Local Obituaries
Lana Murray
Mar 29, 2023
Lana Louise Murray, age 60, of Taylor, Michigan, passed away on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Born on May 30, 1962, in Dearborn, Michigan, she was a daughter of James Murray and Louise Cottenham Murray Dillman. Mrs. Murray was employed as a clerk in the food service industry and in earlier years was weaver at Mount Vernon Mills. In her spare...
Ruby Gailey
Mar 22, 2023
Ruby Ann Gailey, age 83, of Cleveland, passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Born on December 8, 1939, in Toccoa, she was a daughter of the late Henry Youngblood and Anna Sosebee Youngblood. Mrs. Gailey was self-employed, she owned a daycare center. In her spare time, Ruby enjoyed spending time with her family, knitting, crocheting, shopping, watching movies, and...
Larry Sain
Mar 21, 2023
Larry J. Sain, age 71, of Homer, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Private services will be held. An online guest register is available and may be viewed at www.mcgaheegriffinandstewart.com. MCGAHEE-GRIFFIN & STEWART FUNERAL HOME OF CORNELIA, GEORGIA (706/778-8668) IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
Mary Lois Bentley Cook
Mar 16, 2023
Mary Lois Bentley Cook, age 97, of Alto, passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Born on August 16, 1925, in the Leaf Community of White County, she was a daughter of the late Hubert Lee Bentley and Daisy Mae Humphries Bentley. Mrs. Cook retired from Chicopee/Ethicon, and was a member of Mud Creek Baptist Church. In her spare time,...
John Davis
Mar 15, 2023
John Walton Davis, age 79 of Baldwin, passed away on March 15, 2023. Born on October 10, 1943, he was the son of the late Thomas Walton Davis and Christine Lolly Motes Davis. Mr. Davis was retired from Henkel Chemical Company, where he was a customer service supervisor for 20 years, and previously worked at American Hospital Supply for 12...
James Dalton
Mar 13, 2023
James “Richard” Dalton age 87, of Demorest, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2023. Born on April 13, 1935, in Baldwin, he was the son of the late Buford Dalton and Stella Duckett Dalton. Mr. Dalton attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and was a retired flight test engineer with Lockheed and Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. He was a member of...
Brady Haney
Mar 1, 2023
Brady Lee Haney, age 83 of Alto, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Born on July 21, 1939 in Habersham County, he was a son of the late Hubert Haney and Effie Hamilton Haney. Mr. Haney served in the Army during the Korean War. He was owner/operator of Haney’s Garage for over 43 years. During his spare time Brady enjoyed...
Joan Saville
Feb 28, 2023
Joan Ellenburg Saville, age 67 of Cornelia, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Born on April 29, 1955, she was a daughter of the late Roy Lee Ellenburg and Mary Ann Thompson Ellenburg. Mrs. Saville is retired from Advantage Contracting Services. Joan was a member of New Birth Baptist Church where she served...
Trudy Cook
Feb 27, 2023
Trudy Cook, age 89, of Baldwin, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2023. Born on July 25, 1933, in Sophia, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late John C. Mills and Elsie Woods. Mrs. Cook was a retired secretary for the City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. She was known by all for her kind and loving personality, and...
Linda Herrin
Feb 25, 2023
Linda Kay Herrin, age 69 of Clarkesville, passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at her home, surrounded by family. Born on January 24, 1954, she was a daughter of Stella Smith Cleveland and the late Talmadge Watson Herrin. Ms. Herrin worked in accounting and bookkeeping for 25 years. At the age of 63, she received her Bachelors degree in...
Susan Duckett
Feb 23, 2023
Susan Farmer Duckett, age 73, of Cornelia, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2023. Born on December 22, 1949, in Toccoa, she was a daughter of the late Bill Farmer and Bonnie Sullens Farmer. Mrs. Duckett worked as a school teacher in the Hall County School System for 24 years and was an all-around great person. She was of the...
Robert Jordan
Feb 22, 2023
Robert Howard Jordan, age 90, of Lula, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Born on October 13, 1932, in Alto, he was a son of the late Chalmers Howard Jordan and Willie Pearl Segars Jordan. Mr. Jordan was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church. For 37 years he was in the fur trade...
David Porter
Feb 20, 2023
David Earnest Porter, age 72 of Cornelia, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2023. Born on August 24, 1950, in Cornelia, he was a son of the late James Thomas Porter and Dorothy Hogsed Porter. Mr. Porter was a U.S. Army veteran, and was a retired Coach, Assistant Principal, Physical Education teacher. During his career in education, he was employed...
Jean Franklin
Feb 19, 2023
Jean Franklin, age 76, of Alto, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2023. Born on March 24, 1946, in Alto, she was the daughter of the late William Sanford Thompson and Cora Puckett Thompson Whiteside. Mrs. Franklin was a homemaker who was of the Holiness faith. In her spare time she enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren,...
Rita Burton
Feb 19, 2023
Rita “Mama Rita” Rena Burton, age 57, of Cornelia, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2023. Born on January 4, 1966, in Gainesville, she was a daughter of Phyllis Pruitt Burton and the late Arnold Burton. Mama Rita’s life-long passion was children, and she worked for many years in childcare, most recently with Foundation Academy. So, naturally she loved her...
Doris Free
Feb 16, 2023
Doris E. Free, age 82, of Demorest, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2023. Born on March 30, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Hoyt Standridge and Hassie Fortenberry Standridge. Doris was a homemaker who enjoyed life with her late husband, Lane Free. She was of the Holiness Faith. In addition to her parents and her husband, she...
J. B. Addis
Feb 16, 2023
J.B. Addis, age 99, of Clarkesville, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2023. Born on October 8, 1923, he was a son of the late Arthur James Addis and Frances Lola Allison Addis. Mr. Addis was retired from Ethicon, where he worked as a supply clerk, he was also retired from Habersham County school system where he worked as a...
Joan Smith
Feb 13, 2023
Joan Lee Franklin Hunter Smith, age 89, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2023. Born on March 30, 1933, in Eatonton, she was a daughter of the late William Burns Franklin and Vinnie Lee Allison Franklin. She worked as a supervisor and trainer at Southern Bell. After retirement, she worked as a private duty personal care aide....
Evelyn Herrin
Feb 11, 2023
Evelyn Cochran Herrin, age 96 of Cornelia, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at her residence following a brief illness. She was surrounded by her loving family and numerous friends. Born on December 10, 1926, in Homer, Georgia. She was a daughter of the late William O. and Mabel Carter Cochran. Mrs. Herrin and her family have owned and...
Paul Reubens
Feb 3, 2023
Paul E. Reubens, age 71 of Alto, passed away on Friday, February 3, 2023. Born on July 2, 1951 in Rochester, New York, he was a son of the late Clarence E. Reubens and Wyonia Davis Reubens. Mr. Reubens was a self-employed painter, who never met a stranger. In his spare time, he enjoyed fishing. Survivors include daughters and son-in-law,...
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