Willard Goldman Jones
Mar 1, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Willard Goldman Jones, age 88, of Ducktown, who passed away Saturday, March 1st in the Copper Basin Medical Center. Willard was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a son of the late Thomas and Cora Trantham Jones. He was retired from the Cities Service Company and was...
Avia Marie Hubbard
Feb 29, 2008
Mrs. Avia Marie (Newberry) Hubbard, age 90, of Copperhill, Tenn., died Friday, February 29, 2008, at the Copper Basin Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of the Copper Basin, daughter of the late George Alvin Newberry and Minerva Elizabeth Weaver Newberry. Mrs. Hubbard was the wife of the late Clarence Hoyt Hubbard. She was a member of...
Jessie Ashe Mann
Feb 28, 2008
Mrs. Jessie Ashe Mann, age 87, of Ft. Lauderdale, FL passed away Thursday, February 28, 2008. She was born March 30, 1920 in Higdon, GA, daughter of the late Haven Ashe and Maude Richie Ashe. In 1922, her family moved to Florida where she was raised in Deerfield Beach. She enjoyed a pioneering way of life; swimming in the Hillsboro...
Floyd Cole
Feb 28, 2008
Mr. Floyd Cole, age 72, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2008 in the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Born in Fannin County he was the son of the late James Polk and Ellen Susie Ross Cole. He worked in the maintenance Department for Shaw Industries. He was also a long time member of the New...
Naymon R. Stiles
Feb 27, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Rev. Naymon R. Stiles, age 69, of Murphy, NC who passed away Wednesday, February 27th in the Copper Basin Medical Center. Rev. Stiles was a native of Cherokee County, NC and was a son of the late John & Maude Pickelsimer Stiles. He was a self-employed carpenter and was a...
Rena Iowa Allen
Feb 26, 2008
Mrs. Rena Iowa Allen, age 86, of Blue Ridge passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2008 in the Copper Basin Medical Center in Ducktown, TN. She was born in Fannin County, GA on September 10, 1921 to the late William J. Hughes and Nancy E. Kendall Hughes. She was a member of Salem #1 (Sugar Hill) Baptist Church. She was preceded...
Floyd Young Queen
Feb 26, 2008
Mr. Floyd Young Queen, age 84, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at his home residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Fannin County, son of the late John Henry and Nettie Stiles Queen. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by two sons, Dale and Hoyt Queen a...
Grace Ellen Stover
Feb 23, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Grace Ellen Stover, age 68 of Blue Ridge who passed away on Saturday, February 23, in the Fannin Regional Hospital. She was born in Gilmer County on May 3, 1939 to the late Frank and Etsy Henderson Parks. Mrs. Stover was a homemaker and enjoyed watching birds and...
Edwin Niles Heiron,Jr.
Feb 22, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Mr. Edwin Niles Heiron, Jr. age 80 of Blue Ridge who passed away on Friday February 22, 2008 at the Life Care Center of Ducktown, TN. Born in Keego Harbor, MI he was the son of the late Edwin N. Sr. and Alice Lewis Heiron. Mr. Heiron worked as a...
Evan Winston Cruse
Feb 22, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for Mr. Evan Winston Cruse, age 83, of Morganton, GA who passed away on Friday February 22, 2008. Born in Fannin County, GA he was the son of the late Arthur Clyde and Birdie Wilson Cruse. Mr. Cruse served his country during WWII as a sergeant in the United States...
Billy Harold Wheeler
Feb 19, 2008
Mr. Billy H. Wheeler, age 73 of Dallas, GA, formerly of Ellijay, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Born in Wilkes County, GA he was the son of the late Ralph and Ruby Lee Rucker Wheeler. He was a retired truck driver for Ryder truck lines. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He was also preceded in...
Kathleen M. Setser
Feb 17, 2008
Mrs. Kathleen M. Setser, age 75, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Sunday, February 17, 2008 in the Fannin Regional Hospital. She was born in Fannin County on August 15, 1932 to the late Dallas Frank and May Ledford Mull. She had worked at Arp's Restaurant in McCaysville for twenty-five years. Mrs. Setser was a member of Union Baptist Church....
Angela Marie Wilson
Feb 12, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Angela Marie Wilson, age 37, of McCaysville who passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2008. She was born in Dekalb County, GA on January 23, 1971. She worked as an administrative assistant, worked for a licensed insurance agent, and as a server at Good Fellas Restaurant over the course...
Millard Henry Johnson
Feb 10, 2008
Mr. Millard Henry "Mel" Johnson, age 71, of Mineral Bluff passed away Sunday, February 10, 2008 in Briarcliff Haven in Atlanta, GA. Born in Gilmer County, he was the son of the late Will Henry Johnson and Bertha Mae Stover. He worked as a Supervisor for M.A.R.T.A. He was a member of Mineral Bluff House of Prayer. He was a...
Betty Sue Conner
Feb 8, 2008
Mrs. Betty Sue Conner, age 69, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on February 8, 2008 at the Copper Basin Medical Center in Ducktown, TN. She was born in Fannin County on March 14, 1938, to the late Fred and Bonnie Russell Earley. Mrs. Conner was a homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. She was survived by her husband...
Ethel Lee Cross
Feb 8, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Ethel Lee Cross, age 86, of Copperhill, who passed away Friday, February 8, at the Copper Basin Medical Center. Mrs. Cross was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a daughter of the late Ervin & Sarah Trantham Jones. She was a homemaker and a member of Bethlehem...
Everett Arthur Cochran
Feb 5, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Mr. Everett Arthur Cochran, age 78, of Farner, Tenn., who died Tuesday, February 5, at Copper Basin Medical Center. Mr. Cochran was employed by Tennessee Forest Service as a firefighter and had worked in the carpet industry in Dalton. He was a member of New Zion Baptist Church. He was...
Lucille Marie Twiggs
Feb 5, 2008
Mrs. Lucille Marie Twiggs, age 89, of Blue Ridge passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in the Copper Basin Medical Center in Ducktown, TN. Born in Fannin County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Henry William Whitlow, Sr. and Posey Cook Whitlow. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Epworth, GA and a member of the...
Lorry Ann Maddox
Feb 2, 2008
Miss Lorry Ann Maddox, age 2 of Ducktown, TN passed away Saturday, February 2, 2008 in the Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, TN. She was born in Mason County, KY on November 5, 2005. She was survived by her mother, Terri Leann Maddox of Ducktown, TN; father, Perry Thomas Chinn of Ducktown, TN; brother, Lloyd Robert Ingram of Ducktown, TN;...
William Simms, Jr.
Jan 30, 2008
Mr. William Simms, Jr. age 65, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on Wednesday January 30, 2008 in the Emory University Hospital. Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late William, Sr. and Clara Perry Simms. He retired from Delta Airlines as a lead mechanic after many years of service. Later he worked for Home Depot for...
