Obituary Index for January - June, 2010
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Anderson, Clarence E. (Qndy), 86, Blue Ridge, GA., Feb 13, William Wesley Anderson and Carrie Brown / Anderson
Anderson, David (Sam), Sr., 63, Blue Ridge, GA., March 13, John Kenneth Anderson, father.
Ayers, Santa Marie, 95, Reliance, TN., Jan 13, dtr of Teopoldo and Josephina Federico Amplo
Baker, James Birch, 91, Jan 15., Polk Co., TN, son of Marvin and Ida Bell Rogers
Ballew, Robert K., 84, Blue Ridge, GA., April 29, Copperhill, Robert Fulton and Helen King / Ballew
Ballew, Wayne Charles, 74, Ducktown, April 21 2010, Floyd and Barbara Mae Jones Ballew
Banks, Frances Inez, 84, Cleveland, May 8, Wesley & Leona Beck
Bates, Andrew, Jr., 75, Jan. 12, Reliance, TN., son of Andrew and Vaudie Roberson Bates
Bates, Josephine Thompson, 90, Reliance, TN., March 2, Henry Preston & Daisy Duggan / Thompson
Baxter, James Warner, Jr., 74, Tennga, GA., Charles and Pearl Wiggins/Baxter
Beal, Helen Agnes, 81, McCaysville, GA., Feb 14, Francis Robb & Blanche Watson of Aberdeen Scotland
Bell, Betty Ruth, 79, Feb 4, Polk Co., Luther & Virginia Panter / Irons
Bell, Rev. James (Lake), 89, Copperhill, TN., Jan. 19, son of Otto Bell and Mary Ann Harper
Bell, Clifford A. (Doog), 88, Tellico Plains, June 12, no parents named
Benson, Julia Marie (Young), 93, Etowah, June 4, parents not named, wife of George Daily Benson
Bishop, Billy A., 76, Benton, May 14, Lee Anderson and Willie Mae Couch / Bishop
Birchfield, Arvil Ross, 70, June 13, Cleveland, TN., no parents named
Blackwell, Edith Hamby, 98, Benton, TN., Jan 6, dtr of Wiley and Polly Shaw Hamby
Briggs, Tom H.,m 72, Cleveland, March 10, Broughton & Louise Higgins / Biggs
Bryan, Imogene (Jean) Allen, 87, Benton, June 10, Fornie and Madie Lee Morgan / Allen
Buchanan, Judith Faye, 67, Copperhill, May 14, William Ernest and Ruth Naomi Ledford / Davis
Burchfield, Roy A., 80, Benton, April 16, Mike & Betty Lee / Burchfield
Burris, Betty Ellen Bates, 78, Riceville, TN, June 21, L.J. and Hester Lillard / Bates
Burris, Glenn A., 70, Benton, April 28, Harvey & Pauline Shoemaker / Burris
Byrd, Madison Deanne, 23 months, Epworth, Ga, Feb. 15, parents living
Campbell, Charles K., 78, March 28, Calhoun, J.D. Campbell, Fannie Stewart
Carpenter, J.E., Jr., 84, McCaysville, April14, James E, Sr & Nora Carpenter
Carver, Judy (Kricket) Tanner, Jan 30, no age given, parents not named, no residence named
Chancey, David Brent, 49, Turtletown, Norman & Louise Hamby Chancey
Chatham, James "Jim" Maynard, 72, McCaysville, GA., June 8, Kenneth and Bernice Chatham
Clark, Eunice Geneva, 80, Delano, May 16, Charlie and Gussie Nichols / Davis
Coleman, Jeanetta Louise, 85, Epworth, GA, April 19, Elmer Edward & Lona Louise Lowe / Jones
Collins, Roy Lee, 74, Copperhill, April 5, Wade Henry, Sr & Grace Montgomery / Collins
Crago, Franklin Eugene "Casey", 76, Turtletown, March 12, Emerson & Luella Hite / Crago, Sr.
