Obituaries
Vincent Lake
Oct 12, 2018
Vincent W. Lake 100 of Acworth, Georgia passed away October 12, 2018. He was born October 9, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio. Vincent was a veteran of WWII and served in England with the US Army Air Corps in the 8th Air Force 56th fighter group in intelligence. After the war he continued his career as a commercial artist starting a...
Marguerite Jackson-Eisele
Oct 12, 2018
Marguerite Jackson-Eisele, age 89 of Murphy, NC passed away Friday, October 12, 2018, at her home. She was born August 18, 1929, in Naples, FL to the late William H. Surrency and Veda Day Carlton Surrency. Coming from West Palm Beach, FL she had made Murphy her home for the past nineteen years. She was a member of Hanging Dog...
Phillip Cecil Collis
Oct 12, 2018
Phillip Collis, age 69, of Mineral Bluff, passed away Friday, October 12, 2018, at his home. Mr. Collis was born August 9, 1949, in Ducktown, TN to the late Cecil & Bertha Collis. He was a member of New River Baptist Church and Mineral Bluff Masonic Lodge #483 F&AM. Mr. Collis retired from Fannin County as Assistance Road Department Supervisor...
Shirley Ann Seabolt
Oct 10, 2018
Shirley Ann Seabolt, age 83, of Dallas, GA, passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2018, at Overlook at Cedarcrest Assisted Living and Memory Care in Acworth, GA. Mrs.Seabolt was born June 15, 1935, in Blue Ridge, GA, to the late Clyde Buchanan and the late Alma Pruitt Buchanan. Mrs. Seabolt was a homemaker, a loving mother to her children, and a...
William Alvin Freeman
Oct 7, 2018
William A. Freeman, Sr., at the age of 84, of Murphy, NC, passed away peacefully in his sleep Sunday, October 7, 2018, at Clay Care Care Center in Hayesville, NC. Mr. Freeman was born October 30, 1933, to the late Alvin E. Freeman and Ada Norris Freeman. He is survived by his loving wife, Barbara Freeman. They were blessed with...
Kathleen Porter
Oct 7, 2018
Mrs. Kathleen (Kathy) Porter, 76, of Blue Ridge, was escorted home by the angels, Sunday, October 7, 2018 surrounded by the love of family and friends. Mrs. Porter was born June 22, 1942 in Fannin County to the late John Oliver Porter and Gertrude Abercrombie Porter Galiher.Along with her parents, Kathy is preceded in death by brothers Lloyd, Junior, Eugene...
Roy William Ball
Oct 6, 2018
Mr. Roy William Ball, age 69 of Blue Ridge, passed away October 6, 2018 at the Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Ball was born March 10, 1949 in Morganton, GA. Family members that preceded him in death include his mother, Alice Ball, sister, Ethel Ball, niece, Michelle Ball and extended family member, Bengie Franklin. Roy was the owner and operator of...
Larry Guinn Eller
Oct 3, 2018
Larry Guinn Eller, age 69, of Murphy, passed away October 3, 2018, at his home. Mr. Eller was born April 5, 1949, in Copperhill, TN, to the late Willie Guinn Eller and Georgia Mae Graves Eller. He was a member of Iron Workers Local Union 387 Atlanta. Larry loved the Lord and his family, especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He...
Nicholas Stephen Baumgartner
Oct 3, 2018
Nicholas Stephen Baumgartner, age 88, of Murphy, NC, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at his home in Peachtree. Nicholas Baumgartner was born October 28, 1929, in Punta Gorda, Florida, to the late Harry Edward Baumgartner and the late Myrna Moore Miller Baumgartner. Nick and his wife, Janice, moved from Fallbrook, CA, to make Murphy, NC, their home for the...
Florence Virginia Burger
Oct 2, 2018
Florence Virginia Burger, age 79, of Ducktown, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mrs. Burger was born April 19, 1939, in Murphy, NC. She was of the Baptist faith and was preceded in death by husband, Parks Kenneth Burger.Survivors include sons, Mike (Glenda) Burger and Gary Burger, grandsons, Brandon (Candace) Burger, and Adam Waters, granddaughters, Stacy...
