'Bill' Willie Grover Cole
Oct 22, 2021
Willie Grover "Bill" Cole, age 83, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away Friday, October 22, 2021 in Blue Ridge, GA. He was born on August 2, 1938 in Fannin County, GA, to the late Woodrow Alvin Cole and Mae Bell Green Cole. Bill retired from Pope Construction as a carpenter. He was a member of Sunrise Tabernacle. Bill was preceded...
Ashley Brooke Postell
Oct 21, 2021
Ashley Brooke Postell, age 26, of Robbinsville, NC, formerly of Ellijay, GA, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021 in the Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. Miss Postell was born on May 30, 1995 in Sylva, NC. She played softball and volleyball at Gilmer County High School. Ashley loved to listen to music and always had a smile on her face...
Donald Lee Roberts
Oct 18, 2021
Donald Lee "Don" Roberts, age 71, of Morganton, GA passed away on Monday, October 18, 2021 at Northside Cherokee Hospital in Canton, GA. Don was born on March 24, 1950 in Atlanta, GA to the late Emmett Lee Roberts and Anna Leon Cox Roberts. Don was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp during the Vietnam Era. He also...
Diane C. Davis
Oct 17, 2021
Diane C. Davis, age 76, of Farner, TN passed away on Sunday, October 17, 2021, at home. She was born on April 29, 1945, in Copperhill, TN to the late Arthur Bradley Cole and Elize Anna Mae Lynn Cole. Diane was a lifelong member of Turtletown Church of God of Prophecy. She loved her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, everyone, never meeting...
Wade Green
Oct 16, 2021
Clifford Wade Green, age 67, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Saturday, October 16, 2021. He was born on January 6, 1954, in Blue Ridge, to the late George Albert Green and Mattie Queen Green. Wade was a member of Welcome Hill #2 Baptist Church. He was a member of the Mineral Bluff Lodge #483 F&AM. Wade worked for the...
Hank Lee Goddard
Oct 15, 2021
Hank Lee Goddard, age 67 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Friday, October 15, 2021 in Northside Cherokee Hospital in Canton, GA. He was born on July 4, 1954 in Copperhill, TN to the late Virgil Lee Goddard and Daisy Lee Rhodes Goddard. Hank had worked at Mohawk Carpet Manufacturing as a forklift operator and Ames Rubber Company. He...
Martha Poss Williams
Oct 15, 2021
Martha Poss Williams, age 78, of Morganton, passed away on Friday, October 15, 2021 at her home. She was born on June 28, 1943, in Fulton County, GA to the late Hubert H. Poss and Mary Holcomb Poss. Martha was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Arnold...
Joseph Roger Paquette
Oct 11, 2021
Obituary Joseph Roger Paquette, age 72, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Monday, October 11, 2021. He was born on November 2, 1948 in Saint Albans, VT, to the late John Marie Paquette and Claire Marian Rainville Paquette. He served in the United States Navy as a Seabee during the Vietnam War. He worked for many years as a Service...
Carol Elaine Roberts
Oct 10, 2021
Carol Elaine Roberts, age 71, of Morganton passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2021 at Union General Hospital. Carol was born on February 17, 1950 in Polk County, TN to the late Robert Lee Mann and Ollie Jane Shook Mann. She spent many years as a hairdresser in the community, and later, she worked preparing taxes. Along with her parents,...
Pamela Sisson Hampton
Oct 9, 2021
Pamela Sisson Hampton, age 65, of Cleveland, TN, passed away on October 9, 2021 in Chattanooga, TN. She was born in Copperhill, TN to the late Homer Ted and Dolores Simonds Sisson. She loved spending time with her family, enjoyed cooking and working with arts and crafts. Pamela was a caregiver for a number of years and was a member...
Franklin R. 'Randy' Queen
Oct 9, 2021
Franklin R. "Randy" Queen, age 65 of Blue Ridge passed away on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at his home. He was born on January 17, 1956 in Atlanta to the late Wilburn Queen and Joyce Poss Queen. Randy had worked for Fannin County Sherriffs Office, Blue Ridge Police Department and McCaysville Police Department. He served in the United States Army....
Della Carver Grant
Oct 7, 2021
Della Carver Grant, age 57, of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed away on October 7, 2021 in Gainesville, GA. She was born in Gastonia, NC to the late Maxwell Landis and Loretta Ross Carver. Della worked as an L.P.N., she owned Golden Days Quality Care in Blue Ridge for several years, and also owned the Blairsville Pines Plaza . Survivors include...
Cathy Louise Mahon
Oct 7, 2021
Cathy Louise Mahon, age 61, of Blue Ridge passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital. Cathy was born on July 14, 1960 in Copper Basin to the late James Clarence Parr and Ruby Watkins Parr. Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by a brother, Bill Parr. She is survived by her husband of 34...
Deborah Kay Smith
Oct 5, 2021
Deborah Kay Smith, age 69, of Farner passed away on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at her home. Deborah was born on August 14, 1952 in McCaysville to the late Hoyt Ray Smith and Mary Louise Lynn Smith. She was of Christian faith attending Turtletown Church of God Prophecy. Deborah enjoyed watching her shows on TV and spending time with her...
Shirley Jean Worthey
Oct 4, 2021
Shirley Jean Worthey, age 74, of Ocoee, TN passed away on Monday, October 4, 2021 at Tennova Healthcare in Cleveland, TN. Shirley was born on August 3, 1947 in Cleveland, TN to the late Floyd Austion Forgey and Sammie Lee Hill Forgey. She was owned and operated Just Fits in Benton, TN for a number of years, and was a...
Karen Ann Baugh
Oct 1, 2021
Karen Ann Baugh, age 62, of Maryville, passed away on Friday, October 1, 2021 in Maryville. She was born on December 15, 1958, in Polk County, to Vernon Paul Morrow and Clemmie Jane Newberry Morrow. Karen was of the Baptist faith. She is preceded in death by her mother, Clemmie Jane Morrow. Karen is survived by her husband, Robert Baugh;...
Mary Lou Millsaps
Sep 30, 2021
Mary Lou Millsaps, age 78, passed away on Thursday, September 30, 2021 in Ellijay, GA. She was born on March 16, 1943, in Fannin County, to Floyd Millsaps and Myrtle Millsaps. She graduated from the Georgia School of the Deaf in 1965. Mary Lou retired from Levi Strauss, where she worked for 19 years as a seamstress. She was of...
Wayne 'Bobie' Lee Peppers
Sep 29, 2021
Wayne Lee Peppers, affectionately known as "Bobie" passed away on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 in Jasper, GA. He was born on March 26, 1943, in Bold Springs, GA, to the late Earnest Peppers and Fannie Lou Dean Peppers. Bobie was a member of New Prospect Baptist Church and the Meyerhardt Lodge #314 F&AM. He retired from General Motors where he...
Mary Ellen Adams
Sep 29, 2021
Mary Ellen Adams, age 82, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on September 29, 2021 in the Union County Nursing Home. She was born in Fannin County, GA to the late William Herbert Gilliam and Eddie Lee Morris Gilliam. She had worked at Levi Strauss and Whitepath Fabtech for a number of years. She was a long time member of...
Joyce Thomas Speakes
Sep 27, 2021
Joyce Thomas Speakes, age 82, of Rex, GA passed away Monday, September 27, 2021. Mrs. Speakes was born in Canton, GA on October 13, 1938 to the late Willis Ruben Thomas and Edna Botts Thomas. Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her siblings, Sue Kent and David Thomas. She is survived by her children, Dinean (Ken)...
