Homer C. Burger
May 8, 2012
Homer Burger, age 81, of Benton, TN passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Mr. Burger was a son of the late Emanuel and Belvie Elizabeth Jones Burger. He was a member of the Community Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by siblings, Harvey, Ralph and Wayne Burger.He is survived by brother, James (Virginia) Burger of McCaysville, GA, sister, Mary...
Tonya Lyn Postell
May 4, 2012
Tonya Lyn Postell, age 37, of Epworth, GA, passed away Friday, May 4, 2012. Tonya attended Helping Hands Community Church and had worked in Home Construction. She was preceded in death by her mother, Pauline L Wetzell and her grandparents. She is survived by her husband, Jason Postell of Epworth, GA; children, Samuel Mull, Derick Postell and Dharma Mull, all...
Brenda Joyce Minick
May 4, 2012
Brenda Joyce Minick, age 68, of Eastman, GA passed away Friday, May 4, 2012. Mrs. Minick was born in Blue Ridge, GA to the late William and Ruby Bell Messer. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Blue Ridge and was the owner of Minick Pizza. She was also preceded in death by daughter, Rhonda Jane Minick...
Carl Max Stewart
May 3, 2012
Carl Max Stewart, age 76, of Grandview, MO, passed away Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Research Medical center in Grandview, MO. Mr. Stewart was born October 4, 1935 in Hamilton, MO to the late Carl and Hazel Stewart. He was a member of Lee's Summit Baptist Temple. He was Vice President of Cartwright Van Lines retiring in the 1980's. After...
Martha Jean Newsome
May 1, 2012
Mrs. Martha Jean Newsome, age 87, of Cherry Log, GA passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Newsome was born on July 29, 1924 in Economy, Indiana to the late Seldon Snodgress and Bertha Louise Smtih Snodgress. She was of the Methodist faith and was preceded in death by her husband,...
William Newton Adams, Sr.
Apr 30, 2012
William Newton Adams, Sr., age 67, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Monday, April 30, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Adams was born in Evergreen, AL on November 8, 1944 to the late Henry Newton Adams and Edna Louise Guy Adams. He owned B&G Paint/ Body in Waynesboro, GA for 18 years. He was...
John Reed Chancey
Apr 29, 2012
Mr. John Reed Chancey, age 85, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012 at his home. Mr. Chancey was born on April 9, 1927 in Gilmer County, Georgia to the late George Mathew Chancey and Hulda Sisson Chancey. He worked for Cities Service for 43 years as a maintenance supervisor. He was a member of Damascus Baptist...
Eula Mae Akens
Apr 27, 2012
Eula Mae Akens, age 69, of Farner, TN passed away Friday, April 27, 2012. Eula Mae was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a faithful member of Victory Baptist Church where she attended. She was retired from Copper Basin Medical Center where she worked in Housekeeping. She enjoyed her grandchildren and camping. She was preceded in death...
Rodney 'Dale' Keys
Apr 22, 2012
Mr. Rodney "Dale" Keys, age 56, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Sunday, April 22, 2012 at his home. Mr. Keys was born on November 4, 1955 in Savannah, GA. He worked for Disco, Inc. for 25 years in food distribution warehouse management. Mr. Keys loved to hunt and fish, and was known to be a great basketball player during...
Eugene Paul Sheely
Apr 21, 2012
Mr. Eugene Paul Sheely, age 87, of McCaysville, GA who passed away Saturday, April 21, 2012. Mr. Sheely was born in East Palestine, Ohio to the late Paul Henry and Helen Myers Sheely. He was a member of the McCaysville Church of Christ. He retired from employment as a Train Conductor with REA Railroad and served his country during WWII...
Diane Patterson
Apr 20, 2012
Mrs. Diane Patterson, age 62, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Friday, April 20, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Patterson was born on December 1, 1949 to the late Hobert Queen and Willaree Pierce Queen. She retired after 34 years from Levi Strauss Company where she worked as a seamstress and machine operator; she was also a former employee of...
Judy Ann Stiles
Apr 18, 2012
Judy Ann Farner Stiles, age 48, of Turtletown, TN passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Mrs. Stiles was a Sewing Machine Operator with Powell Military Supply in Farner, TN and attended Maple Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by parents, John and Elsie Plumley Farner.She is survived by her husband, Robert Stiles of the home; children, Stanley Dunn...
Clay W. Garland
Apr 18, 2012
Mr. Clay W. Garland, age 77, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2012 in the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Garland was born on September 12, 1934 in Fannin County, GA to the late Elisha Garland and Lillie Long Garland. He retired from the Fannin County Road Deparment where he was road superintendent for 18 years....
Marion David Conrad, Jr.
Apr 17, 2012
Mr. Marion "David" Conrad, Jr., age 48, of Morganton, GA passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in the VistaCare at Emory Midtown Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Conrad was born in Atlanta, GA on November 21, 1963. He was a self-employed auto mechanic and of the Roman Catholic faith. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Pittman Conrad of Blue...
Catherine R. Kiker
Apr 17, 2012
Mrs. Catherine R. Kiker, age 88, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Kiker was born in Alma, GA on September 27, 1923 to the late Grant Roberts and Ethel Gilmore Roberts. She moved from Alma to Blue Ridge in the mid-1940s and taught 2nd grade at...
Nina Breeden
Apr 16, 2012
Mrs. Nina Breeden, age 98, of Hampton, GA passed away Monday, April 16, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Breeden was born on April 23, 1913 to the late David Shell and Aurora Grace Buchanan Shell. She worked as a receptionist for Doxol Gas for 20 years and was a member of Harmony Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...
Willard Martin O'Neal
Apr 15, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mr. Willard Martin O'Neal, age 86, of Copperhill, TN who passed away on Sunday, April 15, 2012 in the Copper Basin Medical Center in Copperhill, TN. Mr. O'Neal was born on January 30, 1926 in Fannin County, GA to the late Rev. Simon and Bonnie Tankersley O'Neal. He retired...
Bobby Wayne Prather
Apr 14, 2012
Mr. Bobby Wayne Prather, age 74, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Prather was born on December 29, 1937 in Mississippi to the late Levi Presley and Clara Fay Scott Prather. He was the manager of Fannin County CO-OP for twenty-three years. Mr. Prather also...
Viola Davenport Foster
Apr 11, 2012
Mrs. Viola Davenport Foster, age 92, of Epworth, GA passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Foster was born on December 7, 1919 in Fannin County, GA to the late Samuel Thomas Davenport and Sudia Jones Davenport. Shewas a member of Colwell Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her...
Donna Lynn Stiles Verner
Apr 11, 2012
Mrs. Donna Lynn Stiles Verner, age 72, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2012 in the Heritage Health Care Center in Blue Ridge, GA. She was a member of Damascus Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her husband Robert Lee Verner. She is survived by her son Terry Verner of Naples, FL; daughter and son-in-law...
