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Mr.
Harvey
C. Burnette, 79, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Monday, September
23,
1996 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.
Mr.
Burnette was born in Hall County, Georgia, on June 9,
1917, a son of the late John Calvin Burnette and Alice Seabolt Burnette. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War
II. Mr. Burnette had lived most of his
life in this area, and was a member of Zion Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a sister, Della
Dyer.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs. Marie Brown Burnette, of the home; daughter, Pat
Mathewson,
of Marietta; daughter and son in law, Sandra and Art Mathewson, also of
Marietta; son and daughter in law, Billy and robin (sic) Burnette, of
Blairsville; daughter and son in law, Teresa and Eddie Stanley, of
Canton, GA
daughter and son in law, Mildred and Richard Harkins, of Blairsville;
and son
and daughter in law, Terrell and Sylvia Foster of Marietta (sic);
sisters:
Lillie Reece, Able Reece, and Lela Stephens, of Blairsville; Naomi
Reece of
Augusta; and Mattie Bell Cantrell of Dahlonega; Brother, Anceberry
Burnette of
Blairsville; ten grandchildren, and one great grandchild also survive.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday, October 2, 1996 at 2 p.m. from the
Chapel of
the Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville with Rev. Willis Garrett, Rev.
Lester
Sutton, and Rev. Bill Honaker officiating.
Special music was presented by Kennith (sic) and Elaine Young. The following gentlemen served as
pallbearers: Dorsey Dockery, Weldon Reece, Jeep Stephens, Eddie Terry, Bluford Dyer, Jimmy cook, Johnny Burnette and
Eugene
Pope. Military Honors were conferred by
the North GA Honor Guard, with interment in Shady Grove Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of arrangements.
The
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Mr.
Daniel
G. Knox, 74, of Blairsville, Georgia passed away Saturday, September
21, 1996
at his home following an extended illness.
Mr. Knox
was born in Cobb County, Georgia, on March 7, 1922,
a son of the late William Henry Knox and Ethel Martin Knox. He was a World War II veteran of the U. S.
Army. Mr. Knox had been living in the
Blairsville
area for 6 years, coming here from Marietta.
He was of the Baptist faith.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Power Knox, of the home; son and daughter in
law,
Danny and Tammie Knox, of Blairsville; daughter, Brenda Knox, of
Blairsville,
and daughter and son in law, Barbara and Jerry Cobb, of Marietta;
sister,
Dorothy Walker of Austell, GA; and brother Fred Knox, of Smyrna;
grandchildren,
Nicole Knox of Blairsville, Courtney Cobb, Victoria Cobb, and Daniel
Joseph
cobb (sic) of Marietta; nieces and nephews and other relatives also
survive.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday, September 24, 1996 at 11 a.m. from the
Chapel of
the Funeral Home with Rev. Freddie Knox, Rev. Alton Towe, and Rev.
Willis
Garrett officiating. Special music was
presented by the Faith Singers. Members
of the North Georgia Honor Guard served as pallbearers, and presented
military
honors. Interment was in Holly Hill
Veterans Cemetery in Blairsville.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of arrangements.
The
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Infant
Jonah Lanier Nation, son of Tammy Lynn Taylor and Eddie Lanier Nation,
of
Blairsville, passed away Sunday, September 22, 1006 (sic) in Union
General
Hospital in Blairsville.
Other
relatives surviving include little John Austin Nation, of Blairsville;
Maternal
grandparents, David and Kathy Taylor, of Blairsville; Paternal Great
Grandparents, Johnny and Delores Nation, of Murphy, NC; maternal great
grandparents, Clyde and Evelyn Wright, of Blairsville; and Paternal
Great
Grandmother Wila Mae Taylor, of Blairsville; Great great grandmothers,
Nova Lee
Nation and Radie Morgan, both of Blairsville.
Graveside
services were held Tuesday, September 24, 1996 at 3 p.m. from Bellview
Community Cemetery in Murphy.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of arrangements.
The
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Mr. John
Harold Keane, 69, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday,
September 24,
1996 in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta.
Mr. Keane
was a native of New York and had lived in this area for seven years,
moving
here from Key West. He was a U. S. Navy
Veteran of World War II and the Korean War.
Surviving
locally is his wife, Mattie Harper Keane, of Blairsville.
