Steve Stanley
Mar 1, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Steve Stanley, age 47, of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at his home. Mr. Stanley was born September 7, 1963 in Tate, GA. He worked as a saw miller for Cruse Lumber and was a member of Big Creek Baptist Church. He loved hunting,...
Frank Delane Wright
Feb 26, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Frank DeLane Wright, age 45, of Blue Ridge, Georgia who passed away Saturday, February 26, 2011. DeLane was a member of the Belltown Church of God and was a former employee of the Georgia State Patrol Post # 27 in Blue Ridge, GA. He was a Veteran of the U.S....
Pauline Marie Allen Priest
Feb 26, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Pauline Marie Priest, age 89 of Blue Ridge, GA, who passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2011 in Fannin Regional Hospital. She was born on February 7, 1922 in Fannin County, GA to the late Harvey Newton and Laura May Cole Allen. Mrs. Priest was a homemaker and...
Eunice Jones
Feb 25, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Eunice Jones, age 77, of Copperhill, TN who passed away Friday, February 25, 2011. Mrs. Jones was born in Reliance, TN and was a daughter of the late Ellijah and Martha Merrell Rymer. She was a member of the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Postell and was retired from...
Zechariah John Palmer
Feb 24, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Master Zechariah John Palmer, infant son of Joshua John Palmer and Danielle Renae Bryer who passed away Thursday, February 24, 2011. He was preceded in death by maternal grandfather, Wally Bryer. Also surviving are Paternal Grandmother, Medra Palmer of Farner, TN; Paternal Grandfather, David Palmer of Murphy, NC; Maternal Grandmother,...
Robert M. Grice
Feb 22, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Mr. Robert M. (Bob) Grice, age 70, a former resident of the Basin area, who passed away on Tuesday, February 22, 2011, in a Nashville, TN hospital. He was born on October 29, 1940 in Bibb County, GA to the late Earl Jackson and Linnie Foreman Grice. Bob was retired...
Ruth Ann Cutcher
Feb 19, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Ann Cutcher, age 82, of Copperhill, TN who passed away February 19, 2011 in the Life Care Center in Ducktown, TN. Born in Polk County, TN she was the daughter of the late John and Ella Coleman Johnson. She was a former school teacher and later in life...
Gale Robin Hancock
Feb 16, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Gale Robin Hancock, age 74, a resident of Doraville, GA for thirty years who passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2011 in Atlanta, GA. Mrs. Hancock was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Ansel and Lora Ryder Rogers. She was a member of the Cross and Crown Lutheran Church in...
Thomas Henry Deal, Sr
Feb 16, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Thomas Henry "Tommy" Deal, Sr., age 65, of Copperhill, TN who passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Mr. Deal was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a son of the late John Martin and Hattie Marie Walden Deal. He was retired from the Tennessee Chemical Company where...
Jacob Wyatt Ramsey
Feb 14, 2011
Master Jacob Wyatt Ramsey, age 3 months, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away February 15, 2011 at his home. He is survived by parents James and Jennifer Ramsey of Mineral Bluff; brother, Alexander Ramsey; sisters, Ava Ramsey and Maggie Ramsey; grandparents, Doris Ramsey and the late Denvel Ramsey of Mineral Bluff and Tom and Donna Bandemer of Orlando, FL. Funeral...
James 'Larry' Seabolt
Feb 12, 2011
James "Larry" Seabolt, age 61, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Fannin Regional Hospital. He was born on April 2, 1949 in Fannin County, GA. Larry was a member of Wilscott Baptist Church. He was self employed in upholstering furniture. Larry was preceded in death by father, James Earl Seabolt; mother-in-law, Cathy Davis; father-in-law,...
Loretta Gilliam Farness
Feb 11, 2011
Mrs. Loretta Gilliam Farness, age 75, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Friday, February 11, 2011 at her home. She was born on May 20, 1935 in Fannin County, GA, to the late Claude and Elmer Dillard Patterson. Mrs. Farness was a member of the Blue Ridge Church of Christ. Her husband, Eddie and she were owners and operators of...
Frank Clay Wright
Feb 10, 2011
Frank Clay Wright, age 64, of McCaysville, Georgia passed away Friday, February 10, 2011 in the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Wright was a native of Fannin County and was a son of the late Elvin and Nola Garren Wright. He owned and operated Frank's Tires and was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his loving wife...
Luevena Watson Boersma
Feb 6, 2011
Mrs. LueVena Watson Boersma, age 92, of Ducktown, TN passed away Sunday, February 6, 2011 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Boersman was born in Fannin County, GA on November 26, 1918 to the late William Tom Watson and Minnie Adelade Carver Watson. She worked for Independent Life Insurance Company in sales. She was of the...
Ruby Queen Dyer
Feb 5, 2011
Mrs. Ruby Queen Dyer age 76, of Epworth, GA passed away on Saturday, February 05, 2011 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Born in Fannin County, GA she was the daughter of the late Harry and Effie Dilbeck Queen. She was a loving mother and grandmother and a long time member of the Hipps Chapel Church.Survivors include her children, Judy (Authur) Hicks...
Beulah Lee Johnson
Feb 3, 2011
Mrs. Beulah Lee Johnson, age 86, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, February 3, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Johnson was born in Sweet Gum, GA on November 24, 1924 to the late Thomas Tyrus Harper and Martha Emma Arp Harper. She was a teacher for the Fannin County School System and was also a business operator. She was...
William Isaac Mcvey, Jr.
Feb 1, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mr. William Isaac McVey, Jr., better known as "Junior," of Charleston, TN, formerly of Blue Ridge, who passed away Tuesday, February 01, 2011 in the Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, TN. Mr. McVey was born in Fannin County on January 5, 1925 to the late William Isaac McVey...
Darlene Louise Patterson
Jan 31, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Darlene Louise Patterson, loving mother and grandmother, age 70, of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away Monday, January 31, 2011 in the St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Ms. Patterson was born in Blue Ridge, GA on March 27, 1940 to the late Charlie Griffin and Effie Conley Griffin....
Cyrus Jack Thurman
Jan 29, 2011
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mr. Cyrus Jack Thurman, age 90, of Cleveland, TN, formally of McCaysville, GA who passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2011 in Skyridge Medical Center in Cleveland, TN. Mr. Thurman was born on October 14, 1920 in Fannin County to the late Rufus Montiville and Annie Miranda Corn Thurman....
Nellie Mae Olvey
Jan 27, 2011
Nellie Mae Olvey, age 94, of Copperhill, TN passed away Thursday, January 27, 2011 in the Copper Basin Medical Center. Nellie was a lifelong resident of the Copper Basin area and was a member of the Tumbling Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas I. and Anna Lou Cindy Nix Hicks, her grandson, Randy Olvey,...
