Obituaries

Local Obituaries

Robert Turpin

Robert Turpin

Nov 8, 2016

Robert Leon Turpin, age 19 of Gillsville, passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Born in Stephens County, Georgia on January 27, 1997, he was a son of Edward and Tina Turpin Kelly. Mr. Turpin was a dock worker with Americold Freezer in Pendergrass, Georgia and a 2015 graduate of Habersham Central High School. He enjoyed fishing, reading, and collecting rocks....

George Dalton

George Dalton

Nov 7, 2016

George Otis Dalton, age 76 of Demorest, passed away Monday, November 07, 2016, at his residence. Born in Banks County on April 25, 1940, he was a son of the late Clate and Ruby Shubert Dalton. Mr. Dalton retired from Fieldale with 35 years of service and was a member of Trinity Full Gospel Church. In his spare time he...

Socorro Cabrera Navarro

Socorro Cabrera Navarro

Nov 6, 2016

Socorro Cabrera Navarro, age 54 of Cornelia, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2016. Born in Cueramaro, GTO, on May 23, 1962, he was a son of Emiliano and Maria Navarro Cabrera of GTO, Mexico. He was preceded in death by a brother, J. Angel Cabrera. In addition to his parents, survivors also include a son, Jason Cabrera of California; brothers,...

Lewis Daniel Davidson

Lewis Daniel Davidson

Nov 3, 2016

LEWIS DANIEL DAVIDSON, age 72 of Alto, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 03, 2016. Born in Banks County, Georgia on August 13, 1944, he was a son of the late Joe Dennis & Florean Meeks Davidson. Mr. Davidson proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He worked with Mount...

Homer Haynes

Homer Haynes

Oct 24, 2016

Homer Robert Haynes, age 80 of Cornelia, Georgia, passed away Monday, October 24, 2016. Born in Hall County, Georgia on November 10, 1935, he was a son of the late Alfred and Maurine Haynes. Mr. Haynes was a retired auto mechanic having worked with Western Auto and Hardy Chevrolet. After retirement, Mr. Haynes drove a bus for the Habersham County...

Benjamin "Benny" Rucker

Benjamin "Benny" Rucker

Oct 19, 2016

Benjamin “Benny” S. Rucker, age 66 of Cornelia, passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced soon. 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.

Faye Peavey

Faye Peavey

Oct 19, 2016

Faye Woodall Peavey, age 74 of Homer, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Born in Memphis, Tennessee on September 1, 1942, she was a daughter of the late James Raymond Woodall and Marilyn Raburn Woodall. Mrs. Peavey was a retired secretary from Westminster Presbyterian Church in Gainesville. She was an active member and former deacon at the First Presbyterian...

Josephine Adams Franklin

Josephine Adams Franklin

Oct 8, 2016

Josephine Adams Franklin, age 74 of Demorest, Georgia went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 08, 2016 following an extended illness. Born in Demorest, Georgia on January 02, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Robert Lee “Papa Coon” & Mary Jane Smith Adams. Mrs. Franklin was retired from Habersham Electric Membership Corporation with over 30...

Lamar Vinson White

Lamar Vinson White

Oct 7, 2016

Lamar Vinson White, age 77 of Alto, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2016. Born on April 27, 1939, in Homer, Georgia, he was a son of the late Ben Conley White and Dorothy Barrett White Coleman. Mr. White was retired from Mr. C’s Package Store in Atlanta and had formerly worked with G & C Foam & Padding in...

Thomas "Tommy" Henderson

Thomas "Tommy" Henderson

Oct 6, 2016

Thomas “Tommy” Eugene Henderson, age 74 of Cornelia, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2016. Born March 10, 1942 in Clayton Georgia he was a son of the late Clete Eugene “Sarge” and Frannie House Henderson. Mr. Henderson proudly served his country in the US Navy aboard the USS Ticonderoga and the USS Saratoga. He retired from Schnadig Corporation with...

