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Mr.
Vernon
Hancel Barnes, age 67, of Mt. Pleasant Church Rd., Blairsville, passed
away on
Monday, March 8, 2010 in the Union General Hospital following a brief
illness. Mr. Barnes was born on March 8,
1942 in Union
County, the son of the late Loman Barnes and the late Beulah Blue
Barnes. He was a native and lifelong
resident of
Union County. He enjoyed hunting,
fishing and spending time with his family.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Norma Jean Barnes and
son,
Ronnie Barnes. Mr. Barnes was of the
Baptist faith.
Surviving
Mr. Barnes are his loving wife of fifty years, Belva Jean Brown Barnes
of
Blairsville, son and daughter-in-law, Johnny and Debbie Barnes of
Blairsville,
daughter, Diane Green of Blairsville, daughter and son-in-law, Sarah
and Nelson
Patterson of Blairsville, son, Keith Barnes of Blairsville, one
brother, Claude
Barnes, four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Maude and Gene Henson,
Sue and
Ronnie Ware, Josephine Phillips, Kay and Harold Cook, eight
grandchildren, Greg
and Andy Barnes, Avery, Shane and Cody Patterson, Cory and Amy Green
and Ashley
West, ten great-grandchildren, Gage and Kane Barnes, Faith, Mason and
Bradley
West, Alyssa and Keirra Barnes, Chase Payne, Trenton and Russell
Barnes, many
other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 2 p.m. from the
Mountain View
Chapel with the Rev. Ray Potts officiating.
Special music was presented by the Kelley Trio.
The following gentlemen served as pallbearers,
Dan Payne, Richard West, Cory Green, Shane Patterson, Greg Barnes and
Adam
Payne. Serving as honorary pallbearers
were, Ronnie Ware, Gene Henson and Leonard Sosebee.
Interment followed in the Birch
Cemetery. The family met with friends at
the funeral home.
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.
Courtesy of Mountain View Funeral Home
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major
payne
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Major Payne, of
Blairsville, who passed away Tuesday, march
9, 2010,
in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.
Mr. Payne was born Wednesday, August 30, 1916, a son of the late
Charles
Monroe and the late Virginia Ross Payne.
He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist church and was a 50+
year
member of Young Cane Masonic Lodge. Mr.
Payne was preceded in death by his wife of 72 years, Grace, in 2009,
and an
infant daughter, Nettie Virginia Payne.
Surviving
family members include: daughter and son-in-law, Blanche and Jimmy
Huddleston
of Blairsville; grandsons, Daryl Norwood and Curt Norwood, both of
Kentucky;
step granddaughter, Rhonda Campbell of Virginia and step-grandson, Jim
Huddleston III of Kentucky, 6 great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral
services were Friday, March 12, 2010 at 11 AM from the Chapel of the
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville with Rev. Steve Youngblood officiating. Interment was in the Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church Cemetery. The family met with
friends on Thursday, March 11, 2010, from 5 until 8 PM.
Serving as pallbearers were: David
Abercrombie, Michael Abercrombie, Kenny Blevins, Carlton Chambers, John
Foster,
and Richard Wheeler.
Arrangements
entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville. Please
send condolences and sign the guest
registry at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com
MAJOR PAYNE
Courtesy of Cochran Funeral Home
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frances
burns davenport
Frances
Burns Davenport, 70, of Marietta, died Monday, March 8, 2010. Funeral services were held at 2 PM Thursday
afternoon in the Mt. Arbor Baptist Church with remains placed in state
in the
church at 1. The Rev. Richard Duncan,
the Rev. Jimmy Day, and the Rev. Thomas Hawkins officiated with burial
following in the church cemetery. A
native of Union County, Mrs. Davenport had lied in Marietta since the
early
1960s. She was a member of the Mt. Arbor
Baptist Church.
She is
survived by her husband, James Davenport of Marietta;
daughter, Amy (Marcus) Turner of Canton; step daughter, Wilma (Dewayne)
Housley
of Copperhill, TN; brother, Coy Burns of Plainville, GA; granddaughter,
Tracey
Housley (David Duez of Rockvale, TN; great grandchildren, Brooke, Macy,
and
Sara Kate Duez; several nieces and nephews.
