James Samuel Womble
Jul 9, 2024
Mr. James Samuel Womble, age 89, of Farner passed away July 9, 2024 at his home. He was born in Polk County, TN on July 3, 1935. Mr. Womble worked for Tennessee Chemical Company as a mine foreman for many years. He was a member of New Zion Baptist Church. He was a long time member of the Ducktown...
Roy "Cat" Hammond Goss, Jr.
Jul 7, 2024
Roy "Cat" Hammond Goss, Jr., age 71, of Blue Ridge, Georgia passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2024. He was born on September 28, 1952 in Copperhill, Tennessee to the late Roy Hammond Goss, Sr. and Ealie Payne Goss. Roy worked for many years for the Tennessee Copper Company as a railroad painter. He was an avid outdoorsman and...
Ruth Ann Dunn Merritt
Jul 7, 2024
Mrs. Ruth (Jerrie) Dunn Merritt, of Blue Ridge, passed away at her home on Sunday, July 7th, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was 90. Ruth was born November 10th, 1933 to the late Hoke Thomas Jones and Ophie Stewart Jones.
She was nicknamed Jerrie by her father who planned for a boy. Most knew her as...
Janet Lynn Wellham
Jul 7, 2024
Janet Lynn Wellham, age 71, of Statham, GA, passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2024 at her home. She was born on April 11, 1953, to Ray Clifton Bell and Margie Lois Kilgore Bell. Lynn was of the baptist faith. She worked for over forty years as a dental hygienist. She is preceded in death by her father, Ray...
Sue Ellen Hensley
Jul 5, 2024
Sue Ellen Hensley, age 82, of Turtletown passed away on July 5, 2024. Sue was born on February 5, 1942 in Copperhill to the late Donald Plemmons and Irene Cochran Plemmons. She was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. Sue worked for over twenty years and retired as a bookkeeper for the State of Tennessee. She enjoyed working...
Leroy Danny Deal
Jul 1, 2024
Leroy Danny Deal, age 71, of Copperhill passed away on Monday, July 1, 2024. Leroy was born on December 22, 1952 in Copperhill to the late Rev. Lloyd Deal and Rhoda Locke Deal. He worked for over twenty years at Mercier's Orchard while also assisting with the restoration of the land in the Copper Basin Area. Later, he would...
James Walter Vaughn Jr.
Jun 28, 2024
James Walter Vaughn, Jr., age 61, of Morganton, passed away on Friday, June 28, 2024 at his home. He was born on January 22, 1963 in Atlanta, to the late James Walter "Granny" Vaughn, Sr. and Martha Jane Pilgrim Vaughn. James will be remembered for being caring, loving, and his willingness to go out of his way for others....
Trenni Kimberly Mcfarland
Jun 26, 2024
Trenni Kimberly McFarland, age 56, of Copperhill passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at Tennova Healthcare of Cleveland. Trenni was born on July 8, 1967 in Copperhill. Her greatest joy was her daughter, Lacy, grandson, Cohutta, and spending time with her family. Trenni had a servant's heart working as a CNA at the hospital and nursing home providing...
Susan Gail Plummer
Jun 26, 2024
Susan Gail Plummer, age 73, of Ducktown, Tennessee passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 in Ducktown. She was born on September 11, 1950 in Queens, New York to the late Sam and Lilly Day Esposito. She worked for many years in the restaurant industry as a waitress.
Along with her parents, she is preceded in death...
Patricia "Patsy" Jane Pack
Jun 26, 2024
Patricia "Patsy" Jane Pack, age 71, of Epworth, GA passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was born on December 12, 1952 in Copperhill, Tennessee to the late Warren and Marilyn "Mutt" Bernice Hughes Pack. Patsy was a well loved Educator for the Fannin County Board of Education for over 30 years. She was a...
Ruby Inez Ward
Jun 26, 2024
Mrs. Ruby Inez Ward, age 95, of Blue Ridge, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 in Blue Ridge. She was born on May 2, 1929 in Blue Ridge to the late John and Ollie Miller Conley. Ruby was devoted in the Baptist faith, and a member of Sugar Creek Baptist Church. She worked as a nurse, spending...
Melva Jean Farmer
Jun 25, 2024
Melva Jean Farmer, age 87, of Blue Ridge passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at her home. Melva was born on November 30, 1936 in Howesville, WV to the late Oliver and Winifred Nine. She worked for 25 years at the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia. Later, she and her husband owned the Farmer's Wife...
David Frank Glass
Jun 18, 2024
David Frank Glass, age 76, of McCaysville, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 in Dalton, Georgia. He was born on January 15, 1948 in Stewart, Florida to the late Frank and Eleonore Willets Glass. Mr. Glass honorably served his country in the United States Army. David was also a member of the 10th Special Forces Group, serving...
June Chastain Patterson
Jun 11, 2024
June Ellen Chastain Patterson, age 71, of Copperhill passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at her home. June was born on October 27, 1952 in Copperhill to the late Thomas Grady Chastain and Wilma Rose Chastain. She was a member of Altoona Baptist Church in Coker Creek. June loved gardening, quilting, crossword puzzles, and researching genealogies and ancestry....
Archie Hayden Bice
Jun 10, 2024
Mr. Archie Hayden Bice, age 80, of Mineral Bluff, Georgia passed away on Monday, June 10, 2024 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on January 13, 1944 in Copperhill, Tennessee to the late Hayden and Lois Irene Hughes Bice. Archie was of the Baptist faith, and a devoted member of New Liberty Baptist Church....
Richard "Bud" Ledford
Jun 8, 2024
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Richard "Bud" Ledford, age 86, of Copperhill, TN and formerly of Murphy, NC passed away Saturday, June 8, 2024.
He was born in Cherokee County, NC to the late Frank and Lily Bishop Ledford. Bud worked in the textile industry as a machine mechanic supervisor. He was an avid...
Herman Leander Burger
Jun 5, 2024
Herman Leander Burger Jr., better known as "Junior" or "H.L.", age 79, of Copperhill passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 in Chattanooga. Junior was born on December 24, 1944 in Copperhill to the late Herman Burger Sr. and Ethel Rhodes Burger. He loved working on cars, and in his appreciation of classic cars, Junior enjoyed attending car shows...
Terry Lynn Gaddis
Jun 5, 2024
Terry Lynn Gaddis, age 65, of Turtletown passed away on Wednesday, June 6, 2024. Terry was born on November 11, 1958 in Copperhill, TN to the late Marvin Gaddis and Thelma McDougal Gaddis. He was of Baptist faith. Terry spent most of his working life in the Atlanta area with the Carpenter's Local Union #225, and also, he worked...
Michael James Howell
Jun 4, 2024
Michael James Howell, age 68, of Blue Ridge, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at his home. He was born on June 10, 1955 in Piedmont, Alabama to James Jarvis Howell and Shirley Louise Fortenberry Howell. He is preceded in death by his father; and sister, Marie (John) Holland.
Michael is survived by his loving...
Lorraine Russell Lee
Jun 3, 2024
Hattie Lorraine Russell Lee died peacefully on Monday, June 3, 2024, at Skyland Care Center in Sylva, NC, where she had resided the last few years. Family was present. She was 97 years old. Born on March 7, 1927, she was the only child of Ernest (Ernie) Leonard Russell and Eurie Vesta Adams Russell of Athens, TN.
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