Doralese Mosley Tipton
Mar 26, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the Death of Mrs. Doralese Tipton, age 80, of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away on March 26, 2011 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Fannin County, GA she was the daughter of the late John Elias and Stella Crawford Mosley. She was a retired Bookkeeper for the Gulf...
Allen Derrick
Mar 26, 2011
Charles "Allen" Derrick, age 42, of Copperhill, TN passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Copper Basin Medical Center in Copperhill, TN. He was born on December 28, 1968 in Etowah, TN. Allen was retired as a self employed home construction builder. He was a member of Friendship #3 Baptist Church. Allen was a member of the Brain Injury...
Billy Napoleon Wright
Mar 26, 2011
Billy Napoleon Wright, 75, of McCaysville, GA passed away on March 26, 2011 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Fannin County, GA he was predeceased by his parents, Elvin and Nola Wright; daughter, Linda Wright Payne; brothers, Leroy, Jimmy, and Frank Wright; sisters, Jean McDonald, Christine Hicks, and Kathryn Corn.Mr. Wright was the Chief Repair Crew Leader for the...
Ruby Jane Swanson Smith
Mar 26, 2011
Mrs. Ruby Jane Smith, age 93, of Turtletown, TN passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Life Care Center of Copper Basin in Copperhill, TN. She was born on June 2, 1917 in Polk County, TN to the late Dolph and Vernie Horton Swanson. Mrs. Smith was a homemaker and enjoyed working in her garden. She was of the...
Vena Elizabeth Foster Allen
Mar 26, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Vena Elizabeth Foster Allen, age 77, of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at home. She was born on December 24, 1933 in Fannin County, GA to the late Virgil and Roxie Davenport Foster. Mrs. Allen was a homemaker and a member of...
Roger Barry Panter
Mar 21, 2011
Roger Barry Panter, age 55, of McCaysville, GA passed away on Monday, March 21, 2011 at Copper Basin Medical Center in Copperhill, TN. He was born on October 22, 1955 in Fannin County, GA to the late Herbert K. and Joan Orton Panter. Roger was employed in timber harvesting. He was of the Church of God Faith. Roger was preceded...
Thomas R. Stiles
Mar 20, 2011
The Akins Funeral of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mr. Thomas R. Stiles, age 90, of Old Epworth Road, Blue Ridge, GA who passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011 at his home. Mr. Stiles was born on May 4, 1920 to the late Milton Stiles and Kannie Bracken Stiles. He worked for Mason Tractor for 52 years as a...
John Henry Evans
Mar 19, 2011
John "Big John" Evans, age 67, of Murphy, NC lost his long battle with cancer on March 19, 2011. John and his wife Lynda ran the Sports Hangar Bar and Grill in Copperhill, TN. John was a motorcycle enthusiast all his life. He was born May 4, 1943 in San Raphael, California and was a member if the original "Mofomen...
Willard Brown
Mar 19, 2011
The Akins Funeral of Blue Ridge announces the death of Willard Brown, age 63, of Macon, GA who passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2011 in the Macon Coliseum Medical Centers in Macon, GA. He was born on November 28, 1947 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Frank and Reathel Pulliam Brown. Willard was owner of Brown's Tree Service...
Allen Ross Mcdonald
Mar 10, 2011
Mr. Allen Ross McDonald, age 61, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mr. McDonald was born on August 24, 1949 in Cherokee County, NC to the late Leonard McDonald and Flora Allmon McDonald. He worked as a machine operator for Carriage Carpet Mill. He was a member of...
Kay O'Neal Stewart
Mar 9, 2011
Kay (O'Neal) Stewart, age 79, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at St. Joseph Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Mrs. Stewart was retired from Levi Strauss and was a member of O'Zion Baptist Church. She was a native and lifelong resident of Fannin County, daughter of the late Joseph T. and Essie Mosley O'Neal. She was the...
Doris Jean Thrasher
Mar 7, 2011
Mrs. Doris Jean Thrasher, age 74, of Morganton, GA, passed away March 7, 2011 at her home. Born in Fannin County, GA she was the daughter of the late Roy Clifton and Lucille Ammons Davis. She was a longtime member of the New Antioch Baptist Church. She and her husband owned and operated Thrasher Photographic Enterprises. Survivors include her husband,...
Willis Monroe Sharp
Mar 7, 2011
Mr. Willis Monroe Sharp, age 90 of Blue Ridge, GA , passed away on Monday, March 7, 2011 at his home. Mr. Sharp was born on June 24, 1920 in Fannin County to the late John and Minnie Smith Sharp. He was an assembly worker with a furniture manufacturing company. Mr. Sharp was a member of Mount Moriah Baptist Church....
Rev. Bill Mcgill
Mar 7, 2011
Rev. Bill McGill, age 86, of Jackson, GA formally of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2011 at Vitas Innovative Hospice in Stockbridge, GA. Rev. McGill was born on March 7, 1925 in Pickens County, GA to the late William Thomas and Laura Ann Allen McGill. He was employed with United States Postal Service. Rev. McGill was...
Jania 'Jan' Ellis
Mar 6, 2011
Jania "Jan" Lou Ellis, age 74, of Ducktown. TN, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2011 in Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Jan was born on July 11, 1936 in Polk County, TN to the late James Leonard "Hen" and Edna Manaughta Duvall Ellis. She was a clerk with McCaysville Pharmacy in McCaysville, GA forty-eight years. Jan was of the...
Grady Henry Henson
Mar 4, 2011
Grady Henry Henson, age 88, of McCaysville, GA passed away Friday, March 4, 2011 in the North Georgia Medical Center in Ellijay, GA. Mr. Henson was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and was retired from the Cities Service Company where he had worked as a Roaster Operator. He was a Veteran of WWII having served in the...
Billy Hyatt Cole,Sr Msgt Ret. Usaf
Mar 3, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Billy Hyatt Cole, Sr., MSGT Ret. USAF, age 75, of Cleveland, TN who passed away Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Cole was a native of Ducktown, TN, son of the late Robert and Lettie Webb Cole. He was a Vietnam Veteran serving his country...
Edd Amos Patterson
Mar 3, 2011
Mr. Edd Amos Patterson, age 87, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at his farmhouse on Dills Road in the Barnes Chapel Community. Born on March 14, 1923 in Copperhill, TN, he was the son of the late George Lester and Amanda Lou Weeks Patterson. Edd was a faithful member of the Barnes Chapel Baptist Church for seventy four...
Leonard E. Green
Mar 2, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mr. Leonard E. Green, age 80, of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away Wednesday, March 02, 2011 in the Nation Health Care in Rossville, GA. Mr. Green was born on August 13, 1930 in Fannin County, GA to the late Albert Green and Mattie Queen Green. He was of...
Diana Ruth Volkman
Mar 2, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Diana Ruth Volkman, age 55, of Copperhill, TN who passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Mrs. Volkman was born in Pontiac, MI and was employed as a CNA . She is survived by her husband, Robert Volkman of Copperhill, TN; children, Michael Carpenter of Copperhill, TN and Brandy Smiddy of...
