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Mr. Glenn
Gooch age 85 of Wren Drive, Blairsville passed away on Saturday, March
20, 2010
in Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta following a brief illness.
Mr. Gooch was born
on June 15, 1924 in Suches, GA, the son of the late Homer W. Gooch and
the late
Maebelle Wilkins Gooch. Glenn was a
veteran of the US Army of WWII, with the 4th Infantry Division and
fought in
the Battle of the Bulge. He received the
Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He was a
life member of the VFW Post 7394 and a dedicated member of the
Allegheny
Masonic Lodge for 60 years. Glenn had
served on the Board of Education for twelve years, Clerk of Court for
twelve
years and was the Commissioner of Union County for twelve years. Glenn was a loving father, brother,
grandfather and great grandfather. He
was preceded in death by his first wife, Leota Elizabeth Gooch, and
wife Betty
Gooch, a granddaughter, Glenda Gooch and a brother Tom Gooch. Mr. Gooch was a member of the First Baptist
Church of Blairsville.
Surviving
Mr. Gooch are two sons and one daughter-in-law, Doug and Nancy Gooch of
Blairsville, Glendon Gooch of Blairsville, three brothers and
sisters-in-law,
Bill and Minnie Gooch of Smyrna, Ervin and Barbara Gooch of Suches, Ned
and
Carol Gooch of Suches, six sisters and two brothers-in-law, Kathleen
Fitts of
Dahlonega, Claramae Kidd of Gainesville, Inez Crook of Jackson, GA,
Mary Ann
and Jessie Mayfield of Buckhead, GA, Sandra and Jerry Bailey of
McDonough,
Blondine Bryan of Dahlonega, four grandchildren Jeff, Stephen, Brittany
and
Jake Gooch, five great grandchildren, many other relatives and friends
also
survive.
Funeral
services were held on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 1 p.m. from the First
Baptist
Church of Blairsville with the Rev. Danny Parris, and Rev. B.A.
Buchanan. A eulogy was given by Rev. Stacy
Dyer and
Doug Gooch. The following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Chandler,
Patrick
and Jake Gooch, Terry Jones, Kenneth Jenkins and Curtis Colwell. Serving as honorary pallbearers were Jack
Lance,
J.W. Payne, Allen Conley, Carlton Colwell, Charles Hill, Charles
Jenkins, Dr.
George Gowder and Loyd P. Gooch. Interment
followed in the Union Memory Gardens Cemetery with the North Georgia
Honor
Guard conducting military honors. In
lieu of flowers if you wish, the family requests that memorials may be
made to
the Glenda Gooch House. The family will
(sic) met with friends at the funeral home
on Monday
evening from 1-3 p.m. and 5-8 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.
GLENN GOOCH
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Mrs.
Rebecca Ruth Stevenson, age 56, of Mountain Wood Rd., Blairsville,
passed away
on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at her home following a brief illness. Mrs. Stevenson was born on June 23, 1953 in
Hamilton, OH, the daughter of the late Robert Stevenson and the late
Barbara
Durbin Stevenson. She was preceded in
death by a son, Christopher Turner.
Rebecca was a loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother. Mrs. Stevenson was of the Baptist faith.
Surviving
Mrs. Stevenson are her loving husband Robert (Bob) Honken of
Blairsville, two
daughters, Carmen Turner of Jefferson, TN, Regan Turner of Cape Coral,
FL, one
son, Aaron Turner of Tampa, FL, two sisters and brothers-in-law, Amy
and Jim Hall
of Spring Borough, OH, Peggy and Everett Riffey of Lafayette, IN, two
brothers
and one sister-in-law, Alex and Tonya Stevenson of Seattle, WA, Mike
Stevenson
of Hamilton, OH, eleven grandchildren, Joey, Destiny, Owen, Faith,
Madison,
Chloe, Aaron Cole, Jayden, McKenna, Emma and Andrew, many other
relatives and
friends also survive.
A memorial
service will be held at a later date in Cincinnati, OH.
In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family
requests that memorials may be made to the March of Dimes Foundation in
memory
of Mrs. Stevenson.
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.
REBECCA RUTH STEVENSON
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Mrs.
Marjorie Irene Dyer, age 95, of Wesley Mtn. Drive, Blairsville, passed
away on
Sunday, March 14, 2010 in the Union General Hospital following an
extended
illness. Mrs. Dyer was born on Dec. 14,
1914 in Summerville, MA, the daughter of the late Augustus Boudreau and
the
late Florence Turner Boudreau. Marjorie
loved antiques, she and her husband owned
Dyers Antiques
for over forty-five years. She was
always known for her home baked cookies.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Fredrick Douglas Dyer
in 1990
and by a sister, Carol Bothfield in 1998.
She leaves behind many dear friends.
Mrs. Dyer was of the Episcopal faith.
Surviving
Mrs. Dyer are one daughter and son-0in-law, Patricia and Stephen Powers
of
Leesburg, FL, one sister, Florence P. Boudreau of Eustis, FL, five
grandchildren, Laura, Bob, Scott, Suzi and Vicki, 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
Regency
Hospice of Hiawassee in memory of Mrs. Dyer.
