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Mr. James
Lawrence Gibson, 67, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Sunday<
October
20, 1996.
Mr.
Gibson was born in Towns County, Georgia, on June 6,
1929, a son of the late Turn Gibson and Lena Hunter Gibson. He lived most of his life in this area and
was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church in Hayesville, NC.
Surviving
are his wife, Cordie Smith Gibson, of Blairsville; step mother, Lenoah
Gibson,
of Hiawassee; daughter, Judy Evans, of Wingate, NC; son, Billy Gibson,
of
Marshville, NC; daughter, Alicia Ralston; and sons, Marlon and Randy
Gibson,
all of Blairsville; sisters: Annie White, Irene Vandiver, and Opal
Dyer;
brother, Jack Gibson, all of Blairsville; half brother, Terry Gibson,
of
Hiawassee; six grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, and nieces, nephews
and other
relatives also survive.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday, October 22, 1996 at 4 p.m. from the Chapel
of
Cochran Funeral Home with Rev. Willis Garrett and Rev. Frankie Gunter
officiating. Special music was presented
by Ken and Elaine
Young. Interment was in New Liberty
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of
arrangements.
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mrs. mary elizabeth stover garrett
Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Stover Garrett, 85, of Lincolnton, North Carolina,
formerly of
Suches, Georgia, passed away Saturday, October 26, 1996 at her
residence.
Mrs.
Garrett had lived in Lowell, North Carolina for many
years and had been very active in the South Gastonia Church of God. She was an avid gardener and an excellent
seamstress.
Survivors
include three daughters, Ruth Loftis of Clover,
SC; Bobbie Pugh of Winston-Salem, NC and Gwenda Davis of Bessimer City,
NC; two
sons, Ralph Garrett of Blairsville and Charles Garrett of Indian Town,
FL; six
sisters; Mattie, Rosa Mae, Ruby, Edna, Nell, and Carolyn; and five
brothers:
Sidney, John D., M. J., Sherman, Jr., and Billy Stover, all of Suches. Twenty grandchildren, thirty nine great
grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday, October 29, 1996 at 2 p.m. from the Zion
Baptist
Church in Suches with interment in the Church cemetery (sic).
Carothers
Funeral Home of Gastonia, NC was in charge of
arrangements, and this notice is a courtesy of Cochran Funeral Home of
Blairsville.
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Mrs.
Patricia Edge Witt, 61, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Saturday,
October
19, 1996 at her home.
Mrs. Witt
was born April 21, 1935, in Fulton County, Georgia,
a daughter of the late John McKensie Edge and Mary Patillo Edge. Mrs. Witt had lived in the Blairsville area
since 1988, and was formerly of Atlanta.
For many years she followed her husband, a professional soldier,
and
worked as a civilian employee of the Army Corps of Engineers all over
the
world. After her husband’s retirement,
she went to work for the taxpayer’s (sic) Service Division of the
Atlanta
District of the Internal Revenue Service.
Mrs. Witt was a member of Providence United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Al Witt,
of Blairsville; two sons, Mark
Vincent McDonnell of Newnan, GA and Barry Orin McDonnell of Florida;
one step
son, William Alfred Witt III, of Seoul, Korea; and a brother, John
Kenneth Edge
of Bremen, GA; seven grandchildren also survive.
Memorial
services were held Tuesday, October 22, 1996 from the Chapel of Cochran
Funeral
Home of Blairsville with Dr. John Kay officiating.
Ms. Frances Evans was the pianist.
In lieu of
flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer
Society,
The Providence United Methodist Church Building Fund, or to your
charity of
choice.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of
arrangements.
The
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Mr.
Lionel
G. Gosselin, 68, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Thursday, October
24,
1996 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.
Mr.
Gosselin was born in Berlin, New Hampshire, on April 28,
1928, a son of George A. Gosselin and Clarinda Maltais Gosselin. Mr. Gosselin had lived in this area for the
past twenty eight years, coming here from Dade County, Florida. He was a retired Captain of the Dade County
Fire Department, where he had served for 30 years.
