Obituary Index

for July - December, 2010

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• Adcock, Cora Alma Marie, 99, Turtletown, July 29, Moses & Millie Dean Weaver
• Akin, June, 89, July 31, McCaysville, GA., Charles & Ada Plemmons
• Arp,, Betty Jo Harper, 77, Ducktown, Roy and Nora Mae Burnette/Harper
• Arp, Joann Ware, 77, McCaysville, GA, Dec. 29, Wayne, Ware, Sr and Edna Williams/Ware
• Ash, Ruby Jewell, 85, Fannin Co., GA, July 7, James Bascum & Susie Sisson Ash
• Bailey, Kimko, 71, Ocoee, Dec 24, Toraichi and Hara Kaizv
• Baines, John Michael, 33, Turtletown, August 21, parents living
• Barnes, Grace M. Gunter,89, Dec 31, Waymon and Maggie Gunter
• Bates, Betty Jean Byrd, 77, Benton, Aug 12, Thomas Edward & Tennie Lankford Byrd
• Bates, Georgia (Doc) Duvell, 93, Benton, Nov 6, John Henry Shields and Emma Louise Lawson
• Beckler, John Dwight, 77, (native of) Benton, Charles A and Ruby Mae Witzel Beckler 
• Bell, James Windle "Jim", 78, Benton, August 22, John & Mildred Bell
• Bishop, Larry Dean, 66, Benton, August 4, no parents named
• Burk, Tucker Amos, 50, McCaysville, GA, August 13, Doyle & Reba Joyce Burk
• Burns, Roy (Dick) Elmer, 81,Benton, Nov. 23, grandfather is George M. Burns, mother was Pearl Burns
• Burt, Joann, 75, Copperhill, Nov. 17, James & Dora Lee Cornwell
• Cain, Melanie Ann, 39, McMinn Co., Oct. 31, Patricia Ann Cooley/Brown/Smith
• Callihan, Charles Raymond, "Charlie", 81, Blue Ridge, GA., Oct. 22, John Messer and Ethel Hawkins Callihan
• Campbell, Glenda Teresa, 48, Chatsworth, GA., August 28, Leffel Campbell, mother living
• Capps, Katherine Cordilla "Kat", 73, Marion, NC., August 18, Marcus and Dragie Kilpatrick
• Carter, James Larry 67, Copperhill, July 8, James and Ruby Tilley Carter
• Cate, Bobby Grundy, 75, Ocoee, Sept 8, Marvin and Velma Lowery Cate
• Cearley, Marshall "Buck" 86, McCaysville, GA, August 11, Hershel & Ella Rose Gaddis/Cearley
• Chastain, Glen Harold, 68, Blue Ridge, GA., Nov 30, parents not named
• Cheek, Leonard Howard, 67, Benton, Leonard and Bottie Kate Curton/Cheek
• Clonts, Howard Henry, 68, Copperhill, TN, Oct. 21, Amburs Soloman  & Delva Dillard/ Clonts
• Cluck, Martha Ann, 76, July 22, McCaysville, GA, Walter & Ernestine Bedford/Stephens
• Cochran, W.H. (Achee), 86, Fannin Co., GA., Reid and Hester Abercrombie/Cochran
• Cole, James Jonathan Lee, 27, Farner, Oct. 29, parents living
• Cole, Juanita Edith, 81, Morganton, GA., Sept. 17, Avery and Dovie Pickelsimer Wilson
• Coleman, John Calvin (JC), 84, Murphy NC, Oct 2, Calvin Luther and Lula Edna Runion/Coleman
• Crawford, Michael Lew, (Rev.) 54, August 14, Copper Basin, Roosevelt & Delzia Jones / Crawford
• Davis, Dorothy Adelaide Gilbert, 95, Conasauga, Nov 27, John A and Nora Gilbert
• Dickerson, Carroll Ray, 71, Copperhill, Nov 13, parents not named
• Dickerson, Patsy Carol, 73, Copperhill, Sept. 27, Roland and Margaret Tipmore/Wigginton
• Dillard, Barbara Sue Patterson, 63, Blue Ridge GA, August 5, William Arthur & Ester Leona Danner Patterson
• Dillard, Hassie Helen Denton, 88, Murphy, NC., Sept 21, Adolphus Lee and Carrie Bell Denton
• Dillard, Robert Keener, 78, McCaysville, GA., Nov. 20, John William and Hettie Truelove / Dillard
• Duggan, Donald Robert "Donnie", 68, Turtletown, August 29, Burt and Lola Duggan
• Duncil, Elois O’Brien, 90, Benton, Nov. 26, parents not named
