Clyde Elick Trantham
Aug 23, 2015
Clyde Elick Trantham, age 90 of Murphy, NC passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2015, at the Copper Basin Medical Center in Copperhill, TN. He was born on Wednesday, August 19, 1925 in Murphy, NC. Mr. Trantham was a lifelong poultry and beef farmer. A Graveside Service will be conducted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. from the...
Clyde Marcus Ward
Aug 21, 2015
Clyde Marcus Ward, age 77 of Blue Ridge passed away on Friday, August 21, 2015, at the Pruitt Health Care in Blue Ridge. He was born on Tuesday, October 19, 1937 in Huber, GA to the late Edgar Ward and Mary Criswell Ward. Mr. Ward was a retired electrician and was a member of the IBEW Local Union Number 613...
Billy Ray Franklin
Aug 19, 2015
Mr. Billy Ray Franklin, age 73, of Epworth, GA, passed away August 19, 2015. Born in Concord, NC, he was the son of the late Jim and Ethel Levetia Stewart Franklin. He lettered in Track and Field for the University of Georgia. He later Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education. He taught special education for 20 years...
Rev. J.D. Thomas
Aug 17, 2015
Rev. J.D. Thomas, age 91, of Cartersville, GA, formerly of Blue Ridge,GA, passed away on August 17, 2015. Born in Fannin County, GA he was the son of the late Rev. Thomas Luther Thomas and Hattie Chastain Thomas. He retired from the Tennessee Copper Company where he worked for 42 years. Rev. Thomas was saved at the age of 15...
Ruby Lucille Parr
Aug 15, 2015
Mrs. Ruby Lucille Watkins Parr, age 82, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on August 15, 2015. She was the daughter of the late James Gordon and Bertha Elizabeth Payne Watkins. Mrs. Parr was also preceded in death by three brothers and one sister. She was a loving mother, grandmother and a long time member of the Cherry Log Baptist...
James Daniel Hyatt, Jr.
Aug 15, 2015
Mr. James Daniel Hyatt, Jr., age 69, of Copperhill, TN passed away on August 15, 2015. Born in Copperhill, TN, he was the son of the late James Daniel, Sr., and Isabella Deal Hyatt. Mr. Hyatt had worked for number of years for the Tennessee Chemical Company as a Water Treatment Operator. He was also preceded in death by two...
B. Mildred Ledford
Aug 11, 2015
Mrs. B. Mildred Ledford, age 93, of Ducktown, TN passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Mildred was a daughter of the late Charles and Lula Margaret Mealer Goode. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith.She is survived by children, Mike (Doris) Karranza, Rick (Donna) Stueve and Sarah Gubbard; sister, Joyce Singo; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren....
Ronia Kaye Patterson
Aug 10, 2015
Mrs. Ronia Kaye Patterson, age 77, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Monday, August 10, 2015 at her home. She was born in Tucker, GA on June 25, 1938 to the late Albert Alexander Shellnut and Annie Mae Bowen Shellnut. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Guinn Warbington and William F. Patterson; daughter, Debra Warbington; a co-child, Michael...
Robert Lee Mcdaniel
Aug 9, 2015
Mr. Robert Lee McDaniel, age 56, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Sunday, August 9, 2015 at his home. Mr. McDaniel was born on June 11, 1959 in Polk County, TN. He worked as a supervisor for Kismet Products. He was a member of Mobile Baptist Church. He liked hunting, fishing, and riding his Tennessee Walking Horses and loved spending...
Lake Edward Stepp
Aug 7, 2015
Lake Edward Stepp, age 80 of Blue Ridge, passed away on Friday, August 7, 2015 at his home. He was born on Monday, October 15, 1934 in Blue Ridge to the late Lillian Irene Stepp. Mr. Stepp had worked in construction. He was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church.Survivors are an Aunt, Maxine S. Halleck of Mableton, GA and several...
Jason Shawn Christopher Brown
Aug 5, 2015
Mr. Jason Shawn Christopher Brown, age 20, passed away August 5, 2015 at St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis, TN. Mr. Brown was born on June 19, 1995 in Blairsville, GA to Jason Brown and Lisa Ritchie Brown. He was of the Baptist faith and attended Hemptown Baptist Church. He also was a 2013 graduate of Fannin County High School.He is...
Dorothy Joan Mckenzie
Aug 2, 2015
Mrs. Dorothy Joan McKenzie, age 83 of Morganton, passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2015, at Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge. She was born on Wednesday, March 2, 1932 in Wilkes Barre, PA to the late Jack and Mary O'Kunieska. Mrs. McKenzie had been employed by J.L. Prescott Trucking. She was a member of Blue Ridge United Methodist Church,...
Barbara Ann Abernathy
Aug 1, 2015
Mrs. Barbara Ann Abernathy, age 75, of Ducktown, TN, passed away August 1, 2015 in the Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Born in McCaysville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Henry and Cara Belle Pope Harris. She had worked for Ducktown Bank and later with Inventory Control for the Tennessee Chemical Company. She was a long...
Benjermen 'Ben' Mcclure
Jul 30, 2015
Mr. Benjermen "Ben" Shane McClure, age 17, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on July 30, 2015. Ben was born in Fannin County, GA on June 11, 1998. He was a member of the Glen Hope Baptist. Ben was entering his senior year at the Fannin County High School. Survivors include his father, Jason McClure (Murial Farist) of Blue Ridge,...
Jay Heming
Jul 30, 2015
Mr. Jewell Lingston, better known as "Jay" Heming, age 75, of the Lifecare Center of Copper Basin, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2015. Mr. Heming was a son of the late Roy and Myrtle Jones Hemming. He had worked as a Fork Lift Operator with a Hosiery Manufacturing Plant and was of the Christian Faith. He was preceded in death...
Robert Crusaw Miller
Jul 28, 2015
Mr. Robert Crusaw Miller, age 91, of Blue Ridge passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at Pruitt Health Care. Born in Fannin County, he was the son of the late Oscar and Martha Caroline Shook Miller. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and later worked as a truck driver for Atlanta Motor Lines.His survivors...
Kyle Ballew
Jul 27, 2015
Mr. Joseph "Kyle" Ballew, age 33, of Turtletown, TN, passed away on July 27, 2015 at his home following an extended illness. Mr. Ballew was a loving Husband and Father. He was a member of the Mt. Zion (Tumbling Creek) Baptist Church and an avid fisherman. He had worked for Lonza Chemical Company as a Chemical Packager Mentor. Kyle is...
Robert Arthur Flowers
Jul 25, 2015
Mr. Robert Arthur Flowers, age 69, of Forrest Park, GA passed away on July 25, 2015 at his home. Born in Fannin County, GA, he was the son of the late William Arthur and Lorene Alice Setser Flowers. His survivors includes, two daughters, Sharon Fuller of Lake Powell, UT and Christina Lynn Flowers of Tallapoosa, GA; brother, Leonard Flowers of...
John Newton Morford
Jul 24, 2015
John Newton Morford, age 87, of Morganton, GA passed away Friday, July 24, 2015 at his home. Mr. Morford was born in Spencer, WV to the late Ivan and Ruby Morford. He worked as a Personnel Director at ITT and was a member of Cherry Log Christian Church. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Morford of Morganton, GA; son...
Debra Ann Warbington
Jul 21, 2015
Mrs. Debra Ann Warbington, age 60, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Warbington was born on May 8, 1955 to the late Guinn Warbington and Ronia Shellnut Patterson. Mrs. Warbington had worked as a florist for Ingles Supermarkets. She loved to garden, watch birds, and cruise back roads. She was also an...
