Mrs. Norma Mae Hesson, age 83 of Young Harris, GA, passed away Friday, February 16, 2007 at North East Georgia Medical Center.
Mrs. Hesson was born Sunday, March 18, 1923 in Lawrence County, Ohio to the late Wilson Ward and Ruby Edwards Ward. She was a member of Hiawassee Church of Christ and was preceded in death by brothers, Kimball Ward and Baxter Ward, sister, Mary Evelyn Thompson.
Survivors include: husband, Leo Hesson of Young Harris, GA, daughter, Joy Hesson of Blairsville, GA, daughter & son-in-law, Judy and Russ Magowan of Cumming, GA, daughter, Jacquie Faucett of Duluth, GA, sister, Ruth Adkins of Rome, Ohio, grandsons, Rusty Magowan and Danny Magowan, granddaughters, Mary Sulava and Suzannah Smith, great-grandchildren, Sarah Magowan, Zachary Magowan, Marissa Smith, Bonnie Smith, Matthew Sulava and Joshua Magowan, nephew, Kim Adkins, nieces, Connie Ward and Penny Showalter.
Funeral services will be held Monday, February 19, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home with the Minister Forrest Chapman, Minister Arthur Howard and Minister Dwight Hesson officiating. Music will be provided by Russ Stewart. Interment will follow in Laurel Hills Memorial Gardens. Serving as pallbearers are: Rusty Magowan, Danny Magowan, Glynn Shriver, Peter Sulava, Barry Smith and Robert Jarrard. Honorary pallbearers include: Melvin Denny and Harry Cauble.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8, Sunday, February 18.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations may be made to Mid Western Childrens Home, 4585 Longspurling Road, PO Box 48, Pleasant Plains, OH 45162.
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee, Georgia is in charge of arrangements.