Obituaries

Deborah Smith

Deborah Smith

Deborah Smith

Deborah Kay Smith, age 69, of Farner, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at her home. Deborah was born August 14, 1952, in McCaysville, to the late Hoyt Ray Smith and Mary Louise Lynn Smith. She was of the Christian faith and attended Turtletown Church of God Prophecy.
Mary  Adams

Mary Adams

Mary Adams

Mary Ellen Adams, age 82, of Blue Ridge, passed away September 29, 2021, in the Union County Nursing Home. She was born in Fannin County, to the late William Herbert Gilliam and Eddie Lee Morris Gilliam. She had worked at Levi Strauss and Whitepath Fabtech for a number of years.
Dorothy Griggs

Dorothy Griggs

Dorothy Griggs

Dorothy Louise Pless Griggs, age 94, of McCaysville, passed away peacefully Friday, October 1, 2021, surrounded by family at her daughter’s home in Columbus, Georgia. Mrs. Griggs was born November 13, 1926, in Copperhill, to the late Mariman Lee Pless and the late Bessie Marie Ware Pless.
Jane Ledford

Jane Ledford

Jane Ledford

Matilda Jane (Long) Ledford, age 87, of Blue Ridge, passed Friday, October 1, 2021. She was born June 8, 1934, in Dial, to her late parents, Coleman and Senia (Farmer) Long. Jane was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church.
Peggy Caldwell

Peggy Caldwell

Peggy Caldwell

Peggy M. Caldwell, age 84, of McCaysville, passed away at her home Thursday, September 30, 2021. Mrs. Caldwell was born December 17, 1936, in Gastonia, North Carolina, to the late Fred Crisp and the late Eunice Smith Crisp. She was a member of Bethel Church in McCaysville for 25 years.
Mary Lou Millsaps

Mary Lou Millsaps

Mary Lou Millsaps

Mary Lou Millsaps, age 78, passed away Thursday, September 30, 2021, in Ellijay, Georgia. She was born March 16, 1943, in Fannin County, to Floyd Millsaps and Myrtle Millsaps. She graduated from the Georgia School of the Deaf in 1965.
Jessie Woody

Jessie Woody

Jessie Woody

Beloved mother, grandmother, and great-gran, Jessie Bell Davenport Woody, age 98, of Suches, passed away peacefully at her home Wednesday, September 22, 2021. She was born August 4, 1923, in Union County, Georgia, to the late Marion Columbus Davenport and the late Rebecca Odom Davenport.
Carol Beach

Carol Beach

Carol Beach

Mrs. Judith Carol Beach, age 82, of Cleveland, Georgia, passed away Sunday, September 26, 2021. She was born September 20, 1939, in Topeka, Kansas, to the late Richard Donham and Edith Kessler Donham. Carol was a member of Mine City Baptist Church.
Mike England

Mike England

Mike England

Pastor Michael Charles England, age 71, of Morganton, passed away Sunday, September 19, 2021. Michael was born to Josephine and Marion England in 1951, in Port Angeles, Washington. He lived all over the northeast as his father worked for the Bureau of Land Management.
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Jimmy Clement

Jimmy Earl Clement of Pipe Creek, Texas, passed away peacefully in his sleep September 15, 2021, after a long battle with cancer. He was born October 20, 1940, in Mineral Bluff, being the third oldest of 11 children of Earl and Roberta Clement.