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...
Emogene 'Jean' Nichols
Jan 9, 2012
Ms. Emogene "Jean" Nichols, age 87, of Blue Ridge, who passed away Monday, January 09, 2012, in inte Visat Care Midtown in Atlanta, GA. Ms. Nichols was born on October 3, 1925 in Fannin County, GA to the late George Nichols and Leslie Baugh Nichols. She worked as a house painter and was a member of Mineral Bluff Baptist Church....
Charlie Hassen Davenport
Jan 8, 2012
Mr. Charlie Hassen Davenport, age 93, of Marietta, Ga., passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012, at his home. He was born in Hemp, Ga., December 31, 1918, son of the late Claude and Molly Forrester Davenport. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army. He was retired fromEastern Air Lines, and was a member of...
Genny Watson
Jan 7, 2012
Mrs. Genny Watson, age 85, of Cleveland, TN passed away on Saturday January 7, 2012 in Sky Ridge Hospital in Cleveland, TN. She was born in Fannin County, GA on November 29, 1926 to the late Keen and Nora Hallum Williamson. She was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening and enjoyed Friday afternnoons with her family. Mrs. Watson was a member...
Louise Stover
Jan 7, 2012
Mrs. Elizabeth "Louise" Stover, age 72, of Marietta, GA passed away January 7, 2012. Born in Fannin County, GA she was the daughter of the late Dallas Frank Mull and Mae Ledford Mull. She retired from Publix Supermarket after many years of service. Mrs. Stover was a member of the Piedmont Church and loved traveling with her family. Survivors include...
Barbara Jane Morris
Jan 5, 2012
Mrs. Barbara Jane Morris, age 74, of Morganton, GA, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2012, at Heritage Health Care of Blue Ridge in Blue Ridge, GA. Born in Union County, GA she was the the daughter of the late Hubert and Nancy RichHolbrooks. She was an avid flower gardener. Her husband Robert Quinton Morris and grandson, Michael D. Carroll also...
Eugene James Wilson
Jan 5, 2012
Ret. MSGT USAF, Eugene "Gene" James Wilson, age 78, passed away January 5, 2012 in Seneca,. SC. Born in Hurst, GA he was the son of the late Avery and Dovey Picklesimer Wilson. He worked in Electrical Maintenance with Michelin Tire Corp. of Anderson, SC and was a member of the Concord Baptist Church in Morganton, GA. He was also...
Harold Fred Crowder
Jan 2, 2012
Mr. Harold Fred Crowder, age 74, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away suddenly on Tuesday, January 2, 2012 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge. GA. He was born on April 25, 1937 in Cherokee County, NC to the late William Milton Crowder and Emil Simond Crowder. He was a deacon and choir director at Union Baptist Church and...
Connie Christine Bennie
Jan 2, 2012
Connie Christine Bennie, age 53, of McCaysville, GA, passed away Monday, January 2, 2012. Connie was born in Fannin County and attended River of Life Fellowship Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Hoyt Bennie.She is survived by her son, Hoyt Self of the home; her mother, Joann Bennie of McCaysville, GA; many other relatives and friends.Funeral...
