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Cheryl Norfleet Brown Mills |
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Cheryl Norfleet Brown Mills born March 30, 1951 in
Chattanooga Tennessee. She passed away peacefully at her home in
Fannin County Georgia on Friday, January 13, 2012 at the age of 60. She
was the owner and manager of American Wholesale Printing in Blue Ridge
Georgia for twenty-three years. Cheryl dedicated extraordinary time
applying her exceptional typesetting skills and detailed attention to
graphic design in order to best represent the customers she served in
the community.
Ms Mills graduated in 1969 from Brainerd High School in East Ridge
Tennessee. She was active in numerous high school clubs and athletics.
She played tennis and softball, taught swimming lessons and was also an
avid snow skier. In 1973, Cheryl received her Bachelors Degree in
Early Childhood Development from Middle Tennessee State University where
she was a member of the synchronized swimming team. She originally came
to the north Georgia mountains in 1976 to serve as the Director of Blue
Ridge Child Development Agency. Cheryl was one of the earliest Red Cross
Swimming Instructors at the Blue Ridge City Pool.
Cheryl was an active member of Unity Church in the Atlanta area and most
recently of the Unity Church of the Mountains in Blairsville. She was
actively involved and supportive of many community agencies and
volunteer organizations including North Georgia Mountains Crisis
Network, Fannin County Chamber of Commerce, Blue Ridge Business and
Professional Association, in Miracles Group, Blue Ridge Federated
Woman’s Club, Course Good Samaritans of Fannin County and the Blue Ridge
Mountains Arts Association.
Cheryl was preceded in death by her mother Norfleet Hilda McKissack
Brown, father Keith Dillon Brown and step-father Marvin Mabry. She is
survived by her son, Christopher Ryan Mills of the home, sister Diane
Elizabeth Hanger and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Cheryl leaves
behind many wonderful friends who will always remember her beautiful
smile and courageous spirit, which was an inspiration to all who knew
her.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday, January 18 at 4:30 pm at the
Unity Church of the Mountains
in Blairsville, Georgia.
The Church is located at 2309 Murphy Hwy (2
miles North of KFC on Route 19/129, telephone
706-781-3393). Family and friends will gather after the
flowers, donations may be to the Arthritis Foundation PO Box 7669
Atlanta GA 39357-0669 or on line at
www.arthritis.org or to the
Unity Church of the Mountains Post Office Box 832, Blairsville GA 30514.
Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the
arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on
line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com
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Patricia Ann Edstrom |
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Mrs. Patricia Ann Edstrom, age 68, of Skeenah Highlands RD , Blairsville
passed away Monday, January 16, 2012 at her home following an extended
illness. Patricia was born March 2, 1943 in Chicago, IL daughter of the
late Raymond and Mary Van Namee Vaughn. She moved here 12 years ago from
Lake Alfred , FL.
Patricia had a special love for nature that was reflected in
much of the poems and songs that she wrote and sung.She could often be
seen walking at Meeks and Vogel Parks where she had met some of her
closest friends from this area whom she cherished. An artist of music
and songwriting, she also loved her family dearly which included her
late husband, George Edstrom, of 33 years and father of her four
children, Daniel Edstrom of Haines City Fl, Lori Boucher (husband
Robert) of Blairsville, Tina Pierce (husband Randy) of Young Harris, and
Timothy Edstrom of Winter Haven, Fl, Survived by siblings, Raymond
Vaughn of Lake Wales, Fl, and Jimmy Vaughn of Lake Alfred Fl, five
grandchildren, Sophia, Shyrese and Sara Boucher, Cotey and David Pierce
and her cat, Claudia Sheba Sharpie.
Memorial services will be held at a later date in Indiana.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday evening
from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. Interment will be in Providence Church
Cemetery in Paoli , IN.
Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of
the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
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Kathryn Suttles |
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Kathryn Patricia Noland Suttles, age 80, of Atlanta,
Georgia passed away thisday January 17, 2012 at her home in Blairsville
following an extended illness. “Pat” was born in Atlanta on June 24,
2031 and was a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Pat is survived by
her husband of 57 years Bill Suttles, Todd Suttles (son), Amanda Nesbit
(niece), Kirk Graham (nephew), Dale Aldridge (nephew). She was preceded
in death by her son Wade Suttles and two sisters: Jane Graham of
Columbia, South Carolina and Mary Ann Aldridge Fisher of Atlanta.
