Obituaries

Gerald Dan Mcgaha

Gerald Dan Mcgaha

May 22, 2010

Mr. Gerald Dan McGaha Sr., age 74, of Young Harris, Georgia, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2010 at his home. Gerald was born in Towns County, Georgia, to the late Dock and the late Nellie Tatham McGaha. He was a veteren of the U.S. Navy, and had lived all his life in this area. He worked in electrical construction. Gerald...

Samuel Starr

Samuel Starr

May 21, 2010

Mr. Starr was born May 7, 1933 in Mansfield, GA to the late Elijah W. Starr and the late Pauline Hays Starr. He graduated from Forest Park High School in 1950. He served in the United States Army before going to work for Delta Airlines where he was a mechanical engineer until his retirement with 41 years of service. He...

Marie Abercrombie

Marie Abercrombie

May 18, 2010

Mrs. Marie Dollie Abercrombie, age 82 of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Mrs. Abercrombie was born in Mineral Bluff., GA to William Harley Dillard and Nellie Woffard Dillard. She was a member of Toccoa Baptist Church. Survivors include: husband, Venson Lee Abercrombie, daughter & son-in-law, Patricia & Roy Fields, son & daughter-in-law, Howard & Linda Abercrombie,...

Dorothy Mitchell

Dorothy Mitchell

May 15, 2010

Dorothy Mitchell, age 92 of Blue Ridge, Drive passed away Saturday May 15, 2010. She was born in Fannin County, GA May 5, 1918 to the late Juan Thomas and Letha Dillinger Thomas. She was a member of Copperhill First United Methodist Church and had been a member of Beulah Chapter Twenty One Order of Eastern Star for over 50...

Helen Ruth Daves

Helen Ruth Daves

May 15, 2010

Mrs.Helen Ruth Daves, age 80, of McCaysville, GA passed away Saturday, May 15, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Daves was born July 29, 1929 in Fannin County, to Charles & Mertice Querry Jones, and she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Epworth. She loved cooking, sewing, quitling. Survivors include: sons and daughters-in-law, Eddie & Norma Daves of...

Mary Ruth Griggs

Mary Ruth Griggs

May 15, 2010

Mary Ruth Griggs, age 74 of Andrews, NC, passed away Saturday, May 15, 2010 at her residence. Mary Ruth was born September 28, 1935 in Cherokee County, NC to the late Grayson and Cordie Blaylock Parker. She was a member of Valley River Baptist Church. Survivors include: son & daughter-in-law, Joseph Lynn & Jan Griggs of Murphy, NC, daughter &...

Skip S. Mulkey

Skip S. Mulkey

May 15, 2010

Skip S. Mulkey, age 41 of Murphy, NC passed away Saturday, May 15, 2010 at Mission Hospital. Skip was born January 26, 1969 in Cherokee County to Steve Walter Mulkey and the late Joyce Mulkey of Warne, NC. He attended First Baptist Church and Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church of Murphy. Skip was an Investigator for Clay County Sherriff?s Department and...

William "bill" Picon

William "bill" Picon

May 15, 2010

William "Bill" Picon, age 61 of Murphy, NC, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, May 15, 2010. Mr. Picon was born September 10, 1948 in Browns Mills, New Jersey, the son of the late William George and Anna Navas Picon. Mr. Picon was of the Christian Faith and had served as Praise and...

Geraldine Plott Spiva

Geraldine Plott Spiva

May 14, 2010

Geraldine Plott Spiva, age 80 of Blairsville, GA passed away Friday, May 14, 2010 at her residence. Geraldine was born June 5, 1929 in Blairsville, GA to the late Claude and Flossie Owenby Plott. She was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church and was preceded in death by husband, W.C. Clyde Spiva, two brothers and five sisters. Survivors include: daughter...

Judith "judy" Buchanan

Judith "judy" Buchanan

May 14, 2010

Mrs. Judith Faye Buchanan, age 67 of Copperhill, TN, passed away at her Residence. Mrs. Buchanan was born in Fannin , GA toWilliam Ernest and Ruth Naomi Ledford Davis. She was a member of the Copperhill Church of God. Judy loved her family and enjoyed working in her home. Survivors include: husband, Glen Buchanan of the home; daughter & husband,...

