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Mrs.
Zona Zachry Redd, age 86, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Friday,
December
25, 2009 in Chatuge Regional Nursing Home in Hiawassee, GA. Mrs. Redd was born Saturday, August 25, 1923
in Meridian, MC, the daughter of the late Clarence Wesley Zachry, Sr.
and the
late Maggie Belle Rogers Zachry. She had
been a Blairsville resident for the past 12 years.
Prior to this, she lived in Albany, GA, and
Atlanta, GA. She loved her Lord and
Savior above all else. In true southern
tradition, she loved and enjoyed her family and friends, always
displaying
honesty and compassion. Her hobbies were
Bible study, genealogy and cooking. Zona
was a member of the First Baptist church of Blairsville.
She was preceded in death by her husband,
Hoyt Edwin Redd and brother, Clarence Wesley Zachry, Jr.
Survivors
include her son and daughter-in-law, Rick and
Yvonne Redd of Blairsville.
Funeral
services were held on Monday, December 28, 2009 at 1 PM from the Chapel
of the
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville with Dr. Fred Lodge officiating. Special music was presented by Minister of
Music R. Terry Hooper. The following
gentlemen served as pallbearers: Keith
Franks, James Jones, Ronnie McDonald, Jimmy Tallent, Royce Hamby and
Hoyt
Raper. Burial followed in the Union
Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family
received friends at the funeral home Monday from 12 until 1 PM.
In lieu of
flowers, the family has suggested that donations may be made to the
Alzheimer’s
Association, 1925 Century Blvd., Suite 10, Atlanta, GA 30345 or to the
St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Arrangements
entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville.
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Charles
Gilbert, 82, of Blairsville, GA died Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 in Union
County
Nursing Home. He was a native of
Cherokee County, but had lived in Union County most of his life. He had worked for Mundy’s Veneer Mill and was
a member of the Moccasin Creek Baptist Church.
Charles was the son of the late Fred McKinnley and Emma Lena
Roberson
Gilbert.
Surviving
are a sister, Freda Rudder of Cochran, GA; a niece, Lynn Carter of
Hayesville;
a great niece, Celestine Pandolph of Blairsville; five great nephews,
Joshua
Passmore and wife, Lena, Jeremiah Passmore, and James Passmore all of
Blairsville, Caleb Passmore of Murphy, and Nathaniel Passmore of
Hayesville; and
several other nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services will be held at 2PM Saturday, Dec. 26 in the Chapel of Ivie
Funeral
Home, Murphy with the Rev. Frank Dockery officiating.
Interment was in Bellview Community
Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jeremiah,
James,
Caleb, and Nathaniel Passmore, Robby Turner, and Ricky Gilbert Sr.
The family
received friends from 12-1:45 Saturday afternoon at the Ivie Funeral
Home,
Murphy prior to the services.
Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy in charge of all
arrangements.
An online
guest register is available at “Obituaries” at www.iviefuneralhome.com.
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Mr. Carl
Carmean, age 68, of High meadows Rd., Blairsville passed away on
Friday, Dec.
25, 2009 in the N.H.C. Healthcare in Hendersonville, TN, following an
extended
illness. Mr. Carmean was born on Nov. 1,
1941 in Flint, MI, the son of the late Merle and Nina Carmean. He was a veteran of the US army.
Carl loved flea markets, both buying and
selling. He enjoyed bowling, bingo and
was a race car driver in his youth but never lost his love for cars. He delivered newspapers for many years. Mr. Carmean attended Fairview Baptist Church.
Surviving Mr.
Carmean are seven children, Carl and Tabitha Carmean, Jr. of
Hendersonville,
TN, Carla and Herman Walters of Flint, MI, Christy and Tracy Owenby of
Hendersonville, TN, Casey and Ashleigh Carmean of Hendersonville,
Chrisandra
Harrington of Hendersonville, Carrie Carmean of Hendersonville, Chad
Carmean of
Hendersonville, one brother and sister-in-law, Leonard and Bonita
Carmean of
Bellview, FL, twelve grandchildren, many other relatives and friends
also
survive.
