John Berlin Adams

Mr. John Berlin Adams, 87, of Blairsville, Ga., died Friday, August 24th, 2007, in Stonehenge Assisted Living Center in Blairsville.

Mr. Adams was born in Monroe County, Florida, on Thursday, July 8, 1920, a son of the late John Berlin Adams and Annie Cedele Russell Adams. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines Corps, and served during World War II, in Iwo Jima. He had been preceded in death by his wife, Maurine Strickland Adams.

Surviving family members include a son, Charles Adams, of Miami; and a daughter, Maurine Gregory, of Blairsville; grandchildren: Heather, Kent Adams, John Ledford Gregory, and Thomas Gerald Gregory; two great grandchildren also survive, along with many friends and other relatives.

Memorial Services will be held at a later date, and will be announced.

Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville in charge of arrangements. You may sign the guest register and send condolences to the family at our website: www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.