Dana Renae Panter Worley
Dec 28, 2013
Mrs. Dana Renae Worley, age 50 of Farner, TN passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2013, at the Copper Basin Medical Center in Copperhill, TN. She was born on Saturday, March 23, 1963 in Polk County TN and was the daughter of the late Harold and Leslie Patterson Panter. Dana was a homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. She...
Wilburn Freeman 'Short' Loudermilk
Dec 26, 2013
Mr. Wilburn Freeman "Short" Loudermilk, age 80 of Copperhill, TN passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013. "Short" was born in Polk County to the late William Harley and Della Mae Clore Loudermilk. He was a member of the Mt. Harmony Baptist Church in Isabella and was retired from Tennessee Copper Company where he had worked as a repairman. He was...
David Morris Savage, Jr
Dec 25, 2013
David Morris Savage, Jr, age 39 of Turtletown, TN passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2013. David was born in Hall County, Georgia and was a member of the Freedom Baptist Church. He was employed with M&M Mars in Cleveland, TN. He is survived by his wife, Lisa Gail Savage of the home; daughters, Candance Johnson of Red Bank,SC and Lacrecia...
William Kenneth Tarpley
Dec 25, 2013
Mr. William Kenneth Tarpley, age 76, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on December 25, 2013 in the Heritage Health Care in Blue Ridge, GA. Born in Mineral Bluff, GA he was the son of the late Hoyt and Burnice Anderson Tarpley. At age fourteen he began to work at Anderson's Store and later purchased it in 1973 and changed...
Sylvester Watkins
Dec 25, 2013
Mr. Sylvester Watkins, age 88, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away December 25, 2013 at his home. Born in Gilmer County, GA he was the son of the late Gordon J. and Bertha Payne Watkins. He served his country during WWII, serving in the United States Navy. He was also a member of Cherry Log Baptist Church. Mr. Watkins was...
David Lenore Hughes
Dec 24, 2013
David Lenore Hughes, age 83 of Farner, TN passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2013. Dave was born in Polk County to the late William Andrew and Delsie Mae Marr Hughes. He was retired in construction working as a heavy equipment operator with the Operating Engineers Union # 917. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lennie Hughes, son, Bill...
Barbara Bernola Carter
Dec 23, 2013
Mrs. Barbara Bernola Carter, age 72, of Turtletown, TN passed away Monday, December 23, 2013. Barbara was born in Polk County to the late Horace and Reathel Carden Allen. She was of the Methodist Faith. She was retired from Catnapper where she had worked as a seamstress. She was preceded in death by siblings, Darrell Hamby and Tommy Cole.She is...
Melvin 'Chip' Daniel Truelove
Dec 22, 2013
Mr. Melvin Daniel "Chip" Truelove, age 60, of McCaysville, GA passed away December 22, 2013. Born in Fannin County, GA he was the son of the late Elmer H. and Willie Simonds Truelove. He had worked for Ingles Grocery Store for over twenty years. Survivors include his brothers, Weldon(Marilyn) Truelove of Tampa FL and Marion Truelove of McCaysville, GA; and...
Grover G. Payne
Dec 19, 2013
Mr. Grover G. Payne passed away December 19, 2013 in Wenatchee, WA. The first son of a first son of a first son of the first son of early settler, Nathanial Payne, who settled in the tumbling Creek area around 1830, Grover George Payne was born April 18, 1939 in Blue Ridge, GA.Following an early interest in botany, Grover attended...
Ruby Dorthy Kent
Dec 19, 2013
Mrs. Ruby Dorthy Kent, age 82 of Monroe, GA passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2013, at her home. Mrs. Kent was born on August 25, 1931 in Blue Ridge, GA. She was a retired Registered Nurse from Park Place Nursing Home in Monroe, GA and was of the Baptist Faith.Surviving are sons, Jeff Kent and Donnie Kent both of...
Catherine Doris Haymore
Dec 12, 2013
Mrs. Catherine Doris Haymore age 80, of Danielsville, GA, formerly of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on December 12, 2013 at her home following an extended illness. Doris was born and raised on a dairy farm in Maryville, TN which gave her the strong work ethic that she modeled for her children. She graduated from the University of Tennessee nursing...
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...
