Obituaries

Steve Moore

Steve Moore

May 17, 2014

Mr. Steve Moore, age 60 of Morganton, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014. Mr. Moore was born July 10, 1954 in Maryville, TN to the late Scott Moore and Jean Prince Moore. A member of Morganton Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by father, Scott Moore.Survivors include: wife, Melanie Rodgers, mother, Jean Moore, daughter, Cayce Moore, sister, Nancy Moore,...

Elven Delano Hensley

Elven Delano Hensley

May 16, 2014

Rev. Elven Delano Hensley, age 91 of Morganton, passed away May 16, 2014 at The Laurels of GreenTree Ridge, in Asheville, NC. Hensley was born November 13, 1922 in Trenton, TN to the late George Delano Hensley and the late Hettie Willis Hensley. A member of Blue Ridge First Baptist Church. He was a minister and pastored for forty three...

Jennie Myrtle Lawson

Jennie Myrtle Lawson

May 9, 2014

Mrs. Jennie Myrtle Lawson, age 91 of Blue Ridge, passed away Friday, May 9, 2014 at the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mrs. Lawson was born November 25, 1922 in Dothan, AL to the late Grover C. Lewis and the late Lenora Outlaw Lewis. Coming from a family of nine, she was preceded in death by nearly all of...

Jackie Ann Jones

Jackie Ann Jones

May 9, 2014

Mrs. Jackie Ann Jones, age 69 of Buckhead, passed away May 9, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Jones was born July 2, 1944 in Canton, GA to the late Carl Jack McClelland and the late Elizabeth Morris McClelland. Survivors include her loving husband, George F. Jones Sr., son, James Steven Jones, daughter, Micki (James) Warbington, son, George (Charlotte) Jones Jr.,...

Joan Maynard Compana

Joan Maynard Compana

May 9, 2014

Mrs. Joan Maynard Compana, age 72 of Blairsville, passed away May 9, 2014 at Wellstar Community Hospice Tranquility. Mrs. Compana was born in Clacton-on-Sea, England to the late Gordon Maynard and the late Sybil Heath Maynard. She was a member of the Liberty Hill United Methodist Church. Joan married the love of her life, Dominic, in England in 1958 and...

Marie Lovell Underwood

Marie Lovell Underwood

May 7, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mrs. Marie Lovell Underwood, age 75, of Hiawassee, Georgia, who passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on May 7, 2014. She was born on November 8, 1938 to the late Leila Jane (Stephens) Lovell and Verdie Roosevelt Lovell of Blairsville, Georgia. She is preceded in death by her beloved...

Louvendia Sue Weaver

Louvendia Sue Weaver

May 7, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Louvendia Sue Weaver, age 48, of Blairsville, who went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Louvendia was born on December 18, 1965, a daughter of Audrey Deyton and the late Ruby Deyton. She was a homemaker and had been a lifelong resident of Blairsville. A...

Regina Foster Patterson

Regina Foster Patterson

May 6, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mrs. Regina Carrie Patterson, age 87 who passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2014.She will be lovingly remembered by all who knew her, but especially missed by her family: son & daughter-in-law, Michael and Elaine Patterson; grandchildren, Jason Patterson and Tanya Brown; great grandchildren, Cobey, Alden & Hannah Patterson and Harley...

George Harold King

George Harold King

May 5, 2014

Mr. George Harold King, age 78 of Blairsville, passed away Monday, May 5, 2014 at Union General Hospital. He was born October 15, 1935 in Cobb County Georgia. He was the son of the late Kenneth Lester King and the late Ruby Clair Hemphill King. He was a veteran serving as Master Sergeant in the Air National Guard at Dobbins...

Eileen Francis Link

Eileen Francis Link

May 4, 2014

.Eileen Francis Link, 82, of Athens Georgia, died Sunday May 4th 2014.She was born to the late William and Emily O'Keeffe, March 24th 1932, in the Bronx, New York. She married her loving and devoted husband Robert E. Link, Jr. in 1954 and they lived together in Great Neck and Oyster Bay, NY, before relocating to Athens GA in 2012.The...

