Mrs. Martha Mildred Brown Souther, age 69 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2007 following an extended illness. Mrs. Souther was born Friday, April 16, 1937 in Cherokee County, NC to the late Wayne Brown and the late Willie Mae Chastain Brown. She was a member of Smyrna Baptist Church.
Survivors include: husband, Suell Souther, son and daughter-in-law, Rev. Bryan and Helen Souther, daughter and son-in-law, Rachel and Vernon Barnes, daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Stanley Stepp, grandchildren, Amber and Matthew Gibson, Monica and Tony Gilbert, Brad and Nicole Barnes, Dana and Adam Fleming, Kerri Barnes, Derek and Nicky Stepp, Joshua Stepp and Kasey Stepp, all of Blairsville and great grandchildren, Samuel and Micah Gilbert and Hunter Fleming. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held Monday, February 26, 2007 at 2:00 PM from the Chapel of the Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville with the Rev. Guy Wayne Shook and the Rev. Tony Couch officiating. Music will be provided by Becky Rogers. Interment will follow in the Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are: Tony Gilbert, Brad Barnes, Adam Fleming, Matthew Gibson, Derek Stepp, Joshua Stepp, Samuel Gilbert and Micah Gilbert.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-9, Sunday, February 25.
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, Georgia is in charge of arrangements.