New York to the late Henry and Mae Hansen. She served in the United States Navy during World War II as a switchboard operator. She lived in New Jersey during her early years, moved to Fort Lauderdale with her husband...
Lorraine Arlette Mouat
Aug 20, 2020
Lorraine Arlette Mouat, age 84 of Ducktown, TN, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2020, at Life Care of Copper Basin Center. Mrs. Mouat was born on September 19, 1935, in Baltimore, Maryland to the late William Edward Robbins and the late Lorraine Jones Robbins. Lorraine was a member of The First Methodist Church of Tifton, Ga, The Club 55, and...
James Harold Crawford
Aug 19, 2020
James Harold Crawford, age 80 of Blue Ridge, passed away on August 19, 2020, at his home. Mr. Crawford was born December 4, 1939, in Morganton, GA to the late Altus Crawford and the late Edna Seabolt Crawford. Mr. Crawford was a member of Young's Chapel Baptist Church and a life long resident of Fannin County. He loved his family...
Betty Kelly Ellis
Aug 19, 2020
Betty Kelly Ellis, passed away at age 89 in Brasstown Manor Retirement Home in Hiawassee, GA on August 19th 2020. Mrs. Ellis, aka “Mississippi”, was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi November 4th, 1930 and lived her entire life in Clarksdale except for a brief period when she resided in Greenwood and in Memphis, Clarksdale was her beloved home.She worked for over...
Eckhardt Hathaway Calder
Aug 19, 2020
Mr. Eckhardt Hathaway Calder, 77, of Hiawassee, Ga., passed away on Wednesday Aug. 19, 2020. Mr. Calder was born on April 28, 1943 in New York to his late parents Alice “Nan” Elizabeth (Hathaway) and Eckhardt Calder, Sr. “Cal” Eckhardt attended St. Lawrence University and New Orleans Seminary, but graduated with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from Emory Riddle...
Erik Scott Boyle
Aug 18, 2020
Erik Scott Boyle, age 41 of Canton, GA passed away August 18, 2020 at his home. Erik was born March 15, 1979, in Blue Ridge, GA to James Boyle and Barbara Dockery Burns. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Doris Dockery, and Melvin & Pearl Dockery; and by his paternal grandparents, William & Joyce Boyle. Survivors include:...
Hervey S. Jones
Aug 17, 2020
Hervey Strader Jones, age 95 of Blue Ridge, passed away August 17, 2020, in Blue Ridge. Mr. Jones was born June 13, 1925, in Clifton Forge, VA to the late John Irvine Jones and the late Martha Barbara Strader Jones. A member of the Presbyterian Faith, he was preceded in death by his brother, R Bane Jones. Mr. Jones graduated...
Betty Davenport Henderson
Aug 16, 2020
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Mrs. Betty Davenport Henderson, age 73, lifelong resident of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Sunday, August 16th, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Henderson was born in Morganton, Georgia, a daughter of the late Vernon Davenport and the late Ella Vee Newman Davenport. She was a...
Kimberly Michelle White
Aug 15, 2020
Kimberly Michelle White, age 48 of Ellijay, GA, passed away August 15, 2020, at her home. Ms. White was born May 17, 1972 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Albert White and Debra Flowers White. She was preceded in death by her brother, Brent Flowers. Kim loved nature and the outdoors and loved to make everyone laugh with her...
Dylan Trevor Sharp
Aug 13, 2020
Dylan Trevor Sharp, age 40, of Ellijay, GA, passed away on August 13, 2020, at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Sharp was born on February 22, 1980, in Blue Ridge, GA, to Tommy Sharp and Wynoka Prather Sharp. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Aleen Mull, and grandparents, Bobby & Evelyn Prather. Dylan was a free spirit...
Billy Blair Jarrett
Aug 12, 2020
Mr. Billy Blair Jarrett, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, in Murphy, NC. Mr. Billy was born January 27, 1934, in Arista, West Virginia, to the late Alozan Jarrett and the late Belle Bland. Mr. Jarrett has been a resident of Murphy, NC for over seventeen years. He was an Airforce veteran and worked for General Motors...
Daniel Lee Cochran
Aug 12, 2020
Daniel Lee Cochran, age 68, of Blue Ridge, passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2020, at Pruitt Health Care. Mr. Cochran was born February 11, 1952, to the late Robert Lee Cochran and the late Orthel Leona Dillard Cochran. He was of the Baptist faith and worked in construction as a carpenter. Daniel was preceded in death by his brother, Robert...
Mr. Jack Stevens
Aug 10, 2020
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Jack Stevens, 75, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Monday, August 10th, 2020 at his home. Mr. Stevens was born in Blairsville, a son of the late Lee Elbert Stevens and the late Addie Caroline Jackson Stevens. Jack was of the Baptist faith, and was a 50...
Crhistine Moye
Aug 9, 2020
Mrs. Christine Moye, age 90, died at Chatuge Regional Nursing Home in Hiawassee, GA, Sunday Morning August 9th, 2020. She was there 2 weeks after an extended stay at Chatuge and Union General Hospitals. She resided at Brasstown Manor in Hiawassee for several years before falling on June 9th. She is survived by 2 children, Tony Moye and Sylvia Breslin;...
Mrs. Nancy Wheeler Hinson
Aug 9, 2020
Obituary for Mrs. Nancy Wheeler Hinson Cochran Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Hiawassee announces the death of Mrs. Nancy Wheeler Hinson, who passed peacefully on August 9, 2020 at her home in the hills overlooking Lake Chatuge surrounded by her loving family. The lifelong companion of Gene Hinson is now united with her Lord and her husband. Nancy is...
Bobby E. Kelley
Aug 9, 2020
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Mr. Bobby Kelley, 70, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Sunday, August 9th, 2020 in Northside Cherokee Hospital in Canton, Georgia. Mr. Kelley was born in Young Harris, Georgia, a son of the late Charlie Kelley and the late Sue Walker Kelley. Bobby was a...
Thomas Raymond "Coach" Montgomery
Aug 8, 2020
Mr. Thomas Raymond "Coach" Montgomery, age 93, of Mc Caysville, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2020, at Copper Basin Life Care. Mr. Montgomery was born April 1, 1927, in Ducktown, TN, to the late Ed Montgomery and the late Myrtle Bandy Montgomery. He was a WWII Navy Veteran and a member of First Baptist Church McCayville/Copperhill. Raymond attended Tusculum College...
Bobby Joe German
Aug 8, 2020
Mr. Bobby Joe German, age 83, of McCaysville, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2020 at his home. Mr. German was born January 5, 1937, in McCaysville, GA, to the late Norman German and the late Maggie Adams German. He was an Army Veteran and an Iron Worker with Local 387 in Atlanta, GA. He also was a member of the...