Johnny Elmer Sparks
Sep 16, 2007
Mr. Johnny Elmer Sparks, age 64, of Ducktown passed away Sunday, September 16, 2007 in the LifeCare Center of Copper Basin in Ducktown, TN. Born in Polk County, TN, he was the son of the late John Jacob Sparks and Ethel Mae Thomas Sparks. He was employed by Burger Pontiac where he did paint and body work. He was a...
Calvin M. Williamson
Sep 15, 2007
C. M. (Ken) Williamson, affectionately known to family and friends as "Smiley", age 71 of Turtletown, TN, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2007 at the Copper Basin Medical Center. He was born in Cherokee County, N.C. to the late Grady Elmer and Alma Picklesimer Williamson on January 19, 1936. Mr. Williamson was retired from Cities Service as a control man...
William Rice Mercier
Sep 14, 2007
William Rice Mercier, age 88, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Friday, September 14, 2007 at his home. Bill was born in Madison County, GA to the late William E. and Pearl Burroughs Mercier on April 17, 1919. Mr. Mercier graduated from the University of Georgia in 1940 having earned a degree in Agriculture. He was also a member of...
Ada Nell Johnson
Sep 5, 2007
Mrs. Ada Nell Johnson, age 73, of Morganton passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at her home. Born in Fannin County, she was the daughter of the late Lawson Bradburn and Zillie Teague Bradburn. She was a member of Harmony Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a daughter Wanda Geraldine Tipton and grandsons, Brandon James Sutton and Daniel...
Sandra Lee Dillard
Sep 4, 2007
Ms. Sandra Lee Dillard, age 43, of Blue Ridge, GA died Tuesday, September 4, at her home. She was of the Baptist faith. She was a native of Polk County, TN and was preceded in death by her father James Dillard, brothers, James Dillard, Robert Dillard, and Phillip Dillard, and grandparents William and Leona Patterson and Andy and Ora Dillard....
Maggie Dessa Trantham
Sep 1, 2007
Mrs. Maggie Dessa White Trantham, age 80, of Ducktown passed away Saturday, September 1, 2007 at Copper Basin Medical Center. She was born in Polk County on Tuesday, April 26, 1927. Mrs. Trantham was the daughter of the late Joseph Gurley and Bessie Mae Harris White. She was a homemaker and a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church. Mrs. Trantham...
Jimmie Faye Wilson
Sep 1, 2007
Jimmie Faye Rymer Wilson was born on June 2, 1932 in Ocoee, Polk County, Tennessee. She died of natural causes on September 1, 2007 in West Palm Beach, Florida. She was the daughter of the late James William Rymer and the late Frieda Elizabeth Wilson, who moved to Blue Ridge in 1944. She was married to the late William (Bill)...
Blondine Pendley Oliver
Aug 30, 2007
Mrs. Blondine Pendley Oliver, 80, died Thursday, August 30, 2007 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home in Newberry, SC. Mrs. Oliver was born in April 14, 1927 in Marble Hill, GA a daughter of the late John Jackson Pendley and Evelyn Johnson P. Horton. She was a retired employee of the American Heart Association and was a member of the First...
Charles W. Beaver
Aug 29, 2007
Mr. Charles Beaver, age 75, of McCaysville passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at his home. Born in Morganton, he was the son of the late Crawford Walden Beaver and Bessie Ammons Beaver. He was a retired truck driver and co-owner of Beaver Grave Service. Mr. Beaver was a Stewart for Teamster Local #401 and was a Korean War veteran...
Alpha Houston Berry
Aug 26, 2007
Tim Stewart Funeral Home of Lawrenceville, GA announces the death of Alpha Houston Berry, age 78, of Dacula, GA who passed away Sunday, August 26, 2007. She is preceded in death by her husband, one brother and three sisters. Mrs. Berry was a member of Liberty Hill Methodist Church. She ran a poll station for voters at Hebron Baptist Church,...
Gracie Nell Ensley
Aug 26, 2007
The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces funeral services for Mrs. Gracie Nell Ensley, age 72, of Epworth who passed away Sunday, August 26, 2007 in the Hospice Atlanta in Atlanta, GA. Born in Escambia County, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Clarence M. Sr. and Ruthie M. (Cobb) Brooks. She was a member of Lebanon Baptist...
Betty Lee Conner
Aug 25, 2007
Mrs. Betty Lee Conner, age 82, of Blue Ridge passed away Saturday, August 25, 2007 at Heartland Hospice House in Cartersville, GA. Born in Dresden, Kansas, she was the daughter of the late Frederick Merrick and Hazel Alice Wagner Arehart. She was a member of Morganton Baptist Church for over fifteen years. She formally taught Sunday School and was a...
Roszene P. Mathis
Aug 23, 2007
Mrs. Roszene P. Mathis, age 68, of Blue Ridge passed away Thursday, August 23, 2007 in the Fannin Regional Hospital. Born in Fannin County, she was the daughter of the late Lewis Patterson and Della Long Patterson. She was a member of Charity Baptist Church and a member of the O.E.S. of McCaysville. She was preceded in death by a...
Margaret Louise O'Neal Piatt
Aug 23, 2007
Mrs. Margaret Louise O'Neal Piatt, age 79, of Cleveland, TN passed away Thursday, August 23, 2007 in the Life Care Center in Ducktown, TN. Born in Ducktown, TN she was the daughter of the late Lonas and Jennie Keenum Payne. Mrs. Piatt was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith.She was survived by her husband Earl Piatt of Cleveland,...
Earl Buren Lowe
Aug 20, 2007
Mr. Earl Buren Lowe, age 71, of Blue Ridge passed away Monday, August 20, 2007 at his home. Born in Union County, he was the son of the late Buren Lowe and Rosie Davis Lowe. He was an employee of Johnny's Food City in Blue Ridge for 20 years. He was of the Baptist faith and was preceded in death...
Libbie Hedden Johnson
Aug 20, 2007
Libbie Hedden Johnson, age 82, of the Life Care Center of the Copper Basin who passed away Monday, August 20th. Libbie was a native of the Polk County area and was a daughter of the late Joseph Allen and Eva Sutton Hedden. She had retired with the Famous Furniture Department Store where she worked as a Credit Manager. She was...
Leroy Queen
Aug 17, 2007
Mr. Leroy Queen, age 62, of McCaysville passed away Friday, August 17, 2007 in the Fannin Regional Hospital. Born in Polk County, TN, he was the son of the late Arthur Leroy Queen. He was retired from the Fannin County School System as a school bus driver for thirty-one years and was a rafting bus driver for White Water Express...
Jadin Aaron Cooper
Aug 16, 2007
Master Jadin Aaron Cooper, age 2 months, of Fayetteville, GA passed away August 16, 2007. He was survived by his father, Richard Cooper of Fayetteville; grandparents, Dale and Vikki Cooper of Fayetteville; and an aunt Niki Monk of Fayetteville. Graveside services were held Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. from Morganton Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Phillip Thomas officiating....
Rebetless Lee Ray Ratcliff
Aug 11, 2007
Rebetless Lee Ray Ratcliff, age 87, of Maryville, TN passed away Saturday, August 11, 2007 in the Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. Born in Fannin County, she was the daughter of the late Charles Malcom Ray and Etta Lee Mull Ray. She was a member of New Prospect Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband James...
Robert James Cochran
Aug 9, 2007
Robert James Cochran, age 79, of the Etowah Health Care in Etowah, TN, passed away Thursday, August 9, 2007. Mr. Cochran was a son of the late James McKinley & Missouria Dillard Cochran and was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church. He was retired as a carpenter in construction having worked for the Foster Marine Brothers Construction Company....
