Wanda Vandiver Akins
Dec 11, 2013
Mrs. Wanda Vandiver Akins, age 84 of Blue Ridge, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at Heritage Health Care of Blue Ridge.She was a native and lifelong resident of Fannin County, daughter of the late Corsie Vandiver and the late Nellie Shelton Vandiver. She had worked in various Doctors offices and had served in the Ladies auxillary at Copper Basin...
Larry Annise Cruse
Dec 11, 2013
Mr. Larry A. Cruse, age 66, of Morganton passed away December 11, 2013 in Gainesville, GA. Born in Morganton, GA he was the son of the late Jessie and Geneva Underwood Cruse. Mr. Cruse was an award winning professional horse trainer, active member in the National Racking Horse Association and a recent inductee into the Hall of Fame. He was...
James William Hamby
Dec 8, 2013
James William Hamby, age 90 of Turtletown, TN passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2013, at Copper Basin Medical Center in Copperhill, TN. He was born Saturday, January 6, 1923 in Polk County, TN to the late Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Brannon Hamby. Mr. Hamby retired from Tennessee Chemical Company as a lab technician. He served in the United States...
Silvia Socorro Goforth
Dec 7, 2013
Silvia Socorro Goforth, age 52 of Farner, TN passed away on December 7, 2013, at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. She was born September 24, 1961 in Laboquilla, Mexico. There are not enough words in the dictionary to describe Silvia Goforth, but if one must, you could say that she was a very giving woman. She was tender, yet...
Thomas Gene Walker
Dec 6, 2013
Mr. Thomas "Tommy" Gene Walker, age 77, of Farner, TN passed away Friday, December 6, 2013. Tommy was a native of the Copper Basin and was a son of the late Thomas Earl and Bessie Collins Walker. He was retired from Ocoee Rafting where he drove a rafting bus transporting patrons down the Ocoee river.He is survived by sons, Bobby...
Barbara Nix Williams
Dec 6, 2013
Mrs. Barbara Nell Nix Williams, age 82, passed away December 6, 2013, in the Sky Ridge Hospital in Cleveland, TN. Born in Copperhill, TN she was the daughter of the late John Robert and Mamie Rosalee McDougal Nix. She had worked for twenty seven years as a Machine Operator for Levi Strauss Co. Mrs. Williams was a loving mother, grandmother,...
Ruth Violet Weeks
Dec 6, 2013
Mrs. Ruth Weeks, age 66, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Friday, December 6, 2013, at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin in Ducktown, TN. She was the daughter of the late June Kinser and Amanda Elizabeth Stewart Kinser. Ruth was a homemaker and a member of the New Antioch Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband,...
Carol Cheek
Dec 4, 2013
Mrs. Carol Cheek, age 74 of Resaca, GA passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at her home. Carol was born in Cherokee County, NC to the late Clint and Elsie Mae Boring Loudermilk.She was retired in Medical Supply Equipment. She was of the Baptist Faith.She is survived by her husband Tommy Cheek of the home; two sons, Woody Cheek of...
Desma Lorraine Grant
Dec 2, 2013
Mrs. Desma Lorraine Grant, age 88, of Ducktown, TN passed away Monday, December 2, 2013. Mrs. Grant was a native of the Polk County area and was a member of the Word of God Tabernacle. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her parents, Dolph and Vernie Horton Swanson, son Teddy Ray Smith, and seven siblings.She is...
Brenda Lee Mull Cloud
Dec 2, 2013
Brenda Mull Cloud, age 67, a native of Fannin County, GA, friend, sister, and aunt, died in her sleep in the early morning of December 2, 2013 at the home of her good friend June Gay of Atlanta. Following a long career in retailing and product development with extensive travel, Brenda retired to Blue Ridge in her final years. Brenda...
John Henry Fennimore
Dec 1, 2013
Mr. John Henry Fennimore, age 83, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013 in the Heritage Health Care Center in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Fennimore was born in Summittville, Indiana on July 22, 1930 to the late Burr Henry Fennimore and Georgia Jane Oldfield. He worked for J.P. Industries and was a member of Blue Ridge United...
Cecil Carmen Graham
Dec 1, 2013
Mr. Cecil Carmen Graham, age 69, of McCaysville, GA passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Graham was born on March 16, 1944 in Murphy, NC to the late James Clifford Graham and Poly Dockery Graham. He worked as a brickmason and was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church. He enjoyed...
Jo Ann Newton
Nov 27, 2013
Jo Ann Newton, age 67, of Copperhill, TN passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at her home. Ms. Newton was born in Fannin County, GA on May 2, 1946 to the late John James Newton and Myrtle Gertrude Davis Newton. She was a member of Old Jerusalem Church. She is survived by her fiance, Steve Davenport of Copperhill,TN; son, Jerry...
Gertrude Lackey Dickey
Nov 25, 2013
Mrs. Georgia "Gertrude" Lackey Dickey, age 92, of Copperhill, TN passed away Sunday, November 24, 2013 in the Heritage Health Care Center in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Dickey was born in Etowah, TN on May 15, 1921. She was owner/operator of Dickey's Coffee Cup in McCaysville, GA and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her...
Rebecca Michalle 'Becky' Stiles
Nov 25, 2013
Rebecca Michalle "Becky" Stiles, age 46, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Monday, November 25, 2013 in Decatur, GA. She was born in Polk County, TN to the late Clyde Clarence Stiles, Jr. and Linda Sue Messer Stiles. She was retired from the United States Air Force and was currently working for the VA Hospital as a Benefits Administrator. She...
James Eddyth Harris
Nov 23, 2013
Mr. James Eddyth Harris, age 70, of Copperhill, TN passed away Saturday, November 23, 2013. Mr. Harris was a native of the Polk County area and was a son of the late James Harlo and Adele Bandy Harris. He was retired as a Postal Clerk with the US Postal Service and was a former owner and operator of Harris Service...
Mary Alice Lou Jackson
Nov 21, 2013
Mrs. Mary Alice Lou Jackson, age 76, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Jackson was born in Fannin County, GA on February 3, 1937 to the late John Thomas Rhodes and Velmer Marie Cole Rhodes. She was a member of Sunrise Tabernacle and was preceded in death by her husband Johnnie Benjamin...
Fred Jack Kilpatrick
Nov 20, 2013
Mr. Fred Jack Kilpatrick, age 93, of Turtletown, TN passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2013. Mr. Kilpatrick was born in Etowah, TN to the late William Fred and Lillie Talithia Crawford Kilpatrick. He was a member of the McCaysville First Baptist Church. He was a Veteran of WWII serving as a Staff Sergeant in the Army Air Corp from 1942...
Ronald Sidney Miller
Nov 20, 2013
Ronald Sidney Miller, age 75, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at his home. Mr. Miller was born on September 27, 1938 in Picayune, Mississippi to the late Quincey Miller and Fayelda Williams Miller. He was a graduate of Murphy High School in Atlanta, GA. He retired as manager with Saab at Troncalli Motors in Decatur,...
Beatrice Marie Waneck
Nov 19, 2013
Beatrice "Bea" Waneck went home to the Lord Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at the age of 86 at Heritage Healthcare of Blue Ridge, Georgia. She was born in Hondo, Texas to Robert and Gertrude Zerr. She was married to the love of her life, Joe F. Waneck for almost 60 years. Miz Bea was an avid seamstress creating beautiful dresses...
