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Vicki
Sampson Gibbs, age 80, of Blairsville, Georgia passed away Sunday,
November 24,
1996 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.
Mrs. Gibbs was born in Scott County, VA
April 9, 1916
a daughter of the late Samuel Sylvester and Mary Alice Cookenhour
Sampson. She moved to Blairsville
in 1945 Bristol,
Va. She was a former local business
owner owning four different restaurants over the years.
Also in the later she was active in the
operation of Tucker’s Inn. She was a
member of First United Methodist Church of Union County.
Survivors
include daughter and son-in-law Patsy and Jack
Tucker of Blairsville, GA; sister Mabel Caler of Blairsville, brothers
Ernest
Sampson of Gate City, VA and Eugene Sampson of Fall Branch, TN;
grandchildren
Nancy McCarthy of Winter Park, FL, Shawn Tucker of Apopka, FL and Tammy
Palmer
of Blairsville, GA; great grandchildren Daniel and Candace Lopez of
Blairsville,
GA, Shauna, Ryan and Christopher Tucker of Apopka, FL and David
McCarthy of
Winter Park, FL; several nieces, nephews and other relatives also
survive. She was preceded in death by a
grandson Kevin
Tucker in 1962, and four brothers Ed Sampson, Sylvester Sampson, Thomas
L.
Sampson and William K. Sampson.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday November 26, 1996 at 8 p.m. from the Chapel
of
Cochran Funeral Home with Dr. Robert Darby and Rev. Orville Nelson
officiating. Special music was provided by
Martha Cone and
Steven Olsen. Interment was in Antioch
Baptist Cemetery.
Cochran Funeral
Home of Blairsville, GA was in charge of the arrangements.
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Mr. Lynn
Leroy Morgan, 75, of Blairsville, Georgia passed away Friday, November
29, 1996
in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.
Mr.
Morgan was born in Lakeland, Florida, on June 10,
1921. He was a World War II Veteran of
the U. S. army and served in the U. S. Navy in Korea.
Mr. Morgan moved to this area in 1981, coming
here from Gainesville, GA. He was of the
Methodist Faith, and was the widow of the late Mary Jane Richardson
Morgan.
Surviving
are son, Michael Morgan, of Bethlehem, PA; daughter, Deborah Morgan, of
Honolulu,
Hawaii; and daughter Pat Ellis, of Ogden, Utah; brothers, Sellywn
Morgan, of
Cedartown, GA; and Harold Morgan, of Marietta, GA.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of
arrangements.
The
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Mr. Wayne
Henderson, 69, of Union County, Georgia, passed away Friday, November
29, 1996
in Blue Ridge Health Care Center in Blue Ridge, GA.
Mr. Henderson was born on
December 25, 1926, in Union county (sic), Georgia, a son of the late
Jim
Henderson and Cleo King Henderson. He
was a lifelong resident and was of the Baptist Faith.
His brother, Benny Henderson, preceded him in
death.
Surviving
are a sister, Millie Kimble, of Blairsville; and brothers, James
Henderson of
Atlanta, GA, and Blaine Henderson, of Young Harris, GA; seven nieces
and four
nephews also survive, along with many other relatives and friends.
Funeral
services were held Sunday, December 1, 1996 at 2 p.m. from Many Forks
Baptist
Church with Rev. R. L. Martin and Rev. Leon Henderson officiating. The following gentlemen served as
pallbearers: Charles Gibson, Arlan Worley, Bass Henderson, Doug
Cothren, Bill
Hyatt, and Ernest Chastain. Interment
was in the Church Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of
arrangements.