Funeral
services were held on Tuesday, Dec. 29,2 009
at 2 p.m.
from the Mountain View Chapel with the Rev. Tommy Jones officiating. The following gentlemen served as
pallbearers, Lucas Harrington, Paul Lozier, Adam Blackwell, Damion
Blackwell,
Craig Carmean, Brandon Carmean. Interment followed
in the Ebenezer Baptist
Church Cemetery. The family met with
friends at the funeral home on Monday from 1-10 p.m.
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
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Karlton
F. Van Cour, age 78, of Blairsville, GA, passed away December 19, 2009
after an
extended illness.
Karlton
worked for Reed and Martin as a machine operator for several years. He moved to Florida and worked his way up to
a utilities foreman for the city of Plantation.
When he retired, the mayor gave him a key to the city for his
outstanding work ethic. Loving the
mountains and nature, Karlton moved to Blairsville with wife Doris to
retire. He was her caregiver for many
years
due to her declining health, resulting in her death in 2007. He will be greatly missed.
Survivors include:
daughter Susan Wilson of Blairsville; son Robert Van Cour of Taunton,
MA;
granddaughter Bethany Wilson, grandson Robert S. Van Cour, and 5 great
grandchildren. Other friends and
relatives also survive.
Cochran
Funeral Home Blairsville, GA www.cochrannfuneralhomes.com
in charge of arrangements.
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Mrs.
Betty Louise Rhyan, age 79, of R. Burnette Drive, Blairsville passed
away on
Sunday Dec. 20, 2009 in the Heritage Healthcare Center following an
extended
illness. Mrs. Rhyan was born on Nov. 25,
1930 in Savannah, GA, the daughter of the late Claude Evans and the
late
Alberta Rosa. She had been a part of the
community since 1980, moving here from Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Betty enjoyed reading, puzzle books, eating
out and singing in the church choir. She
was a member of the W.M.U., Secretary Treasurer of Vacation Bible
School. She was preceded in death by her
husband,
Bill Rhyan in 1991 and by a sister, Eleanor Rahn. Mrs.
Rhyan was a member of Antioch Baptist
Church.
Surviving Mrs.
Rhyan are two daughters and one son-in-law, Donna Hugney of
Blairsville, Lonna
and Michael Lovas of Clearwater, FL, two grandchildren, Heather and
John Stuart
of Morganton, GA, Sean and Amy Anderson of Dallas, GA, four
great-grandchildren
Lauren, Cameron, Warren and Madeline, many other relatives and friends
also
survive.
Funeral
services were held on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. from the
Mountain
View Chapel with the Rev. George Cline officiating.
Special music was presented by Danita Kennedy
and Debbie Owenby. Interment followed in
the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. The
family met with friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2-5 p..
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
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There
are numerous ways to remember Eugene Dyer.
Certainly most people will remember him as the white-haired
farmer,
sitting happily on his tractor, working endlessly every day on his
acreage
across the Nottely River from his grocery store. This
image of the hard-working farmer who
loved his land and his crops will remain vivid in the thoughts of his
many
friends and family!
The many
customers in his general store will also remember him as an honorable
friend
who was willing to lend an ear over the pot-bellied stove on a winter’s
day and
send them on their way with whatever they needed, be it groceries, gas,
feed or
fertilizer. For those who couldn’t pay
at the time, he would often barter or “put then down on his books.” He was a generous man who truly cared about
his neighbors and friends, all the while working hard and succeeding in
being a
really efficient and admired businessman.
Eugene bought the store in 1947 and ran his business until 1984. He farmed until two weeks before his death,
going up on his mountain with Tim, his son, to cut wood just one more
time!
While they
were in school, all of his children remember him being dedicated to
going to
the Union County Board of education meeting every month.
He believed in education and wanted to make a
contribution of this time and energies not only for his own children
but for
the good of all the children attending school in Union County. He served a member of the Board of Education
for 26 years, the longest service in this office in Union County
history, and,
for that matter, in the state of Georgia.
