Dollie Elizabeth Plemmons
May 28, 2009
Mrs. Dollie Elizabeth Plemmons, age 96, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, May 28, 2009 at her home. Born in Springfield, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Monroe Garrett and Augusta Quincifier Garrett. She worked in the Kitchen at Blue Ridge Health Care from many years. She was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church, now known as...
Violet Eliza Callihan
May 28, 2009
Mrs. Violet Eliza Callihan, age 87, of Ellijay, GA passed away on Thursday May 28, 2009 in the Heritage Health Care following an extended illness. Born in Fannin County, GA she was the daughter of the late Andrew Napoleon Hughes and Gertrude H. Hughes. She had worked for the Levi Strauss Company for many years and was a long time...
Grace Elizabeth Conner
May 26, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Conner, age 85, of the Heritage Health Care who passed away on Saturday May 23, 2009. Born in Bartow County, GA she was the daughter of the late William Noah and Dolly May Crow Broome. Mrs. Conner was of the Baptist faith and a Past Worthy...
Sylvia Jean Clark
May 22, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces Memorial services for Mrs. Sylvia Jean Clark, age 71, of Blue Ridge, GA who passed away on May 22, 2009. Born in Grady County, GA she was the daughter of the late M.L. and Fostien Clark. Mrs. Clark had worked with Radio and Television syndication and later as a Loan officer for...
Flora Geneva Mcvey
May 22, 2009
Mrs. Flora Geneva McVey, age 88, of Forest Park, GA passed away Friday, May 22, 2009. She was born in Fannin County, GA to the late James Verlin and Nellie Shore Richards. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Reece McVey; a stillborn child and by siblings, Glenn Richards and Pearl Anthony. She was a member of Guiding...
Lois Marie Duncan
May 22, 2009
Lois Marie Duncan, age 76, of Copperhill, TN, passed away Friday, May 22, 2009 in the Copper Basin Medical Center. Lois was born in Kingsport, TN to the late Ben Roy and Martha Jane Browder Cole. She was a homemaker and a member of the Staffordtown Holiness Church. Lois enjoyed working in her garden, sewing and making handmade quilts. She...
Carl Worth Spurling
May 21, 2009
Carl Worth Spurling, age 74, of Copperhill, TN passed away Thursday, May 21, 2009 in the Copper Basin Medical Center. Carl was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a son of the late Charlie and Meadie Stillwell Spurling. He was the owner of Spurling Construction where he, along with his son, was a heavy equipment operator. He...
Alma Newman Phelps
May 20, 2009
Alma Newman Phelps, age 83, of Farner, TN passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at the Sacred Journey Hospice in McDonough, GA. Mrs. Phelps was born in Cherokee County, NC to the late Willis Fulton and Charlotte Gibson Newman. She was a homemaker and a Graduate of Hiawassee Dam High School. She was preceded in death by her husband, James...
Letecia Eloise 'Susie' Calano
May 20, 2009
Letecia Eloise, affectionately known to family and friends as "Susie" Calano, age 59 of Murphy, NC passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2009. "Susie" was born in Polk County, TN to the late Joe P. and Willetta Curtis Hardy. She was employed as a school bus driver with the Sevier County, TN Board of Education and was a member of the...
Bruce M. Graham, Jr.
May 19, 2009
Bruce M. Graham, Jr. Major, USAF, (Retired), age, 72, of McCaysville, GA passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2009 in the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Major Graham was the son of the late Bruce M. and Sylvia Graham, Sr. of Copperhill, TN. Major Graham is a 1955 graduate of Copperhill, TN High School. He received a BS and a MA...
Willie Stanley Wright
May 18, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Willie Stanley Wright, age 84, of Talking Rock, GA who passed away Monday, May 18, 2009 at her home. Born in Fannin County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Frank Stanley and Aralecia Garland Stanley. She was a member of Big Creek Baptist Church and was...
Joseph Kyle Rogers
May 16, 2009
Joseph Kyle Rogers, age 27, of Bowling Green, KY passed away Saturday, May 16, 2009 at his home. He was born in Bowling Green, KY on September 16, 1981. Kyle was a student. He was an avid baseball, football, and basketball fan, especially fond of the University of Georgia and the Los Angeles Lakers. He loved writing poetry and loved...
Hyapatia Leigh Burrell
May 16, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Ms. Hyapatia Leigh Burrell, age 23, of Ellijay, GA who died suddenly in a car accident. She was born July 9, 1985 in Blairsville, GA. She was a high school graduate of Fannin County. She was of the Baptist faith. She worked as a waitress, and was a huge...
Dennis Ray Adams
May 16, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Mr. Dennis Ray Adams, age 67, of Turtletown, TN, who passed way on Saturday, May 16, 2009 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. He was born in Polk County, TN, on January 27, 1942 and was the son of the late Clarence and Mildred Hughes Adams. Mr. Adams...
Lorene Virginia Long
May 13, 2009
Mrs. Lorene Virginia Long, age 89, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2009 in the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Born in Fannin County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Robert Dane Kirby and Pauline Stephens Kirby and the wife of the late Dashiel C. Long. She worked at Harbor Roads as a sewing machine...
Jo Anne Helms
May 11, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Jo Anne Helms, age 57, of Blue Ridge who passed away Monday, May 11, 2009 at her home. She was born in Plant City, FL. She retired from the United States Post Office and was a member of Turkey Creek Baptist Church in Florida. She was preceded in...
Hoyt Max Jones
May 11, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Mr. Hoyt Max Jones, age 83, of New Stansbury Road, Turtletown, TN who passed away Monday, May 11, 2009 in the Parkridge Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Jones was a native of Polk County and was a son of the late Sidney and Maggie Hughes Jones. He was retired after...
Viola Green Patterson
May 8, 2009
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for Mrs. Viola Green Patterson, age 76, of Epworth, GA, who passed away Friday, May 8, 2009 at her home. Born in Athens, TN, on June 5, 1932 and was the daughter of the late Roy James and Mary Goins Flowers. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Patterson had lived in...
Charles Hugh Travis
May 6, 2009
Charles Hugh Travis age 82, of McCaysville, GA passed away Wednesday, May 06, 2009. Mr. Travis was born in Fayette County, Georgia to the late Charlie & Evelyn Whatley Travis. He was retired from Williams Publishing Company where he worked as an Estimator and was a Veteran of W.W.II having served in the U.S. Army. He was an avid fisherman...
Geneva Marie Brown
Apr 25, 2009
Geneva Marie Justice Brown, age 81, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2009 in the Chatuge Regional Nursing Home in Hiawassee, GA She was born in Fannin County on April 26, 1927. She is preceded in death by mother, Ollie Davis Justice; father, Hiram Justice Evans; brother, Arlin Justice; three sisters, Sylvia Nelson, Elloise Fullmer and Dottie...