Cochran
funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of arrangements.
The
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Mr. Ralph
J. Tritt, age 63, of Suches, GA died Thursday September 26, 1996 at his
residence following an extended illness.
He was a native and lifelong resident of Union County, a member
of Mt.
Pleasant (Hill) Baptist Church in Suches, and was retired from the U.
S. Fish
& Wildlife service (sic) after 34 years service.
Survivors
include his wife, Mrs. Annie Tritt, Suches, GA; Sons and daughter in
laws:
Timothy & Iris Tritt, Suches, GA, Anthony & Winona Tritt,
Blairsville,
GA; daughters and son in laws: Sheila and Steve Collins, Blairsville,
GA,
Deborah and Scott Burger, Suches, GA; brother, Paul Tritt, Cumming, GA;
sisters:
Ruth Parker, Suches, GA, Pauline Lovell, Cleveland, GA and Irene
Porter,
Suches, GA; grandchildren: Jeremy Burger, Jessica Burger, Jarod Burger,
Austin
Collins, Zachary Tritt, Leah Tritt, Landon Tritt, and Anborah Collins. Several other relatives also survive.
Funeral
services were held Saturday September 28, 1996 at 1 p.m. at Mt.
Pleasant (Hill)
Baptist Church with Rev. Joe Husey officiating.
Interment followed in the Church Cemetery.
Banister
Funeral Home of Dahlonega was in charge of the arrangements.
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Mrs.
Etta Klein, 85, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Thursday,
September 26,
1996 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.
Mrs.
Klein was born October 2, 1910, in Northumberland
County, Virginia, a daughter of Hamilton Palfrey Harris and Lula Edna
Blundon
Harris. She had lived in the Blairsville
area for the past twenty two years, coming here from Pompano beach, FL. She was the widow of the later (sic) Emerson Walter
Klein. Mrs. Klein was of the Nazarene
Faith.
Surviving
are son, Rev. Earl Walter Klein, of Fairmont, West Virginia; daughter,
Eleanor
Haines, of Blairsville; brothers, Pete Harris and Russell Harris both
of
Maryland; grandchildren: Barry Haines, of Ocala, FL; Randy Haines and
Curtis
Haines, both of Blairsville; Danny Haines of Young Harris; and Wanda
McGinnis
of Kingsport, TN; Walter Klein, of Jonesboro, GA; Kenneth Klein, of
California;
and Doug Klein, of Fairmont, West Virginia; eight grandchildren also
survive.
Interment
was in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Pompano Beach.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of local arrangements, and
Forest
Lawn funeral Home of Pompano Beach was in charge of arrangements in
Florida.
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Mr.
Junior
Mashburn, 65, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Friday, September
27, 1996
in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.
Mr. Mashburn was born in
Union County, Georgia, on my (sic) 12, 1931 a son of Jesse Clyde
Mashburn and
Vonnie Augusta Smith Mashburn. He was a
veteran of the U. S. Marine Corp. and served in the Korean War. Mr. Mashburn had lived for several years in
Michigan, but moved back to Union County area in 1986.
He was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs. Arlene Mashburn, of Blairsville; daughter, Denise
Ann
Gossett, of Flint, Michigan; and son, Daniel Wayne Mashburn of Vassar,
Michigan;
brother, Robert Mashburn, of Tiger, GA; brother, Edward and Richard
Mashburn,
of Blairsville; brother, Orell Mashburn of Linden, MI; and brother
Dwight
Mashburn of Grand Blanc, MI; grandchildren, Kristopher Gossett and
Joshua
Mashburn, of New Lothrop, MI.
Funeral
services were held Monday, September 30, 1996 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel
of the
Funeral Home with Rev. R.L. Martin, Rev. Loys Waters, and Rev. Keith
Bartlett officiating. Special music was
presented by The Faith
Singers. The following gentlemen served
as pallbearers: Brian and Charles Mashburn, Phil Nichols, Charles
Hemphill, Lee
Knight and Mike Totherow. The following
gentlemen served as honorary escort to the family: Eull Bartlett, Don
Bates,
Lee Taylor, and Jerry Hyatt. Members of
the North GA Honor Guard presented Military honors, with interment in
Ebenezer
Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of arrangements.