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Mr.
Harmon Brown, 82, of Blairsville,
Georgia, passed away Friday, September 29, 1995 in Union General
Hospital in
Blairsville. Mr. Brown was born in Union
County, Georgia, on September 28, 1913, a son of the late Henry and
Clesta
Thomas Brown. He was a member of Old
Liberty Baptist Church. A son, Roger
Brown, passed away in 1969.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs. Gladys Nelson Brown, of the home; three sons: Junior
Brown
and Carroll Brown, both of Blairsville; Leon Brown, of Clarksville;
daughter,
Willene Wade, of Blairsville; six sisters: Connie Galloway, Gastonia
NC;
Frankie Dunaway, Rockmart, GA; Ruby Sexton, and Ellen Collins, both of
Blairsville; Ethel Self, of South Carolina; and Cleo Hooper of
Hayesville, NC;
four brothers: Emory Brown, Barney Brown, and Clayton Brown, all of
Blairsville;
and Homer Brown, of Rockmart, GA; seven grandsons, two granddaughters;
three
great granddaughters, and one great grandson also survive.
Funeral services were held Sunday,
October 1, 1995 at 3:00 PM from Old Liberty Baptist Church with Rev.
Jerry
Young officiating. Specially selected
music
was presented by the church choir. The
following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Tim Brown, Mike Brown,
Franklin
Brown, Alan Brown, Alex Wade, and Chris Brown.
Interment was in the church cemetery.
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Glen R.
Dean, 66, of Blairsville, Georgia,
passed away Thursday, October 5, 1995 in Union General Hospital in
Blairsville. Mr. Dean was born in Wayne
County, West
Virginia, on July 7, 1929, a son of the late Ernest Bernard Dean and
Stella
Marie Cotton Dean. he (sic) was a U.S.
Army Veteran of World War II. Mr. Dean
had lived in this area since 1987, coming here from Florida. He and his wife were the former owners and
operators of the Georgia Trader, in Blairsville.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elsie
Tolliver Dean, of the home; two daughters, Elinda Louise Mears, and
Pamela Kay
Santiago, both of Blairsville; brother, Dennis Saxton, of Blairsivlle
(sic);
two sisters, Marie Trumble and Mabel Bowen, both of Huntington, West
Virginia;
step sister, Virginia Curry, also of Huntington; two brothers-in-law,
Ewins
Tolliver of Jacksonville, Florida, and Tommy Tolliver of Boynton Beach,
Florida; grandchildren: Glen Adam Santiago, Glen Wesley Summerlin,
Jimmy Mears,
Milagros Santiago, and Robin Santiago; great granchildren (sic),
Chelsie
Santiago, and Joseph Adam Santiago.
Funeral services were held Sunday,
October 8, 1995 at 2:00 p.m. from the Chapel of the Funeral Home with
Rev.
Jerry Helton officiating. Special music
was presented by Mrs. June Grounds. The
following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Robert Newman, Glen
Summerlin, Glen
Santiago, Eric Figueria, Kenny Gonzalaz, and Adam Santiago. Interment was in Union memory Gardens
Cemetery.
In lieu
of flowers,
the family requests
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of arrangements.
The
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Lawrence
Stucker, better known as “Larry” ,
age 81, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Thursday, October 5, 1995
in Union
General Hospital in Blairsville. Mr.
Stucker
was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, on April 13, 1914, a son of the
late Warren
Stucker and Betty Averitt Stucker. He
had been living in this area since 1971, coming here from Louisville,
Kentucky. He was a member of Antioch
Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Gladys
Ingram Stucker, of Blairsville and niece, Patty Day, of Elizabethtown,
Kentucky.
Funeral services were held Saturday,
October 7, 1995 at 4:00 p.m. from the Chapel of the Funeral Home with
Rev.
Tommy Jones officiating. Music for the
service was presented by Jim and Judy Thompson.
The following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Earl Warren,
Michael
Warren, Grady Groves, Carroll Weaver, George Colbert, and Ray Ingram. Interment was in Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of arrangements.
The
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Pearl
Duckworth Dyer, 93, of Blairsville,
Georgia, passed away Thrusday (sic), October 5, 1995 in Newnan Hospital
in
Newnan, Georgia. Mrs. Dyer was born in
Union County, Georgia, on May 10, 1902, a daughter of the late John
Duckworth
and Laura Wood Duckworth. She was a
lifelong resident of this area and a member of Old Liberty Baptist
Church. Mrs. Dyer was preceded in death by
a
daughter, Tannie Dyer Collins, and two sons, Clyde Dyer and Elbert
Dyer, and
her husband, Carter Dyer.