Crain, Frank, 74, Turtletown, Feb 2, Lush * Bertha Bryson Crain
Cross, Wade Ervin, 86, Mineral Bluff, GA., March 16, no parents named
Curtis, Wade Junior, 76, Epworth, GA, June 19, James Edward and Lona Boggs / Curtis
Dale, Selma, 83, Turtletown, Jan 9, son of Thomas & Mary Eugfrots Clingman
Davenport, Vance Davis, 81, Benton, Feb 12, Bass & Ida Jane Hall Davenport
Daves, Helen Ruth, 80, McCaysville, GA., May 15, Charles & Mertice Querry / Jones
Deal, Jerry Mitchell, 54, Copperhill, June 8, Arvil & Jranelle Deal
Dilbeck, Lois Louise, 85, Ducktown, May 25, George Henry and Ima Long / Payne
Dills, Clyde Earl, 85, Benton Station, 85, March 1, no parents named
Dockery, Cora Mae, 81, Blue Ridge, GA., May 16, Grady and Alma Chastain / Lackey
Eades, David Edward, 38, Cleveland, Feb., 20, parents living
Forrester, Betty Ruth Holbrook, 76, Copperhill, March 24, Roy & Maggie Croft Forrester
Foster, Lena "Pauline", 84, Epworth, GA, May 13, parents not named
Fowler, Mary "Edythe", 104, Ducktown, April 22, Robert L. & Nola Weaver / Rymer
Gilliam, Jerry Eugene, Sr, 67, Minderal Bluss, March 13, Hershel Carmen & Ollie Goode Gilliam
Gilliland, Alice, no age given, March 18, Townsend, TN., Bliss & Gertrude Gilliland
Godfrey, Robert Kenneth "R.K.", 82, Copperhill, June 26, Joseph McKinley and Mary Victoria Sisson Godfrey
Golden, Amirah Brena, infant dtr, Benton, May 25, parents living
Golden, Grace Leona 87, Blue Ridge, GA, June 8, James Henry and Marian Ruth Panter/ Beaver
Gravely, Kali Peyton, Infant dtr, McCaysville, GA, Jan 27, parents living
Green, Nancy Louise Evans, 88, Polk Co., Mar 6, Jule & Maggie Lillard / Evans
Grindstaff, Emma Jean, 81, Jan. 11, McCaysville, GA., dtr of Wilfred L and Betty Rhodes Beavers
Guenther, George, 79, West Helena, Arkansas, May 4, from Copperhill, George & Vada Harrison Guenther
Hammons, Wayne B., 79, Etowah, TN, Feb 26, R.B. & Minnie Hammons
Hampton, Ruth Ann Johnson, 87, Benton, April 21, Walter & Stella Russell Johnson
Hancock, W.E. "Junior", 82, Mineral Bluff, GA, June 21, Wilburn E., Sr. & Edith Ledford / Hancock
Harris, Clemmer, Monroe, 70, North Carolina, Dec 10, Noah Monroe & Mary Jane Painter / Harris
Hawkins, Becky Lee (Beavers), 44, Copperhill, Marcus & Sue Rhodes / Payne
Hawkins, Charles Brent, 48, Tellico Plains, TN., Feb 20, Troy Hawkins-mother living
Hayes, Pamela A., 63, Bradley Co., March 24
Helton, Cecil James, 92, Mineral Bluff, GA, Jan. 16, no parents named
Helton, David Lane, 53, Mineral Bluff, GA., June 20, Edgar & Helen Standridge / Helton
Hicks, Hugh Ronald "Buckshot", 65, Isabella, Feb 8, Leland & Nora Hicks
Hosch, Willie Evelyn Mundy, Buford, GA., Jan. 30, dtr of William Anderson Mundy and Josie Deila Magness
Jack, Irene Givens, 86, Turtletown, May 27, Newton and Maggie Fox / Givens
Jenkins, William Buford, Sr., no age given, April 22, Reliance, Jack & Bonnie Jenkins
Jones, James William (Bill), Jr., 79, Jasper, GA., James William, Sr and Leila Richard / Jones
Jones, Sandra Thomas, 49, Blue Ridge, GA., Jan. 24, dtr of Daniel Boone Thomas
Keenum, Gladys, Jeanette Kilpatrick, 86, Blue Ridge, GA., March 24, Fred Warren Kilpatrick, Sr. & Blach Fox Kilpatrick
Kenny, Carl Lewis 73, Benton, Jan 25, Alvah & Vivian Marshall Kinney
Kimsey, Carl Lewis, 73, Benton, TN., Jan. 25, son of Alvah Kimsey and Vivian Marshall
Lawson, Grace Ledford, 92, Ocoee, May 18, James & Zone Goforth / Ledford
Ledford, Elvin McKinley (Sam), 87, Blue Ridge, GA., Feb 16, Theodore B. Ledford & Carrie Cook
