Carrie Conley

Carrie Long Conley, age 84, of Blue Ridge, passed away Sunday, April 25, 2021, at her home following an extended illness. 

One of 11 children, she was born September 15, 1936, in Fannin County to the late Coleman and Senia Farmer Long.

Carrie was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, but most of all, she loved the Lord and going to church. She was a member of Sugar Creek Baptist Church, where she loved singing in the choir, and worshiping with her church family. Carrie loved being a housewife and a homemaker, and she loved raising and caring for her family. She worked tirelessly at gardening, canning, sewing, cooking and loved every minute of it.

Carrie was preceded in death by her parents; brothers and their spouses, Bunyan and Anna Lee Long, Frank and Reba Long and John and Charlene Long; and sisters and  their spouses, Betty and Burt Cochran, Grace and Ben Panter, Willy and Robert Farmer and Myrtle Long.

Carrie is survived by her husband of 67 years, John R. Conley; sons and  their spouses, Harlan and Lisa Conley, Ricky and Vickie Conley and Robbie Conley; two grandchildren and their spouses, Haley and Ryan Cochran and John Isaac and Julie Conley; eight great-grandchildren, Maddie Mae Cochran, Abraham Cochran, Boaz Cochran, Cy Cochran, Shephard Cochran, Lydia Conley, Autumn Conley and Owen Conley; sisters and  their spouses, Jane and Gene Ledford, Ruth and Bill Hawkins and Ruby Boone; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services were conducted Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at 2 p.m. from the Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge Chapel with Pastor Larry Williams and Reverend Jess Posey officiating. Music was by the Sugar Creek Baptist Church Choir. 

Interment followed in the Sugar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ronnie Farmer, William Hughes, Kenneth McVey, Isaac Conley, Tyler Roper and Raymond Long. 

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.akinsfuneralhome.com. 

Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge was in charge of the arrangements.