Glenna Smith
Feb 26, 2018
Glenna Catherine Smith 83 of Blue Ridge GA passed away Monday February 26th . Miss Smith was born in Blue Ridge to Issac Glen and Irene Maude Smith on January 20th 1935. Glenna was an avid reader and a member of Liberty Hill Church. She was witty and had a great sense of humor. She had a beautiful smile and...
Herdis Bascom Petty
Feb 25, 2018
Herdis Bascom Petty, age 86, of Blue Ridge passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018 at his home. Born on November 24, 1931 in Fannin County, he was the son of the late Joseph Bascom Petty and Velvie Pittman Petty. He was a member of Saint Anthony's Catholic Church. He served in the United States Army. He worked for 20...
Ruth Ann Queen
Feb 25, 2018
Ruth Ann Queen, age 73, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Queen was born in Fannin County, GA on March 7, 1944 to the late Frank and Alice Goff Howard. She was a member of Harbor Ministries. Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by a granddaughter, Ashley Candelaria, and...
Aiden Thomas Walker
Feb 22, 2018
Aiden Thomas Walker, infant son of Cody Levi and Lindsey Renee Kaltenmark Walker, passed away on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA. He is survived by his parents, Cody Levi Walker and Lindsey Renee Kaltenmark Walker of Mineral Bluff; maternal grandparents, Doug and Michelle Kaltenmark of Blue Ridge; paternal grandparents, Greg and Betty Rider of Mineral...
Steve Charles Dale
Feb 20, 2018
Steve Charles Dale, age 62, of Turtletown, TN passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2018. Steve was born in Chattanooga, TN and had worked as a Laborer for the Tennessee Chemical Company. He was a member of the Zion Hill Baptist Church and was preceded in death by a brother, Bruce Scott Dale.He is survived by his father, Harold E. Dale...
Brannon Cory Lee
Feb 17, 2018
Brannon Cory Lee, age 37, of Epworth passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital. Brannon was born in Copperhill, TN on April 14, 1980 to John and Sheila Cook Lee. He was an electrician and also a member of New Vision Church. He enjoyed riding dirt bikes and also loved to fish and camp. He is survived...
Diane Eller Malley
Feb 16, 2018
Diane Eller Malley, age 65, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Friday, February 16, 2018 in Murphy, NC. Born on July 6, 1952 in Cohutta, NC, she was the daughter of the late Glen and Leilia Hamby Eller. She was a loving and caring woman. Mrs. Malley was always smiling, happy, and always had a fun and upbeat personality. She...
Billy Gerald Nobles
Feb 15, 2018
Billy Gerald Nobles, age 80, of Epworth passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Northside Hospital in Canton, GA. Mr. Nobles was born on December 11, 1937 in Ocilla, GA to the late Henry and Margaret Ashley Nobles. He was a veteran of the Navy, serving 14 years of active duty and 20 years in the reserves. After his time...
Rita Carmen Delorme
Feb 15, 2018
Rita Carmen DeLorme, age 81, of Young Harris passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Mrs. DeLorme was born in Waterville, Maine on June 24, 1936 to the late Ulric and Jeanne Deschaine and had served most of her life as a communications operator for various companies but most of all at William Beaumont...
James Henry Long
Feb 13, 2018
James Henry Long, age 79, of Mineral Bluff, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 in Mineral Bluff, GA. Born on December 20, 1938 in Blue Ridge, GA, he was the son of the late Wayne Long and Daisey Kendall Long. He was a member of Jerusalem Baptist Church. He was a member of the Mineral Bluff Lodge #483 F&AM....
Wanda Fay Collins
Feb 13, 2018
Wanda Collins, age 81, of McCaysville, GA passed away on February 13, 2018. To those who knew her, she was a spitfire and to those who loved her she was so much more. She was a loving caregiver and a talented seamstress who always provided for her family. She was a career woman who even tried her hand at entrepreneurship....
Mary Griffith Talbert
Feb 12, 2018
Mary Griffith Gartrell Talbert, age 89, passed away on Monday, February 12, 2018 in Winder, GA. She was born on December 11, 1928 to the late William Ben Gartrell and Bonnie Griffith Gartrell. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Blue Ridge and had recently attended First Baptist Church of Winder. She worked for more than 30...
Gena Mae Woody
Feb 11, 2018
Gena Mae Woody, age 92, of Farner, passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2018 in Farner, TN. She was born on April 16, 1925 in Madisonville, TN to the late George Myers and Susie Moses Myers. Mrs. Woody was a self-employed business operator. She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Richard B. (Angela) Russell of Decatur, TN; daughter and son-in-law,...
William Edward Vernay
Feb 10, 2018
Mr. William Edward Vernay, Jr., affectionately known as "Bill", passed away peacefully on February 10, 2018 surrounded by his family. He was born in Paterson, NJ on January 25, 1960. Mr. Vernay was a successful Realtor in both Florida and Georgia. He was a member of the Eagle FOE #3938 in Lehigh, FL. Bill also was a talented Chef. He...
Annie Galloway Queen
Feb 9, 2018
Mrs. Annie Mae Patterson Galloway Queen, age 104 passed away on February 9, 2018. She was born in Fannin County, GA on July 8, 1913. She was a member of the New River Baptist Church since 1931. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Fred M. Galloway and Talbert Queen; son and daughter-in-law, Charles F. and Patricia (Pat) Galloway;...
Grace Ann Davenport Holmstrom
Feb 9, 2018
Grace Ann Davenport Holmstrom, age 82, of Ellijay, passed away on Friday, February 9, 2018 in Ellijay. She was born on December 8, 1935 in Blue Ridge to the late Fate Davenport and Grace Lindsey Davenport. Mrs. Holmstrom was owner of a recycling firm. She was preceded in death by her husband, Duane Rossow Holmstrom and two sisters, Sarah Ellis...
June Lorraine Swanson
Feb 8, 2018
June Lorraine Swanson, age 84, of Turtletown, TN passed away Thursday, February 8, 2018. Mrs. Swanson was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a daughter of the late Manker and Lora Mae Maney Allen. She was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church and was preceeded in death by her husband, Rev. J.C. Swanson. She was...
Edith Eloise Exley
Feb 7, 2018
Edith Eloise Exley, age 90, of Turtletown, TN, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Mrs. Exley was born in Cleveland, TN to the late Riley and Willie Mae Stepp. She had worked at the Savannah Inn and Country Club as a manager.She is survived by children, Frances (Ray Ennis) Vann, Robert (Maxine) Exley, Deborah Exley and Van Exley, all of...
Barbara Lynn Hughes
Feb 7, 2018
Barbara Lynn "Nana" Hughes, age 75, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 in Jasper, GA. Born on May 27, 1942 in Copperhill, TN, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Keener and Pearl Chancey Keener. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of McCaysville/Copperhill where she was a member and taught the Joy...
Miriam Ann Mitchell
Feb 3, 2018
Miriam Ann Poe Mitchell, age 83, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2018 in Ducktown, TN. Born on April 2, 1934 in , she was the daughter of the late Doc Estus Poe and Mariam Annette Prince Poe. Ann was a member of Morganton Baptist Church. She owned and taught at a private preschool in St. Louis,...
