Regina Ann Norwood
Apr 10, 2020
Regina Norwood, age 100, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 10, 2020 at her daughter's home in Mineral Bluff, GA. She was born in Lawrence, MA. She graduated from Lawrence High School's class of 1938. She worked many years at Nabisco and retired in 1981. She was a crochet and knitting fanatic and loved camping. She was preceded in death...
Linda Diane Pfund
Apr 7, 2020
Linda Diane Pfund, age 70, of Epworth, GA, passed away on April 7, 2020 at her home in Epworth, GA. She was born in Pohakee, FL to Tommy and Elizabeth Hitchcock Housch. Linda was of the Baptist faith, she owned and operated Blue Jeans Restaurant in Blue Ridge for 10 years. Linda was preceeded in death by her mother Elizabeth...
Hansel Edward Taylor
Apr 6, 2020
Hansel Edward Taylor, 75, of Ocoee, TN, passed away on April 6, 2020, in Chattanooga, TN. Hansel was born on July 1, 1944 in Ducktown TN to Ulysses and Lena Hughes Taylor. He is a member of the Anchor Holds Baptist Church in Chatsworth, GA. Hansel loved his family, church, fishing, and Tennessee Football. Hansel is preceded in death by...
Betty Lou Thomas
Apr 6, 2020
Mrs. Betty Lou Thomas, age 84, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on April 6, 2020 in the Pruitt Health Care in Blue Ridge, GA. She was born on April 13, 1935, in Morganton, GA to the late Roy Daniel and Alice Elizabeth Beaver McDaris. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Blue Ridge. Also preceding her...
Anna Lou Beaver
Apr 6, 2020
Mrs. Anna Lou Beaver, age 85, of Cleveland, TN, passed away on April 6, 2020 in the Signature Health Care in Cleveland, TN. She was born in Turtletown, TN to the late James Earl and Emma Jane Loudermilk Gibson. Mrs. Beaver was of the Baptist faith and had worked as an Inspector for Hardwick Clothing in Cleveland, TN. Survivors include...
Mike Setser
Apr 6, 2020
Mr. Gary Michael Setser, age 70, of Jasper, GA, passed away on April 6, 2020 in the Northside Cherokee Hospital in Canton, GA. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was of the Christian faith. Mike was a licensed Pilot and loved to fly. He taught computer programming at Pickens Technical School for a number of years...
Sheryl Andrea Ray
Apr 5, 2020
Mrs. Sheryl Andrea "Sherry" Ray, age 57, of McCaysville, GA, passed away on April 5, 2020 at her home. She was born on October 31, 1962 in Marietta, GA. She was a loving wife, mother, daughter, grandmother and friend. Sherry loved a variety of music and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She loved taking day trips with...
Charles Eddie White
Apr 4, 2020
Mr. Charles Eddie White, age 83, of Turtletown, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2020. He was born on January 21, 1937 to the late Fred White and Pauline Newton White. He was a member of Turtletown Baptist Church. He retired from City Service where he worked in the Carpenter Shop. He is also preceded in death by his siblings,...
Covid-19 Response
Apr 3, 2020
In light of the recent and constantly changing guidelines due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Akins Funeral Home has an obligation to protect the welfare of the families within the community and its staff. Due to the recommendations to limit gatherings, Akins Funeral Home has instituted the following guidelines for services going forward, until it is safe to proceed with normal...
Johnny John Floyd Cantrell
Apr 3, 2020
John Floyd "Johnny" Cantrell, age 68 of Turtletown, TN passed away on Friday, April 3, 2020 at his home. He was born on March 30, 1952 in Copperhill, TN to the late Floyd Benjamin Cantrell and Pheobe Nell Hooker Cantrell. Johnny worked as a superintendent industrial painter for Williams Group. He was of the Baptist Faith. Johnny was preceded in...
Rob Ray
Mar 31, 2020
Mr. Robert Leon "Rob" Ray, age 61, of McCaysville, GA, passed away on March 31, 2020 at his home. Born in Wyandotte, MI, he was the son of the late Boon Robert and Helen Lucille Cross Ray. Rob was a devoted member of the Fannin County Wrecker Service for many years and later retired from Inner Dimensions as a Shift...
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...
