Ronald 'Ronnie' Lynn Towl
Sep 20, 2015
Ronald "Ronnie" Lynn Towl, age 67 of Farner, TN passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the Copper Basin Medical Center. He was born on Tuesday, April 6, 1948 in Copperhill, TN to the late Dolphus and Frances Allen Towl. Ronnie was a truck driver for Polk County Road Department. He was of the Baptist Faith. Ronnie was preceded...
Frankie Louise Glazner
Sep 19, 2015
Frankie Louise Glazner, age 81 of McCaysville, passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at home. She was born on Thursday, February 1, 1934 in Fannin County to the late Earl and Erma Pope Gilliam. Mrs. Glazner had worked for Orbit Garment Manufacturing as a press operator. She was a member of Victory Baptist Church in Blairsville. She was preceded...
Christina Yvette Pless
Sep 18, 2015
Christina Yvette Pless, age 32, of McCaysville, GA passed away Friday, September 18, 2015. Christina was born in Gilmer County, Georgia and attended the Mineral Bluff House of Prayer. She was a graduate of Georgia Perimeter College where she received her Associate Degree and became a Veterinary Technician. She loved caring for animals. She is survived by her father and...
Clara Ruth Jones
Sep 17, 2015
Clara Ruth Bearden Jones, age 87, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015 at Heritage Hospice in Marietta, GA. Born in McCaysville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Bart and Lillie Stanley Bearden. She was a member of Macedonia Church of Christ. She is preceded in death by her husband, Hayden Young Jones; son, Russell...
Marie Jane Panter Burch
Sep 17, 2015
Marie Jane Panter Burch, affectionately known as "Aunt Tootsie", age 84, of Jonesboro, GA, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015. Mrs. Burch was a native of Copperhill, TN and was a daughter of the late Elisha and Gertrude Bell Panter. She had attended Lee College and Carol Lynn Business School. She wrote beautiful poetry and loved music and singing. She...
Bruce Dewight Ingle
Sep 16, 2015
Bruce Dewight Ingle, age 72, of Turtletown, TN passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015. He was a son of the late Clinton and Beadie Womble Ingle. He was a Veteran of the U.S.Army and a member of the Laborers International Union of North America. He is survived by his domestic partner, Patricia Stiles Phillips; brothers, Howard (Helen) Ingle, Gilbert (Annie)...
Clifford Martin Pye
Sep 15, 2015
Mr. Clifford Pye, age 72, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 in Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Pye was born on March 7, 1943 in Hartford, CT to the late Willis Clifford Pye and Marjorie Sirles Pye. Mr. Pye retired from the United States Postal Service and was a member of Bethel United...
Frieda Kay Mercer
Sep 14, 2015
Mrs. Frieda Kay Mercer, age 67, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Monday, September 14, 2015 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mrs. Mercer was born on May 10, 1948 in Arcadia, FL to the late Gilbert Mercer and Georgie Mansfield Mercer. She was of the Baptist Faith.Per her wishes, Mrs. Mercer was cremated. Condolences may be left at www.akinsfuneralhome.com. Akins Funeral...
Charlotte Irene Cook
Sep 12, 2015
Charlotte Cook, 75, passed away September 12, 2015, at Hospice of Chattanooga following an extended illness. Her family and friends lost a shining light in their lives. She will be sorely missed. Born in Ducktown, TN, and raised in McCaysville, GA, Charlotte lived her entire life in the area and loved her home. Apart from being a wonderful wife and...
Mary Lucille O'Neal
Sep 10, 2015
Mrs. Mary Lucille O'Neal, age 71, of McCaysville, GA, passed away September 10, 2015 in the Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. Born in Higdon, GA, she was the daughter of the late James and Florence Bell Mathis. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. O'Neal enjoyed traveling and working in her garden. She was a member of the...
Luba Alexandria Wiessner
Sep 7, 2015
Luba Alexandrovnov Moschajev Wiessner, Blue Ridge artist, passed away peacefully September 7, 2015 at the Soddy-Daisy Healthcare Center. She was born September 30, 1926 in Odessa, Ukraine on the Black Sea and had lived in Blue Ridge since the 1970's. She was fond of saying that the name her mother gave her was the most beautiful word in the Russian...
Jimmy Barry 'Moose' Mealer
Sep 5, 2015
Jimmy Barry "Moose" Mealer, age 57 of Ringgold, GA passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2015, at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, GA. He was born Wednesday, January 15, 1958 in Gary, IN to the late Columbus Lawson Mealer and Lucille Rose Henson Arp. Moose was employed by Mohawk Industries as a project engineer. He was a member of Varnell...
Claude Robert Miller
Sep 3, 2015
Claude Robert Miller, age 80, of Copperhill, TN passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015. Claude was born in Monroe County, TN to the late James Everett and Birdie Ellen Duckett Miller. He had worked in the timber industry as a skidder operator and was a member of the Staffordtown Church. He was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Robert Hyde.He...
Robert Steven Lynn Geisler
Sep 3, 2015
Robert Steven Lynn Geisler age 49 of Blue Ridge passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2015. He was born on November 6, 1965 in Copperhill, TN. Robert worked with Ray Queen Construction.Survivors are his daughter and son-in-law, Arlene and Cody Novak of Glendora, NJ; brothers, Ray Queen of Morganton, GA and William Lynn Geisler of Turtletown, TN; several nieces and...
William Reece Lee, M.D.
Aug 29, 2015
Dr. Lee died peacefully surrounded by family on August 29, 2015. He was born on September 21, 1926, in Etowah, TN. His parents were Minnie Tallent and Arnold Lee. He was a direct descendent of Captain Thomas Lee, who was of an original first family settling in TN.Upon completing high school in 1944, he enlisted in the United States Navy...
William George Deal
Aug 28, 2015
William George Deal, age 58, of Copperhill, TN passed away Friday, August 28, 2015. George was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a member and Deacon of the Mt. Zion (Tumbling Creek) Baptist Church. He had worked as a Detention Officer with the Polk County Justice Center. He was an avid fisherman and hunter.He is survived by...
Mildred Leona Greene
Aug 27, 2015
Mildred Leona Greene, age 90, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Greene was born September 27, 1924 in Suit, NC. She worked as a clerk at Blue Ridge Pharmacy. She was a member of New Antioch Baptist Church and the Blue Ridge Homemakers Club. Mrs. Greene was preceded in death by her...
George Harry Briant
Aug 26, 2015
George Harry Briant, age 76, of McDonough, GA, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2015 in Southern Regional Hospital in Riverdale, GA. Mr. Briant was born in McCaysville, GA to the late Murphy Christopher Briant and Retha Marie Hill Briant. He worked as an inspector for General Motors and retired after 30 years of service, He was a member of Peoples...
Addrienne Diane Newman
Aug 25, 2015
Addrienne Diane Newman, age 27, of Turtletown, TN passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2015. Addrienne was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a graduate of Copper Basin High School where she served on the Cheerleading Squad. She was employed with Tri State Life Safety as an Executive Assistant in Security System Management. She was a member of...
Ramon Bruce Patterson
Aug 25, 2015
Mr. Ramon "Bruce" Patterson, age 84, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at the Pine Point Hospice Facility in Macon, GA. Mr. Patterson was born in Blairsville, GA on February 16, 1931 to the late Arvil and Bessie Weaver Patterson. He was a member of Liberty Hill United Methodist Church and was also a member of Young Cane Masonic Lodge...
