Local Obituaries
Herbert D. Tench
Feb 19, 2013
HERBERT D. TENCH, age 92 of Cornelia, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, February, 19, 2013 at Gateway Health & Rehab in Cleveland following an extended illness. Born in Habersham County, Georgia on August 16, 1920, he was a son of the late Jesse D. & Tallulah Eliza Williams Tench. Mr. Tench served his country proudly in the United States Army...
Valerie Galloway
Feb 16, 2013
Valerie Lathan Galloway, age 74 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2013, at her residence. Born in Habersham County on June 29, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Dawson and Dorothy Cash Lathan. Ms. Galloway was a machine operator and housekeeper having worked at Carwood Manufacturing and Global Tech. She was a member of Hazel Creek...
Rowe Hart
Feb 15, 2013
Rowe Truman Hart, age 89 of Alto, passed away Friday, February 15, 2013, at Habersham County Medical Center. Born in Banks County on November 1, 1923, he was a son of the late Will T. and Josephine Dodd Hart. Mr. Hart was retired as a carpenter from Worley Construction and was of the Holiness faith. In his spare time, he...
Pat Pealor
Feb 13, 2013
Mrs. Pat Pealor of Sharpsburg, Georgia passed away February 13, 2013. She is survived by her daughter, Vickie Turner and her husband Richard of Mt. Airy, GA; sons, Mike Pealor and his wife Diane of St. Augustine, FL; Terry Pealor and his wife Sandi of Newnan; sister, Flossie Dooley of Cornelia, GA; grandchildren, Heath Webb, Ashley Clouatre; six additional grandchildren...
Deborah Ramey
Feb 6, 2013
Deborah Ayers Ramey, age 57 of Demorest, passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Habersham County on June 6, 1955, she was a daughter of the late Will and Mary Etta Addison Ayers. Mrs. Ramey was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed singing in the church choir and spending time with her family, especially...
Hugh Whitner
Feb 5, 2013
Hugh E. Whitner, age 78 of Clarkesville, passed away Tuesday, February 05, 2013, at Habersham County Medical Center. Born in Franklin, North Carolina on October 26, 1934, he was a son of the late Virgina Nell Cabe Whitener. Mr. Whitner was a retired deputy with Habersham County Sheriff’s Department with 26 years of service and was a U.S. Army veteran,...
Gladys Pitts
Feb 4, 2013
Gladys Davis Pitts, age 85 of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, February 4, 2013, at the Oaks at Scenic View, following a period of declining health. Born in Madison County, North Carolina on November 23, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Dorsey and Georgey Roberts Davis. Mrs. Pitts was a retired seamstress having been employed with International Outerwear....
William Arthur Chastain
Feb 2, 2013
William Arthur Chastain, age 70 of Cornelia, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in White County on December 22, 1942, he was the son of the late Barnett and Dora Mae Adams Chastain. Mr. Chastain was retired from Schnadig with 20 years of service as a truck driver and was a member of Good...
Bruce Laut
Feb 1, 2013
Bruce Victor Laut, age 81 of Cleveland, passed on Friday, February 1, 2013, at his residence. Born in Deerborn, Michigan on August 7, 1931, he was the son of the late Victor James and Lillian Mae Burnham Laut. Mr. Laut was a Chef and was employed by the Hofbrau Haus in Helen for over 20 years. He served his country...
Melvin Boring
Jan 29, 2013
Melvin John Boring, age 78 of Lula, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at his residence. Born in San Francisco, California on January 28, 1935, he was a son of the late James H. Boring and Evelyn Ruth Clark Boring. Mr. Boring was retired from Lee Arrendale Correction Institute and was a U.S. Navy veteran where he served two years...
Hazel Loudermilk Lacount
Jan 27, 2013
Hazel Loudermilk LaCount, age 71 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, January 27, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born in Habersham County on June 24, 1941, she was the daughter of the late James Walter, Sr. and Lola Avans Loudermilk. Mrs. LaCount was a homemaker, who enjoyed cooking, and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she...
Jessie Williams
Jan 23, 2013
Jessie Mae Williams, age 95 of Clarkesville, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at Habersham Home. Born in Green County, Georgia on February 27, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Tolbert and Lula Smith Bramlett. Mrs. Williams was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, especially her roses which received several awards. She was a member of Clarkesville Baptist Church...
Elizabeth Nichols
Jan 20, 2013
Elizabeth Nichols, age 98 of Suwannee and formerly of Habersham Mills, passed away Sunday, January 20, 2013. Born in Habersham County on April 18, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Christopher Manley and Vicie Burton Jones. Mrs. Nichols spent most of her life in Habersham County until 1982, when she relocated to Suwannee. She was retired from Habersham...
Grace Coker
Jan 20, 2013
GRACE WATSON COKER, age 92 of Demorest, Georgia passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at the Habersham Medical Center. A life-long native of Habersham County, Georgia, Grace was born on December 08, 1920, a daughter of the late William Orrie and Ora Lee Brookshire Watson. She was the co-owner & operator of Coker’s Upholstry for many years and also...
Rev. Robert Magness
Jan 18, 2013
Reverend Robert L. Magness, age 67 of Alto, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, January 18, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in White County on August 6, 1945, he was the son of the late Fletcher and Dorothy Abernathy Magness. Rev. Magness was called into the ministry at the age of 16 and...
Charles Hill
Jan 17, 2013
Charles Winston Hill, age 83 of Demorest, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2013. Born in Habersham County on August 17, 1929, he was a son of the late Jay Douglas and Bertha Mae Dixon Hill. Mr. Hill was retired from Clarkesville Mill and was a member of Habersham Baptist Church. He was a life-long resident of the Habersham Mills area....
Margaret Williams
Jan 15, 2013
Margaret Elizabeth Williams, age 59 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Mt. Airy, GA on October 14, 1953, she was a daughter of the late William Pulliam Gussie Shirley Williams. Ms. Williams was a native and life-long resident of Habersham County and was employed with Fieldale Farms for 25 years....
Kami Cabe
Jan 14, 2013
Kami Montez Tench Cabe, age 37 of Cleveland, passed away on Monday, January 14, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Stephens County on September 10, 1975, she was a daughter of Norma Templeton Maxwell and the late Charles Herbert Tench. Mrs. Cabe was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. She enjoyed fishing, surfing the Internet and...
Rev. Corbin Coley
Jan 12, 2013
Rev. Corbin Perzin “Cobb” Coley, age 88 of Alto, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013. Born in Habersham County on June 15, 1924, he was a son of the late Charlie and Ola Cook Coley. Rev. Coley was a Baptist minister having pastored numerous churches in this area including, Unity Baptist Church, Sunset Memorial Baptist Church, Shirley Grove Baptist Church,...
Dorothy Jean Styles Horton
Jan 10, 2013
MRS. DOROTHY JEAN STYLES HORTON, age 85 of Clarkesville, Georgia passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at the Habersham Medical Center. Born in Burnsville, North Carolina on November 30, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Hugh and Julia Honeycutt Styles. Mrs. Horton lived in Smyrna, Georgia for many years and resided in Clarkesville, Georgia for the last...
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