Obituaries

Local Obituaries

Carolyn Dodd

Carolyn Dodd

May 22, 2021

Carolyn Ann Nations Dodd, age 68 of Alto, passed away on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Born in Clarkesville, on December 4, 1952, she was a daughter of the late Arthur Andrew and Ruth Fitzgerald Nations. Mrs. Dodd was a hard worker, who was employed for many years in the poultry industry along with other jobs she held at various times....

Nellie Burgess

Nellie Burgess

May 18, 2021

Nellie Bell Arnold Burgess, age 81 of Alto, passed away on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Born in Baldwin, Georgia on August 16, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Johnny Arnold and Pauline Dalton Arnold. Mrs. Burgess retired from Carwood Manufacturing after many years of service. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Glenda Ann Lawrence

Glenda Ann Lawrence

May 15, 2021

Glenda Ann Segars Lawrence, age 71, of Baldwin, passed away on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Born on November 21, 1949, in Gainesville, she was the daughter of the late Carson and Mary Lou Rogers Segars. Mrs. Lawrence worked for the Georgia Department of Labor as a secretary in the Unemployment Office in Gainesville and also worked as a secretary at...

Eva Moore

Eva Moore

May 13, 2021

Eva Mae Arrowood Moore, age 81 of Cornelia, passed away on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Born in Cornelia, Georgia on April 26, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Ed Arrowood and Ora Lewallen Arrowood. Mrs. Moore was a homemaker. She loved her family and her friends and was of the Holiness faith. In addition to her parents, she...

Sandra Argueta

Sandra Argueta

May 13, 2021

Sandra Sutton Argueta, age 58 of Alto, passed away on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Born in Tampa, Florida on December 8, 1962, she was a daughter of the late Jerry Lee Sutton and Priscilla Sparks Sutton. Mrs. Argueta was a secretary with Clarkesville Finance and of the Pentecostal faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Myra Bohannon

Myra Bohannon

May 9, 2021

Myra Sue Carlan Bohannon, age 76 of Demorest, passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2021. Born in Clarkesville, Georgia on December 13, 1944, she was a daughter of the late John William Carlan and Lila Magnolia Nix Carlan. Mrs. Bohannon was a seamstress and caretaker. She loved care giving and enjoyed sewing, flower gardening and spending time with her grandchildren...

Dale Moore

Dale Moore

May 8, 2021

Dale Lee Moore, age 61 of Baldwin, passed away on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Born in Demorest, Georgia on December 21, 1959 to the late James Marvin Moore and Zora Mae Cragg Moore. Mr. Moore was a self-employed contractor for cell phone tower installation. He loved racing, all kinds of cars and motorcycles and he loved spending time with his...

Mary Colston

Mary Colston

May 8, 2021

Mary Frances Mullinax Colston, age 81 of Cornelia, passed away on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Born in Clarkesville, Georgia on May 19, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Clarence Mullinax and Lora Ophelia Allen Mullinax. Mrs. Colston worked for Piedmont Automotive as a Pre Assembler for many years. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church...

Dalton Williams

Dalton Williams

Apr 30, 2021

Dalton Jewell Williams, age 16, of Cornelia, passed away on Friday, April 30, 2021. Dalton was born on July 23, 2004, in Gainesville and was a sophomore at Habersham Central High School. In his short life, he enjoyed fishing, cars, and traveling to new places as well as photography and capturing the beauty of sunrises. He loved spending time with...

James Lewallen

James Lewallen

Apr 29, 2021

James Regis Lewallen, age 78 of Baldwin, passed away on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Born on May 23, 1942 in the Hollingsworth Community of Banks County, Georgia he was a son of the late James Floyd Lewallen and Nora Lawrence Lewallen. Mr. Lewallen was a poultry farmer. He enjoyed gardening and carving especially dough bowls. Mr. Lewallen was a member...

