Iva Lee Britton
Aug 10, 2012
Iva Lee Britton, age 85, of Farner, TN, passed away Friday, August 10, 2012 in the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Mrs. Britton was born in Polk County, TN to the late Arthur and Clorinda Maude Postell Queen. She was a member of the Farner Church of God. She, along with her husband, Jesse Britton, who died in 1999, had...
Winfred Powell
Aug 6, 2012
Mr. Winfred Powell,better known as Bill age 92, of Dalton, GA passed away Monday, August 6, 2012 in the Morningside Assisted Living Facility in Dalton, GA. Mr. Powell was born in Gordon County, GA on September 21, 1919 to the late Firman L. Powell and Jessie Padgett Powell He was Office Manager for the State of Georgia Labor Office, was...
Korynn C. Arp
Aug 6, 2012
Mrs. Korynn C. Arp, age 71, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Monday, August 6, 2012 in the Heritage Hospice Care in Marietta, GA. Mrs. Arp was born in Ducktown, TN on August 7, 1940 to the late Ed Cheatham and Edith Hall Cheatham. She was retired from the Fannin County Department of Family & Children's Service where she worked...
Effie Louise Gibson
Aug 2, 2012
Effie Louise Gibson, age 69, of Turtletown, TN passed away Thursday, August 2, 2012. Effie was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a daughter of the late Taft and Lucy Loudermilk Gibson. She retired as a sewing machine operator in textiles and had also worked at the Chrysler Auto Manufacturing in Detroit, MI. She was of the...
Lester Arp
Aug 1, 2012
Mr. Lester Arp, age 88, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2012 in the Copper Basin Medical Center in Ducktown, TN. Mr. Arp was born in Fannin County, GA on February 16, 1924 to the late Harrison Arp or Ada Bell Arp. He retired from the Fannin County Road Department after 35 years of service. He was...
Shirley Vondell Phillips Bruschi
Jul 31, 2012
Mrs. Shirley Vondell Phillips Bruschi, age 78, of Morganton, GA passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2012 in the Floyd Medical Center in Rome, GA. Mrs. Bruschi was born in Polk County, TN on June 15, 1934 to the late James Addison and Evelyn Deal Addison. She graduated from Cleveland State College with an associate degree as a registered nurse, and...
Albert Gene Yates
Jul 30, 2012
Mr. Albert Gene Yates, age 85, of McCaysville, GA passed away Monday, July 30, 2012 in the Hospice of Chattanooga in Chattanooga, TN. He worked as a bus driver for Bensalem Township and was an Air Force veteran. He was preceded in death by a brother, Jimmy Yates. He is survived by two daughter, Denise Yates Hyatt of McCaysville, GA...
Harold Thomas Nalley
Jul 26, 2012
Mr. Harold Thomas Nalley, age 69, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, July 26, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Nalley was born on June 22, 1943 in Toccoa, GA to the late Major Thomas Nalley and Daisy Catherine Broom Nalley. He worked as a truck driver and was a member of Higher Ground...
Carah Rose Kimsey
Jul 25, 2012
Little Miss Carah Rose Kimsey, age 2 days old, passed away July 25, 2012 in Nashville, TN.Survivors include her parents, Darren and Rebekah Kimsey; brother, Carder Darren Kimsey all of Farner, TN; maternal grandparents, Keith and Carolyn Kilpatrick of Turtletown, Ruth Young of Morristown, TN and Jack Kilpatrick of Turtletown; paternal grandparent, Rose Kimsey of Turtletown; aunts and uncles, Will...
Chelsia Norton
Jul 22, 2012
Mr. Chelsia Norton, age 76 of Blue Ridge, Georgia died on Sunday, July 22, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Norton was born on Wednesday, September 25, 1935 in Clayhole, Kentucky and was the son of the late Jack Norton and the late Sally Davis Dillard. He and his late wife Shirley owned and operated the Blue Ridge Tastee Freeze for...
Mark Anthony Mashburn
Jul 21, 2012
Mark Anthony Mashburn, age 51, of Crandall, GA, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2012. Mr. Mashburn was born in Polk County to the late Jack Alton and Arlene Dixon Mashburn. He was self-employed as a Rock Mason and was a member of the House of Prayer Church.He is survived by a brother, Glenn Mashburn of Blue Ridge, GA; Niece, Teresa...
Alfred 'Skip' Causey
Jul 20, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mr. Alfred "Skip" Causey, age 63 of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away on Friday, July 20, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital from a long battle with esophageal cancer. He was born on June 27, 1949 in Forest Park, GA. He was preceded in death by his mother,...
Marvin Duane Courtney
Jul 19, 2012
Marvin Duane Courtney, age 80, of Rensselaer, passed away Thursday afternoon, July 19, 2012 at the Rensselaer Care Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Wayne County, Michigan on July 30, 1931, the son of Charles Irvin and Viola Mae (Post) Courtney. Marvin attended school in Wayne County and went on to serve his Country in the...
David Lamar Hall
Jul 18, 2012
David Lamar Hall, age 20, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2012 from injuries received in an automobile accident. David was born in Cleveland, TN and was a member of the Freedom Baptist Church. He enjoyed fishing and hunting. He was employed with F E M A.He is survived by his father, Chris (Christy) Hall of Adairsville,...
Kristen Sierra Bray
Jul 18, 2012
Kristen Sierra Bray, age 15, of Ducktown, TN passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2012 from injuries received in an automobile accident. Kristen was born in Cleveland, TN and was a member of the Crofts Chapel United Methodist Church.She is survived by parents, Robert Bray of Inglis, FL and Angela Cross of Ducktown, TN; brother Robert Bray of Ducktown, TN; many...
Donald 'Eddie' Newman, Jr.
Jul 17, 2012
Mr. Donald Edward "Eddie" Newman, Jr., age 48, of Morganton, GA passed away July 17, 2012. Born in Polk County, TN he was the son of the late Donald E. Sr. and Sandra Bryant Newman. He had worked in Law Enforcement for a number of years and most recently in Twiggs Co. Georgia. He was of the Baptist Faith, a...
Allen Fain Mcbrayer
Jul 17, 2012
Mr. Allen Fain McBrayer, age 89, of Farner, TN, passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2012 in the Copper Basin Medical Center. Mr. McBrayer was born in Cherokee County, NC to the late Joseph Burton and Lucy Simonds McBrayer. He retired in 1981 from the Tennessee Copper Company where he worked as a Labor Foreman. He was a fifty year member...
Ella Arp
Jul 13, 2012
Ella Arp, age 85, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Friday, July 13, 2012. Ms. Arp was born in Fannin County, GA on November 25, 1926 to the late Harrison Arp and Ada Bell Arp. She was a member of Cornerstone Fellowship Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a sister, Thelma Arp.She is survived by brother, Lester Arp...
Lee Roy Johnson
Jul 10, 2012
Mr. Lee Roy Johnson, age 83, of McCaysville, GA passed away July 10, 2012 in the Life Care Center in Ducktown, TN. Born in Fannin County, GA he was the son of the late Ernest Akins and Lelia Mae Dockery Johnson. He was a retired operator for the Tennessee Chemical Company. He served in the United States Army. Mr. Johnson...
Jean H. Underwood
Jul 7, 2012
Mrs. Jean H. Underwood, age 79 of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away on Saturday, July 07, 2012. Mrs. Underwood was born on January 9, 1933 in Fannin County, GA to the late Georgie Howard. She retired after twenty-four years as secretary for First Baptist Church of Blue Ridge and served twenty-two years as secretary of the Morganton Baptist Association....
