Obituaries
Dorothy Elizabeth Franklin (Ralston)
Mar 30, 2013
Dorothy Elizabeth Ralston Hartness Franklin departed her earthly life on Saturday, March 30, 2013. On October 23, 1919, she was the first born of eight children to Lee Washington and Mary Elizabeth Postelle Ralston. Her birth was at the home of her grandparents located at Wilscot, GA. Dorothy (called Dot, Dottie by family and friends, “Little Lizzie” by her grandfather,...
Robert Vernon Mourer
Mar 30, 2013
Robert "Bob" Vernon Mourer, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2013 at Stonehenge Assisted Living facility in Blairsville, GA. Bob was born September 30, 1924 in Warren County, Indiana, the second son of Harold and Bessie (Greenwood) Mourer. Bob graduated from Williamsport High School in 1942. After graduating he completed two quarters of pre-engineering studies at Central Normal College in Danville...
Montine Tatum Lowury (Tatum)
Mar 30, 2013
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mrs. Montine Tatum Lowury, age 92 years, of Hiawassee, Georgia, who passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at her home.Mrs. Lowury was born in Sautee, Georgia, on January 6, 1921, a daughter of the late Irennes Amelico Tatum and Nettie Elizabeth Wilbanks Tatum. She was a homemaker and had been...
Edmond G. ""Bud"" Adams
Mar 29, 2013
Edmond G. Adams, known to many as Bud, was 73 years old and died at home of an extended illness on Friday, March 29th, 2013. He was originally from Warren, Ohio, but had lived in Florida most of his life and had retired to the Blairsville area 10 years ago. He is survived by his wife, Lois; two daughters and...
Kathryn Fockler Sawyers
Mar 29, 2013
Kathryn Fockler Sawyers, 90 years of age, of Murphy, North Carolina, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville, Georgia.All services were held in West Virginia, with burial in Middlebourne Cemetery. Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of local arrangements, and Myers Funeral Home of Sistersville, West Virginia was in charge of arrangements...
Reba Lee Long (Cochran)
Mar 28, 2013
Mrs. Reba Lee Long, age 86 of Blue Ridge, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the Fannin Regional Hospital. Mrs. Long was born March 1, 1927 in McCaysville, GA to the late Rev. Henry and Rosie Beavers Cochran. A member of the Glen Hope Baptist Church, she enjoyed flowers and gardening in her spare time, also canning and freezing...
Helen Aultman
Mar 28, 2013
Helen Aultman, age 96 of Blue Ridge, passed away March 28, 2013 at Heritage Healthcare. Funeral services will take place at a later date in Cordele, Georgia. She will be laid to rest at Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele, GA.Arrangements were entrusted to the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge, GA. and Hughes & Wright Funeral Home of Cordele, GA You...
Katherine Dudding
Mar 28, 2013
Katherine E. Dudding, age 100, member of Humphrey Memorial MethodistChurch, native and long time resident of Charleston, West Virginia, passedaway on March 28th, 2013 at Heritage Healthcare in Blue Ridge, Georgia.Born in Charleston, West Virginia in 1912, she was the loving wife of the late ErnestS. Dudding. She was also the sister of the late Earl Walls of California,and the...
Beatrice Thelma Thomas (Dillard)
Mar 26, 2013
Mrs. Beatrice Thelma Thomas, age 89 of Canton, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at the Heritage Hospice Facility in Marietta, GA. Mrs. Thomas was born October 25, 1923 in West Virginia to the late Joseph and Amanda Ross Dillard. A member of the Hemptown Baptist Church and the Morganton Eastern Star, she was preceded in death by husband, Gilbert...
Ruth Keenum (Ledford)
Mar 24, 2013
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Lucille Keenum, age 86, of Blairsville, who passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2013 in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.Mrs. Keenum was born in Ranger, North Carolina, on July 31, 1926, a daughter of the late Joe Ledford and Mae McDonald Ledford. She was an LPN and had...
Phyllis Craig
Mar 23, 2013
Mrs. Phyllis Foster Craig, age 83, Cherokee Hills community, in Copperhill TN, passed away Sunday, March 23, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Craig was born Saturday, July 26, 1924 in Verda, KY to the late Rev. Org Foster and the late Montine Stuman Foster. Phyllis was a member of First Baptist Church of McCaysville/Copperhill, she enjoyed square dancing, and was...
Carolyn Joyce Gilliam
Mar 23, 2013
Mrs. Carolyn Joyce Gilliam, age 75 of Woodstock, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Piedmont Hospital. MrsGilliam was born March 19, 1938 in Sylacauga, AL to the late J. B. Nickless and Sarah Louse Wilson Nickless.Survivors include: husband, Don Gilliam, daughter, Brenda Carter, daughter, Tracey (Rickie) Davis, son, Richard (Janet) Armstrong, grandchilren, Heather Carter, Alyson Carter, Adam Armstrong and...
Phyllis Craig
Mar 23, 2013
Mrs. Phyllis Foster Craig, age 83, Cherokee Hills community, in Copperhill TN, passed away Sunday, March 23, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Craig was born Saturday, July 26, 1924 in Verda, KY to the late Rev. Org Foster and the late Montine Stuman Foster. Phyllis was a member of First Baptist Church of McCaysville/Copperhill, she enjoyed square dancing, and was...
Faye Hamby
Mar 22, 2013
Mrs. Faye Hamby age 82, of Snellville, Ga, passed away Friday evening. She was born March 11, 1931 to the late, Marion and Ozella Guthrie Hamby.Survivors, daughter, Joyce GarnerInternment will be Monday, March 25, 2013 at 11:00AM at the River Hill Cemetery.Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home.
Jackie Young Collis
Mar 22, 2013
Mr. Jackie Young Collis, age 70 of Mineral Bluff, passed away March 22, 2013 at Heritage Healthcare. Mr. Collis was born June 11, 1942 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Howard W. Collis & the late Blanche M. Queen Collis. A member of New River Baptist Church.Survivors include: sister, Ruby (Erith) Rhodes, sister, Peggy (James) Hickey and sister Jennett...
Nona Gaye Scearce
Mar 21, 2013
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Nona Gaye Scearce, age 78 who passed away on Thursday morning, March 21, 2013 at Union County Nursing Home. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, March 29, 2013 from the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on...
Jack Brower
Mar 20, 2013
The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Jack B. Brower died March 20, 2013 just days before his 91st birthday at his home near Blairsville, Ga.He was born in Peru, Indiana and spent most of his life in Marion, Indiana. He was son of the late Floyd and Dulcia Brower. He was also preceded...
Winston R. Stewart
Mar 19, 2013
Mr. Winston R. Stewart, age 84 of Morganton, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at his home. Mr. Stewart was born September 29, 1928 in Morganton, GA to the late John and Myrtle Cochran Stewart. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by wife, Ruby Moore Stewart, brothers, Johnny Stewart, and Arvil Stewart, sisters, Edith Hyde, Eddith...
Ralph Kimsey ""Kim"" Campbell,
Mar 17, 2013
Mr. Ralph Kimsey Campbell, “Kim”, 95, of Ducktown, Tennessee passed away Sunday, March 17th 2013. He was born November 11, 1917. He was the oldest of six children born to Hoyt and Pauline Kimsey Campbell, who were a well-known family in the Copper Basin area. Kim was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Martin, Lynn and William...
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