He was also a member of St. Francis of Assisi
Catholic Church, a member of the Knights of Columbus, and was a U.S.
Army
Veteran of the Korean War.
Surviving
are his wife, Barbara A. Gosselin, of the home; daughter, Aimee
Donaldson, of
Blairsville; mother, Clarinda Gosselin, of Titusville, FL; sister,
Doris White
also of Titusville; brother, Armand Gosselin, of North Miami; and one
grandson,
Kristian Donaldson, of Blairsville.
Funeral mass
was held Monday, at 11 a.m. from St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
with
father (sic) Ron Fuchs officiating. The
following gentlemen served as pallbearers:
Robert Hiller, Robert McCleary, Harold Salzler, Leo Armacost,
Donald
Hoffman, and Donald O’Hea. In lieu of
flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer
Society. Interment was in Union Memory
Gardens Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of
arrangements.
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Mr. Jimmy
Roy Lynch, 35, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Thursday, October
24, 1996
in Hiawassee, GA, from injuries sustained in an accident.
Mr. Lynch
was a native of Mr. Clements, Michigan, and was
born there on October 28, 1960. He was a
self-employed logger, and had lived most of his life in this area. Mr. Lynch was a member of Old Fashion Baptist
Church of Murphy. He had been preceded
in death by his grandparents, Roy and Grace Lynch, of Michigan; a
sister, Tammy
Ranae Lynch, in 1971; Grandfather, James Bert Payne, in 1983; and son,
Daniel
Jerome Lynch, in 1982.
Surviving
are his wife, Charlotte Patterson Lynch, of Blairsville; his parents,
Roy and
Brenda Lynch, of Blairsville, and Carol Ann and Denny Gray, also of
Blairsville; sons, Jimmy Justin Lynch, and Jacob Lynch, both of
Blairsville;
maternal grandmother, Doris Butram and step grandfather, Jerry Butram,
both of
Blairsville; brothers, Roy Edward Lynch, Danny Gray, Robert Gray, Eric
Gray and
Tony Lynch, all of Blairsville; sisters, Debbie Passmore and Trudy
Lockaby,
both of Blairsville; nieces, nephews and friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held Sunday, October 27, 1996 at 2:30 p.m. from Old
Fashion
Baptist church (sic) on Martin’s Creek with Rev. Hoyt Brown, Rev. Max
Lockaby,
and Rev. Buford Duckworth officiating.
Special music was presented by Frank Dockery and the Old Fashion
Church
Choir. The following gentlemen served as
pallbearers: Marty Chutt, Jerry Young, Dwayne Patterson, Robert Truett,
Danny
Payne, and John Payne. The following
gentlemen served as honorary escort to the family: Tommy Dockery, Ricky
Rich,
Robert Sosebee, Jim Corbin, Bill McClelland, and Chad Rich. Interment was in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of
arrangements.
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donald t. “don Juan from Michigan” crandall
Mr.
Donald
T. “Don Juan from Michigan” Crandall, 74, of Blairsville, Georgia,
passed away Monday,
October 14, 1996.
Mr.
Crandall was born in East Detroit, MI. He
was retired Civil Service Jet Mechanic
from Selfridge AFB, Michigan. He was a
World War II Veteran from the Marine Corps.
He was of the Catholic faith.
Survivors
include sons: Steve Crandall, Jr., Florida City, FL; Eddie Crandall,
Celebration, FL; Patrick Mark Limitt, Gotha, FL; and Kevin Couture, New
Port
Richey, FL; former step son John Riley, Port Huron, MI; daughters:
Donna
Fowler, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; and Pamela Wilbourn, Roseville, MI;
brothers:
Norman Krusinski, Chesterfield, MI and Melvin Karol, Jr., Eastpointe,
MI. and
13 grandchildren.
Purcell
Funeral Home of Bushnell, FL was in charge of
arrangements.