Obituaries
Timothy Clyde Buchanan
Aug 18, 2017
Mr. Timothy Clyde Buchanan, age 57 of Ellijay, passed away August 18, 2017 in Gainesville, GA. Mr. Buchanan was born August 31, 1959 in Copperhill, TN to Mr. Clyde Buchanan and Mrs. Susan Verner Buchanan. Timothy was of the Church of God faith.Survivors include: wife, Judy Buchanan, son, Brandon Buchanan, daughter, Ashley (Chad) Holloway, daughter, Haley Sue (Dustin) Dean, brother-in-law,...
Patricia Kesterson
Aug 17, 2017
Patricia Ann Kesterson, age 72, of Mineral Bluff, passed away Thursday, August 17, 2017 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Patricia was born April 8, 1945 in Detroit, MI to the late George Nix and the late Frances Finley Nix. In her spare time, Patricia enjoyed working her antique booth. Mrs. Kesterson also enjoyed gardening and planting flowers. Patricia was of the...
Mildred I. Dittman
Aug 16, 2017
Mildred Dittman, age 90, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Dittman was born July 16, 1927 in Lake City, Florida as the seventh of ten children, including three brothers and six sisters. She learned the Truth in 1956 after reading a booklet entitled "Basis for Belief in a New World" and joined the Jehovah's Witnesses, remaining...
David Wayne Ledford
Aug 16, 2017
David Wayne Ledford, Jr., age 45 of Murphy, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at his home. Mr. Ledford was born April 2, 1972 in Copperhill, TN to the late David Wayne Ledford, Sr. and Phyllis Newman Ledford Parrish. A member of Ranger Baptist Church, he enjoyed riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle in his spare time.Survivors include: wife, Rebecca Ledford,...
Harry Collins
Aug 16, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Rev. Harry Collins, age 73, of Wadley, Alabama, who passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 in East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama.Rev. Collins was born in Blairsville, a son of the late Dewey and the late Ouva Brackett Collins. Rev. Collins lived in Gwinnett County for over...
James Edward Adams
Aug 14, 2017
Mr. James " Ed" Edward Adams, age 66 of Suches, passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 at Pruitt Healthcare Nursing Home. Mr. Adams was born February 22, 1951 in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late James Cleveland Adams and the late Frankie Jones Adams. He was Baptist in faith, and enjoyed hunting and fishing in his spare time. He was...
Ralph Stanley
Aug 13, 2017
Mr. Ralph Stanley, age 89 of Cherry Log, passed away Sunday, August 13, 2017 at Union County Nursing Home. Mr. Stanley was born February 19, 1928 in Ellijay, GA to the late William Sandford Stanley and the late Nola Bearden Stanley. Mr. Stanley was of the Christian Faith and he retired from Levi Strauss in Blue Ridge,GA. In his spare...
Lorraine Conley
Aug 13, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory announces Funeral Services for Mrs. Francis Lorraine Conley, age 98 of Blairsville who passed away on August 13, 2017 at Union County Nursing Home.Mrs. Conley was born in Hiawassee, Georgia on January 24, 1919 to Rufus Mitchell Conley and Maggie (Allen) Conley. She remained in the North Georgia area for most of her life. However,...
Lucinda Waters Wells
Aug 11, 2017
Lucinda Waters Wells, age 67 of Marble passed away Friday, August 11, 2017 at the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. No services planned at this time. Arrangements entrusted to the Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy, NC.
Magnus Hamby
Aug 10, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Magnus Garrett Hamby, age 88, of Blairsville, who passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at her home.Mrs. Hamby was born in Hiawassee, a daughter of the late Lazarus Garrett and the late Sophia Ledford Garrett. Mrs. Hamby was a loving mother and homemaker who enjoying gardening and...
Tommy Homer Dills
Aug 10, 2017
Mr. Tommy Homer Dills, age 78 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Pruitt Nursing Home in Blue Ridge. Tommy was born September 10, 1938 in Union County, GA to the late Garnie Dills and the late Roberta (Birdie) Davis Ballew. A member of New Jerusalem Baptist Church, he was preceded in death by his parents and...
Ann Darley Rich
Aug 9, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory announces funeral services for Mrs. Ann Darley Rich, age 86, of Blairsville, who passed away in the morning on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at her home.Mrs. Rich was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in St. Joseph's Hospital, a daughter of the late N.V. Darley and the late Jessie May Montgomery Darley. She moved to Tampa, Florida...
Mary Rebecca Wright
Aug 9, 2017
Mrs. Mary Rebecca Wright , age 73 of Marietta, passed away August 9, 2017 at her home. Mary was born April 30, 1944 in Lebanon, IN to the late Elmer Roberts and the late Camello Roberts. A member of Hot House Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Judy Kay Roberts Wilbur. Mary enjoyed...
Suell Benjamin Souther
Aug 8, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Suell Benjamin Souther, age 82, of Ivy Log Road, Blairsville, passed away early Tuesday morning August 8, 2017 at Hayesville House in Hayesville, NC. Mr. Souther was born in Blairsville, a son of the late Paul and the late Sarah Mabel Souther. He remained a lifelong resident of...
Elaine Fountain Ellingsworth
Aug 6, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and memorial services for Mrs. Elaine Fountain Ellingsworth, 85, of Blairsville, who passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia.Mrs. Ellingsworth was born in DelRay Beach, Florida, and was a homemaker. Her husband, Norman, passed away one day earlier, on August 5, 2017.Family members include two daughters, Rebecca...
Roy H. Stepp
Aug 5, 2017
Mr. Roy H. Stepp, age 87, of Blue Ridge passed away Saturday, August 5, 2017, at Life Care Center of Copper Basin following a brief illness. He was born July 17, 1930, in McCaysville, GA to the late Tom G. Stepp and Callie Campbell Stepp.Mr. Stepp was a US Army Veteran serving during the Korean Conflict and was a life...
Norman Eugene Ellingsworth
Aug 5, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and memorial services for Mr. Norman Eugene Ellingsworth, age 86, of Blairsville, who passed away on Saturday, August 5, 2017 in Clay County Care Center in Hayesville, North Carolina.Mr. Ellingsworth was born in DelRay Beach, Florida, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army, and served in Korea. He had...
Phyllis Rice
Aug 5, 2017
Phyllis Maxine Rice, age 86, of Morganton, GA. passed away Saturday August 5, 2017 at Hospice of Chattanooga. Phyllis was born October 18, 1930 in Fork Ridge, TN to the late Fred C. Hamlett and the late Cora Ownby Hamlett. A member of Concord Baptist Church, Phyllis was preceded in death by her husband, William Olon Rice, sister's, Virginia Nell...
James Lewis Jarrard
Aug 4, 2017
Mr. James Lewis Jarrard, age 96 of Blairsville, passed away August 4, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family and loving wife of 46 years. Mr. Jarrard was born June 29, 1921 in Cleveland, Georgia to the late Charles Augustus Jarrard and the late Rachel Naomi Allison Jarrard. James was a member of the First United Methodist Church of...
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....