Eugene
enlisted in the Air Force during World War II where he served as a
Sergeant in
the 515th bomber squadron. He was an
aerial nose gunner on a B-24 plane called Sweet Meat.
He flew many missions, the most famous one
being to defend an oilfield in San Pan Pazio, Italy.
One engine had been shot out completely upon
their return and, when counted, there were 300 holes in the fuselage of
the
plane---but the crew was unharmed and the oilfield had been retained by
the
Allies! However, his luck as a gunner
eventually gave way to a dark side when the plane’s oxygen system was
shot and
the plane crashed, killing all on board except for Eugene and another
member of
the crew that he pulled out of the burning wreckage of the plane. For this heroic action, he deservedly was
awarded a coveted Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster, earned for
heroism,
something he has been proud of his entire life.
Sgt. Eugene Dyer also was awarded a Soldier’s metal as well as
the
Purple Heart for injuries he endured from the plane crash, wounds
mainly sustained
by his legs and involving a lengthy hospital stay.
He also has the Good Conduct Medal, the
European-African-Middle Eastern theater ribbon with five campaign
stars, and
the Distinguished Union Badge with two oak leaf clusters.
Francis
Eugene Dyer was born to Jewell Marlon Dyer and Azie Collins Dyer on
February
25, 1921 and lived on Route 2 in the Choestoe section of Union County
during
his youth. He married Dorothy, a fellow
Union Countian whom he met when she visited his new general store as a
customer. Their marriage has lasted for
more than 60
years and they happily worked together all this time on tending their
farm,
maintaining a thriving store, and raising three children.
Eugene is
survived by many who have loved him for so many years; Dorothy Dyer,
his wife,
and his children and their families---Connie Dyer of Alpharetta/Johns
Creek,
GA; Ivan and Margaret Dyer of Andalusia, AL, and their children Jason
and
Alexandra; Tim and Nancy Dyer of Blairsville, GA, and their daughter,
Emily. Eugene also had the fortune of
many loving brothers and sisters. His
brother, Bluford, preceded him in death, but his surviving brothers and
sisters
include: Louise Dyer of Commerce, GA.; Ethelene Jones of Milledgeville,
GA.,
Brenda Murphy, Linda Fortenberry, Gail Hedden, Troy Dyer, Janice Lance
and stepbrother,
Lloyd Shelton, all of whom still live locally here in Union County.
Eugene
Dyer lived to the advanced age of 88 and is, indeed,
a man to be admired. He loved his
parents; he served a country that he also loved with heroic ability; he
loved his
wife and children and was a model citizen, husband and father; he loved
and
doted on his grandchildren; he loved his work of farming, tending the
land that
nourished and upheld him for so many years; he loved his neighbors and
customers who traded with him at Dyer’s Grocery, treating everyone with
respect
and concern; but, most importantly, he loved life itself, a precious
commodity
to him, a thing to be cherished and lived to its fullest.
And, bless him, he
did live life to its fullest! He will be
remembered….
Eugene
became a Christian as a young boy and was an active,
faithful member of Choestoe Baptist Church.
His body was entrusted to Cochran’s Funeral Home in Blairsville,
GA.
Funeral
services were held at Choestoe Baptist Church, where the body lay in
state for
30 minutes prior to the service, on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 11
AM, with
Reverend Ken Zollinger officiating. The
following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Jason Dyer, buddy Hunter,
Bill
Collins, Keith Jones, Bob queen, Carlos Berrenquer, and Sylvan Dyer. Music was furnished by Eddie Owens, Linda
Thornton, Jo Mosley and Martha Collins. Interment
followed in Choestoe Baptist church Cemetery, with military honors
conducted by
The North Georgia Honor Guard.
The family
received friends at Cochran Funeral Home Tuesday, December 22, 2009
from 6 PM
until 9 PM.
If you wish
to do so, the family suggests that memorials be made to the American
Cancer
Society or Regency Hospice. Arrangements
entrusted to Cochran Family of Funeral and Cremation Services of
Blairsville. You are invited to view the
Life Tribute and
send condolences to the family at www.cochrannfuneralhomes.com