The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory announces Memorial Services for Mr. John Thomas Hay, Jr., age 92 of Hiawassee who passed away on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at his home. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at First United Methodist Church of Hayesville. Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral […]
Read More »Mrs. Vada Lee Hughes: Obituary
Mrs. Vada Lee Hughes, age 75, of Young Harris, GA passed away on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at the Chatuge Nursing Home following an extended illness. Mrs. Hughes was born on November 19, 1941 in Hiawassee, GA, the daughter of the late John Chastain and Nancy Arrowood Chastain Vada was a lifelong resident of Towns […]
Read More »Islam’s Evil Protectors
Opinion written by George McClellan: Even following the outrageous Islamic terrorists attacks in the UK in the name of Allah, remarks by British Prime Minister Teresa May still shows hesitation to admitting the obvious. Not all muslims are terrorists but all terrorists are muslims. She is getting close but she’s not there yet. Sadly, like […]
Read More »The Depths of Corruption – Follow the Money
Opinion written by George McClellan: Trump is no dummy and should not be underestimated as evidenced by the skill he employed in neutralizing his main internal enemy, FBI Director James Comey. Perhaps Trump’s other adversaries should think about looking for good lawyers. Evidence, not innuendo, rumors or fake news like the “Comey Memo,” is starting […]
Read More »Manchester
Opinion written by George McClellan: “I think the greatest thing we can do is just unite, and love on each other… no barriers, no borders, we all need to just coexist.”…Katy Perry’s response to the Manchester bombing that killed 22 innocent people that stands as another example of a really stupid person with a public […]
Read More »The Attacks Will Continue…
Opinion written by George McClellan: I am really becoming weary of the constant media attacks on Donald Trump on any excuse for every minor, nonsensical little thing he say’s, does or tweets. I am becoming even more unhappy with the direction Fox News is taking in pursuing the attacks against The President. Presently, it’s the […]
Read More »Facing the Future
Opinion written by George McClellan: So, the Republican House has finally passed an excuse for a Repeal and Replace bill of the Unaffordable No care Act, aka: Obamacare. Don’t bet on it. Be suspicious, very suspicious. Trump is a populist and as such, he’s combatting not only the now childish Democrat party of useful idiots, […]
Read More »Mrs. Shirley Williams Ledford: Obituary
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces Funeral Services for Mrs. Shirley Williams Ledford, age 67 of Hiawassee, who passed away suddenly on Friday, May 5, 2017. Shirley will be missed by all who knew her, but especially by her family: her loving husband of 24 years, Rickie Ledford; her son, Michael Callahan; her step-sons, […]
Read More »Mrs. Addie Mozelle Moore: Obituary
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces Funeral Services for Mrs. Addie Mozelle Moore, age 88, of Hiawassee, who passed away suddenly after a brief illness on Saturday evening, April 29, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, surrounded by the love of her family. Mozelle was born on December 8, 1928 in Seneca South Carolina. […]
Read More »Ms. Clara Bell (Arrowood) Roberts: Obituary
Ms. Clara Bell (Arrowood) Roberts, age 81, of Hiawassee, Georgia passed away Monday, April 24, 2017. Clara was born April 22, 1936 to the late Ervin and Elizabeth (Potter) Arrowood. Clara was proceeded in death by her husband, John Roberts and son, Mark Neal Garrett. Ms. Roberts is survived by son, Manuel Arrowood of Hiawassee, […]
Read More »Mr. Eugene Stuman: Obituary
Mr. Eugene Stuman age 89 of Young Harris passed away peacefully on Wednesday April 26, 2017 following an extended illness. Mr. Stuman was born on August 20, 1927 in Young Harris, GA., the son of the late Manson Stuman and the late Cordelia Shook Stuman. He was a native and lifelong resident of Towns County. […]
Read More »Leadership or Just Following Rules?
Opinion written by George McClellan: How in the world does a huge corporation, like United Airlines, faced with eager competitors engaged in the sole business of public transportation, believe it somehow has the inalienable right to club some fellow over the head, who bought their product, and drag his bloody body, inchoate and screaming, out […]
Read More »The Democrat Problem
Opinion written by George McClellan: Their first problem is that after decades of change, from an American Political Party to a Marxist-Leninists one, they lost their American message, fumbled their election opportunities and have now even lost their ability to promote one. They don’t know who they really are. If any party wants to be […]
Read More »Stirring up a Nest of Wasps?
Opinion written by George McClellan: Trump attacked Syria because of Assad’s use of chemical weapons in contravention of UN agreements outlawing such use. Syria is a Russian client state. Russia sits on the UN Security Council. The UN Security Council did nothing! Remember when Obama brazenly drew his red line in the sand, then did […]
Read More »Ms. Jackie Gazette Garrett: Obituary
Ms. Jackie Gazette Garrett, age 81, of Greenville, South Carolina passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Jackie was born in Hiawassee, Georgia on July 23, 1935 to the late Greenville Floyd and Dora (Nation) Garrett. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Robert. B Dickenson and E.G. Bradshaw; and […]
Read More »Mrs. Martha Gertrude Delaney Curtis: Obituary
Martha Gertrude Delaney Curtis, age 102, of Hiawassee, Georgia passed away on April 15, 2017. She was a longtime resident of Hardin County, Tennessee, having moved to Gulf Shores, Alabama in 1997. She had recently moved to Hiawassee, Georgia to live with her daughter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Jefferson Curtis, […]
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