Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces memorial services for Mrs. Mavis Knowles, age 75, of Blairsville, who passed away Friday evening, October 4, 2013, at her home.
Mrs. Knowles was a native of Leicester, England, and was born on April 27, 1938, a daughter of the late Francis Edward Saunders and the late Florence Mae Turner Saunders. She moved to Blairsville from Valrico, Florida in 1998. Mrs. Knowles was a member of Choestoe Baptist Church.

Mrs. Knowles was dearly loved and will be missed so much – especially by her surviving family members: husband of 57 years, Samuel Louis Knowles, of Blairsville; children and their spouses, Rose Georgina and Michael Turner; Douglas C. and Patricia Knowles; and Elizabeth L. and Wayne Fann; brothers and sisters: Doris Clay, Edina Jordan, Colin Saunders, and John Saunders, all of England; six grandchildren, and three great grandchildren also survive.

Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 11:00 a.m., in the Old Sanctuary of Choestoe Baptist Church. The family will meet with friends on Saturday, the same day of the service starting at 10:00 a.m.

Flowers are being accepted; however, if you wish, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville. Please share your condolences with the family on our website, at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.