Obituaries

Opal Leona Campbell

Opal Leona Campbell

Feb 20, 2014

Mrs. Opal Leona Campbell, age 87 of Blairsville, passed away February 20, 2014 at Heritage Health Care of Blue Ridge. Mrs. Campbell was born October 12, 1926 in Robinson, IL to the late Pearl McNabb and the late Carrie Patridge McNabb. A member of the Catholic faith. She loved quilting and spending time with her family. She was preceded in...

Doris "Beverly" Barnes

Doris "Beverly" Barnes

Feb 20, 2014

Mrs. Doris "Beverly" Barnes, age 67 of Blue Ridge, passed away February 20, 2014 at the Union General Hospital. Beverly was born May 4, 1946 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Coleman Breeden and Polly Taylor Breeden. A member of the New Prospect Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by one son, Duane Neal. She was a loving...

Ruth T. Cash Patterson

Ruth T. Cash Patterson

Feb 19, 2014

Mrs. Ruth T. Cash Patterson, age 87, of Copperhill, TN, passed away February 19, 2014 at the Copper Basin Medical Center. Mrs. Patterson was born April 6, 1926 in Fannin County, GA to the late James William Trammell and the late Emma Mae Sisson Trammell. Ruth was a member of the Kingtown Baptist Church in McCaysville. She was preceded in...

Ralph Holland Jones

Ralph Holland Jones

Feb 19, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Ralph Holland Jones, age 79, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at Union General Hospital.Ralph was born June 9, 1934 in Essex, Missouri. He proudly attended Missouri Rolla School of Mines and earned a commission in the United States Army serving in the Army Corps. of Engineers....

Betty Butt

Betty Butt

Feb 18, 2014

Betty Ann Davidson Butt passed away on Tuesday morning, February 18, 2014 at the age of 75 at Chatuge Regional Hospital after a short illness. She had been a resident of the Hayesville House in Hayesville, NC for the past 2.5 years. Betty was born on January 15, 1939 in the BellView Community of Cherokee County, NC to Grady and...

Ray Anthony Ritchie

Ray Anthony Ritchie

Feb 17, 2014

Ray Anthony Ritchie, age 51 of Mineral Bluff, passed away February 17, 2014 at his home. Ray was born October 31, 1962 in Copperhill, TN to James Ritchie and Wanda Sue Millsaps. He is a member of the McCaysville Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lynn Dean Ritchie.Survivors include: parents, James and Wanda Sue Ritchie,...

Wayne Guffey

Wayne Guffey

Feb 17, 2014

Wayne Guffey, Sr., of Young Harris, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014 at his home. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 20, 2014 from Laurel Hills Memory Gardens.

Kevin Bruce Humphries

Kevin Bruce Humphries

Feb 17, 2014

Mr. Kevin Bruce Humphries, age 63 of Marble, passed away February 17, 2014. Mr. Humphries was born September 19, 1950 in NY to the late Harold Edward Humphries and the late Loraine Weckerle Humphries. Mr. Humphries worked at Moog and was a former auto mechanic and contractor. He loved to building houses and enjoyed taken care of four cats that...

Wesley Aman

Wesley Aman

Feb 16, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces memorial services for Mr. Wesley Gilbert "Wes" Aman, age 78, of Blairsville, who passed away Sunday, February 16, 2014, at his home.Wes was born in Tampa, Florida on December 13, 1935, a son of the late Ralph Aman and Gladys Purvis Aman. Wes was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He and his wife...

Emory Rudolph (Rudy) Patton

Emory Rudolph (Rudy) Patton

Feb 14, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death of Dr. Emory Rudolph (Rudy) Patton, 66, who died on Friday, February 14, 2014, in Hiawassee, Georgia, after a long illness. He is survived by his loving wife, Melinda and their two children, Steve Patton and Rachel Rutledge, and their spouses, Paige Patton and Ronnie Rutledge; three adoring grandchildren: Lindsay, Stephanie, and...

Howard Alan Johnson

Howard Alan Johnson

Feb 14, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy announces funeral services for Mr. Howard Alan Johnson, age 59, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away Friday, February 14, 2014, at the Union County Nursing Home. Alan was born on July 16, 1954 to Howard Willard Johnson and Mary Couch Johnson. He was preceded in death by his father and brother Gary Willard Johnson. He...

Herman Earl Parton

Herman Earl Parton

Feb 11, 2014

Mr. Herman Earl Parton, age 83 of Hiawassee, passed away February 11, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Parton was born September 25, 1930 in Hiawassee, GA to Ernest and Hattie Arrowood Parton. Herman owned chicken houses for most of his early years. He also worked for Colonial Mobile Homes and the Western Auto in Hiawassee. He later retired...

Juanita Rich Fair

Juanita Rich Fair

Feb 11, 2014

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Juanita Rich Fair, age 84, native and lifelong resident of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.Mrs. Fair was born in Blairsville on March 14, 1929, a daughter of the late Elbert Rich and Bonnie Jackson Rich. She was...

Jeremy James DeWitt

Jeremy James DeWitt

Feb 10, 2014

Mr. Jeremy James DeWitt, age 35, of Ducktown, TN, passed away February 10, 2014 at the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Jeremy was born March 26, 1978 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Charles DeWitt and Denise DeWitt Nicholson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by grandparents, Kemp and Joyce O'Neal, and grandmother, Shirley DeWitt....

Sarah Shelton Williamson

Sarah Shelton Williamson

Feb 9, 2014

Mrs. Sara Shelton Williamson, age 86 of Ducktown, passed away Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Mrs. Williamson was born May 24, 1927 in Copperhill, TN to the late Fred Shelton and the late Imah Jones Shelton. A member of First United Methodist Church of Copperhill, she was preceded in death by parents & all...

Ronnie Lynn Porter

Ronnie Lynn Porter

Feb 8, 2014

Mr. Ronnie Lynn Porter, Jr., age 36 of Woodstock, passed away February 8, 2014. Mr. Porter was born March 26, 1977 in Decatur, GA to Ronnie Lynn Porter Sr. and the late Margaret Lynn Russell Porter. He was a loving husband and father. He was preceded in death by mother, Margaret Lynn Alley.Survivors include: wife, Alicia Porter, daughter, Alyssa Porter,...

Debra Jane Wise

Debra Jane Wise

Feb 8, 2014

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Earnest Parmer

Earnest Parmer

Feb 7, 2014

Mr. Earnest Wayne Parmer, age 64 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Parmer was born March 16, 1949 in, Guntersville, AL to the late Curtis Parmer and the late Inez Lillian Maze Parmer. After graduating EMT school at Calhoun Community College in Huntsville, AL, he enlisted in the...

Louis Palladino

Louis Palladino

Feb 6, 2014

Mr. Louis Palladino, age 73 of Murphy, passed away February 6, 2014 at his residents. Mr. Palladino was born June 18, 1940 in Long Island, NY to the late Luigi Palladino and the late Rosalee Borzello Palladino. He was a retired Miami Dade County Fire Fighter and U.S.Army veteran. He was preceded in death by father, Luigi Palladino, mother, Rosalee...

Burton Daniel Cathell

Burton Daniel Cathell

Feb 5, 2014

Burton Daniel Cathell, age 95, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2014 in his home after an extended illness. He was born on May 22, 1918 in Showell, Maryland, to Melissa (Davis) Cathell and Harry Cathell. He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Carolyn (Palmer) Cathell in 2008. He is survived by his children,...