Obituaries
Joseph R. May
Jun 29, 2016
The Rev. Joseph R. May, Sr.July 9, 1928 – June 29, 2016The Rev. Joseph R. May Sr., age 87, passed away June 29, 2016 at home in Epworth, Georgia due to health issues related to aging. Joe was born July 9, 1928 in Tampa, FL to the late Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Basil May of Bedford, PA. He attended Toccoa...
James "Loyd" Meers
Jun 27, 2016
James "Loyd" Meers, age 80 of Suches, passed away Monday, June 27, 2016 at his home, following a brief illness. Loyd was born September 15, 1935 in Fannin County, to the late Clifford Meers and Ruby Bramlett Meers. James Loyd Meers married Shirley Shelton in 1957 and moved to Marietta, GA where they lived for 29 years. While in Marietta,...
Ida Renda Benfield Barrett
Jun 25, 2016
Mrs. Ida Renda Benfield Barrett, age 98 of Hiawassee, passed away Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Chatuge Regional Nursing Home. Mrs. Barrett was born February 11, 1918 in Towns County, to Henry Jasper Benfield and Ollie Hooper Benfield. She was a member of the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ in Hiawassee. Mrs. Barrett was also a minister. She was an...
Eugene Cook
Jun 25, 2016
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Eugene Cook, age 83, of Blairsville, who passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 25, 2016, with his family gathered by his bedside.Eugene was a Korean War veteran, Young Harris College graduate, and was a life-long farmer. He was a deacon and longtime member of Old Liberty Baptist Church. Eugene enjoyed...
Ruth Ann Ray James
Jun 25, 2016
Ruth Ann Ray James, age 76, of Hwy. 2, Blue Ridge, GA, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 25, 2016. Born November 2, 1939, in Mineral Bluff, GA, graduated from East Fannin High School, Class of '58 and later moved to Atlanta with her best friend. There, along with finding work, she met the love...
Ronald Van Pope
Jun 24, 2016
Ronald Van Pope, age 61 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Friday, June 24, 2016 at Marietta, GA. Mr. Pope was born May 9, 1955 in Duck Town, TN, to the late N. Weldon Pope and Geraldine Beaver Pope. He served in the U.S. Army and enjoyed a career as a contractor in the automotive industry. Survivors include: son & daughter-in-law...
Eric Charles Meissner
Jun 22, 2016
Eric Charles Meissner, age 79 of Blue Ridge, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at his home. Mr. Meissner was born January 26, 1937 in Newark, NJ to the late Eric Meissner and the late Edna Burnett Meissner. A member of Macedonia Church of Christ, he was preceded in death by wife, Susan Joyce Meissner, son, Eric Meissner, Jr., brother,...
David Kodatt
Jun 21, 2016
David Wells Kodatt, 89, former owner and operator of Forest Park Glass & Mirror, and resident of Columbia, Tennessee, died Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at NHC Columbia.Graveside services will be conducted Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 1:30 P.M. EST, by Minister Bob Rhodes, at Osborn Cemetery in Hiawassee, Georgia. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 11:00 A.M. -...
Keaton Weston Long
Jun 21, 2016
Keaton Weston Long, age 13 of Morganton, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at his home. Keaton was born February 26, 2003 in Blairsville, GA to William Long and Charlotte Wilson Long. He attended Toccoa Baptist Church and he was a student at Fannin County Middle School. Keaton loved the outdoors and enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping. He also liked...
Robert Lynn Spring
Jun 20, 2016
Robert Lynn Spring was born May 2, 1961 in Sarasota, Florida and died June 20, 2016 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville, Georgia of lung cancer.He leaves his mother Sara (Sally) Jane Spring; brother, Fred Spring; Stepson Keith Orser and stepdaughter Kim Orser. He was preceded in death by his wife of 25 years Patricia Orser Spring. He served in...
Max Ray Arp
Jun 19, 2016
Max Ray Arp, age 71 of Copperhill, passed away Sunday evening June 19, 2016 at his home. He was born September 29, 1944 in Isabella, TN to the late Alvin Arp and the late Maude Lee Elrod Arp. He was a member and deacon of Mt. Harmony Baptist Church, a member of the Ducktown Masonic Lodge, served in the US...
Earl Jackson Pittman
Jun 17, 2016
Mr. Earl Jackson Pittman, age 64 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Friday, June 17, 2016 at home with family by his side. Earl was born April 28, 1952 in McCaysville, GA to the late Garland Pittman and Cennie Holden Pittman. A member of Hot House Baptist Church, he was preceded in death by his father and one brother, Weldon Pittman....
Carol Elizabeth Vreeland
Jun 14, 2016
Mrs. Carol Elizabeth Vreeland, age 74 of Murphy, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at the Erlanger Medical Center. Mrs. Vreeland was born January 3, 1942 in Dalton, Massachusetts to the late Alan Knickerbocker and the late Grace Yates Knickerbocker. A member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in Marble, she was preceded in death by her parents and...
Ophelia Marie Dickey
Jun 14, 2016
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces Funeral Services for Mrs. Ophelia W. Dickey, age 90, who after a long period of declining health died peacefully at her home on June 14, 2016.Ophelia was born on May 26, 1926 in Archer, Florida, to John and Lena Watson. She had eight brothers and sisters, survived only by her sister, Rosalie Thomas....
Charles "Russell" Holley
Jun 9, 2016
Mr. Charles "Russell" Holley, age 57 of Morganton, passed away June 9, 2016 at his home. Mr. Holley, a member of Highland Baptist Tabernacle Church was born April 5, 1959 in Atlanta, GA to Charles E. Holley and Dolores Stephens Holley. Survivors include:father, Charles E. Holley, mother, Dolores Holley, wife, Jan Holley, son, Charles R. (Patty) Holley, Jr., grandson, Charles...
Rena Mae Fisher
Jun 9, 2016
Mrs. Rena Mae Fisher, age 98, passed into heaven June 9, 2016 at her daughter's home in Port Orange, Florida. Rena Mae was born December 14, 1917 in Epworth, Georgia, a daughter of the late Miles Dillard and Vaughtie Haren Richard. She also is preceded in death by her Husband Ralph Lee Fisher. They were married July 24, 1934 in...
Jack Leon Teague
Jun 8, 2016
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Jack Leon Teague, age 92, of Fayetteville, Georgia, formerly of Blairsville, who passed away on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville.Mr. Teague was born in Taft, California, on October 17, 1923, a son of the late Thomas Watson Teague and the late Minnie Louise Mauney Teague....
Betty Jean Davidson Ohlmeyer
Jun 7, 2016
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Betty Jean Davidson Ohlmeyer, age 84, of Hayesville, North Carolina, who passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.Mrs. Ohlmeyer was born in Ashland, Kentucky, on May 16, 1932, a daughter of the late Porter Manning and the late Echart Everman Manning. She was...
Richard Craig Jackson
Jun 6, 2016
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces memorial services for Richard Craig Jackson, who was born to Alice Marie Bowles Jackson and William Taylor Jackson in Luling, Texas, on August 1, 1935 and passed from this life on June 6, 2016 at age 80. Craig's father was an oil field "roughneck" and the family moved around Texas before settling...
Amanda Lou Sosebee
Jun 5, 2016
Mrs. Amanda Lou Sosebee, of Marble, NC passed away Sunday, June 5, 2016 at the Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home. Mrs. Sosebee was born November 11, 1947 in Cherokee County, NC to the late Robert Luther Chastain and the late Ida Mae Morton Chastain. A member of the New Martin's Creek Baptist Church she was preceded in death by her...
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