Obituaries

Lois Jean White

Lois Jean White

Nov 20, 2007

Mrs. Lois J. White, age 78 of Murphy, NC, passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at Murphy Medical Center. Mrs. White was born Monday, January 21, 1929 in Cook Co., IL to the late Edward and Caroline (Kammes) Yarmus. A member of Marble Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, She was preceded in death by daughter, Wanda W. Mills and son,...

Evelyn B. Sudderth

Evelyn B. Sudderth

Nov 18, 2007

Evelyn Bass Sudderth, age 93 of Murphy, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2007 at Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home. Evelyn was born Thursday, December 25, 1913 in Cowan, TN to the late Fred Bass and the late Florence Kirby Bass. A member of Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church, Baptist WMU and NC Home Demonstration Club. Survivors include: son & daughter-in-law, Richard...

Walter James Linsley

Walter James Linsley

Nov 18, 2007

Mr. Walter James Linsley, age 85 of Lithonia, GA, formerly of Hiawassee and Ft. Pierce, FL, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2007 at Heartland Hospice. Mr. Linsley was born Monday, December 19, 1921 in New Haven County, CT to the late Benjamin Palmer Linsley and the late Phyllis Jenkins Linsley. Mr. Linsley was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. He...

Howard Walters

Howard Walters

Nov 17, 2007

Howard Walters was born into the eternal heavens on November 17, 2007. He was 82. Howard is survived by his daughter Wendy, son-in-law Chuck, and grandchildren: Preston, Coral and Marina, all of Acworth, Georgia; his son, John, daughter-in-law, Jill, and grandchildren: Steven and Brian, of Key Largo, Florida. Howard was a Navy veteran serving on the USS Midway in the...

Max Zimmerman

Max Zimmerman

Nov 16, 2007

Max Kenneth Zimmerman, age 68 of Mineral Bluff, Ga., passed away Friday, November 16, 2007 at St. Joseph's Hospital. Zimmerman was born Monday, May 15, 1939 in Clay County, NC to the late Paul Walton Zimmerman and the late Maude Phillips Zimmerman. A Charter member of Appalachia Baptist Church, retired sales manager for Flowers Bakeing Company, He was preceded in...

Willa Loudermilk

Willa Loudermilk

Nov 16, 2007

Willa Mae Loudermilk, age 97 of Ackworth, formaly of McCaysville passed away Friday, November 16, 2007 at the Kennestone Hospital in Marietta Wiila was born Tuesday, May 24, 1910 in Fannin County to the late George Taylor and the late Margarett Smith Taylor. She was member of McCaysville Methodist Church, she loved baking and quilting. She was preceded in death...

Marvin Roosevelt Patterson

Marvin Roosevelt Patterson

Nov 15, 2007

Marvin Roosevelt Patterson, age 71 of Morganton, GA, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2007 at Heritage Health Care Of Blue Ridge. Patterson was born Saturday, October 31, 1936 in Fannin Co. Ga. to the late Roy Everett Patterson and the late Annie Mae Bryant Patterson. A member of loved hunting and fishing US Ary Veteran , He was preceded in...

Jack Key Oliver,

Jack Key Oliver,

Nov 11, 2007

Mr. Jack Key Oliver, Jr., age 48 of Hiawassee, GA, passed away Sunday, November 11, 2007 at his residence. Key was born Monday, April 20, 1959 in Muscogee County, Georgia. He had lived in Tucker, Ga before moving to Hiawassee 4 years ago and was of the Methodist faith. He was loved by all in his community. Survivors include: parents,...

Alma Gibson

Alma Gibson

Nov 9, 2007

Mrs. Alma Gibson, age 88 of Young Harris, GA, passed away Friday, November 9, 2007 at Union General Hospital. Mrs. Gibson was born Saturday, November 1, 1919 in Towns County, GA to the late Alfred Kuykendall and the late Maggie Henson Kuykendall. She had worked at Young Harris College for many years before her and Walter opened Gibson's Food and...

Evah Kathryn Daves

Evah Kathryn Daves

Nov 8, 2007

Mrs. Evah Kathryn Turner Daves, age 103, of Morganton, Georgia, passed away Thursday, November 8, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Daves was born Thursday, April 21, 1904 in Fannin County, Georgia to the late Lon Turner and the late Laura Dean Turner. She wasa member of Wilscott Baptist Church, taught school in Gilmer County, and was a member of the...

