Blaine Dean

Mr. Blaine Dean, age 88, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Friday, November 28, 2008 at Union General Hospital. Mr. Dean was born Wednesday, June 16, 1920 in Mingo County, West Virginia, to the late Newton and Sara Jane (Blankenship) Dean . He grew up in Gilbert, West Virginia, and graduated from Gilbert High School and then entered the US Navy and served until his retirement in 1962. He was a veteran of WWII and the Korean Conflict. He retired to Jacksonville, Florida, where he volunteered in the Naval Hospital with the Red Cross until 2005. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marion Holbrook Dean and thirteen brothers and sisters.

Surviving family members are: 8 sisters: Oma Montgomery of Cleveland, Ohio; Ruby Robinson of Gilbert, West Virginia; Carrie Franklin of Chesapeak, Ohio; Georgia Jones of Sacramento, California; Betty Vance of Davin, West Virginia; June Grant of Smithville, West Virginia; Helen Hendricks of Gilbert, West Virginia; and Rhenda Stafford of Blue Ridge, Georgia; and numerous nieces and nephews.

No services are presently planned.

Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home - Blairsville Chapel. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.