Obituaries

Mar 28, 2008

Naomi Jones, age 87 of Morganton, GA, passed away Friday, March 28, 2008 at the Union General Hospital. Naomi was born Sunday, December 12, 1920 in Cherokee County Ga. to the late Columbus Gene Jones and the late Nora Bruce Jones. She was a member of Liberty Hill Methodist Church for seventy six years. Naomi was active at the Fannin...

Mar 27, 2008

Eddie Mae Bell Smith, age 86 of Morganton, GA, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Kennestone Hospital. Mae Bell was born Friday, December 30, 1921 to the late John Edmond Elrod and the late Bertha Gerdie Walden Elrod. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, enjoyed gardening, her flowers, and feeding the birds. She was preceded in...

Mar 27, 2008

Merrill Loraine Corn, age 87 of Andrews, NC. passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Valley View Care Center. Corn was born Friday, August 20, 1920 in Swain County, NC. to the late Harley Grant and the late Grace Lee Grant. Merrill Attended Mountain View Baptist Church and she enjoyed working in her garden. Survivors include: son, Harold Cross of...

Mar 27, 2008

Clarence Cecil Ingram, age 72 of Warne, NC, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008 at his home. Cecil was born Tuesday, January 14, 1936 in Towns County Georgia to the late Fred Ingram and the late Stella Earley Ingram. He was a member of West Union Baptist Church and the owner of Ingram Construction Company he enjoyed operating heavy equipment....

Mar 27, 2008

Charlain Lowry Craciun, age 62 of Hiawassee, GA, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008 at her residence. Charlain was born Sunday, October 21, 1945 in Fulton County, Georgia to Zelma Dixon Petty of Monroe, GA and the late Charles Petty. She was a member of Clarkston United Methodist Church and The Eastern Star. Survivors, including her mother, are her sons,...

Mar 25, 2008

Mrs. Demmervel Stephens Lovvorn age 94 of Murphy, North Carolina formerly of Bowdon, Georgia died Tuesday, March 25, 2008. She was born October 30, 1913 the daughter of the late Charlie and Etta Stephens. She was a Retired Teacher and Counselor at Bowdon High School and was a member of the Bowdon Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she...

Mar 24, 2008

Ruby Lee Kimsey, age 76, of Ducktown, TN, passed away Monday, March 24, 2008 at Copper Basin Medical Center. Mrs. Kimsey was born Friday, July 31, 1931 in Cherokee County , NC to the late William "Shafter" Swanson and the late Stella Early Swanson. Ruby was preceded in death by her husand, Owen Kimsey, sons, Ray Evans and Arlan Evans,...

Mar 23, 2008

Genevieve Clapp, age of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed away Sunday, March 23, 2008 at the Hernando -Pasco Hospice Citrus Care Center in Inverness, Florida . Clapp was born in Cleveland, Ohio on April 27, 1930 to the late John and Jean (Rhody) Gerbasi. She was a homemaker and Presbyterian by faith. She enjoyed ceramics and raising roses , She was...

Mar 22, 2008

Mr. William Donald Langlois, age 72 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2008 at Union General Hospital. Mr. Langlois was born Thursday, September 12, 1935 in Providence Co., RI to the late Donald Langlois and the late Estelle Chapderlain Langlois. Survivors include: wife, Dolores Langlois of Blairsville, GA, daughter & son-in-law, Kathy & Jesse Trout of Simpsonville, SC,...

Mar 22, 2008

Mar 21, 2008

Mr. John Delbert Pierce, age 88, of Port Arthur, TX, passed away Friday, March 21, 2008 at the Gulf Health Care. Mr. Pierce was born Saturday, June 28, 1919 in Lavonia, Georgia to the late Martin Pierce and the late Artie James. John was of the christian faith and U.S. Navy Veteran serving in WWII. He was preceded in death...

Mar 21, 2008

Ronald McQueen Coleman, age 65 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Friday, March 21, 2008 at his home. Coleman was born Monday, June 29, 1942 in Winston-Salem, NC to the late Wallace McQueen Coleman and the late Mary Turner Coleman. He was a graduate of Avondale High School Class of 1960. He had been a resident of Union County for the...

Mar 21, 2008

Vivienne Joy Seaver, age 63 of Murphy, passed away Friday, March 21, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Seaver was born Wednesday, December 27, 1944 in Durham England to Richard and Janet White Harms. She was a avid gardener, artist, bird watcher and had an enthusiastic interest for fishing. She was preceded in death by husbands Graham Metcalfe and Bob Seaver....

Mar 18, 2008

Samuel Smith, age 55 of Mineral Bluff, GA, entered into rest on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Smith was born Sunday, April 6, 1952 in Monroe LA. to the late Versey Smith and the late Myrtle Avance Smith. Smith was a member of World Harvest Church North in Blairsville, Ga., he was a journeyman carpenter, member of...

Mar 18, 2008

Barbara Ryder Bayrouty, age 69 born in Newton,, Mass. passed to her rest on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by her father, Russell Ryder. She was a member of Seventh-day Adventist church. She loved flowers, gardening, and crocheting. Survivors include: . Her husband of 24 years, Philip Bayrouty of Mineral Bluff,...

Mar 17, 2008

The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death of Mrs. Mary Rogers Seabolt, age 48 of Blairsville, who passed away Monday, March 17, 2008. Mrs. Seabolt was a lifelong resident of Fannin and Union Counties and was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She was preceeded in death by her father, Talmadge Rogers, brother, Frank Henry Rogers...

Mar 15, 2008

Vergie Lee Galloway, age 85 of Morganton, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Kindred Hospital in Chattanooga. Vergie was born Tuesday, December 5, 1922 in Fannin Co. Ga. to the late George and the late Laura Della Grant Collins. She was a member of the Concord Baptist Church. She enjoyed working in her flowers, gardening, quilting and crocheting. She...

Mar 14, 2008

Jason Ray Byrd, age 32 of Blue Ridge, passed away Friday, March 14, 2008 at his home. Jason was born Monday, February 9, 1976 in Hamilton County Ohio. He attended Highland Baptist Church, loved music, bowling and shooting pool., He was preceded in death by his mother Bonnie Byrd.. Survivors include: Aunt & uncle, Shirley & Lonnie Martin of Blue...

Mar 14, 2008

Grace Rebecca Mason, age 88, of Ducktown, TN, passed away Friday, March 14, 2008 at Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Mrs. Mason was born Tuesday, April 1, 1919 in Blount Co.,TN. to the late Beecher Rutherford and the late Dora Cooley Rutherford. She was an active member of Mine City Baptist Church she worked with WMU, Operation Christmas Child,...

Mar 13, 2008

Mrs. Beatrice Anagnostis, age 87 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2008 at Clay County Care Center. Mrs. Anagnostis was born Friday, May 21, 1920 in Union County to the late Otis and Carrie Gaddis Brackett. She had lived and worked in Atlanta for a number of years before moving back to Blairsville in 1972. Mrs. Anagnostis was...