Grace Corn

Grace Ann Corn, age 81, of Epworth, passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at Northside Cherokee Hospital in Canton, Georgia. 

She was born in Ducktown, February 25, 1940, to the late Oscar McKinley Corn and Cora Katherine Sanders Corn. Grace was a 1958 graduate of West Fannin High School, and she graduated from the Georgia Baptist School of Nursing as a registered nurse in 1961. Grace was a member of Epworth First Baptist Church and an active member of the Pink Ladies of Fannin Regional Hospital.

She is survived by brothers, John (Jean) Corn of Parrish, Florida, and Tommy (Patricia) Corn of Sylvania, Georgia; and several nephews, nieces, other relatives, and close friends.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, May 5, 2021, from the First Baptist Church of Epworth with Rev. Chris Clark and Dr. Tom Jordan officiating. Music was provided by Rev. Doug Simonds. 

Interment followed in the First Baptist Church of Epworth Cemetery with the following gentlemen serving as pallbearers, Kim Corn, Malcom Holden, Sam Sutton, Tommy Corn, B.J. Taylor, Mark Payne and Preston Corn. Serving as honorary pallbearers were Barbara Cheatham, Becky Guthrie, Kathy Bakowski, Sherry Nunn, Betty Jo Corn, Angela Thomas, classmates of the 1958 graduating class of West Fannin High School, and the Pink Ladies from Fannin Regional Hospital. 

Memorial contributions may be made in her honor to the First Baptist Church of Epworth, P.O. Box 187, Epworth, GA 30541. 

Condolences may be made to the family online at www.akinsfuneralhome.com. 

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