The
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Rev.
James Milton Rice, age 65, of
Surviving
Rev. Rice are two daughters, Heather Smith of Michigan, Amy Rice Bowles
of
Blairsville; two sons, Mike Rice of Japan, Josh Rice of Kentucky; one
brother
and sister-in-law, Ernest and Nell Rice of Blairsville; three sisters
and two
brother-in-laws, Mildred Hardison of SC, Diane and Carl Eggleston of
Cumming,
Linda and Freddie Dodd of Stone Mountain; eight grandchildren, Bradley
Brandon,
Bret Stephen, and Gaige Rice, Cody Bowles, Amber Smith and Matthew
Vichek,
several cousins in Fannin County, several other relatives and friends
also
survive.
Funeral
services were held on
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements.
The
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Mrs. Christine
King Griggs, age 62, native and lifelong resident of Blairsville, GA,
passed
away unexpectedly at her home on Friday, March 29, 2002.
Mrs.
Griggs was born on
Mrs.
Griggs is survived by her daughter and son-in-law: Christy and Parker
Foster,
of Blairsville; her granddaughter, Megan Foster, of Blairsville;
brother,
Jessie King, of Blairsville; brother and sister-in-law: Leon and
Claudine King,
of Morganton, GA; brother and sister-in-law: James and Wanda King, of
Covington, GA; brother-in-law and wife, Neal and Lois Griggs, of
Blairsville;
and sister-in-law, Betty King, of Blairsville; nieces, nephews and many
friends
also survive.
Funeral
services were held Sunday, march 31, 2002, at
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was entrusted by the family for the
arrangements.
The
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Mrs.
Doris (better known as Dotti) Brown Stephens, age 58, of
Surviving
Mrs. Stephens are her loving husband of forty years, Riley Stephens of
Blairsville; one son, Greg Stephens of Blairsville; one sister, Wilma
Ash of
Young Harris; one brother, Brownie Brown of Blairsville; many other
relatives
and friends also survive.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Stephens were held on Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 11
a.m.
from the Rich Cemetery with Rev. Chad Underwood officiating. Special music was presented by Helen Marsh
and Royce Killian. The following
gentlemen served as pallbearers: Hubert Shook, James Postell, Jeff
Hood, Bo
Conley, J.E. Corn, Dorsey Dockery and Joe Dillard.
Interment followed in the
In lieu
of flowers, send donations to: New Harmony Baptist Church Building
Fund, % Bo
Conley,
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements.
The
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Noah
William McClure, age 67, of
He was a
native of
He is
survived by one son, Warren William McClure of Blairsville, GA; one
daughter
and her husband, Loretta and Kevin Bock of Blairsville, GA; three
brothers:
Hadley McClure, Lloyd McClure and Bobby McClure, all of Blairsville,
GA; two
sisters: Pearle Richards of Morganton, GA and Imma Jean Little of
Blairsville,
GA; and three grandchildren: Katrina Lynn Brown, Tony William Brown and
Katelynn Leeann Bock, all of Blairsville, GA.
Funeral
services were held at
Townson
Rose Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
The
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Mrs.
Joyce Dyer, age 55, native and lifelong resident of Blairsville, passed
away
Saturday, March 30, 2002 at her home following an extended illness.
She was
born in
Mrs. Dyer
is survived by her husband, Arlen Dyer of Blairsville; mother, Luna
Swain also
of Blairsville; daughter and her fiancé, Nary Ann Dyer and Junior
Gaddis of
Blairsville; son, Timmy Moose of Blairsville; mother through Christ,
Napper
Moose of Suches, Georgia; friend, Charles Moose, of Gainesville,
Georgia; niece
and her husband, Sharon and Chris Furby, and their son, Evan of
Hayesville,
North Carolina; niece and her husband, Sonya and Stacy Ingram and their
sons,
Aleck and Jake, also of Hayesville; nephew and his wife, B.J. and Abby
Kitchens
of Hayesville. Many friends and other
relatives also survive.
Funeral
services were held
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was entrusted by the family for the
arrangements.
The
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Mrs.
Thelma L. Hill Helton, age 83, of
Surviving
Mrs. Helton are one daughter, Betty Helton Taylor of Blairsville; three
sons
and two daughters-in-law: martin and Millie Helton of Roseburg, OR,
Tommy and
Jannie Helton of Gainesville, and Marcus Helton of Flowery Branch; one
sister:
Unabell Hamlet of Sisterville, WV; ten grandchildren; eleven great
grandchildren; many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held on
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements.