Brent Laney
Dec 20, 2017
Brent Laney, age 37, of Copperhill, TN passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2017. Brent was a member of the East Polk Fire & Rescue where he served as a Firefighter, Engineer and Secretary for a number of years. He was also a member of the Fannin, Peachtree, Wolf Creek and Hiawassee Dam Volunteer Fire Departments. Survivors include his wife Wendy...
Pearl Chancey Keener
Dec 18, 2017
Pearl Chancey Keener, age 93, of McCaysville passed away Monday, December 18, 2017 at Cameron Hall Assisted Living in Ellijay. Mrs. Keener was born on March 5, 1924 in Fannin County, GA to the late Pat Chancey and Cenia Hatfield Chancey. She was a member of First Baptist Church of McCaysville/Copperhill and was a longtime member of the Jessie Ward...
Daisy Lee Goddard
Dec 17, 2017
Daisy Lee Goddard, age 83, of Blairsville, GA passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017 at home peacefully surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Fannin County, Ga on March 22, 1934 to John Elbert Rhodes and Velmer Marie Cole Rhodes. She was a member of Sunrise Tabernacle in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Goddard was preceded in death by...
Edith Cornwell Jones
Dec 16, 2017
Edith Cornwell Jones, age 98, of Morganton, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017 in Morganton. Born on January 12, 1919 in Murphy, NC, she was the daughter of the late Hilton Clay Cornwell and Cora Abilee Decker Cornwell. She was a member of Harvest Baptist Church in Eatonton, GA. She owned and operated a day care in College Park,...
Richard Carlton Messer
Dec 15, 2017
Richard Carlton Messer, age 70 of Blue Ridge GA passed away Friday, December 15, 2017 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA. Mr. Messer was born on November 28, 1947 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late William and Ruby Bell Messer. He worked forty-three years for the United States Postal Service as a mail truck carrier. He was preceded...
Douglas Ausburn
Dec 13, 2017
Douglas Ausburn, age 72, of Northport, AL passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at Forest Manor Nursing Home in Northport. He was born in Blue Ridge, GA on June 16, 1945 to the late Donald and Marie Patterson Ausburn. He worked as a assembler for General Motors for a number of years and attended Lebanon Baptist Church.He is survived...
Vivian Myrna Cook
Dec 12, 2017
Vivian Myrna Cook, age 59, of Mineral Bluff, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 in Atlanta, GA. She was born on August 26, 1958 in Blue Ridge, GA. She was preceded in death by her father, Grady William Tipton and was of the Baptist faith.She is survived by a son, Timothy Cook; daughter, Renee Cook; mother, Rachel Myrna Merrell;...
Robyn Elaine Harris Posey
Dec 11, 2017
Robyn Elaine Harris Posey, age 53, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Monday, December 11, 2017 at her home. Born on August 17, 1964, in Colorado Springs, CO, she was the daughter of Jack and Lois Burk Harris. She was a member of Riverside Baptist Church. She was an animal lover. She is preceded in death by her father, Jack...
Judy Louise Gilliam
Dec 11, 2017
Mrs. Judy Louise Gilliam, age 70, of Alpharetta, GA, passed away on December 11, 2017 in the North Fulton Hospital. Born in Copperhill, TN, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Miney Pless Allen. She had worked in Sales and Customer Service for a number of years for DCA. Also preceding her in death was her brother, Herschel...
Ida Lou Bryant
Dec 9, 2017
Ida Lou Bryant, age 88 of Turtletown TN passed away Saturday, December 9, 2017 at home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Bryant was born on January 7, 1929 in Copperhill, TN to the late Elbert and Matilda Stuart Allen. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Bryant enjoyed gardening and working around her house. She was a member of the Word of...
Barry Lynn Mealer
Dec 1, 2017
Mr. Barry Lynn Mealer, age 61, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on December 1, 2017. Born in Ducktown, TN, he was the son of the late Kenley Eddie and Shirley Edgel Newberry Garrison. Barry was a member of McCay Lodge #423 F&AM and of the Baptist Faith. He had worked a number of years as a Heating and Air...
Dorothy 'Dottie' Lollar
Nov 30, 2017
Dorothy C. "Dottie" Lollar, formerly of Ft. Myers, FL, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at the Blue Ridge Assisted Living Home. She was 87 years old. Born in Cleveland, OH, Dottie grew up in Nitro, WV, graduating from Nitro High School. She was employed for 15 years at the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company. In 1967, Mrs....
Amanda Deidre Jory Hester
Nov 27, 2017
Amanda Deidre Jory Hester, age 37, of Farner, TN passed away Monday, November 27, 2017. Amanda was a homemaker who loved her family and enjoyed the outdoors. She was a talented artist loving all forms of art including drawing and make up, and sculpting. She was of the Baptist Faith.She is survived by her husband, Jason Hester of the home;...
William 'Bo' Edd Dills
Nov 21, 2017
William Edd "Bo" Dills, age 92, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 in Blue Ridge, GA with his family by his side. Mr. Dills was born on May 17, 1925 in Fannin County, GA to the late Bert Monroe and Rosie Tate Godfrey Dills. He was a member of Barnes Chapel Baptist Church and had...
Ruby Mcclure
Nov 16, 2017
Fannie Ruby McClure, age 72, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, November 16, 2017 at Northside Hospital in Canton, GA. Mrs. McClure was born on January 20, 1945 in Fannin County, GA to the late Virgil and Fannie Cornwell Patterson. She was a member of Union Hill Baptist Church. Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by...
Rev. Keith Jones
Nov 16, 2017
Rev. Keith Jones, age 65, of Epworth, GA passed away Thursday, November 16, 2017 at his home. Rev. Jones was born in Macon, GA on April 29, 1952. He was a Baptist minister for 45 years serving at Morganton Baptist Church, The North American Mission Board, First Baptist Church of Sandy Springs, GA, Bethabara Baptist Church of Athens, GA, Poplar...
Della 'Bobbie' Rucker
Nov 14, 2017
Mary Della Lee Rucker, better known as Bobbie of Copperhill, TN. She passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 in Ducktown, TN. Bobbie was born on June 9, 1921 in Springtown, TN to the late Rev. Bill and Mattie Lee. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Rev. Arthur Rucker and son, Bill Rucker. Bobbie was saved...
Thelma Louise Watkins
Nov 14, 2017
Survivors are daughters, Linda Marie Ballew of Blue Ridge, GA, Susan Ann Brown of Blue Ridge, GA, Betty Louise Chastain of Blairsville, GA, and Vernell Neuwar of Ellijay, GA; sons, James Walter Watkins of Blue Ridge, GA and Joseph Andrew Watkins of Blue Ridge, GA; sisters, Susie Henry of Blue Ridge, GA and Dorothy Morgan of Blue Ridge, GA; seven...
Mary Louise Tanner
Nov 13, 2017
Mary Louise Tanner, age 68, of Copperhill, TN passed away Monday, November 13, 2017 at her home surrounded by family. Mrs. Tanner was born in Mineral Bluff, GA on December 28, 1948 to the late Charles Kenneth and Hazel Louise Bell McArthur. She was a member at the Bethany Church and had worked as a nurse at the Copper Basin...
Mary Lou Anderson
Nov 12, 2017
Mary Lou Anderson, age 87, of Murphy passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2017 in Ducktown. Born on October 19, 1930 in Cherokee County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Martin Thomas and Mary Lou Dora Kilpatrick Raper. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. She was known for her love of her family, her outgoing personality,...
