Mr. Harold Greg Gibson, age 53 of Blue Ridge, passed away July 2, 2011.

Ralph Clinton Hughes, age 91 of Murphy, NC, passed away July 1, 2011 at Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home.

Alyce Marie Ford, age 85 of North Palm Beach and Hiawassee, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011 at Union General Hospital.

Mrs. Mildred L. Wilcox, age 86 of Mineral Bluff, passed away July 2, 2011 at Fannin Regional Hospital.

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death of Mrs. Ida Jones Jackson, age 93, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away Friday, July 1, 2011 in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.

Mrs.Claudia Ann Wright, age 71 of Hiawassee, passed away Friday, July 1, 2011 at her home.

The Akins Funeral of Copperhill announces the death of Joan Jones, age 68, of the Grassy Creek Community, Copperhill, TN who passed away Monday, June 27, 2011 in the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN.

Billy Ray Laney, age 65 of Murphy, passed away June 23, 2011 at the Murphy Medical Center after a lengthy illness.

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Wade Robert Mason, age 81, of Buford, Georgia, who passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011 in Kindred Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mrs. Nancy Williams Stymus, age 74 of Marietta, GA., passed away June 23, 2011.

The Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill announces the death of Jack Ivy Dixon, age 75, of Murphy, NC who passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2011.

James Hayward Justus, age 80 of Blairsville, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2011 at his home.

Mr. Robert Lee “Bob” Garrison, age 62, of Blairsville, Georgia passed away early Saturday morning, June 18, 2011.

The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Helen Marie (Plemmons) Porter, age 80, of Blue Ridge, who died Sunday, June 19, 2011, at Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge, Ga.

The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Emma Arzona (Davenport) Dickey, age 89, of Blue Ridge, Ga., who died Sunday, June 19, 2011, at Heritage Health Care of Blue Ridge.

The Akins Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces the death of Mrs. Lois (Mull) Cromwell, age 70, of Blue Ridge, Ga., who died Saturday, June 18, 2011, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga.