The
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mrs.
hermia f. “sam” ellis steward
Mrs. Hermia
F. “Sam” Ellis Steward, age 87, of Union County Nursing Home in
Mrs.
Steward was born in
Survivors
include daughter and son-in-law, Frances and David Copp, of
Blairsville;
daughter and son-in-law, Mickey and Paul “Oz” Field of Blairsville;
son, Al
Steward of Lowell, Massachusetts; grandchildren and their spouses,
Susan and
James Buchanan, Mikal and Auralee Copp, Johnny and Dawn Field, David
and Denise
Steward, Doug Steward, Valerie Field; four sisters, Christine Davis of
Auburn,
ME, Marie Aho of Templeton, MA, Estella Sziymicik, of Otta River, MA;
Greta
Pratt of Weld, ME; two brothers, Harry Ellis of new Vinard, ME and Paul
Ellis
of Rangeley, ME; seven great grandchildren and three great great
grandchildren
also survive.
Memorial
services will be held in Evergreen Cemetery of Rangeley, Maine on
In lieu
of flowers, memorials may be made to Union General Hospital Auxiliary,
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville entrusted with the arrangements.
The
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Mrs. Doris
Elizabeth Ray Griggs, age 65, of
Surviving
Mrs. Griggs are one daughter and son-in-law, Tammy and Wallace Brackett
of
Blairsville; three sons and two daughter-in-laws, Richard and Gloria
Griggs of
Blairsville, Robert Griggs of Blairsville, Rev. Tully and Joy Griggs of
Blairsville; two sisters, Betty Davenport of Montgomery, AL, Jewell
Faye Parks
of Chatsworth, GA; six grandchildren, Collin, Codie, Tosha, Taylor,
Chelsea and
Tommy Griggs, many 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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Mr.
Stephen Bruce Curtis, 52, of
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements.
NOTE:
date of birth is of course incorrect; should
be 1950 based on his age
The
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Mr. Lon
Cook, age 92, of
A native
of
Survivors
include his loving wife, Virginia Annie Lee Brown Cook, of the home;
son and
daughter-in-law, Harold and Karen Cook; daughter and son-in-law, Rose
Marie and
Jim Terry; daughter, Laura Ann Cook; son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and
Kathleen Cook; son and daughter-in-law, Don and Frances Cook; son and
daughter-in-law, Roy and Geneva Cook; and son and daughter-in-law,
Ronald and
Judy Cook, all of Blairsville; twenty grandchildren, and eighteen great
grandchildren also survive, along with many friends and other relatives.
Funeral
services were held
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville entrusted with the arrangements.
The
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Mr.
Edward M. Nutt, age 50, of
Mr. Nutt
was born in
Survivors
include his loving wife, Gwen Chitwood Nutt, of Blairsville; son and
daughter-in-law, Thomas and Tammy Nutt, of Stockbridge, GA; daughter
and
son-in-law, Beth and Randy Patton, of Blairsville; daughter and
son-in-law,
Carrie and Andrew Hamler, of Blairsville; and son, Jacob Nutt, of
Blairsville,;
two brothers: David Nutt of Hardwick, GA; Darrell Nutt, of Pensacola,
GA; and
sister, Brenda Nutt, of Stockbridge, GA; grandchildren: Tyler, Tabitha,
and
Travis Nutt; and Paige, James and Levi Patton.
Many friends and other relatives also survive.
Funeral
services were held
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville entrusted with the arrangements
The
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Mrs. Libby
Duke, age 55, of
Mrs. Duke
was born in
Survivors
include her loving husband, John, of Blairsville; daughter and
son-in-law,
Holly and James Cook, of Blairsville; daughter, Samantha Criswell, also
of Blairsville;
sister and brother-in-law, Vivian and Tommy Jones, of Blairsville; two
grandchildren: Kailynn and Clay Cook. Many
friends and other relatives survive.
Funeral
services were held
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville entrusted with the arrangements.
The
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Mr.
Sydney (better known as Satellite Syd) Svrcek, age 68, of
Surviving
Mr. Svrcek are four daughters and son-in-laws: Linda and Jeff Bennett
of
Wheaton, IL, Pamela and Dave Best of Chicago, IL, Sharon and Jerry
Dockery of
Young Harris, Vickie and Bonnell Thomas of Blairsville; four sons and
daughter-in-laws: Rusty and Dawn Fortenberry of Blairsville, Roy and
Michelle
Fortenberry of Blairsville, Tom and Kate Svrcek of Chicago, IL, John
and Elisha
Fortenberry of Blairsville, many 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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Mr.
Hobert Anderson, age 74, of
Surviving
Mr. Anderson are one brother, Garnett Anderson of Blairsville, several
nieces
and nephews and many other relatives and friends also survive. In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family
requests that memorials may be made to your favorite charity in Mr.
Anderson’s
memory.
Mountain View Funeral
Home of
Blairsville in charge of the arrangements.
The
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Mrs.
Betty S. Haines, age 77, of
Betty
(Severns) Haines began life in a rural area near
She was
almost five years old when she was placed in a two-room county school. The reason she started school at such a young
age was because one of the two teachers was a relative and wanted to
“balance”
the first grade class with two girls and two boys.
Thus, since Betty was always a good student,
she was usually the youngest student in her classes all the way through
high
school.
Betty and
her family left
A few
years later when WWII was in progress, Betty went to
After
Charles completed military obligations,
Betty encouraged and supported him in the completion of requirements
for
several college degrees. In between
college degrees, Betty and Charles spent three years in
The next
stage of Betty’s life consisted of living in foreign countries while
accompanying her husband on long term assignments in
During
Betty’s spare times, while gainfully employed and in retirement life,
she
instruction in bridge, part-time bookkeeping, accomplished beautiful
needlepoint, embroidery and crotchet.
She also enjoyed refinishing small antique pieces and displayed
a strong
interest in Civil War history. When time
and conditions permitted, she planned and organized personal tours to
numerous
Civil War battlefields with her husband.
However, most importantly, she was always a patient, kind and
loving
mother and understanding wife.
Betty is
survived by her husband of 58 years, Charles; three children: C. Edwin
Haines,
George S. Haines and Bonnie C. Kendrick; three grandchildren: Casey
Haines,
Ross Haines, and Valerie Kendrick and one sister, Ruth Huggins. Betty was also loved by the spouses of her
children, their friends and a total of twelve nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services were held
If you
wish, memorial contributions may be made to The Alzheimer’s Association
in
memory of Betty.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville entrusted with the arrangements