Online
condolences may be expressed at www.collinsfuneralhome.org. The family received friends from 6 until 9 PM
on Wednesday evening at Collins Funeral Home, 4947 North main St.,
Acworth, GA
30101 770-974-3133.
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elaine bryant
Judy
Elaine Bryant, 56, of Marietta, passed away Saturday.
Funeral Services were held Monday, March 15,
6 p.m. at Winkenhofer Pine Ridge Funeral Home in Kennesaw with Pastor
Snyder
Turner officiating. Graveside service were (sic) held Tuesday, March 16, 1 p.m.
at Liberty
Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery in Blairsville with Rev. Geri
Worley
Officiating.
The
Daughter (sic) of the late Lake and Ernestine Brackett, Mrs. Bryant was
a
native of Blairsville and had lived in Marietta since 1959. She had been employed as an ER registrar at
Wellstar Cobb hospital in Austell and was a member of Calvary Baptist
Church in
Powder Springs.
Survivors:
Husband – Kenneth Bryant of Marietta, Daughters – Brittany Russell of
Dallas,
Ga., Ashleigh Angel of Dallas, Ga. Sister – Sandra Dolph of Smyrna,
Brothers –
John Brackett of Blairsville, Charles Brackett of Blairsville,
Grandchildren –
Leighann Russell, Kenley Russell and Landon Angel.
The Family
received friends Monday 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at the Funeral Home.
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loyd
“jeep” stephens
Mr. Loyd
(Better known as Jeep) Stephens, age 83, of Blairsville, passed away on
Saturday, March 13, 2010 in the Union General Hospital following an
extended
illness. Jeep (a nickname) as he liked
to be called, was born on May 29, 1926 in Union County.
He was a lifelong resident of union
County. Jeep was a loving husband,
father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
His favorite things he enjoyed were getting together with his
children
and grandchildren for a picnic and making a garden.
He was a veteran of the US Army of WWII. In
the early fifties he was a barber in a
shop on the Square (sic) in Blairsville.
He worked for the Department of Natural Resources and retired in
1981. He was preceded in death by his
parents, Rev. Harve and Leila Pierce Stephens, two brothers, H.D. and
Jimmy
Stephens of Union County, two sisters Mary Rogers of Alabama and Ruth
Holloway
of Lawrenceville, GA. Mr. Stephens was a
member of Harmony Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving
Mr. Stephens are his loving wife of fifty-six years, Lela Burnett
Stephens of
Blairsville, five sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Kim Stephens, Kem
and
Danita Stephens, Craig and Patty Jo Stephens, Sheriff Scott and Teresa
Stephens, Chad and Celina Stephens, all of Blairsville, fourteen
grandchildren,
one great-grandchild, many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held on Tuesday, March 16, 010 (sic) at 2 p.m. from the
Mountain
View Chapel with the Rev. Stacy Dyer and Rev. Jerry Young officiating. Special music was be (sic) presented by Scott Lance. The following gentlemen served as
pallbearers, Mike, Kem, Craig, Scott and Chad Stephens and Aaron
Stanley. Serving as honorary pallbearers
were, Glenn
Gooch, Carlton Colwell, J.W. Payne, Allen Conley, Anceberry Burnett,
Charles
Rogers, Weldon Reece and Dayton Dyer. Interment
followed in the Harmony Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family
requests that donations may be made to the American Cancer Society in
memory of
Mr. Stephens. The family met with
friends at the funeral home on Monday evening from 5-9 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.
LOYD STEPHENS
Courtesy of Mountain View Funeral Home
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bernadette
marie larkin
Mrs.
Bernadette Marie Larkin,
age 87, of Lakeside Drive, Blairsville, passed away on
Monday,
March 8, 2010 in the Fannin Regional Hospital following an extended
illness. Mrs. Larkin was born on July 19,
1922 in
Sioux City, Iowa, the daughter of the late John Monroe Savage and the
late Alice
Clay Savage. She was a loving mother,
grandmother and great grandmother. She
was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Larkin, Jr. in 1971. Mrs. Larkin was of the Methodist faith.
