Billie Jean Simonds
Jan 5, 2010
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Billie Grizzle Simonds, age 83, of Turtletown, TN, who passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Mrs. Simonds was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a daughter of the late Tom and Myrtle Blalock Grizzle. She completed her masters degree in education and had obtained 45 hours toward...
Hildred Kirkpatrick
Jan 4, 2010
Hildred Kirkpatrick, age 69, of Gainesville, GA passed away Monday, January 4, 2010 at her home. She was born in Blue Ridge, GA on September 13, 1940 to the late Harold Wayne Huffman and Willie Brinkley Huffman. She was a LPN for Chestatee Medical Center until her retirement. She was a member of McCaysville/Copperhill First Baptist Church and was preceded...
Susan Alicia Long
Jan 1, 2010
Mrs. Susan Keys Long, age 59 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Friday, January 1, 2010 at her home.Susan was born on September 9, 1950 at Doctor Kay's Clinic in Byron, Georgia. She attended Heard Elementary School and McEvoy High School in Macon. Immediately after graduating from high school, she went to work with the First National Bank in...
Joan Marie Patterson
Dec 31, 2009
Mrs. Joan Marie Patterson, age 74, of McCaysville, GA passed away on December 31, 2009. Born in Porter County, IN, she was the daughter of the late John and Marie Demmington Krewson. Mrs. Patterson was also preceded in death by a son William Bell. Survivors include her husband, Wayne Patterson of the home; sons, Steve Patterson of Alamo, TN, William...
Sally June Spargo
Dec 31, 2009
Akins Funeral HomeP.O. Box 1627 P.O. Box 760Blue Ridge, GA 30513 Copperhill, TN 37317(706) 632-2267 (423) 496-5554 Sally June Spargo, age 61, of Ducktown, TN, passed away December 31, 2009, at Copper Basin Medical Center. She was a native of the Copper Basin, daughter of the late Robert and Shirley June Elrod Spargo.She is survived by her dependable friend and...
Brian Keith Lowery
Dec 30, 2009
Brian Keith Lowery, age 38, of Copperhill, TN passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2009 following a construction accident at the Shaw Air Force Base in Columbia, South Carolina. Brian was employed as an Ironworker in Building Construction and was of the Baptist Faith. He is survived by Fiance Felicia Cowan of Copperhill,TN; son Trent Lowery of Copperhill, TN; daughter, Brina...
Thomas Bryan Higdon
Dec 29, 2009
Thomas Bryan Higdon, 75, born and raised in Blue Ridge, GA, passed away in St. Augustine, FL on December 29, 2009 after an extended illness. He moved to Lakeland, FL in 1965 where he worked as a foreman for Owens Illinois Glass Company for 30 years. He moved to St. Augustine, FL in June of 2009. He is preceded in...
Franklin Delano Gardin
Dec 20, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mr. Franklin Delano Gardin, age 72, of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away Sunday, December 20, 2009 in Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome, GA. Mr. Gardin was born on December 30, 1936 in Madison, NC to the late Daniel Jarrett Gardin and Cora Ethel Suttles Gardin. He was...
Ann Carol Spargo Landrum
Dec 20, 2009
Ann S. Landrum, 61, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 20, at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Ann was born on July 28, 1948 in Ducktown, TN to the late James S. (Peebie) Spargo and Jimmie Lee Snow Spargo. She was preceded in death by her beloved sister, Gail Spargo Barkley. A lifelong lover of knowledge, Ann enjoyed history, archaeology, reading...
Rose Mary Jones
Dec 18, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Little Miss Rose Mary Jones, age two months of Copperhill, TN who passed away on Friday, December 18, 2009. She was born on October 16, 2009 in Bradley County, TN. She is survived by parents, Donnie and Betty Sue Jones of Copperhill, TN; two brothers, Waymon Dyer and Zachery Dyer...
Margaret Jean Jones
Dec 18, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Mrs. Margaret Jean Jones, age 70 of Blairsville, GA who passed away on Friday, December 18, 2009 in the Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA. Mrs. Jones was born in Polk County, TN on September 8, 1939 to the late Elvin W. Deal. She was a member of Mount Zion...
Walter Glen Shuler
Dec 18, 2009
Mr. Walter Glen Shuler, age 58, of Blue Ridge, passed away Friday, Dec. 18, in the Fannin Regional Hospital. He was a native of Fannin County, son of the late Lonnie and Estelle Dunn Shuler. He was a member of the Macodonia Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Shuler and a sister, Betty Allen. He...
Era Mae Panter Beach
Dec 17, 2009
Mrs. Era Mae Panter Beach, age 102 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009 in the Heritage Health Care Center in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Beach was born in Fannin County, GA on September 2, 1907 to the late Joe Panter and Margaret Hughes Panter. She was a member of Barnes Chapel Church and was preceded in...
Edith Lillian Callahan
Dec 16, 2009
Mrs. Edith Lillian Callahan, age 80, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at her home. Mrs. Callahan was born in Hodoken, NJ on March 25, 1929. She was of the Lutheran Church. She is survived by her husband, Edward Callahan of Blue Ridge; sons and daughters-in-law, Bruce and Ruth Callahan of Blue Ridge and Brian and...
Jarrod Lynn Cearley
Dec 14, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces funeral services for Mr. Jarrod Lynn Cearley, age 34, of Ducktown, TN who passed away on Monday December 14, 2009 in Asheville, NC. He was born in Vero Beach, FL on August 27, 1975. He was previously employed at Hardee's in Ducktown, TN and attended the Blue Ridge Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness's....
Kenneth Johnny 'Kitty Bo' Hensley
Dec 13, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces funeral services for Mr. Kenneth Johnny better known as " Kitty Bo" Hensley, age 78, of Chanceytown, TN who passed away on Sunday December 13, 2009 in the Copper Basin Medical Center. Born in Cherokee County, NC he was the son of the late Clyde Lafonzo and Ida Leona Simmons Hensley. He retired...
William Leroy Bailey
Dec 13, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mr. William Leroy Bailey, age 61, of Morganton, GA who passed away Sunday, December 13, 2009 at his home. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 26, 1948 to the late James L. Bailey and Dawn Della Granzow Bailey. He worked as a cemetery superintendent. Mr. Bailey was...
A.B. Norman Johnson
Dec 9, 2009
Mr. A.B. Johnson, age 82, of Morganton, GA passed away on December 9, 2009 in the Life Care Center in Ducktown, TN. Born in Fannin County, GA he was the son of the late Edward and Etta Mae Stanley Johnson. He retired after thirty three years as a Pipefitter for the Tennessee Chemical Company. He was of the Baptist Faith...
Ruby Huffman Lewis
Dec 6, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Ruby Huffman Lewis, age 82, of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away Sunday, December 6, 2009 at the Heritage Health Care Center in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Lewis was born in Fannin County, GA on November 21, 1927 to the late Jack Hill Huffman and Mary Ann Thomas Huffman....
Emma Elzadie Kelley
Dec 4, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Emma Elzadie Kelley, age 63 of Epworth, GA who passed away Friday, December 4, 2009 in the Fannin Regional Hospital. She was born on November 21, 1946 in Floyd County, GA to the late Homer Levi and Millie Elzadie Earley Carden. Mrs. Kelley was employed with The Trailer...