Pauline Foster

Pauline Foster

May 13, 2010

Ms.Pauline Foster, age 84, of Epworth, GA, passed away at Copper Basin Medical Center, Thursday, May 13, 2010. Survivors include: daughter, Nancy Foster, son, David Foster, son, Danny Foster. Funeral services: Finch-Cochran Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, May 14, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. Interment is in Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation with family and friends will be Friday evening from...

Bertha Mae Owenby Stalcup

Bertha Mae Owenby Stalcup

May 11, 2010

Mrs. Bertha Mae Owenby Stalcup, age 80 of Murphy, NC, passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at Murphy Medical Center. Mrs. Stalcup was born in Cherokee , NC to the late Edward Pitman Owenby and Mattie Hughes Owenby. She was a member of New Martins Creek Baptist Church. Bertha was a great cook and never let a stranger go hungry....

Deborah Jean Lance Phillips

Deborah Jean Lance Phillips

May 11, 2010

Debbie Jean Lance Phillips, age 55 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at her residence. Debbie was born July 15, 1954 in Ft. Belvoir, VA to Lougene Cheek Lance of Blairsville and the late Charles Lance. She was a member of Blairsville City Council, a secretary for Georgia Boot for many years and coached Rec. girls softball...

Curly Geraldine Mashburn Rosenthal

Curly Geraldine Mashburn Rosenthal

May 11, 2010

Geraldine "Curly" Mashburn Rosenthal, age 61 of Winder, GA passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Rosenthal was born in Fannin Co., GA. on December 7, 1948, the daughter of Lawrence & Vivian Rogers Nicholson She is survived by her spouse, Jack Rosenthal, daughter & son in law, Stacy & Eric Hazelton, son & daughter in law, Chad & Farrah Mashburn,...

Wilma Rose Brown

Wilma Rose Brown

May 8, 2010

Wilma Rose Brown, 95 of Morganton, GA, passed away Saturday, May 8, 2010 at Union County Nursing Home. Wilma was born December 12, 1914 in Young Harris, GA, to the late James Tilman Cheek and Lillie Burrell Cheek. She was a member of Woods Grove Baptist Church and loved gardening. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Roscoe...

James Chatham

James Chatham

May 8, 2010

Mr. James Chatham, age 72, of McCaysville, GA, passed away Tuesday morning, June 8, 2010, at Hospice of Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Chatham was a graduate of Purdue University and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Copperhill. TN. Survivors include: wife, Brenda Chatham; son & wife, Michael & Nina Chatham; son, Douglas Chatham; daughter& husband, Jill &...

Annie Mae Mcconnell Morgan

Annie Mae Mcconnell Morgan

May 7, 2010

Annie Mae McConnell Morgan, 79 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Friday, May 7, 2010 at Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home after a short illness.. She was born March 12, 1931 in Union County, GA and lived there most of her life. She was the daughter of Burley Clifford and Lillie Beaver McConnell and was a member of Oak Grove Baptist...

Glenn Arvil Hyatt

Glenn Arvil Hyatt

May 7, 2010

Glenn Arvil Hyatt, age 86 of Brasstown, NC, passed away Friday, May 7, 2010 at the Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home in Murphy.. Mr. Hyatt was born in Clay County, NC on March 12, 1924 to Charles and Hattie Hampton Hyatt. He was a lifelong resident of the local area and a member of Hickory Stand United Methodist Church in...

James Ronald Oliver

James Ronald Oliver

May 5, 2010

James Ronald Oliver, 61 years old of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2010. He was born July 7, 1948 in Walker, GA the son of James and . He worked as a Truck Driver for many years. Surviving are; wife, Patricia Oliver, daughter, Vida Holbrook, son, Ron Oliver, brother, Tommy Smith, granddaughter, Venice Marie Oliver. Friends will...

Jurl Russell Gilreath

Jurl Russell Gilreath

May 5, 2010

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Jurl Russell Gilreath, age 65, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2010 in Northside Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Gilreath was born in Union County, Georgia, on August 8, 1944, a son of the late Russell Gilreath and the late Bessie Payne Gilreath. He was a...

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