Kay Davis

Ms. Kay Frances Davis, age 78, passed away Saturday, June 5, 2021. Ms. Davis was born Friday, December 4, 1942, in Blue Ridge, to the late William T. “Pat” Loving and the late Vernie Mae Arp Loving. Kay was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church on Hardscrabble Road in Mineral Bluff.

Dorothy Smith

Dorothy Mae Smith, age 87, of Morganton, passed away June 4, 2021, at her home. Mrs. Smith was born March 12, 1934, in Mineral Bluff, to the late Henry Clay Wright and the late Thelma Imogene Wright.

Pat Suits

James Patrick “Pat” Suits, age 58, of Copperhill, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2021, at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mr. Suits was born September 9, 1962, in Copperhill, to James Ray Suits and Nancy Foster. James was a diesel mechanic working on large equipment for John Deere.

Lexie Weaver

Lexie Elizabeth Weaver, age 90, of McCaysville, formerly of Dalton, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2021, with her family by her side at Life Care Center of Copper Basin.

Gil Chancey

Willard Hugh Gilbert “Gil” Chancey, 79, of Ringgold, Georgia, passed away May 10, 2021. He is survived by his devoted wife of 55 years, Marie; his loving sons and daughters-in-laws, Monty and Karen Chancey and Jony and Christina Chancey; and his grandchildren, Cadence, Kynlee, and Sarah Grace.

Oliver Proffitt

Oliver Vernon Proffitt of McCaysville, passed away at his home Sunday, May 30, 2021, surrounded by his family. Vernon was a hardworking, God-loving, family man and was deeply loved and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Rason Dobbs

Rason P. Dobbs Jr., age 70 of Blue Ridge, passed away Saturday, May 15, 2021, at his home. Mr. Dobbs was born April 13, 1951, in Athens, Georgia, to the late Rason P. Dobbs Sr. and the late Anne Peake Dobbs. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Deborah Dobbs.

Brenda Smith

Mrs. Brenda Ann Sisson Smith, age 76, of Woodstock, Georgia, passed away May 24, 2021, in the Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia. She was born in Blue Ridge, July 14, 1944, to the late Dallas David and Hazel Drucella Bennett Sisson. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

Frances Sisson

Mrs. Frances Elaine McFarland Sisson, age 88, of Blue Ridge, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2021, at the Parkridge Medical Center.  She was born January 4, 1933, to the late Fentus McFarland and Gertha Garren McFarland.  Frances was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist church.