Doris Davis Post, age 88, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Friday, November 21, 2008 at Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville. Mrs. Post was born Friday, October 22, 1920 in Newark, New Jersey, to the late John Davis and the late Martha Johnson Davis. She attended The House of Prayer Interdenominational Church in Blairsville, and had lived in Blairsville since 1978, moving here from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She was preceded in death by husband, William E. Post, Jr., a foster son, John Lewis and a brother, John Davis.
Surviving family members include daughter and son-in-law, Gail and William Schober, of Blairsville; two sisters: Evelyn Davis Nota, of South Amboy, New Jersey; and Ruth Davis Butler, of Orange Park, Florida; and sister-in-law, Jeanne Bonnell, of Waretown, New Jersey; four grandchildren: William John Schober, of Atlanta; Suzanne Schober Orfield, of Meadow View, Virginia; Beth Ann Schober Barstow, of Chesapeake, Virginia; and Janice Schober Blanchett, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee; several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held Monday, November 24, 2008, at 2:00 p.m., at Cochran Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Jerry Helton and Rev. Bill Honaker officiating. Music will be provided by the House of Prayer Church Choir. Burial will follow in House of Prayer Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be the following gentlemen: Todd Barstow, Mark Blanchett, Mark Orfield, and Jonathan Whitesides.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday, November 23, 2008, from 2:00 p.m., until 4:00 p.m.
If you wish, the family suggests that donations may be made to House of Prayer Building Fund, P.O. Box 1475, Blairsville, GA 30514; or to The Gideons International, P.O. Box 521, Blairsville, GA 30514.
Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home - Blairsville Chapel. You are invited to send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.