Bonnie Louise Starnes (Sexton)

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Bonnie Louise Sexton Starnes, age 81, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away Sunday, February 13, 2011 in Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale, Georgia.

Mrs. Starnes was a native of Union County, Georgia, and had lived in Jonesboro, Georgia, for many years before moving back to Blairsville in 1996. She was a member of Trackrock Baptist Church. Preceding her in death was her parents, Ed and Fannie Gillespie Sexton; two brothers, Neal Sexton and Worth Sexton; and a sister, Ruth Cook.

She will be missed especially by her family members: her husband, Horace C. Starnes, of Blairsville; two daughters, Janice Johnson and Karen Haney, both of Morrow, Georgia; a sister, Clara Mathis, of Blairsville; three brothers: Everett Sexton, Bobby Sexton, and Edward Sexton, all of Blairsville; three grandchildren; one great grandchild; several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services for Mrs. Starnes have been scheduled for Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., in the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville. Burial will be in Trackrock Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home will be held on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, after 6 p.m., with the family especially meeting with friends from 6 until 9 p.m.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville. Please visit our website at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com to sign the guest registry and send condolences to the family.