Rev. Billy Gene Merrell, Sr.
Feb 19, 2017
Rev. Billy Gene Merrell, Sr., age 74 of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017 in Mineral Bluff, GA. He was born on May 31, 1942 in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late Clifford Merrell and Geraldine Gibbs Merrell. He was a Baptist minister for a number of years and member of Mineral Bluff Lodge #483 F&AM....
Elizabeth Ann Loudermilk
Feb 18, 2017
Elizabeth S. Loudermilk, age 76, of Copperhill, TN passed away February 18, 2017 in the Blue Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care in Blue Ridge, GA. Bettie was born July 18, 1940 in Vonore, TN to parents Glenn and Evelyn Roberts Simpson. After graduating from Hiawassee College and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she began a teaching career that spanned...
Willa Nell Jones
Feb 17, 2017
Willa Nell Jones, age 96, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Friday, February 17, 2017 at Pruitt Healthcare in Blue Ridge. Born on July 26, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Willie McDaniel and Estie Pope McDaniel. She was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church. She worked as a seamstress for Levi's. She is preceded in death by...
Elmer Mckinley Trantham
Feb 17, 2017
Elmer McKinley Trantham, age 88, of Copperhill, TN passed away on February 17, 2017. Born in Cherokee County, NC, he was the son of the late George and Mary Jones Trantham. He enjoyed anything outdoors, especially hunting, camping and four wheeling. He was a Poultry Farmer for many years and a long time member of the New Hope Holiness Apostolic...
Stephen Tippo
Feb 16, 2017
Stephen Tippo, age 61, of Morganton, GA passed away Thursday, February 16, 2017 in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Tippo was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 31, 1955 to the late Arthur Tippo and Eileen McHugh Tippo. He was a member of Morganton Baptist Church.He is survived by his sister, Julie Leopold of The Villages, FL.Mr. Tippo was cremated and...
Dorothy Mae Taylor
Feb 15, 2017
Dorothy Mae Taylor, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at her home in Turtletown. Born on June 26, 1934 in Clermont, FL, she was the daughter of the late Lee Allen Halford, Sr. and Lillie Mae Youmans Halford. She was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School for many years and was...
Morgan Ray Dyer
Feb 15, 2017
Morgan Ray Dyer, age 52, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Dyer was born in Copperhill, TN on October 21, 1964. He was self-employed as a handyman and was a member of Colwell Baptist Church.He is survived by his wife, Robin Newberry Dyer of Blue Ridge;...
Helen Lorene Ensley
Feb 14, 2017
Mrs. Helen Lorene Stillwell Ensley, age 95, of McCaysville, GA passed away on February 14, 2017 in the Heritage Health Care in Blue Ridge, GA. Born in Copperhill, TN, she was the daughter of the late William Arthur and Eula Brock Stillwell. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who took much pride in herself and children. She owned...
Philip Dennis Vanzandt
Feb 13, 2017
Philip Dennis Vanzandt, age 88, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 in the Pruitt Health Care Center in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Vanzandt was born in Blue Ridge, GA on August 28, 1928 to the late Dennis Lafayatte Vanzandt and Mary Etta Ralston Vanzandt. He was a graduate of the University of Georgia with a double...
Lakes Brendle
Feb 12, 2017
Mr. Lakes Brendle, age 77, of Murphy, NC passed away February 12, 2017 in Sweetwater, TN. Born in Murphy, NC, he was the son of the late Pender and Mattie McDaniel Brendle. He retired as a Mining Foreman from the Tennessee Copper Company after 27 years of service. Lakes was also a member of IBW Local 175. Also preceding him...
Mary Helen Hall
Feb 11, 2017
Mary Helen Hall, age 59, of Copperhill, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at her home. Born on September 14, 1957, in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson Vessell and Sarah Frances Carter Vessell. She worked as a housekeeper for Polk County Home Health. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband,...
Helen Marie Gibbs
Feb 10, 2017
Mrs. Helen Marie Gibbs, age 81, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on February 10, 2017 in the Fannin Regional Hospital. Born in Blue Ridge, GA she was the daughter of the late William and Velvia Lewis White. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Helen was known for her kindness, gentleness and tender heart. She endured many hardships...
Wilma Delores Richards Buchanan
Feb 10, 2017
Wilma Delores Richards Buchanan, age 88 of Mineral Bluff GA passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 at the Fannin Regional Hospital. Wilma was born on January 25, 1929 in Fannin County, GA to the late Robert Lee Richards and Ester Beavers Richards. She worked at the Walmart in Murphy, NC for eighteen years. Wilma was a member of Oak Grove...
Bernice Elaine Stroud
Feb 9, 2017
Bernice Elaine Smith Stroud, daughter of Homer Oliver and Ruby Heaton Smith, widow of Daniel Lester Stroud, passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at Pruitt Healthcare in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Stroud is survived by two adopted children, Peggy Stroud and Danny Stroud, address unknown; two brothers, Homer Earl Smith of Charlotte, NC and William Glenn Smith of North...
Leroy Allen
Feb 6, 2017
Mr. Leroy Allen, age 72 of Copperhill, TN passed away Monday, February 6, 2017. Leroy was born at Liberty, NC and was a son of the late Ernest and Wilma Swanson Allen. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patsy Allen; son, Roy Lee Allen, and brother, Herman Allen. He had worked as a handyman for Nicholson's General store...
Motley James William Dilbeck
Feb 5, 2017
Motley James William Dilbeck, age 24 of Blue Ridge GA passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, GA. He was born on September 12, 1992 in Dalton, GA. Motley attended Gilmer and Fannin County High Schools. He worked for Pike Electric as a lineman. Motley was preceded in death by his grandmother, Evelyn "Cricket" Parks...
April Harris Grizzell
Feb 4, 2017
April Dawn Harris Grizzell, age 37 of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away February 4, 2017. She was born in Blue Ridge, GA on April 16, 1979. April graduated from Fannin County High School and later from Young Harris College with a degree in Psychology. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife, and friend to many. She loved the outdoors, especially...
Caycen Ryker & Caleb Adriel Baney
Feb 4, 2017
Caycen Ryker Baney and Caleb Adriel Baney, infant twin sons of Kristen Ashley Baney passed away February 4, 2017.Other survivors include a brother, Jakobi Harrington of Blue Ridge; grandparents, Brent and Kimberly Baney of PA, Maternal great grandparents, Kathy and Brian Wolf of Blue Ridge and Roger and Sheri Baney of PA; aunts, Rachel Macias (Mathew) of NY, McKinley Baney,...
Mattie Sue Boring
Feb 1, 2017
Mattie Sue Boring, age 80, of Turtletown, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 in Turtletown, TN. Born on December 14, 1936 in Cookeville, TN, she was the daughter of the late David Crockett and Carrie Pennington McBride. She worked for Hiawassee Mental Health as a Mental Health Assistant. She attended Mt. Carmel House of Prayer. She enjoyed gardening, cooking,...
Linda Ruth Hughes
Jan 30, 2017
Linda Ruth Hughes, age 56, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2017 in Blue Ridge, GA. Born on June 25, 1960 in Copperhill, TN, she was the daughter of Willard Sluder and Jewell Patterson Sluder. She was a member of Welcome Hill #2 Baptist Church. She worked as a horticulturalist at Quinn's Greenhouse. She was a loving wife, mother, and...
