Mr. Laban Hedgecock, age 83 of Morganton, GA, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville. Mr. Hedgecock was born Friday, October 3, 1924 in Union County, GA to the late John Peter Hedgecock and the late Gertrude Beaver Hedgecock. He was preceded in death by his wife, Iva Lee Ledford Hedgecock, daughter, Joe Ann Hedgecock, grandson, Matthew Mashburn, granddaughter, Rosetta Hedgecock and sisters: Margie Wells, and Cecile Parris; brothers, Oscar, Marvin, Horace, Hoyt, William (Bill), and Buford Hedgecock.
Survivors include: daughter and son-in-law, Virginia and Lawrence Beaver of Morganton, GA, daughters and sons-in-law, Frances and John C. Foster and Peggy and Thomas Mashburn, sons, Harold Hedgecock and Rickey Hedgecock, all of Blairsville, GA, sister, Shirley Lackey of Blairsville, GA and brother, Robert Hedgecock of Tennessee, 12 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held Friday, June 20, 2008 at 11:00 AM from the Chapel of the Cochran Funeral Home with Rev. Eric Davenport officiating. Music will be provided by the Jo Ann Bell Family. Interment will follow in Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are: Clifford Foster, Ronnie Mashburn, Jeff Thomas, Brian Hedgecock, Lee Mashburn and B.J. Thomas.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-9 PM, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, June 18 and 19th.
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, Georgia is in charge of arrangements.