Local Obituaries
Johnny Wheeler
Jul 9, 2014
Johnny Lester Wheeler, age 67 of Demorest, passed away Wednesday, July 09, 2014, at his residence. Born in Habersham County on January 10, 1947, he was a son of the late Jim Wheeler and the late Eula Mae Nations Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler was an assistant caretaker with the Marcus Jewish Community Center for over 32 years and was of the...
Rev. Jewell Dean Thomas, Sr.
Jul 8, 2014
Rev. Jewell Dean Thomas, Sr., age 78, of Lula, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at his residence. Born in Hall County, on February 8, 1936, he was a son of the late Solomon Thomas and Florence Loggins Thomas. Rev. Thomas was a retired meat inspector with the Georgia Department of Agriculture and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was...
Homer Eugene Cook
Jul 7, 2014
Homer Eugene Cook, age 92, of Alto, passed away Monday, July 7, 2014, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Habersham County on September 20, 1921, he was a son of the late Sparta Watson Cook and Elma Lee Cook. Mr. Cook was retired as postmaster from Alto Post Office with 26 years of service. He was member of Mud...
Mattie Jean Jamerson Armour
Jul 3, 2014
Mattie Jean Jamerson Armour, age 67, of Alto, passed away Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Emory University Hospital. Born in Banks County on May 14, 1947, she was a daughter of the late James Dorsey “J.D.” Jamerson and Leola Meeks Jamerson. Mrs. Armour was a member and a faithful pastor’s wife at Antioch Holiness Church for 34 years and was...
Lorean J. Smalley
Jul 3, 2014
LOREAN J. SMALLEY, age 93 of Demorest, Georgia passed away on Thursday, July 03, 2014 at the Habersham Home West following an extended illness. Born in Camden, West Virginia on April 27, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Dewey and Martha Butcher Marks. She was a Practical Nurse for many years between Ohio and Florida. Mrs. Smalley was...
Beulah Mae Shook Shaw
Jul 2, 2014
BEULAH MAE SHOOK SHAW, age 72 of Lula, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, July 02, 2014 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Rabun County, Georgia on February 06, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Clifford McKinley Shook & Myrtle Marie Smith Shook. Mrs. Shaw was a homemaker and kept children in her...
James "Jamie" Carlton Jarrell, Iii
Jul 1, 2014
JAMES “JAMIE” CARLTON JARRELL, III, age 51 of Homer, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, July 01, 2014. Born in Stephens County, Georgia on June 01, 1963, he was a son of James Carlton Jarrell, Jr. of Clarkesville and the late Nancy Sisk Miller. Mr. Jarrell served his country proudly in the United States Army and was currently a Project Manager...
Theodore Edmund "Ted" Bear
Jun 30, 2014
Theodore Edmund “Ted” Bear, age 77, of Cornelia, passed away on Monday, June 30, 2014 at his residence Born on February 26, 1937 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he was the son of the late Martin Bear and Pearl Gregory Bear. Mr. Bear was a retired truck driver and attended Clarkesville Church of God. He is survived locally by his wife,...
Betty Ann Brady Duckett
Jun 25, 2014
Betty Ann Brady Duckett, age 69, of the Hollingsworth Community in Banks County passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 following an extended illness. Mrs. Duckett was born on April 12, 1945, in Habersham County, Georgia, the ninth child to the late Ben R. Brady and Ella Farmer Brady Fricks. In addition...
Mitchell Maney
Jun 21, 2014
Mitchell Maney, age 39 of Demorest, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2014, at Habersham Medical Center. Born in Hall County on September 12, 1974, he was a son of Lexine Sewell Maney of Demorest and Wallace Richard Maney of Cornelia. Mr. Maney was of the Baptist faith. In his spare time, he was an avid wrestling and baseball fan. He...
Ruth Josephine Matheson Cook
Jun 19, 2014
Ruth Josephine Matheson Cook, age 94, of Alto, passed away Thursday, June 19, 2014, at her residence. Born in Habersham County on November 26, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Frank Matheson and Vera Shirley Matheson. Mrs. Cook was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church and was retired from Carwood Manufacturing. In addition to her parents,...
Mildred Free Gunn
Jun 19, 2014
Mildred Free Gunn, age 92 of Demorest, passed away Thursday, June 19, 2014, at her residence. Born in Rabun County on March 20, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Carol Free and Molly Baker Free. Mrs. Gunn was a homemaker and member of Stonepile Baptist Church. In her spare time, she enjoyed cooking, gardening, and babysitting. In addition...
Addie Lene Segers
Jun 18, 2014
Addie Lene Brock Segers, age 83 of Baldwin, passed away Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at the Oaks at Scenic View. Born in Banks County on September 16, 1930, she was a daughter of the late John and Fannie Higgins Brock. Mrs. Segers was retired from the Banks County School System, where she worked in the lunchroom and she was a...
Ronald Edwin Strait
Jun 17, 2014
Ronald Edwin Strait, age 78 of Clarkesville, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at his residence. Born in Hall County on October 29, 1935, he was a son of the late Wayne Strait and Estelle Medlin Redmond. Mr. Strait was a retired medical assistant with the Georgia Department of Corrections. He was an active member of Unity Baptist Church where...
Mary Taylor Smith
Jun 15, 2014
Mary Ellen Taylor Smith, age 57 of Toccoa, went to be with her heavenly Father on Sunday, June 15, 2014, at Northeast Georgian Medical Center. Born in Spartanburg County on April 9, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Cliffton E. and Nancy Moore Taylor. Mrs. Smith was employed with Pak Pro and was an active member and door...
Lizzie Faye Gilliam
Jun 14, 2014
Lizzie Faye Gilliam, age 74, of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Oneida, Tennessee, on March 19, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Claude and Vannie Strunk. Mrs. Gilliam was a homemaker. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Grover Addis of Mt. Airy; eight grandchildren and five great...
Fran & Hugh Garrison
Jun 14, 2014
Francine “Fran” Allen Garrison, age 70 of Cornelia, Georgia passed away on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at Habersham Medical Center. Her husband, Hugh Garrison, age 69 of Cornelia, Georgia passed away Monday, June 16, 2014 at Habersham Medical Center. Mrs. Garrison was born in Sautee, Georgia on August 16, 1943. She was a daughter of the late William Alonzo &...
Brenda Joyce Cook King
Jun 12, 2014
Brenda Joyce Cook King, age 62, of Baldwin, passed away Thursday, June 12, 2014, at Habersham Medical Center. Born in Clarkesville, on October 4, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Laymon Brady Cook and Jewell Mae Wade Cook. Mrs. King was a member of Baldwin Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She enjoyed spending time with her children...
Ruby Yarber
Jun 10, 2014
Ruby Mathis Yarber, age 84 of Baldwin, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Jackson County on September 6, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Elbert and Ollie Umbehant Mathis. Ruby was retired from Ethicon and was a member of Baldwin Baptist Church, where she was active in the Joy Club and...
Bernice "Big Mama" Westbrook
Jun 9, 2014
Bernice Osborne “Big Mama” Westbrook, of Cornelia, passed away Monday, June 9, 2014, at Habersham Medical Center. Born in Banks County, she was a daughter of the late George Osborne and Mary Strange Osborne. Mrs. Westbrook retired from Scovill Manufacturing as an inspector. Described by her family as a woman of character, Mrs. Westbrook stayed loyal to her family, friends,...
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