Local Obituaries
Sylvan Grier
Apr 21, 2011
Sylvan “Van” Grier, age 76, of Alto, GA, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011. Born on April 1, 1936, in Hall County, GA, he was a son of the late Alvin and Belle Armour Grier.Mr. Grier was a member of Yonah Congregational Holiness Church and was retired from Gold Kist Inc. He enjoyed making canes and reading his Bible. In...
Stanley Allen
Apr 11, 2011
Stanley Archer Allen, age 62, of Baldwin, GA, passed away Monday April 11, 2011. Born on November 18, 1948, in Habersham County, GA, he was a son of the late Edward Carroll and Anne Davis Allen.Mr. Allen was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cornelia and was a United States Marine Corp veteran.He served during the Vietnam War...
Richard Wade
Apr 10, 2011
Richard Talmadge Wade, age 74 of Demorest, GA, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011, at his residence, following an extended illness. Born April 12, 1936, he was the son of the late Margie Crenshaw Wade and Cleveland Wade.Mr. Wade was a member of Bethesda Fellowship Congregational Holiness Church. He was retired as a supervisor with Fieldale Farms. In addition to...
Garnett Hardeman
Apr 8, 2011
Garnett Lee “Sonny” Hardeman, Jr., age 68, of Mt. Airy, GA, passed away Friday, April 08, 2011 at Stephens County Hospital. Born on October 19, 1942, in Oglethorpe County, GA, he was a son of the late Garnett Lee, Sr. and Ruena Young Hardeman.Mr. Hardeman was of the Christian faith and was retired from the United States Army with the...
William Churchwell
Apr 7, 2011
William Grover Churchwell, age 92, of Clarkesville, GA, passed away Thursday April 07, 2011 at his residence. Born on April 03, 1919, in Demorest, GA, he was a son of the late Amos and Sally Grant Churchwell.Mr. Churchwell was a surveyor by trade.In addition to his parents Mr. Churchwell was also preceded in death by his wife, Louise Griggs Churchwell;...
Ruby Armour
Apr 4, 2011
Ruby Wiley Armour, age 89, of Lula, GA, passed away Monday, April 04, 2011 at Gateway Health Care. Born on January 08, 1922 in Hall County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Buford and Ora Wiley.Mrs. Armour was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith.She enjoyed gardening, flowers, quilting and cooking.In addition to her parents Mrs. Armour...
Teresa Martin
Apr 3, 2011
Teresa Ann Martin, age 52, of Cleveland, GA, passed away Sunday, April 03, 2011 at her residence. Born on July 29, 1958 in Demorest, GA, she was the daughter of the late Alton Gene Martin and Jewell Julaine Pendley Elliott.Mrs. Martin was a member of Alto C. H. Church and was homemaker.She lived most of her life in Habersham County....
Laverne Hurt
Apr 1, 2011
Laverne Stephens Hurt affectionately known by family and friends as “Me-Ma”, age 86 of Mt. Airy, GA, passed away Friday, April 01, 2011, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Hurt was a native and life long resident of Habersham County. She was born in Habersham County on July 24, 1924, to the late Bernice Payne Stephens and Buren Stephens.Mrs. Hurt...
Carvin Wright
Mar 30, 2011
Carvin Thomas “C.T.” Wright, age 91 of Alto, GA, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at The Oaks at Limestone, following a brief illness. He was the son of the late Vallie Jane Patton and William Luther Wright.Mr. Wright was a native and life long resident of Habersham County. He was a member of Enon Baptist Church where he served...
Dale Waters
Mar 29, 2011
Dale Clark Waters, age 47 of Cornelia, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at his residence following a brief illness. Born in Atlanta, GA on August 20, 1963, he was the son of Gyann Stover Kent and Douglas Kent and the late Delton Waters.Mr. Waters was a native of Northeast Georgia and of the Baptist faith, he was a...
Arthur Fry
Mar 15, 2011
Arthur Freeman Fry, age 85 of Clarkesville, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at his residence. Born in Habersham County on June 17, 1925, he was the son of the late George Kytle and Wilda McClellan Fry.Mr. Fry was a retired Chef supervisor with North Georgia Technical School with 34 years of service. He was WWII U.S. Army veteran...
Ruth & Lewis Scroggs
Mar 13, 2011
Ruth Benalee Scroggs, age 73, of Cornelia,passed away Sunday March 13, 2011 and her husbandLewis Albert Scroggs, age 76, of Cornelia,passed away Tuesday March 15, 2011. Both died at home peacefully following brief illness’s. Mrs. Scroggs was born in Virginia, a daughter of the late Avery Davis and Bessie Hardin Davis of Gastonia NC., and was preceded in death by...
Grace Christopher
Mar 12, 2011
Grace Elizabeth Morrison Christopher, age 94, of Cornelia, GA, passed away Saturday March 12, 2011 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, following an extended illness. Born on February 13, 1917, in Banks County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Ben T. and Ida M. Harris Morrison.Mrs. Christopher was a life-long resident of Hall County and was a member of...
Willene Harris
Mar 8, 2011
Willene Landers Harris, age 87, of Cornelia, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 08, 2011 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on June 10, 1923, in Habersham County, GA, she was the daughter of the late James Oscar Landers and Wealtha Elizabeth “Bessie” Loudermilk Landers.Mrs. Harris was a member of Level Grove Baptist Church and was retired from the Habersham County...
Donald Defoor
Mar 8, 2011
Donald Doyle DeFoor, also known by his friends asDonnie “Duck” DeFoor, age 57, of Clarkesville, GA, Passed away Tuesday March 8, 2011 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, following a brief illness. Born on April 7, 1953, in Stephens County, GA, he was a son of the late Doyle and Texie Leonard DeFoor.Mr. DeFoor was a life-long resident of Habersham County...
Lovadia Gerrin
Mar 3, 2011
Lovadia Etta Chastain Gerrin, age 83, of Cornelia, GA, passed away Thursday, March 03, 2011 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on August 22, 1927, in Habersham County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Lester Chastain and Julie Holcomb Chastain.Mrs. Gerrin was a life-long resident of Habersham County and was of the Baptist faith.She was a member of...
Grace Hodgens
Mar 2, 2011
Arrangements for Mrs. Hodgens are incomplete, at this time, but will be announced soon.
Scott Mclaughlin
Mar 2, 2011
Scott Lamar McLaughlin, age 40, of Martin, GA, passed away Wednesday, March 02, 2011 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on November 20, 1970, in Stephens County, he was the son of William Paul McLaughlin and Sarah Anne Maye McLaughlin. Mr. McLaughlin was a member of Revelation Chapel and had been employed with Stovall Building Supply. Survivors include loving wife,...
W.T. Crocker, Jr.
Feb 21, 2011
W. T. Crocker Jr. also known as “Junior Crocker”, age 85, of Cornelia, GA, passed away Monday, February 21, 2011 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born on June 07, 1925, in Habersham County, he was the son of the late William Tyson Crocker Sr. and the late Artha Simmons Crocker.Mr. Crocker was a member of Baldwin Baptist Church and was...
Louise Brown
Feb 17, 2011
Louise Smith Dover Brown, age 84, of Clarkesville, GA, passed away Thursday, February17, 2011 at Habersham Home West. Born on May 07, 1926, in Demorest, she was the daughter of the late Jesse James and Cleo Pearl Heaton Smith.Mrs. Brown was a member of New Liberty Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star – Clarkesville Lodge.She was also...
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