Local Obituaries
Lillie Shiflett
Mar 20, 2014
Lillie Etrulia Shiflett, age 84 of Cornelia, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014. Born on October 28, 1929 in Anderson, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Alpha Geneva Farr Davis. Ms. Shiflett was a retired machine operator for Glen Raven Inc. In her spare time, she enjoyed cooking and was of the Baptist faith. She was affectionately...
M.J. Crocker
Mar 18, 2014
M.J. Crocker, age 92, of Cornelia, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Habersham Medical Center. Born on April 18, 1921 in Banks County, he was a son of the late William Tyson Crocker Sr. and Artha Simmons Crocker. Mr. Crocker was a member of First Baptist Church of Cornelia, where he served as Deacon Emeritus. He was a Master...
Harmon Armour
Mar 15, 2014
Harmon Armour, age 92, of Lula, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014 in Cleveland, GA. Born in Hall County on February 6, 1922, he was a son of the late Hancil and Beulah Leach Armour. Mr. Armour was a farmer, logger and he attended Holly Springs Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Mr. Armour was also preceded in death...
Mary Armour
Mar 15, 2014
Mary Frank “Frankie” Jackson Armour, age 69, of Cornelia (formerly of Gainesville), passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness. Born on July 11, 1944 in Hall County, she was the daughter of the late Frank Arlington and Birtie Mae Little Jackson. Mrs. Armour graduated from East Hall High School and then North...
Bobbie Sue Brock
Mar 12, 2014
Bobbie Sue Brock, age 80, of Cornelia, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Born on April 19, 1933, in Banks County, she was a daughter of the late Ben David and Lizzie Carlan Nunnally. Mrs. Brock was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church in Baldwin. She worked as a seamstress with Blue Bell Manufacturing in Homer for many years,...
Laverne Delk
Mar 9, 2014
Laverne Wilbanks Delk, age 82 of Stockbridge, passed away March 9, 2014. Born on December 5, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Marlor and Maggie Meeks Wilbanks. Mrs. Delk lived most of her life in Habersham County and the remainder in Stockbridge, Ga. after marrying her late husband, Mr. James Delk. "Granny" as she was called by everyone...
Ruby Garrison
Mar 9, 2014
Ruby Dodd Garrison, 86, of Kennesaw died Sunday, March 9, 2014. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Mark Barbour officiating. Graveside services will be held 3:00 pm Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Nails Creek Baptist Church cemetery in Homer, GA. Survivors are two daughters, Debra Garrison...
Rev. Phillip Eugene "Gene" Batson
Mar 6, 2014
Rev. Phillip Eugene “Gene” Batson, age 88, of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2014. Born on November 18, 1925 in Habersham County, he was a son of the late Walter G. “Bobe” and Tabitha Woodall Batson. Before being called into the ministry, Rev. Batson was one of the first walking mailmen in the Cornelia area. Rev. Batson was called...
Bobby Joe Caudell
Mar 2, 2014
Bobby Joe Caudell, age 76, of Baldwin, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014 at his residence. Born on December 13, 1937, in Banks County, he was a son of the late Lee and Myrtle Ausburn Caudell. Mr. Caudell was the owner and operator of The Steak House in Baldwin for 43 years and was a member of Baldwin Baptist Church....
Margie Rogers Martin
Feb 26, 2014
Margie Rogers Martin, age 78, of Demorest, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Born on July 1, 1935 in Habersham County, she was a daughter of the late Ira and Annie Harkins Rogers. Mrs. Martin attended Clarkesville Church of God and was a homemaker. She was family oriented and in her spare time enjoyed collecting antique Avon bottles. In addition...
Thelma Fry Nix
Feb 20, 2014
THELMA FRY NIX, age 90 of Cornelia, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2014, at Habersham Home East. Born in the Macedonia Community of Habersham County, Georgia on August 5, 1923, she was a daughter of the late George Kytle & Wilda McClellan Fry. Mrs. Nix worked for many years with Scovill Manufacturing, retired from Clarkesville Mill, and was a former...
Mary Hopper
Feb 18, 2014
Mary Dianne “Ann” Hopper, age 65, of Clarkesville, passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on August 23, 1948, in Rabun County, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Bill and Juanita Justus Hopper. Ms. Hopper was a member of St. Mark’s Catholic Church and was employed with North Fulton Water Treatment. She had...
John Neal Cornell
Feb 16, 2014
John Neal Cornell, age 81, of Cornelia, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2014 at The Oaks at Scenic View. Born on January 24, 1933 in Parkspring, North Carolina, he was a son of the late John W. and Fannie Walker Cornell. Mr. Cornell was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Demorest and enjoyed reading, gardening, woodworking and being...
Robert Goodson
Feb 16, 2014
Robert Allen Goodson, age 89, of Alto, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on March 21, 1924 in Habersham County, Georgia, he was a son of the late Rev. E.C. and Lela Roberts Goodson. Mr. Goodson was a member of Mt. Sinai Congregational Holiness Church and was the owner and operator of Northeast Georgia...
Debra Ann Gable
Feb 16, 2014
DEBRA ANN GABLE, age 51 of Carnesville, Georgia passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Athens Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness. Born in Young Harris, Georgia on June 26, 1962, she was a daughter of Buddy King of Blairsville, Georgia & the late Betty Pain King. Debra was a homemaker, but most of all enjoyed caring for...
Charles William "Chuck" Forbes
Feb 14, 2014
Charles William “Chuck” Forbes, III, age 60, of Cornelia, passed away Friday, February 14, 2014. Born on December 14, 1953 in Logan County, West Virginia, he was a son of the late Charles William, Sr. and Emojean Workman Forbes. Mr. Forbes was a member of B.C. Grant Baptist Church and attended The Torch Worship Center. He works as a team...
John Moore
Feb 12, 2014
John Richard Moore, age 54 of Oakwood, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014. Born on August 29, 1959, he was a son of the late Hammond Moore and Havis Stephens Moore. Mr. Moore was previously employed with Duplicating Products in Gainesville as a technician. He attended Free Chapel Worship Center and was an avid cyclist. In addition to his parents,...
Lila Mae Chambers Duckett
Feb 10, 2014
Lila Mae Chambers Duckett, died peacefully at her home in Banks County on Monday, February 10, 2014. Born May 10, 1916, she was the second of eight children of the late J. M. and Mellie Chambers. Mrs. Duckett was the last surviving member of her immediate family. After the death of her mother in 1934, Lila cared for her younger...
Julie Smith
Feb 4, 2014
Julie Ann Patton Smith, age 76 of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Born in Habersham County on July 27, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Gordon Ben Patton and Lucille Worley Patton. She was a member of Demorest Church of God. Survivors include her sons, Clinton Smith and Leslie Gordon Smith both of Cleveland; daughters, Becky...
Virginia Dorsey
Feb 4, 2014
Virginia Ernestine Stephens Dorsey, age 87, of Alto, passed away Tuesday, February 04, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on February 05, 1926, in Alto, she was the daughter of the late Charity Stephens. Mrs. Dorsey was a member of Enon Baptist Church and was retired from Potter and Brumfield. She volunteered with Northeast Georgia Medical Center and loved...
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