Clyde Paul Mealer
Mar 22, 2010
Clyde Paul Mealer, age 75, of Morganton, GA passed away Monday, March 22, 2010, at his home. He was a native of the Copper Basin, son of the late Cicero and Florence Walden Mealer, and husband of the late Bertha Ellen Newberry Mealer. Mr. Mealer was self-employed, working as a heat and air conditioning technician. He was a member of...
Frankie Lelah Hale
Mar 20, 2010
Mrs. Frankie Lelah Hale, age 75, of Epworth, GA passed away Saturday, March 20, 2010 in the U.T. Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. Mrs. Hale was born on September 19, 1934 in Fannin County to the John R. Foster and Effie Davenport Foster. She was a member of the Chapel of Prayer in Akron, OH. She was preceded in death...
Patsy Hedden Nicholson Postell
Mar 20, 2010
Patsy Postell, age 77, of Turtletown, TN passed away Saturday, March 20, 2010 in the Kindred Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. Born in Ducktown, TN she was the daughter of the late Joseph Allen and Eva Sutton Hedden. She had worked as a Nurses Aid for over twenty years for the Life Care Center in Cleveland, TN and also for the...
Eric 'Stanley' Ledford
Mar 19, 2010
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for Mr. Eric "Stanley" Ledford, age 45, of McCaysville, GA who passed away on Friday, March 19, 2010 in the Sweetwater Hospital in Sweetwater, TN. He was born in June 22, 1964 in Copperhill, TN. Stanley was employed with Blue Ridge Manufacturing as a welder. He was a member of...
Wade Ervin Cross
Mar 16, 2010
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for Mr. Wade Ervin Cross, age 86, of Mineral Bluff, GA who passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at his home. Mr. Cross was born in Polk County, TN on December 12, 1923. He is a member of Pleasant Hill (Hardscrabble) Baptist Church. He was a United States Army veteran...
David 'Sam' Anderson, Sr.
Mar 13, 2010
Mr. David "Sam" Anderson, Sr., age 63, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on Saturday, March 13, 2010 in the Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper, GA. He was born on April 11, 1946 in Copperhill, TN to the late John Kenneth Anderson. Sam was a painter and a member of the Mineral Bluff Baptist Church. He was preceded in death...
Jerry Eugene Gilliam
Mar 13, 2010
Mr. Jerry Eugene Gilliam, Sr., age 67 of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed away on Saturday, March 13, 2010 in the Kindred Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. He was born on February 4, 1943 in Polk County, TN to the late Hershel Carmen and Ollie Goode Gilliam. Jerry was a miner with Cities Services and a member of Salem #2 Baptist Church....
Franklin 'Casey' Eugene Crago
Mar 12, 2010
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces funeral services for Franklin Eugene, affectionately known as "Casey" , Crago, age 76 of Turtletown, TN who passed away Friday, March 12, 2010. Mr. Crago was born in Huntington, Indiana and was a son of the late Emerson and Luella Hite Crago, Sr. He was retired from the Tennessee Chemical Company where he...
Willard Wallis Howard
Mar 8, 2010
Mrs. Willard Wallis Howard, age 90, of Blue Ridge, GA died Monday, March 8, 2010. Mrs. Howard was born April 29, 1919 in Jackson's Gap, Alabama to the late James David and Olive Banks Wallis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willard Albert Howard, and by brothers, James D. Wallis and John R. Wallis. She lived for many...
Joel Kevin Mashburn
Mar 8, 2010
Joel Kevin Mashburn, age 46, of Ellijay, GA passed away Monday, March 8, 2010. He was born in Fort Stewart, GA on January 26, 1964. He worked as a builder and was preceded in death by his infant brother, Terry Joseph Mashburn, grandparents, Lloyd and Ruth Mashburn, and Tom and Helen Mosley. He is survived by his parents, Kennon Mashburn...
William Thomas Sisson
Mar 6, 2010
Mr. William Thomas Sisson, age 71, of Copperhill, TN passed away on Saturday, March 06, 2010 at his residence. Born in Polk County, TN he was the son of the late William Hoyt and Edith Simmonds Sisson. He was a construction worker and of the Christian Faith. Mr. Sisson is preceded in death by siblings, Ronnie Sisson, Gene Sisson and...
Frances Louise Milhizer
Mar 6, 2010
Frances Louise Milhizer of Blue Ridge, Georgia. She passed away at her home on Saturday March 6, 2010. Miss Milhizer was born in Fannin County to the late Charles and Kittie Bell (Anderson) Milhizer. Family members precede Frances in death and she is survived by close friends and her church family. Frances was a life-long member of the Blue Ridge...
Florine Strickland Painter
Mar 5, 2010
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for Mrs. Florine Strickland Painter, age 75, of Blairsville, GA who passed away on Friday, March 5, 2010 at Chatsworth, GA. Born in Cherokee County, GA she was the daughter of the late Leman and Flora Mae Peardon Fann and wife of the late Robert S. Painter. Mrs. Painter was...
Glenn 'Tom' Thompson
Mar 5, 2010
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for Mr. Glenn William, better known as "Tom" Thompson, age 88, of McCaysville, GA who passed away on Friday March 5, 2010 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Born in Mile City, MO he was the son of the late Clarence William and Hazel Davis Thompson. He was...
Joseph M. Pinson
Feb 26, 2010
Joseph M. Pinson, age 56, of Atlanta, GA died of complications from ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease, on February 26, 2010, in Blue Ridge, GA. Joe was born on September 7, 1953 in Augusta, GA the son of Rachel Longshore Pinson and George Pinson. The family moved to Atlanta in 1960 when Joe was 7 years old. He attended Morningside Elementary School...
April Kimsey Weaver
Feb 24, 2010
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces funeral services for April Kimsey Weaver, age 87, of Turtletown, TN who passed away Wednesday, February 24, 2010. Mrs.Weaver was born in Polk County,TN to the late J.Q. and Cora Bryant Kimsey. She was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. She taught school at the Bauchman School in Farner, TN then later...
Janice Kathlene Parks
Feb 23, 2010
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces funeral services for Janice Kathlene Parks, age 44, of Blue Ridge, GA, who passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2010 in the Northside Cherokee Hospital in Canton, GA. Janice was a native of the Copper Basin area and was employed in healthcare as a CNA. She had worked several years at Papa's Pizza in...
Iva Lea Baker
Feb 21, 2010
Iva Lea Baker, age 76, of Epworth, GA passed away Sunday, February 21, 2010 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mrs. Baker was born in Fannin County, GA on January 4, 1934 to the late Walter Wilson Foster and Sarah Bethina Davenport Foster. She was employed with Sears & Roebuck for 21 years. She was a member of...
Billy Ray Ross
Feb 17, 2010
Mr. Billy Ray Ross, age 64, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on February 17, 2010 in the Charles George Veterans Hospital in Asheville, NC. Born in Fannin County, GA he was the son of the late Claude and Virgie Garren Ross. He was veteran of the United States Army and a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans. He...
Elvin Mckinley Ledford
Feb 16, 2010
Mr. Elvin McKinley (Sam) Ledford, age 87, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2010 in the LifeCare Center of Ducktown, TN. Mr. Ledford was born in Cherokee County, NC on September 24, 1922 to the late Theodore B. Ledford and Carrie Cook Ledford. Mr. Ledford was a repairman for the Tennessee Chemical Company. He was a charter...
