Colleen Guffie Harwell, 65, passed away on Oct 23,2019 at her beloved Sandy Bottoms Campground. She was born April 16, 1954 to the late Bill and Bulah Guffie. Left to cherish her memories are her husband of 47 years Larry Ray Harwell, Son Brian(Rebecca), Daughter Julie, her beloved grandchildren Chelsea Walters(Austin), Hannah Foster, and Austin Harwell, Her sisters Sandra Parker(Melvin) and Brenda Guffie, Her special aunt Mary Allison, and many friends met along the way. Banister Funeral Home will be handling all services. A celebration of life will be held on Sat. Oct 26 at Sandy Bottoms Campsite #2.

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory announces Memorial Services for Cullen “Jack” Jackson Waters Sr., age 76 of Blairsville (formally Tampa, FL) who passed away on Monday, September 30, 2019.

Memorial Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 6, 2019 from the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home. The family will gather with friends from 2:00 p.m. until the service begins. Military Honors will be presented by the North Georgia Honor Guard.

Memorial contributions may be made in Jack’s memory to your choice of either: The American Legion, Ira Weaver Post 121 and Auxiliary, P.O. Box 247, Blairsville, GA 30514; or Human Development Center, Inc., 3809 North Tampa Street, Tampa, Florida 33603.

Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville.

Mrs. Shirley Long, age 76, of Suches, GA, went home to be with the Lord on Friday morning, November 22, 2019. She was born in LaGrange, GA, to the late Thomas L. & Francis Kathleen Turner Harcourt, on March 4, 1943. Shirley is a member of the Salem #1 (Sugar Hill) Baptist Church and enjoyed spending time with friends and family. She goes on to be with her parents as well as her beloved husband Howard Edwin Long. Also preceding her are two sisters, Diane Darnell and Brenda Stevenson. Shirley will be remembered by all who knew her, but especially missed by her children, Angela Gail Helton (James Jr.), Billy Lee Long (Lisa Jane), Jerry Edward Long (Kathy), and Robbie Sue Long; siblings, Jim Harcourt (Carol), Jeanette Brock, and Bob Harcourt (Diane); brothers-in-law, Harold Long (Marie), and Harry Leach (Diane); grandchildren, Stephanie Nicole Odom (Wayne), Misti Beth Foster (Justin), Matthew Edwin Jordan (Brittany), Jennifer Anne Holoman (Jason), Evanston David Long (Sara); great-grandchildren, Haley Odom, Bryson Odom and Caleb Foster, as well as Baby Jordan on the way.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, November 24, 2019, at 2:00 pm, from the Salem #1 (Sugar Hill) Baptist Church, in Suches, GA, with Rev. Tim Garrett officiating. The family will receive friends on Saturday, November 23, 2019, from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm at the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home.
Henry-Cochran Funeral Home Of Blue Ridge is honored to be serving the family.

Martha A. Curry, age 88 of Hiawassee, Georgia passed away Sunday, November 3, 2019. Martha was born to Fredrick “Fritz” and Ruth (Davis) Batchelor on January 7, 1931 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was a member of Riverside Baptist Church in Buford, Georgia. Martha loved sewing and had worked in many factories. She also was a homemaker, an excellent cook and enjoyed gospel music. Martha loved to read her Bible, was a devoted wife, a loving mother and was the Best Nanny!
Mrs. Curry is proceeded in death by her parents; husband, Richard Lee Curry; grandchild, Dana Moody Clark; her, Bill Batchlor; and sister, Betty Gantt. She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Janice and DL Moody, Donna and David Hunter; son and daughter-in-law, Richard A and Tracey Curry; grandchildren, Dara and Jason Dyer, and Adrienne Hunter; five great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

Special Thanks to Homestead Hospice and the caregivers at Brasstown Manor.

In Lieu of flowers donation may be made in Mrs Curry’s Memory to Homestead Hospice https://www.homesteadhopefoundation.org/ or a check may be mailed to 168 Rogers St Blairsville GA 30512 Suite 205.

Graveside Service: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 2:00PM at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Wade Lott officiating.

Banister Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Curry’s Services.

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Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy announces funeral services for Mrs. Linda Sue Jones, age 67, of Murphy, who passed away on Monday, September 30th, 2019 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.

Mrs. Jones was born in Cherokee County, North Carolina, and was a daughter of the late Willard Luther Roberson, Sr. and the late Eula Mashburn Roberson. She was a lifelong resident of the area and was a member of River Valley Baptist Church. Mrs. Jones was a loving mother, wife, daughter, sister, and aunt. She openly loved others, and would do anything for anybody. She was so happy when she was listening to gospel music on WKRK and worshiping her Savior! Besides her parents, she had been preceded in death by a brother, Johnny Ray Roberson.

