Obituaries

Euclid Ray Voyles

Euclid Ray Voyles

Nov 9, 2014

Euclid Ray Voyles passed away Sunday, November 9, 2014 after a long illness.Mr. Voyles was a life-long resident of the Hiwassee Dam community near Murphy, North Carolina until moving to an assisted living facility in Chattanooga in 2009. A veteran of World War II, he served in the U. S. Navy as an Ordnance man. His assignments included the U.S.S....

Donald Lee Calvin

Donald Lee Calvin

Nov 8, 2014

Mr. Donald Lee Calvin, age 81 of Blairsville, passed away November 8, 2014 at the Union General Hospital in Blairsville. Mr. Calvin was born January 18, 1933 in Paulding, OH to the late Clifford Levi Calvin and the late Ferrol Dean Layne Calvin. He was an usher and member of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Blue Ridge, and also a...

Clara Fae Baine

Clara Fae Baine

Nov 7, 2014

Mrs. Clara Fae Baine, age 60 of McCaysville, passed away November 7, 2014 at her home with her family by her side. Clara was born February 7, 1954 in Copperhill, TN to the late Claude Cole and the late Minnie Belle Keener Cole. A member of the Mobile Baptist Church, she was an Administrative Assistant for Glen Springs. She loved...

Faye Queen

Faye Queen

Nov 7, 2014

Mrs. Faye Queen, age 84, of Hiawassee, passed away Friday November 7, 2014 at her daughters home in Hiawassee, Ga. She was born on June 8, 1930, in Towns County Georgia. She was the daughter of Herschel and Ida Hooper Barnes. She worked for many years in the shipping department of Carolina Dress Co. in Hiawassee. In her later years...

Ellen Elizabeth Flowers

Ellen Elizabeth Flowers

Nov 7, 2014

Mrs. Ellen Elizabeth Flowers, age 82 of Morganton, passed away Friday, November 7, 2014 at Pruitt Health Care in Blue Ridge. Mrs. Flowers was born October 4, 1932 in Liberty, SC to the late Homer Earl Freeman and the late Onie Harrison Freeman. She was a member of Tri State Christian Center, she had retired from First Federal Savings and...

Jessalean "Jessie" Cobb

Jessalean "Jessie" Cobb

Nov 6, 2014

Jessalean "Jessie" Cobb, age 84 of Morganton, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2014, at Union General Hospital. Mrs. Cobb was born November 21, 1929, in Benton, TN to the late Herman Richards and the late Lizzie Rogers Richards. She was a member of Hempton Baptist Church, enjoyed working in the garden, and spending time with her grandchildren. She was preceded...

Charles Max Bailey

Charles Max Bailey

Nov 5, 2014

Mr. Charles Bailey, age 72 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at his home following a period of declining health.. Charles was born April 12, 1942 to the late Edgar Bailey and the late Flora Marie Dye Bailey. He was a member of New Liberty Baptist Church and enjoyed riding and working with his horses. He spent...

Margaret Elinor Carlson

Margaret Elinor Carlson

Nov 2, 2014

Margaret Elinor Carlson, age 90, of Blue Ridge, passed away November 2, 2014 at Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, TN. Mrs. Carlson was born September 21, 1924 in Pigeon, MI to the late William H. Bergman and Clara Schnieber Bergman.She was a member of the Women's Army Corps, and met her future husband at the O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, MO...

Eddie Panter

Eddie Panter

Oct 31, 2014

Eddie Panter, age 59 of Blue Ridge, passed away Friday, October 31, 2014 at Fannin Regional Hospital. He was born March 19, 1955 at the Air Force Base in Puerto Rico to the late Walter Edward Panter and the late Shirley German Panter. He was a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church in Blue Ridge, where he served as a...

Grace Ellen Wood

Grace Ellen Wood

Oct 31, 2014

Mrs. Grace Ellen Wood, age 94 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Friday, October 31, 2014 at her home with her family by her side. Mrs. Wood was born September 29, 1920 in White, GA to the late Pascal P. Adams and the late Mollie Adams. She was of the Baptist faith. A long time resident of Riverdale County, before moving...

