Rev. Jimmy Verner
Apr 25, 2019
Rev. Jimmy Verner age 79 of McCaysville, GA passed away on April 25, 2019. He was born on May 7, 1939 in Copperhill, TN and graduated from West Fannin High School in 1957. Rev. Verner was an automobile mechanic, a supermarket butcher and an ordained Baptist Minister. He preached in various locations and on the WPPL radio station. Rev. Verner...
James 'Jim' Knox Carson
Apr 24, 2019
Mr. James "Jim" Knox Carson, age 76, of Ellijay, GA passed away on April 24, 2019 in the Assured Hospice Care in Cartersville, GA. He was born in Anderson, SC to the late James and Dorothy Isbell Carson. Jim was a former educator from the Gilmer County School System and retired from the State of Georgia as a Consultant. He...
Arvil Bennie Mcclure
Apr 21, 2019
Arvil Bennie McClure, age 76, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Sunday, April 21, 2019 at his home. Mr. McClure was born in Gilmer County, GA to the late John Arvil McClure and Emily Jane Fowler McClure. He retired from Goldkist where he was a truck driver and fork life operator. Mr. McClure was a member of Union Hill Baptist...
Kristen Lynn Sisson
Apr 20, 2019
Kristen Lynn Sisson, age 22, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on April 20, 2019 in the Emory University Hospital. She was born in Kennesaw, GA on April 3, 1997. She was a dedicated member of the Free Chapel Church in Gainesville, GA, and her faith was a cornerstone of her vibrant life. She was currently enrolled at Southeastern University...
Ronnie Anthony Hughes
Apr 20, 2019
Ronnie Anthony Hughes, age 49, of Copperhill, TN passed away Saturday, April 20, 2019. He was born on March 9, 1970 in Polk County to Young D. Hughes and Marie Crawford Hughes. Ronnie was a self-employed painter and was of the Baptist Faith. He is preceded in death by his father, Young, D. Hughes and his wife, Beth Postell Hughes....
Richard Torrey Lumpkin, Jr.
Apr 18, 2019
Richard Torrey Lumpkin, Jr., age 57, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2019. He was born on February 28, 1962 in Griffin, GA. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Music from Kennesaw College. He served as Choir Director at St. Timothy United Methodist Church in Atlanta, GA, Cherry Log Christian Church in Cherry Log, GA, and...
Brenda Queen Stanley
Apr 17, 2019
Brenda Queen Stanley, age 72, of McCaysville, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. She was born on December 31, 1946, in McCaysville, to the late Hobert Queen and Willaree Pierce Queen. She is survived by her children and their spouses, Scott and Heather Stanley of Blue Ridge; Suzanne and John Dailey of Benton; and Shelley Waldroup of Blue Ridge;...
Gene Alvin Campbell Iii
Apr 16, 2019
Gene Alvin Campbell III, age 46 of Mineral Bluff, passed away at Erlanger Medical Center on April 16, 2019. After a lifetime of kidney issues and related medical challenges, his body was tired and an eternity of peace awaited him. Gene was born on September 13, 1972 at CBMC and resided in Fannin County his entire life. Gene is preceded...
Norman Davis Norwood
Apr 11, 2019
Norman Davis Norwood, age 75, of Blairsville, passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2019. He was born on May 18, 1943 in Charlotte, NC to Cecil Worth Norwood and Walleen Tyson Norwood. He served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. He received a Bachelor's Degree from Mercer University and later worked as a Regional Sales Representative...
Arthur Frank Byrne, Iii
Apr 10, 2019
Mr. Arthur Frank Byrne, III, age 62, of Murphy, NC went to be with his Lord and Savior on April 10, 2019 in the Union General Hospital. He was born in September 26, 1956 in Milford, CT to the late Arthur Frank Byrne, Jr. Art was retired from the United States Navy as a Diesel Engineer attaining the rank of...
Mary Ruth Abernathy
Apr 9, 2019
Mary Ruth Abernathy, age 64 of Blue Ridge, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. She was born on October 27, 1954 in Murphy to the late, Clarence and Daisy Rogers Wilson. She was of the Baptist Faith. She loved spending time with her family and friends and going to the salon with her friends. She was preceded in death...
James Raymond Coloross
Apr 9, 2019
James Raymond Coloross, age 74, of Mineral Bluff, passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. He was born on March 23, 1945 in Buffalo, NY, to the late Lawrence and Dorothy Els Coloross. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He later worked as a Commercial Artist. He attended World Harvest Church. He...
Dorothy Marie Galloway
Apr 8, 2019
Mrs. Dorothy Marie Galloway, age 90, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on April 8, 2019 at her home. Born in Fannin County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Charles Henry and Rohamer Bowen Wilson. She was a member of The Temple Baptist Church. In her earlier years, she always served God in the Church in many different...
Garry Calvin Green
Apr 5, 2019
Garry Calvin Green, age 72 of Copperhill,TN passed away Friday, April 5, 2019. He was born in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Leonard Troy Green and Nellie Inez Pilkington Green. Mr. Green was retired from the Cities Service Company as a Foreman at the Soap Plant. He was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Green was past President of the...
Helen Bennett Ledford
Apr 3, 2019
Helen Bennett Ledford, age 91, of Blue Ridge,GA, passed away on April 3, 2019 at the Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Born in Fannin County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Amos Levi and Violet Anderson Bennett. She was retired as a Certified Nursing Assistant at the Gilmer County Nursing Home in Ellijay, GA after 25 years...
Robert Stepp
Mar 29, 2019
Robert Stepp, age 82, of Blue Ridge, entered into the arms of Jesus Friday, March 29, 2019. He was born in Epworth on June 29, 1936. Robert was a loving and devoted father and husband. He had a love of music. He is preceded in death by his parents, Hayden and Gertrude Higdon Stepp; sisters, Dorothy Ray and Cleo Barton;...
Barbara Russell Patterson
Mar 28, 2019
Mrs. Barbara Russell Patterson, age 72, passed away on March 28, 2019 in The Bridge at Monteagle Nursing Home in Monteagle, TN. A native of the Copper Basin, she was the daughter of the late J.B. and Lois Cole Russell. Barbara worked for a number of years as a catalogue sales representative for JC Penny in Blue Ridge, GA. She...
Clarence 'Bug' Talley,Jr
Mar 28, 2019
Clarence Marvin Talley, Jr, affectionately known to family and friends as "Bug", age 72 of Copperhill,TN, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019. Bug was born in McCaysville, GA to the late Clarence Marvin Talley, Sr and Frances Reathel Killion Talley. He had worked at Cities Service Company in the Railroad Department. He was a member of the Mt. Zion (Tumbling...
Louise Miller Bailey
Mar 27, 2019
Louise Miller Bailey, age 83, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in Blue Ridge, GA. Born on September 21, 1935 in Ellijay, GA, she was the daughter of the late James "Paul" Miller and Minnie Callihan Miller. She was a member of Macedonia Church of Christ. She worked for many years as a seamstress for several...
Audolee Conner
Mar 27, 2019
Mr. Audolee Conner, age 84, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away on March 27, 2019 in the Pruitt Health Care in Blue Ridge, GA. Born in Fannin County, he was the son of the late James Monroe Conner and Levi O'Neal Conner. Mr. Conner retired after many years of working for Blue Ridge Telephone Company later known as TDS. Audolee...