• Evans, Judy Rogers, 60, Benton, Oct. 5, Frank and Elsie Hicks Rogers
• Farner, Blanche Louise (Burger), 82, Copperbasin, Nov. 23,  Joe and Hattie Coleman Burger
• Ferry, (Sister) Angela, Polk Co., August 21, parents not named
• Filinow, Matilda Sally Rymer, 90, Delano,  Nov. 12, parents not named
• Forrester, J.B., 78, Polk Co., August 28, Jeff and Maude Sisson / Forrester
• Franks, Edith K. 90, Cleveland, Sept 19, Samuel & Nettie Daugherty Williams
• Frase. John Roger, 74, Reliance, Fred Taylor and Cordie Plemmons / Frase (no date given, in July 21 issue)
• Frazier, Charles Weldon, 81, Old Fort, August 28, Lowery & Lennie Mae Dixon / Frazier
• Galloway, Charles Edward (Ed), 89, Epworth, GA., Dec. 18, James T. & Lillie Mae Thomas / Galloway
• Gantt, Norma Billie Welch, 76, Rome, GA., Sept. 30, William M. and Pearl Patterson/Welch
• German, Hobert Wade, 62, Cumming GA., July 1, Hobert & Rachel Chancey/German
• Ghorley, Annie Avenelle (Lillard) Ghorley, 86, Benton, Sept 16, Floyd and Laura Alice Bates Lillard
• Gilliland, Sarah Pauline Stone, 89, Nov. 8,  Polk Co., Ovie Stone and Sarah Elizabeth Burris Stone
• Goforth, Letcher “Doodle”, 86, Greasy Creek, Nov 12, William Alvin 7 Callie Caroline Goforth
• Gower, Lorraine Mae, 80, Delano, Sept. 28, Ethel Harriett and William E. Flemings, Sr.
• Green, Vernie Mae Foster, 83, Blue Ridge GA, July 4, John Roosevelt and Effie Elizabeth Davenport/Foster
• Gunn, David, 52, Copperhill, July 1, Bertha Rose Villian  & Paul Gunn
• Guthrie, Lucy Carlton, 95, Epworth, GA, July 2, C.C. & Leslie Carlton
• Haire, Betty Ann, 80 Turtletown, July 4, Byron Fredrick & Lula Myrtle Smith / Gilmore
• Hale, Barbara Howard, 95, Spring City, Centerville, TN., Oct 17, William Franklin and Maggie Carden Howard
• Hargrove, Matthew Abel, 20, Ooltewah, TN., July 14, parents living
• Harris, Mae Lee Ledford, 79, Murphy, NC, October 30, John Oscar and Katie Bradley Chastain
• Harris, Shannon Lane, 35, Mineral Bluff, GA, Nov 29, parents living
• Henson, Margie Marie Millholland, 74, Ellijay, GA., Sept 11, General Shermand and Arvie Galloway Millholland
• Hood, Michiko Nagatska, Copperhill, Nov. 8, parents not named
• Hughes, James 'Jimmy' Alan, Ducktown, July 1, father not named, mother living
• Hughes, Max Warren, 68, Morganton GA., August 28, Fred and Lillian Forrester / Hughes
• Humberd, Ora Smith, 96, Benton, Oct. 31, parents not named
• Hutcheson, Sandra Gene, 57, Ducktown, Nov 13, Robert and Birdie Johnson / Martin
• Jabaley, Robert Khalil, 60, Blue Ridge, Ga.  Date of death not given, mass held Dec 23, parents not named
• Jenkins, Carl, Rev., 55, Benton, July 19, Mike & Minnie Lou Thomas / Jenkins
• Jenkins, Jim (Bug), age not given, Sept. 22, Nip and Demerce Lee Jenkins
• Jenkins, Oran, 87, Lenoir City, TN, Sept. 28, C.H. and Lizzie Firestone/Jenkins
• King, Christine Walker, 93, Sept. 15, Ducktown, parents not named
• Kingman, Owen, 92, Grand Junction, Colorado, August 22, parents not named
• Kyle, Donna Jean, 69, Ducktown, August 23, George and Leona Allen / Morrow
• Kyle, Otis Eugene, 75, McCaysville, GA, Sept 12, Otis Emery and Mae Ladora Chancey/Kyle
• Lea, Marie, 70, Cleveland, TN, Aug 6, R.L. McGehee, mother living
• Lee, Leonard (Frog) Curtis, 867, Polk Co., Dec 31, Lester and Bessie Carney / Lee
• Ledford, Junior, 71, Old Fort, Dec 31, Elene Thomason and James Holbert Ledford, Sr.
