James Edwin Panter
Feb 14, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for Mr. James Edwin Panter, 84, of Ducktown, TN, who passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at Life Care of Copper Basin in Ducktown, TN He was born in Polk County, TN on Sunday, August 21, 1927 to the late Olin Edwin and Ruby Gilliam Panter. Mr. Panter was...
Charles Frank Humphrey
Feb 13, 2012
Mr. Charles Frank Humphrey, age 87, of McCaysville, GA passed away Monday February 13, 2012 at his home. Born in McCaysville, GA he was the son of the late Charles and Ruby Deaver Humphrey. After Graduating from High School, Mr. Humphrey joined the United States Army where he served during WWII earning several distinctions during his tour of duty. Later...
Emory Wallace Arp, Jr.
Feb 12, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for Mr. Emory Wallace Arp, Jr. age 74, of Blue Ridge, GA, who passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2012 in Odyssey Hospice in Decatur, GA. He was born in Polk County, TN to the late Emory Wallace Arp Sr. and Anna Womble Arp on February 16, 1937. Mr. Arp...
Michael Eugene Moreland
Feb 11, 2012
Michael Eugene Moreland, age 59, of Turtletown, TN passed away Saturday, February 11, 2012. Mr. Moreland was born in Fulton County, GA to the late Barnett Marvin and Sarah Cobb Moreland. He was employed with Spartech Plastics working as a Maintenance Foreman and was a Veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He is survived by his wife, Catherine Gillespie Moreland...
George Oren Wright
Feb 11, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for George Oren Wright, age 64, of Mineral Bluff, GA who passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. He was born on February 22, 1947 in Fannin County, GA to the late Denson Oren and Jean Adell Nix Wright. George was...
Msgt Charles Long
Feb 6, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of MSgt Charles Long, age 74, of Turtletown, TN who passed away on Monday, February 6, 2012 at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin in Ducktown, TN. MSgt Long was born in Polk County, TN on June 26, 1937 to the late Louie and Mae Spurling Long. He was retired...
Jo Ann W. Ballew
Feb 4, 2012
Jo Ann Wright Ballew, age 72, of Copperhill, TN passed away Saturday, February 4, 2012 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mrs. Ballew was a native of Polk County and was a daughter of the late James Louis and Ella Smith Wright. She had worked as a Business Manager in Respiratory Health.She is survived by her husband, Keith...
Pastor Harley Ray Morrow
Feb 3, 2012
Pastor Harley Ray Morrow, age 77, of Murphy, NC, passed away Friday, February 3, 2012. Mr. Morrow was born in Cherokee County, NC to the late Lloyd Edward and Alice Graves Morrow. He was retired from construction as an Ironworker and was a Veteran of the U.S. Marines. He was a member of the Fields of the Wood Church of...
Benjamin 'Ben' Robert Norton
Feb 3, 2012
Benjamin Robert Norton better known as "Ben", age 71, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Friday, February 3, 2012 at home. Ben was born in Fannin County on June 8, 1940 to the late Sam Hara Norton. He was retired from construction work and drove the school bus for the Fannin County Board of Education for many years. Ben...
Joy Walker
Feb 2, 2012
Joy Walker, age 91, of Bristol, TN, formerly of Turtletown, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2012 at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol, TN. Joy was a native of the Turtletown area and was retired from the Levi Strauss Company. She was a member of the Turtletown Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her parents, Thurston...
Deborah Lin Long
Jan 28, 2012
Mrs. Deborah Lin Long, age 59, of Jeffersonville, GA, died Saturday, January 28, 2012, at Jeffersonville Nursing and Rehab Center in Jeffersonville, GA. She was a member of the First Baptist Church Woodstock GA. She is survived by her husband: Warren Long of Blairsville, Ga.,. One Daughter: Katherine Ada Long, Fayetteville, NCOne Son: Stephen Mark Long, Auburn, INFour Grand Children,...
Sally Trantham
Jan 24, 2012
Virginia Deloris Brown Trantham, affectionately known to family, friends and coworkers as "Sally", age 77, of Copperhill, TN passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2012. Mrs. Trantham was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a daughter of the late Arthur and Jessie Hughes Brown. She was retired from the Copper Basin Medical Center after thirty years service working...
Flint Davis
Jan 23, 2012
Mr. Flint Davis, 84 of Blue Ridge, Georgia died on Monday, January 23, 2012, at his home in Blue Ridge, Georgia.Born Wednesday, August 3, 1927 in Clayhole, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Cleve Davis and the late Maggie Campbell Davis. He was the husband of Lina Wood Davis.He was a Veteran of World War II, serving in...
Patricia Ann Galloway
Jan 23, 2012
Mrs. Patricia Ann Galloway, 75 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Monday, January 23, 2012. Born on November 27, 1936 in Blue Ridge, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Willie Brinkley Huffman. She was also the wife of the late Charles Galloway. Mrs. Galloway was retired by the Fannin County Board of Education and a member...
Cleo Cleaston Gibson
Jan 20, 2012
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Cleo Cleaston Gibson, age 67, of Turtletown, TN who passed away Friday, January 20, 2012. Cleaston was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a Veteran of the U.S. Army. He enjoyed fishing as one of his hobbies and was self-employed as a vinyl siding installer. He was...
Edwin Mitchell
Jan 20, 2012
Mr. Carl Edwin Mitchell, 72 of Kennesaw, GA,passed away on Friday, January 20, 2012, Marietta, GA. He was born in Ellijay, GA the son of the late Mark and Ellen Eller Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell served in the U.S. Army.Surviving are his wife of fifty four years, Frances Galloway Mitchell; brother, Gene and Betty Priest Mitchell of Marietta, GA; sister, Mildred...
Blanche Key
Jan 18, 2012
Mrs. Blanche Key, age 90, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday January 18, 2012 in the Heritage Health Care Center. Born In Fannin County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Martha Shook Miller. She retired from Taylor & Jones Furniture Manufacturing and was also a long time member of the Cherry Log Baptist Church. She...
Arnold Wilbert Winkler
Jan 18, 2012
Mr. Arnold Wilbert Winkler, 76 of Mineral Bluff, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at his home. He was born November 22, 1935 in White County, Georgia, He was the son of the late Garnier Winkler and the late Dora Nix Winkler. He was retired from the Fannin County Road Department and also had worked for Bill Jones's...
Charles Norman Kinser
Jan 16, 2012
Charles Norman Kinser, , 71 of Blue Ridge, Georgia passed away Monday, January 16, 2012, in Calhoun, Georgia.Born Thursday, May 2, 1940 in Blue Ridge, Georgia, he was the son of the late June Kinser and the late Lizzie Stewart Kinser. Surviving are daughters, Celeste Harmon and Robin Lynn Reece of Carrollton, GA, brother, June Everett Kinser of Palmetto, GA,...
Marian Ethyle Welborn Anderson
Jan 15, 2012
Marian E. Welborn Anderson, age 87, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2012 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mrs. Anderson was born in White County, GA on November 19, 1924 to the late Horace Lafayette and Delia Mae King Welborn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hilyard Littleton Anderson. Marian was...