Carl Herbert Matthes

Carl Herbert Matthes

Nov 8, 2007

Mr. Carl Herbert Matthes, age 72, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Thursday, November 8, 2007 at Clay County Care Center in Hayesville, North Carolina. Mr. Matthes was born Saturday, December 29, 1934 in LaGloria, Cuba, a son of the late Roland Wolfgang Matthes and the late Edith Croft Matthes. He had lived in this area for the past four years,...

Hugh Gerhart,

Hugh Gerhart,

Nov 7, 2007

Mr. Hugh Gerhart, Jr., age 73 of Young Harris, GA, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at North East Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Gerhart was born Wednesday, October 10, 1934 in Cuyahoga County, OH to the late Hugh Matthew Gerhart, Sr and the late Henrietta Schmall Gerhart. He was a member of McConnell Memorial Baptist Church and an U.S. Air...

Grace Cooper

Grace Cooper

Nov 5, 2007

Ms. Grace Jeanette Cooper, age 106 of Murphy, NC, passed away Monday, November 5, 2007 at Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home. Grace was born Monday, October 14, 1901 in Saginaw Co., MI to the late Robert Ross and Alice Barber. Preceded in death by her husband Clyde Cooper. Survivors include: son & daughter-in-law, Chester & Betty Hulett of Murphy, three...

Claudia Mcallister Hall Beckler

Claudia Mcallister Hall Beckler

Nov 4, 2007

Mrs. Claudia McAllister Hall Beckler, age 94 of Ducktown, TN, passed away Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 348 Main Street. Mrs. Beckler was born Sunday, January 26, 1913 in Polk Co. Tenn. late Julius and Gertrude McAllister. She was later adopted by Silas and Letha Hall She was a member of Mine City Baptist Church, retired school teacher. Survivors include:...

Thomas Lee Henry

Thomas Lee Henry

Nov 3, 2007

Mr. Thomas Lee Henry, age 72, of Mineral Bluff, Georgia, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2007 in Ocala, FL. Thomas was born October 18, 1935 in Fannin County, GA to the late Everett Henry and the late Beulah Davis Henry. He was a member of Toccoa Baptist Church, served in the US Air Force, and was a retired truck driver....

Peggy Sherman Smith

Peggy Sherman Smith

Nov 3, 2007

Mrs. Peggy Sherman Smith, age 83 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2007 at Peachtree Christian Hospice. Mrs. Smith was born Tuesday, October 14, 1924 in Miami, FL to the late Ira Sherman and the late Agnes Bartley Sherman. She was a former auxiliary volunteer for the Haywood County Hospital in Waynesville, NC and was preceded in death...

Carol Rothe

Carol Rothe

Nov 2, 2007

Mrs. Carol Rothe, age 82 of Copperhill, TN, passed away Friday, November 2, 2007 at Life Care Center of Copper Basin. Mrs. Rothe was born Thursday, June 18, 1925 in Kent, MI to the late Jess Dyer and the late Beatrice Pulver Dyer. Preceded in death by one grandchild L. Michael Qualtieri Survivors include: her husband I. William Rothe of...

Doris Ester Underwood

Doris Ester Underwood

Oct 31, 2007

Doris E. Underwood, age 88 of Cartersville, passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at her home. Doris was born Saturday, April 19, 1919 in Cherokee Co. NC to the late David Collier and the late Ora Bell Hawkins Collier. She was a life long christian and was preceded in death by son, Joseph Timothy Ball. Survivors include: daughter, Barbara Joyce...

Harlan Eugene King

Harlan Eugene King

Oct 29, 2007

Harlan Eugene King, age 80 of Copperhill, passed away Monday, October 29, 2007 at Copper Basin Medical Center. Gene was born Monday, July 11, 1927 in Polk County Tenn. to the late Ervin Elijah King and the late Ruth Marie Coffey King. He was a member of Isabella Baptist Church and a US Army veteran. Survivors include: son, Gary M....

Nellie Marie

Nellie Marie

Oct 28, 2007

Mrs. Nellie Marie Ray, age 92, of Mineral Bluff, Georgia passed away Sunday, October 28, 2007 at her home. Nellie was born Wednesday, April 14, 1915 in Fannin County, Georgia to the late William H. Farmer and the late Vesta Jane Ross Farmer. She was a member Hot House Baptist Church and loved to sew and quilt. Nellie was preceded...