Ann Hicks

Ann Hicks

Oct 6, 2016

Ann Marshall Hicks, age 86 of Cornelia, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2016. Born on August 2, 1930 she was a daughter of the late Sam Hawkins and Edwina Davis Marshall. Mrs. Hicks was a homemaker and a member of First Presbyterian Church of Cornelia. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Donald...

Inf. Lamar Robinson

Inf. Lamar Robinson

Oct 2, 2016

Infant Lamar Joseph Robinson of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016. Born in Toccoa, Georgia on May 31, 2016 he is a son of Danny and Cameo Wilbanks Kelly Robinson of Mt. Airy. He was preceded in death by a grandmother, Margaret E. Williams. In addition to his parents, survivors also include brothers, Cole Wilbanks, Danny Robinson, Jr.,...

Roger Paul Laprade

Roger Paul Laprade

Oct 2, 2016

ROGER PAUL LAPRADE, age 71 of Alto, passed away on Sunday, October 02, 2016 following an extended illness. Born in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 1945, he was a son of the late Joe Paul & Margaret Lee Rogers LaPrade. Mr. LaPrade was a member of the Faith Tabernacle Full Gospel Church in Clarkesville. He enjoyed riding motorcycles, collecting knives,...

Clyde Freeman

Clyde Freeman

Sep 30, 2016

Clyde Lee Freeman, age 75 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, September 30, 2016, at his residence. Born in Habersham County on April 10, 1941, he was a son of the late Howard and Sadie Burgess Freeman. Mr. Freeman retired from Hazel Creek Orchard and enjoyed fishing, raising chickens, and deer hunting. He was a member of Chopped Oak Baptist...

Pearl Banks

Pearl Banks

Sep 27, 2016

PEARL SMITH BANKS, age 91 of the Fairview Community, Demorest, Georgia went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 following an extended illness. Born in Cleveland, Georgia on October 19, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Paul F. Smith & Annie Rose Warwick Smith. Mrs. Banks was a homemaker and a member of the...

Sherrie Tomlin

Sherrie Tomlin

Sep 25, 2016

Sherrie Diana Barnes Tomlin, age 54 of Cornelia, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016. Born in College Park, Georgia on June 10, 1962, she was a daughter of the late Billy Dean, Sr. and Othela Cash Barnes. Mrs. Tomlin was a seamstress for Short Manufacturing with 20 years of service. In her spare time she enjoyed knitting, reading and traveling...

Sandra Morris

Sandra Morris

Sep 25, 2016

Sandra Jean Holcomb Morris age 65 of Demorest, passed away Monday, September 26, 2016. Born in Clarkesville, Georgia on April 7, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Howard Thomas and Myrtle Herbert Holcomb. Mrs. Morris was a Dietary Supervisor with Habersham County Medical Center with 29 years of service and a member of Lamar Christian Church. In her...

Philip Cody

Philip Cody

Sep 22, 2016

Philip Gerald Cody, Sr. of Cornelia went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, after 78 full years of life. By those who knew him best, he was called Phil, Papa and, more often than not, Cody. He was born in Clarkesville, Georgia on May 30, 1938, to the late Claude and Mary Bond Cody. In...

Ola Demore

Ola Demore

Sep 21, 2016

Ola Mae James DeMore 92, life-time resident of Clarkesville, Georgia died Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Habersham Home East in Demorest. Born in Turnerville, Georgia on April 9, 1924 she was a daughter of the late Garnett Ciscro and Rilla Mae Blair James. Mrs. DeMore had been a member of Fairfield Baptist Church for 64 years. She loved serving the...

Inf. Kathryn Claire Norton

Inf. Kathryn Claire Norton

Sep 20, 2016

Little Miss Kathryn Claire Norton, infant daughter of Charles David and Lisa Michele Smith Norton, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. She was preceded in death by her paternal great grandparents, Melvin & Stella Mae Norton. Surviving are her parents Charles David & Lisa Michele Smith Norton of Cornelia; sister, Sadie Mae Norton; paternal grandparents, David & Marsha Norton...