Vera Frances Laye

Mrs. Vera Frances Laye, 88, of Blairsville, Ga., died Sunday, January 27, 2008 at Union General Hospital.

Mrs. Laye was born Thursday, May 1, 1919 in Calhoun County, Ala., to the late David Thompson and the late Janie Cochran Thompson. She was a member of Damasus Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur Winkler.

Survivors include her daughter, Nancy R. Kimbell of Bethel, Maine; brother, Clyde Cecil Thompson of Buloxi, Miss.; grandson, Daniel Carlyle Jr. of Blue Ridge, Ga.; granddaughters, Christina Kimball Goss, of Douglasville, Ga., and Frances Carlyle of Wichita, Kan.; six great grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren also survive.

Graveside services were held Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 2 p.m. from the Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. David Mashburn officiating.

Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville, Georgia. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.