Ledford, Eric "Stanley", 45, McCaysville, March 19, no parents named
Lewis, Betty I, 70, May 26, Benton, John and Elizabeth Padgett / Lewis
Lewis, Margaret Amaline, 84, Cleveland, Feb 7, K.D. & Lizzie Mayfield
Lewis, William Joseph "Bill", 70, McCaysville, GA, April 19, William Edward and Maggie Lee Addington / Lewis
Lillard, Joe G., 85, Cleveland, TN, April 21, parents not named
Linderman, Thomas Howard, 82, Turtletown, April 27, Earl Taylor and Mabel Hamby / Linderman
Long, Albert R., no age given, March 18, Benton, Earnest E & Mae Long
McCay, Byron Lee "Gabby", Mt. Airy, GA., April17, Arthur Byron "Buck" and Agnes Patterson / McCay
McCarter, William Donald, 82, Mandeville, LA., (no date of death given but published July 7), Robert Pink and Mary Etta Kincaid / McCarter
McClary, Thelma Hurt, 83, Hemet, California (Ocoee, TN.), Winston & Pearl Cloud
McCormick, Dianna Ozell, 56, April 30, Old Fort & McMinnville, TN., Glendell & Lila Jo McCormick
McDaniel, James Carl, 67, McCaysville, GA, June 12, J.D. McDaniel, Jr. and Ruby Lee Fisher
McDonald, Nancy Sue Smith, 67, Benton, March 15, James Lank Smith, mother living
McDonald, Robert (Johnny) William, 88, Benton, April 7, Robert & Lucy Morgan / McDonald
McFarland, Bonnie Helton, 83, Jan 7, McCaysville, GA., dtr of Andrew and Beulah Ash Helton
McLean, Reba Evans, 80, Jacksonville, FL, May 20, L.B. and Annie Evans
McNelly, Jerald Ross, 67, Polk Co., Feb 25, J.R. & Mildred McNelly
McTaggart, Dewayne Bunyon, 63, June 28, Bunyon and Elfrieda Slack McTaggart
Mason, Frances Hicks, 51, Cleveland, TN., Jan, 27, dtr of Elmer Hicks, mother not named
Mealer, Clyde Paul, 75, Morganton, Ga., Cicher & Florence Walden / Mealer
Mealer, Judy Marie, 50, McCaysville, GA., June 2, parents not named
Meyers, Crystal Marie Ballew, 27, Benton, May 9, parents living, grandfather J.D. Woody
Mitchell, Dorothy "Dot", 92, McCaysville, GA., May 15, Juan Monroe and Letha Dillenger / Thomas
Monahon, Mary A., 89, Jan 8, Paulsboro, New Jersey, Paul & Leonora Morabite / Minnitt
Morris, Barbara Jean, 54, Reliance, TN., Jan 11, dtr of Luther Morris and Myrtle Oliver
Morris, Lisa Ann, 39, April 15, Polk Co., Gilber Clave, Jr, (step-father), mother living
Mozley, William Bradford, 39, Delano, May 25, parents living
Mull, Glenn C, 76, May 12, Cohutta, GA, Andrew Braxton and Falby Ownby / Mull
Mull, William, 83, Belton, South Carolina, Feb. 26., Ganes & Vada Ledford / Ballew
Newman, Emma Louise, 73, Farner, June 29,Harley and Nellie Coleman / Raper
Newman, Jerry, 74, Chatsworth, GA., June 5, Hattie Standridge and Thomas Lloyd Newman
Newman, Kenneth A., 88, Delano, TN, Jan. 22, son of Horace Newman & Lula Kelley
O’Donnell, James Alan, 56, Turtletown, Jan 13, no parents named
O’Neal Maggie Lucy Dunn, 92, Georgia, Jan. 18, dtr. Of Samuel Dunn and Melinda Patterson
Painter, Florine Strickland, 75, Blairsville, GA., March 5, Leman & Flora Mae Pearlon / Farmer
Painter, W.C. "Bill", 72, Benton, March 7, Emmitt & Ethel Poteet / Painter
Parks, Janice Kathleen, 44, Blue Ridge, GA., Feb 28, father living, mother Juanita Womble Miller
Patterson, Joan Marie, 74, McCaysville Ga, Dec 31 (2009), dtr of John and Marie Demmington
Patterson, Effie Payne, 95, Ducktown, TN, Jan 18., dtr of Simon Payne & Mary N. Ensley
Payne, Rosa Lee, 90, Blue Ridge, GA, Jan 12, dtr of Perry and Nancy King Sisson
Perian, Viola Eaton, 69, Benton, May 6, Archie & Lena Hunt / Eaton
