Mr. Harold Eugene Pitts age 63 of Blue Ridge, passed away Friday, May 11, 2018. Harold was born May 13, 1954 to the late Carl Pitts and Katherine L. Keener Pitts. Harold attended the Ridge Community Church in Blue Ridge and served his country enlisting in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Survivors include […]
Read More »James Beatcher Loudermilk: Obituary
James Beatcher Loudermilk, better known to family and friends as “Butch”, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Mr. Loudermilk was a native of the Copper Basin area and was a son of the late Dave and Ruby Swanson Loudermilk. He was retired as a Miner in Construction and enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening but especially enjoyed […]
Read More »Jodi Lynne Dillard: Obituary
Jodi Lynne Dillard, age 45, passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2018 in Jasper. She was born on September 8, 1972 in Copperhill, TN to the late James William Dillard and Barbara Sue Patterson Dillard. She was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her children, Jamison and Jensen Dillard; and her aunt, Carolyn […]
Read More »Short Takes – What We Learned From Helsinki, 2018
What We Learned From Helsinki, 2018. We watched a clash of two techniques at the Helsinki Summit yesterday, Trump’s The Art of the Deal and the other, The Art of Deception, as practiced by KGB’er Vladimir Putin. After the joint press conference two things emerged that need to be understood. President Trump is a deal […]
Read More »Short Takes – America’s Brown Shirts?
America’s Brown Shirts? Does Maxine Waters represent her version of America’s Brown Shirts? The rash of organized deranged fascists screaming in the faces of Trump supporters, Republican officials and anyone with a MAGA hat, is emblematic of Ernst Roehm’s Brown Shirts of a by gone era in a country far, far away. Roehm directed violence […]
Read More »Gloria Hopkins: Obituary
Gloria Hopkins, age 66, of Copperhill, TN, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2018. Gloria was born in Fulton County, GA to the late Frank Robert and Laura Frances Abercrombie Farmer, Jr. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Copperhill, TN and had worked as a CNA at the Life Care Center […]
Read More »Polk County TN Sheriff’s Office Arrest Report 06/18 to 06/24
Arrest report provided by the Polk County TN Sheriff’s Office, pursuant to the state open records law, Tennessee Code Ann. section 10-7-503 to 10-7-512; 10-7-701 to 10-7-702; 10-8-101 to 10-8-103 Open Records Act allows for www.fetchyournews.com to obtain and post the arrest records of any and all individuals arrested in Polk County, Tennessee. Those arrests […]
Read More »MECHS Graduation & Scholarship recipients
Albert E. Harrison Scholarship recipients from Gilmer and Fannin Counties (l-r) Filipe Arreaga, Christopher Byrd, Bryson Darnell, Madison Davenport, Phebee Garrett, Mallory Grimes, Lindsay Irons, Makenzi Ledford, Katelyn Roberts, Dakota Skiles, Pennie Tuck, Lexus Walden, and Jadie Weaver, also pictured Mr. Jason Smith and Mr. Doug Harrison of Ellijay Telephone Company.
Read More »Polk County TN Sheriff’s Office Arrest Report 04/30 – 05/06
Arrest report provided by the Polk County TN Sheriff’s Office, pursuant to the state open records law, Tennessee Code Ann. section 10-7-503 to 10-7-512; 10-7-701 to 10-7-702; 10-8-101 to 10-8-103 Open Records Act allows for www.fetchyournews.com to obtain and post the arrest records of any and all individuals arrested in Polk County, Tennessee. Those arrests […]
Read More »Oaklyn Emri Townshend: Obituary
Oaklyn Emri Townshend, infant daughter of Scott Townshend and Jade Allen Townshend, went to Heaven on Sunday, August 5, 2018 at Ft. Campbell, TN. She is survived by her parents; brother, Carter Mason Townshend; Maternal grandparents, Glenda Pressley and Robert Allen; Maternal great-grandparents, Herman & Wanda Bell; Paternal grandparents, Tony and Karen Mathews, Michael Townshend; […]
Read More »Lorene P. Woody: Obituary
Lorene P. Woody, age 93 of Blue Ridge, passed away July 13, 2018 in Jasper, GA. Mrs. Woody was born November 1, 1924 in Dial, GA to the late J. H. Fox and the late Josie Thurman Fox. A member of , she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert H. Woody. Survivors include: […]
Read More »Lily Carolyn Hembree: Obituary
Lily Carolyn Hembree, affectionately known by everyone as “Granny,” went home to be with the Lord on July 2, 2018. She was born in Ducktown, TN to Albert Garfield Cross and Lola Mae Carter Cross. She retired from Polk County Homemakers. She was of the Holiness faith and attended Mercy Tabernacle in Benton and Staffordtown […]
Read More »FCCLA National Leadership Conference
This past week two students from FCHS Family Career and Community Leaders of America attended the FCCLA National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Cady Finley and Sierra Reynolds were each one of only two students in their competition categories who represented the state of Georgia at the National level. Sierra Reynolds, freshman, competed in Sports […]
Read More »Carolyn Violet Wright: Obituary
Mrs. Carolyn Violet Wright, age 82, of McCaysville, GA passed away peacefully on June 17, 2018 at her home. She was born, the sixth child of twelve, to the late Everett Lester and Bessie Price Pennell on July 16, 1935 in North Wilkesboro, NC . She was a member of the Hot House Baptist Church […]
Read More »Dorothy Irene Gibson Dunn: Obituary
Dorothy Irene Gibson Dunn, age 84, of Ducktown, formerly of Dalton, GA, passed away Friday, June 15, 2018. Dorothy was born in Turtletown, TN to the late Taft and Lucy Loudermilk Gibson. She was retired as a Librarian with the Dalton School System and was of the Baptist Faith. She was also preceded in death […]
Read More »James Arthur Flowers: Obituary
James Arthur Flowers, age 82 of Mineral Bluff, passed away Thursday, May 31, 2018, at his home. Mr. Flowers was born May 12, 1936, in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late Henry Authur Flowers and the late Oma Desma Ware Flowers. A member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, James worked as a carpenter and his […]
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