Edna Josephine Shope, age 87 of Morganton, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at Union County Nursing Home, in Blairsville.
Edna was born Thursday, January 13, 1921 in Honea Path, South Carolina, to the late Cecil Greenlee Davis and the late Maggie Sentell Davis. She was a member of St. Francis United Methodist Church. Mrs. Shope retired from Fairchild Hiller, Hagerstown, Maryland, ran The Dollhouse in Greenville, South Carolina, and worked at Woolworth's in Greenville, South Carolina when she was 16. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles William Shope; a grandson, Michael Dutrow, and sister Ethel Gibbs.
Survivors include: daughters, Sarah Shope of Morganton; Margaret Smith of Woodruff, South Carolina; and Mary Katherine Dutrow of Hagerstown, Maryland; granddaughters: Patricia Moody, Rene Dutrow, Beth Dutrow and Michelle Dutrow; grandson, Joseph Dutrow; nine great grandchildren and a brother, Cecil Gilford Davis of Greenville, South Carolina.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home - Blairsville Chapel. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at cochranfuneralhomes.com.