Family members left behind to treasure her memory are her loving husband, Harvey Jones; son, David Jones; daughter and son-in-law, Laura and Bruce Jones; a brother, Willard Luther Roberson Jr. and his wife, Barbara; brother Marvin Roberson and his wife Teresa; and sister, Martha Nell Byers; several nieces and nephews and many friends also survive.

Visitation at the funeral home will be held on Wednesday, October 2nd, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Funeral services have been scheduled for Thursday, October 3rd, 2019, to be held at 2:00 p.m., in the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home in Murphy, with Rev. Harold Stiles officiating. Special music will be presented by Calvin Mashburn. The following gentlemen have been selected to serve as pallbearers: Donnie Roberson, Ronnie Roberson, Travis Roberson, Stacy Roberson, Casey Roberson, and Lee Brown. Selected to serve as honorary escort to the family are Calvin Mashburn and Bruce Jones. Burial will be in Mashburn Family Cemetery on Nottley River Road in Culberson, North Carolina.

Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Linda Sue Jones, of Murphy. Please send your condolences and sign the online guest registry online at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.

Balinda Gale Hymen, age 46, of Blue Ridge, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019, at Piedmont Hospital. Ms. Hymen was born on January 31, 1973, in Pahokee, FL, to Gale Stinnett Hymen. Balinda graduated from Moorehaven High School in Florida. She was active in the FFA program and loved all animals, especially cows. Coming from Moorehaven, Florida, Ms. Hymen made Fannin County her home for the past 31 years. She was a member of Liberty Hill Methodist Church.

Survivors include her father, Carl Eugene Hymen, mother, Gale Hymen, and spare mother, Anne Hymen.

Memorial services will be announced at a later date.

Arrangements entrusted to the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge, GA. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.

Richard Harold Kephart, age 78, of Murphy, went to be with the Lord on October 25, 2019 at Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville after a long battle with cancer. He was the son of Frank Lee Kephart and Josephine Dockery Kephart, who preceded him in death in 2005. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Janice Kephart Payne, Sheila Kephart Phillips, and brother, Merle R. Kephart.

He was a native of Cherokee County and graduated from White Church Elementary School and Murphy High School. He later graduated from Georgia State University, earning a BBA Degree. He married Margie Garrett of Unaka, in 1966 and resided in Decatur, GA, for seven years and then in Covington, Ga, for thirty-three years. Harold became a Christian in 1953, at the age of twelve. He was of the Baptist faith and an active member of several Baptist churches in Georgia and North Carolina. Harold enjoyed serving the Lord and was active as a pianist, deacon, bus driver, and camp counselor at Canaan Baptist Church for twenty-eight years, and Newton Baptist Church for five years, both in Covington, GA. He also served as pianist and deacon in Unaka Baptist Church. He strived to live up to his favorite Bible verses, Romans 12:1-2,
‘I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.’

His business career concentrated on serving banking and credit union communities. He worked at Citizens Bank and Trust from 1959-1961. After serving his military commitment, he worked for the National Bank of Georgia in Atlanta for eleven years as head of information systems. Next, he worked for First Financial Management Corporation of Atlanta/ FiServ for seventeen years providing various computer services to commercial banks. He then worked with FiTECH Systems in Atlanta for five years providing online computer services to credit unions. He then retired from Atlanta and worked five years teaching part-time at Dekalb Technical College as an adjunct professor. Harold was a veteran of the US Air Force serving from1961-1964. He served in Texas, the Philippines, and in England as a Radio Intercept Analyst. He and his wife returned to Cherokee County in 2007, where they happily resided in Murphy, NC. His interests for years have been playing the piano, photography, gardening, and non-fiction history.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Margie Garrett Kephart, his son, Thomas R. Kephart and wife, Amy of Oxford, GA, his daughter, Cynthia Fox and husband, Greg of Greenville, SC, five grandchildren who he dearly loved, Garrett and Weston Kephart, Daniel, Anna, and Jonathan Fox, and sisters, Alice McCanless of Oxford, GA, Karen Twiss and Sharon Kephart of Murphy.

Visitation will be from 12:00-2:00 on Monday, October 28, 2019 at the Cochran Funeral home in Murphy, NC. the Funeral will follow at 2:00 in the Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Rondal Brown, Rev. Daniel Hall, and Glenn Crowe officiating. Music will be by his grandchildren. Interment will follow in Unaka Baptist Church Cemetery with full military honors by local veteran organizations.
In place of flowers, you may send donations to Unaka Baptist Church Building Fund.

The Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy is in charge of arrangements, and you may send condolences to the family at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com

The Finch-Cochran Funeral Home of McCaysville announces the death of Mr. Wade Cowart age 95 of Collegedale, TN who passed away Saturday, October 5, 2019. Wade was born December 25, 1925, in Epworth, GA to the late Tatum Cowart and Myrtle Barnes Cowart. Wade was a member of Epworth First Baptist Church. He was also a member of 423 McCay Lodge. Mr. Cowart worked as a stonemason for Atlanta and Copperhill Mining Company and retired in 1986. Wade served in the U.S. Army in World War Two. Mr. Cowart was preceded in death by his wife, Lula Jordan Cowart.

