Evard P. Best Jr., age 87, of Blue Ridge, passed away suddenly December 3, 2021.

Lucille Ellen Hawkins, age 83, of Ducktown, passed away Sunday, December 5, 2021, at the Pruitt Health, of Blue Ridge.

J. Carroll Ledbetter Sr., age 80, of Epworth, passed away Friday, November 26, 2021, at Fannin Regional Hospital.

Mary Lay Marks, 73, died peacefully November 30, 2021, in her home in Murrayville, Georgia, after undergoing four major operations and battling colon cancer the last four years.

Rev. Michael A. Collis, age 52, of Blue Ridge, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, December 2, 2021, in Blairsville, Georgia.