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.
MARJORIE IRENE DYER
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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) a 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 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, a sister, Cora
Dixon of
Marietta, GA; a brother, Mark Stephens of SC; fourteen grandchildren,
one
great-grandchild, many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 2 p.m. from the
Mountain View
Chapel with the Rev. Stacy Dyer and Rev. Jerry Young officiating. Special music was 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 the Harmony Grove Baptist Church.
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 on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
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Mrs.
Teresa Ann Gibson, age 52, of Garrett Rd., Blairsville, passed away on
Tuesday,
March 16, 2010 in the Union General Hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Gibson was born on May 27, 1957 in Towns
County, the daughter of Edith Zimmerman Ingram and the late J.M.
Ingram, Jr.
She was a lifelong resident of Union and Towns Counties.
Teresa was a person who was full of life and
never met a stranger. She was preceded
in death by her father, J.M. Ingram, Jr., step father, Rev. Willis
Garrett and
a brother, Jeffrey Ray Ingram. Mrs.
Gibson was a member of
Gum Log Baptist Church.
Surviving
Mrs. Gibson are her loving husband of twenty-five years, Donny Gibson
of
Blairsville, one son, Marshall Gibson of Blairsville, one daughter,
Shaye
Gibson of Blairsville, one brother and sister-in-law, Tim and Sherry
Ingram of
Young Harris, two sisters and one brother-in-law, Shela Owens of
Brasstown, NC,
Shirley and Johnny Smith of Blairsville, step brothers and
sisters-in-law,
Alvin and Elizabeth Garrett, Larry and Bonnie Garrett of Blairsville,
three
step-sisters and one brother-in-law, Ila Mae and Dorsey Dockery of
Blairsville,
Rose Garrett of Cartersville, Arlene Garrett of Blairsville, several
nieces,
nephews, many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held on Friday, March 19, 2010 at 2 p.m. from the
Mountain View
Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Rogers of (sic) Rev. Ronnie Abernathy
officiating. Special music was presented
by L.D. and The
Happy Pilgrims. The following gentlemen
served as pallbearers, Dean, Doug, Darrell and Dale Gibson, Terry
Kirby,
Mitchell Ingram, Brandon Smith and Shawn Owens.
Interment followed in the Many Forks Baptist Church Cemetery. The family met with friends at the funeral
home on Thursday evening after 6 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.
TERESA ANN GIBSON
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Mrs.
Florine Strickland Painter, age 75, of Blairsville, GA
passed away on Friday, March 5, 2010 at Chatsworth, GA.
Born in Cherokee County, GA she was the
daughter of the late Leman and Flora Mae Peardon Fann and wife of the
late
Robert S. Painter. Mrs. Painter was of
the Baptist Faith (sic). She was also
preceded in death by her son, Roy Junior Brown; her daughter, Patricia
Ann
Christopher; brother, Charles Fann.
Survivors
include step-sons, Robert M. Painter, William G. Painter, both of
Dallas, GA;
step-daughter, Mary Pickens of Jasper, GA; sisters, Moleen “Peggy”
Corder of
Smyrna, GA and Jo Brown of Blairsville, GA; ten grandchildren also
survive.
Funeral
services were conducted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 2 p.m. from the
Akins
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Peardon officiating.
Interment followed in the Chastain memorial
Park Cemetery.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.akinsfuneralhome.com.
Akins
Funeral Home of Blue Ridge was in charge
of the arrangements.
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Mr.
Robert
Dee Ball, age 81, of Raburn Rd., Blairsville, passed away on Wednesday,
March
17, 2010 in the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville, GA,
following an
extended illness. Mr. Ball was born on
Dec.
13, 1927 in Louisville, MS, the son of the late William D. Ball and the
late Hester
Prisock Ball. He was a veteran of the US
Army of the Korean War. He was preceded
in death by a daughter, Penny Black. Mr.
Ball was a member of Coosa United Methodist Church.
Surviving
Mr. Ball are his loving wife of twenty-two years, Mary Ann Payne Ball
of
Blairsville, one son, Mike Ball of WA, one brother and sister-in-law,
Marion
and Frances Ball of Louisville, MS, two sisters, Delores Glazer of MS,
and Ann
Mayo of MS, one grand-daughter, Megan Black of MS, many other relatives
and
friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 11 a.m. from the
Coosa United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Earl Bishop and Rev. Dr. Steve Midkiff
officiating. Special music was presented
by Rev. Earl and Ida Lou Bishop. Interment
followed in the church cemetery with the North GA Honor Guard
conducting
Military Honors. The family met with
friends at the funeral home on Friday evening from 6-8 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.
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Paula
Paris Johnson, age 70, of Blairsville, GA 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, GA; 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.
Paula 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 alter obtained a masters degree in that
field. She loved people and spent her
career helping others as a Home Extension Agent in Inverness, FL. 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 followed 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
Building
Fund, Blairsville Kiwanis club or Young Harris College alumni
Association.
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville coordinating the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
PAULA PARIS JOHNSON
Courtesy of Mountain View Funeral Home