Scott Maurice Housley
Dec 30, 2008
Mr. Scott Maurice Housley, age 46, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Mr. Housley worked many years as a concrete contractor. He was also a member of the Mobile Baptist Church and was a member of the Ocoee Lodge #201 F&AM. Mr. Housley was preceded in death by...
Harold Payne
Dec 30, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Harold Payne, age 59, of York, South Carolina, formerly of Turtletown, TN, who passed away Tuesday, December 30th . Harold was a native of the Copper Basin area and had worked as a miner in construction. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War serving in the U.S. Army. He...
Wilhelmina Elizabeth Verner
Dec 29, 2008
Wilhelmina Elizabeth, affectionately known to family and friends as "Mina" Verner, age 55 of Copperhill,TN passed away Monday, December 29, 2008. Mrs. Verner was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 1, 1953 to the late John and Sara Levin Simpson. She was a homemaker. A member of the McCaysville Church of God and a member of the East Polk...
Winfred Allen
Dec 28, 2008
Winfred Allen, age 71, of Copperhill, TN, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2008 in the Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Allen was born in Isabella, TN on August 22, 1937 and was the son of the late Ellard and Flora Ware Allen. He was a retired drill operator with Tennessee Copper Company and was preceded in death by his wife Lucille...
Billy Joe Dills
Dec 28, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for Mr. Billy Joe Dills, age 65, of Epworth, GA, who passed away Sunday, December 28, 2008 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. He was born in Fannin County on November 23, 1943 and was the son of Ruby Watkins Dills of Blue Ridge, GA and the late...
Flossie C. Parr
Dec 24, 2008
Mrs. Flossie C. Parr, age 94, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2008 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Born in Fannin County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Henry Green and Florida Ward Green. She was of the Baptist faith and was the wife of the late James Gordon Parr....
Thomas Wesley Locke
Dec 24, 2008
Thomas Wesley Locke, age 92, of McCaysville, GA passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2008. Mr. Locke was a son of the late Francis Marion and Dollie Payne Locke and was a member of the Mt. View Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in WWII and was a self-employed carpenter. He was preceded in death by...
James Euclid Stillwell
Dec 23, 2008
James Euclid Stillwell, age 89, of McCaysville, Ga, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2008. Mr. Stillwell was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a son of the late Will and Eula Brock Stillwell. He was a member of the Bethel Church, the American Legion, and was a Veteran of WWII serving in the U.S. Navy. He was...
Joel Ervin Smith
Dec 23, 2008
Mr. Joel Ervin Smith, age 75, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on Tuesday December 23, 2008 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Fannin County, GA, he was the son of the late Jess Burton Smith and Elizabeth Lula Swanson Smith. He was a retired block and rock mason. Mr. Smith was of the Baptist faith. He...
Donald Ray Lyle, Sr.
Dec 22, 2008
Mr. Donald Ray Lyle, Sr., age 65, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Monday, December 22, 2008 in the St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Lyle was born in Union County, GA on December 11, 1943 to Herbert Webb Lyle and Elsie Carrie Lowe Lyle. He was a retired truck driver employed by Eberhardt Grantham Contracting. He was a...
Margaret Wilson Carter
Dec 20, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the funeral services Mrs. Margaret Chancey Wilson Carter, age 67, of McCaysville, GA, who passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at her home following an extended illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of the Copper Basin, daughter of the late James Arthur "Dob" Chancey and Hazel Hughes Chancey. She was...
Claud Parris
Dec 20, 2008
Mr. Claud Parris, age 88, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008 in the Heritage Healthcare of Blue Ridge. He was born in Polk County, TN on December 18, 1920 and was the son of the late Jim and Ella Parris. Mr. Parris was a member of Bethel Church. He was retired from Tennessee Chemical Company as...
Clarence Leland Kennedy
Dec 16, 2008
Mr. Clarence Leland better known as "Coon" Kennedy, age 85 of Cashes Valley Rd. passed away on December 16, 2008 at his home. Born in Alton, IL, he was the son of the late Chesley Robert and Bertha Schmidt Kennedy. He was retired from the United States Navy serving in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He was of the Episcopalian Faith....
Opal Jane Craig
Dec 15, 2008
Mrs. Opal Jane Craig, age 91, of Farner, TN, passed away Monday, December 15, 2008 in the Copper Basin Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Cherokee County, NC on July 31, 1917 and was the daughter of the late Burt and Jessie Alice Crowder Mason. Mrs. Craig was a homemaker and a member of the New...
Regina Stiles Hall
Dec 12, 2008
Mrs. Regina Stiles Hall, age 98, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away Friday, December 12, 2008 in the Heritage Healthcare of Blue Ridge. She was born in Fannin County, GA on June 3, 1910 and was the daughter of the late R.T. and Za McClure Stiles. Mrs. Hall was a member for almost ninety years of the First Baptist of...
Benjamin Fritz Mcclelland
Dec 10, 2008
Mr. Benjamin Fritz McClelland, age 84, of McDonough, GA passed away on Wednesday December 10, 2008 in the Henry Medical Center in Stockbridge, GA. Born in Lakeland, FL he was the son of the late George William and Emma Adele Romefelt McClelland. He was a former resident of Fannin County and had previously worked for the Tennessee Chemical Company for...
Phyllis Carbonell
Dec 10, 2008
Mrs. Phyllis Carbonell, age 60, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Wednesday December 10, 2008 at her home following an extended illness. Mrs. Carbonell was born in Knoxville, TN to the late William and Ruby Johnson Owen. She was a Certfied Public Accountant and a devoted member of the Crossover Community Church.Survivors include her husband Dr. Mels Carbonell of...
John Charles Carlisle
Dec 9, 2008
Mr. John Charles, better known as "J.J." Carlisle, age 49, of Marietta, GA passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at his home following an extended illness. Mr. Carlisle was born in Thomaston, GA to the late Willie and Lowanna Felts Carlisle. He graduated from Grady High School in 1977. Mr. Carlisle worked Flight Concepts in Norcross, GA manufacturing parachutes...
Ruby Jewell Kimsey
Dec 9, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Ruby Jewell Kimsey, age 90, of Turtletown, TN, who passed away Tuesday, December 9th . Ruby was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a member of the Zion Hill Baptist Church. She was retired as a Cafeteria worker with the Broward County, Florida Board of Education. She...
Elizabeth White
Dec 4, 2008
Mrs. Elizabeth White, age 62, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Thursday, December 4, 2008 in the St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Mrs. White was born in Fannin County, GA on August 28, 1946 to the late James Woodrow McVey and Hattie Edna Richards McVey. She was an office manager at Levi Strauss where she was employed for 31...
