Betty Sue Barfield
Sep 5, 2019
Betty Sue Barfield, age 72, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at her home. She was born on September 23, 1946 to Robert Sylvester Plush and Willa Nell Rogers Plush. She was a member of Eastside Church of Christ. She is preceded in death by her father, Robert Plush and brother, Charles Plush. She is survived...
Ann Lanier Jones
Aug 31, 2019
Mrs. Ann Lanier Jones, age 76, of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed away August 31, 2019 in Chattanooga, TN. Born in James City County, VA, she was the daughter of the late George Maxwell and Metta Faye Topping Lanier. She worked her entire career in Banking and retired in 1997 from Barnett Bank After retiring, she and her late husband, Martin...
Maggie Peak Gaddis Cothren
Aug 30, 2019
Maggie Peak Gaddis Cothren, age 90 of Murphy, NC passed away on Friday, August 30, 2019 at Tennova Healthcare in Cleveland, TN. She was born on October 19, 1928 in Spring City, TN to the late Thomas Jefferson Peak and Emma Lou Gaddis Peak. Mrs. Cothren was a homemaker. She loved singing, sewing, gardening, flowers, cooking and square dancing. Mrs....
Charles Rondall Sisson
Aug 30, 2019
Charles Rondall Sisson, age 83 of Copperhill, TN passed away on Friday, August 30, 2019 at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin in Ducktown, TN. He was born on August 18, 1936 in Logan, WV to the late Richard Posey Sisson and Ruth Reece Sisson. Mr. Sisson retired from the United States Air Force after nearly twenty-three years. He...
Doris Ralston Hayes
Aug 27, 2019
Doris Elizabeth Ralston Hayes, age 98, of Cumming, GA, passed away on August 27, 2019 in Cumming, GA. Mrs. Hayes was the daughter of John Lewis and Georgie Davenport Ralston. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. After marrying her husband, the late John Ransome Hayes, she traveled all over the United States with her family as her husbands...
Carroll Gene Pelfrey
Aug 27, 2019
Carroll Gene Pelfrey, age 88, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Tuesday, August 28, 2019. He was born on February 24, 1931, in Fannin County, to the late Charlie Dread Pelfrey and Della Daisy Brown Pelfrey. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, where he also served as a Deacon. He worked as a Rigger for Babcock and...
William 'Bill' Clyde Thomas
Aug 26, 2019
Mr. William "Bill" Clyde Thomas, lover of Jesus Christ, age 88, of Epworth, GA, passed away peacefully in his home on August 26, 2019. He was the son of the late Clyde Lewis and Dorothy Adeline Gilliam Thomas. A lifetime member and active elder of Calvary Church where his dear friend Rev. John Kilpatrick served as Pastor, he personally witnessed...
Marcia Lynn Shelton
Aug 24, 2019
Marcia Lynn Shelton, age 54, of Turtletown, passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2019, at her home. She was born on February 22, 1965 in Polk County to James Frady and Marcella Martin Frady. She worked as a Sewing Machine Operator for Day Corp. She is preceded in death by her father, James Frady. She is survived by her daughter,...
Don Lewis Rogers
Aug 24, 2019
Mr. Don Lewis Rogers, age 89, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on August 24, 2019 in the Pruitt Health Care in Blue Ridge, GA. Born in Fannin County, GA, he was the son of the late Ira Burl and Elizabeth Elonore Pope Rogers. Don served his country proudly during the Korea War in the United States Army. "Papaw Rogers,"...
Mark Simpson
Aug 21, 2019
Mr. William "Mark" Simpson, age 60, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on August 21, 2019 at his residence. Born in Marietta, GA, he was the son of the late William Lucious and Helen Jeanette Gibson Simpson. He had worked for F.M. Stainless in Ellijay, GA as a Floor Supervisor. Mark was a simple man who enjoyed reading and playing...
Martha Elaine Crain
Aug 20, 2019
Martha Elaine Akins Crain, age 74, of Kennesaw, formerly of Polk County, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2019. Born in Polk County on March 10, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Akins and Ebbie Pack Akins. She was a member of Turtletown Baptist Church. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Donald Crain; children,...
Michelle Campbell Sowers
Aug 20, 2019
Lt. Michelle Lea Campbell Sowers of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on Tuesday August 20, 2019 at the age of 44, following an extended battle with cancer. Michelle was born on April 19, 1975 in Copperhill, TN. She is the daughter of Derryl and Diane Parker. Michelle leaves behind two sons, Tyler Robertson and Aden Self. She was blessed with...
Pauline Wincey Raper
Aug 19, 2019
Pauline Wincey Raper, age 87, of Farner, TN, passed away August 19, 2019 at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin. She was born to the late George Washington and Nora Delitha Milsaps Davis in Ellijay, GA on May 24, 1932. She worked as a cook and was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church in Farner, TN. She...
Sheila Ophelia Jones
Aug 16, 2019
Mrs. Sheila Ophelia Jones, age 69, of Farner, TN, passed away on August 16, 2019, in the Hospice of Chattanooga. Born in Gastonia, NC, she was the daughter of the late James Arthur and Hazel Juanita Lawless Moody. She was of the Christian Faith, loved spending time with her grandchildren and dogs, and working crossword puzzles. She was also preceded...
Howard William Lynn
Aug 13, 2019
Mr. Howard William Lynn, age 84, of Turtletown, TN, passed away on August 13, 2019, at his home surrounded by his family. Born in Cherokee County, NC, he was the son of the late William McKinley "Horace" Lynn and Dora Jane Hayes Lynn. Mr. Lynn was a minister and long time member of the Turtletown Church of God of Prophecy....
Luther Arvie Jones
Aug 12, 2019
Luther Arvie Jones, age 94 of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away peacefully at his home on August 12, 2019. He was born in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Mark Hannah and Lela Angeline Foster Jones. He served his country proudly in World War II in the United States Army. He was in combat in Normandy, Northern France and Rhineland....
Janie Belle Key
Aug 6, 2019
Mrs. Janie Shepherd Key, age 85, of Cherrylog, GA, passed away at home on August 6th, 2019 at her home surrounded by her family. She was a 1954 graduate of Grady School of Nursing in Atlanta, GA. She retired from Kennestone Hospital, where she was a neurosurgical nurse, in 1998. Janie was also a member of the Temple Baptist Church....
Shelby Dotson Franklin
Aug 1, 2019
Shelby Dotson Franklin, age 82, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at the Pruitt Health Care in Blue Ridge. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lebanon Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents James Jahu and Ethel Louvetia Stewart Franklin; and a son Mark Waters. She is survived by...
James Allen Weaver
Jul 29, 2019
James Allen Weaver, age 88, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Monday, July 29, 2019. Born on October 16, 1930 in Gilmer County, he was the son of the late M.L. and Elzie Kirby Weaver. He was a member of the Blue Ridge Lodge #67 F&AM. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and later...
Timothy Lee Cole
Jul 25, 2019
Timothy Lee Cole, beloved son, brother and uncle, entered into the presence of his Heavenly Father on Thursday, July 25, 2019. Tim was surrounded by his family when he passed away peacefully of natural causes at the age of 55. Tim was born on April 24, 1964 in Atlanta, GA, but lived his entire life in Blue Ridge, GA. He...
