Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Oct 16, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mr. Raymond Leroy Kelly, age 91, of Hiawassee, who passed away Thursday, October 16, 2014 in Chatuge Regional Nursing Home in Hiawassee.Mr. Kelly was born on June 27, 1923, in Harris, North Carolina, a son of the late Martin Lee Kelly and the late Florence Mae Stephens Kelly. Mr. Kelly was...

Oct 12, 2014

Donald Anders Postell, 83, died October 12, 2014 at Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home. He was born January 10, 1931 in Gaston County, son of the late Samuel Luther and Clara Derreberry Postell. Donald served in the United States Marine Corps from 1954-1958. He was a Gastonia police officer and a machinist by trade. Playing guitar for many years, Donald...

Oct 12, 2014

The Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Daryl Lee Brown, age 56 of Blairsville who passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2014.Daryl was born on March 10, 1958 to Ted and Myrna Brown. With Daryl's birth, they had a son who caused a lot of adventures in their lives! He grew up in Hillsdale,...

Oct 12, 2014

Mrs. Rena Burgess Weeks, age 96 of Decatur, GA passed away October 12, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Weeks was born August 12, 1918 in Woodland, AL, to the late Homer Clayton Burgess and the late Julia Waters Burgess. She was of the Methodist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Howard L. Weeks, Sr. Survivors...

Oct 12, 2014

Mr. Fred Power Graham, age 84 of Mc Caysville, passed away October 12, 2014 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Graham was born May 31, 1930 in Pittsburg, PA .Fred Graham is survived by his wife, Peggy McGeary Graham, his daughter, Sandra Johnson of Las Vegas, Nevada, his son David Graham of Dallas, Texas and his sister Patricia Hayes Smith of...

Oct 12, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mrs. Dorothy "Dot" A. Hurt, a resident of Stonehenge, Blairsville, Georgia, who passed peacefully on Sunday, October 12, 2014. The family wishes to express their heartfelt appreciation to those who care for Dot during her stay at Stonehenge.Dot, the daughter of Bill and Esther Ammons and one of ten...

Oct 11, 2014

Mr. Carl Newton Baker, age 82, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at his home.Mr. Baker was born in Hampshire, Illinois, on August 30, 1932, a son of the late Bernerd Baker and the late Mildred Meachum Baker. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and went on to work for IBM Corporation for...

Oct 9, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. S.R. "Buster" Abercrombie, age 82, of Blairsville, who passed away Thursday, October 9, 2014 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.Mr. Abercrombie was born in Morganton, Georgia, on February 5, 1932, a son of the late Spurlin Abercrombie and the late Faye Cox Abercrombie. Mr. Abercrombie moved to Marietta, Georgia, where...

Oct 9, 2014

Mr. William Clinton Hayes, age 69 of Murphy, passed away Thursday, October 9, 2014, at Murphy Medical Center. Mr. Hayes was born October 1, 1945, in Murphy, NC to the late Raymond and Nina Mashburn Hayes. He was a member of Unaka Baptist Church for 30 years and had served as a deacon since 1995. Mr. Hayes served his church...

Oct 8, 2014

Mr. Harold Clyde Flowers, Jr. age 84 of Morganton, passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at the Pruitt Health Nursing Home in Blue Ridge. Mr. Flowers was born March 20, 1930 in Greenville, SC to the late Harold Clyde Flowers Sr. and the late Sara Saxon Flowers. Harold was a member of the Tri-State Christian Center Church. He was a...

Oct 6, 2014