Local Obituaries
Sara Sexton
Aug 20, 2013
Sara Evelyn Loudermilk Sexton, age 89 of Cornelia, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Born on December 27, 1923 in Habersham County, she was a daughter of the late William Henry and Thomas Willie Collins Loudermilk. Mrs. Sexton was a homemaker and member of Cornelia Christian Church. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and a great homemaker. In addition...
Doris Roberts Huff
Aug 19, 2013
MRS. DORIS ROBERTS HUFF, age 85 of Cornelia, passed away on Monday, August 19, 2013 at the Habersham Medical Center. Born in Shelby, North Carolina on August 19, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd and Irene Palmer Roberts. Mrs. Huff was a seamstress for many years, having owned a fabric shop in Madison, Georgia. Upon retirement, Mrs....
Wayne Lawrence
Aug 19, 2013
Wayne Bradley Lawrence, age 62, of Braselton, passed away Monday, August 19, 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. A complete obituary will be announced soon. Memorial services will be held at a later date and a complete obituary will be announced soon. An online guest register is available and may be viewed at www.mcgaheegriffinandstewart.com. McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home of...
Thomas Norton
Aug 16, 2013
Thomas Enoch Norton, age 84, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, August 16, 2013 at his residence. Born on May 21, 1929, in Franklin County, he was a son of the late Enoch Johnson and Queen Victoria Elizabeth Cobb Norton. Mr. Norton was a self employed farmer and was a member of Community Baptist Church where he was a deacon...
Ruby Tench
Aug 11, 2013
Ruby J. Tench, age 93, of Alto, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on January 18, 1920, in Habersham County, she was a daughter of the late Garnett and Lydia Fortenberry Yearwood. Mrs. Tench was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was also...
Marshall Carnes
Aug 9, 2013
Marshall Carnes, age 67, of the Hollywood Community, Clarkesville, passed away Friday, August 09, 2013 at a local nursing home. Born on February 27, 1946 in White County, he was a son of the late Solomon Robert and Margaret Self Carnes. Mr. Carnes was formerly employed with Mt. Vernon Mills. In addition to his parents, Mr. Carnes was also preceded...
Melvin Moody
Aug 9, 2013
Melvin Frank Moody, Jr., age 70, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, August, 09 2013 at Habersham Medical Center. Born on February 01, 1943, in Fulton County, he was the son of the late Melvin Frank, Sr. and Catherine Dennard Moody. Mr. Moody was formerly employed with Scovill Manufacturing and was of the Baptist faith. He was an avid antique...
Herschel Cantrell
Aug 7, 2013
Hershel James Cantrell, Sr., age 92, of Cornelia, passed away Wednesday, August 07, 2013 at his residence. Born on August 31, 1920 in Sautee Georgia, he was a son of the late Sam and Drucilla Chastain Cantrell. Mr. Cantrell was the former owner and operator of Cantrell Service Station as well as a former deputy sheriff and police officer. He...
Beth Crawford
Aug 5, 2013
Beth Crawford, age 65, of Cornelia, passed away Monday, August 05, 2013 at her residence. Born on February 14, 1948, in Pulaski County, Georgia, she was the daughter of Annie Daniel Dawson of Hawkinsville, Georgia and the late Thomas Shelton Dawson, Jr. Mrs. Crawford was retired from Habersham County School System with 33 years of service as a 3rd grade...
Carolyn Morse
Aug 4, 2013
CAROLYN ANN WILLEY MORSE, age 65 of Cornelia, Georgia passed away on Sunday, August 04, 2013 at the Habersham Medical Center in Demorest following a brief illness. Born in Saco, Maine on January 28, 1948, she was a daughter of the late Frank & Violette Lorraine Gousse Willey. Mrs. Morse was a bookkeeper, having lived for many years in Sarasota,...
Helen Canup
Aug 3, 2013
Helen Laverne Canup, age 82, of Lula, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2013 at Northridge Health and Rehab in Commerce. Born on January 3, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC, she was a daughter of Oscar Lewis and Ruby Seay Canup. She was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills and was a member of Mt. Zion Methodist Church in Alto. She was preceded...
Sabrina Frady
Jul 31, 2013
Sabrina Kaye Frady, age 31 of Gainesville and formerly of Toccoa, passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Ms. Frady was born in Commerce, Georgia on August 9, 1981. She was a lifelong resident of Habersham County and a 2003 graduate of Chestatee High School. She loved spending time with her family along with horseback riding and four wheeling. She was...
Kenneth Littlejohn
Jul 31, 2013
Kenneth Littlejohn, age 57, of Demorest, passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2013 following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Born on October 31, 1955, in Memphis, Tennessee, he was a son of Mary Lawson Littlejohn of Cornelia and the late Thomas Littlejohn. Mr. Littlejohn was employed with MarJac Poultry for over 20 years and was of the Baptist faith. Kenneth...
Ray Porterfield
Jul 25, 2013
Ray Walter Porterfield, age 61, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on July 20, 1952, in Clarke County, he was a son of the late Ernest and Doris Hill Porterfield. Mr. Porterfield was a US Army veteran and was of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed hunting and fishing in his spare...
Frank Mcconnell
Jul 20, 2013
Frank James McConnell, age 86 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, July 20, 2013, at his residence. Born in Habersham County on February 03, 1927, he was a son of the late Paul, Sr. and Emma Cash McConnell. He was retired from Carwood Manufacturing with over 40 years of service and a member of Camp Creek Baptist Church. In his...
Ethel Wiley
Jul 20, 2013
Ethel B. Wiley, age 85 of Alto, passed away Saturday, July 20, 2013, at her residence. Born on March 24, 1928, in Hall County, she was a daughter of the late Melvin and Bonnie Lynn Armour Thomas. Mrs. Wiley was a homemaker and member of Alto Congregational Holiness Church. In her spare time, she enjoyed quilting, listening to gospel music,...
Deane Ferguson
Jul 18, 2013
Mrs. Deane Ellen Richard Ferguson, age 62 of Alto, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Mobile, Alabama on September 18, 1950, she was a daughter of the late Douglas Mims (Doug) and Alla Darcey Richard. Mrs. Ferguson lived and was raised in the Atlanta area. After relocating to Norcross, she moved to Alto...
Rev. James Holden
Jul 16, 2013
REV. JAMES WILLIAM HOLDEN, age 61 of Cornelia, passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at his residence. Born in Rabun County on June 01, 1952, he was a son of the late Sam L. and Irene Tyler Holden. Rev. Holden was a school bus driver with the Habersham County School System and a member of New Birth Baptist Church. He...
Evelyn Woodall
Jul 15, 2013
Evelyn Marie “Granny” Ferguson Woodall, age 83 of Baldwin, passed away Monday, July 15, 2013. Born on November 25, 1929, in Habersham County, she was a daughter of the late Jack Bowden and Ollie Marie Miller Ferguson. Mrs. Woodall was a retired seamstress with Carwood Manufacturing and was a member of Baldwin Congregational Holiness Church. She was a lifelong resident...
Harriett Memel
Jul 14, 2013
Harriet Pund Hudson Memel, died July 14, 2013 in Gainesville, Georgia. She would have been 89 on August 24, 2013. Harriet was a native of Augusta, Georgia and lived the majority of her life in Augusta. She was a lifelong member of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Resurrection. She served her community in many ways. She was a Red...
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