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Mrs.
Leila
Stephens, age 96, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Monday, January
13, 1997
in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.
Mrs.
Stephens was born in Cherokee County, North Carolina on
July 31, 1900, a daughter of the late Joseph Pierce and Callie Nelson
Pierce. She was a homemaker and a member
of Harmony Grove Baptist Church. Mrs.
Stephens was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Harve Stephens, in
1956 and
two sons, Jimmy Stephens and H.D. Stephens and great grandson, Stephen
England.
Surviving
are daughter and son-in-law, Mary and George Rogers of Montgomery,
Alabama;
daughter, Ruth Holloway of Lawrenceville, GA.; son and daughter-in-law,
Loyd
“Jeep” Stephens and Lela Stephens of Blairsville; daughter Cora Dixon
of
Blairsville; son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Maxine Stephens of
Aiken, South
Carolina and daughter-in-law Madge Stephens; brother, Everett Pierce
and
sister, Cora Lee Hackney, both of Dalton, GA.; eighteen grandchildren,
several
great grandchildren and great great grandchildren and numerous nieces
and nephews
also survive.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday, January 15, 1997 at 2 p.m. from the
chapel of
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville with Rev. Harley Hunter and Rev.
Horace
Potts officiating. Special music was
presented by Sarah Kelley, Louise Delong, and Susie Phillips. The following gentlemen served as
pallbearers: Ferrell Penland, Junior Duckworth, Harold Crump, Gene
Nelson,
Danny Stephens, and Craig Stephens. Interment
was in Harmony Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of arrangements.
The
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Mr.
Howard
A. Dyer, age 86, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Sunday, January
5, 1997
in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.
Mr. Dyer
was born in Union County, Georgia on August 7,
1910, a son of the late Narve Dyer and Laura Townsend Dyer. He was a lifelong resident of this area and
was a retired farmer. Mr. Dyer was a
member of Pinetop Baptist Church and had served as a deacon for
forty-five
years. Preceding him in death was a son,
Jimmy.
Surviving
are his wife, Nell Sweatman Dyer, of the home; son and daughter-in-law,
Calvin
and Hazel Dyer of Blairsville; daughter, Joan Akins of sugar (sic)
Hill, GA.;
daughter and son-in-law, Sylvia and Billy Turnage of Blairsville;
daughter and
son-in-law, Carolyn and Doug Dyer, also of Blairsville; daughter and
son-in-law, Lynell and Barry Lackey of Roswell, GA.; brother, Ishmael
Dyer of
Blairsville; sister, Norma McDonald of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; ten
grandchildren:
Kenneth Akins, Aubrey Dyer, Keith Dyer, Andrew Turnage, Sidney Dyer,
Shawn
Dyer, Debbie Akins, Karen Turnage Merrill, and Heather and Brooke
Lackey; five
great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday, January 7,
1997 at 2 p.m. from Pinetop Baptist
Church with Rev. Henry Loggins and Rev. Stacey Dyer officiating. Special music was presented by Dayton Dyer
and Kim Thomas. The following gentlemen
served as pallbearers: Kenneth Akins,
Aubrey Dyer, Sidney Dyer, Shawn Dyer, Andrew Turnage, and Eddie
Alexander.
Interment
was in Choestoe Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of arrangements.
The
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Mrs. Edna
Terrell, age 77, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Saturday, January
11,
1997 in the Clay County Care Center in Hayesville, N.C.
Mrs. Terrell was born in Union County, Georgia
on December 15, 1919, a daughter of the late Harvey A. and Fannie
Collins
Souther. She was preceded in death by
her husband, Warren R. Terrell.
Survivors
include one brother and sister-in-law, Harold and Doris Souther, of
Young
Harris, GA.; one uncle, C.R. Collins of Blairsville.
Funeral
services were held Monday, January 13, 1997 at 2:00 p.m. from Cochran
Funeral
Home Chapel in Blairsville with rev. B.A. Buchanan officiating. Music was by Louise Delong, Sarah Kelley and
Susie Phillips.
In lieu of
flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the American Heart
Association.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of
arrangements.
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Mrs. Ora
Reece Foster, age 91, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Saturday,
January
18, 1997 in Chatuge Regional Hospital in Hiawassee, Georgia.
Mrs.
Foster was born in Union County, Georgia on September
7, 1905, a daughter of the late Eli Reece and Sally Stephens Reece. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident
of this area. Mrs. Foster was the widow
of the late Ernest Foster, Sr., who passed away in 1973.