Evelyn Kilpatrick
Oct 2, 2018
Evelyn R. Kilpatrick, age 97, of Copperhill, TN, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at the Life Care Center in Ducktown. Mrs. Kilpatrick was born July 29, 1921, in Mitchell County, GA, to the late Elton Fred Rackley and the late Georgia Akridge Rackley. She was of the Pentecostal Faith. In addition to her mother and father, Mrs. Kilpatrick was...
Sharon Kay Matheny Skelton
Oct 2, 2018
Sharon Kay Matheny Skelton, age 61, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at her home in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Skelton was born in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 1957, to Ray L. Pritt and Sylvia Ann McGuire Pritt. Survivors include her husband, Kenny Skelton and, son, Tim Matheny.No services are scheduled at this time.Arrangements entrusted to the Finch-Cochran Funeral...
Janice Rae Baumgartner
Oct 1, 2018
Janice Rae Baumgartner, age 86, of Murphy, NC, passed away October 1, 2018, at her home. Mrs. Baumgartner was born August 23, 1932, in Los Angeles, CA, to the late Hoke Smith Norville and the late Mabel Gwendolyn Harrah Norville. Moving from Fallbrook, CA, Janice and her husband, Nicholas, had made Murphy, NC, their home for the past 16 years....
Ruth Vella Sprinkles
Sep 30, 2018
Mrs. Ruth Vella Sprinkles, age 88, of Hiawassee, GA, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 30, 2018. She was born on Thursday, March 30, 1930, in Hiawassee, GA, to the late Carlton & Carrie Ledford Nations. A lifetime member of Towns County, Mrs. Sprinkles will be remembered not only as the long time custodian of city...
Jack Junior Parker
Sep 27, 2018
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Jack Junior Parker, age 90, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away Thursday, September 27th, 2018 in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.Mr. Parker was born in Detroit, Michigan, a son of the late Newman J. Parker and the late Laura Pickelsimer Parker. Jack was a veteran of the...
Mary Elizabeth Hensley
Sep 24, 2018
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hensley, age 84, of Blairsville, GA, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 24, 2018.A life long resident of Union County, Mrs. Hensley was born on February 24, 1934 to the late Edward & Nancy Harkins Payne. She loved her family and community, as well as, Fishing every chance she got. She also loved...
Dennis Ronald Hensley
Sep 21, 2018
Dennis Ronald Hensley, age 73 of Labelle, FL, and Polk County, TN passed away Friday, September 21, 2018 at the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga. Mr. Hensley was born January 28, 1945 in Polk County to the late Ralph "Peg" Hensley and the late Edna Lorraine Payne Hensley. In his spare time, Dennis enjoyed woodworking, playing golf, traveling in his...
Elmer "Pete" Fowler
Sep 20, 2018
Elmer Juan "Pete" Fowler, age 82 of Mineral Bluff, passed away September 20, 2018 at his home. Pete was born January 14, 1936 in Blue Ridge, GA to the lateReed Fowler and the late Mae Jones Fowler. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Clay Fowler, grandson, Michael Fowler, and several brothers and sisters,...
Jackie Morris Bradshaw
Sep 18, 2018
Jackie Morris Bradshaw, age 76 of Hiawassee, passed away September 18, 2018 at Chatuge Regional Nursing Home after an extended illness. "Jack" as most everyone called him was born January 2, 1942 in Hiawassee Georgia to Decatur and Clara Henson Bradshaw. Jack loved to ride his horses, coon hunt, farm, and be outdoors. He enjoyed spending time with his family...
Raymond Phillip Sanford
Sep 18, 2018
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces services for Mr. Raymond Phillip Sanford, who passed away peacefully on September 18th, 2018, surrounded by his family. He was born to Dorothy Edith and Clement Richmond Sanford on July 4, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan.Raymond attended RETS Technical College and served in the United States Army receiving the National Defense Service Medal....
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