Betty Begley Winkle, 94, of Blue Ridge passed away October 18, 2020. 

Evelyn C. Payne, of Ducktown, very peacefully went home to be with her Heavenly Father on the morning of Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at the age of 88. 

Mrs. Margaret Staples Poland, age 80, of Mineral Bluff, passed away Monday, October 12, 2020. 

She was born July 26, 1940 in Washington, D.C. She was a jeweler for Fleisher’s Jewelers. 

Marvis Harper Biggs, age 77, of Morganton, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2020, at his home. 

Ms. Emily Elaine Nix, age 27, of Blue Ridge, passed away October 9, 2020, at her home. 

Mr. Ralph Leon Chancey, age 89, of Cherry Log, passed Wednesday October 14, 2020, at the Piedmont Mountainside Hospital. 

Mr. Donald “Don” Henry Dilbeck, age 79, of Ducktown, passed away October 11, 2020. 

Mr. James “Douglas” Akins, age 72, of Blue Ridge, passed away October 12, 2020, in the Life Care Center of Copper Basin.  

Rhonda Sharon Patterson Thomas, age 65, of Blairsville, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020, in Blue Ridge. 

David Keith Barnes, age 59, of Blue Ridge, passed away Monday, September 21, 2020. He was born July 29, 1961, in Fort Valley, Georgia, to James Ira Barnes and Martha Clara Sherwood Barnes.