Frances Louise Milhizer of Blue Ridge, Georgia. She passed away at her home on Saturday March 6, 2010. Miss Milhizer was born in Fannin County to the late Charles and Kittie Bell (Anderson) Milhizer. Family members precede Frances in death and she is survived by close friends and her church family. Frances was a life-long member of the Blue Ridge United Methodist Church and a Certified Lay Speaker. She was an active member of the United Methodist Women, Saints Alive, Missions and the Administrative Church Council. Active in the local community, Frances was a Charter Member of the Blue Ridge Federated Woman's Club including serving as an officer for over twenty-five years. She is a graduate of the Tallulah Falls Boarding School owned by the Georgia Federation of Woman's Clubs. She has been an active volunteer with the Good Samaritans of Fannin County helping to coordinate financial assistance to Fannin County neighbors in need. Her professional career included insurance sales, publishing and editing the monthly Mountain Highlights, marketing and sales for an area resort, encyclopedia sales and an employment training counselor with the Department of Human Resources. Miss Milhizer obtained a Bachelor in Education in 1956 from the University of Georgia at Athens, a Masters in Education from Western Carolina University in Cullowhee in 1964 and an Education Specialist in Administration and Supervision in 1971 from the University of Georgia. Miss Milhizer's teaching career included serving as Curriculum Director for Habersham, Pickens and Oconee County School Systems after her first ten years teaching first through eighth grade in Fannin County Schools. University appointments included Adult Education Director for Morehead State University in Kentucky and Adjunct Faculty for Brenau College. Honors received included Georgia Commissioner's Award for Outstanding Service, selection to Outstanding Elementary Teacher of America and to the Who's Who Among Child Developmental Professionals. Funeral Services were held Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of the Blue Ridge United Methodist Church with Dr. John T. Brantley officiating. Interment followed in the family plot at Harmony Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Tom Patterson, Tommy Vannoy, Gary Gray, Randy Brown, Gordon Riddock, Jim Lassiter, John Davis, and Jim Mayhugh. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Blue Ridge Federated Woman's Club and the Good Samaritans of Fannin County. Donations in memory of Frances Milhizer may be made to the Memorial Fund of the Blue Ridge United Methodist Church or to the Good Samaritans of Fannin County, both at Post Office Box 85, Blue Ridge, Georgia 30513. Remembrances and memories of Frances can be shared on her guest book pages at www.akinsfuneralhome.com . Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge was in charge of arrangements for Frances Louise Milhizer. .