Little Ezra Jude Cisneros went to be with Jesus on Monday August 12, 2019 in the Union General Hospital. Ezra was born sleeping in the arms of Jesus on August 12, 2019 and was the son of Cleto Tren Cisneros and Heather Chastain Cisneros.

Surviving little Ezra are his loving parents, Tren and Heather Cisneros, sisters, Adelyn and Marlee Cisneros, brother, Kingston Cisneros, grandparents, Jimmy and Tammy Chastain, great grandparents, Bernice Henderson, Modean Chastain, Betty and Lee Montgomery, Cleto and Linda Cisneros,  aunts and uncles, Micah and Asia Tanner, Kendra Vasquez, Courtney Chastain, Thomas Herbert, Bronson Cisneros, cousins, Braden and Kinslee Tanner, a host of other family and friends also survive.

Graveside services will be held on Saturday August 17, 2019 at 4:00 pm from the Revival Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Tommy Seay and Rev.  Tim Dickey officiating. The family will meet with friends following the services at the cemetery.

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com

Edith Mae Foster, age 95 of Morganton, GA, passed away Monday, August 12, 2019, at her home.
Mrs. Foster was born November 5, 1923 in Medicine Lodge, KS to the late Jonathan Adams and the late Francis Mathias Adams. Mrs. Foster grew up in Arthur NB and met and married Glen in 1942 in Long Beach California. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glen E. Foster and sons Billy Joe Foster and Robert Foster.
Survivors include sons: John Foster, Glen Foster, and James Foster; daughters, Fran Payne, Nancy Mote, and Lisa Mallari, nineteen grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Foster loved spending time with her grandchildren, working crossword puzzles and doing arts and crafts. She will be greatly missed by her family.
A Graveside service will be held at Liberty Hill UMC.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to the Liberty Hill United Methodists Church Cemetery Fund: P O Box 64 Morganton, GA 30560
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

*Full Obituary Pending*

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mrs. Launa Bell Frahm who passed away on July 17, 2019.

Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at Carmichael Funeral Home in Marietta. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 11 until the service begins.

A local Graveside Service will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Local arrangements entrusted to the care of Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory.

Mrs. Paulette Nora Petrarca age 70 of Hedgecock Rd. Blairsville passed away on Monday July 15, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family following an extended illness. Mrs. Petrarca was born on Dec. 14, 1948 in Warwick, RI., the daughter of the late Joseph Corriveau and the late Irene Brouillard Corriveau. Paulette was a member of the Red Hats Society and a member of the Smokey Mountain Melodies Group. Her main hobby was singing at her church. She was a loving and caring wife, mother and grandmother. Paulette was a member of Coosa United Methodist Church.

Surviving Paulette are her loving husband and best friend of fifty one years, Nicholas Petrarca of Blairsville,  one son and daughter in law, Nicholas and Michelle Petrarca Jr. of Blairsville, and grandson Joseph Henry Petrarca,  one daughter Dawn Harrington of Bangor,  ME., and granddaughter, Elizabeth Harrington, her church family, many other relatives and friends also survive.

A memorial service and interment will be held at a later date from the Coosa United Methodist Church and will be announced later. Flowers are accepted or if you wish, donations may be made to Homestead Hospice in Paulette’s memory.

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com

Mrs. Mary Alice Ledbetter age 96 of Wesley Mtn. Drive Blairsville passed away peacefully at her home on Friday July 12, 2019 following a brief illness. Mrs. Ledbetter was born on Feb. 8, 1923 in Dothan, AL., the daughter of the late Preston Grantham and the late Jimmy Barefield Grantham. Mary loved fishing, sewing and quilting. Mary was an Artist and had painted for over fifty years. She was a loving and caring mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Ledbetter in 1995 and several siblings. She had made her home in Blairsville for the past twenty years.  Mary was of the Methodist faith.

