Obituaries

Aug 31, 2019

James Oliver Allen, age 70 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2019, in Blue Ridge. Mr. Allen was born December 24, 1948, in Blairsville, GA to the late John Allen and the late Irene Payne Allen. A member of the Baptist faith, Mr. Allen attended Hot House Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his brother, Randall...

Aug 30, 2019

Aug 29, 2019

Mrs. Grace Collis Callihan, age 90, of Blue Ridge passed away Thursday, August 29, 2019, at her home. Grace was born November 13, 1928, to Allen and Gaily Garrison Collis. She was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church where she loved to play the piano and sing praises to God. Mamaw Grace, as her grandchildren called her, was the...

Aug 26, 2019

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mrs. Kathy Ann Stewart, age 66, of Blairsville Georgia who went home to be with our Lord and Savior on August 26, 2019 following an extended illness. She was born to Lawrence and Wanda Goodwin on October 13, 1952 in Atlanta, Georgia. Kathy loved the outdoors, fishing, camping,...

Aug 26, 2019

Frances Adams Rutz, age 77 of Phenix City, AL passed away August 26, 2019, in Alabama. "Fran" was born January 7, 1942, in Marietta, GA to the late Hayne B Adams and the late Maggie Hooper Adams. A member of Mineral Bluff Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Rutz; sister, Delores Adams Dean; and brothers,...

Aug 26, 2019

Brian Burnette age 42, passed away on Monday, August 26, 2019. Taken from his young life much too early. Brian was born on July 10, 1977, in Decatur, Ga. He had several jobs over his lifetime, but his favorite was driving tractor-trailers over the road. He loved those big trucks. He enjoyed watching wrestling and singing to the radio. He...

Aug 25, 2019

Our loving mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend Margaret Viola Guenther Lewis passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2019.She was loved by so many and will always be remembered by her contagious smile, beautiful heart, and her AMAZING banana bread. She is proceeded in death by her husband, Gerald Edwin Lewis, her mother and father and her siblings, and two of...

Aug 25, 2019

Mary Maxine Fuller, age 86 of Cherrylog, GA passed away Sunday, August 25, 2019, in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Fuller was born October 12, 1932, in McCaysville, GA to the late Jasper C. Ray and the late Amanda Dilbeck Ray. A member of the United Methodist faith, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Fuller, and her sister,...

Aug 25, 2019

Aug 24, 2019

Barbara Ann "Bobbie" Moore, age 65 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2019, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. Mrs. Moore was born November 5, 1953, in Atlanta, GA to the late Arthur Bowles and the late Mary West Bowles. Mrs. Moore was of the Baptist faith.Survivors include: husband, Jarrell Glenn Moore; sons, Ray Moore & Mikie (Katie) Moore;...

Aug 23, 2019

Edward Minor Powell, Jr., age 82, passed away Friday, August 23, 2019, at home surrounded by family.Born August 10, 1937, to Edward Minor Powell, Sr. and Opal Hull Powell in Arcadia, Florida. He grew up in Sarasota, Florida, where he met his wife, Glenda, and raised his family. He was a land surveyor, later worked in the mobile home industry...

Aug 18, 2019

Mr. Robert Harry Jones, age 77, of Marble, passed away Sunday, August 18, 2019, at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital. He was born October 29, 1941, in Murphy, NC to the late William Alexander Jones and Winnie Faye Hall Jones. Mr. Jones had served with the Peachtree Fire Department for 22 years and retired from MGM Brake. He was an avid...

Aug 17, 2019

Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mr. Luther Edward, better known as "Ed", DeFoor, Jr., of Hiawassee, who passed away on Saturday, August 17th, 2019. He was 81 years of age.Mr. DeFoor was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a son of the late Luther Edward DeFoor, Sr. and the late Clara Ellis DeFoor. Ed remembers his parents as...

Aug 16, 2019

It is with sadness that the family of Luva (Lu) Marie Stoll Whetstone of Mineral Bluff, Georgia announces her death on Friday, August 16, 2019. Lu Whetstone was born in Geauga County, Ohio on November 13, 1928, to Derlin Stoll and Pearl Kightlinger Stoll. She is preceded in death by her husband, John H. Whetstone, her sister, Arlene Gotham, and...

Aug 14, 2019

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory announces the death and funeral services for Mrs. Edna Lea Carr Hedden, age 64, of Blairsville, who passed away on Wednesday, August 14th, 2019 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Mrs. Hedden was born in Copperhill, Tennessee, a daughter of the late John Wesley Carr, Sr. and the late Virdie Payne Carr. She was...

Aug 13, 2019

Clair Alexander Scott "Scotty" Maddox, age 34, of Benton, passed away August 13, 2019, at his home. Mr. Scotty was born July 10, 1985, at Youngtown Ohio to Terry Scott and Lucinda Cordell.Survivors include his wife, Connie Maddox; son, Trent Adams; daughter, Heidi Tyner; son, Abbel Maddox; son, Damion Maddox; daughter, Katie Maddox; son, Kayden Maddox; son, Dakota Maddox; daughter,...

Aug 12, 2019

Edith Mae Foster, age 95 of Morganton, GA, passed away Monday, August 12, 2019, at her home.Mrs. Foster was born November 5, 1923 in Medicine Lodge, KS to the late Jonathan Adams and the late Francis Mathias Adams. Mrs. Foster grew up in Arthur NB and met and married Glen in 1942 in Long Beach California. She was preceded in...

Aug 8, 2019

Louise Hitch Knight, 87, of Blue Ridge, Georgia, died peacefully in her home on Thursday, August 8, 2019. She was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, on November 1, 1931, to Frank Hitch and Agnes Martin Hitch. She graduated from North Georgia College in 1951. Lou married Gordon E Knight in 1956. For many years she lived in Atlanta and worked for...

Aug 8, 2019

Mr. S. Henry Crooks, age 82 of Suches, GA. passed away August 8, 2019 at his home. Mr. Crooks was born May 29, 1937 in Panama City, Panama to the late Francisco Van Crooks and Esther Crooks. A member of Masonic Lodge #398 of Dentsville, SC, he earned his 32 degree in Wisconsin. He was preceded in death by his...

Aug 6, 2019

Mr. Donald Leon Sosebee, age 76, of Marble, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 6, 2019. He was born in Young Harris, GA to the late Elmer & Elnora Powell Sosebee, on Tuesday, July 27, 1943.Donald enjoyed playing horseshoes, Rook, and spending time with family.He goes on to be with his wife, Amanda Lou Chastain...