Survivors include Fred Nicholson, Bob Nicholson, Abeliah Bishop, Tommy Harper, Jim Harper, Charles Cowart, Lyn Cowart, Sandra Cushen, Bill Cushen, and Denise Lane.

Graveside services will be held Thursday, October 10, 2019, at 2:00 pm from the Epworth First Baptist Church Cemetery with Pastor Tom Harper officiating.

Arrangements entrusted to the Finch-Cochran Funeral Home of McCaysville, GA. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.

Mrs. Juanita Boyd Bennett, age 90, passed away Friday, October 4, 2019, at her home. She was born April 16, 1929, to the late Hubert W. Boyd and Montene Thompson Boyd. Juanita was a member of Morganton Baptist Church and loved her Savior, Jesus Christ. She worked on consolidating church records, teaching classes, and serving on the cemetery committee. Mrs. Bennett graduated from Commercial High School and attended Georgia State University. She worked for Orr Refrigeration for three years and then went on to work for the U.S. District Court, Bankruptcy Division, in Atlanta, for seven years. While her husband was in the Army, Juanita managed the family businesses. Later, she was the Associate Broker and Office Manager at Mountain Town Realty. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Lisa Elizabeth Haizlip.

Survivors include her husband, of 71 years, Weymon L. (Sam) Bennett, Sr., son, Weymon L. “Lee” (Debra) Bennett Jr., grandson, Weymon L. (Candice) Bennett, III, granddaughters, Belinda and Cassie Bennett.

Funeral service is scheduled for Sunday, October 6, 2019, at 3:00 PM, from the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Eric Kincade officiating. Interment will follow in the Morganton Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers: Waymon Bennett, III, Robert Craig, Rob Churchill, Chris Churchill, Ronnie Bennett, Robert Peardon, Jessie Rodgers, Danny Kirby, and Eric Whitener.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday evening, October 5, 2019, from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Arrangements entrusted to the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge, GA. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Georgia Baptist Children’s Home, 505 Waterworks Road, Palmetto, GA 30268.

Mrs. Ethel Bramlett Seabolt, age 91 of Blue Ridge, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019, at Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Mrs. Seabolt was born May 14, 1928, in Margaret, Ga. to the late Bruce Bramlett and the late Velma Hunt Bramlett. She was a member of Salem # 1 Baptist Church and had served as Treasurer there for several years. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, gardening, and was an avid Atlanta Braves and NASCAR fan. She was preceded in death by husband, Silvey Emmett Seabolt, daughter-in-law, Mary Seabolt, brothers, Eston Bramlett, and Hubert Bramlett, son, Michael Seabolt.

Survivors include: sons, Jerry (Sandie) Seabolt, and Robin Seabolt, daughter, Karen (Richard) Rice, daughter-in-law, Pat Seabolt, sister, Evelyn Bramlett Panter, grandchildren, Adam Seabolt, Jessica Heaton, Matthew Seabolt, Jody Seabolt, Jennifer Pope, Alex Hierlmeier, Thomas Rice, and James Rice, great-grandchildren, Candace Seabolt, Easton Seabolt, Owen Seabolt, Dawson Heaton, Blake Heaton, Ava Rice, Madison Stanley, Jaelyn Pope, Ayla Seabolt,Jessie Dorman, Jacob Seabolt and
Joy Seabolt.

Funeral services: Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at 11:00 am at the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Padget and Rev. Tim Garrett officiating. Music provided by Ruth Bramlett. Interment will follow in Salem #1 Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers: Adam Seabolt, Matthew Seabolt, Thomas Rice, James Rice, Jody Seabolt, Jonathan Heaton, Chis Pope, Chris Hierlmeier.

The family will receive friends at the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home Monday, September 30, 2019, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm.
The family request that in lieu of flowers donations may be made to Salem #1 Baptist Church Cemetery Fund 353 Village Park Dr. Ellijay, Georgia 30540.
Arrangements entrusted to the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home,
you may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.

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Steven H. Senart passed away November 3th at home with his wife Teri by his side. He is survived by two children Joy Nicholson (Sean) and Glorya Blair Senart. Three grandchildren Sean Jr., Eva and Isabella Nicholson.  Two step children Bobby and Meridith Stokes.
Steven was a chiropractor at Natural Treatments for Brain and Body with his wife Teri Stokes. His passion was helping people and he also enjoyed growing healthy food. A gathering and celebration of Steven’s life will be held November 15th at 3:00 at 64 Bracketts #4, Blairsville. The family request no flowers. Banister Funeral Home of Hiawassee is in charge of arrangements.

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