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Mrs. Jane
Butt Franks, age 54 of
Gainesville, GA, formerly of Blairsville, passed away Friday, August
13, 2010
in Gainesville.
Jane was born April 30, 1956 in
Hiawassee, GA to the late Robert and Betty Phillips Butt.
She was a former member of Antioch Baptist
Church.
Survivors include: husband, Alan
Franks, step-daughters, Seantee Wilson of Ringgold, GA and Tessy
Galloway of
Chatsworth, GA, brothers, Mike Butt of Jonesboro, GA and Phillip Butt
of Tate,
GA, sister, Elizabeth Perry of Sky Valley, GA, step-grandsons, Devin
Wilson and
Damon Winkler, step-granddaughter, Jada Wilson and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held Sunday,
August 15, 2010 at 4 PM from Cochran Funeral Home Chapel with Rev.
Billy Rabern
officiating. Music was provided by
Randall Franks. Interment was in
Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Randall Franks, Donnie Phillips, Ivan
Phillips, Brock
Kelley, Allen Butt and Timothy Laskey.
In lieu
of flowers,
memorial donations may be made to American Diabetes Association, P.O.
Box 2680,
North Canton, OH 44720.
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, GA in
charge of the
arrangements. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest
register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com
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Harold
Joseph (Joe) Maguire, 72, died August
12, 2010 at his home in Young Harris.
Joe has been battling cancer for the past year.
A service will be at 10 a.m. Friday,
August 20, 2010 at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 3717
Highway 515,
Blairsville, GA. Father Richard Wise
will officiate.
Joe was born May 4, 1938, in
Erhmetsburg, IA to John and Monica Maguire.
He was one of 9 children. Joe moved
to Atlanta in 1970 and made Tucker
his home for the next 35 years. In 2005,
he retired to the North Georgia Mountains and settled in Young Harris.
Joe was a master wood worker who
loved tinkering on his projects almost as much as he loved spending
time with
his grandchildren. He also enjoyed
meeting people and sharing life stories with everyone he met. He always told a good story and was a gentle
man. He will be missed greatly by his
family and everyone who knew him.
Joe is survived by his wife of 36 years
Julie, daughters, Traci Silver, Jodi Vasquez and Kelly Maguire; sons,
Darren
Maguire, Ryan Maguire, Colin Maguire and Kevin Maguire; sons-in-law,
Ricky
Silver, Mark Vasquez; daughters-in-law, Stacy Maguire; step son Jim
Carter and
7 grandchildren: Mallory Silver, Meredith Silver, Chelsea Maguire,
Taylor
Maguire, Connor Maguire, Phoebe Maguire and Hanna Carter and four
siblings Bob,
Cathy, Jeannette and Larry.
Mountain View Funeral Home of
Blairsville in charge of the arrangements.
You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line
at
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Mr.
Wymer Gordon Sampson Jr. age 79 of Pleasant Hill Rd.,
Blairsville passed away on Monday August 9, 2010 in the Union General
Hospital
following a brief illness. Mr. Sampson was born on Jan. 16, 1931 in
Towns
County, GA, the son of the late Wymer Gordon Sampson Sr. and the late
Beulah
Mae Swanson Sampson. He was a lifelong
resident of Union and Towns counties. Wymer
retired from Standard Telephone Company as Supervisor with over
thirty-eight
years of service. He loved country music,
NASCAR and playing with the computer, but most of all he loved his
church and
loved the Lord. He was a past member of
the Union County Lions Club. Mr. Sampson
was a member of Old Union Baptist Church and was Chairman of the
Deacons.
Surviving
Mr. Sampson
are his loving wife of fifty-eight years, Mattie Allison Sampson of
Blairsville, three daughters and son-in-laws, Connie and Tony Durham of
Chickamauga, GA, Karen and Bill Taffs of Tucker, GA, Kathy Sampson of
Oakwood,
GA, one son, Phillip Sampson Sr. of Oakwood, one sister, Frances Cook
of
Marietta, aunt, Pearl Carson of Canton, nieces, Melissa Cook and Dave
Sherman
of Woodstock, Pam and Kenny Allred of Canton, five grandchildren,
Allison,
Jennifer, Phillip Wymer Sampson Jr., Georgiana and Victoria, one great
grandchild, Brylee, many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral
services
will be held on Thursday August 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. from the Old Union
Baptist
Church with the Rev. Jimmy Rogers and Rev. Jimmy Hogsed officiating. Special music was presented by the Rogers
Family. The following gentleman served
as pallbearers, Bill Taffs, Tony Durham, Stanley Garrett, Bo Conley,
Terry
Kelly and Todd Collins. Serving as
honorary pallbearers were the Deacons of Old Union Baptist Church,
Charles McClure,
Ray Hall, Fred Martin, James Turpin Jr. and Jerry Jenkins. Interment followed in the Old Union Church
Cemetery. The family met with friends at
the funeral home on Wednesday evening from 6-9 pm.
Mountain View Funeral Home of
Blairsville in charge of the arrangements.
You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line
at
www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com