Nels Herriott

Nels Herriott

Apr 27, 2021

Nels Lance Herriott, age 51 of Clayton, passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Born in Valparaiso, Indiana on October 28, 1969 he was a son of Ralph Herriott and Janice Thompson Herriott of Clayton. He worked in IT with Wells Fargo Bank for many years. Surviving are his wife, Natalee Kittrell Herriott of Clayton and his sister, Sarah Herriott...

Kristie Whitfield

Kristie Whitfield

Apr 24, 2021

Kristie Lee Whitfield, age 44, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Saturday, April 24, 2021. Born on October 27, 1976, in Atlanta, she was a daughter of Shirley Fry Marple and the late George Elbert Whitfield. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her son, Christian Conrad of Helen; daughter, Bryceson Carter...

Monica Westmoreland

Monica Westmoreland

Apr 17, 2021

Monica Lyne (Harnas) Westmoreland, age 49 of Lula, passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Born in Rapid City, South Dakota at Ellsworth Air Force Base on January 22, 1972, she was the daughter of Thomas Harnas and the late Kathleen MacKnight. Monica graduated from Hammondsport High School in Hammondsport, NY. She was a homemaker who enjoyed spending time with...

Dewitt Loudermilk

Dewitt Loudermilk

Apr 17, 2021

Mr. Dewitt Loudermilk, age 94 formerly of Mt. Airy and resident at Magnolia Hills Retirement Home in Demorest, Georgia passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Born on January 28, 1927 in Toccoa, Georgia he was a son of the late Winnie Landers and Paul Loudermilk. Dewitt attended Demorest High School before entering the Army in WWII and the Korean...

Sharon Steelman

Sharon Steelman

Apr 17, 2021

Sharon Gwen Steelman, age 65, of Toccoa, passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Born on October 18, 1955, in Toccoa, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Elease Holcomb Garner. Sharon was a free spirited, loving woman who will be deeply missed. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers and three...

Karen King

Karen King

Apr 15, 2021

Karen Hope Thomas King, age 63, of Alto, passed away on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Born on March 11, 1958, in Demorest, she was a daughter of the late Melvin Thomas and Avanelle Crowe. Mrs. King was a homemaker and a member of New Vision Worship Center. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters,...

William Jackson "Bill" Clark

William Jackson "Bill" Clark

Apr 11, 2021

William Jackson “Bill” Clark, age 77 of Mt. Airy, passed away on Sunday, April 11, 2021. Born in Mount Airy, Georgia on February 17, 1944, he was the son of the late Andrew Jackson Clark and Olivia Garrett Clark. Mr. Clark was a retired aircraft mechanic having served his country proudly in the United States Air Force for 22 years....

Dianne Sisk Hardy

Dianne Sisk Hardy

Apr 9, 2021

Dianne Sisk Hardy, 68, of Lake Burton, GA, passed away on April 9, 2021 after a 15-year battle with cancer. Dianne was born on the 3rd of November in 1952 to Laymon and Moderee Sisk of Homer, GA. After graduating from Banks County High School in 1970, she went on to study mathematics and education at Piedmont College and the...

Barbara Ann Anderson

Barbara Ann Anderson

Apr 8, 2021

Barbara Ann Gibson Anderson, age 84 of Cornelia, passed away on Thursday, April 8, 2021. Born in Rabun County, Georgia on May 20, 1936 she was a daughter of the late James Carl Gibson and Mary Louise McDowell Gibson. Mrs. Anderson retired from Johnson & Johnson, formerly Chicopee Manufacturing, after 42 years of service. Mrs. Anderson was a member and...

Bobbie Foster

Bobbie Foster

Apr 5, 2021

Bobbie Carpenter Foster, age 87, of Cornelia, passed away on Monday, April 5, 2021. Born on April 12, 1933, in Gainesville, she was a daughter of the late Roy Lee and Lorena Boling Carpenter. Bobbie’s musical career began as a young girl when she played the piano for church services at Oakwood Baptist Church in Hall County. She and her...