Local Obituaries
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...
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...
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...
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...
Edna "Nell" Wade Mutchler
Nov 18, 2014
Edna “Nell” Wade Mutchler, 76, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center. She was born January 21, 1938 in Alto, Georgia, to Ben and Ila Wade, the oldest of 10 children. Nell proudly served her country in the U.S. Army. She retired from the phone company in 2000. Nell had the ability to find the good in...
Florence "Tete" Vandergriff
Nov 16, 2014
Florence “Tete” Vandergriff, age 92, of Clarkesville, passed away on November 16, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on February 24, 1922 in Clarkesville, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Marion B. and Zelia Potts Ricketson. Mrs. Vandergriff was a member of Cool Springs United Methodist Church and was a homemaker. She was also an avid gardener...
Marie Hunter Purcell
Nov 14, 2014
Marie Hunter Purcell, age 75, of Cornelia, passed away Friday, November 14, 2014 at her residence. Born on August 20, 1939, in Habersham County, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Josie Garrett Hunter. Mrs. Purcell was a member of Camp Creek Baptist Church and was retired from Duckhead Manufacturing. She was also a homemaker who enjoyed gardening...
August Gustave "Gus" Hauser, Jr.
Nov 12, 2014
August Gustave “Gus” Hauser, Jr., age 73, of Demorest, passed away on November 12, 2014. Born on March 18, 1941, in Washington, D.C., he was a son of the late August Gustave, Sr. and Rose Marie DiValentino Hauser. Mr. Hauser was a member of Alto Congregational Holiness Church and was a Holiness minister for a number of years. He was...
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