Naomi Duff Morris
Sep 1, 2012
Little Miss Naomi Duff Morris infant daughter of Philip and Sally Duff Schetter Morris of Murphy, NC passed away, Saturday, September 1, 2012 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA.Survivors include her parents; siblings, Matthew Charles Morris of Murphy, NC and Abigail Hope Morris of Murphy, NC; maternal grandparents, Laura and Ken Schetter of New Market, TN; paternal grandparents, Rod...
Kathryn Schneller
Aug 30, 2012
Kathryn Schneller, age 93, of the Life Care Center of Copper Basin passed away Thursday, August 30, 2012. Mrs. Schneller was born January 21, 1919 in Painesville, Ohio to the late Laurence and Mildred Cleary McNamara. She resided at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin for several years, and lived for many years prior at the Brookshill Apartments in...
Grace Christine Burger
Aug 29, 2012
Grace Christine Burger, age 100, of Copperhill, TN, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Mrs. Burger was born April 12, 1912 to the late Joseph and Emma Dilbeck Johnson. She was the oldest member to attend Bethlehem Baptist Church and she was a member of the Bethlehem Homemakers Club. She was a homemaker who loved and enjoyed her family. She...
Geneva Briant Mull
Aug 29, 2012
Mrs. Geneva Briant Mull, age 92, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Mull was born in Pollk County, TN on October 10, 1919 to the late Clifton M. Briant and Betty Bryant Briant. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church and was preceded in death...
Elder Dewey Weston Withrow
Aug 28, 2012
Elder Dewey Weston Withrow, age 82, of Murphy, NC passed away on August 28th, 2012. Born in Mineral Bluff, GA he was the son of Mr. Thomas Dillard and Leora Scroggs Withrow. As a young man he served his country serving in the United States Marine Corps. He retired from the TEXACO/Chevron company and moved back to the Murphy area...
James Vernon 'Joe' Queen
Aug 23, 2012
Mr. James Vernon "Joe" Queen, age 84, of Morganton, GA passed away Thursday, August 23, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Queen was born on December 27, 1927 in Peachtree, NC to the late Rans Queen and Dora Huskins Queen. He was a member of Harmony Baptist Church and was preceded in death by his...
Samuel Leroy Myers
Aug 23, 2012
Mr. Samuel Leroy "Sam" Myers, age 54, of Morganton, GA passed away Thursday, August 23, 2012 in the VistaCare Hospice in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Myers was born on December 31, 1957 in Bastrop, Louisiana. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Jackson, Mississippi, and was preceded in death by his father Leroy Myers, Jr. He is suvived by...
Hubert Leroy Ray
Aug 23, 2012
Hubert Leroy Ray, age 69, of Copperhill, TN passed away Thursday, August 23, 2012 in the Metro General Hospital in Nashville, TN. Mr. Ray was born in Fannin County, GA and was a member of the McGeetown House of Prayer. He had worked as a machinist at the Beaulieu of America Carpet Plant, was a member of the Copperhill Masonic...
Howell Kyser Teasley
Aug 22, 2012
Howell Kyser Teasley, 70 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Aug. 22, 2012, in Marietta, GA. Born in Elberton, GA, he was the son of the late Clyde and Nancy Teasley. He was a retired accountant for Lockheed in Marietta. Mr. Teasley was a member of the Temple Baptist Church. Howell's life was changed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ...
Ryker Colt Lunsford
Aug 21, 2012
Master Ryker Colt Lunsford, age 2 days old, passed away August 21, 2012. His survivors include his parents; Jason and Kayla Lunsford of Blue Ridge, GA; twin brother, Asa Blake Lunsford; paternal grandparents, Junior and Gloria Lunsford of Blairsville, GA; maternal grandparents, Mike and Denise Cox of Blue Ridge, GA; great grandparents, Juanita and Larry VanZandt of Blue Ridge, GA,...
Earl Lucas Swanson
Aug 21, 2012
Earl Lucas Swanson, age 71, of Turtletown, TN, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Earl was a native of the Copper Basin area and was retired as a miner and shop maintenance worker with the Tennessee Copper Company. He was of Baptist faith.He is survived by his wife, Louise Payne Swanson of the home; daughters and sons-in-law, Donna (Gary) Walters...
Morris William Elrod
Aug 21, 2012
Mr. Morris William Elrod, age 77, of McCaysville, GA passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at his home. Mr. Elrod was born on January 2, 1935 to the late Luther Lonzo Elrod and Vernie Mae Witherow Elrod. He retired from the City of Smyrna Sanitation Department after 23 years of service. Mr. Elrod was of the Baptist faith and was...
Roger Dell Pulliam
Aug 19, 2012
Mr. Roger Dell Pulliam, age 65, of McCaysville, GA passed away Sunday, August 19, 2012 at his home. Mr. Pulliam was born on April 28, 1947 in Fannin County, GA to the late Paul Pulliam and Billie Jean Pulliam. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church and was a United States Army veteran. He is survived by his wife,...
Nella Ruth Johnson
Aug 18, 2012
Nella Ruth Johnson, age 77, of Copperhill, TN, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Nella Ruth was born in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Luther and Ada Plemmons Weaver. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Arlon, Alon and Emon Weaver. She was a member of the First United Methodist...
Marion Douglas Waters
Aug 17, 2012
Marion Douglas Waters, age 40 of Copperhill passed away on Friday, August 17, 2012. He was born in Copperhill, TN on June 29, 1972 to the late Willard Jacob and Wanda Sue Locke Waters. Marion worked at M&M Mars. He served in the United States Air Force and was of the Baptist faith.He is survived by on daughter, Jenna Waters...
Wanda Sue Waters
Aug 17, 2012
Wanda Sue Waters, age 59 of Copperhill, TN passed away on Friday, August 17, 2012. She was born in Copperhill, TN on May 21, 1953. Wanda worked as a cook for Polk County BOE. She was a member of Grassy Creek Baptist Church.She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Lora and Noel Kennedy; father and mother, Marion and Vivien...
Willard Jacob Waters
Aug 17, 2012
Willard Jacob Waters, age 61 of Copperhill, TN passed away on Friday, August 17, 2012. He was born in McCaysville, GA on January 27, 1951 to the late Luther and Zella Allen Waters. Willard worked at Tennessee Copper Company. He was a member of Grassy Creek Baptist Church. He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Lora and Noel Kennedy;...
Joseph Elmer Hughes
Aug 11, 2012
Joseph Elmer Hughes, age 73, of Copperhill, TN, passed away Saturday, August 11, 2012. Mr. Hughes was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a son of the late Benjamin and Alice Mae Payne Hughes. He was a truck driver with Eastern Cartage Trucking Company.He is survived by his wife, Loucrecia Evans Hughes of the home; children, Bryan...
Patricia Chastain Warren
Aug 11, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Patricia Chastain Warren, age 66 of Milledgeville, GA who passed away on August 11, 2012. She was born on July 12, 1946 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Glen and Bertha Miller Chastain. She is survived by sister and brother-in-law, Nancy and Merman Crulee of Temple, GA; a...
Floy Gertrude Curtis
Aug 11, 2012
Mrs. Floy Gertrude Curtis, age 76 of Epworth, GA passed away Saturday, August 11 in the Copper Basin Hospital. She was a native and lifelong resident of Fannin County, daughter of the late Andrew Napoleon Hughes and Lillie Gertrude Hughes. Mrs. Curtis, along with her late husband Wade, owned and operated a service station in McCaysville for a number of...
