Obituaries
Sylvan Coolidge Green
Jun 30, 2015
Mr. Sylvan Coolidge Green, age 94, of Copperhill, passed away Monday, June 29, 2015 at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Mr. Green was born February 4, 1921 in Copperhill, TN to the late George Newt Green and the late Emma Elizabeth Walker Green. He was a of member of McCaysville Church Of God, McCaysville Masonic Lodge, former mayor...
John Franklin Rhodes
Jun 29, 2015
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. John Franklin Rhodes, Jr., age 57, of Blairsville, who passed away on Monday, June 29, 2015 in Blue Ridge, Georgia.Mr. Rhodes was born in Arcadia, Florida, on October 23, 1957, a son of John Franklin Rhodes, Sr., and Charlotte Joann Stewart Rhodes. He was a physical therapist.No services...
Addie "Betty" Elizabeth Gurr
Jun 28, 2015
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Addie Elizabeth "Betty" Gurr, age 85, of Blairsville, who passed away Sunday, June 28, 2015 at her home.Betty was born in Jacksonville, Florida on September 14, 1929, a daughter of the late Harvey Sparkman Hucks and the late Mary Elizabeth Chapman Hucks. Betty was a registered nurse and had worked...
Marvin Kirk Brown
Jun 28, 2015
Brother Marvin Kirk Brown, age 64 of Morganton, passed away Sunday June 28, 2015 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Br. Brown was born April 7, 1951 in Wichita Falls, TX to the late George J. Brown and Alma Smith Brown. A minister and member of Gospel Light Baptist Church of Blue Ridge, GA and former pastor of Friendship Baptist Church and...
Annie Lyndell Jones
Jun 28, 2015
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mrs. Annie Lyndell Jones, age 86, of Hiawassee, who passed away Sunday, June 28, 2015 at Friendship Health and Rehab in Cleveland, Georgia.Mrs. Jones was born in Swainsboro, Georgia, on November 25, 1928, a daughter of the late B.G. Moxley and the late Frankie Mae Covenah Moxley. She was a...
Jeffrey Paul Jones
Jun 25, 2015
Mr. Jeffrey Paul Jones, Sr., age 67, of Blairsville and Atlanta, Georgia, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015, at his Blairsville home. Mr. Jones was born January 16, 1948, in Bloomfield, New Jersey, a son of the late Richard Paul Jones and Muriel Sculthorpe Jones. He was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Blairsville and St....
Eston Garfield Collins
Jun 25, 2015
Mr. Eston Garfield Collins, age 90 of Morganton, GA, passed away June 25, 2015 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Collins was born February 22, 1925 in Morganton, GA to the late George Collins and the late Laura Grant Collins. A member of Toccoa Baptist Church, he was preceded in death by father, George Collins, mother, Laura Grant...
Valerie Metcalf
Jun 24, 2015
Valerie Metcalf, age 55 of Blairsville, was called home on June 24th. No longer encumbered by her human body, she is transformed and is on an extended tour of all of Creation. She is truly loved!Remaining behind for now is her: husband, James Metcalf, sons, Isaac and CalebMetcalf, parents, Lawrence and Sharon Hess, all of Blairsville, sister, Heather Hess, nephew,...
Eunice Shead
Jun 24, 2015
Mrs. Eunice Louise Shead, age 80 of Hiawassee, passed away June 24, 2015. Mrs. Shead was a member of McConnell Memorial Baptist Church in Hiawassee.Survivors include: husband, Odis Morgan Shead of Hiawassee, daughter, Deborah S. Wynn of Woodland, AL, daughter, Melba S. Miller of Gainesville, GA, grandsons, Jason L. Wynn and Brian D. Wynn, and great grandchildren, Leah Wynn, Brandon...
Ronald DeWeese
Jun 22, 2015
Mr. Ron DeWeese, age 67 of Mineral Bluff, passed away June 22, 2015 at North East Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Ron was born April 12, 1948 in Polk Co., TN to the late William Howard Taff DeWeese and the late Maude Lennis Lance DeWeese. He was a Deacon at Sweetgum Baptist Church and loved God and family. Ron retired...
