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mr.vinson h. hooper
Mr.Vinson H. Hooper, age 67, of Blairsville,Georgia, passes awaySunday, October20, 2002 in UnionGeneralHospital inBlairsville.MR. Hooper was born on Friday, August 16, 1935,inTowns County, Georgia, a son of RobertaTownsendHooper and the late Harve Hooper.HE wasa lifelong resident of this area and a member of WestUnionBaptistChurchand Allegheny Masonic Lodge #114 F&AM.Mr. Hooper worked for 22 years with Blue Ridge Mountain EMC, andthepast many years for the U.S. Forestry Service.
Survivingare his wife, Betty Jean Conley Hooper of the home; his mother, RobertaHooperof Young Harris, Georgia; three sons, Johnny and Tim Hooper, both ofBlairsville, and Jeff Hooper of Flowery Branch, GA; four sisters, OpalChoateof Sugarland, TX, Ruth Hood of Blairsville, Faye Lasiter of Tehachapi,California, Grace Burch of Hayesville, NC; five brothers, Max Hooper ofFranklin, NC, Hines Hooper of Cooper City, FL, James Hooper of YoungHarris, GAand Terry Hooper of Blairsville; three granddaughters, Danja DanielleHooper,Reagan Hooper, and McKenzie Hooper, all of Blairsville; and grandson,DevenPike Hooper of Gainesville; many friends and other relatives alsosurvive.
Gravesideservices were held Tuesday,October 22, 2002 at from ZebulonBaptistChurchCemeterywith Rev. TommyJenkins officiating.The followinggentlemen served as pallbearers, Johnny Hooper, Tim Hooper, JeffHooper, MaxHooper, James Hooper, and Terry Hooper.Masonic graveside rites were presented by member of AlleghenyMasonicLodge.In lieu of flowers, the familyhas suggested memorials could be made to Shrine Children’s Hospital, 950 W. Faris Road, Greenville, SC29605-4277.
CochranFuneral Home of Blairsville entrusted by the family for thearrangements.
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eileengertrude congdon
MissEileen Gertrude Congdon, age 96, of Ann Arbor,Michigan and Blairsville,Georgia, passed awayTuesday, October22, 2002 in UnionGeneralHospital in Blairsville.
Mrs.Congdon was born in SanilacCounty, Michigan,on Thursday, April4, 1906, a daughter ofWilliam and Anna Hulbert Congdon.Shewas a homemaker.
CochranFuneral Home of Blairsville entrusted with the arrangements.
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a.j.“jay” collins
Mr. A.J.,better known as “Jay” Collins, age 65, native and lifelong resident of Union County, Georgia,passed away Saturday,October 26, 2002, in UnionGeneralHospitalin Blairsville.
Mr.Collins was born in UnionCounty, on Saturday, October 9, 1937,a son of the late F.W. Collins and Pauline Thomas Collins.He was a member and deacon of OldLibertyBaptistChurch.Mr.Collins had farmed and was also a formeremployee of the Georgia Department of Transportation.
Survivingare his loving wife, Joan Ownbey Collins, of Blairsville; his mother,PaulineThomas Collins, also of Blairsville; sons and daughters-in-law: TimothyJay andNancy Collins, of Lula GA; Steven Todd and Rhonda Collins, ofBlairsville; andTracy Allan and Tammy Collins, also of Blairsville, GA; sister, AnitaDyer, ofBlairsville; two brothers: F.C. Collins, and Randall Collins, both ofBlairsville; Grandchildren: Cameron Collins, Caylee Collins, LukeCollins,Caroline Collins, Jordan Collins, Rachel Collins, and Thomas Collins;many friendsand other relatives also survive.
Funeralservices were held Sunday,October 27, 2002, at , from OldLibertyBaptistChurch, with Rev. HarleyHunter and Rev. Jerry Young officiating.Special music was presented by Old Liberty Baptist Church Choir.The following gentlemen served aspallbearers: A.J. Wimpey, Brownlow Anderson, W.H. Hood, Jerry Walls,DickWillett, and Eugene Collins.Interment wasin OldLibertyBaptistChurchCemetery.
Thefamily has suggested that memorials might be made to Old LibertyBaptist ChurchCemetery Fund.
CochranFuneral Home of Blairsville entrusted by the family for thearrangements.
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mr.george a. payne
Mr.George A. Payne, age 90, of 10158 G.A. Payne Drive, Suches,GA died Thursday, October 24, 2002at the ChestateeRegionalHospital in Dahlonega, GAfollowing a short illness.
Mr. Paynewas a native and lifelong resident of UnionCounty, was a retired ruralmailcarrier, and was a member of the ZionBaptistChurchin Suches.
He wasthe son of the late Charles Monroe and Virginia Ross Payne and was alsopreceded in death by his first wife, Mary Burnett Payne and a son,Charles E.Payne.He is survived by his wife, RosaPayne of Suches, GA; sons and daughter-in-laws, JamesD. and Chlorina Payne,Michigan,Claude D. and Camille Payne, Dahlonega,GA, Doyle D. and KattiePayne,Suches, GA; daughters and son-in-laws, Ellen and Jim Davis, Cleveland,Ohio,Louvenia and Bob Morgan, Crawfordville, Florida, Delores and AllenSeabolt,Dahlonega, GA, daughter-in-law, Sarah Ruth Payne, Cleveland, GA;brothers andsister-in-laws, Major and Grace Payne, Blairsville, GA, Gordon and MaryPayne,Blairsville, GA; sister, Bessie Gain, Dahlonega, GA; 17 grandchildren,22 greatgrandchildren, 8 great great grandchildren and several other relativesalsosurvive.
Funeralservices were held at Saturday, October26, 2002at the ZionBaptistChurchin Suches.Rev. Charlie Danielofficiated.Interment followed in thechurch cemetery.
BanisterFuneral Home of Dahlonega was in charge of the arrangements.
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