Local Obituaries
Ione Church
Apr 23, 2013
Ione Martha Church, age 81 of Demorest, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born January 17, 1932, she was a daughter of the late James Arnold and Martha Sosebee Church. Ms. Church retired from Piedmont Automotive as a production worker with 47 years of service and she was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church for...
Harold Wade
Apr 22, 2013
Harold B. Wade, age 66 of Alto, went home to be with Jesus on Monday, April 22, 2013, at his residence. Born in Habersham County on January 21, 1947, he was a son of the late Woodrow Boling and Freder Roberts Wade. Mr. Wade was a retired truck driver who enjoyed wood-working and antique restoration. He was of the Baptist...
Margie Morris
Apr 21, 2013
Margie Nell Elrod Morris, age 81 of Cornelia, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born on March 06, 1932 in Habersham County, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Lizzie Irvin Elrod. Mrs. Morris was a self employed chicken farmer and attended New Hope Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Morris was...
Russell Morse
Apr 18, 2013
Russell David Morse, age 70 of Cornelia, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born on November 1, 1942 in Salem, Massachusetts, he was a son of the late Russell A. and Evelyn Burke Morse. Mr. Morse was the owner of Bicycles & More. He loved fishing, was an avid race car fan, enjoyed vegetable gardening and...
Carter Daniel
Apr 17, 2013
Carter Daniel, age 66 of Cornelia, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at his residence. A celebration of life will be held 3:30 pm Friday, April 19, 2013, at Cornelia United Methodist Church with Dr. Jay Hughes, Rev. Wayne Smith, and Rev. Bill Edwards officiating. Full military honors will be provided by the Grant Reeves V.F.W. Post #7720, the Habersham...
Charles Heaton
Apr 16, 2013
Charles William Heaton, age 76 of Demorest, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at his residence. Born March 16, 1937 in Habersham County, he was the son of the late Marion and Alice Bohannon Heaton. Mr. Heaton was a loyal employee of Schnadig Corporation and retired after 43 years of service and was a dedicated member of Demorest Church of...
Larry Stewart
Apr 15, 2013
Larry Stewart, age 65 of Demorest, passed away Monday, April 15, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born on August 16, 1947, in Madison, GA he was a son of the late Frank and Ola House Stewart. Mr. Stewart had worked with Stub Church Paving and was of the Baptist faith. He was also a U.S. Army veteran. Survivors include wife,...
Waymon Elrod
Apr 7, 2013
Waymon Chester Elrod, age 89 of Cornelia, passed away Sunday, April 07, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born September 13, 1923 in Habersham County, he was the son of the late George Lee and Virginia Palmer Elrod. Mr. Elrod was a member of Return Baptist Church and was retired from Globe Oil as a service station operator. In his...
Dorothy Kinney
Apr 5, 2013
DOROTHY WELBORN “DOT” KINNEY, age 85 of the Hollywood Community, Clarkesville, GA passed away on Friday, April 05, 2013 at her residence following a brief illness. Born in Rabun County, GA on March 27, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Clemson & Icie Giles Welborn. Mrs. Kinney was a member of the Hollywood Baptist Church and was...
Steven Parker
Mar 31, 2013
Steven “Bigun” Parker, age 41 of Baldwin, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born on June 19, 1971 in Hall County, he was the son of Lamar and Dolly Gerrells Parker of Baldwin. Mr. Parker was employed as a dump truck driver with Holcomb’s Paving and formerly with Herrin’s Trucking. He was of the Holiness faith...
Bonnie Salazar
Mar 28, 2013
Bonnie Denise Kimbrell Salazar, age 48 of Gainesville and formerly of Cornelia, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Medical Center. Born December 15, 1964, in Habersham County, she was the daughter of Shelby Jean Galloway Kimbrell of Clarkesville and the late Wilkie Winston Kimbrell. Mrs. Salazar was an animal enthusiast who enjoyed spending time with her...
David Segers
Mar 23, 2013
David Kenneth Segers, age 55 of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Stephens County Hospital following a brief illness. Born March 24, 1957, in Toccoa, he was a son of the late Kenneth Estes and Sally McGuire Segers. Mr. Segers was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church and was a carpenter by trade. He was an avid outdoorsman...
Martha Flanagan
Mar 22, 2013
Martha Jane Flanagan, age 96 of Cornelia, passed away Friday, March 22, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born November 11, 1916, in Habersham County, she was the daughter of the late William and Lenoria Pauline Greemon Erwin. Mrs. Flanagan was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and was retired from Carwood Manufacturing. She was very loved by her children,...
Iva Pilgrim
Mar 21, 2013
Iva Lee Arrowood Pilgrim, age 76 of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013, at her residence. Born on January 07, 1937 in Habersham County, she was a daughter of the late William Worth and Mary Lee Eller Arrowood. Mrs. Pilgrim was a homemaker, who enjoyed spending time with her family and was of the Holiness faith. She was always...
Laura Whitaker
Mar 20, 2013
MRS. LAURA JANE JENKINS WHITAKER, age 78 of Cornelia, passed away March 20, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born in Newberry, S.C. on December 11, 1933, she was a daughter of the late James Fredrick and Annie Mae McEntire Jenkins. Mrs. Whitaker was a school teacher for 33 years having retired as a librarian from Baldwin Elementary. She obtained her...
Mildred Bentley
Mar 20, 2013
MISS MILDRED CURRIER BENTLEY, age 96 of Cornelia, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at Habersham Medical Center. Born October 03, 1916 in Franklin, NC, she was the daughter of the late Mabin R. and Marietta Currier Bentley. Miss Bentley was a member of Cornelia United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir and was pianist for the Men’s...
Edna Coley
Mar 17, 2013
MRS. EDNA MATHESON COLEY, age 87 of Alto, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 17, 2013. Born in Alto, Georgia on April 28, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Frank & Vera Shirley Matheson. Mrs. Coley was a member of the Calvary’s Cross Baptist Church and a homemaker. Mrs. Coley was preceded in death...
Henson Reeder
Mar 15, 2013
Henson Burnett Reeder, Sr., age 84 of Baldwin, passed away Friday, March 15, 2013, at his residence. Born in Oneco, Florida on October 21, 1928, he was the son of the late Ralph Henson, Sr. and Rossie Mae Burnett Reeder. Mr. Reeder was a self-employed cattle farmer and a member of Antioch Baptist Church, where he was the treasurer for...
Mrs. Willard Pruitt
Mar 14, 2013
Mrs. Willard Lee Pruitt, age 85 of Cornelia, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Banks County on May 15, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Williford and Ada Sanders. Mrs. Pruitt was a homemaker and devoted and active member of Level Grove Baptist Church, where she was a Children’s Sunday school...
Mildred Brady
Mar 12, 2013
Mildred Montez Brady, age 77 of Baldwin, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenville, South Carolina on December 07, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Louie Whit and Annie Mae Funk Carmon. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Brady was also preceded in death by a daughter, Mamie Renee Brady; brothers,...
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