Surviving Mrs. Ledbetter are one son and daughter in law, A.J. and Rosemary Blankenship of Mt. Gilead, NC., three daughters and one son in law, Jane Parrish of Ozark, AL., Gloria Spann of Blairsville, Theresa and Van Gilder of Tifton, GA., one brother, Kenneth Grantham of Ozark, AL., seven grandchildren, Penny Welch, Betsy Weisbeck, Robyn Dowling, Misty Polk, Kelli Williams, Mindy Gibbons and Christopher Maloy, fourteen great grandchildren, several nieces, nephews, many other relatives and friends also survive.

A Graveside service will be held at a later date from the Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Headland, AL. where she will rest next to her beloved husband, Eugene. In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family requests that donations may be made to the American Cancer Society in Mary’s memory.

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com

Mr. Dale Robert Smith, age 51, of 418 Westchester Way Canton, GA., passed away on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in Maryville, TN.  Mr. Smith was born on May 10, 1968 in North Miami, FL., the son of the late Robert Smith and Joyce Graves Smith (both of Blairsville). Dale’s favorite songs were Grease and The Gambler, and his favorite sports teams were the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Vols. He loved hamburgers and French fries, getting haircuts and cutting the grass. His caregivers gave him the nickname “Pickles”. Dale was of the Christian faith. He was a very special man, who loved all and was loved by all. He became an organ donor in honor of his mother who was an organ transplant recipient and will be laid to rest next to his parents.

Surviving Dale are three brothers and 2 sisters-in-law, Mark LeSage of Canton, GA., Scott and Melissa LeSage of Belleview, FL., Keith and Justine Smith of Canton, GA., one sister and brother in law, Lori and Martin Drummond of Stuart, FL., his longtime caregivers and adopted family, Greg and Lynda Van Hook of Maryville, TN., many nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends also survive.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday July 18, 2019 at 11:00am with interment to follow in the St. Clare’s Haven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family requests that donations may be made to Van Hook Inc. 864 Volunteer Drive Maryville, TN. 37801 in Dale’s memory.

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mrs. Frances Carlyle, age 73 formerly of Brasstown, NC who passed away on July 11, 2019.

No services are planned at this time.

Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville.

Grace Lucille Ross passed from this life on July 10, 2019, at the age of 96.

She was born May 12, 1923, in Bondtown, VA to the late Edward Stacey Johnson and the late Roxie Mays Johnson. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Earl Ross, her brothers Eugene Johnson and John Allen Johnson, and her sister Helen Pentecost.

She is survived by her son, Jeffrey Ross; daughter, Judith (Chester) Lilly; son, Bob E. Ross; daughter, Sherrill (Orville) Blankenship; grandchildren, Chet Lilly, Suzanne Wallace, Melissa Shaw, Jill Blankenship-Franke, and Jon Blankenship; great-grandchildren Lexi and Zac Wallace, Noah Payne, Katie Shaw, Katie Frankie, Nate Frankie; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Lucille was a long-time resident of Lynch and Benham, KY where she attended Blair Chapel Church and of Blue Ridge, GA where she was a member of the First Baptist Church at Epworth. Lucille also lived for brief periods in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California, in McMinnville, TN, Watertown, NY, and Sebring, FL. She loved to travel and the trips she enjoyed the most were to visit members of her family who were the most important people in the world for her.

Services: Saturday, July 13, 2019, at 1:00 pm from the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Tom Jordan officiating and the eulogy by Chet Lilly. Intermit will follow in the Epworth First Baptist Church Cemetery in Epworth, GA. Pallbearers: Chester Lilly, Jody Frankie, Ronnie Ross, Gary Ross, Zac Wallace, and Chet Lilly.

The family will receive friends and extended family for visitation at the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home on Saturday, July 13, 2019, from 11:00 am till 1:00 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.

Obituary for Robert John Lenz

SCPO Thomas Decatur Blanton, USN Ret., age 84, of Scout Trace, Blairsville and a former lifelong resident of Sarasota, FL, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 19, 2019, at the Northeast Georgia Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Tom was born on July 16, 1935, in Richmond, VA., the son of the late Millard Woodrow Blanton and the late Helen Faye Hawk Blanton. Tom was a veteran of the US Navy having given thirty years of service for his country. He was a loving and caring husband, father and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Marie Blanton (in 2001) and his brother, Jerry Blanton. Tom was a member of Antioch Baptist Church.

