Obituaries
Johnny Vinson Hooper
Jul 5, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Johnny Vinson Hooper, age 64, of Blairsville, who passed away on Monday, July 5th, 2021 at his home. Mr. Hooper was born in Young Harris, Georgia, a son of the late Vinson Hooper and Betty Jean Conley Hooper. Surviving family members include his mother, Betty Jean Hooper; daughter...
Linda Jane Cook
Jul 5, 2021
Linda Jane Cook (Scheffer), age 72, of Erie, passed away on Monday, July 5, 2021. She was born in McCaysville, GA on July 30, 1948, daughter of the late Charles and Lillian A. Davis Cook.Linda was a well-educated woman, earning a master’s degree from the University of Georgia. She retired from a rewarding and successful career of over 35 years...
Randy Scott Reynolds
Jul 4, 2021
Randy Scott Reynolds, age 65 of Seffner, FL passed away July 4, 2021 in Blue Ridge, GA. Randy was born January 25, 1956 in Gulfport, Mississippi, to the late John H. Reynolds Sr. and the late Eddie Lou Garner Reynolds. Randy grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and attended Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe, Louisiana graduating with a B. S....
Octavies Beavers
Jul 4, 2021
Octavies Beavers Jr., age 94 of Marietta, GA passed away July 4, 2021 in Austell, GA. Mr. Beavers was born January 22, 1927 in McCaysville, GA to the late Octavies Beavers Sr. and the late Dora McDonald Beavers. A veteran of the U.S. Navy and a member of Mt. Paran Church in Atlanta, GA, was preceded in death by his...
William Lute Clema
Jul 3, 2021
William L. Clema, age 81 of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away July 3, 2021 in Dalton, GA. Mr. Clema was born May 3, 1940 in Humboldt, NE to the late Col. Joe A. Clema and the late Sylva K. Clema. A veteran of the United States Army, he attended two years at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, then...
Ethel Florence Schaff
Jun 30, 2021
Ethel Florence Schaff, age 90, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. She was born Ethel Florence Cowles, July 7, 1930, in Spearfish, South Dakota. She moved to Lakeland, Florida in 1961, then to Jensen Beach, Florida in 1996, and finally to Blairsville, Georgia in 2016. Upon her retirement from Cement Products in Lakeland, FL, she relocated...
Cynthia Dash Burmood
Jun 30, 2021
Cynthia Ann Dash Burmood, 81, of Hiawassee, Georgia passed away on June 30, 2021 while in hospice care. A private family service will be held later this summer in Colorado. Cynthia, “Cindy”, was born in Birmingham, AL, grew up in Rocky Ford, CO and raised a family in Largo, FL. Cynthia attended the University of Colorado, started several creative and...
Richard Norrell
Jun 30, 2021
Richard Brooks Norrell, age 84, of Blue Ridge and Atlanta passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at Union General Hospital, Blairsville, GA. Richard was born in Atlanta, graduated from Murphy High School in 1955, entered the Navy, and worked at Lockheed Aircraft, followed by 33 years at Delta Air Lines. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Joyce,...
Jack D. Raper
Jun 27, 2021
Jack Dempsey Raper, age 96, of Copperhill, passed away Sunday morning, June 27, 2021, at Life Care of Copper Basin in Ducktown, TN following several months illness.Mr. Raper was born May 25, 1925, in the Patrick Community of Cherokee County, NC, to the late Martin Thomas Raper and the late Dora Lou Kilpatrick Raper. Jack was a lifelong resident of...
Charles Dwight Mason, Sr.
Jun 27, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Charles Dwight Mason, Sr. age 82 of Blairsville who passed away on Sunday June 27th, 2021 in Augusta, GA. Mr. Mason was born on May 14th, 1939 in Hayesville, NC to the late Roy E. and Nellie (Patterson) Mason. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church...