She was a member of new
Harmony Baptist Church.
Surviving
are sons, Ernest F. Foster, Jr., and William Reece (Jack) Foster, both
of
Panama City, FL., Clifton Eugene “Gene” Foster and Marion Foster, both
of
Blairsville; daughters, Margie Sparks and Sue Sparks, both of
Blairsville;
sisters, Inez Lance and Florence Queen, both of Blairsville; and
brother,
Weldon Reece of Augusta; thirty-two grandchildren and forty great
grandchildren
also survive.
Funeral
services were held Monday, January 20, 1997 at 2 p.m. from the chapel
of Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville with Rev. Willis Garrett and Rev. Jimmy
Rogers officiating. Special music was
presented by Louise Delong,
Susie Phillips, and Sarah Kelley. The
following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Shawn Foster, Robbie Brown,
James Arrant,
Terry Kelley, Billy Burnette, Stacy Dyer, Ernie Pruitt, Kevin Mullins,
Charles
Long, and Ben Moore. Interment was in
New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of arrangements.
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Mr. Oscar
M. Fortenberry, age 49, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Saturday,
January
18, 1997 at his home.
Mr.
Fortenberry was born in Union County, Georgia on May 28,
1947, a son of the late Frank Fortenberry and Hattie Gibson Fortenberry He was a
member of Gesthemene (sic)
Baptist Church.
Surviving
are his wife, Becky Thompson Fortenberry, of the home; daughter,
Melinda
Fortenberry, of the home; daughters, Lisa Akins, Leslie Fortenberry,
and Amy
Fortenberry, all of Greenwood, Indiana; brother, Tommy Fortenberry of
Rock
Springs, GA.; sister, Mary Jo Dewberry of Florida; half-brother, John Fortenberry and half-sisters, Pam, Lisa, and
Patricia Fortenberry, all of Russel
Springs, Kentucky; four grandchildren also survive.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday, January 21, 1997 at 2:00 p.m. from the chapel of
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville with Rev. Waymon Lovell and Rev.
Earl
Pickelsimer officiating. Special music
was presented by Dorothy Pickelsimer, Kenneth and Elaine Young, and the
New
Life Singers. The following gentlemen
served as pallbearers: Jeff Fortenberry,
Donnie Fortenberry, Randy Hampton, L.J. Brown, Wayne Thompson, and
Robert
Kitchens. Interment was in Coosa
Methodist Church Cemetery.
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville
in charge of arrangements.
The
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Mrs.
Belva
Van Dyke McCray, age 94, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Saturday,
January
11, 1997 in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.
Mrs.
McCray was a native of Illinois, and was the wife of
the late Frank Stanley McCray. She came
to this area in 1963 from Davenport, Iowa, and she was a member of
Edwards
Congregational Church in Davenport.
Mrs.
McCray’s body was taken to Sulpher Springs Cemetery in Loami, Illinois
for
interment.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of
arrangements.
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George
E. Ramsey, age 68, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Thursday,
January 23,
1997 after a brief illness. He was born
in Vicksburg, Michigan in 1929. He
resided with his family in West Palm beach, Florida from 1959 until he
retired
form Pratt and Whitney and moved to Blairsville in 1987.
During his ten years in Blairsville, he mastered the art of woodcarving,
having studied carving
at the John C. Campbell School of Folk Art.
Mr. Ramsey was an active member of The Mountain Woodcarvers Club
since
1992. he was
predeceased by his father, Harry L. Ramsey, Sr., and his wife, June.
He is
survived by his four children: daughters, Meredith
Ramsey and Susan Ramsey of Lawrenceville, GA.; Gael Alyson Dutros,
TSGT, NSAF,
COTA of Medway, Ohio; and son, Charles Todd Ramsey, CPO, ISN of
Virginia Beach,
VA.; his mother, Clara Mae Ramsey of Canton, Michigan; his sister,
Charlene
Kenny of Canton, Michigan; his brothers, Harry Ramsey of Detroit,
Michigan and
William Ramsey of New Baltimore, Michigan; and two grandsons, Jarrod
and
Garrett Dutrow; and his dear friend, Jean Frey of Murphy, N.C.
A
celebration of the life of George Ramsey was held Tuesday, January 28,
1997 at
6:00 p.m. from the Blairsville Civic Center.
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville
in charge of arrangements.