Obituaries
Ramona June Wehunt
Jan 28, 2015
Ramona June Wehunt, age 85 of Epworth, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga. June was born November 29, 1929 in Epworth, GA to the late William Nichols and the late Amanda Turner Nichols. A member of the Tabernacle Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by husband, Oliver Kenneth Wehunt,...
Lonis Dillard
Jan 28, 2015
Mr. Lonis Dillard, age 79 of Blue Ridge, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at his home. He was born April 23, 1935 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Verlin Dillard and the late Sarah Patterson Dillard. He was preceded in death by sister, Cledis Porter. Lonis was a very hard working and honest man, he had been building...
Carter S. Knight
Jan 27, 2015
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces Memorial Services for Mr. Carter S. Knight, age 83, of Blairsville, who passed away peacefully on Tuesday January 27, 2015 at the Union County Nursing Home with is wife and daughter at his side. Carter was born in Marion, Virginia on August 29, 1931 to Josiah M. and Tessie T. Knight. He...
Ruth Bates Laderer
Jan 26, 2015
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death of Mrs. Ruth Bates Laderer, 89, of Hiawassee, Georgia, who passed away on Monday, January 26, 2015 in Chatuge Regional Nursing Home in Hiawassee.Ruth was a native of Montgomery, Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of the late William Fowler Bates and the late Florence Lillian Wood Bates. She was a homemaker, and...
Jimmy Akins
Jan 26, 2015
Jimmy Akins, age 83 of Blairsville, passed away Monday, January 26, 2015 at Erlanger Medical Center. Mr. Akins was born October 24, 1931 in Blairsville, GA to the late Mauney and the late Ruby Thomas Akins. He was a member of Harmony Grove Baptist Church. Jimmy was a Masonry Contractor for many years before his retirement. He laid the brick...
Gerard Talbot O'Brien
Jan 24, 2015
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces graveside services for Mr. Gerard Talbot O'Brien, age 81, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at his home.Graveside services have been scheduled for Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., at Harmony Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, with Mr. O'Brien's son, Rev. Dr. Craig O'Brien officiating. Arrangements have been...
Lou Ellen Stalcup
Jan 24, 2015
Mrs. Lou Ellen Stalcup, age 70 of Murphy, passed away January 24, 2015 at Mission St. Joseph Hospital. Mrs. Stalcup was born July 12, 1944 in Clay Co., NC to the late Deman Cothren and the late Eva Ledford Cothren. She was a member of Little Brasstown Baptist Church. She was a department manager at Walmart for 30 years before...
Bette Jean Stanley
Jan 24, 2015
Mrs. Bette Jean Burnett Stanley, age 75 of Cherrylog, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Union General Hospital. Mrs. Stanley was born April 29, 1939 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Otis Burnett and the late Ruby Miller Burnett. She was of the Baptist Faith, a accomplished seamstress, she enjoyed reading, cooking, loving and spoiling her grandchildren..Survivors include:...
Lou Ellen Stalcup
Jan 24, 2015
Mrs. Lou Ellen Stalcup, age 70 of Murphy, passed away January 24, 2015 at Mission St. Joseph Hospital. Mrs. Stalcup was born July 12, 1944 in Clay Co., NC to the late Deman Cothren and the late Eva Ledford Cothren. She was a member of Little Brasstown Baptist Church. She was a department manager at Walmart for 30 years before...
Leon Howell Reavis
Jan 23, 2015
Leon Howell Reavis, age 87 of Eatonton formally of Blue Ridge, passed away Friday January 23, 2015 at Athens Regional Hospital . Mr. Reavis was born March 29, 1927 in Tonigh, GA to the late James Belton Reavis and the late Fanny Goodrum Reavis. He was a member of Clarkston Masonic Lodge #492 and had retired from Auto Complete Auto...
Frank Dills
Jan 22, 2015
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces Funeral Services for Mr. Frank Dills, age 77 of Hiawassee who passed away on Thursday, January 22, 2015.Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, January 25, 2015 from the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Ledford officiating. Interment will follow in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery with Military Honors...
Betty Jean Stout
Jan 21, 2015
Mrs. Betty Jean Stout, age 84 of Upland, California, passed away January 20, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Stout was born July 1, 1930 in Martinsburg, WV. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Fannin County.Survivors include husband, Lewis A. Stout, daughter, Sandra Stout Wang, son, Dr. Alan Stout, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.Funeral services were...
Lidia Shaw
Jan 20, 2015
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces memorial services for Lidia Morgado Shaw of Hiawassee who passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2015.Lidia was born on May 17, 1932 in Vina Del Mar, Chile. Lidia met and later married a young Naval Chief Petty Officer, Jack Shaw, while he was stationed in Chile. As a Navy wife, she traveled and...
Yvonne C. Whitcombe Resler
Jan 18, 2015
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Yvonne C. Whitcombe Resler, age 85, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2015 in Blairsville.Yvonne was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, on August 27, 1929, a daughter of the late Cecil Whitcombe (Brigadier General Ret.) and the late Evelyn Poulson Whitcombe. Yvonne had lived in...
Kermit Vaughan Wiles
Jan 17, 2015
Mr. Kermit Vaughan Wiles, age 78 of Morganton, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015 at the Wellstar Cobb General Hospital. Mr. Wiles was born June 24, 1936 in Arista, WV to the late Ardle Wiles and the late Myrtle Sizemore Wiles. He was preceded in death by one brother, James Ardle Wiles, and a sister, Sandra Wiles White. Kermit served...
Jeffery Lynn Barnes
Jan 17, 2015
Jeffery Barnes, age 48 of Hiawassee, passed away January 17, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Mr. Barnes was born December 30, 1966 in Young Harris, GA to Van and Lula Bell Barnes. Jeffery was a member of the North Mt. Zion Church of God. He had worked for many years for the Georgia Department of Transportation with...
Betty Killian Holloway
Jan 12, 2015
Mrs. Betty Killian Holloway, age 78, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away on Monday, January 12, 2015 in Guardian Angel Home Care in Winder, Georgia.Mrs. Holloway was born in Blairsville on March 26, 1936, a daughter of the late William A. Killian and the late Thelma Williams Killian. In earlier years, Betty had worked for Singer Sewing Machine, but decided to...
Reba Gwynn Pack
Jan 11, 2015
Mrs. Reba Gwynn Pack, age 84 of Blue Ridge, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Mrs. Pack was born March 18, 1930 in McCaysville, GA to the late N.B. Gwynn, Sr. and the late Erma D Mantooth Gwynn. She attended Temple Baptist Church, enjoyed sewing, quilting and gardening, she was preceded in death by...
Fred Clinton Moore
Jan 11, 2015
The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mr. Fred Clinton Moore, better known as "Clinton", who passed away on January 11, 2015. Almost 95 years old, he was a direct descendant of John C. Moore, the first white man to settle in what is now Clay County, NC. Clinton was born on March 26, 1920,...
Berndt Nordhielm
Jan 11, 2015
Berndt ("Nord") Nordhielm October 3, 1922 - January 11, 2015When he was two years old, Berndt Evald Nordhielm sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Sweden to the United States. You would not have noticed him in the great crowd of immigrants that arrived that year, but he had come to the country where invisible people might suddenly become visible. He...