Obituaries
Dee Rennie
Feb 18, 2019
Mrs. Dee Rennie, age 65, of Blairsville, GA, passed away on Monday, February 18th, 2019 at her home. She was born on February 9, 1954 in Albany, GA, to the late William & Patricia Brown Johnson. A member of the United Methodist Faith, Mrs. Rennie was a devoted care giver and case manager with Homestead Hospice. She was an avid...
David Franklin Justus
Feb 16, 2019
David Franklin Justus, age 81 of Blue Ridge, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2019, at his home. Mr. Justus was born March 4, 1937, in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Herman Justus and Mary Bernice Nichols Justus. He loved writing poetry, reading and especial enjoyed talking and spending time with people. Survivors include brothers, Robert L. Justus and Jerry...
Glenda Joyce Mull Tate
Feb 15, 2019
Glenda Joyce Tate, age 69, of Copperhill, TN passed away February 15, 2019, at home. Glenda was born September 7, 1949, in Copperhill, TN to the late Joe Mull and Mary Marie Dockery Mull. Ms. Tate was a member of Union Baptist Church, and a retired RN with Memorial North Park Hospital. She enjoyed reading and singing. Ms. Tate was...
Christopher Wade Mason
Feb 15, 2019
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and graveside services for Christopher Wade Mason, age 67, of Fair Oaks Range, Texas, who passed away on Friday, February 15th, 2019 in Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia.Mr. Mason was born in Copperhill, Tennessee, a son of Geraldine Grizzle Mason, and the late Wade Robert Mason. He lived for...
Douglas (Andy) Hyde
Feb 13, 2019
Douglas Anderson "Andy" Hyde, age 58, of Copperhill, passed away Wednesday evening, February 13, 2019. Mr. Hyde was born September 7, 1960, in Ducktown, TN to J.T. Hyde and the late Betty Jean Cook Hyde. Andy was a US Navy Veteran and was a Nurse Practitioner with the Appalachian Physical Group. He enjoyed riding motorcycles in his spare time. Survivors...
Larry Wayne Hook
Feb 12, 2019
Larry Wayne Hook, age 74, of Murphy, passed away February 12, 2019, at his home. Mr. Hook was born December 19, 1944, in Fort Wayne, IN, to the late Clarence James Hook and the late Anna Luliak Hook. He was a member and deacon of First Baptist Church of McCaysville, a member of the Blue Ridge Gideon Camp, and was...
Avery Hezekiah Dills
Feb 12, 2019
Avery Hezekiah Dills, age 81 of Buford, Georgia passed away on Tuesday evening, February 12, 2019 at his home.He will be warmly remembered by all who knew him, but especially missed by his family: loving wife of 61 years, Estell Berrong Dills; daughter & son-in-law, Teresa & Jeff Treadwell of Newnan, GA; son & daughter-in-law, Thomas Avery & Ann Dills...
Sandra Panter McMullen
Feb 9, 2019
Sandra Panter McMullen August 4, 1938 – February 9, 2019The death of Sandra Panter McMullen, age 80, occurred Saturday February 9, 2019 at her home in Milledgeville, GA. A graveside service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 6, 2019 at the Crestlawn Cemetery in Copperhill Tennessee.Mrs. McMullen was a native of Copperhill TN, and a graduate of Georgia Baptist...
Donald Lee Fehrenbach
Feb 9, 2019
Donald Lee Fehrenbach, age 67 of Blue Ridge, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2019 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Don was born July 20, 1951 in Menominee, Michigan to Donald Edward Fehrenbach and the late Beverly Ann Lafever. Don was a Vietnam Veteran and attended The Ridge Church. In his spare time, he enjoyed building homes and hotrods. Preceding him in...
E. Joyce Miller
Feb 8, 2019
Major E. Joyce Miller, 87, of Hiawassee, GA, passed away after a short illness at Union County Hospital, in Blairsville, GA, Feb. 8, 2019. Joyce was born in Chauncey, Ohio to Ronald and Juanita Miller, May 2, 1931. Joyce graduated from Middleport High in Middleport, Ohio, in 1949. While a senior she read, "Sally Joins the WAC" which influenced her...
