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William 'Cookie' Darrel Cook
Aug 15, 2017
William Darrel "Cookie" Cook, age 67, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2017 at Kindred Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Cook was born on July 9, 1950 in McCaysville, GA to the late Luther Alonzo and Ella Lewis Cook. He was of the Baptist Faith, a member of Blue Ridge Lodge #67F&AM and drove a concrete truck...
Vicki Jo Seabolt
Aug 14, 2017
Vicki Jo Seabolt, age 60, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on August 14, 2017. Born in Copperhill, TN, she was the daughter of the late Clifford Monroe Rutherford and Pauline Jesse Key Rutherford. She was a member of the Kingtown Baptist Church and had attended First Baptist Church of Epworth. She had retired after nearly thirty years as a...
Emma Mae Hembree
Aug 12, 2017
Emma Mae Hembree, age 91, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Saturday, August 12, 2017 in Blue Ridge. Born on November 5, 1925 in Epworth, GA, she was the daughter of the late John and Sally Payne Sosebee. She was a member of Macedonia Church of Christ. She retired from Morganton Manufacturing Company where she worked as a Sewing Machine...
Baby Leann Thomas
Aug 12, 2017
LeAnn Renee Thomas, infant daughter of Jeremiah and Jamie Thomas, passed away Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA. Along with her parents, she is survived by her brothers, Jayce Gillis and Josey Thomas; a sister, Lana Thomas; and grandparents, James and Odessa Postelle and James and Susan Thomas. A memorial service to remember Baby LeAnne...
Ida Sue Postell
Aug 11, 2017
Ida Sue Postell, age 74, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Friday, August 11, 2017 in Blue Ridge. Born on December 10, 1942 in the Higdon Community, she was the daughter of the late Everett George Stepp and Elsie Earley Stepp. She was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church. She is survived by husband, Wendell Postell of the home; daughters,...
Steve Wayne Mull
Aug 9, 2017
Steve Wayne Mull, age 68, of Epworth, GA, passed away on August 9, 2017 at his home. Born in McCaysville, GA he was the son of the late Wayne and Kathleen Anderson Mull. Mr. Mull was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of the Kingtown Baptist Church. He worked and retired as a Boilermaker. He was...
William Hayward Jones
Aug 8, 2017
William Hayward Jones, age 68, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at his home in Blue Ridge. Born on December 15, 1948 in Wyandotte, MI, he was the son of the late Hayden Young Jones and Clara Ruth Bearden Jones. He was a member of Macedonia Church of Christ. He served in the United States Army....
Kenneth Alvin Bell
Aug 6, 2017
Kenneth Alvin "Kenny" Bell, age 72, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017 at his home. Mr. Bell was born in Mineral Bluff, GA on March 14, 1945 to the late John Harvey and Bertha Bell. He was a member of New Liberty Baptist Church in Mineral Bluff, loved gardening and yard work, and was retired after...
William Emory Davenport
Aug 6, 2017
William Emory Davenport, age 71, of Rome,GA passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2017 in Rome, GA. Born on January 27, 1946 in Marion, IL, he was the son of the late Eulis Larkin Davenport and Helen May McCormick Davenport. He worked at Mohawk Carpets as a Tufting Machine Operator and was a member of New Antioch Baptist Church. He...
Irene Morrow
Aug 4, 2017
Irene Morrow, age 93, of Turtletown, TN, passed away Friday, August 4, 2017. Mrs. Morrow was a daughter of the late Charles and Lillis Bell Adams. She was a homemaker and a member of the Maple Grove Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by siblings Minnie Adams Bates, Willard Edgar Adams, Carl Edgar Adams, Clarence Adams, Ruby Adams...
Judy Ann Kaylor
Aug 3, 2017
Judy Ann Kaylor, age 76, of Turtletown, TN, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2017. Mrs. Kaylor was born in Copperhill, TN to the late Earl and Flora Mae Wright. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.She is survived by daughters Vicky (Ricky) Goss and Yvonne Baliles; grandchildren, Judith Cole, Heather Goss, Renee Baliles, Cassandra Barnes, Darrell Baliles and...
Mae Ruth Newsome
Aug 3, 2017
Mae Ruth Newsome, age 90, of Ellijay, GA passed away on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at her home with her loving children by her side. Mrs. Newsome was born on March 18, 1927 in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late William Arthur Postelle and Mary Odessa Panter Postelle. She was of the Baptist faith, enjoyed gardening, and served Cobb County,...
Joanne White
Aug 2, 2017
Joanne White, age 60, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. White was born on January 25, 1957 in Kenosha, WI to the late Gene and Daisy Elrod Prince. She had worked for Shaw Industries and was a member of the Staffordtown Church of Life in Copperhill, TN.She is...
Estelle Wallace Loudermilk
Jul 30, 2017
Estelle Wallace Loudermilk, age 88, of Turtletown, passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2017. She was born on January 29, 1929 in Ducktown, TN to the late William Wallace and Edith Taylor Wallace . Mrs. Loudermilk was a devoted wife and mother. She was a member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church. Mrs. Loudermilk was preceded in death by her parents;...
Frances Merle Hamby
Jul 30, 2017
Frances Merle Hamby, age 87, of Turtletown, TN, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017. Mrs. Hamby was born in Monroe County, TN to the late John Milton and Ada Mae Stiles Edwards. She was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School and was an active member in the WMU. She had worked at Levi Strauss...
John Massengale
Jul 29, 2017
John Massengale, 79, a resident of Cleveland, TN, passed away on Saturday July 29, 2017 at Erlanger Medical Center from a brief illness. He was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church. He was born April 15, 1938 in Copperhill, TN to the late Wayne and Ruth Massengale. Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by his son, John...
Randall Keith Klein
Jul 28, 2017
Randall Keith Klein, age 61, of Cherry Log, passed away on Friday, July 28, 2017 in Cherry Log, GA. Born on December 31, 1955 in San Antonio, TX he was the son of the late John Thomas Klein and Dorothy Nell Sicko Klein. He worked as a carpenter for Gay Construction. He is preceded in death by his parents and...
Keith Aric Stanley
Jul 28, 2017
Keith Aric Stanley, age 38, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on July 28, 2017. He was born March 28, 1979 in Blue Ridge, GA. Keith was a member of the Young's Chapel Baptist Church and avid Georgia Bull Dog fan. He loved spending time with his three children and was an avid outdoorsman.Survivors include his wife, Tanja Hendrix Stanley;...
Herman 'Bone' James Godfrey
Jul 27, 2017
Mr. Herman James, better known as "Bone" Godfrey, age 86 of McCaysville, GA passed away on July 27, 2017 at his home. Born in Copperhill, TN, he was the son of the late William and Robbie Pearl Payne Godfrey. He was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of the McCaysville United Methodist Church. He had retired...
Margaret Lynn Walters
Jul 25, 2017
Margaret Lynn Walters, age 54, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Mrs. Walters was born in Ellenwood, GA to the late Christopher and Billie Wenzler Walters. She had worked as a Veterinary Assistant.She is survived by children, Chris Corkern of Ducktown, TN and Steven Duffey of Loganville, GA.A memorial service will be conducted on Friday, August...
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