Obituaries
Mary Kay Griffin
May 26, 2018
Mary Kay Griffin, age 78, of Blue Ridge GA, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018. She was born May 13, 1940, in Mineral Bluff, GA, to the late Reid Anderson and the late Hazel Harrison Anderson. Mrs. Griffin taught for a total of ten years at Marietta Christian School and Harvest Christian Academy and she attended World Harvest Church. She...
George Frank Henson
May 23, 2018
George Frank Henson, Jr. age 84, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at the Life Care Center of Ducktown, Tn. Frank was born on July 23, 1933, in Copperhill, TN to the late George Frank Henson, Sr. and the late Neppie Pruitt Henson. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Martha Prater, and brother, James Henson.Frank earned degrees...
Barbara Jean Cole
May 20, 2018
Barbara Jean Farner Cole, age 78, of Turtletown, TN, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2018, at Copper Basin Life Care Center. Mrs. Cole was born December 1, 1939, in Polk Co., TN, to the late Christopher Farner and the late Ruth Evans Farner. She was preceded in death by Spouse, Thomas J. Cole, Sr., Son, Thomas J. Cole, Jr., and...
Charles L. Smith
May 20, 2018
Mr. Charles L. Smith, Sr. age 85 of Blue Ridge, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2018 at his home. Mr. Smith was born October 29, 1932 in Cloudland, GA to the late Charles W. Smith and the late Victoria Durham Smith. A member of the First Baptist Church of McCaysville, he was preceded in death by his parents and one...
Gerald Christopher Lewis
May 19, 2018
Mr. Gerald Christopher Lewis, age 60 of Ducktown, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2018 at his home. Christopher was born January 13, 1958 in Copperhill, TN to the late Gerald E. Lewis and Margaret V. Guenther Lewis. A member of Isabella Baptist Church, he was preceded in death by his brother, Brian Stephen Lewis. Survivors include: mother, Margaret V. Lewis,...
Gollie Easter
May 18, 2018
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Gollie H. Easter, age 81, of Blairsville, who passed away on Friday, May 18th. Mr. Easter was a native of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, and was the son of the late Carl Edward Easter and the late Ruby Stanliff Easter. Mr. Easter had lived in Blairsville since 1966...
Wallace E. Maybury
May 17, 2018
Wallace E Maybury, Jr , age 74 of Murphy, NC died Thursday, May 17, 2018 at home with his loving wife, son and sister. Mr Maybury was born in Lowell, MA to the late Wallace E Maybury, Sr and Ruth Emma Harvey Maybury. As a young man, Wally went to work for his family business, Harvey Lumber and Hardware. Later,...
Tenna Viola Winkler
May 16, 2018
Mrs. Tenna Viola Ray Winkler, 56, of Mineral Bluff passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Tenna was born May 23, 1961 in Copperhill, TN to the late Frank D. Ray and the late Ruby Cash Ray. A member of Freedom Fellowship Church, she enjoyed canning and being outdoors, she also loved caring...
Mary Clarinda Dell
May 16, 2018
Mrs. Mary Clarinda Hodges Dell, Age 82, of Mineral Bluff, Georgia, went home to Heaven on May 16, 2018.Mary was born in Miami, Florida on May 1, 1936, to the late T.K. and Ada Hodges. She married her High school sweetheart, the late Raymond A. Dell, on April 9, 1955 .They made a life in N. Miami Beach, Florida, and...
Floyd Deen
May 15, 2018
Dr. Floyd Deen, Jr., M.D., age 81 of Hiawassee, Georgia, passed away peacefully on May 15, 2018, at his home. Dr. Deen was born on March 13, 1937, in Cochran, Georgia to the late Evelyn Trice Deen and late Floyd Deen, Sr. Dr. Deen was a 1955 graduate of Bacon County High School in Alma, Georgia where he grew up....
Ferrell Wyly Penland
May 15, 2018
Mr. Ferrell Wyly Penland, age 94, of Blairsville, GA, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday evening May 15, 2018.Mr. Penland was born on May 26, 1923 in Union County to the late Joseph Wyly & Anna Bell Hamby Penland. A member of Harmony Grove Baptist Church, Ferrell was ordained as a Deacon in 1948 and has served...
Claudia Jean Rex Beckum
May 15, 2018
Ms. Claudia Jean Rex Beckum, age 63, of Hiawasse, GA, passed away suddenly on Thursday, May 17, 2018.Ms. Beckum was born on June 28, 1954 in Macon, GA to Eugene Dale & Dorothy deJarnette Rex. She loved to read all things Stephen King and was an avid collector of things such as dolls, miniature perfume bottles and handmade birdhouses. She...
Wayne Richard Abercrombie
May 15, 2018
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Wayne Richard Abercrombie, Sr., age 75, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Tuesday, May 15th, 2018, at his home.Mr. Abercrombie was born in Morganton, Georgia, a son of the late Spirlin Abercrombie and the late Faye Cox Abercrombie. He was a lifelong resident of our area, and...
Harold Eugene Pitts
May 11, 2018
Mr. Harold Eugene Pitts age 63 of Blue Ridge, passed away Friday, May 11, 2018. Harold was born May 13, 1954 to the late Carl Pitts and Katherine L. Keener Pitts. Harold attended the Ridge Community Church in Blue Ridge and served his country enlisting in the US Army during the Vietnam War.Survivors include mother, Katherine Pitts, wife, Lillian Diane...
Joseph Kenneth Cook
May 7, 2018
Joseph Kenneth (Jody) Cook passed away on Monday, May 7, 2018, at the age of 83. After a youth spent largely outdoors and fishing with his brothers and friends, Jody joined the Navy in May of 1952 and served his country during the Korean War. He spent almost three years of his service in Japan. Upon his return, Jody met...
Charles "Chuck" Raymond Amara
May 7, 2018
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death of Charles "Chuck" Raymond Amara, age 64, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Monday, May 7, 2018 at his home.Mr. Amara was born September 2, 1953 in San Diego, California. He always had a knack for fixing things which led him to a career as a mobile RV Tech. For...
Bill (Junior) Lackey
May 7, 2018
Mr. Bill (Junior) Lackey, age 86 of Copperhill, TN passed away Monday, May 7, 2018 in Polk Co. TN. Mr. Lackey was born March 13, 1932 in Copperhill, TN to the late L. C. Lackey and the late Alma Lackey. Bill and his first wife Virginia Mae Sutton moved from the McCaysville area in 1953 to Northern Illinois. After the...
Anne Cochran Gilmore
May 6, 2018
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death of Mrs. Anne Cochran Gilmore passed away peacefully in her home in Atlanta Georgia is on May 6, 2018. She was 80 years old.Anne was born in Molena, Georgia on December 10, 1937 to James Cochran and Mamie Foster Cochran. Raised on a farm in Molena with her siblings, she attended Molena...
Chris Gus Grevis
May 6, 2018
Chris Gus Grevis, 91, of Toledo, Ohio, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at Genesis Health Care. He was born in Copperhill, Tennessee on July 27, 1926 to Gus and Lina (Mormanis) Grevis. Chris graduated from Woodward High School and would enlist in the United States Navy to proudly serve his country during WWII....
Andrew Raines West
May 4, 2018
Andrew Raines West, age 20 of Murphy, passed away suddenly Friday, May 4, 2018. Andrew was born January 16, 1998 in Murphy, NC to Shane West and Michelle Melton West. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Fred Melton. Andrew was a gentle and kindhearted person. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.Survivors include his...
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