Robert Michael Farmer

Robert Michael Farmer

Oct 28, 2014

Robert Michael Farmer "Mike", age 62 of Beaverdam Community, passed away October 28, 2014 at his home in Murphy. Mike was born December 26, 1951 in Murphy to the late Lon and Braska Allen Farmer. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Archie Farmer, infant brother Roger Farmer, sisters Virginia Langford, Vivian...

James Thomas Carr

James Thomas Carr

Oct 24, 2014

Mr. James "Jim" Thomas Carr, age 78 of Blue Ridge, passed away October 24, 2014 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Carr was born November 3, 1935 in Philadelphia, PA to the late William Allen Carr and the late Isabella Katherine Nolan Carr. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church and had been a painting contractor since 1965 in Daytona...

Ford Tatman

Ford Tatman

Oct 24, 2014

Ford Tatman, age 91 of Murphy, passed away Friday, October 24, 2014.He was born January 31, 1923 in Maysville, KY to the late Ford Tatman Sr. and the late Effie Mae Mers Tatman. He had worked as a Forman for 28 1/2 years at NCR. Ford started his own business in 1971 and retired in 1991. He was a member...

Paul Walter

Paul Walter

Oct 23, 2014

Paul Walter, 65, of Andrews passed away October 23, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 11, 1949. Mr.Walter was a Navy veteran and a printer by trade. He was the son of the late Paul M. Walter and Catherine Schart Walter. He was preceded in death by his sister, Linda Walter. Mr. Walter is...

Aleane Ross

Aleane Ross

Oct 22, 2014

Mrs. Aleane Ross, age 77 of Mineral Bluff, passed away October 22, 2014 at Pruitt Health Care of Blue Ridge. Mrs. Ross was born May 13, 1937 in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late John Ezra Cole and the late Della Lucindy Bell Cole. She worked as a cook at East Fannin Elementary School for many years, she was preceded...

Patricia Hartness

Patricia Hartness

Oct 22, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces services for Patricia Hartness, age 68, of Blairsville, who passed away Wednesday evening, October 22, 2014, in Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee.Pat was born in Cleveland, Georgia, on September 27, 1946, a daughter of the late George Tom McGuire and the late Alene Young McGuire. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Pat...

John Orvin Lance

John Orvin Lance

Oct 21, 2014

John Orvin Lance, age 88 of Morganton, passed away Tuesday October 21, 2014 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Lance was born March 9, 1926 in Morganton, to the late Orvin Pearley Lance and the late Viola Phillips Lance. He was an active member of Morganton Baptist Church. He was a US Army veteran serving his country in Germany during WWII...

Brannon Neal Jones

Brannon Neal Jones

Oct 20, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Brannon Neal Jones, age 39, native and lifelong resident of Blairsville, who passed away on Monday, October 20, 2014 in Emory Healthcare at St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta.Brannon was born on April 13, 1975, a son of the late Terry Neal Jones and the late Alicia Gayle Brown Jones. He had...

Nina June Davenport

Nina June Davenport

Oct 17, 2014

Mrs. Nina June Davenport, age 88 of Morganton, passed away Friday, October 17, 2014 at Fannin Regional Hospital Mrs. Davenport was born January 13, 1926 in Fannin County GA to the late Robert D. Kirby and the late Pauline Stephens Kirby. She was a member of Morganton Baptist Church, avid Atlanta Braves Fan, enjoyed playing Rook, fishing and being a...

Betty Thomas Mann

Betty Thomas Mann

Oct 16, 2014

Mrs. Betty E. Mann, age 90 of Blue Ridge, passed away October 15, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Mann was born July 23, 1924 in Chattanooga, TN to the late Joseph Parker Thomas and the late Emily Pearl Daugharty Thomas. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of McCaysville and she attended the Harbor Ministries. In addition to...

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