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Mr. Terry
A. Photianos, 66, of Blairsville, Georgia passed away Monday, August
19, 1996
in Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
Mr.
Photianos was born in Cobb County, Georgia, on December
7, 1929, a son of the late Christ Apostole Photianos and Magdalene
Karnavas
Photianos. He was a veteran of the U. S.
Army and served during the Korean War.
Mr. Photianos worked for Southern Bell Telephone for thirty two
years. He retired in 1983 and moved to
Blairsville in 1984. Mr. Photianos was a
member of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Atlanta.
Surviving
are his wife, Barbara Jones Photianos, of Blairsville; son and daughter
in law,
Chris Terry and Pat Photianos, of Kennesaw; daughter and son in law,
Tracie and
Mark Irvin, of Blairsville; grandchildren, Stephen Photianos, of
Kennesaw,
Adam, Lyndsey, and Lorene Irvin, all of Blairsville; sister, Barbara
Carlos, of
Atlanta; several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral
services were held Thursday, August 22, 1996 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel
of the
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville with Rev. Danny Parris officiating. Special music was presented by Terry Hooper,
accompanied by Linda Stubbs. The
following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Chris Photianos, Mark Irvin,
Chris
Carlos, Greg Medlin, Jeff Denard, Jim Pruitt, Wally Sweat, A. E. Sweat,
Rodney
Davenport, Herb Black, and Tom Baker.
Military honors were presented by North GA Honor Guard, with
interment
in Union Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of arrangements.
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Mrs.
Barbara Jean Huston, age 50, of Blairsville, GA passed away Tuesday,
August 20,
1996 following a period of declining health.
Mrs. Huston was born in Westchester County, New York the
daughter of
Walter Thomas Fredricks and Louis Lank Fredricks. She
was the widow of Thomas Huston.
Surviving
are one daughter, Danielle F. Mayoros of New Britain, CT.; one son,
Emery C.
Mayoros, IV of St. Petersburg, FL; one sister, Mrs. Virginia Cross of
Blairsville, GA. Graveside services were
held Friday, August 23, 1996 at 3 p.m. from the Fort Lauderdale
Memorial Park.
Banister Funeral
Home of Young Harris was in charge of local arrangements.
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Mr. John
Jay Whitt, 68, of Blairsville, Georgia passed away Sunday, August 18,
1996, at
his home.
Mr. Whitt was born February
16, 1928, in Clintwood, Virginia, the son of the late Henry Whitt and
Mattie
Flemming Whitt. He was a World War II
veteran of the U. S. Navy. Mr. Whitt
moved to this area in 1983, coming here from Sterling Heights, Michigan. He was a member of Faith Baptist Church.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs. Mary Lou Nix Whitt, of Blairsville; daughters,
Janice
Trandell of Blairsville, Rhonda Hurley of Merritt Island, FL, and
Beverly Whitt
Sheabar, of Melbourne, FL; grandchildren: Christina Marx Clemmons,
Andrea
Trandell, and Jessica Trandell, all of Blairsville; and Zidan Sheabar,
of
Melbourne, FL; great grandchild, Meredith Whitleigh Clemmons, of
Blairsville;
five sisters, Lillie Kiser, of Dante, Virginia; Ann Hughes, of Pound,
Virginia;
Vonda Puckett, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Dell Saenz, of Blairsville;
Naomi
Hamilton, of Blairsville, and James Whitt, of Hazel Park, Michigan. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday, August 21, 1996 at 11 a.m. from the
Chapel of the
Cochran Funeral Home with Rev. James Brock officiating.
Special music was presented by Nelson and Mildred
Lecroy. The following gentlemen served
as pallbearers: Dorsey Dockery, Pete Kirksey, Don Winn, Stacey Dyer,
Calvin
Dyer, and John Fortenberry. Military
Honors were presented by the North GA Honor Guard, with interment in
Pine top
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of arrangements.