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Audrey Pauline 'Polly' Wallace

Audrey Pauline 'Polly' Wallace

Jan 21, 2018

Audrey Pauline "Polly" Wallace, age 96, of Murphy, passed away on Sunday, January 21, 2018 in Blue Ridge, GA. She was born on October 6, 1921 in Ducktown, TN to the late Jimmy Wimpy and Eliza Wimpy. Mrs. Wallace had worked at Blue Ridge Health Care as a nurses aid. She was a member of Mount Moriah Baptist Church. Mrs....

Janice Marie Golden

Janice Marie Golden

Jan 19, 2018

Mrs. Janice Marie Golden, age 70, of Blue Ridge, GA, formally of Apache Junction, AZ, passed away January 19, 2018. She was the daughter of the late James R. Bishop and Carrie Marie Howell Bishop. Janice was a hairdresser for over fifty years. The idea that she loved to travel was an understatement. For many years she traveled from Arizona...

Julia Esther Ledford

Julia Esther Ledford

Jan 19, 2018

Julia Esther Ledford, age 98, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Friday, January 19, 2018 in Blue Ridge, GA. Born on January 11, 1920 in Hiawassee, GA, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Mary Jane Sims Howell. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church. She worked as a Packer for Quickie Manufacturing. She is preceded in...

Marlene Helen Tilley

Marlene Helen Tilley

Jan 18, 2018

Marlene Helen Tilley of Blue Ridge, age 65, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at the Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville, GA.Born on June 7, 1952, Marlene was a very special Down Syndrome child of God who lived a long and joyful life at her home in Blue Ridge with her parents, the late WH Tilley and...

Larry Lee Nicholson

Larry Lee Nicholson

Jan 17, 2018

Larry Lee Nicholson, age 70, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2018 in Atlanta, GA. He was born on January 17, 1948 in Ellijay, GA to the late Kenneth and Irene Ralston Nicholson. He was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church and was an avid fisherman. He worked as an electrician for Shaw Industries. He is survived...

David Stanton Postelle

David Stanton Postelle

Jan 16, 2018

Mr. David Stanton Postelle, age 73, of Turtletown, TN, passed away on January 16, 2018 at his home. Born in Mineral Bluff, GA, he was the son of the late William Arthur and Mary Odessa Panter Postell. His wife, Patricia Gail White Postelle also precedes in death.His survivors include, son and daughter-in-law, Fred David and Lisa Postelle of Cleveland, TN;...

Jessie Louise Landreth

Jessie Louise Landreth

Jan 15, 2018

Jessie Louise Landreth, age 89, of Morganton, GA, passed away January 15, 2018. Born in Maysville, KY, she was the daughter of the late David Gordon and Bryl Sullivan Landreth. She proudly served her country in the United States Air Force. During most of her working life, she had cooked for various Nursing Homes. Mrs. Landreth was a member of...

Barbara Lee Lamm

Barbara Lee Lamm

Jan 14, 2018

Barbara Lee Lamm, age 88, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Lamm was born on August 7, 1929 in Red Oak, GAto Zachariah Joy Lee and Frances Elvira Gilmore Lee. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Blue Ridge, GA and was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Lamm.She...

Barbara Ann Holland

Barbara Ann Holland

Jan 14, 2018

Barbara Ann Holland, age 82, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at Pruitt Health Nursing Home. Mrs. Holland was born in Chattanooga, TN on February 4, 1935. She was of the Baptist faith and was the owner of Barbara's Variety Store for many years. She is preceded in death by her son, Charles Holland, Jr. and...

Jesse Delane Dills

Jesse Delane Dills

Jan 13, 2018

Jesse Delane Dills, age 82 of Mineral Bluff passed away on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at his home. He was born on March 1, 1935 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late of the late Jesse Thurman Dills and Sally Newberry Dills. Mr. Dills served in the United States Air Force in the Korean War. He worked at Cities Service...

