Obituaries

Margaret Ballew

Margaret Ballew

Margaret Ballew

Mrs. Margaret Richards Ballew, age 88, of Cleveland, Tennessee, passed away February 26, 2020, in the Bradley Healthcare & Rehab Center in Cleveland. She was born March 30, 1931, to the late Dallas Peter and Ora Jane Tarpley Richards in Fannin County.
Kathy Seabolt

Kathy Seabolt

Kathy Seabolt

Katherine Rose “Kathy” Seabolt, age 62, of Blue Ridge, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020, at home. She was born December 12, 1957, in Toledo, Ohio, to the late Delmar Junior Tipton and Katherine Rose Blanchard Tipton Davis.
Frankie Worley

Frankie Worley

Frankie Worley

Frankie Lafaye Worley, age 70, of Cherry Log, passed away February 10, 2020.  She was a member of the Helping Hand Fellowship Church. Frankie worked for Pilgrim’s Pride in Ellijay, Georgia, until her retirement.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles H.
Bob Thomas

Bob Thomas

Bob Thomas

Bob Repp Thomas, age 87, of Blue Ridge, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020. He was born in Fannin County July 7, 1932, to the late Frank Thomas and Jennie Brown Thomas. He was a member of Mobile Baptist Church.
Charles Arp

Charles Arp

Charles Arp

Charles Edward Arp, age 71, of Morganton, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020, in his home. Born November 22, 1948, in Murphy, he was the son of the late Howard Carlton Arp and Ettie Lee Cole. He was of the Baptist faith and worked as a mechanic.
Donald MacLean Jr.

Donald MacLean Jr.

Donald MacLean Jr.

Donald William MacLean Jr., age 71, of Blue Ridge, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020. He was born January 4, 1949, in Passaic, New Jersey, to the late Donald William MacLean Sr. and Johanna VanEenennaam MacLean. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.
Ora Townson

Ora Townson

Ora Townson

Ora Lee Townson, age 78, of Murphy, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2020. She was born February 12, 1941, in Andrews, North Carolina. She was preceded in death by her husband, L.J. Townson; daughter, Annette Townson; and mother, Frances Louise Haney.
Earl Chambers

Earl Chambers

Earl Chambers

Earl Juan Chambers, age 85, of Morganton, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020, at Piedmont Hospital of Atlanta. He was born July 2, 1934, to the late Calvin and Myrtle Chambers.
Hilda Bailey

Hilda Bailey

Hilda Bailey

Hilda Susan Donaldson Bailey, age 94, passed away February 15, 2020, in McCaysville. She was born July 17, 1925, in McCaysville, to the late Ernest Edwin Donaldson Sr. and the late Jessie Roberta Dunagan Donaldson.
Louise Sparks

Louise Sparks

Louise Sparks

Mrs. Louise Beatrice Sparks, age 94, of Blue Ridge, passed away February 13, 2020, in  Cameron Hall in Canton, Georgia. Born at her residence February 12, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Henry Parker and Alma Celia Williams Phillips. Mrs.