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Mrs.
Barbara Jean Sosebee, age 61, of Jewell Mason Rd., Blairsville passed
away on
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 in the Union General Hospital following a
brief
illness. Mrs. Sosebee was born on May
21, 1948 in Towns County, GA, the daughter of the late Robert Lee
Thompson and
the late Nannie Lou McClure Thompson.
She was a lifelong resident of Union County.
Barbara was always smiling and never met a
stranger. She was a loving mother,
sister and grandmother. She was preceded
in death by a sister, Ruth Miller and a brother, William Thompson. Barbara was a member of Fairview Baptist
Church.
Surviving
Mrs. Sosebee are her fiancé, T.G. Fortenberry of Blairsville, one
daughter and
son-in-law, Pam and Robert Kitchens of Murphy, two sons, Sandy and
Randy Wood
of Hiawassee, three sisters and brothers-in-law, Frances and Dwayne
Taylor of
New Castle, PA, Lena and Billy McCollum of Blairsville, Becky and
Kenneth
Pickelsimer of Blairsville, four brothers and sisters-in-law, earnest
and Linda
Thompson of Blairsville, Jimmy and Judy Thompson of Blairsville, George
and
Darlene Thompson of Blairsville, Fred and JoAnn Thompson of
Blairsville, three
grandchildren, Cody and Jamie Kitchens and Joshua Wood-hale, many other
relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held on Monday, Sept. 14, 209 at 2 p.m. from the Mountain
View
Chapel with the Rev. Tommy Jones and Rev. Jim Beasley officiating. Special music was presented by Jason Beavers
and the New Life Singers. The following
gentlemen served as pallbearers, Bobby Fortenberry, Cody Kitchens,
Kenneth
Pickelsimer, Billy McCollum, Charles Blair, Grady Thompson II, Merty
(sic) Dyer
and Jason Beavers. Interment followed in
the Hiawassee Baptist church Cemetery.
The family met with friends at the funeral home on Sunday
evening from
6-9 p.m.
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.