Local Obituaries
Bret Brittingham
Dec 29, 2014
Bret Brittingham, age 96, of Demorest, Georgia, passed away on December 29, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Georgia. Born on August 29, 1918, in Oatsville, Indiana, he was a son of the late Robert and Anna Hunt Brittingham. Prior to moving to Georgia, Mr. Brittingham was the owner and operator of Brittingham Heating and Plumbing and was also...
Reba Nelle Jones
Dec 28, 2014
Miss Reba Nelle Jones passed away peacefully at age 92 surrounded by her family on December 28, 2014. She was born on October 29, 1922 to the late Samuel Paul and Ethel Harrington Jones and grew up with her sisters, Christine J. Harris and Anne J. Wilson, in Banks County, GA. The sisters rose to local fame when they formed...
Vera Bugulrow
Dec 27, 2014
Vera Porterfield Bugulrow, age 38 of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014, at Stephens County Hospital. Born in Habersham County on November 19, 1976, she was a daughter of Ronald Ernest Porterfield of Clarkesville and the late Brenda Hamilton Porterfield. Vera was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. In her spare time she enjoyed spending time with her...
Donald Ballew
Dec 24, 2014
Donald Wayne Ballew, age 64 of Alto, passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at Habersham Medical Center. Born in Jackson County, Georgia, on July 24, 1950, he was a son of the late Ed and Ella Mae Moore Ballew. Mr. Ballew was a retired textile worker and of the Holiness faith. In addition to his parents, Mr. Ballew was also...
Elizabeth Carr
Dec 21, 2014
Elizabeth King Carr, age 93 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2014, at the Oaks at Scenic View. Born in Habersham County on August 7, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Ernest King and Mamie Batson King. Mrs. Carr was a member of Faith Tabernacle Baptist Church where she was previously a Sunday School Teacher and...
Mary Harris
Dec 19, 2014
Mary Lilliston James Harris, age 86 of Clarkesville, passed away Friday, December 19, 2014, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Harris was born September 21, 1928, in Albany, Georgia, and was a daughter of the late Leonard James and Mattie Beal Cameron James. She was a homemaker and faithful member of Faith Tabernacle Baptist Church. In her spare time she...
Evan Kirk
Dec 18, 2014
Evan Kirk, age 61 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2014, at his residence following an accidental fall. Mr. Kirk was born on March 18, 1953 in Roslyn, New York. He was a son of the late Robert and June Love Kirk. Surviving are wife of 34 years, Cynda Kirk of Mt. Airy; son and daughter-in-law, James &...
Francis Edward Allen
Dec 17, 2014
Francis Edward Allen, age 86, of New York City, New York, passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Born on August 3, 1928, in New York City, New York, he was a son of the late Francis Bernard and Brigid Duggan Allen. Mr. Allen was formerly employed with New York Telephone and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a...
Doris Jeanne Darnell Kerley
Dec 16, 2014
Doris Jeanne Darnell Kerley, age 88, of Alto, passed away on December 16, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on December 12, 1926, in Hall County, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Clarence H. and Floranell Stephens Darnell. Mrs. Kerley was a former employee with Guilford Mills, where she had many dear friends. She was a member...
Louise Webb Bassinger
Dec 9, 2014
Louise Webb Bassinger, age 94 of Clarkesville, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at Habersham County Medical Center. Born in Demorest on June 17, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Allie and Mae Trotter Webb. Mrs. Bassinger was retired from Clarkesville City Hall where she was a bookkeeper. She was a member of Gethsemane Baptist Church and in...
Robert Efford "Georgia Boy" Yarber
Dec 6, 2014
Mr. Robert Efford “Georgia Boy” Yarber, age 78, of Old Town, Florida, passed away Saturday, December 6, 2014. Mr. Yarber moved to Old Town from Tampa, Florida in 1988. He was a truck driver for many companies before opening his own trucking company. He also did land clearing, driveway construction and foundation filling. Mr. Yarber was a member of Faith...
Mildred J. "Millie" Dimarco O'Connor
Dec 2, 2014
MILDRED “MILLIE” DIMARCO O’CONNOR, age 90 of Demorest, Georgia passed away on Monday, December 02, 2014. Born in Rochester, New York on March 09, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Florence Ruvio DiMarco. Mrs. O’Connor was a retired legal secretary. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert O’Connor, brother,...
Elmer H. Nicholson Burton
Dec 1, 2014
Elmer H. Nicholson Burton, 82, died Monday, December 1, 2014 at her residence. She was born August 27, 1932 to the late George Alexander and Hettie Shook Hamilton. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Clifford Burns Nicholson and Hubert James Burton; daughter Dorothy Bernice Nicholson Richey; sisters, Edith Sosebee, Ethel Cannup, Arlene Shook, Maudine...
Douglas Fry
Nov 29, 2014
Douglas Keith “Doug” Fry, age 73 of Clarkesville, passed away Saturday, November 29, 2014, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Habersham County on December 15, 1940, he was a son of the late Hank Fry and Margie Burrell Fry. Mr. Fry was a self-employed painter and member of Macedonia Baptist Church. In his spare time he enjoyed writing and...
B.F. Wade
Nov 28, 2014
B.F. “Scrooch” Wade, age 63, of Baldwin, passed away on Friday, November 28, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on February 3, 1951, in Clarkesville, Georgia, he was a son of the late Wiley and Mae Roberts Wade. Mr. Wade was formerly employed with the U.S. Postal Service and was a member of Lamar Christian Church. He enjoyed spending...
Johnny R. Lacount, Sr.
Nov 28, 2014
Johnny R. LaCount, Sr., age 87, of Clarkesville, went to heaven to be with his Saviour and his beloved wife on Friday, November 28, 2014. Born on August 12, 1927, in Habersham County, he was a son of the late Lester and Callie Loudermilk LaCount. Mr. LaCount was a retired insurance salesman with Liberty National Insurance Company. He was a...
Melvin Kimbrell
Nov 24, 2014
Melvin Kimbrell, age 60 of Lula, passed away Monday, November 24, 2014, at his residence. Born in Demorest on November 12, 1954, Melvin was the son of Kathryn Yarber Hix of Alto and the late Tommy Loyd Kimbrell, Jr. Mr. Kimbrell was retired from Coca-Cola as an account sales rep and he also was the owner and operator of L...
Rev. Alvin L. Oakes, Sr.
Nov 24, 2014
REV. ALVIN L. OAKES, SR., age 86 of Demorest, passed away on Monday, November 24, 2014 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Jonesboro, Georgia on June 13, 1928, he was a son of the late John Franklin & Vernie Parker Oakes. Rev. Oakes was a graduate of Mercer University and did further graduate work through the University of...
Lynn Deyton
Nov 22, 2014
Lynn Gragg Deyton, age 57 of Clarkesville, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2014. Born in Heard County on April 12, 1957, she was the oldest daughter of Rev. Thomas Gragg and Stella Holcomb Gragg of Clarkesville. Mrs. Deyton received her LPN degree from North Georgia Technical College and worked in Habersham, Hall, and Rabun Counties. She was of the Baptist...
Ana Antonio Goodwin
Nov 20, 2014
Ana Antonio Goodwin, age 76, of Toccoa, Georgia passed away on November 20, 2014 at Habersham Medical Center in Demorest, Georgia. Born on June 9, 1938, in the Dominican Republic, she was a daughter of the late Libring and Alexandria Suarez Cruz. Mrs. Goodwin was an active member of St. Bernard’s Church in North Kingston, Rhode Island and employed by...
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