James (Jim) Roger Collins
Feb 8, 2019
James (Jim) Roger Collins, age 74, of Morganton, passed away February 8, 2019, at his home. Mr. Collins was born December 10, 1944, in Ellijay, GA, to the late Leslie Ulysses Collins and the late Juanita Vivian Guthrie Collins. He was preceded in death by brothers, Eddie and Raymond Collins. Mr. Collins was a former member of the Morganton Masonic...
Tom Foster
Feb 7, 2019
Tom Foster, Jr. and Joyce Pruitt Foster died together unexpectedly on February 7, 2019 in at the ages of 84 and 82.Tom and Joyce are survived by siblings Howard and Jeannie Pruitt, Talmo, Georgia; Wallace and Janice Pruitt, Gainesville, Georgia; Sue and Ronnie Graham, McCaysville, Georgia; nephews (second parents), Stephen and Cecelia Pruitt, Atlanta; Wally and Laurie Pruitt, Gainesville, Georgia;...
Joyce Ann Foster
Feb 7, 2019
Tom Foster, Jr. and Joyce Pruitt Foster died together unexpectedly on February 7, 2019 in at the ages of 84 and 82.Tom and Joyce are survived by siblings Howard and Jeannie Pruitt, Talmo, Georgia; Wallace and Janice Pruitt, Gainesville, Georgia; Sue and Ronnie Graham, McCaysville, Georgia; nephews (second parents), Stephen and Cecelia Pruitt, Atlanta; Wally and Laurie Pruitt, Gainesville, Georgia;...
Mark Edward Tuttle
Feb 5, 2019
Mr. Mark Edward Tuttle, age 79, of Mineral Bluff, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at the home of his son, Mark. Mr. Tuttle was born October 19, 1939, in Morgantown, WV to the late Mark Hayden and Margurite Lemley Tuttle. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Marsha, two spouses, Loni Tuttle and,...
Norma Jean Norris
Feb 5, 2019
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and services for Mrs. Norma Jean Norris, age 89, of Blairsville, who passed away Tuesday, February 5th, 2019, in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.Mrs. Norris was a native of Ohio, a daughter of the late John W. Hart and the late Dorothy Marie Penrod Hart. Mrs. Norris was preceded...
Charlie Victor Cochran
Feb 5, 2019
Charlie Victor Cochran, age 75, of Kennesaw, Georgia passed away on Tuesday February 5, 2019. Charlie was a veteran of the US Navy who served our country honorably on the USS Saratoga. Most of Charlie's working career was spent as a Truck Driver with Complete Auto Transit but he also was employed with Cobb County School System as a Bus...
Jennifer Lynn Martin
Feb 5, 2019
Jennifer Lynn Martin, age 47 of Murphy, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at her home. Jennifer was born November 9, 1971 in Andrews, NC to Randall Davidson and Cathy Holloway Davidson. A member of Little Brasstown Baptist Church, Jennifer worked as an LPN. In her spare time, she enjoyed spending time with family and friends, gardening, hiking and traveling....
George Buckner
Feb 3, 2019
George Hayden Buckner, age 65, of Morganton, passed away February 3, 2019, at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga. He was born September 27, 1953, in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Buckner was a master carpenter and painter and enjoyed motorcycles.Survivors include his mother, Norma Lee Rugg, step-father, Jimmy Rugg, sister, Norma Lea Payton, brother, Michael Edward Rugg, and several nieces and nephews....
Danny Eugene Wilson
Feb 3, 2019
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mr. Danny Eugene Wilson, age 65, of Young Harris, Georgia, who was called home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 3, 2019.Mr. Wilson was born in Gainesville, Georgia, a son of the late William Clarence Wilson and Geneva Elaine Roland Wilson. He had been living in Young Harris for...
Margaret Riggins
Feb 1, 2019
Margaret Raphael Riggins, age 97, of Blue Ridge, passed away February 1, 2019, at Pruett Health Care. Ms. Riggins was born June 9, 1921, in Kingston, NY to the late Ramond Cardone and the late Margaret Balestrieri Cardone. She was of the Methodist faith and was preceded in death by father, Ramond Cardone, mother, Margaret Balestrieri Cardone, spouse, Harold Riggins...