Louise E. Seville
Jan 4, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Louise Emillion Seville, age 90, of Copperhill who passed away Friday, January 4th, 2008 in the LifeCare Center in Ducktown, TN. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Emil and Laura Corbier. She retired as postmaster for the Congers, NY Post Office as...
Betty Mcclure Whitis
Jan 1, 2008
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for Mrs. Betty McClure Whitis, age 72, of Epworth, GA who passed away on Tuesday January 1, 2008 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Polk County, TN she was the daughter of the late Dent and Alma Christy Hughes. She retired from Epworth Elementary as a teacher's...
Shirley Jean Bowles
Dec 31, 2007
Mrs. Shirley Jean (Caylor) Bowles, age 68, of Ball Ground, GA passed away Monday, December 31, 2007 at the LaFayette Health Care in LaFayette, GA. She attended the Church of God. She was a native and former resident of Fannin County, daughter of the late William Young Caylor and Annie Mae Talley Caylor. She was preceded in death by her...
Eva Kirby Farner
Dec 30, 2007
Eva Kirby Farner, age 84, of Brevard, NC, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2007 in the Ivy Hill Retirement Center in Brevard, NC. Born in Polk County, TN on April 11, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Letcher Lee and Effie Rose Kimsey. She was a retired postal clerk from the United States Postal Service. Mrs. Farner was...
George Chandler Watson
Dec 27, 2007
Mr. George Chandler Watson, age 78, formerly of Murray County, GA passed away December 27th, 2007 at his home in Fountain, FL. He was the son of the late William T. and Minnie Carver Watson of Fannin County, GA. Mr. Watson was a professional painter and later dealt in real estate and various other investments. He followed the Jehovah's Witness's...
Jimmy Roy Gibson
Dec 26, 2007
Mr. Jimmy Roy Gibson, age 62, of Cleveland, TN passed away on Wednesday December 26, 2007 in the Skyridge Medical Center in Cleveland, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Fannin County, GA he was the son of the late Roy David and Mary Addis Thrasher Gibson. He was a retired Machinist working for Salem Carpets. Mr. Gibson was a...
Audrey Louise Hyde
Dec 26, 2007
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Mrs. Audrey Louise Hyde, age 89, of Copperhill, who passed away Wednesday, December 26. Audrey was born in the Postelle community of Polk County and was a daughter of the late Robert & Louisa Miller Byrd and was a member of the Mt. Zion "Tumbling Creek" Baptist Church. She was...
Lake Arvil Ledford
Dec 22, 2007
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Mr. Lake Arvil Ledford, age 93, of Turtletown, who passed away Saturday, December 22, in the Skyridge Medical Center in Cleveland, TN. Lake was a native of the Copper Basin area and was retired as a Security Guard. He was a member of the Ducktown Lodge # 241 F&AM, a...
James Earl White
Dec 21, 2007
Mr. James Earl White, age 90, of Epworth, GA passed away Friday, December 21, 2007 in the Heartland House Hospice in Cartersville, GA. Born in Fannin County, he was the son of the late John Robert White and Maude Witherow White. He worked at Tennessee Copper Company as a machine operator in the Chemical Plant. He was of the Baptist...
Carl Wolford
Dec 19, 2007
Mrs. Carl Wolford, age 72, of Morganton, GA passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2007 in the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. Born in Tazewell County, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Olbert Sayers and Stella Maude Sparks Sayers. She was a school teacher in Barrow and Dekalb County Schools. She was a member of Grayson United...
Reginald Lee Burnette
Dec 16, 2007
Mr. Reggie L. Burnette, age 32, of Cherry Log, GA passed away on Sunday December 16, 2007 at his home following an extended illness. Reggie was born in Bradley County, TN on August 23, 1975. He was a 1994 graduate of Fannin County High School. Reggie was an avid Hunter and Fisherman who loved the outdoors. He served as a...
William Creswell Keys
Dec 13, 2007
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mr. William Creswell "Bill" Keys, age 85, of Blue Ridge, Ga., who passed away Thursday, December 13, 2007 in the Wellstar at Windy Hill Hospital in Marietta, GA. Born in Byron, GA, he was the son of the late Walter Hill Keys and Vallie Allene Stokes Keys. He worked...
Naomi Amburn Patterson
Dec 9, 2007
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Naomi Amburn Patterson, age 85 of Copperhill, TN, who passed away Sunday, December 9, 2007 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Cherokee County, NC, on Tuesday, February 21, 1922, she was the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Ballew Amburn. She had worked at Arp's Resturant as a...
Marjorie Harrison Barnes
Dec 9, 2007
Mrs. Marjorie Harrison Barnes, age 81, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Sunday, December 9, 2007 at her home following an extended illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Fannin County, daughter of the late Aliver Harrison and Martha Jane Freeman Harrison and was the wife of the late Gene Barnes. She was an emeritus member and charter...
Rolfe Eugene Postelle
Dec 7, 2007
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Mr. Rolfe Eugene Postelle, age 71 of Benton, TN, who passed away Friday, December 7, in the Skyridge Medical Center in Cleveland, TN. Rolfe was born in Cherokee County, NC and was a son of the late Claude, Sr. and Delzie Perrin Postelle. He was retired as a carpenter and...
Orpheus Erwin Deaver, Jr.
Dec 7, 2007
Mr. Orpheus Erwin Deaver, Jr., age 54 of Morganton, GA, passed away Friday, December 7, 2007 at his home. Mr. Deaver was born in Towns County, GA, on July 20, 1953. He was a teacher for twenty years. Mr. Deaver was a veteran, serving as a Captain in the United States Army and was also in the United States Army...
Ralph Joseph Shubert
Dec 6, 2007
The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Mr. Ralph Joseph Shubert, age 66, of Ducktown, Tenn., who died Thursday, December 6, at Copper Basin Medical Center. Mr. Shubert owned and operated Lifeflow Systems, a medical supply company. He graduated from Bowling Green University with a BS degree in Business administration.He is survived by his wife Patricia (Yoder)...
Opal Torrence Jones
Dec 2, 2007
Opal Torrence Jones, age 94, a lifelong resident of the Liberty, NC community, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 2, 2007. The daughter of the late Orlando and Florence Bell Torrence, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Jones; brothers, Carl and Emory; sisters, Nona, Noralee, Carrie, Lucille; son-in-law, Jack Stiles and great grandson, Jared...
Jaylen Cinay Walker
Nov 29, 2007
Little Miss Jaylen Cinay Walker, age 2, of Morganton passed away Thursday, November 29, 2007 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. She was born on September 22, 2005 in Fannin County, GA. Local survivors included her mother Tracy Lynn Walker; her father Steven Paul Watkins; grandparents, John and Ginger Walker, Billy and Barbara Sisson, and Shirley Watkins;...
Hellon Juanita Garrett
Nov 26, 2007
Mrs. Hellon Juanita (Gilliam) Garrett, age 71, of Blue Ridge, GA died Monday, November 26, 2007, at Fannin Regional Hospital. She was a native and lifelong resident of Fannin County, daughter of the late William Herbert Gilliam and Eddie Lee Morris Gilliam and was the wife of the late Gordon (Junior) Garrett. Mrs. Garrett was retired from Robert Shaw Company...
