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...
Charles 'Buddy' Lester Newberry
Nov 19, 2012
Mr. Charles Lester Newberry, 67 of Blue Ridge, Georgia passed away on Monday, November 19, 2012, at his home. Born May 28, 1945 in Copperhill, Tennessee he was the son of the late Lester Martin and Versia Marie Howell Newberry. He was a 1963 Graduate of West Fannin School. At age thirteen he obtained the rank of Eagle Scout. Mr....
Jackie Murphy Westcott
Nov 19, 2012
Mrs. Jacquelyn "Jackie" Murphy Westcott, age 50, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away November 19, 2012, at her residence.. She had worked for a number of years as a Registered Nurse. Jackie loved traveling to the Virgin Islands. She and her family attended the Blue Ridge United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband Todd Westcott; daughter, Jessica Westcott both of...
Sandra Sue Ledford
Nov 18, 2012
Sandra Sue Ledford, age 60, of Morganton, GA, passed away November 18, 2012. Born in Fannin County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Reid and Hazel Irene White McFarland. She was a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include her partner of many years, Johnny Stanley of Morganton, GA; son, Jamey Brian Ledford of Gibsonia, PA;...
Chris & Kameron Davis
Nov 17, 2012
Chris Davis and Kameron Davis, infant twins of Amy Davis and Christopher Abercrombie passed away on Saturday, November 17, 2012. Graveside services were held Friday, November 30, 2012 from Van Hook Cemetery with Johnny Davis officiating. Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge was in charge of arrangements. .
Opal Mae Whitlow
Nov 16, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the home going of Mrs. Opal Mae Queen Whitlow, age 88 of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away on Friday, November 16, 2012 at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin in Ducktown, TN. She was born on August 18, 1924 in Fannin County, GA. Mrs. Whitlow was a homemaker. She was...
Rechell Griffith
Nov 15, 2012
Rechell Griffith, age 40, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, November 15, 2012 in the Embracing Hospice Place in Cumming, GA. She was born in Copperhill, TN on May 17, 1972. She retired as housekeeping supervisor for Gilmer County Courthouse. She was a member of Macedonia Church of Christ and was preceded in death by her father, Frank Pierice,...
Gene Patterson
Nov 13, 2012
Gene Patterson, age 64, of Chatsworth passed away on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at his home.Gene, better known as "Digg" or "Fargo" to family and friends, was a member of Grassy Creek Baptist Church and enjoyed music, wrestling, and other sports.He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Imogene Dailey Patterson; sister, Brenda Sue Waters; and brothers, Billy,...
Dorothy 'Dot' Louise Bigham
Nov 12, 2012
Dorothy, lovingly known to family and friends as "Dot", Bigham, age 75, of Turtletown, TN passed away Monday, November 12, 2012. Dot was a daughter of the late Harry Glenn and Allie Mae Cearley Monteith. She had worked for the Polk County Board of Education as a Paraprofessional for seventeen years at Copper Basin High School. She was a volunteer...
Don Henry Mason
Nov 11, 2012
Don Henry "Troop" Mason, age 80 of Turtletown, TN passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012 at Parkridge Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Mason was born in Polk County, TN on January 23,1932 to the late James Arthur Mason and Pearl Adeline Goode Mason. He retired with twenty years service in the United States Air Force with rank of T-Sgt....