Surviving
Mrs. Larkin are two daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and Dick Sowers
of
Blairsville, Teresa and Mark Gaechter of Eugene, OR, four
grandchildren,
Denise, Stacee, Chad and Nicole, seven great grandchildren, many other
relatives and friends also survive.
A memorial service
will be held at a later date from Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier,
CA with
Rev. Dennis Larkin officiating. In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family
requests that memorials may be made to the American Lung Association in
memory
of Mrs. Larkin.
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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“randy” evan king
Mr.
Randall
“Randy” Evan King, age 47, of Mountain Cycles Drive, Blairsville rode
off into
the sunset for the last time on Monday, March 8, 2010 from the Union
General
Hospital following an extended illness. Randy
was born on May 9, 1962 in Union County, the son of Sam King and Geneva
Davis
King Chastain. He was a native and
lifelong resident of Union County and was a 1980 graduate of Union
County High
School. He owned and operated Mountain
Cycles Repair Shop for several years.
Randy loved life and lived each day to the fullest.
He was a loving son, brother and nephew and
was a friend to many. Randy was of the
Baptist faith.
Surviving
Mr. King are his mother, Geneva Chastain of Blairsville, father, Sam
King of
Blairsville, one brother and sister-in-law, Ricky and Jeri King of
Blairsville,
one sister, Tanya Chastain of Blairsville, niece, Chantell King of
Blairsville,
aunts, Beulah Davis, Ellaree Fortenberry, Lucille Collins, Hazel Dyer
and Irene
Seabolt, uncle, Cecil King, many other relatives and friends also
survive.
Funeral
services were held on Thursday, march 11,
2010 at 11
a.m. from the Mountain View Chapel with the Rev. Larry Truelove
officiating. Special music was be (sic)
presented by the
Kelley Trio. The following gentlemen
served as pallbearers, Darren Groves, Michael Davis, Mark Mull, Mike
Hill, Cal
Kindy and Joe Young. Interment followed in
the Burch Cemetery. The family met with
friends at the funeral home on Wednesday evening from 5-9 p.m.
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.
RANDALL EVAN KING
Courtesy of Mountain View Funeral Home
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lee cox
Mr.
Donald Lee Cox, age 81, of Highland Trace, Blairsville, formerly of
Palm Springs,
FL, passed away on Saturday, March 13, 2010 in the Union General
Hospital
following a brief illness. Mr. Cox was
born on Nov. 13, 1928 in Dayton, OH, the son of the late Paul and Clara
Cox . He was a
veteran
of the US Army. He had retired from Bell
South Telephone Company. Donald enjoyed
surfing, scuba diving, racing cars and jumping out of airplanes. He was preceded in death by his parents and
two sisters, Polly and Helen. Mr. Cox
was a member of Antioch Baptist Church.
Surviving
Mr. Cox are his loving wife of twenty-five years, Vanessa Cox of
Blairsville,
four children, Debbie and Curtis Bland of R.I. Tracey Cox of Augusta,
GA, Jeff
and Penny Cox of Rex, GA, Holly Cox of Schertz, TN, several cousins,
nieces,
nephews, many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral
services will be held on Wednesday, march 17, 2010 at 2 p.m. from the
Antioch
Baptist Church with the Rev. George Cline officiating.
Special music will be presented by Susanne
Dowdy. In lieu of flowers if you wish,
the family requests that memorials may be made to the Antioch Baptist
Church in
memory of Mr. Cox. The family will meet
with friends on Wednesday from 1-2 p.m. at the Antioch Baptist Church.
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.
DONALD LEE COX
Courtesy of Mountain View Funeral Home
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Paula
Paris Johnson, age 70, of Blairsville, Georgia passed away on Thursday,
march 11, 2010 at Emory University Hospital
in Atlanta
following complications from MS.
Paula was
born on June 15, 1939 in Atlanta, the daughter of
the late Paul Paris and the late Edith Floyd Paris.
