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Mrs. Bertha Corena Hedden: Obituary

Mrs. Bertha Corena Hedden, 72 of Murphy passed away Monday, January 30, 2017 in Cleveland, TN. Mrs. Hedden was born December 29, 1944 in Violet, NC to the late Theodore Franklin Graham and the late Minnie Eva Lee Taylor Graham. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Johnson Noel Hedden, sister, Betty Lou Graham and brother, James Graham.

Survivors include four daughters, Missy Hedden, Margaret (Bret) Larkman, Amanda Hedden, and Melinda Hedden, brother, Grady (Bea) Graham, sister, Anna Mae Hickey, grandchildren, Avery, Christina and Joseph, two great-grandchildren, Corbin and Elizabeth, nieces, Lorena Lee Ann Chancey and Diane Elizabeth Bivens, nephew, Dwight Graham, and three great-nephews, Bentley, Brayden and Benson.

Funeral Services will be held Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 2:00 pm at the Finch-Cochran Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Mount Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at the Finch-Cochran Funeral Home from 12:00 to 2:00 pm.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Finch-Cochran Funeral Home of McCaysville. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest registry at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.

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