Obituaries

Balinda Gale Hymen

Balinda Gale Hymen

Dec 1, 2019

Balinda Gale Hymen, age 46, of Blue Ridge, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019, at Piedmont Hospital. Ms. Hymen was born on January 31, 1973, in Pahokee, FL, to Gale Stinnett Hymen. Balinda graduated from Moorehaven High School in Florida. She was active in the FFA program and loved all animals, especially cows. Coming from Moorehaven, Florida, Ms. Hymen made...

Patricia Woody

Patricia Woody

Dec 1, 2019

Patricia Woody, age 67, of Suches, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019, at her home in Suches. Mrs.Woody was born January 5, 1952, in Dahlonega, GA, to the late Ray Jay Rider and the late Thelma Satterfield Rider.Survivors include her husband, James Randall Woody, daughters, Kim (Nathan) Garrett, Miranda Woody, and brother, Ray Rider, Jr.Funeral services: Tuesday, December 3, 2019,...

Beatrice Edith Tremblay

Beatrice Edith Tremblay

Dec 1, 2019

This is the story of Beatrice Edith (Lemon) Tremblay. Beatrice was an amazing woman, mother, grandmother and daughter who was very much loved, is already missed and will be forever cherished.Beatrice's story started in the small town of Ware Massachusetts where on May 24, 1924 she was born the second to the youngest to Arthur and Louise Lemon. She lived...

Evelyn Ann Denton Ledford

Evelyn Ann Denton Ledford

Nov 30, 2019

Mrs. Evelyn Ann Denton Ledford, age 70 of Hiawassee, passed away Saturday November 30, 2019 at Union General Hospital. Mrs. Ledford was born January 20, 1949 in Towns County to Cleveland and Monda Lowe Denton. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Church of God. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. Evelyn loved gardening, her flowers and cooking....

Janis Reynolds

Janis Reynolds

Nov 30, 2019

Janis Anne Hawes Reynolds, 70, died Saturday, November 30, 2019. Born in Washington, GA, she was the daughter of the late J. Marvin Hawes Sr. (Mary) and Janelle C. Maxwell (George), mother to the late Joel E. Reynolds and sister to the late Jesse M. Hawes, Jr. (Susan).Mrs. Reynolds was a graduate of Lincoln High School of Lincolnton, GA and...

Nora Garrett Rogers

Nora Garrett Rogers

Nov 27, 2019

Nora Garrett Rogers, age 94, of Dalton, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Nora was born November 29, 1924, in Hayesville, NC, to the late Bob Garrett and the late Verdie Carroll Garrett. Mrs. Rogers worked for Brumby Textiles, Levi Strauss, and furniture stores. She was a member of Mount Herman Baptist...

James Powell Lamb

James Powell Lamb

Nov 26, 2019

James Powell Lamb, Sr, 83, died November 26, 2019 on his sons' shared birthday at Chatuge Regional Nursing Home in Hiawassee, Ga. Born on October 3, 1936 to the late Chris C. Lamb, Jr and Katie Thomas Lamb in Wingate, NC, Jim married his childhood sweetheart, Eleanor Henry in 1954 and they had four children, James Jr, Anne, Susan and...

Cheryl Lee Helton

Cheryl Lee Helton

Nov 25, 2019

Cheryl Lee Helton, age 48, of Gainesville, GA, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2019, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. She was born in Ducktown, TN, on Tuesday, October 26, 1971, to the late Steven & Sandra Wilcox Helton. Cheryl enjoyed her work as a Patient Care Tech for Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She not only...

Barbara Jane Pitman

Barbara Jane Pitman

Nov 25, 2019

Mrs. Barbara Jane Pitman, age 77 of Smyrna, GA passed away Monday, November 25, 2019, at her home. Mrs. Pitman was born September 18, 1942, in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late Jayce Gibbs and the late Delma White Gibbs. She was preceded in death by father, Jayce Gibbs, mother, Delma White, sister, Shirley Newton.Survivors include: son, Jerry Pitman, II,...

Dana Hughes

Dana Hughes

Nov 24, 2019

Dana Hughes, age 50 of Copperhill, TN, passed away on November 24, 2019, in Ellijay, GA. Mrs. Hughes was born May 8, 1969, in Copperhill, TN. to the late Jesse Sisson, Sr. and the late Martha Sue Dye. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jesse Sisson, Sr. and Martha Sue Ash Dye, step-father, Clarence Dye, and sister, Tina...