Henry E. Silcox
Jun 21, 2015
Mr. Henry E. Silcox, age 84 of Maryville, TN passed away June 21, 2015 at the Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville. Mr. Silcox was born March 24, 1931 in LaFollette, TN to the late Jacob Melford and Ina Pearl Silcox. Henry was a resident of Ducktown for 25 years before moving to Maryville. He was Baptist in faith and he...
William "Rick" Otis Harper
Jun 18, 2015
Mr. William "Rick" Otis Harper, Jr., age 59 of Mineral Bluff, passed away June 18, 2015 at his home. Rick was born March 21, 1956 in McCaysville, GA to the late William Otis and Lelia Marlene Harper. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Murphy, NC. Rick worked as an automotive mechanic and eventually owned his own business....
Everett Ray Sexton
Jun 17, 2015
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces services for Mr. Everett Ray Sexton, age 90 of Blairsville, who passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at Union County Nursing Home. Mr. Sexton was born May 6, 1925 in Blairsville, GA to John and Fannie Gillespie Sexton. Everett had lived most of his life in Union County and was a member of...
Lucille Queen Griffith
Jun 16, 2015
Lucille Queen Griffith, age 88 of Blairsville, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Griffith was born December 12, 1926 in Thornsby, AL. She had lived in Blairsville since 1981 and was a member of Blairsville First Baptist Church. Survivors include: daughter, Elizabeth Melton of Blairsville, son, Bryant Melton of Port St. Lucie, FL, and sister, Ruth...
Wanda M. Atkinson
Jun 16, 2015
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces Services for Mrs. Wanda M. Atkinson, age 67 of Quincy, FL, formerly of Blairsville, who passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2015 in Florida. Survivors include: husband, John F. Atkinson of Quincy, FL, daughter, Teresa Henderson Bulka of Omaha, NE, son, Jay Wyman, Jr.of Mobile, AL, daughter, Hope Atkinson Bryant of Eustis, FL, son,...
William Jesse Lanier
Jun 13, 2015
William Jesse (W. J.) Lanier, 73, of Lawrenceville, Ga, passed away on June 13, 2015 at East Side Medical Center in Snellville, Ga. from complications of pneumonia. He was born in Hawkinsville, Ga. and is preceded in death by his parents, Cecil and Beatrice Lanier, and brother Bobby Bozeman. He met his wife, Frances Collis, at Fulton National Bank in...
Michael Thomas Briggs
Jun 12, 2015
Mr. Michael Thomas Briggs, age 57 of Murphy, passed away June 12, 2015 at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Newnan, GA Mr. Briggs was born September 5, 1957 in Durham, NC to Joseph Briggs and Faye Rigsbee Briggs. Survivors include: wife, Lorraine Briggs, father, Joseph Briggs, mother, Faye Briggs, daughter, Angela (Ivan) Asworth, son, Derek Briggs, daughter, Amber...
Leonard T. Gibson
Jun 12, 2015
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces Funeral Services for Mr. Leonard T. Gibson, age 82 of Hiawassee, who passed away on Friday, June 12, 2015.He will be warmly remembered by all who knew him, but especially missed by his family: sons & daughter-in-laws, Rev. Stanley & Catherine Gibson, Charles & Joann Gibson and Steve & Jennie Gibson; daughter &...
George A Brown
Jun 12, 2015
Mr. George A. Brown, age 88 of Mc Caysville, passed away June 12, 2015 at . Mr. Brown was born December 14, 1926, to the late Avery Brown and Nell Glazner Brown. A member of the First Baptist Church of McCaysville Copperhill. He was preceded in death by sister, Lillian Farmer.Survivors include: wife, Louise Brown, daughter, Susan (Dugger) Kiker and...
Robert Lewis Fain
Jun 10, 2015
Mr. Robert Lewis Fain, age 80 of Cherry Log, passed away June 10, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Fain was born October 6, 1934 in Cherry Log, GA to the late Noah Fain and the late Mazie Chapman Fain. He was preceded in death by son, Edwin Fain, brother, James Virgil Fain, sisters, Polly Patterson and Barbara Sue Broadway and...
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