Surviving Tom are his loving wife and best friend of eighteen years, CoraLee Blanton of Blairsville, his only daughter and her husband, Deborah Lynn (Blanton) and Thomas Cole of Palmetto, FL., his only granddaughter and her husband, Kathy Jo and Anthony Kinsey, of Palmetto, FL, several extended family on the Blanton side, a host of his church family, and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at 1:00 pm at Antioch Baptist Church with Rev. George Cline officiating. Special music will be presented by Sarah Davis. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Hunter Payne, Luke Brendle, Mike Bittel, Darrell Dorn, Tom Cole and Randal Cole. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be: Paul Clark, Wes Dillard, Allen Johnson, Terry Kintz, Art Upchurch, Jeff Overbay and Walter Gadd. Interment will follow in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery with the North Georgia Honor Guard conducting Military Honors and Taps being presented by Eli Reeves. Flowers are accepted, and any donations may be made to: Operation Second Chance, 20251 Century Blvd., Suite 103, Germantown, MD, 20874 (operationsecondchance.org) or Antioch Baptist Church in memory of Tom Blanton. Operation Second Chance benefits wounded veterans for their military service. The family will meet with friends at the church on Wednesday from 12:00 – 1:00 pm.

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuenralhome.com

Mrs.Glenda Stephens, age 70, of Young Harris, passed away Tuesday, July 30th.
Visitation on Thursday, August 1st, starting at 11 am, at Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee, with Funeral Services on the same day, Thursday, August 1st, beginning at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home. Burial will be in Burch Cemetery in Hiawassee.

The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Kerry Paul Marler, age 62 of Blairsville who passed away at his home on Sunday, July 22, 2019.

No services are planned at this time

Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville.

Mr. Millard Fillmore (Jerry) Crubaugh Jr. age 92 of Union County Nursing Home, Blairsville, GA formally from Kingston, IL and Pinellas Park, FL passed away on Monday July 22, 2019 at the Union County Nursing Home.  Mr. Crubaugh was born on June 02, 1927 in Peoria, IL., the son of the late Millard Fillmore Crubaugh Sr and Lura Pearl Roney.  Millard was a WWII veteran of the US Navy serving in the pacific, a Kentucky wildcats basketball fan and enjoyed playing bridge and games with his family and friends.  He was a landscape architect, contractor and nurseryman in Illinois and Florida for several years and very passionate and loving father to his family; he was a loving and caring husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather.  He was preceded in death by his wife and best friend of sixty-five years Geraldine in 2015, his sons, John Fitzgerald in 1972, Kevin Curtis in 2007, granddaughter Helena in 1984 and one brother Leonard Wayne in 2001.  Surviving is one brother Gene and Lida Crubaugh of West Lake Village, CA, six sons and daughter in laws, Michael and Karen Crubaugh of Murphy, NC., Timothy and Soonie Crubaugh of Anaheim, CA., Scott and LorRae Crubaugh of OshKosh, WI., Alex and Bonnie Crubaugh of Ft. Wayne, IN., Guy and Chrissy  Crubaugh of Somerset, KY., Jeremy and Robin, Blairsville, GA., daughter and son in law, Gayla and Warren Williams of Rockford, IL., twenty five grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren, many other relatives and friends also survive.  Millard was a member of the House of Prayer Church and First Methodist Church of Union County.

A private interment and, graveside services will be held at a later date in the Kingston Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Kingston, IL.

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville, is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com

Mrs. Peggy Jean Cannady age 82 of Oak Lane Blairsville passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family at her home on Monday July 15, 2019 following an extended illness. Mrs. Cannady was born on Dec. 4, 1936 in Dawson Springs, KY., the daughter of the late Richard Graham and the late Arlie Lee Graham. Peggy loved sewing, cooking, collecting recipes and cookbooks, and she also loved the family cat Boo Boo, dearly.  She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Mrs. Cannady was of the Baptist faith.

