Local Obituaries

Waymon Elrod
Apr 7, 2013
Waymon Chester Elrod, age 89 of Cornelia, passed away Sunday, April 07, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born September 13, 1923 in Habersham County, he was the son of the late George Lee and Virginia Palmer Elrod. Mr. Elrod was a member of Return Baptist Church and was retired from Globe Oil as a service station operator. In his...

Dorothy Kinney
Apr 5, 2013
DOROTHY WELBORN “DOT” KINNEY, age 85 of the Hollywood Community, Clarkesville, GA passed away on Friday, April 05, 2013 at her residence following a brief illness. Born in Rabun County, GA on March 27, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Clemson & Icie Giles Welborn. Mrs. Kinney was a member of the Hollywood Baptist Church and was...

Steven Parker
Mar 31, 2013
Steven “Bigun” Parker, age 41 of Baldwin, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born on June 19, 1971 in Hall County, he was the son of Lamar and Dolly Gerrells Parker of Baldwin. Mr. Parker was employed as a dump truck driver with Holcomb’s Paving and formerly with Herrin’s Trucking. He was of the Holiness faith...

Bonnie Salazar
Mar 28, 2013
Bonnie Denise Kimbrell Salazar, age 48 of Gainesville and formerly of Cornelia, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Medical Center. Born December 15, 1964, in Habersham County, she was the daughter of Shelby Jean Galloway Kimbrell of Clarkesville and the late Wilkie Winston Kimbrell. Mrs. Salazar was an animal enthusiast who enjoyed spending time with her...

David Segers
Mar 23, 2013
David Kenneth Segers, age 55 of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Stephens County Hospital following a brief illness. Born March 24, 1957, in Toccoa, he was a son of the late Kenneth Estes and Sally McGuire Segers. Mr. Segers was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church and was a carpenter by trade. He was an avid outdoorsman...

Martha Flanagan
Mar 22, 2013
Martha Jane Flanagan, age 96 of Cornelia, passed away Friday, March 22, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born November 11, 1916, in Habersham County, she was the daughter of the late William and Lenoria Pauline Greemon Erwin. Mrs. Flanagan was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and was retired from Carwood Manufacturing. She was very loved by her children,...

Iva Pilgrim
Mar 21, 2013
Iva Lee Arrowood Pilgrim, age 76 of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013, at her residence. Born on January 07, 1937 in Habersham County, she was a daughter of the late William Worth and Mary Lee Eller Arrowood. Mrs. Pilgrim was a homemaker, who enjoyed spending time with her family and was of the Holiness faith. She was always...

Laura Whitaker
Mar 20, 2013
MRS. LAURA JANE JENKINS WHITAKER, age 78 of Cornelia, passed away March 20, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born in Newberry, S.C. on December 11, 1933, she was a daughter of the late James Fredrick and Annie Mae McEntire Jenkins. Mrs. Whitaker was a school teacher for 33 years having retired as a librarian from Baldwin Elementary. She obtained her...

Mildred Bentley
Mar 20, 2013
MISS MILDRED CURRIER BENTLEY, age 96 of Cornelia, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born October 03, 1916 in Franklin, NC, she was the daughter of the late Mabin R. and Marietta Currier Bentley. Miss Bentley was a member of Cornelia United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir and was pianist for the Men’s...

Edna Coley
Mar 17, 2013
MRS. EDNA MATHESON COLEY, age 87 of Alto, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 17, 2013. Born in Alto, Georgia on April 28, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Frank & Vera Shirley Matheson. Mrs. Coley was a member of the Calvary’s Cross Baptist Church and a homemaker. Mrs. Coley was preceded in death...

Henson Reeder
Mar 15, 2013
Henson Burnett Reeder, Sr., age 84 of Baldwin, passed away Friday, March 15, 2013, at his residence. Born in Oneco, Florida on October 21, 1928, he was the son of the late Ralph Henson, Sr. and Rossie Mae Burnett Reeder. Mr. Reeder was a self-employed cattle farmer and a member of Antioch Baptist Church, where he was the treasurer for...

Mrs. Willard Pruitt
Mar 14, 2013
Mrs. Willard Lee Pruitt, age 85 of Cornelia, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Banks County on May 15, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Williford and Ada Sanders. Mrs. Pruitt was a homemaker and devoted and active member of Level Grove Baptist Church, where she was a Children’s Sunday school...

Mildred Brady
Mar 12, 2013
Mildred Montez Brady, age 77 of Baldwin, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenville, South Carolina on December 07, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Louie Whit and Annie Mae Funk Carmon. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Brady was also preceded in death by a daughter, Mamie Renee Brady; brothers,...

Adrienne Martin
Mar 11, 2013
Adrienne J. Martin, age 88 of Demorest, passed away Monday, March 11, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on May 18, 1924, in Antwerp, Belgium, she was the daughter of the late Basilius and Maria Rosiers VanMiegham. She retired from North Georgia Technical College with 30 years of service. She was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed cooking and...

Lillie Amerson
Mar 10, 2013
Lillie Belle Miller Amerson, age 65 of Lula, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013, at her residence. Born in Hall County on June 23, 1947, she was a daughter of the late John and Lillie Gilbert Miller. Mrs. Amerson was a lifelong resident of Hall County, a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include sons, Mack Armour, Alan...

Thelma Jones
Mar 5, 2013
Thelma Bloodworth Jones, age 83 of Baldwin, passed away Tuesday, March 05, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Jackson County on April 28, 1929, she was a daughter of the late William Elmer and Daisy Gee Bloodworth. Mrs. Jones was retired as a cashier with K-Way for 25 years and was of the Methodist faith. In her spare...

Shirley Washington
Mar 1, 2013
Shirley Jean Tankersley Washington, age 70 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, March 01, 2013, at Habersham County Medical Center. Born in Cherokee, NC on August 01, 1942, she was a daughter of the late James Thomas and Jeanette Ballew Tankersley. Mrs. Washington was a member of Old Nacoochee Missionary Baptist Church and was a homemaker. In addition to her...

Marjorie Campbell
Feb 28, 2013
MARJORIE F. CAMPBELL, age 87 of Clarkesville, passed away Friday, February 28, 2013, at her residence. Born in Atmore Alabama, on August 08, 1925 she was a daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Thelma Myrtis Ward Forte. Mrs. Campbell was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church where she taught Senior Adult Sunday School Class and was active in mission...

Joyce Norton
Feb 26, 2013
Joyce Mote Norton, age 79 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at Habersham County Medical Center. Born in Habersham County on January 05, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Odus and Fannie Tomlin Mote. Mrs. Norton was a member of Community Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She enjoyed canning, flower gardening and traveling in...

Nolan Eaton
Feb 20, 2013
Nolan Michael Eaton, infant of Baldwin, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Born Wednesday, February 20, 2013 in Gainesville, Georgia, he was the son of Michael Eaton and Stefanie Turner Eaton. In addition to his parents, Nolan is also survived by grandparents, Susan Eaton of Cumming, Kathy Turner of Cleveland...