Sidney Mahan

Mr. Sidney C. MaHan, age 73, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2008 in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville. Mr. MaHan was born Tuesday, July 24, 1934 in Gordon County, Georgia, to the late Tom Mahan and the late Verna Ray Mahan. A member of Allegheny Masonic Lodge, #201, F & AM, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jo, and his parents, Tom and Verna Mahan. He was a barber in Blairsville, and was of the Methodist faith.

Survivors include: son & daughter-in-law, Sonny and Rhonda Mahan of Blairsville; daughter & son-in-law, Jodi and Garry Rogers of Blairsville; sister, Annie Ray Foster of Blairsville; grandchildren: Jennifer Mahan, Devan Mahan, Jacob Rogers, and Jordan Rogers. Many other relatives and friends also survive.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home with the Rev. Ray Potts officiating. Interment will follow in Union Memory Gardens. Members of the Masons will serve as pallbearers, and the following gentlemen will serve as honorary escort to the family: Joe Dyer, Gordon Dyer, Bobby Plott, Eric England, Roy Rose, and Bill Kuykendall.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. , Friday, January 25.

If you wish, the family suggests that donations may be made to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 2984, Blairsville, Georgia 30514.

Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville, Georgia. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.