Naomi Harris Nordhielm

Naomi Harris Nordhielm

May 2, 2014

Naomi Harris was born in a tiny house on West North Street in Galesburg, Illinois on May 29, 1925. Sixteen years later she was, according to a completely unbiased witness, "the prettiest girl on the floor" at a YMCA dance. She married that unbiased witness just before he traveled across the Pacific to fight in a war. She stayed married...

Hoyt Mull

Hoyt Mull

May 2, 2014

Mr. Hoyt Mull, age 79 of Blue Ridge, passed away May 2, 2014 at Union Co. Nursing Home.. Mr. Mull was born June 28, 1934 in Copperhill, TN to the late Cliff Mull and the late Mae Hurst Mull. He served in the U.S. Army and was preceded in death by father, Cliff Mull and mother, Mae Mull.Survivors include: daughter,...

Clint A. Deal

Clint A. Deal

Apr 30, 2014

Mr. Clint A."Brackett" Deal, Sr, .age 84, of Turtletown, TN, passed away April 30, 2014 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. He was born March 3, 1930, in Polk Co, TN to the late Bunyon Harley Deal Sr., and the late Blanch Cole Deal. He also was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Juanita Postelle Deal, son, Earl...

Emma Lou Dockery HIll

Emma Lou Dockery HIll

Apr 29, 2014

Mrs. Emma Lou Dockery Hill, age 76 of Murphy, passed away April 29, 2014 at the Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home. Mrs. Hill was born May 10, 1937 in Murphy, NC to the late Boyd McDonald and the late Addie Coleman McDonald. She was a member of the Hiawassee Baptist Church.Survivors include: son, Jack Edwin Dockery, son and daughter-in-law, Tony...

Klaus Joseph Beier

Klaus Joseph Beier

Apr 27, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Klaus Joseph Beier, age 91, of Blairsville, who passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at his home.Mr. Beier was born in Hamburg, Germany, on February 28, 1923, a son of the late Wilhelm Beier and the late Augusta Henning Beier. He is survived by his wife, Marga;...

Evelyn Jarvis Greene

Evelyn Jarvis Greene

Apr 26, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death of Mrs. Evelyn Jarvis Greene, age 92, of Blairsville, who passed away Saturday, April 26, 2014 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.Mrs. Evelyn Jarvis Greene passed away at home on Saturday, April 26, 2014. Born in Chicago, IL, in 1921, Evelyn graduated from Beloit College in 1943 and married Joseph Nathan Greene....

Lana Diane Thomason

Lana Diane Thomason

Apr 26, 2014

Mrs. Lana Diane Thomason passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2014, with her loving husband and son at her side. Diane was born on November 24, 1948 in Gordon County, GA to Eunice and A.D. Carney. She was a member of the Butternut Creek Ladies Golf Association of Blairsville, GA, and the Morning Glory Circle of the First United Methodist...

Carl Edward Foerster

Carl Edward Foerster

Apr 24, 2014

Mr. Carl Edward Foerster, age 93 of Marble, passed away April 24, 2014 at the Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home. You may contact the family for service information.Arrangements entrusted to the Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy, NC. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.

Genevieve Esperanza Rose

Genevieve Esperanza Rose

Apr 24, 2014

Mrs. Genevieve Esperanza Rose, age 94 of Murphy, passed away April 24, 2014 at the Murphy Medical Center. Mrs. Rose was born September 24, 1919 in Tampa, FL to the late William M. Hope and the late Anna Kight Hope. There are no services planned at this time.Arrangements entrusted to the Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy, NC. You may send...

D. W. Jenkins

D. W. Jenkins

Apr 24, 2014

D. W. Jenkins was born in Culberson, NC on September 3, 1938 to the late Winslow and the late Hettie Jenkins.In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by brothers, Winfred, Paul, Elmer, Hoyt, Dave, James and Hubert; and his two sisters, Jewerline Jenkins and Thelma Garland.He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Mary Jenkins; two...