Charlotte Brown
Mar 29, 2020
Mrs. Jean Charlotte Brown, age 86, of Epworth, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2020. She was born in McCaysville, on February 25, 1934, to the late William Thomas Pittman, Sr. and Nina Fannin Lillian Forrester. She was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church. She is also preceded in death by her late husband, Charles Brown, Jr., siblings, W.T. Pittman,...
Isabel Dora Waters
Mar 28, 2020
Isabel Dora Towe Waters, age 95 of Blue Ridge passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at her home. She was born on April 17, 1924 in Blairsville, GA to the late Thomas Andrew Martin Towe and Lena Savannah Nix Towe. Mrs. Waters was a homemaker. She was of the Church of God Faith. Mrs. Waters and her late husband,...
Jackie Edna Jacqueline Turner
Mar 27, 2020
Edna Jacqueline "Jackie" Turner, age 76 of Morganton, GA passed away on Friday, March 27, 2020 at the Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA. She was born on February 20, 1944 in McCaysville, GA to the late Jack Towery and Edna Galloway Towery. Jackie was a homemaker that loved her family, especially her grandchildren. She was of the Baptist Faith....
Dennis Lee Wilson Sr.
Mar 26, 2020
S Sgt. Dennis Lee Wilson, Sr., U.S.M.C. (Retired) passed away at his home on March 26, 2020, surrounded by family and Friends. Dennis was born on August 28, 1944 in Blue Ridge, GA. to the late Arthur (A.J.) and Margaret (Jean) Ross Wilson. He is a long time member of the First United Methodist Church of Copperhill, and after graduating...
Jimmy Dell Shook
Mar 22, 2020
Jimmy Dell Shook, age 78, of Blue Ridge, passed away at his home on Sunday, March 22, 2020. He was born on June 21, 1941 to the late Luther Shook and Dema Frances Sanders Shook. Jimmy served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Epworth. He is survived...
Phillip Jeffery Thomas
Mar 21, 2020
Phillip Jeffery Thomas, age 61 of Mineral Bluff, GA went home to be with Jesus on March 21, 2020 surrounded by loved ones. He was a dedicated son, brother, father, papaw, friend, preacher, and old-time saint of God. Phillip loved the Lord, his wife, his family and friends, AND all things horses. He had a deep love for people and...
Martha Marie Standridge
Mar 20, 2020
Martha Marie Standridge, age 87 of Dalton, GA passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020 at the Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, GA. She was born on September 7, 1932 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Robert Harris and Elizabeth Dean Harris. Mrs. Standridge was a homemaker. She was a member of Grove Level Baptist Church in Dalton,...
Birdie Mae Dillard
Mar 19, 2020
Mrs. Birdie Mae Dillard, age 93, of Copperhill, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2020. She was born on January 18, 1927 to the late Amos Cross and Della Talley Cross. Birdie was a member of Rachel's Chapel Congressional Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Hardy Dillard; and sons, Steve Dillard and Charles Thomas Dillard....
Kathy Jones
Mar 17, 2020
Kathy Wright Jones, age 69, of Blairsville, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at her home. She was born on May 11, 1950 to the late Fred Ephraim Wright and Mary Ellen Carpenter Wright. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. Kathy retired from Gilmer County Board of Education where she worked as a Teacher's Assistant and...
Norman Lamar Cochran
Mar 17, 2020
Norman Lamar Cochran, age 65, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. He was born December 13, 1954 in Blue Ridge to the late James Otis Cochran and Retha Victoria Watson Cochran. He served as a Deacon at Young's Chapel Baptist Church. He worked as a mechanic for Shaw Industries. Norman loved his family, enjoyed riding his...
Illa Marie Payne
Mar 14, 2020
Illa Marie Payne, age 40, of McCaysville, GA, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Fannin Hospital in Blue Ridge. Illa was born on March 10, 1980 in Baton Rouge, Louisianna to John and Patsy Renfrow Payne. Illa is survived by her mother Patsy, and several other relatives and friends. Private family services will be held in Louisianna at...
Leona Edna Martin
Mar 13, 2020
Leona Edna Martin, age 72 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on March 13, 2020 at the Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga. Leona was born on October 23, 1947 in Akron, OH to the late Louis and Wilda Bender Mueller. Survivors include her husband, Robert; daughter, Eleanor French; sons, Bill Martin and Bobby Martin; step-daughters, Angie Martin and Tina Martin; brothers,...
Carolyn Pickett
Mar 11, 2020
Mrs. Carolyn Pickett, age 79, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on March 11, 2020 in the Pruitt Health Care. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was born on April 4, 1940 in Fannin County, GA, to the late Claude and Nola Owenby Neal. Carolyn was a devoted member of the New Canaan Baptist Church....
Melburn Columbus Wilcox
Mar 10, 2020
Melburn Columbus Wilcox, known by family and friends as "Peanut", age 68, of Cleveland, TN, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 in Cleveland, TN. He was born on November 24, 1951, in Copperhill to the late James Fred and Mattie Morgan Wilcox of Turtletown TN. He is survived by his brother and sister-in-law Rex and Kathy Wilcox of Turtletown;...
Daniel Wesley Ash
Mar 9, 2020
Mr. Daniel Wesley Ash, age 71, of McCaysville, GA passed away on March 9, 2020 in the North East Georgia Medical Center. He was the son of the late Dellon Ash, Sr. and Mary Bernice Galloway Ash. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Copperhill. Mr. Ash had worked as a gas station attendant for several years...
Alex Thomas Neumyer
Mar 8, 2020
Alex Neumyer, age 36, of Chattanooga, TN, died suddenly March 8, 2020. Alex is survived by his parents, Steve and Kathy Neumyer of Blue Ridge, GA; brother, Kyle Neumyer of Panama City, FL; sister, Jessica Kreunen of Decatur, GA; grandfather, Ralph Kreunen of Gainesville, GA; and many aunts, uncles and cousins. Alex was an avid and extremely accomplished golfer, a...
Cynthia Kay Brown
Mar 6, 2020
Cynthia Kay Brown, age 58, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020. She was born on October 14, 1961 in Rome, GA. She is preceded in death by her father, Grady Rollins. She is survived by her children, Jeffrey (Brandi) Farr of McCaysville and Jennifer Farr of Morganton; and grandchildren, Christopher Farr, Sadie Farr, Blake Dockery, Cameron...
Lucy Irvin Kington
Mar 5, 2020
Lucy Irvin Grogan Kington, age 98, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at Fannin Regional Hospital. She was born on April 13, 1921 to the late James Robert Grogan and Georgia Belle DeLancey Grogan at 53 Wentworth Street, Reidsville, NC. As an adult, she worked at American Tobacco Company, where she met the love of...
Calvin Junior Callihan
Mar 5, 2020
Calvin Junior "Papaw" Callihan, age 95, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020. He was born October 31, 1924, the late Jimmy Comadore Callhan and Martha Collis Callihan. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. He served in the United States Army during World War II and later worked as a carpenter. He was also...
Dora Marie Levan
Mar 2, 2020
Mrs. Dora Marie LeVan, age 89, of Morganton, GA, passed away on March 2, 2020 in the Grandview Health Care in Jasper, GA. She was a retired Sales Manager for Kearney Electrical Supply. Mrs. LeVan was a devoted member of the Ellijay Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She was preceded in death by her...
