Obituary Listing

Aug 8, 2007

Mr. Robert Sylvester Plush, age 85, of Blue Ridge passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at his home. Born in Fannin County, he was the son of the late Gustav Plush and Mattie Mae Russell Plush. He worked as a barber for over 20 years. Mr. Plush was a member of Eastside Church of Christ and was a World War...

Aug 8, 2007

Mr. James William Davenport, age 72, of Epworth passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2007 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge. Born in Fannin County, he was the son of the late Garfield Matthew Davenport and Alice Mandy Foster. He was a member of McCaysville Church of Christ and was a United States Army veteran. He was preceded in...

Aug 8, 2007

Delzia Crawford, age 87, of Copperhill, TN passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2007 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mrs. Crawford was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a daughter of the late Hicks & Mary Jane Newton Jones. She was homemaker who loved cooking, raising flowers and was an author of three books. She...

Aug 8, 2007

Deborah "Debbie" W. BryantMay 4, 1957 - August 8, 2007Deborah "Debbie" W. Bryant, age 50, of Mineral Bluff passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2007 in the Fannin Regional Hospital. She was born in Charlotte, NC and had lived in Mineral Bluff for the past 15 years. She was retired from the Towns County Department of Family and Children's Services. Mrs....

Aug 3, 2007

Mr. George Ray Waters, age 60, of McCaysville passed away Friday, August 03, 2007 at his home. He was a member of Mt. Liberty Baptist Church and had been employed by K&S Tank Lines for over 43 years.

He was survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Daniel and Kassandra Waters of Carolina Beach, NC; brother and sister-in-law, Marvin and...

Jul 28, 2007

Mrs. Elizabeth "Betty" Hudson, age 89, of Epworth passed away Saturday, July 28, 2007 in the Heritage Health Care Center in Blue Ridge, GA. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Elsa Abplanalp Bonsall. She was a member of the Blue Ridge United Methodist Church. Mrs. Hudson was a former President of the Women's...

Jul 27, 2007

Mrs. Hazel Verlie Norton, age 90, of Blue Ridge passed away Friday, July 27, 2007 in the Heritage Health Care Center in Blue Ridge. Born in Fannin County, she was the daughter of the late William Burnette and Maggie Merrell Burnette. She was a member of Harvest Missionary Church. Mrs. Norton enjoyed babies, flowers, and was known for her love...

Jul 26, 2007

Walter Jason Spurling, age 69, of Ducktown, passed away Thursday, July 26th at the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Spurling was a native of the Copper Basin area and was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie & Meadie Stillwell Spurling and a sister, Louise Spurling Runion. He was of the Pentecostal Faith and was a retired construction...

Jul 24, 2007

Mrs. Margaret Estella (Franklin) Walker, age 77, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away Tuesday, July 24, at Fannin Regional Hospital. She was a native of Graham County NC, daughter of the late Jones Clingman Franklin and Carrie Elizabeth Townsend Franklin. She was a member of Morganton Seventh Day Adventist. She worked with the Broyhill Furniture Company as a furniture finisher...

Jul 21, 2007

Mrs. Geraldine (Geri) Brown, age 70, of Blue Ridge passed away Saturday, July 21, 2007 at the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. She was a native of Illinois, daughter of the late Archie Holman and Goldie Mae Green Holman and was retired from the carpet industry in Dalton. She was the wife of the late Bill Joe Brown...

Jul 21, 2007

Bert Edward Allen, age 62, of Farner, TN, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2007. Bert worked at the former Tennessee Copper Company as a miner and was a member and Deacon of Community Baptist Church. He was a son of the late Virgil and Hazel Walker Allen and was also preceded in death by his wife, Betty Hicks Allen and...

Jul 21, 2007

Effie Green Hays, age 91 of Alpharetta, GA passed away July 21, 2007 in the Vistas Hospice in Sandy Springs, GA. Effie was born and raised in bucolic Blue Ridge, GA. As the last surviving child of the late Noah Marc Green and Ellen Stanley Green, she was also preceded in death by siblings, Lloyd Green, Rex Green, Clyde Green,...

Jul 20, 2007

Thomas Edward Ricketts, age 30, of Ocoee, TN, passed away Friday, July 20, 2007. He was a son of the late Robert Ricketts, Sr. and Janice Shell Ricketts and was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by three brothers, Billy Ricketts, and Robert Ricketts, Jr., both of Ocoee, TN, Buddy Ricketts of Cleveland, TN; one sister, Tina Panter of...

Jul 20, 2007

Mr. Roy Gene Sisson, age 73, of Copperhill passed away Friday, July 20, 2007 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Born in Polk County, TN, he was the son of the late William Hoyt Sisson and Edith Simonds Sisson. He worked for the Tennessee Copper Company and attended McCaysville Gospel Tabernacle. He served in the United States Army....

Jul 15, 2007

Mrs. Peggy Huffman Taylor, age 78, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Sunday, July 15, 2007 at her home. Born in Fannin County, she was the daughter of the late Harry Huffman and Mary Queen Huffman. She worked as a certified nursing assistant for Fannin County Nursing Home. Mrs. Taylor was a member of Blue Ridge First Baptist Church. She...

Jul 15, 2007

It is with great sadness that the family of Mrs. Dorothy Lee Green announces her passing in her home on Sunday, July 15, 2007, at the age of 79 years. Dorothy was born in Fannin County and was the loving daughter of the late Oscar John Self and Berdie Dillinger Self. Mrs. Dorothy Lee Green enjoyed playing bingo and crocheting....

Jul 11, 2007

Mrs. Julia (Ray) Nicholson, age 87, of Dalton, GA passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at Wood Dale Health Care Center in Dalton, GA. She was a native and former resident of Fannin County and the Copper Basin, daughter of the late James Henry (the old root digger) Ray and Annie Anderson Ray. She had worked as custodian at Copperhill...

Jul 9, 2007

Mr. Richard Wolford Matthews, age 68, of McCaysville passed away Monday, July 9, 2007 in the LifeCare Center in Ducktown, TN. Born in Fannin County, he was the son of the late Charles Hugh Matthews and Hilda Rosemond Nari Matthews. Mr. Matthews worked as an engineer designing submarines. He was a member of Friendship #3 Baptist Church and a United...

Jun 29, 2007

Gary Arnold Rhodes, age 53, of Morganton passed away Friday, June 29, 2007 in the Fannin Regional Hospital. Born in Fannin County, he was a self-employed residential contractor. He was preceded in death by his father Claude Pearl Rhodes. He is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Anthony and Crystal Rhodes of Blue Ridge and Jason and Julie Rhodes of Blue...

Jun 26, 2007

Mr. Gerald Allen Vaughn, age 54, of Hazel Green, Alabama passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2007. Born in Long Beach, CA, he was the son of the late Garland J. Vaughn and Nora Richards Vaughn. He was an ASE Certified auto mechanic who worked in auto parts sales. He was of the Baptist faith and was a United States Navy...