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Mr.
John McLaren III, age 72, of Pioneer Trail, Hiawassee passed away on
Monday
Sept. 1, 2008 at his home following an extended illness.
Mr. McLaren was born on Feb. 24, 1936 in New
Haven, CT, the son of the late John McLaren, Sr. and the late Jeanette French McLaren.
He was a veteran of the US Air Force.
He retired in 1985 as a Computer Systems Analyst with NCR. John had made his home in Hiawassee for the
past fourteen years, moving here from Orlando, FL.
Mr. Mclaren was of the Christian faith.
Surviving
Mr. McLaren are one daughter and son-in-law, Janelle and John Padinger
of Ft.
Atkinson, WI, his former wife, Myrla McLaren of Hiawassee, three
grandchildren,
Ashley, J.T. and Austin, one great grandchild, Malachi, many other
relatives
and friends also survive.
A memorial
service will be held at a later date. In
lieu of flowers if you wish, the family requests that memorials may be
made to
the American Cancer Society in Mr. McLaren’s memory.
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
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Della
Wheeler Roach, age 75, of Hiawassee, GA, passed away Wednesday,
September 3,
2008 at Chatuge Regional Hospital.
Della was
born Friday, March 17, 1933 in Towns Co., GA, to the late Tom and Era
(Youngblood) Wheeler. She was a member
of Lower Hightower Baptist church.
Survivors
include: daughter, Rachel Roach Pietz of Hiawassee, GA, son, Walter
Thomas
Roach of Palm Bay, FL, sister, Frankie Dye of Canton, OH, sister, Ruby
Abernathy of Sautee, GA, grandsons, Mark Aaron Gibson, Tracy Austin
Gibson, and
Jackie Barnette Gibson.
Funeral
services were held Friday, September 5, 2008 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel
of
Cochran Funeral Home with Rev. Don Banks officiating.
Interment was in Lower Hightower Baptist
Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Mark
Aaron Gibson, Tracy Austin Gibson, Jackie Barnette Gibson, Delaine
Bradshaw,
Drew Oliver, Ben Brown and Nick Hughes.
The
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee, GA, is in charge of arrangements. You may send condolences to the family and
sign the guest register at www.cochrannfuneralhomes.com