Obituary Listing

Jul 24, 2023

Billy H. Harris, age 69, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on July 24, 2023 at his home. He was born in McCaysville, GA to the late James Harlo and Adale Bandy Harris. He had worked at Watkins Motor Lines as an over the road trucker for a number of years. Later Watkins Motor Lines was purchased by Fed-Ex...

Jul 23, 2023

Mrs. Margaret "Peggy Jo" Goss McGee, age 89, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 23, 2023. She was born on October 19, 1933, in McCaysville, GA, to the late William Homer and Ruby Ella Goss. Peggy Jo was a woman of remarkable character, a loving mother, and a cherished friend to many.

After graduating from McCaysville High...

Jul 20, 2023

Dolores Irolla Finkle, age 80, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2023 at her home. She was born in New York, NY on December 13, 1942, to the late Louis and Margaret Irolla. She was of the Catholic faith.

She is survived by her husband, Donald Vernon Finkle; daughter, Alisa Marie Finkle; son, Christopher...

Jul 20, 2023

Ronald Denver Miller, age 73, of Farner, passed away on Thursday, July 20, 2023 at Copper Basin Health and Rehabilitation. He was born in the Copper Basin area on October 16, 1949, to the late Amos Miller and Abby Jaunita Womble Miller. He was of the Church of God faith and worked many years as a logger.

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Jul 18, 2023

Sarah Alice Davenport Pope, age 85, of Blue Ridge, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, July 18, in Blue Ridge. She was born on September 11, 1937 in Fannin County to the late Luther Davenport and Bertha Couch Davenport. Alice was of the Baptist faith and was a member of New Antioch Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...

Jul 14, 2023

Irene Vallie Mealer age 72 of Copperhill, TN passed away on Friday, July 14, 2023 in Chattanooga, TN. She was born on November 7, 1950 in Copperhill, TN to the late James Ledford and Ellean Thomas Ledford. Irene was a cleaner at Adams Sewing Factory. She was a member of Grassy Creek Baptist Church. Irene was preceded in death...

Jul 10, 2023

Imogene Brown Hamby, age 89, of Old Fort, TN passed away on Monday, July 10, 2023 at her home. Imogene was born on August 7, 1933 in McCaysville, GA to the late Frank Brown and Marie Crawford Brown. She worked as a teacher's aid at Ducktown Elementary school for many years. Imogene loved to work in her garden where...

Jul 9, 2023

Anthony Dewayne Deal, age 39, of Copperhill passed away on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Anthony was born in Fannin County on July 29, 1983 to Jeff and Patricia Deal. He attended Copper Basin High School where he loved playing football, and was nicknamed "Antone" by his teammates. He attended lineman school after high school, and he truly loved his...

Jul 9, 2023

Ruby Long Boone, age 81, of McDonough, GA passed away on Sunday, July 9, 2023 at her home. She was born on August 31, 1941, in the Padena Community of Fannin County, GA, to the late Robert Coleman Long and Senia Farmer Long. Ruby was a member of McDonough Baptist Tabernacle. She worked as bookkeeper and secretary for South...

Jul 8, 2023

Master Baylor McKinley Dalton, passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2023 in Tennova Healthcare of Cleveland, TN. He is preceded in death by his grandfather, Eric Dalton; great-great grandfather, Curt Walker; great-great grandparents, Johnny and Joan Taylor, David and Martha Swafford, Novella Lynn and Ralph Worley and Emogene and Kenneth Henderson; great uncles, Adam Taylor and Nate Taylor; and...

Jul 8, 2023

Annabelle McVey Sowers passed away on July 8, at the age of 95. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 21, 1927 to the Reverend Isaac and Una Cox McVey. Having previously been from this area, the family moved back to Blue Ridge prior to her third birthday. She was preceded in death by her parents and sisters,...

Jul 6, 2023

Ruby Joyce Sowers, age 99, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2023 at her home. She was born in McCaysville on February 6, 1924, to the late William Lester Parris and Lillie Davis Parris of Blue Ridge. She is also preceded in death by her sister, Marjoire Parris Hardy of Blue Ridge; brothers, Robert Lee Parris...

Jul 6, 2023

Stanley Monroe "Mus" Dills, age 64, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2023 at his home. He was born on July 25, 1958, in Copperhill. He was preceded in death by his father, Edward "Tip" Dills; mother, Rebecca Deal Simonds; brothers, Mike Dills and Eddie Dills; maternal grandparents, Ira J. and Ida Deal; paternal grandparents, Burt...

Jul 5, 2023

Irvin LaFleur, age 74 of Canton, Georgia, sadly passed on July 5, 2023. He was born on November 28, 1948, in Elton, Louisiana to the late Batson LaFleur and the late Bessie Sloane LaFleur. The youngest of seven children, Irv graduated from Elton High School and McNeese State University, where he participated in ROTC. Following college, he accepted a...

Jul 4, 2023

Virginia Ann Wright, age 84, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away quietly on July 4, 2023. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was the daughter of the late Hubert Smith and Virginia Dare Byers. She was wife to the late Earl Gene Wright.

Known to her friends as Ann, she grew up in the Long Bar Harbor...

Jul 4, 2023

Peter James Shannon, age 61, of Copperhill, TN, passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at his home. He was born on December 15, 1961, in Minneapolis, MN, to Clarence Shannon and Ida Zoller Shannon. He worked for many years as a truck driver. Peter loved his children beyond all measure and his grandchildren were the light of his...

Jul 2, 2023

Debbie S. Galloway, age 68, of Morganton, GA passed away on July 2, 2023 surrounded by her family.

Debbie's life story is one that is to be admired. She was born in Atlanta, GA and moved to Blue Ridge at the age of 11. She was top of her class in school and valued the importance of...

Jul 2, 2023

Gerald Leon Hughes, Sr, better known as "Polio," age 83, of Ducktown, TN, passed away on Sunday, July 2, 2023. He was born on October 29, 1939, in Ducktown, to the late James Clarence Hughes and Lydia Mae Trantham Hughes. He was a member of Mine City Baptist Church. He worked for over twenty years for the Tennessee Chemical...

Jul 1, 2023

Roberta Yvonne Towle, affectionately known as "Birdie", age 71, of Morganton, GA passed away on July 1, 2023 at her home. She was born on November 19, 1951 in Green Bay, WI, to the late Robert Otto and Ruth J. Tursky Towle. She graduated from Barry University with a Bachelor of Social Work major and a minor in Psychology...

Jul 1, 2023

Claudia Jean Mitchell, age 76, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on July 1, 2023.

Survivors include her husband, Charles "Wayne" Mitchell of the home; sons, Ronald Edward Harris, Jr. of Stockton, CA and Danny Wayne Mitchell of Mesa, AZ; daughters, Connie Miller and spouse Robert Barlow of Commerce, GA, Connie Marie Mitchell of Cedartown, GA, Shelly...