Surviving Mrs. Cannady is her loving husband of 49 years, William Cannady of Blairsville, one son and daughter-in-law, Scott & Jennifer Cannady of Peachtree City, GA., a daughter and son-in-law, Susan & Mark Applewhite of Suwanee, GA., three cousins, Patty LittleJohn of Hopkinsville, KY., Mike Clayton of Houston, TX., and Terry Clayton of Wilmington, NC., and five grandchildren, Brady, Owen, Danny, Madeline, and Sara.

A graveside service will be held on Thursday July 18, 2019 at 1:00pm at Laurel Hills Cemetery with Rev. Greg Bailey officiating. Flowers are accepted but if you wish the family requests that donations be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com

Mr. Joseph “Joe” Junior Miller age 82 of Lakeside Drive in Blairsville, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Wednesday July 10, 2019 in the Union County Nursing Home following an extended illness. Mr. Miller was born on Feb. 18, 1937 in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of the late Joseph Miller and the late Ruth Stanley Miller. Joe was a veteran of the US Air Force. He was a very active member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church where he loved volunteering for many church activities. In addition, he was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and being outdoors. He served as a Police Officer for the Tampa Police Department and also retired from the US Postal Service with over thirty years of service. He had made his home in Blairsville for the past twenty eight years.

Surviving Mr. Miller are his loving wife and best friend of sixty two years, Cecilia Murgado Miller of Blairsville, two sons and one daughter-in-law, David and Donna Miller, Stuart Miller, one daughter, Susanne Striplin all of Tampa, Florida, two brothers and one sister-in-law, Mike and Karen Miller, Bob Miller all of Clinton, Iowa, one sister, Pat Cartee of Arizona, one granddaughter, Jessica Prince, two great grandchildren, Isabella and Hailey, several nieces, nephews, cousins, many other relatives and friends also survive.

A Funeral Mass at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church will be held on Monday July 29, 2019 at 11:00 am with Father Jaime Rivera officiating. Special music will be presented by Ron Gaucher. Serving as Cantor will be Maryanne Englemann. Interment will follow in the St. Clare’s Memory Gardens with the North Georgia Honor Guard conducting Military Honors. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation in memory of Mr. Miller. The family will meet with friends following the services.

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com

James Howard Mashburn, age 73 of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away July 15, 2019, in Beattyville, KY. Mr. Mashburn was born November 18, 1945, in Culberson, NC to the late Rowa Mashburn and the late Amanda Iva Lee Arp Mashburn. A member of Sweetgum Baptist Church, he was preceded in death by his brothers and sister-in-law, Clifford Mashburn, Clyde Mashburn, Earl (Joyce) Mashburn, and Tommy Mashburn.

Survivors include: wife, Irene Ratcliff Mashburn; sons, Chad (Julie) Mashburn and Andrew (Amy) Mashburn; brother, Robert (Fay) Mashburn, sister, Ruth (Tommy) Townsend, sisters-in-law, Tressie Mashburn, Catherine Mashburn, and Jean Mashburn; grandchildren, Caleb (Ciarra) Mashburn, Matthew Mashburn, Charity Mashburn, Moriah Mashburn, Hannah Mashburn, and Bradley Mashburn; and great-grandchild, Graceyn Mashburn.

Funeral services: Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 2:00 pm from the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge, GA with Rev. James Morris & Tommy Townsend officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Carmel Church Cemetery in Murphy, NC. Pallbearers: Chad Mashburn, Andrew Mashburn, Bruce Davis, Leroy Mashburn, Joe Mashburn, Brent Townsend.

The family will receive friends at the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge, GA, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm.

Arrangements entrusted to the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge, GA. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Ronald McDonald House, The Shriners Hospital, or The Disabled American Veterans. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.