Obituaries

Marguerite Taylor Abernathy

Marguerite Taylor Abernathy

Jul 31, 2017

Marguerite Taylor Abernathy, age 93 of McCaysville, passed away July 31, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Abernathy was born November 20, 1923 in Maryville, TN. A member of Epworth First Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her parents, Julius Edwards and Myrtle Horner Taylor, her brothers Edward Taylor and Robert Taylor, and her husband, Charles Cutts Abernathy. Mrs....

Lawrence Ray Bowers

Lawrence Ray Bowers

Jul 29, 2017

Lawrence Ray Bowers II, age 74 of Morganton, GA died July 29, 2017 while recovering from heart surgery. Larry was a gregarious and energetic father and grandfather, and an active member of Grace Presbyterian Church in Blairsville, GA. Larry was born in Whiteville, NC and grew up in the fields and swamps of surrounding Columbus county. After graduating from Mercersburg...

Kolby William Long

Kolby William Long

Jul 29, 2017

Kolby William Long, age 17 of Morganton, passed away Saturday, July 29, 2017 due to an unexpected accident. Kolby was born August 19, 1999 to William Long and Charlotte Wilson Long. Kolby attended Fannin County High School. In his spare time, Kolby enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his family. Kolby was Baptist in faith. Kolby was preceded in...

Mukut Gupta

Mukut Gupta

Jul 28, 2017

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mr. Mukut Gupta who at the age of 77 died after a brief illness at Union General Hospital at 8:22 AM on July 28, 2017. He was born in Chittagong, India, November 17, 1939. He was a graduate of MSU Baroda Engineering College in 1962, with a degree...

Sandy Lee Newman

Sandy Lee Newman

Jul 27, 2017

Sandy Lee Newman, age 52 of Newnan, Ga passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the home of Doug Newman in Morganton Ga with family by her side. Sandy was born February 8, 1965 in Irvine, KY to the late Hiram Newman and the late Cleona Turner Newman. Survivors include three sisters, Sarah (Johnny) Watkins, Sue Hardy and Sherry Molly...

Ronald Gene Warnock

Ronald Gene Warnock

Jul 27, 2017

Ronald Gene Warnock, age 80, of Mineral Bluff formerly of Louisville, Georgia, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017, at Pruitt of Blue Ridge, Ga. Mr. Warnock was born November 16, 1936, in Soperton, GA to the late Delmar David Warnock and the late Mattie Pauline Page Warnock. He graduated from Mercer University with a BS Degree and later received a...

Donna Kay Roper

Donna Kay Roper

Jul 25, 2017

Donna Kay Roper, age 57 of Topton, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at the Murphy Medical Center. Donna was born June 3, 1960 in Andrews, NC to the late Ray Keith Postell and Shirley Owenby Postell. A member of Fairview Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her father, Ray Postell and her husband, James Thomas Roper. In...

Robert Eugene Thomas

Robert Eugene Thomas

Jul 23, 2017

Robert Eugene Thomas, age 77, of Copperhill passed away Sunday, July 23, at WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center in Marietta surrounded by family members.Mr. Thomas was born September 30, 1939, in Copperhill to the late Ida Mae Goss Thomas and Roy Robert Thomas. He was raised in the Kingtown section of McCaysville.Robert graduated from West Fannin High School in 1957....

Margaret Avampato Smith

Margaret Avampato Smith

Jul 22, 2017

Margaret Mary Smith, age 79 of Murphy, passed away July 22, 2017 in Murphy, NC. Mrs. Smith was born December 9, 1937 in Connecticut to the late Jack Avampato and the late Margaret Ellis Avampato, and was a longtime resident of Lake Worth, FL. A member of the St. William Catholic Church of Murphy, NC, Mrs. Smith retired from Sacred...

Kermit Chambers

Kermit Chambers

Jul 21, 2017

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Julius Kermit Chambers, age 74, of Blairsville, who passed away Friday, July 21, 2017 in Blairsville.Kermit was born in a little house off Kiutuestia Creek on August 20, 1942 in Blairsville, Georgia, to Julius and Edith (Denton) Chambers. He married his wife Margie April 29, 1964. They were...

