Helen Melvine Deal
May 5, 2017
Helen Melvine Deal, age 79, of McCaysville, GA passed away Friday, May 5, 2017. Helen was born in Ducktown , TN to the late Robert Simon and Bonnie Tankersley O'Neal. She was a homemaker and was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Donald Ray Deal, son, Robert Donald Deal, siblings Willard...
Mattie Louise Dale
May 5, 2017
Mattie Louise Dale, age 89, of Turtletown, TN, passed away Friday, May 5, 2017 in the Erlanger Medical Center. Mrs. Dale was born in Ducktown, TN on March 20, 1928 to the late John Henry Holbrooks and Loma Fair Ingram Holbrooks. She attended Calvary Baptist Church in Coker Creek, TN. Mrs. Dale had worked at Copper Basin Medical Center as...
Howard 'Boe' Irvin Deaton
Apr 29, 2017
Howard Irvin "Boe" Deaton, age 72, passed away on Saturday, April 29, 2017 in Blue Ridge, GA. He was born on February 5, 1945 in Blue Ridge, GA to Bettie Sue Bell. He was a member of Glen Hope Baptist Church and was retired from The Kroger Company. He was a devout GA Tech Football fan.He is survived by his...
Martha Jean Loving
Apr 26, 2017
Martha Jean Loving, age 83, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 in Ducktown, TN. Born on January 26, 1934 in Chatsworth, GA, she was the daughter of the late Rev. George Washington Beach, Sr. and Era Panter Beach. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband,...
Jonathan James Bivins
Apr 25, 2017
Michael Jonathan James Bivins, age 57, of Longview, TX, passed away April 25, 2017. Born in Copperhill, TN, he was the son of the late John "Jack" Thomas Bivins, Jr. Mr. Bivins worked as a Truck Driver for several years. Survivors include his son, Jonathan Bivins of NM; mother, Joann Palerm of Ft. Walton Beach, FL; sisters and brothers-in-law, Jacqueline...
Clyde Winston Elrod
Apr 23, 2017
Clyde Winston Elrod, age 84 of Copperhill passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017. Mr. Elrod was born on February 20, 1933 in Copperhill, TN to the late Daniel Leo Elrod and Ada Hedrick Elrod. He retired from Tennessee Chemical Company. Mr. Elrod was a member of Maple Grove Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife of thirty-seven years, Sharon Elrod of...
Jimmy Gordon Key
Apr 23, 2017
Mr. Jimmy Gordon Key, age 71, of McCaysville, GA, passed away on April 23, 2017 in Chattanooga, TN. Born in McCaysville, GA, he was the son of the late Arthur and Cleo Collins Key. He proudly served his country in the United States Army and was a retired Lineman working for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Mr. Key was a member...
Ann Campbell Key
Apr 22, 2017
Mrs. Ruth Ann Campbell Key, age 67, passed away on Saturday, April 22, 2017. A private family service will be held at a later date. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made in their memory online at www.billygraham.org. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.akinsfuneralhome.com. Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge, GA was in charge of the...
Danny Lealon Key
Apr 22, 2017
Danny Lealon Key, age 68, passed away on Saturday, April 22, 2017. A private family service will be held at a later date. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made in their memory online at www.billygraham.org. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.akinsfuneralhome.com. Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge, GA was in charge of the arrangements. .
Madeline Ross Tarpley
Apr 20, 2017
Madeline Ross Tarpley, age 81, passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Blue Ridge, GA. Born on October 12, 1935 in Mineral Bluff, GA, she was the daughter of the late Boyd Lester Ross and Thelma Burgie Dean Ross. She was a member of Jerusalem Baptist Church. She owned and operated Tarpley's General Store in Mineral Bluff for 40...
Linda Louise Hardin
Apr 17, 2017
Linda Louise Turner Hardin, age 57, of McCaysville, GA went home to be with the Lord, Monday, April 17, 2017. Linda was born in Copperhill, TN to the late J.N. and Irene Gilbert Turner. She had worked as an LPN at the Pruitt Healthcare and was a member of the Mobile Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by...
Betty Thomas Anderson
Apr 13, 2017
Betty Thomas Anderson, age 85 of Blue Ridge GA passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at the Erlanger Medical Center. She was born on August 14, 1931 in Blue Ridge to the late William Joshua Thomas and Willia Griffin Thomas. Betty and her late husband Andy Anderson owned and operated Andys Jewelers in Blue Ridge and Ellijay since 1949....
Lee L. Davis
Apr 12, 2017
Mr. Lee L. Davis, age76, of Blue Ridge passed away on April 12, 2017. Born in Epworth, GA, he was the son of the late George Washington and Nora Millsaps Davis. He had worked for a number of years in delivery and sales for both Blue Ridge Supply and the Patterson Lumber Company. Mr. Davis was a long time member...
Myrtle Delois Loudermilk
Apr 10, 2017
Myrtle Delois Loudermilk, age 77, of Turtletown TN passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Mrs. Loudermilk was born on January 4, 1940 in Murphy, NC to the late James Everett Miller and Birdie Ellen Duckett Miller. Mrs. Loudermilk was of the Penecostal faith. She attended the Word of God Tabernacle on Trantham...
Francis Taylor Wilson
Apr 9, 2017
Francis "Taylor" Wilson, age 81, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2017 at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin in Ducktown, TN. Born on January 2, 1936 in Granville County, NC, he was the son of the late Francis Croxton Wilson and Lula Cole Wilson. He was an Insurance Representative with Western & Southern Life...
Micheal Mealer
Apr 9, 2017
Mr. Micheal Mealer, age 65, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on April 9, 2017 in the Seasons Hospice in Cumming, GA. Born in Copperhill, TN, he was the son of the late Ruby Mealer Gibbs. He was a retired Shop Foreman for the Cleveland Roofing Company in Cleveland, TN. Mr. Mealer was of the Baptist faith. He was also...
Ruth Irene Parris
Apr 8, 2017
Ruth Irene Parris, age 91 of Blue Ridge GA, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the Fannin Regional Hospital. She was born on February 17, 1926 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late John Littlon Conley and Ollie Miller Conley. Mrs. Parris was a homemaker and a member of Sugar Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...
Martha Rochelle Mcghee Moler
Apr 5, 2017
Martha Rochelle McGhee Moler, age 79, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Moler was born on May 26, 1937 in Fulton County, GA to the late Augustus Virgil McGhee and Martha Irene Guyton McGhee. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church and the United Daughters of the Confederacy-Joseph Brown Emerson...
Robert Lee Davis
Apr 4, 2017
Robert Lee Davis, age 49 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. He was born on July 14, 1967 in Copperhill, TN. Robert worked for Long Construction Company. He was of the Baptist Faith. Robert was preceded in death by his step-father, Charles Dills.Survivors are his mother,...
Betty Brannen
Apr 2, 2017
Mrs. Betty Brannen, age 91, formerly of Atlanta, GA, passed away on April 2, 2017 in the Hayesville House Assisted Living in Hayesville, NC. Born in Habersham County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Walton Winfred and Linnie May Davis Burrell. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles Crisp Brannen. Mrs. Brannen and her husband...
