Obituaries

Carolyn Pickett

Carolyn Pickett

Carolyn Pickett

Mrs. Carolyn Pickett, age 79, of Blue Ridge, passed away March 11, 2020, in PruittHealth Skilled Nursing and Rehab. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was born April 4, 1940, in Fannin County, to the late Claude and Nola Owenby Neal.
Mike Estes

Mike Estes

Mike Estes

Roy Michael Estes “Mike,” born September 22, 1953, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020.  He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. He will be remembered by all who knew him as a man of faith, great integrity, humor and kindness.
Glenn Nicholson

Glenn Nicholson

Glenn Nicholson

Glenn E. Nicholson, age 93, of Blue Ridge, passed away Wednesday evening, March 4, 2020, at Fannin Regional Hospital. He was born December 28, 1926, in Waco, West Virginia, to the late Carl Nicholson and the late Lela Mull Nicholson. Mr. Nicholson was a U.S. Army veteran serving during World War II.
Cynthia Brown

Cynthia Brown

Cynthia Brown

Cynthia Kay Brown, age 58, of Blue Ridge, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020.  She is survived by her children, Jeffrey (Brandi) Farr of McCaysville and Jennifer Farr of Morganton; and grandchildren, Christopher Farr, Sadie Farr, Blake Dockery, Cameron Dockery, Chandler Dockery and Bryson Farr.
Lucy Kington

Lucy Kington

Lucy Kington

Lucy Irvin Grogan Kington, age 98, of Blue Ridge, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020, at Fannin Regional Hospital. She was born April 13, 1921, to the late James Robert Grogan and Georgia Belle DeLancey Grogan at 53 Wentworth Street, Reidsville, North Carolina.
Dora LeVan

Dora LeVan

Dora LeVan

Mrs. Dora Marie LeVan, age 89, of Morganton, passed away March 2, 2020, in the Grandview Health Care Center in Jasper, Georgia. She was a retired Sales Manager for Kearney Electrical Supply. Mrs. LeVan was a devoted member of the Ellijay branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Calvin Callihan

Calvin Callihan

Calvin Callihan

Calvin Junior “Papaw” Callihan, age 95, of Blue Ridge, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020. He was born October 31, 1924, to the late Jimmy Comadore Callihan and Martha Collis Callihan. He was a member of Mount Moriah Baptist Church.
Lynn Chastain

Lynn Chastain

Lynn Chastain

Anthony “Lynn” Chastain, age 54, passed away February 3, 2020, in Ellijay, Georgia. He was born September 29, 1965, to the late Terry Joe Chastain and Beatrice Chastain. He proudly served in the United States Navy on the Battleship USS IOWA from 1983 to 1988.
Gene Owen

Gene Owen

Gene Owen

Gene Owen, 86, passed away peacefully in his home in Blue Ridge, February 26, 2020. Gene was born in Canton, Georgia, January 19, 1934, to the late Lester and Virria Owen.  Gene retired from General Motors. He was a family man and a devout Christian.
Janice Woodby

Janice Woodby

Janice Woodby

Janice Lavonne Woodby, age 64, of Turtletown, passed away at her home on Monday, February 24, 2020.  She is survived by her daughter, Tracey Kimi of El Paso, Texas; brothers, Charles Michael Woodby and Phillip C. Woodby; sisters, Lorella Rudy and husband Dewey Baliles and Rozella K.