Susie Hughes
Jul 23, 2011
Mrs. Edith Myrtle "Susie" Dockery Hughes, age 80, of Douglasville, GA passed away Saturday, July 23, 20011 at her residence. She was born December 29, 1930 in Copperhill, TN the daughter of the late Mr. Lon Devo Dockery and the Late Mrs. Jossie Jane Cearley Dockery. She was a member of Clearview Baptist Church in Douglasville. She was a homemaker...
Dorothy E. Tumlin
Jul 19, 2011
Dorothy Ellison Tumlin, age 88 passed away on Tuesday July 19, 2011 at her home. Born in Little Rock, AR she was the daughter of the late Roy, Sr. and Cleo Clift Ellison. She graduated from the University of West Georgia with a bachelor's degree in Sociology. She later retired from the state of Georgia as an employment counselor. Mrs....
Amos Dunn
Jul 14, 2011
Mr. Amos Dunn, age 87, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, July 14, 2011 at his home. Mr. Dunn was born on December 30, 1923 in Fannin County, GA to the late John Henry Dunn and Annie Payne Dunn. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. He is survived by a niece, Bangel Norton and her husband Harrison...
Ruth B. Postelle
Jul 11, 2011
The Akins Funeral of Copperhill announces the death of Ruth B. Postelle, age 85, of Farner, TN who passed away Monday, July 11, 2011. Mrs. Postelle was born in Polk County, TN to the late Fred and Flossie Worley Bryant. She was a member of the Croft's Chapel Methodist Church and enjoyed gardening and sewing as her hobbies. She was...
Richard Lee Shearer
Jul 9, 2011
Richard Lee Shearer, age 52 of Carrollton, GA passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, GA. Richard was born in Marietta, GA on October 26, 1958. He was a screen maker and developer with Screen Print Unlimited, Inc. of Douglasville, GA. Richard was a very hard worker and enjoyed gardening. He was preceded in...
Calvin Coolidge Queen
Jul 7, 2011
Calvin Coolidge Queen, age 87, of McCaysville, GA passed away Thursday, July 7, 2011. Mr. Queen was born in Fannin County, GA, to the late William Wesley and Mary Bell Long Queen. He had worked in retail sales as a Clerk and Delivery Man at Hampton Hardware and Buttram Hardware Stores. He was of the Baptist Faith. He was also...
Claude Thomas Foster
Jul 7, 2011
Claude Thomas Foster, age 92, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Heritage Health Care of Blue Ridge. He was a native of Fannin County, son of the late Walter Wilson Foster and Sarah Bethina Davenport Foster. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Brown Foster, four sisters, Iva Lee Baker, Oma Todd, Ethel...
Reathel Marie Foster
Jul 6, 2011
Reathel Marie Brown Foster grew up on a small farm in the rural Higdon community. She was the daughter of the late Joe and the late Oma Brown. Reathel was proud to be the first in her family to finish high school. She graduated from Epworth High as salutatorian in 1944. She then moved to Dalton to work and attend...
Mozelle Fain Jones
Jun 27, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mozelle Fain Jones, age 77, of Morganton, Georgia who passed away Monday, June 27, 2011 in the Fannin Regional Hospital. Mrs. Jones was a native of Fannin County and was a daughter of the late Etherin and Hattie Lue Whitener Fain. She was a homemaker and member of the...
Joan M. Jones
Jun 27, 2011
The Akins Funeral of Copperhill announces the death of Joan M. Jones, age 68, of the Grassy Creek Community, Copperhill, TN who passed away Monday, June 27, 2011 in the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Joan was born in Swedesboro, NJ to the late James and Mary Minnitti Monahon. She was a member of Mt. Harmony Baptist Church. She...
Clifton 'Ted' Christopher
Jun 26, 2011
Ted Christopher age 62 of Newnan, GA for the past thirty years and a former resident of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away Sunday morning, June 26, 2011 in the Piedmont Newnan Hospital following several months of illness. Ted was an well respected wallpaper and painting contractor in Newnan having restored many of the old antebellum homes in that area. Ted...
Jacob Desmond 'Deb' Arp
Jun 25, 2011
Jacob Desmond 'Deb' Arp, age 86, of McCaysville, Ga., died Saturday, June 25, 2011, at Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, Ga. He was a native and lifelong resident of the Copper Basin, son of the late Frank and Mamie Sparks Arp. Mr. Arp was retired from the Cities Service Company, having worked as a machinist and as a safety...
Jack Ivy Dixon
Jun 21, 2011
The Akins Funeral of Copperhill announces the death of Jack Ivy Dixon, age 75, of Murphy, NC who passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Mr. Dixon was born in Thomasville, Georgia and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Hopewell Baptist Church.He is survived by his wife, Rena Sue Golden Dixon of the home;...
Emma A. Dickey
Jun 19, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Emma Arzona (Davenport) Dickey, age 89, of Blue Ridge, Ga., who died Sunday, June 19, 2011, at Heritage Health Care of Blue Ridge. She was a member of the O'Zion Baptist Church. She was a native and lifelong resident of Fannin County, daughter of the late Cleveland Judson Davenport...
Helen Marie Porter
Jun 19, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Helen Marie (Plemmons) Porter, age 80, of Blue Ridge, who died Sunday, June 19, 2011, at Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, Ga. She was born in Polk County, Tennessee, daughter of the late Floyd Plemmons and Dollie Garrett Plemmons. She was a member of Cherry Log Baptist...
Lois M. Cromwell
Jun 18, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Lois (Mull) Cromwell, age 70, of Blue Ridge, Ga., who died Saturday, June 18, 2011, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga. She was a member of Union Baptist Church. She was born in Fannin County, April 6, 1941 to Dallas Frank and May Ledford Mull.She is survived by...
Patricia Gail Postelle
Jun 17, 2011
Patricia Gail Postelle, age 65, of Turtletown, TN passed away Friday, June 17, 2011. Mrs. Postelle was a native of Polk County and was a daughter of the late Fred and Pauline Newton White. She was retired from Levi's where she had worked as a seamstress.She is survived by her husband of forty eight years, David Postelle of the home;...
Edgar Trentham, Sr.
Jun 17, 2011
Mr. Edgar Trentham, Sr., age 97, of the Lifecare Center of Copper Basin, Ducktown, TN passed away Friday, June 17, 2011. Mr. Trentham was born February 21, 1914 in Polk County to the late John E. and Lydia Ann Cross Trentham. He had worked for the L&N Railroad and was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by...
Wilma Faye Sisson
Jun 9, 2011
Mrs. Wilma Faye Sisson, age 79, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, June 09, 2011 in the Heritage Health Care Center in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Sisson was born in Fannin County, GA on December 14, 1931 to the late Fonzie Clayton Smith and Lula Ray Smith. She was a member of Macedonia Church of Christ and was preceded...
Melba Jones
Jun 8, 2011
Mrs. Melba Jones, age 76, of Morganton, GA passed away Wednesday, June 08, 2011 in the Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA. Mrs. Jones was born in St. Louis, Missouri on January 8, 1935 to the late Willard Vogel and Melba Arensmeyer Vogel. She was a retired teacher, having taught school in Polk County, GA. She was a member of...
