Jim Garon Coone
Jun 11, 2012
Jim G. Coone of East Ridge, Tennessee, passed away Monday, June 11. Dr. Coone was born in Andalusia, Alabama, and grew up in Columbus, Georgia. He graduated magna cum laude from Carson-Newman College with an AB in psychology in 1959 and went on to serve in the U.S. Army as an acting sergeant. After his stint in the Army, Dr....
Jerry Dale Garrett
Jun 9, 2012
Jerry Dale Garrett, age 64, of McCaysville, GA, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2012. Jerry was a native of Young Harris, Georgia and was a former employee of the N A P A Autoparts store in Copperhill for a number of years. He served his country in the U.S. Army. He was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in...
Jackie Lynn Taylor, Jr.
Jun 9, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Jackie Lynn Taylor, Jr., age 50, of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at his home. He was born on May 5, 1962 in Blue Ridge, GA. Jackie worked with USCarrier Telecom as a fiber-optic field technician. He was a member of Pine Top...
Amanda Marie Arp
Jun 8, 2012
Amanda Marie Goode Arp born January 7, 1979, died June 8, 2012. Amanda was preceded in death by her mother and father, Steve & Brenda Panter Goode, Ducktown; her grandparents, Gene and Ann Goode, Ducktown; Her grandparents, Sherman and Bernice Panter, Ducktown.Survived by Stephen Daniel Arp, husband; Madison Taylor Arp, daughter; Casey Daniel Arp, Son Two brothers: Michael & Stanley...
Dorothy Hedden
Jun 7, 2012
Dorothy Allen Hedden, age 79, of Ducktown, TN passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012. Mrs. Hedden was a native of the Faniin County area and was a daughter of the late Rev. Aaron Ernie and Mary Dilbeck Allen. She was retired with Hardwick Clothes where she worked as a Sewing Machine Operator. She attended Mt. Liberty Baptist Church. She was...
Alvin Mashburn
Jun 6, 2012
Alvin Mashburn, Sr, age 77, of the Life Care Center of Athens, TN passed away Wednesday, June6, 2012. Mr. Mashburn was a native of the Polk County area and was a son of the late Pearly and Dora Allen Mashburn. He was a member of the Farner Church of God.He is survived by his ex wife, Ruth Louise Allen of...
James Richard Arp
Jun 5, 2012
Mr. James Richard Arp, age 62, of Ringgold, Georgia passed away Tuesday, June 05, 2012. Mr. Arp received his bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia. He then worked at Brenau College and for the Baptist Home Mission Board before returning to UGA for his master's degree. He was employed with the Northwest Georgia Bank as Vice President in Marketing....
Sibyle Voe Whitlow
Jun 4, 2012
Mrs. Sibyle V. Whitlow, age 90, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away June 4, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital. Born in Fannin County, GA she was the daughter of the late George and Cressie Hatchet Loudermilk. She worked for several years as a Teacher in the Frytown School and later retired after many years as a sampling analyst for...
Rosemary Mills
Jun 1, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Rosemary Mills, age 85 of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away on Friday, June 1, 2012 at home. Mrs. Mills was born on June 30, 1926 in Miami, FL to the late Fred and Rose Stockhausen. She was a member of Saint Anthony Catholic Church and past member...
Reatha Brown Parris
May 29, 2012
Reatha Brown Parris, age 82, of Dalton, GA passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Mrs. Parris was a native of the McCaysville, GA area and was a daughter of the late Walter and Flora Smith Brown. She was a homemaker and also preceded in death by siblings, Audalee, Bill and Jasper Brown and Florence Queen.She is survived by son, Kent...
Artie Lucille Deal
May 27, 2012
Mrs. Artie Lucille Deal, age 91, of Copperhill, TN passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Deal was born in Polk County, TN on October 18, 1920 to the late James E. and Nora Louise Miolen Carpenter. She had worked in textiles as a sewing machine operator. Mrs. Deal was a member of Copperhill Church of...
Richard Marvin Gunter
May 26, 2012
Mr. Richard Marvin Gunter, age 82 of McCaysville, GA passed away on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at his home. Mr. Gunter was born on February 20, 1930 in Marietta, GA to the late James Alfred and Emma Etta King Gunter. He was a member and deacon at the First Baptist Church of Epworth, GA. Mr. Gunter served his country in...
Addie Ross Fair
May 26, 2012
Mrs. Addie Mae Fair, age 90, of the Life Care Center passed away May 26, 2012. Born in Fannin County, GA, she was the daughter of the late John Burton Ross and Ada Frankie Wilson Ross. She was retired from the Levi Strauss Company in Blue Ridge where she had worked for thirty five years. Mrs. Fair was of the...
Thomas Marvin Godfrey
May 24, 2012
Thomas Marvin Godfrey, Sr., 83, of McCaysville, Georgia, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, 24 May 2012, after a brief illness. The last surviving sibling of the large Godfrey clan (Rene, Bud, Robert, Franklin, Bonnie, Mary Lou, Sis, Evie, and Helen), Marvin is survived by his wife of 62 years, Betty Thomas Godfrey, daughter Pam Godfrey Younker and...
Vestella Stepp Graham
May 23, 2012
Mrs. Vestella Stepp Graham, age 65, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. She was born on September 27, 1946 in Fannin County, GA to the late Everett Stepp and Elsie Earley Stepp. She worked as a seamstress and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her...
Martha Coye Dale
May 23, 2012
Martha Coye Turner Dale, age 78, of the Life Care Center of Copper Basin, formerly of Chattanooga, TN, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Mrs. Dale was born in Hamilton County, TN to the late Roy Lee and Verna Thomas Turner. She was retired from Dupont Textiles where she was an Inspector. She attended Red Bank Church of God and...
Janice Ann Odum
May 23, 2012
Janice Ann Odum, age 52, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Ms. Odum was born on February 21,1960 in Buford, GA. She was of the Baptist faith and was preceded in death by her mother Gracie Mae Williams Odum. She is survived by her father, James Odum of...
Howard Harry Huff
May 23, 2012
Mr. Howard Harry Huff, age 89, of Morganton, GA passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012 in the Copper Basin Medical Center in Ducktown, TN. Mr. Huff was born on August 24, 1922 in Monroe, OH to the late John Huff and Angeline Martin Huff. He was a self-employed contractor and was a member of Carthedge United Methodist Church in California,...
Donald Jerry Gladson
May 20, 2012
Mr. Donald Jerry Gladson, age 70, of Murphy, NC, who passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012 at his home. Mr. Gladson was born in Dearborn, MI on December 17, 1941 to the late Hoyt Otis and Bertha Mae Ware Gladson. He was retired from Tennessee Chemical as a surveyor. Mr. Gladson served his country in the United States Air Force....
Ruby Watkins Dills
May 18, 2012
Mrs. Ruby Leola Dills, 97 of Blue Ridge, Georgia died on Friday, May 18, 2012, at her home. Born Thursday, November 5, 1914 in Cherrylog, GA, she was the daughter of the late Dolpheus Watkins and the late Leolla Golden Watkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Sherman Dills. She was a member of Isabella Baptist Church....