Navada Wayne Magness

Navada Wayne Magness

Jan 12, 2018

Navada Wayne Magness, age 44, of McCaysville, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2018 in Red Bank, TN. He was born on August 28, 1973 in Decatur, GA. He was a member of St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Church in Copperhill, TN. He was a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He worked as a Crematory Operator at Peaceful...

Peggy Potts

Peggy Potts

Jan 10, 2018

Mrs. Peggy Rackley Potts of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away at home, surrounded by her loving family on January 10, 2018 at the age of 84. She was born on May 3, 1933 in Gilmer County to Ina and Coatus Rackley. She is predeceased by her parents, 4 of her sisters, Myrtle Olvey, Marie Quintrell, Martha Jones, and Jimmie Daves....

Johnnie Brazelton Mcclure

Johnnie Brazelton Mcclure

Jan 5, 2018

Johnnie Brazelton McClure age 93 of Hardwick, GA passed away on Friday, January 5, 2018 at the Oconee Regional Medical Center, Inc of Milledgeville, GA. He was born on November 12, 1924 in Coghill, TN to the late James McClure and Lena Haralson McClure. Mr. McClure served from 1943 until 1948 in the United States Marine Corps during World War...

Harold W. 'Bunny' Cochran

Harold W. 'Bunny' Cochran

Jan 1, 2018

Harold William "Bunny" Cochran, age 68, of Farner, TN, passed away Monday, January 1, 2018. Harold was a member of the Turtletown Church of God of Prophecy where he was a dedicated member. He was a loving, honest person with a warm heart. He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnny K.and Alma Lynn Cochran and sister, Phyllis Cochran...

Rachel Ann Henson

Rachel Ann Henson

Dec 31, 2017

Rachel Ann Henson, age 70 of Blue Ridge GA passed away Sunday, December 31, 2017 at home. She was born on June 12, 1947 to the late Herman Leon Henson and Elizabeth Ann Allen Henson. Rachel worked at Levi Strauss Manufacturing Company as a sewing machine operator. She was of the Baptist Faith. Survivors are her husband, Ray Odom of...

Anna Jane Stanley

Anna Jane Stanley

Dec 28, 2017

Please update the Stanley obituary. Adding an honorary pallbearer, Jimmy Stanley. Anna Jane Stanley, age 80, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2017 in Blue Ridge, GA. Born on May 4, 1937 in Copperhill, TN, she was the daughter of the late Luther Alonzo Elrod and Verna Mae Withrow Elrod. She was of the Church of Christ...

Shelbia Jean Wimberley

Shelbia Jean Wimberley

Dec 25, 2017

Shelbia Jean Wimberley, age 77, of McCaysville, GA passed away Monday, December 25, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Wimberley was born in Copperhill, TN on April 23, 1940. She worked as Finance Director for the Fannin County Board of Education. Mrs. Wimberley was a member of the First Baptist Church of McCaysville/Copperhill, the McCaysville O.E.S., the Retired Educators of Fannin...

Thomas J Green

Thomas J Green

Dec 25, 2017

Thomas J. Green, age 68, of Blue Ridge passed away on Monday, December 25, 2017 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Green was born on February 7, 1949 in Copperhill, TN to the late George Albert and Mattie Queen Green. He was was a member Mineral Bluff Lodge #483 F&AM and was retired from the Fannin County Road Department. He is...

Sue Reid

Sue Reid

Dec 23, 2017

Mrs. Sue Carol Reid, age 71, of Turtletown, TN, passed away on December 23, 2017. Born in Copperhill, TN, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Ruby Adams Weaver. Also preceding her in death was her brother, Charles Weaver. She had retired as a Food Nutritionist for the University of Tennessee Department of Agriculture. She was a long...

Jo Rena Martin

Jo Rena Martin

Dec 22, 2017

Mrs. Jo Rena Martin, age 77, of Turtletown, TN passed away December 22, 2017. Born in Malheur County, Oregon, she was the daughter of the late Wiley and Emily Hensley Millsaps. Survivors include her five children, Otis E. Martin, Jr., Jonathan R. Wright, Princess J. Martin, Angel M. Fail and Calie J. Whitaker; brother, Norman Millsaps; and one sister, Bonnie...

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