Phillips, Charles Herdis, 87, Blairsville, GA., May 6, Nathan & Birdie McCabee Phillips
Phillips, Mary Bell, 80, McCaysville, GA, Jan. 20., dtr. of Carl Bell and Bertha King
Pickelsimer, Dell Duaird, 83, Copperhill, April16, Harvey Allen & Lois Edith Cruse / Pickelsimer
Pless, Kirkland Clay 'Kirk', 53, McCaysville, GA., Feb 18, Frank L. Pless, Sr. & Patricia Hamby
Powell, Charles Junior, 58, Copperhill, April13, Frank Harvey Powell, mother living
Postell, Patsy 77, Turtletown, March 20, Joseph Allen & Eva Sutton Hedden
Price, James (Rob), 73, Reliance, Woodrow & Hester Hamby / Price
Prichard, Charles Toby "Wart", 77, Copperhill, March 27, Peeler & Mary Harris Prichard
Prichard, Edith Cloud, 91, Ocoee, March 22, Winston & Pearl Cloud
Quantrill, Eunice, 100, Blue Ridge, GA., Feb 5, Emory Lee Gilliam and Pearl Ashworth
Reamsnyder, Cynthia Ann, 62, Feb 18, Richard Refner & Virginia Seigel
Reece, Howard, 89, McCaysville, March 5, Jefferson and Bertha Cochran / Reece
Reynolds, Wilma (Woody), 66, Ocoee, Jan 25, Ben Woody and Ina Helton Woody Frazier
Rowland, Ada Irene, Etowah, TN, 89, May 28, William and Ella Fay Harvey Arrowood
Rule, Boyd Wayne, 92, Morganton, GA., April 2, John Ira Rule & Tina Gibson / Rule
Schmidt, Beverly Cheryl (Fisher), 65, Delano, TN., Jan. 20, no parents named
Shipman, Bobby Don, 57, Etowah, TN., March 3, Henry Clay Shipman & Willie Inez Kersey
Simonds, Billie Grizzle, 83, Turtletown, TN., Jan. 5, dtr of Tom Grizzle and Myrtle Blalock
Simonds, Jack A.(Bishop), 79, Andrews, NC., May 15, Joseph L and Dora Bowers / Simonds
Smith, Arnold Edward, 88, Polk co., June 10, Joseph & Oma Jane Chambers / Smith
Smith, Dana Elizabeth Griffith, 88, Copperhill, June 7, parents not named
Smith, Philip Gilbert, 65, Isabella, Feb 8, Willaim R. Smith, Jr.
Smith, Ronnie Glen, 53, Turtletown, June 9, Ronald and Wilma Swanson / Smith
Stone, Frank C., 92, Cleveland, TN, Jan. 31, son of John Edward Stone and Myrtle Beene
Stonecipher, Tabitha Lynn Pearl, 31, Copperhill, April 3, parents living
Stillwell, Daisy Mae, 62, Copperhill, TN., Jan. 27, dtr of Willard Stillwell and Carmel Swanson
Studdard. Ruth Rogers, Delano, May 10, Tom & Ida Seay / Rogers
Suit, William Ernest “Buddy”, 71, McCaysville, GA., Jan. 13, son of William and Lois Nell Harper Suit
Sweeney, Catherine Mae, 65, Feb 12, Copperhill, Howard & Mary Catherine Felix / Robertson
Thomas, Hoyt James, Sr., 83, Ducktown, TN., Jan 8, son of Carl and Froney Payne Thomas
Tucker, Edward (Eddie) J. 75, Benton, (New York), John Peter and Florence Ann Hutchinson / Tucker
Turner, Lloyd Wayne, Sr., 84, Duke, OK. Jan 22, son of Lee Turner and E. May Funk
Thompson, Robert Eugene, 81, Benton, Tn., Jan 29., son of William Thompson and Lillie Meeker
Ware, Carrie Ann, 35, McCaysville, GA, June 29, parents not named
Weaver. A[ro; Lo,seu. 87, Turtletown, Feb 24, J.Q. and Cora Bryant Weaver
Weeks, James Edward, 96, Fannin Co, Feb 26, Lee & Mary Ellen Weeks
Wagner, Charles E. (Chuck), 76, Conasauga, TN., Jan. 26, son of Edward C. Wagner and Elizabeth Underfanger
Whitlow, Bertha Mae Penson, 98, McCaysville, GA., April 8, Bartley & Nancy Bridges / Pinson
Williams, Jewel Edna, 83, May 3, Copperhill, Ferdie & Lennie Mae Jones / Colvin
Wilson, Hobert, 81, Etowah, Feb 12, Demps & Leona Wilson
Wilson, Georgine Ann, 90, Calhoun, TN, Feb 23, no parents named
Woody, Maryann Christine, 40, Benton, TN., Jan 11, dtr of Michael Lee “Moe” Woody, mother living