Doris Jean Newberry
Jun 19, 2020
Mrs. Doris Patterson Newberry, age 76, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away suddenly on June 19, 2020 at the Fannin Regional Hospital. Born in McCaysville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Kimsey Arland and Stella Morris Patterson. Doris was a talented floral designer who had owned and operated All Seasons Florist in Blue Ridge for many years. Doris...
Marcia Lou Hartley
Jun 15, 2020
Mrs. Marcia Lou Hartley, age 87, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away June 15, 2020. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and wonderful homemaker. Survivors include her husband, James "Jim" Hartley; one brother and his spouse, Wallace and Sondra, two sons and their spouses, Charles and Pam, Thomas and Karen; one daughter and her spouse, Karen and Michael;...
Danny Ray Hopkins
Jun 13, 2020
Danny Ray Hopkins, age 58, of Turtletown, TN, passed away on June 13, 2020 in the Tenova Health Care in Cleveland, TN. He was born in Cherokee County, NC on December 14, 1961. Danny was a long time over the road Truck Driver and had been employed by Classic Express Trucking in Cleveland, TN. He had also been attending Maple...
Lois Elizabeth Nicholson
Jun 10, 2020
Lois Elizabeth Nicholson, age 80 of Cleveland, TN passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. She was born on August 10, 1939 in Dawsonville, GA to the late Beulah Ensley Weaver and Leonard Weaver. Mrs. Nicholson was a homemaker. She was a member of Staffordtown Holiness Church. Mrs. Nicholson was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Edward "Nick" Nicholson;...
Bobbie Smith Waters
Jun 9, 2020
Mrs. Bobbie Smith Waters, age 73, of Copperhill, TN, passed away on June 9, 2020. She was born in Grove Hill, AL on March 26, 1947. Bobbie had retired as a Dispatch Operator for the Polk County Sheriffs office after many years of dedicated service. She was a member of Mt. Zion (Tumbling Creek) Baptist Church. She also was a...
Billy Loudermilk
Jun 7, 2020
Billy Loudermilk, age 84 of Turtletown passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2020 at the Fannin Regional Hospital. He was born on December 11, 1935 in Ducktown to the late James Elmer Loudermilk and Florence Ruth Worley Loudermilk. Billy was a repairman with the Tennessee Chemical Company. He was a member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church and the Ducktown Lodge...
Frances Lee Higdon
Jun 6, 2020
Frances Lee Higdon, age 68 of Farner, TN passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2020. She was born on July 12, 1951 in Polk County, TN to the late Robert Earl Whitener and Mary Alice Davis Whitener. She was retired from Inter Trade Holdings Company. Frances was a member of New Zion Baptist Church. She loved to quilt, go to...
Ted Dwayne Wheeler
Jun 5, 2020
Ted Dwayne Wheeler, age 65 of Morganton, Ga passed away on Friday, June 5, 2020 at his home. He was born on January 13, 1955 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Odell Medford Wheeler and Eva Grace Monohan Wheeler. He worked for the Local #926/Teamsters in Atlanta, GA as a crane operator. Ted was a Baptist. Survivors are his wife...
John Earl Burrell
Jun 5, 2020
John Earl Burrell, age 64 of Turtletown, TN passed away on Friday, June 5, 2020 at his home. He was born on May 25, 1956 in Northville, MI to the late Larry Burrell and Jacqueline Westmoreland Burrell. He had worked in construction. John was devoted to his family and enjoyed playing cards with the family. He was a hard worker....
Lois M. Watters
Jun 5, 2020
Lois M. Watters, age 90 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Friday, June 5, 2020 at her home. She was born on August 15, 1929 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Claude Davenport and Ella Foster Davenport. Mrs. Watters was a nurse and caregiver. She was of the Christian Faith. Mrs. Watters enjoyed being a grandmother and going...
James 'Captain' Earl Gray
Jun 4, 2020
James "Captain" Earl Gray, age 75 of Farner, TN passed away on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at his home. He was born on October 19, 1944 in Cheverly, MD to the late Richard L. Gray and Marion Ruth Tenney Gray. James served in the United States Air Force. He was a captain of several sea going vessels and captain of...
Mary Evelyn Massey
Jun 4, 2020
Mrs. Mary Evelyn Massey, age 96, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on June 4, 2020 at her home. She was born in Tifton, GA to the late Lemmie Preston and Effie Kate Greer Phelps. She was retired from Bressler Brothers in Atlanta, GA as a seamstress. Her husband, Mr. William Oscar Massey also precedes her in death. Survivors include...
Hobert Abercrombie
Jun 3, 2020
Mr. William "Hobert" Abercrombie, age 95, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away at his home on June 3, 2020. He was born in a small farmhouse on Hemptown Creek in Mineral Bluff, GA on May 18, 1925, to the late Thomas Hayden and Bonnie Lee Wright Abercrombie. He was raised as a young man in the Mineral Bluff community and...
Sharon A. Taylor
Jun 2, 2020
Mrs. Sharon A. Taylor, age 66, of Turtletown, TN passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 in the Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, GA. Mrs. Taylor was born in Ducktown, TN on June 13, 1953 to the late Clarence Adams and Marie Hughes Adams. She worked as a seamstress and attended the Church of Jesus Christ in Grandview, TN....
James C. 'Jamey' Masters
Jun 1, 2020
James C. "Jamey" Masters, age 47, of Ducktown, TN, passed away on Monday, June 1, 2020 at his home in Ducktown, TN. Jamey was born on January 14, 1973 in Cumming, GA. He had worked as a carpenter for a number of years. Mr. Masters was preceded in death by his father, James Carol Masters and his son, James C....
Lorraine O'Neal
May 30, 2020
Mrs. Lorraine O'Neal, age 92, of McCaysville, GA, passed away on May 30, 2020 at her home. Born in Polk County, TN, she was the daughter of the late Forest F. and Cricket Jenkins Davis. She had retired from the Blue Ridge Nursing Home in the dietary department after twenty plus years of service. She enjoyed singing and worshiping her...
Guinn Louis Williamson
May 29, 2020
Guinn Louis Williamson, age 88 of Epworth passed away on Friday, May 29, 2020 at his home. He was born on September 4, 1931 in Higdon, GA to the late Keen Williamson and Nora Hallum Williamson. Mr. Williamson retired from the United States Tobacco Company as a sales representative. He was a member of Colwell Baptist Church and a deacon...
Geneva Lee Whitener
May 29, 2020
Mrs. Geneva Lee Whitener, age 88, of the Rock Creek Community in Cherry Log, GA, passed away on May 29, 2020 in Manassas, VA. She was born in McFarland, TN, to the late Luther and Janie Roberson McClure. Mrs. Whitener was retired from Armstrong Flooring in Chatsworth, GA after many years of service. Also preceding her in death, was her...
Calvin Lee Buttram
May 28, 2020
Calvin Lee Buttram, age 67, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020 in Atlanta, GA. He was born on April 9, 1953 in Ducktown, TN, to the late Thomas Frank Buttram and Helen Pauline Queen. He was a member of Helping Hand Fellowship Church. He was an active member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He taught 2...
Linda Elena Reilly
May 26, 2020
Linda Elena Esteve Reilly, age 78, of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed away on May 26, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Reilly was born on September 22, 1941 in Jersey City, NJ, the daughter of the late Zephyr and Josephine Cavalli Esteve. She was a retired real estate agent working most of her career in the metro Atlanta, GA and Foley,...