• Lewis, Carolyn Marcella, 59, Turtletown, September 3, William Lafayette and Myrtle Garrett Morrow
• Lewis, Reba Nell Smith, 92, Nov. 20, Benton, E.E. and Soe Haskin / Smith
• Locke, Clifton, 68, July 25, Benton, James & Amanda Blackwell / Locke
• Martin, Audrey "Speck", 87, Decatur, TN., Sept 18, son of Charles George "Turk" and Edith Harris Martin
• Martin, Ersie Mae Reno/Green, 77, Englewood, TN., Alvin and Beulah Reno
• Martin, Evelyn Grindstaff, 92, Epworth, GA, July 15, Avery & Carrie Stanley / Grindstaff
• McClane, James (Jim) Elmer, 93, Delano, Oct. 23,  parents not named
• McConnell, Vera Elizabeth, 100, Dec 22, Ducktown, Jack A and Lena Williams/Denton
• McDonald, Jayne Ruth, 82, Jenkinsburg, GA, Aug 2, Alfred and Idemia Newman/Heath
• McDowell, Irene Black, 83, Etowah, Oct 23,  dtr of Gertie Black
• McGill, Dallis Woodrow, 92, Blue Ridge, GA, Dec. 17, Thomas William and Laura Ann Allen /McGill
• McJunkins, Roy Lee, 59, Turtletown, Dec. 10, Roy L. & Ada McJunkins
• Newman, Donald L., 78, Decatur, TN, Nov. 22, parents not named
• Nicholson, Clora (Mae) Weaver, 95, Copperhill, Leonard and Amanda Burgess/Weaver
• Peterson, Floyd E., 88, Etowah, TN., Oct 15, J. Franklin and Mamie Bolinger Peterson
• Phillips, Joseph Michael, 71, Old Fort, Dec. 13, Mike & Anna Toporcer / Phillips
• Phillips, Thelma June, 81, Ducktown, Sept 26, Virgil and Carrie Mae Caughran/Mull
• Phillips, Joseph Michael, 71, Old Fort, Dec 13,Mike and Anna Toporcer/Phillips
• Pittman, Billy, 81, Mineral Bluff, GA., Sept. 25, Claude and Dueane Beavers/Pittman
• Pittman, William Slayton, 74, Dawsonville, GA, Nov 8, Sherman W & Gladys Helton Pittman
• Postell, James "Windord", 79, Epworth, GA, August 18, Oscar G & Lottie McArthur Postell
• Postelle, Grace Quintrell, 82, Oct. 29, Fannin Co., GA., William Henry and Nell Fry Quintrell
• Ratcliff, Leonard Ernest, 97, Mineral Bluff, GA, July 26, Jim & Molliy Gaddis / Ratcliff
• Raymond, Ernest Augustus, 80, Benton, July 25, Harry & Helen Beller / Raymond
• Rogers, Samuel (Sammy) James, 50, Benton, Nov 6, mother is Betty Louise Rogers, father not named
• Rogers, Veta Marie, 96, Cleveland, TN, July 21, Robert and Annie Hibberts / Willson
• Rogers, William Floyd 'Bill', 68, August 13, Mineral Bluff, GA., Stanhope & Mabel Waller / Rogers
• Rymer, Bud F., 70, Tellico Plains, TN, Nov. 7, Cal & Mae Rymer
• Rymer, Etta Mae, 90, Reliance, July 16, parents not named
• Rymer, Franklin Vernon, 73, Dec 28,  Polk Co., Olen and Deava Rymer