She is
survived by her son Paul Stanley of Gainesville, Georgia; her sister
Mary Carol
Adamson, of LaGrange; Commissioner Lamar Paris, the sole commissioner
of Union
County; two grandchildren, Phillip Stanley and Elizabeth Stanley both
of
Gainesville; several cousins, nieces and nephews.
Pula never
met a stranger, and if she did they were not strangers for very long. She loved Blairsville and everything –and
everyone—in it.
She was
born and raised in Blairsville. She
graduated from Young Harris College and went on to graduate from the
Great
University of Georgia with a degree in Home Economics.
She later obtained a masters degree in that
field. She loved people and spent her
career helping others as a Home Extension Agent in Inverness, Florida. After 30 years she returned to Blairsville to
retire among friends and family and moved into the home her mother
lived in
before her. She was a member of
Kiwanis—an organization that her father, Paul Paris, help found and was
the
first president. She liked any group
where there were people to listen to her stories and they had some food
to
eat. It wasn’t that she liked to eat,
but that the food drew a bigger crowd to talk to. She
was an avid supporter of the Union County
Historical Society—an organization that her mother,
Ms.
Edith, helped organize and presided over. She
was part of the reunion committee for the
Union County Class of ’56—and they got together just about every
Tuesday
morning for breakfast. Not to mention
the Saturday Morning Breakfast group, the Taco Tuesday group, the Young
Harris
group, the Monday Night group (when it did not conflict with Kiwanis),
a
Wednesday breakfast group, and NARFE…and the list could go on. She loved to make desserts of all kinds. She will be greatly missed by all. Don’t forget to keep your fork.
Funeral
services were held on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at First United
Methodist Church
of Union County in Blairsville with the Rev. Ben Lewis officiating. Interment was in Union Memory Gardens, next
to her late husband Cody Johnson and near her parents.
Donations
in lieu of flowers may be made to any of her favorite causes: The Union County historical Society, The
First United Methodist Church of Union County.
PAULA PARIS JOHNSON
Courtesy of Mountain View Funeral Home
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mae dockery
Willa
Mae Dockery, age 96, of Blairsville, GA and formerly of Murphy, NC
passed away Monday,
march 8, 2010 at the Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA.
She
was a native
and lifelong resident of
Cherokee County, NC and the daughter of the late Noah and Dovie Fricks
McDonald. Willa Mae was a
homemaker. She was a member of the
Hiawassee Baptist Church where she loved going and had taught Sunday
school in
her younger years. Willa Mae enjoyed
quilting and gardening.
In addition
to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Andrew
Dockery;
one son, Mack Alden Dockery; three brothers, Fred McDonald, Olen
McDonald and
Leonard McDonald; three sisters, Bessie Johnson, Beatrice Kephart and
Lola
Dockery.
She is
survived by three sons, Guy Charles Dockery and his
wife, June King Dockery of Lebanon, TN, Dennis Dockery and his wife,
Marie G.
Dockery of Murphy, NC and Noah Odis Dockery and his wife, Betty Ellen
Hall Dockery
of Kingston, TN; one daughter, Eva Beth Decker and her husband, Billy
M. of
Blairsville, GA; one brother, J.D. McDonald of Cary, NC; one sister,
Nettie
Green of Sylva, NC; seven grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, two
great
great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services were held at 11 AM, Thursday, March 11,
2010 at the Townson-Rose Funeral Home Chapel in Murphy, NC. Pastor Jim Beasley and Dr. Eddis Dockery
officiated. Burial was in the Hiawassee
Baptist Church Cemetery. Grandchildren
and great grandchildren served as pallbearers.
The family received
friends from 6 PM to 9 PM, Wednesday, March 10, at the Townson-Rose
Funeral
Home in Murphy, NC.
In lieu of
flowers memorials may be made to the Hiawassee Baptist Church Building
Fund,
c/o Linda K. Seabolt, 95 Bates Creek Road, Murphy, NC 28906.
You may
send tributes to the Dockery family at www.mem.com
or view other obits at www.townson-rose.com
Townson-Rose
Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
WILLA MAE DOCKERY