James "Ronnie" Rogers

James "Ronnie" Rogers

Jul 18, 2017

Mr. James "Ronnie" Rogers, age 64 of Blue Ridge, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at his home. Ronnie was born in Fannin County, GA to the late Andrew Rogers and the late Carrie Bearden Rogers. Mr. Rogers worked for the Tennessee Chemical Company for over 20 years. Ronnie enjoyed working outside on his lawn and going to car shows....

Dwight Ferrell Earley

Dwight Ferrell Earley

Jul 18, 2017

Blue Ridge, Georgia — Dwight "Ferrell" Earley, 84, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017 following a brief illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dwight L. and Nettie Lewis Patterson Earley. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Frances Jean (Anderson) Earley, his daughter, Debra J. (Earley) Heller and her husband, Dr. Eugene W. Heller,...

Marie Collins Knight

Marie Collins Knight

Jul 18, 2017

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Alda Marie Collins Knight, 90, of Blairsville, GA, who passed away peacefully on July 18, 2017 at Union County Nursing Home, Blairsville.Marie was born on October 12, 1926 and raised in the Choestoe community of Union County. She was the youngest of Harve and Northa Collins' three children. An...

Wade Hampton Whelchel

Wade Hampton Whelchel

Jul 17, 2017

Mr. Wade Hampton Whelchel III, age 67 of Blue Ridge (formerly of Murrayville, GA), passed away Monday, July 17, 2017 at his home on his beloved horse farm after an extended illness. Wade was born December 22, 1949 in Gainesville, GA to the late Wade H. Whelchel II and the late Marguerite Peck Whelchel. Mr. Whelchel was an exceptional horseman...

Jean Maltby Davis

Jean Maltby Davis

Jul 14, 2017

Mrs. Jean Maltby Davis, age 89, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed into new life on Friday, July 14, 2017 at her home in Blairsville. Her presence will be greatly missed by all who knew her, but especially by her family, son Carl E. Davis, Jr., son and daughter-in-law Richard & Karen Davis, daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Leo Peacock and daughter...

Colleen Jewel George Judy

Colleen Jewel George Judy

Jul 12, 2017

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mrs. Colleen G. Judy, age 92, of Blairsville, who passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at her home.Mrs. Judy was born August 29, 1924 in Hansford, West Virginia to the late Albino & Hester George. She was a resident of Ft. Pierce, FL for many years and Blairsville,...

Barbara Ann Baker

Barbara Ann Baker

Jul 12, 2017

Barbara Ann Baker, age 79 of Blue Ridge, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at her home. Barbara was born May 14, 1938 in Bridgeport, CT to the late Alexander Gilliland and Helene Greensword Gilliland. Barbara was a RN for 33 years. She loved to travel and in her spare time she enjoyed genealogy, watching UConn Women's Basketball, cross stitch,...

Jack Kelley

Jack Kelley

Jul 11, 2017

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Jack H. Kelley, age 77, of Blairsville, who passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at his home.Jack was born in Blairsville, a son of the late Bob Kelley and the late Irene Hughes Kelley. Jack had worked as a supervisor with Heritage Propane. Besides his parents, he...

Betty Patterson Hooper

Betty Patterson Hooper

Jul 10, 2017

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Betty Patterson Hooper, age 67, of Blairsville, who passed away on Monday night, July 10, 2017, in Pruitt Healthcare in Blue Ridge.Betty was born in Young Harris, Georgia, and was a daughter of the late Eugene and the late Daisy Patterson. Betty was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church,...

Mary Ruth Cannon

Mary Ruth Cannon

Jul 8, 2017

Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ruth Cannon, age 85, of Hiawassee, who passed away on Saturday evening, July 8, 2017 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Mrs. Cannon was a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and was the daughter of George and Esther Strickland. She had been living in Hiawassee since 1980, moving here...

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