Darlene Marie Byrd
Dec 24, 2012
Darlene Marie Byrd, age 67, of Ducktown, TN passed away Monday, December 24, 2012. Darlene was a native of the Copper Basin area. She was a daughter of the late James Cleo and Lois Marie Mashburn Byrd. She was a licensed cosmetologist having owned and operated Ducktown Beauty Shop many years ago. She was a member of the McCaysville Church...
Buddy Stiles
Dec 22, 2012
Buddy Stiles, age 80, of Blue Ridge, GA, formerly of Turtletown, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2012. Buddy was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a son of the late Clint and Mary Smith Stiles. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Swanson Stiles.He is survived by children, Virgil (Melinda) Stiles of Chatsworth, GA,...
Ernest Leroy Toney
Dec 18, 2012
Mr. Ernest Leroy Toney, age 82, of Morganton, GA passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at his home. Mr. Toney was born in Brownsburg, Indiana on October 20, 1930 to the late James E. Toney and Amanda Toney. He worked for Cedar Creek Trucking as a truck driver for 62 years. He was of the Baptist faith and was a...
Jewel Vernon 'Jay' Chastain
Dec 18, 2012
Mr. Jewel Veron, better known as "Jay," Chastain, age 73, of Epworth, GA passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2012 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Chastain was born on June 27, 1939 in Fannin County, GA to the late Leonard Leroy Chastain and Gladys Chastain. He was a self-employed auto mechanic and was of the Baptist faith....
James Billy Rogers
Dec 17, 2012
Mr. James Billy Rogers, age 81, of Ellijay, GA passed away Monday, December 17, 2012 in the Gilmer County Nursing Home in Ellijay, GA. Mr. Rogers was born in Fannin County on April 25, 1931 to the late Andrew Rogers and Carrie Bearden Rogers. He retired from Pepsi where he worked as a maintenance supervisor. He was preceded in death...
Florence Roxanne Chapman
Dec 14, 2012
Mrs. Florence Roxanne Whitaker Chapman, age 71, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Friday, December 14, 2012 at home. Mrs. Chapman was born on June 25, 1941 in Gilmer County, GA to the late Theodore Roosevelt and Jessie May Pless Whitaker. She was retired from Levi Strauss as a sewing machine operator. Mrs. Chapman was a member of East...
Howard Reid 'Ted' Gregory
Dec 12, 2012
Mr. Howard Reid "Ted" Gregory, age 39, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Gregory was born on March 6, 1973 in West Palm Beach, FL. He worked for Home Depot as a Freight Team Supervisor and was a Fannin County EMT and Fire Fighter. He was...
Judy Ann Croft Walker
Dec 11, 2012
Mrs. Judy Ann Walker, age 61, of Farner, TN passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012. Judy was born in Fannin County, Georgia to the late Harley and Willie May Croft. She was a former employee of the Powell Military Sewing Factory in Farner where she had worked as a seamstress. She was a member of the Croft's Chapel United Methodist...
Jeffery Howard Clonts
Dec 10, 2012
Mr. Jeffery Howard Clonts, age 47, of Copperhill, TN passed away Monday, December 10, 2012 in the Copper Basin Medical Center in Ducktown, TN. Mr. Clonts was born in Atlanta, GA on September 22, 1965. He worked as a carpenter and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his father Howard Henry Clonts. He is survived...
Arliss Houston Bearfield
Dec 9, 2012
Mr. Arliss Houston Bearfield, age 82, of Cleveland, TN, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Skyridge Medical Center in Cleveland, TN. He was born on July 26, 1930 in Farner, TN to the late Bill and Bertha Henson Bearfield. Mr. Bearfield loved fishing, crafts and riding bicycles. He was of the Baptist Faith.Survivors were sisters, Mary Green of...
Peggy Curbow Breeden
Dec 9, 2012
Mrs. Peggy Doris Curbow Breeden, age 80, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012, at Murray Medical Center in Chatsworth, GA. She was a long time member of the Ozion Baptist Church. Born in Fannin County, GA she was the daughter of the late Luther and Lucy Rapier Curbow. Her husband Wade Breeden, Sr. also precedes her...
Ronald Walter Ballew, Sr.
Dec 6, 2012
Mr. Ronald Walter, Ballew, Sr., age 71, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Ballew was born in Fannin County, GA on September 28, 1941 to the late Rev. Arthur Ballew and Pearl Galloway Ballew. He was a member of Bethany Church. He retired after twenty nine...
James Grady Johnson
Dec 4, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Mr. James Grady Johnson, age 94, of Dalton, GA passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012 in the Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, GA. Mr. Johnson was born in Springfield, Illinois on January 22, 1918 to the late Frank Swinney Johnson and Frances Allen Johnson. He worked as a tufting machine...
Deborah Jean Hicks
Dec 3, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Mrs. Deborah Jean Hicks, age 58, of Farner, TN who passed away Monday, December 3, 2012 in the Copper Basin Medical Center in Ducktown, TN. She was born in Bradley County, TN of July 19, 1954. Mrs. Hicks worked for ADH Manufacturing as a seamstress and was of the Baptist...
Constance Priscilla Brown
Dec 1, 2012
Constance Priscilla Adams Brown, age 88, of Blairsville, GA passed away Saturday, December 01, 2012 at Fannin Regional Hospital. She was born on July 30, 1924 in Plainfield, NJ to the late Ralph Newton Adams and Josephine Gauthier Adams. Mrs. Brown was a school teacher for Toledo, OH Public Schools for many years. She was of the Episcopalian Faith. Mrs....
Otis Charles Raper
Nov 29, 2012
Mr. Otis Charles Raper, age 83, of Farner, TN passed away Thursday, November 29, 2012 in Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Raper was born on June 13, 1929 in Polk County, TN to the late Hayden Raper and Essie Dillard Raper. He worked as a carpenter and was a member of New Zion Baptist Church in Farner, TN....
Magalean Virginia Eller
Nov 28, 2012
Akins Funeral HomeP.O. Box 1627 P.O. Box 760Blue Ridge, GA 30513 Copperhill, TN 37317(706) 632-2267 (423) 496-5554The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Magalean Virginia Eller, age 78, of Jasper, GA, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012 in the Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Mrs. Eller was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Alice May...
Robert Verlon Williamson
Nov 25, 2012
Mr. Robert Verlon Williamson, age 71, of Tutletown, TN passed away on Sunday November 25, 2012 at the Copper Basin Medical Center. Born in the Liberty Community of NC he was the son of the late Gordon G. and Millie Payne Williamson. He was also preceded in death by his siblings, Herman, Walden, and Harlan Williamson and Eula Mae Adams....
Martin Luther 'Luke' Waters, Jr.
Nov 25, 2012
Mr. Martin Luther "Luke" Waters, Jr., age 78, of Copperhill, TN passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at Fannin Regional Hospital. He was born in Polk County, TN on January 18, 1934 to the late Martin Luther Waters, Sr. and Zella Allen Waters. Mr. Waters had been an iron worker for many years. He was a member of Mount...
Dorothy A. Cantrell
Nov 23, 2012
Mrs. Dorothy A. Cantrell, age 71, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Friday, November 23, 2012 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mrs. Cantrell was born in Cobb County, GA on April 10, 1941 to the late Miles R. Taylor or Deilah Towe Taylor. She was a member of Harvest Baptist Church in Smyrna, GA and was preceded...
