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Mr.
Charles A. Hannon, 61, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Thursday,
December
12, 1996 in Lanier Park Hospital in Gainesville, GA.
Mr.
Hannon was born May 13, 1935, in Jackson County,
Missouri. He was a veteran of the U. S.
Marines and served in the Korean War. He
had lived in Blairsville for the past two years, coming here from
Douglas,
Wyoming. Mr. Hannon was a lifetime
member of the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars.
Surviving are his wife, Mary. R.
Hannon, of Blairsville; his mother,
Harriett Hannon, of Murphy, NC; step son, Larry Jones, of Virginia
Beach, VA;
step daughter, Marlyn Lang of Satellite Beach, FL; step son, Gary Jones, of Independence, Missouri; and step
daughter, Teresa Ireland, of Castleberry, FL; also his sister, Carol
Hannon, of
Murphy.
Graveside
services were held Monday, December 16, 1996 at 1 p.m. from Chattanooga
National Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of
arrangements.
The
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Mrs.
Nellie L. Payne, 81 of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Saturday,
December 14,
1996 at her home.
Mrs.
Payne was born in Union County, Georgia, on June 15,
1915, a daughter of the late Thomas Dyer and Mary McGlamery Dyer. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident
of this area. Mrs. Payne was a member of
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Preceding
her in death were brothers: Jack, Howard, Grady, Terrell, A. V. and
Tommy Dyer;
sisters: Adekate King of Blairsville and Minnie Holbrooks of Blue Ridge.
Surviving
are husband, Bruce Payne, of Blairsville; children: Ernest A. Payne,
and Ethel
Ann Payne, both of Blairsville, and Louise Worthington, of
Cartersville, GA;
brother, Roy Dyer, of Blairsville, and sister, Bell Jones, of
Cartersville;
eight grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, and several nieces and
nephews also
survive.
Funeral
services were held Monday, December 16, 1996 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel
of
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville with Rev. Steve Youngblood and Rev.
Earl
Pickelsimer officiating. Special music
was presented by Dorothy Pickelsimer and Kennith (sic) Young. Serving as pallbearers
Dennis Worthington, Gary Payne, Melvin Payne, Clyde Payne, Johnny
Wallace, and
Gordon Payne. Interment was in
Pleasant
Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of
arrangements
The
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Mae
McCallister, 83, of Blairsville, Georgia formerly of Winter Park, FL
died
Tuesday, December 12, 199 (sic) at her residence. She
was a native of Charleston, WV, living
eight years in Orange County, FL prior to moving to Union County, GA in
1995. She was a daughter of the late
William A. and Rebecca Kelly Wells and the wife of the late W. P.
McCallister
who died in 1985. She was a retired
School lunchroom dietitian and a member of the Nazarene Church.
Surviving
are one daughter, Norma J. Cooper of Blairsville, GA; one son, Frank E.
McCallister of Scottsdale, AZ; one sister, Merle Baldock of Charleston,
WV;
eight grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
Services
were Friday, December 20th at 1 p.m. in the chapel of
Quattlebaum-Holleman-Burse Funeral Home in Winter Park, FL. Interment was in Glenn Haven Memorial Park.
The family request
that memorials may be made to the Hand in Hand Hospice Agency, 234 Main
Street
Station, Hiawassee, GA 30546.
Ivie
Funeral Home, Murphy in charge of
local arrangements. This notice is a courtesy of Cochran Funeral
Home of Blairsville.
The
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Mrs.
Ruth Todd Bessman, 82, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away, Monday,
December
16, 1996 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.
Mrs.
Bessman was born in Robertson County, Tennessee, on
September 23, 1914, a daughter of the late Walter Thomas Todd and Cora
Mable
Stroud Todd. Mrs. Bessman moved to the
Blairsville area in 1977, coming here from West Palm Beach. She was a member of First United Methodist
Church
of Blairsville, and was an honorary member of Union General Hospital
Auxiliary.
Surviving
are her niece, Teresa Ann Patterson, of West Palm Beach; and two
nephews,
Kenneth Stroud Todd, Jr. and Walter Thomas Todd, both of West Palm
Beach.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday December 18, 1996 at 2 p.m. from the
Chapel of the
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville with Dr. Robert Darby officiating. The following gentlemen served as
pallbearers: John Gurley, Stan Kneeshaw, Hank Hall, Paul Colditz, Al
Horning,
and Fred Williams. Member of the Union
General Hospital Auxiliary served as honorary escort to the family. Interment was in Union Memory Gardens
Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge of arrangements.