Surviving
are daughter and son-in-law, Maudie and Clifford Shuler, of Cleveland,
Georgia;
son and daughter-in-law, James and Lillian Dyer, of Newnan, Georgia;
daughter
and son-in-law, Herbert and Anita Dyer, of Blairsville; sister, Verdie
Ensley,
of Blairsville; fifteen grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren and
three
great great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held Saturday,
October 7, 1995 at 2:00 PM from the Chapel of the Funeral Home with
Rev. Jerry
Young and Rev. Tom Smith officiating. Special
music was presented by Ken and Elaine Young.
Grandsons served as pallbearers, with interment in Pinetop
Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville
in charge of arrangements.
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Mr. Doyle
Shepherd, 76, of Blairsville,
Georgia, passed away Thrusday (sic) at his home.
Mr. Shepherd was a native of Union
County, and a World War II Veteran of the U. S. Army.
Mr. Shepherd lived in this area for most of
his life, and had attended Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
He was a member of Young Cane Masonic Lodge,
F & AM.GA,.
Surviving are his wife, rms. Nellie
Ruth Shepherd, of the home; a son, Johnny Shepherd, of the Dial
Community;
daughter, Birdie Lynn Chambers, of Murphy, North Carolina; three
sisters:
Willanell Nix, and Inez Helton both of Ellijay, Georgia, and Geneva
Bryson, of
Blairsville; six grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held Sunday,
October 8, 1995 at 4:00 p.m. from the Chapel of the Funeral Home with
Rev.
Horace Potts officiating. Special music
was presented by Susie Phillips, Louise DeLong and Sarah Kelley. The following gentlemen served as
pallbearers: Coby Shepherd, Kenneth Bryson, Roger Helton, Greg Worley,
Ward
Bryson, and Billy Nix. Interment was in
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery.
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville
in charge of arrangements.
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Mrs. Edna
Ownbey Erwin, 84, of Blairsville,
Georgia, passed away Thursday, October 5, 1995 in Morrow, GA. She was a native of Union County, and a
former employee of the Georgia Boot Company.
She was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Mrs. Erwin was the daughter of the late
Porter and Lillie Margaret Galloway Ownbey.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Erwin; two sons,
James
Lester Ownbey and Bill Erwin, and daughter, Ella Faye Chambers.
She is survived by one daughter,
Clara Willis, of Morrow, GA; two brothers, Woodrow Ownbey, of San
Francisco,
California and John Ownbey, of Blairsville; two sisters: Ethel Hunter
of
Atlanta, and Carrie Anderson, of Warne, NC; eleven grandchildren,
thirteen
great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held Saturday,
October 7, 1995 at 2:00 PM from the Townson Rose Funeral Home in
Murphy, NC
with Rev. Leon Henderson officiating.
Burial was in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery.
Nephews served as pallbearers. In
lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to
The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1151, Murphy, NC 28906.
Townson Rose Funeral Home of Murphy
in charge of the arrangements. This
notice is a courtesy of Cochran Funeral
Home of
Blairsville.
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William
Hayden Parker, 74, of Suches, GA,
passed away Saturday, October 7, 1995 in Union General Hospital in
Blairsville. Mr. Parker was born in Fannin
County, GA, on
January 21, 1921, a son of James Joseph and Ida Cantrell Parker. He was a Veteran of the U.A. Army, and served
during World War II. Mr. Parker was a
former Prisoner of War in Germany. He
was a lifelong resident of this area and a member of Mt. Pleasant #2
Baptist
Church in Suches.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lula
Mae Gregory parker, of Suches; daughters: Delores Stamey of Blue Ridge,
GA, and
Betty Woody, of Suches; Brothers: Hastel Parker, of Suches, Henry
Parker, of
Dawsonville, GA, Harold Parker, of Morganton, GA; James Parker, of
Romulus,
Michigan; Elmer Gene Parker, of Atlanta; Sisters: Adell Floyd and Mary
Gooch,
both of Atlanta; Gladys Gilreath, of Marietta, GA; and Minnie Bell
Watkins, of
Suches; six grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and many nieces,
nephews,
and friends also survive.
Funeral services were held Monday,
October 9, 1995 at 2:00 PM from Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church #2 in
Suches with
Rev. Jimmy Tanner and Rev. Jackie Stowers officiating.
Special music for the service was presented
by The Suches Community Choir. The
following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Michael Stamey, Ricky
Parker, David
Parker, Roy Parker, Joseph Woody, and Johnny Cantrell.
Interment was in the church cemetery.
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville
in charge of arrangements.