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Ranel Wayne Mcclure
Jan 3, 2019
Ranel Wayne McClure, age 81, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2019 in Blue Ridge. He was born on December 26, 1937 in Gilmer County. He was a member of the Mineral Bluff House of Prayer. He retired from Gold Kist where he was Supervisor of the Packing Department for 25 years. He is preceded in death...
Lawrence Jacob Hoogendoorn
Jan 1, 2019
Lawrence Jacob Hoogendoorn, age 85, of Copperhill, TN, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Mr. Hoogendoorn was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma to the late Kenneth and Beulah Shaw Hoogendoorn. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Ponca City, OK and was a Veteran of the U.S. Army. He was retired from the Cities Service Company where...
Charles Arthur Beavers
Dec 29, 2018
Charles Arthur Beavers, age 82, of McCaysville, GA, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2018. Charles was a native of the McCaysville area and was a son of the late Wiley and Minnie Patterson Beavers. He was retired as a Painter with the Cities Service Company where he had worked for forty years. He was of the Christian Faith. He is...
Ioma Farner Burger
Dec 28, 2018
Ioma Farner Burger, age 80, of Farner, TN, passed away Friday, December 28, 2018. Mrs. Burger was born in Coker Creek, TN to the late Pearlie William Farner and Rosie Hughes Farner. She was a member of Maple Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arvil Burger and granddaughters, Lori Burger and Alicia Burger. She is...
Larry Cecil Mashburn
Dec 27, 2018
Larry Cecil Mashburn, age 70, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2018 at his home. Born on February 1, 1948 in Blue Ridge, GA, he was the son of the late Lloyd and Ruth Johnson Mashburn. He was a member of the Blairsville Church of Christ. He served in the United States Army and later retired from...
Clifton Ray Deal
Dec 26, 2018
Mr. Clifton Ray Deal, age 71, of Mineral Bluff, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2018. He was born on August 31, 1947 in Copperhill. He attended Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Copperhill. He retired from the Tennessee Chemical Company where he had worked as a Boilermaker. After retirement, he became a stone mason and a talented inventor. Clifton loved...
J.T. Deaton
Dec 26, 2018
J.T. Deaton, age 80, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2018. Born on February 27, 1938 in Fannin County, he was the son of the late Baxter Curtis and Lula Belle Colwell Deaton. He worked as a Heavy Equipment Operator and Diesel Mechanic for McDougal Construction. He is also preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Sue...
Jeffery Douglas Wheeler
Dec 24, 2018
Jeffery Douglas Wheeler, age 61, of Blairsville, GA passed away on December 24, 2018 in the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. Born in Young Harris, GA, he was the son of the late Richard H. and Esther Mae Rhodes Wheeler. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps. Jeffery had worked as a Carpenter for...
Tommy Reid Harris
Dec 18, 2018
Tommy Reid Harris, age 76, of Morganton, GA, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. Born on August 17, 1942 in Greenville, TX, he was the son of the late Leland Tate and Lillian Irene Williams Harris. He was a member of Lamar Baptist Church in Greenville, TX. He retired from Fluor-Daniel where he had worked for 25 years as...
Otis Walter Melton
Dec 18, 2018
Otis Walter Melton, age 86 of Copperhill passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 in Copperhill, TN. He was born on October 30, 1932 in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Allan Monroe Melton and Nola Simmonds Melton. He was a member of McCaysville Church of God, served as deacon, served on pastor's counsel and was a greeter. Otis worked...
James Lewis Miller
Dec 16, 2018
Mr. James Lewis Miller, age 75, of Epworth, GA passed away on December 16, 2018 at his home. Born in Ellijay, GA, he was the son of the late Dennis Lloyd and Daisey Mae Herendon Miller. James was a veteran serving in the United States Army during Vietnam. He had worked for a number of years for the Tennessee Chemical...
Carolyn Pape Terry
Dec 16, 2018
Carolyn Pape Terry, age 73, of Epworth, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 16, 2018 in her home surrounded by family. Born on May 9, 1945 in Pittsfield, MA, she was the daughter of the late Frederick W. and Margaret Morandi Pape. She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. She worked for Eastern Airlines and later served as...
Sharon Long Mcdaris
Dec 12, 2018
Sharon Long McDaris, age 75, of McCaysville, GA passed away on December 12, 2018 in Marietta, GA. Born in Copperhill, TN, she was the daughter of the late William Grady and Dorothy Marie Golden Long. She was a very active member of the Williamstown United Methodist Church where she was involved with the Church Choir, WMU and loved working with...
Maudie Sue Campbell
Dec 12, 2018
Maudie Sue Self Campbell, age 89, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at her home. Born on October 10, 1929 in Blue Ridge, GA, she was the daughter of the late Oscar John and Berdtie Dillinger Self. She was of the Baptist faith. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Leffell Haskel Campbell; son,...
J.C. Wood
Dec 12, 2018
J.C. Wood, age 80, of Blue Ridge, GA passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at his home. Mr. Wood was born in Lumpkin County, GA on May 15, 1938 to the late Miles Wood and Woodie Sisk Wood. He worked for Levi Strauss in Management. Mr. Wood was a United States Navy veteran serving in the United States expeditionary forces...
Wade Allen Green
Dec 8, 2018
Wade Allen Green, Sr., age 76, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Saturday, December 8, 2018 in Blue Ridge, GA. Born on November 1, 1942 in Blue Ridge, GA, he was the son of the late Leonard and Nellie Pilkey Green. He was an Army Combat Veteran serving during Vietnam and was a member of Boardtown Church Of Christ. Wade...
Lisa Jean Tutton
Dec 8, 2018
Lisa Jean Tutton, age 54, of Acworth, GA passed away on December 8, 2018 in Cartersville, GA. She was born in Wyandotte, MI to the late Gene and Betty Ruth Carson Frank. She was a loving mother, grandmother and sister. Lisa had worked as a machine operator for Orcon Industries and later F.I.S. She was also of the Baptist faith....
John Henry Waters
Nov 28, 2018
John Henry Waters, age 74, of Copperhill, TN, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2018. He was born on July 20, 1944 to the late Martin and Zella Allen Waters. He was a veteran of the United States Army where he served during Vietnam from 1965-1967. Later he began working in the construction industry, but worked from 1969 until the close...
Haven Collins Kiker
Nov 25, 2018
Haven C. Kiker, age 91, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2018 in Blue Ridge, GA. Born on June 4, 1927 in Morganton, GA, she was the daughter of the late Millard C. and Minnie Davis Collins. She was a loving mother and life long homemaker. Mrs. Kiker loved gardening and canning her harvest and growing flowers....
Kamryn Rose Holden
Nov 23, 2018
Little Miss Kamryn Rose Holden, infant daughter of Jacob and Krystal Holden, passed away on Friday, November 23, 2018 in Jasper, GA. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Danny Holden.She is survived by her parents, Krystal Ann and Jacob Daniel Holden; siblings, Sierra Cornacchia, Brentley Holden, Nathaniel Holden, and Julia Holden; grandparents, Jennifer Sturges, Dustin Sturges, and Jacqueline...
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