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...
Alfred James Davenport
Apr 6, 2012
Mr. Alfred James Davenport, age 83, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Friday, April 6, 2012 in the Copper Basin Medical Center. Born in Fannin County, GA on February 3, 1929, to the late Marion Vester and Beulah Gertrude Mann Davenport, he worked in the timber industry as a logger. He was a member of O'Zion Baptist Church and was...
Homer Robert Hughes
Apr 5, 2012
Homer Robert Hughes, age 90, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Hughes was born in Fannin County, GA on April 27, 1921 to the late Emory Curtis Hughes and Mary Jane Beavers Hughes. He worked in the Smeltering Department of Tennessee Chemical Company. He was a...
Charles Dean Fowler
Apr 2, 2012
Charles Dean Fowler, age 51, of Ducktown, TN passed away Monday, April 2, 2012. Charles was born in Baumbaulder, Germany and was a self-employed carpenter in construction. He was a member of the McCaysville Church of Christ and was a veteran of the U. S. Army. He was preceded in death by parents, Vinson and Marie Hollifield Fowler.He is survived...
George Warren Poland, Jr.
Mar 29, 2012
Mr. George Warren Poland, Jr., age 69, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012 in the St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Poland worked as a master plumber of Bethesda Plumbing and was of the Baptist faith. He was a United States Marine veteran. Mr. Poland was preceded in death by his parents; George W. and...
Virgil Lee Goddard
Mar 25, 2012
Mr. Virgil Lee Goddard, age 79, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Sunday, March 25, 2012 in the Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA. Mr. Goddard was born in Floyd County, GA on April 12, 1932 to the late Flim Goddard and Emmer Lou Curtis Goddard. He worked as a welder for Babcock and Wilcox and was a member of...
Angela Ann Gibson
Mar 24, 2012
Mrs. Angela Ann Gibson, age 47, passed Saturday, March 24, 2012, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, GA. She was preceded in death by her father, James Earl Anderson and a brother, Mike Anderson. She was of the Baptist FaithShe is survived by her husband: Frank Gibson, of Douglasville, GA; her mother, Lora Vee Anderson of Woodstock, GA; two daughters, Angela...
Frank Robert Payne
Mar 23, 2012
Mr. Frank Robert Payne, age 69 of Copperhill, TN passed away on Friday, March 23, 2012 at his home. He was born in Polk County, TN on February 28, 1943 and was the son of the late Bud and Gladys Galloway Payne. Mr. Payne served his country in the United States Marines as a Combat Veteran during Vietnam from 1962...
Jerry William Allen
Mar 21, 2012
Mr. Jerry William Allen, age 51, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at his home. Mr. Allen was born on August 29, 1960 in Copperhill, TN. He worked as a truck driver for Mickey Michael Trucking. Mr. Allen attended Bethany Church and Freedom Fellowship Church. He worked in the Living Free Jail Ministry and was a...
Rev. Lon Junior Dockrey
Mar 20, 2012
Rev. Lon Junior Dockrey, 88, of Mc Caysville, GA, passed away March 20, 2012.. Born in Fannin County, GA he was the son of the late Lon Devo and Josie Cearley Dockrey. He served in the United States Army during WWII where he received the Purple Heart. He was also a long time member of the Damascus Baptist Church where...