In 1952 Pat received her Bachelor of Fine Art from the
University of Georgia where she was Phi Beta Kappa; and a member of Pi
Beta Phi. Pat worked as an artist primarily in ceramics and her husband
is a painter. In 2002, Pat and Bill realized a lifelong dream when they
retired to the North Georgia Mountains to devote their time to their
arts. They became actively involved in the Hiawassee Mountain Arts
Association and The Blue Ridge Mountain Arts Association where a joint
showing of their art work is just concluding this month.
Pat was by nature inquisitive and loved to learn. She
would take up the cause of any animal or person in need. She expressed
her love and passion for life in her art.
No services are planned at this time. Interment will be
in Arlington Cemetery, Atlanta, GA. In lieu of flowers, memoriums may be
made to The Blue Ridge Mountain Arts Association, 420 W. Main St, Blue
Ridge, GA 30513; or Regency Hospice, P.O. Box 494, Hiawassee, GA 30546
Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of
the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com
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ROBERT "BOB" ALLEN MYERS |
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Mr. Robert Myers, age 100, of Tina’s Ct.,
Blairsville, GA passed away on January 20, 2012 in Union General
Hospital. Bob was born in Mount Blanchard, Ohio November 26, 1911. He
was preceded in death by his parents, Burt & Ethel Myers, and all five
of his siblings; two brothers, Clifton and Garmin Myers; three sisters,
Dorothy, Addie and Cletus, and first wife, Lottie Mae Seay Myers. He
was a member of First Baptist Church, Blairsville, where he attended
church services faithfully every Sunday until the last two weeks of his
life. A 100th birthday party was held for him at the church
in November, 2011 which pleased him very much and he enjoyed being
surrounded by family and friends there.
He is survived by wife Lucille Hayes
Myers, son Lamar Myers and his wife Jane of Americus, GA and
step-daughter Jerryann and her husband Stan Larson who live in
Blairsville, grandchildren Merritt Myers, Sabrina (Nathan) Bedford,
Scott (Anita) Key; great grandsons Andrew (Thelma) Dickens, Brian (Katy)
Earwood, Alex Williams, Cameron Key, Skyler Key; great granddaughters
Wendi Owens and Nicole Williams; great-great grandchildren, Dakotah,
Masen and Peyton Earwood, Lisa Bedford, Ariel and Keira Dickens all from
central Georgia or central Florida areas, special niece, Carol (David)
Sedgwick of Blairsville, and nieces and nephews in both Albany, GA and
Findlay, Ohio areas.
He met his first wife Lottie in Albany,
GA and had 52 years of marriage together. Bob then worked for the U. S.
Marine Corps Supply Center in Albany for awhile and later managed the
body shop of the Chevrolet dealership there for many years. After
Lottie’s death he married Lucille Hayes and they have been married for
over 20 years, living in Blairsville for seven years at the time of his
death.
Bob had a fantastic mind with a photographic memory and loved to talk
about his many early life and job experiences, having left home as a
teenager, traveling across the USA and working at a variety of jobs to
‘earn his way’ as he went, including road building, circuses, as cook on
a ship, various carpentry jobs and many more. He was an avid reader and
also loved to work in his shop where he made furniture and other items
including many of his own tools of both wood and metal. He was very
knowledgeable about gardening and plants and kept a nice vegetable
garden until his health began to slow him down.
Bob Myers was a great inspiration and a
joy to know; a hard-working, generous, gentle and honest person with
very high integrity. He treated everyone he met with great respect. Bob
worked hard all his life and experienced many financial hardships and
setbacks in his early years, but he always found a way to help others in
need. His big contagious and friendly smile earned him the nickname
“Smiley” from many who knew him, including those at his local doctor’s
office at High Mountain Healthcare. He always greeted Dr. Cindy Libert
with that big smile no matter what else was going on with his health and
he loved the special attention she gave him. He was deeply loved by many
friends and family and all who knew him will miss him greatly.
Services will be held at Mountain View
Funeral Home in Blairsville, GA on Tuesday, January 24th at
11 a.m. conducted by Dr. Fred Lodge, pastor of First Baptist Church,
Blairsville.
In lieu of flowers, please consider
contributing to First Baptist Church Faith Builders Sunday School Class,
who perform many kind services to those in need in our community.
No graveside services will be held as
interment will be in Albany, GA at a later date.
Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville
is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and
send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com
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