• Shaw, Irene Frase, 67, Cleveland, Fred and Cordie Plemmons/Frase
• Shell, Thomas Marvin, 50, Copperhill, Nov. 11, Thomas Franklin and Mary Alice Beavers / Shell
• Sherrill, Brian Eugene, 40, Cohutta, GA., Sept 3, parents living
• Smith, Nell Elizabeth (Bates), 88, Copperhill, Nov. 1, parents not named
• Sortman, Cathaleen Marguerite, 92, Oct. 14, Ducktown, Edward G. Herfurth and Hazel Gittens
• Sortman, Cathaleen Marguerite, 92,Ducktown, Oct. 14, Edward G Herfurth and Hazel Gittens
• Stanford, Raymond Edward, 86, Reliance, August 22, Earl F & Lucy Peck / Stanford
• Stephens, Betty J. Shipman, 73, Benton, Nov 18, Henry and Willie Kersey / Shipman
• Stephenson, J.W. 79, Ocoee, Dec 30, Laura Brock and Walter Willis Stephenson
• Stiles, Harold Lloyd, 86, Copperhill, Dec. 18, Ervin & Edna Stiles
• Styles, Guy Franklin, 93, McCaysville, GA, July 11, William and Vada McCay / Styles
• Sukhanov, Lydia, 57, October, Calhoun, TN, nor parents named
• Sundown, Rose Marie (Williamson), 81, Murphy, NC,  Arvel Avery, Sr. & Lydia Marcella Raper/Williamson
• Tallent, O.K., 84, Oak Ridge, TN., Sept. 14, Charles Othar and Agens Johnson Tallent
• Taylor, Kermit Charles, 76, Reliance, Dec. 7, Tom & Carrie Bates / Taylor
• Toomey, James (J.D.), 79, Old Fort, James A. & Sallie Burris / Toomey
• Toomey, Lorene, 79, Old Fort, Oct. 6, R.D. & Alice Ledford
• Turner, Debbie Ann (Dearmond), 48, Turtletown, Dec. 1, parents not named
• Turner, John Alva, 68, Copperhill, July 22, no parents given
• Walker, Zelma Lee Guy, 80, Oct 6, Polk Co., Raleigh B and Zeffie Atkins/Guy
• Waters, Geraldine Dorothy Goforth / Ledford, 74, Bradley Co., TN, July 12, Charlie & Dolly McDonald Goforth
• Weaver, Betty Ann, 62, Blue Ridge, GA, Oct 13, Rufus and Priscilla Joyce White
• Webb, David, 73, Reliance, Nov. 4, Arthur Brown and Josie Lankford Webb
• West, Albert, 84, Delano, Dec. 24, Robert West, mother not named
• Wilcox, Stanley Aaron, 47, Hendersonville, NC., Sept. 20, Elzie and Velmer Wilcox
• Wiley, James Harold, 82, Oak Ridge, TN., August 17, Tommy and Kate Wiley
• Williams, Doris King, 83, McCaysville, GA., Oct. 16, Otis & Drucilla Fry / King
• Williamson, Arvel A., Jr., July 26, Murphy, NC, parents not named
• Worthington, John Keith, 51, Old Fort, Sept. 14, Lesley and Eileen Worthington
• Worthy, Edward, Rev., 76, August 1, Copperhill, Walter and Ellar Taylor/Worthy
• Yates, Connie Norene, 53, Chattanooga, July 14, Roy and Blanche C. Moates / Yates