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Grace Dutrow
Aug 1, 2020
Mrs. Rebekah "Grace" Dutrow, age 37, of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed away on August 1, 2020. She was born in Fannin County on March 10, 1983. Grace was a loving mother who loved spending time in the outdoors with her family. She especially loved kayaking and hiking. Grace was a creative and artistic person whose smile was unforgettable and infectious....
Roy Steve Davis
Aug 1, 2020
Roy Steve Davis, age 72, of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on Saturday, August 1, 2020 at his home. Mr. Davis was born in Mineral Bluff, GA on October 2, 1947 to the late Edna Newton Davis and Don Henry Davis. He served in the United States Army. Mr. Davis was a miner at Tennessee Chemical Company and was of...
Ulyss Paul Mashburn
Jul 31, 2020
Ulyss Paul Mashburn, age 72, of Farner, TN passed away on Friday, July 31, 2020 in the LifeCare Center of Copper Basin. Mr. Mashburn was born in McCaysville, GA on September 6, 1947 to the late Pearlie Jackson Mashburn and Dora Lou Allen Mashburn. He worked in maintenance for the City of Ducktown and was of the Pentecostal faith. Mr....
Wendell Burgess
Jul 31, 2020
Carl Wendell Burgess, age 80, of Epworth, GA, passed away on Friday, July 31, 2020. He was born on January 11, 1940, in Epworth, to the late Carl Burgess and Gladys Ballew Burgess. Wendell served in the United States Air Force. He later worked as a Rigger, Ironworker, and in HVAC for the Tennessee Chemical Company. Wendell served as a...
Pauline Galloway Thomas
Jul 30, 2020
Pauline Galloway Thomas, age 93, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on Thursday, July 30, 2020 in Atlanta, GA. She was born on April 7, 1927 in McCaysville, to the late Robert F. Galloway and Effie Thomas Galloway. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Bryson Thomas and sisters,...
Judy Anne Jones
Jul 29, 2020
Judy Jones She was the kindest, sweetest, mama, friend, sweetheart, and wife that anyone could want. She heard her mama and daddy, Bonnie and Willard Shook, calling her home to be with the Lord and them in Heaven. She was torn on what to do. Not wanting to leave her children Jade, Jacob, Jana, Jodie, and her husband of over...
Laurel E. Aucoin
Jul 29, 2020
Mrs. Laurel E. Aucoin, age 88, formerly of Tampa, FL, passed away on July 29, 2020 in Polk County, TN. She was born in Jamaica Plain, MA. Mrs. Aucoin was preceded in death by her husband, Albert J. Aucoin. She was the loving mother of five children, Vicki Lane of Farner, TN, Bill Aucoin of Ormond Beach, FL, Joe Aucoin...
Charles Edward Luce
Jul 22, 2020
Charles Edward Luce, age 88, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. He was born on September 24, 1931 in Dunkirk, NY, to the late Charles Luce and Ella Marsh Luce. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War and later worked as a mechanic. He is also preceded in death by his...
Rita Katherine Vanorsdal
Jul 22, 2020
Rita Katherine VanOrsdal, age 70, passed away on July 22, 2020 in Blairsville, GA. She was born on May 23, 1950, in Mobile, AL, daughter of the late Ira Austin VanOrsdal. Her brother, David VanOrsdal also precedes her in death. Survivors include her mother, Maude A. VanOrsdal; sister, Mary Claire VanOrsdal; brother, Richard VanOrsdal; and a niece, Jennifer Claire Bitting...
Eiron Taylor Welch
Jul 22, 2020
Miss Eiron Taylor Welch, age 19, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on July 22, 2020 in McCaysville, GA. She was born in Fannin County, GA on March 31, 2001. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Epworth, GA and a 2019 graduate of the Fannin County Comprehensive High School and pursuing a degree for Nursing at North...
Billie Ganues Davis
Jul 21, 2020
Billie Ganues Davis, age 101, of Chattanooga, TN, passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. She was born on March 12, 1919, in Jasper, GA to the late Leslie Ganues and Minnie Mann Ganues. Billie was a member of Brainerd Baptist Church in Chattanooga and was a homemaker. She is preceded in death by her husband, Harry Davis; sons, Earl...
Rev. Paul Ray Harper
Jul 20, 2020
Rev. Paul Ray Harper, age 78, of Turtletown went home to be with his Lord on Monday, July 20, 2020 at his home. He was born on April 1, 1942 in Murphy, NC to the late George "Garland" Harper and Juanita Lucille Turner Harper. Rev. Harper was a minister at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Blairsville for eleven and one...
Pamela Joan Cole
Jul 18, 2020
Pamela Joan Cole, of Mineral Bluff, GA, and formerly of Cumming, GA, died on July 18, 2020 at the age of sixty-eight. She was born January 4, 1952, the daughter of the late Loy Crafton Day and Joan Galloway Day of Cumming. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, she is survived by her husband of 46 years, Samuel Landis...
Charity Jarrrett Burns
Jul 18, 2020
Charity Jarrett Burns, age 37 of Epworth passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2020 at home. She was born on January 22, 1983 in Cleveland, TN. Charity was a homemaker. She was a member of Solid Rock Apostolic Lighthouse Church. Survivors are her husband of ten years, William Burns of Epworth; father, Mike Jarrett of Epworth; mother, Linda Jarrett of...
James Monroe Haymore, Iii
Jul 13, 2020
Dr. James M. Haymore III passed into glory surrounded by family on July 13, 2020 just one month short of his 87th birthday. He was preceded in death by his wife Doris, parents J.M. Haymore Jr. and Madeline Prince Haymore and a sister Rachel Pruitt. Living loved ones include his wife of 5 years Kay Brown Haymore, his children Jim...
John Edward Way
Jul 11, 2020
Mr. John Edward Way, Sr. age 100, of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed peacefully away on July 11, 2020 at his home. He was born on September 21, 1919 in Camden, NJ, to the late Herman Oscar Way and Ethel Marian Lapp Way. John served his country proudly in the United States Army during World War II. He served in the...
Donald Stephen Jones
Jul 9, 2020
Donald Stephen Jones, 65, of Ellijay, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020. Steve was born to Walter Donald Jones and Jenann Jolly Jones on April 13, 1955. Steve graduated from Westover High School in 1973 and worked at Georgia Power Company from 1975 until he retired in 2017. He began his career at Plant Mitchell in Albany and...
Wallace Lloyd Panter
Jul 8, 2020
Wallace Lloyd Panter, age 86 of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 in the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. He was born on May 11, 1934 in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late Julius Panter and Blanche Estella Kirkland Panter. Mr. Panter was a boilermaker for Tennessee Copper Company. He attended Hothouse Baptist Church. Mr....
Pamela Mcdaris Mashburn
Jul 6, 2020
Mrs. Pamela McDaris Mashburn, age 57, of Jasper, GA, passed away on July 6, 2020 in Jasper, GA. She was born in Copperhill, TN, to the late Joseph Robert and Sharon Jane Long McDaris. Pamela was retired from the Cobb and Douglas County Health Department after many years of service. She was also a member of the Williamstown United Methodist...
Della Lois Ross
Jul 5, 2020
Mrs. Della Lois Ross, age 87, of the Pruitt Health Care passed away on June 5, 2020 in Blue Ridge, GA. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who loved gardening and growing flowers She was preceded in death by her husband, Carlton Ross; brother, Wayne Smith; and sister, Lucy Carroll. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Robert and...
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