Mrs. Pauline Laverne Bradley
Oct 19, 2013
Mrs. Pauline LaVerne Bradley, age 84 of Blue Ridge, GA went to be with her Lord on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin in Ducktown, TN. She was born on Wednesday, September 25, 1929 and was the daughter of the late Marion F. Griffis and Nellie Bly Syfrette Griffis. Mrs. Bradley had owned Grandma's...
Roy Lamar Johns
Oct 19, 2013
Roy Lamar Johns, age 79, of Morganton, GA passed away October 19, 2013 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Florahome, FL, he was the son of the late John Richard and Marie Lamb Johns. He had worked for many years as a Barber. Mr. Johns was a veteran of the United Stats Army and was a member...
Leland James 'Jay' Sarrell, Sr.
Oct 18, 2013
Dr. Leland James "Jay" Sarrell, Sr., age 87 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Friday, October 18, 2013, at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. He was born on Monday, April 25, 1926 in Erwin, TN and was the son of the late James Sarrell and Doris Kindred Sarrell. Dr. Sarrell served in the United States Army Air Force...
Daniel Guy
Oct 13, 2013
Daniel Guy, age 61, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Sunday, October 13 2013 at his home. He was born on January 10, 1952 in Polk County, TN to the late Clyde Guy and Lovella Miller Guy. He worked as a police officer, was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and of Morganton Lodge. He is survived by his...
James Daniel Mealer
Oct 11, 2013
Mr. James Daniel Mealer, age 22, of Epworth, GA, passed away Friday, October 11, 2013 from injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident. Daniel was born in Cleveland, TN and was of the Baptist faith. He was employed in Masonry and also as a Mechanic. He was preceded in death by grandparents, Ronnie "Monk" Holden and Gene Mealer; sister, Kayle Tess...
Mattie Virginia 'Jean' Watkins
Oct 11, 2013
Mattie Virginia "Jean" Watkins, age 79 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Friday, October 11, 2013 at home. She was born on Thursday, May 3, 1934 in Copperhill, TN to the late June and Lizzie Kinser. She was a homemaker and a member of New Antioch Baptist Church. Survivors are her husband, Luther James Watkins of Blue Ridge; son,...
Terence 'Terry' Pittman
Oct 8, 2013
Mr. Terence Dwight Pittman, better known as "Terry", age 56 of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away October 8, 2013. Born in Fannin County, GA he was the son of the late Billy and Amelia Thomas Pittman. He had worked for a number of years for the Dillard Smith Electric Company as a Lineman. He was a member of the Salem...
Edward Lewis Rand
Oct 7, 2013
Edward "Ned" Lewis Rand, age 76, died at home in the company of his family on Monday, October 7, 2013 after courageously battling cancer. Ned was born March 18, 1937 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Willis Ludwig Rand and May Weinberg Rand. Ned spent most of his childhood in Atlanta and graduated from Northside High School in 1956. He went...
Taylor Brooke Norton
Oct 2, 2013
Ms. Taylor Brooke Norton, age 17, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Erlanger Medical Center. Taylor was born August 9, 1996 to Eric Norton and Teresa Bradburn Norton. She was a Student and of the Baptist faith.Taylor is survived by her parents, Eric and Teresa Norton of Blue Ridge, GA; Paternal Grandparents, Kimsey and Brenda...
Alvin Lincoln Trantham
Sep 29, 2013
Mr. Alvin Trantham, age 78, of Murphy, NC passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013 at his home. Mr. Trantham was born in Cherokee County, NC to the late George McKinley Trantham and Mary Magdalene Jones Trantham. He was retired from the Tennessee Chemical Company where he had worked as a Carpenter. He was a member of the Staffordtown Holiness Church...
James Howard Mcdaniel
Sep 27, 2013
James Howard McDaniel, 86, of the Higdon community passed away Friday, September 27, 2013 at Copper Basin Medical Center. Howard was the son of the late William M. McDaniel and Estie Pope McDaniel. He was a loving father and grandfather. Howard enjoyed hunting and fishing and taught many men in the community how to do so. He spent much of...
Myrtle Davis Millsaps Ash
Sep 26, 2013
Mrs. Myrtle Davis Millsaps Ash, age 89, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Thursday, September 26, 2013 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mrs. Ash was born on February 18, 1924 in Fannin County, GA to the late George Washington Davis and Nora Delitha Millsaps Davis. She was preceded in death was by husbands, Ernest Floyd Millsaps and Rosco...
Michael 'Mike' Stephen Pierce
Sep 26, 2013
Michael "Mike" Stephen Pierce, age 60 of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2013 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Mike was born on Sunday, August 30, 1953 and was the son of the late Ralph Pierce and Imogene Mull Pierce. He was a water plant operator for the City of Blue Ridge. Mike was of the...
Shirley Elaine Long Sanford
Sep 22, 2013
Ms. Shirley Elaine Long Sanford, age 53, of Ellijay, GA, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Sanford was born September 24,1959 to the late Dashiel C. Long and Lorene Virginia Kirby Long. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.Ms. Sanford is survived by her spouse, Eddie Sanford; son, Eddie Sanford II; and daughter, Kennedi...
Janet Sparks Deaver
Sep 21, 2013
Janet Sparks Deaver, born March 10th, 1930, died September 21st, 2013. She lived in The Resting Nest in Gainesville, GA. Her last few hours were a God-given gift to her family. Her life began in Hemptown, GA on Sparks Road growing up with nine brothers & sisters and childhood friends throughout the community. She worked at a Blue Ridge mill...
Elsie Claire Harper
Sep 20, 2013
Elsie Claire Harper, age 86, of Dacula, GA, a longtime Buford, GA resident, passed away Friday, September 20, 2013 in the Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, GA. Mrs. Harper was born in November 2, 1926 in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late Clyde Harper and Mary Hunter Harper. She was an avid quilt maker and homemaker who loved her grandchildren....
Gary Ralph Loudermilk
Sep 20, 2013
Mr. Gary Ralph Loudermilk, age 63, of Acworth, GA passed away on September 20, 2013 at his home. Born in Ducktown, TN he was the son of the late Clay and Helen Kirkpatrick Loudermilk. He was retired from Ford Motor Company in Hapeville, GA. Mr. Loudermilk was also a member of the Acworth Lodge #176 F&AM.Survivors include his wife of...
Hoyt Thomas, Jr.
Sep 19, 2013
Hoyt Thomas, Jr., age 68, of Ducktown, TN passed away Thursday, September 19, 2013 in the Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Thomas was born on May 10, 1945 in Fannin County, GA to the late Hoyt James Thomas and Bonnie Thomas. He retired from Byer & Brown Associates in Daytona, FL where he was an electronics engineer. He was...
Clayton 'Buzz' Dwayne Woods
Sep 19, 2013
Clayton "Buzz" Dwayne Woods age 39, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2013, at Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, AL. "Buzz" was born Tuesday, May 21, 1974 in Dalton, GA, He was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church. "Buzz" was an Iron Worker with R. and J. Construction. He was preceded in death by a brother, Jeff...
Mrs. Betty Jean Ward
Sep 14, 2013
Mrs. Betty Jean Ward of Morganton, GA passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2013, at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. She was born on Wednesday, April 13, 1938 in Morganton, GA to the late Earl McDaris and Ethel Seabolt McDaris. Mrs. Ward was a homemaker and natural born mother who enjoyed nothing more than taking care of her children,...