Judy Ann Godfrey
Jun 26, 2021
Judy Morrow Godfrey, age 68 of Murphy, NC died June 26, 2021 after a long battle with cancer. Judy loved life and she loved her family. She adored, more than anything, her grandkids and great grandkids. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hartford & Edith Morrow; brothers, Jack, Sherman, and Larry Morrow; sister, Marie Loudermilk; and great grandson,...
Ruth Marie-Riordan Pirhadi
Jun 23, 2021
Ruth Marie Pirhadi (Riordan), age 44, of Norfolk, VA passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2021. She was born Ruth Marie Riordan, January 16, 1977 in Adrian, Michigan and graduated from Onsted High School in 1995. She spent 4 years in the US Navy where she achieved first female onboard to qualify for Helmsman on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. She went...
Glen William Callihan
Jun 23, 2021
Mr. Glen Callihan, age 89, of Blue Ridge, passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at his home. Mr. Callihan was born April 26, 1932, in Blue Ridge, GA, to the late Davis and Izora Dillbeck Callihan. He was a member of Mount Moriah Baptist Church, where he was a song leader and taught Sunday School for over 50 years. Glen...
James Clyde Pruitt, Jr.
Jun 23, 2021
OBITUARY FOR JAMES CLYDE PRUITT Mr. James Clyde (Jim) Pruitt, age 92, of Blairsville, GA, stepped into the GLORY OF HEAVEN from his home on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, after an extended illness. Jim was born on November 14, 1928, in Anderson, SC, to the late Colonel James Clyde Pruitt, Sr, and Mary Bowie Pruitt. He was BORN-AGAIN through faith...
Shelby Leanne Curlee
Jun 23, 2021
Shelby DeYoung Curlee, age 68, of Epworth, passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at her home. Mrs. Curlee was born August 23, 1952, in Red Oak, GA, to the late Charlie Watts and Meryl Lee Watts. She was co-owner, along with her husband, Sam, of Cycle South Bicycle Shop. Shelby was very active with Get Along Dachshund Rescue, enjoyed gardening,...
Ralph B Deaton
Jun 22, 2021
Ralph Benton (Benny) Deaton, 87, was born June 15, 1934 in Erlanger, Kentucky to Edward and Sarah Deaton. He survived his parents, two brothers James Edward and Keith Albert, and sister Luvenia Adella Deaton DeGraw. Benny passed away at home June 22,2021. Benny attended church school in Covington, Kentucky until his junior year enrollment at Mt. Pisgah Academy in Candler,...
John Gonsalves, Jr.
Jun 20, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death and memorial services for Mr. John Gonsalves, Jr., age 87, of Hiawassee, who passed away on Sunday, June 20th, 2021 at his home. Mr. Gonsalves was born in Massachusetts, a son of the late John Gonsalves, Sr., and Lena Dicensano Gonsalves. He had worked as an electrician. John was known for having...
Clinton O'Hara Roberts
Jun 18, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy announces the death and funeral services for, Clinton O Roberts age 77 of Murphy passed away on Friday the 18th of June 21, 2021 at his residence. He was preceded in death by his parents Lewis Roberts & Edna Harris Roberts; sisters Mary Jane Curtis and Elane Passmore; and brother Harlan Roberts, all of Murphy....
Nina Evelyn Croft
Jun 18, 2021
Nina Evelyn Croft, age 81 of Morganton, passed away June 18, 2021 at her home. Mrs. Croft was born September 21, 1939 in Acworth, GA to the late Wallace Howard Richardson and the late Helen Davis Richardson. A member of World Harvest Church North, she was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Frank Croft, Jr. and two siblings.Survivors include:...
Paul James Smith
Jun 17, 2021
Paul James “Jim” Smith, age 76, of Leesburg, FL, died June 17, 2021 in Murphy, NC. He was born September 11, 1944 in Springfield, IL to Helen Elizabeth Miller Smith and Paul Leo Smith. He is survived by Donna Smith, his wife of nearly 56 years; his son, James Smith of Pawnee; his daughter, Dr. Jamie (Steve) Ikeda of Windemere,...
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