Local Obituaries
Phillip Anthony Rogers
Sep 30, 2015
Phillip Anthony Rogers, age 54, of Baldwin, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 3, 1961, he was the son of Rev. Linda Waters of Clarkesville and the late Roy Wilson. He was employed with TenCate and was a member of Faith Tabernacle Full Gospel Church. In his spare time he enjoyed fishing on the...
Ann Gastley Payne
Sep 27, 2015
Ann Gastley Payne, age 68, of Cornelia, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015. Born in Stephens County, on February 20, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Curtis and Blanche Woodall Gastley. Mrs. Payne was formerly employed with Hammond Tax Service and was also a substitute teacher with Habersham County School System. She was a member of Good News...
John "J.C." Fortenberry
Sep 26, 2015
John “J. C.” Fortenberry, age 78 of Demorest, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015, at his residence. Born in Habersham County on September 5, 1937, he was a son of the late Frank Fortenberry, Sr. and the late Bertha Elrod Fortenberry. Mr. Fortenberry was retired from Scoville Manufacturing and was of the Baptist faith. In his spare time, he enjoyed...
Floyce Wright Mallory
Sep 25, 2015
Floyce Wright Mallory, age 86, of Cornelia, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015 following an extended illness. At her transition to the Other World, she was surrounded by those that cared for her most. Born in Habersham County on September 5, 1929, she was a daughter of the late William Luther and Vallie Jane Patton Wright. Mrs. Mallory was a...
Deborah Cole Baker
Sep 19, 2015
DEBORAH COLE BAKER, age 56 of Mt. Airy, Georgia went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 19, 2015. Born in Demorest, Georgia on February 05, 1959, she was a daughter of Christine Chavers Cole of Mt. Airy & the late Robert S. Cole. Ms. Baker was a food service worker at Piedmont College for many years, where...
Bobby G. "Bob" Holcombe
Sep 13, 2015
Bobby G. “Bob” Holcombe, age 82 of Clarkesville, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015. Born in Carroll County, Georgia, on May 20, 1933, he was a son of the late Lloyd and Dora Reece Holcombe. Mr. Holcombe was retired from Western Electric/AT&T with 44 years of service. He was a member and deacon at Mt. Carmel Christian Church in Decatur...
Thomas Payne, Jr.
Sep 12, 2015
Thomas J. Payne, Jr., age 70 of Cornelia, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2015, at his residence. Born in Stephens County on August 8, 1945, he was a son of the late Thomas J. Payne, Sr. and the late Pauline Hardy Payne. Mr. Payne was retired from Standard Telephone Company with 34 years of dedicated service. He was a member...
Beulah Hunt York
Sep 12, 2015
Beulah Hunt York, age 94 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2015. Born in Rabun County on December 17, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Wesley and Lona Addis Hunt. Mrs. York was a retired cook and of the Holiness faith. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husbands,...
Hugh Hamilton Gibbs, Jr.
Sep 11, 2015
Hugh Hamilton Gibbs, Jr., age 90 of Cornelia, passed away Friday, September 11, 2015, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Habersham County on April 1, 1925, he was a son of the late Hugh Hamilton Gibbs, Sr. and the late Maggie Berrong Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs was a farm equipment salesman and member of Level Grove Baptist Church. He was...
Darius Dontavius Nicely, Sr.
Sep 10, 2015
Darius Dontavius Nicely, Sr. age 22 of Cornelia, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2015. Born in Demorest, on May 29, 1993, he was a son of Prince Edward Nicely, Jr. of Cornelia & Mallissia Osborne of Gainesville. Mr. Nicely enjoyed raising Pit Bulldogs and loved being a father. In addition to his parents, survivors include his son, Darius Dontavius...
Vell Thomas Chappell
Sep 9, 2015
Vell Thomas Chappell, age 79, of Clarkesville, passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2015. Born on February 24, 1936, in Clayton, he was a son of the late Ben and Connie Gibson Chappell. Mr. Chappell was a retired truck driver and was a member of Safe Harbor Church of God in Eastanollee. He was a hard worker who enjoyed spending time...
Isaac Kenneth Ferguson
Sep 8, 2015
Isaac Kenneth Ferguson, age 70, of Cornelia, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Born on December 7, 1944, in Clarkesville, he was the son of the late William Grady and Hazel Head Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson was retired from Ethicon and attended Chattahoochee Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran who loved his family very much, especially his grandchildren. To...
Bobbie Caudell Taylor
Sep 7, 2015
Bobbie Caudell Taylor, age 85, of Baldwin, passed away Monday, September 7, 2015. Born on July 25, 1930, in Homer, she was a daughter of the late Powell and Gladys Bell Caudell. Mrs. Taylor was retired from Banks County School System as secretary with 30 years of service. She was a member of Tates Creek Baptist Church who enjoyed gardening,...
Adam Lee Bradshaw
Sep 5, 2015
ADAM LEE BRADSHAW, age 31, of Clarkesville, Georgia passed away on Saturday, September 05, 2015 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Adam was born in Hall County, Georgia on May 30, 1984. He was a 2002 graduate of Habersham Central High School and was a short-order cook working at numerous restaurants across Habersham County. Adam loved camping, swimming, fishing, and...
Dale Loudermilk Gerrin
Sep 3, 2015
Dale Loudermilk Gerrin, age 61, of Cornelia, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015 at her residence. Born on March 30, 1954, in Demorest, she was a daughter of the late D.B. and Syble Gibson Loudermilk. Mrs. Gerrin was a 1972 graduate of Habersham High School. She was employed with Pizza Hut for 28 years and was of the Baptist faith....
Eva Mae Stephens Alexander
Sep 1, 2015
EVA MAE STEPHENS ALEXANDER, 86 of Cleveland, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, September 01, 2015 following an extended illness. Born in Cleveland, Georgia on August 31, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Jesse & Ella Tomlin Stephens. Eva Mae was a retired poultry farmer and a member of the New Bridge Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, but...
Ramona Hill
Aug 30, 2015
Ramona Lewallen Hill, age 80 of Baldwin, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015, at her residence. Born in Banks County on August 30, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Felton Lewallen and Mercediance Hill Lewallen. Mrs. Hill was a retired machine operator from Yonah Realty and a member of Harmony Baptist Church. In her spare time she enjoyed...
Opal Frances Weaver
Aug 28, 2015
Opal Frances Weaver, age 85, of Alto, and formerly of Somerset, Kentucky, passed away Friday, August 28, 2015 at her residence. Born on March 9, 1930, in Wilder Tennessee, she was a daughter of the late William and Hazel Watson Westfelt. Mrs. Weaver was a member of Beacon Hill Baptist Church in Somerset, Kentucky and was a homemaker. In addition...
Richard Brenton Snyder
Aug 25, 2015
Richard Brenton Snyder passed away on the evening of August 25, 2015 in Gainesville, Georgia surrounded by family after a courageous battle with leukemia. Richard was 71 years old. Born December 10, 1943, in Bridgeport, CT, Richard was the son of the late Harry and Phyllis Snyder of Stratford, CT. After graduating from the Maine Maritime Academy, he married his...
William Hal Ellison, Jr.
Aug 24, 2015
William Hal Ellison, Jr., age 80, of Clarkesville, passed away Monday, August 24, 2015. Born on June 9, 1935 in Clarkesville, Georgia, he was the son of the late William Hal, Sr. and Thelma E. Ariail Ellison. Mr. Ellison was a member of Alley’s Chapel United Methodist Church and was self employed in grading and building ponds. He was formerly...
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