William Thomas "Tommy" Quintrell

William Thomas "Tommy" Quintrell

Nov 23, 2019

William Thomas 'Tommy" Quintrell, age 90 of McCaysville, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2019, at Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville. Tommy was born September 29, 1929, in Fry, GA, to the late William Henry Quintrell and the late Willa Nell Fry Quintrell. He was a member of the 1947 graduating class of McCaysville High School, severed as a corporal...

Vaughn "Bud" William Hughes

Vaughn "Bud" William Hughes

Nov 23, 2019

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mr. Vaughn "Bud" William Hughes Jr., age 76 of Blairsville who passed away on Saturday evening, November 23, 2019.Bud was born in Young Harris, Georgia on September 11, 1943 to the late Vaughn William Hughes Sr. and the late Maebelle Thomas Hughes. Bud was a builder by trade...

Shirley Lee Long

Shirley Lee Long

Nov 22, 2019

Mrs. Shirley Long, age 76, of Suches, GA, went home to be with the Lord on Friday morning, November 22, 2019. She was born in LaGrange, GA, to the late Thomas L. & Francis Kathleen Turner Harcourt, on March 4, 1943. Shirley is a member of the Salem #1 (Sugar Hill) Baptist Church and enjoyed spending time with friends and...

Billy M. Decker

Billy M. Decker

Nov 19, 2019

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Billy M. Decker, age 75, of Blairsville, who passed away on Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.Billy was born in Murphy, North Carolina, the son of the late Virgil Lee Decker, Sr. and the late Bertha Lee Stiles Decker. Billy had a strong work...

James Woodrow Jenkins

James Woodrow Jenkins

Nov 18, 2019

Rev. James W. Jenkins, age 77, of Copperhill, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019, at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Jenkins was born May 3, 1942, in Culberson, NC, to the late Charles Jenkins and the late Gazzie Truett Jenkins. He was a member of Ducktown Masonic Lodge, No. 241 F&AM, and served area churches as pastor for over 30 years...

Deborah Elaine Dockery

Deborah Elaine Dockery

Nov 17, 2019

Deborah Elaine Ayers Dockery, age 59, of Ellijay, GA, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2019, in Gainesville, GA. Mrs. Dockery was born February 7, 1960, in Stephens County, GA. She was Administrator, Director of Women's Ministry, and a member of World Harvest Church North. Deborah loved serving God, her church family, caring for people, singing, organizing events to better the...

Austin Gilleland

Austin Gilleland

Nov 15, 2019

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Austin Lee Gilleland, age 24, of Blairsville, who passed away on Friday, November 15th, 2019.Austin was born in Riverdale, Georgia, a son of Dwayne Gilleland and Amee Fowler Gilleland. He had lived in Blairsville for the past year and a half, and attended First Baptist Church of Blairsville, moving...

Lila Taylor

Lila Taylor

Nov 14, 2019

Lila Lee Lankford Taylor, age 99, of McCaysville, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2019, at Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Mrs. Taylor was born April 26, 1920, in McMinn County, TN, to the late Jess D. Lankford and the late Mary Ann Setzer Lankford. She was a member of Copperhill First United Methodist Church and was a Cosmetologist for...

Mary Sue Green

Mary Sue Green

Nov 13, 2019

Mary Susie Patterson Green, age 82, of Blue Ridge, GA, went home to be with the Lord early Wednesday morning, November 13, 2019. She was born in Cherry Log, GA, on May 29, 1937, to the late Virgil & Fannie Cornwell Patterson. Mary Sue was a devoted member of Welcome Hill #2 Baptist Church and attended every time she could...

G. Wayne Croy

G. Wayne Croy

Nov 13, 2019

G. Wayne Croy, age 73 of Blue Ridge, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at home. Mr. Croy was born August 4, 1946, in Moultrie, GA to the late Otis Darnell Croy and the late Sally Carrington Croy.Survivors include: spouse, Irwin McQueary; sister, Joanne (John) Perkins; nephews, Mark Perkins, David Perkins, and Matt Perkins. No services are planned at this...