Local Obituaries
Jacob Lee Armour
Oct 22, 2023
Jacob Lee Armour, age 77, of Alto, passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2023. Born on April 26, 1946, in Alto, he was a son of the late Taft Armour and Leler Bell Dodd Armour. Jacob was known by many as a hard-worker, who owned and operated Jacob Armour Logging for 60 years. Most of all, however, he will be...
Nancy Dodd
Oct 19, 2023
Nancy Jane Tench Dodd, age 63, of Alto, passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2023. Ms. Dodd was born on March 29, 1960, in Alto. She recently retired from Regions Bank as Branch Manager in Clarkesville, and was a member of B.C. Grant Baptist Church. Nancy was an avid reader and enjoyed nature. She especially loved feeding the squirrels every...
Anna Alexander
Oct 14, 2023
Anna VAN HORN Alexander died peacefully at home on October 14, 2023. Anna was born some 93 years ago, was raised on the Van Horn family farm in Habersham County, Georgia, the youngest of ten children born to Emory and Ora Grier Van Horn, and is the last of the family to die. Anna graduated from Baldwin High School and...
Gene Martin
Oct 14, 2023
Gene Wallace Martin, age 68, of Clarkesville, passed away on Saturday, October 14, 2023. Born on October 5, 1955, in Toccoa, he was a son of the late Marvin J. Martin, Jr. and Lilly Bernice Wilburn Martin. Mr. Martin worked most of his life as the owner and operator of Martin Logging. He was an avid outdoorsman that enjoyed deer...
Betty Brewer
Oct 13, 2023
Betty Brewer, age 66, of Hinesville, Georgia, passed away on Friday, October 13, 2023. Born on June 11, 1957, in Johnson City, Tennessee, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Pauline Duncan Carroll. Ms. Brewer was a mother of three. Though she would tell you she has 8 children. She was a homemaker and member of Elim Baptist...
Thomas Mclendon
Oct 12, 2023
Thomas “Daulton” McLendon, age 24, of Demorest, passed away on Thursday, October 12, 2023. Born on October 6, 1999, in Atlanta, he was a son of Jim and Carrie Bateman McLendon of Demorest. Daulton graduated from Habersham Central High School in 2018, then went on to attend the University of North Georgia before working in the family business. He enjoyed...
Stevie Brown
Oct 11, 2023
Stevie McKinley Brown, also known as, Stevie Kidd, Scooby Doo, Batman, and Stub, age 67, of Clarkesville, passed away on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. Born on December 8, 1955, in Demorest, he was a son of the late William McKinley Brown III and Lillie Mae Williams Brown Kidd. Mr. Brown was a truck driver for Fleming Wholesale until 1990 before...
Carol Farmer
Oct 11, 2023
Carol Jean Farmer, age 82 of Fort Payne, passed away Wednesday, October 11, 2023. Mrs. Farmer was born on September 14, 1941 in Fort Pierce, FL to the late Hugh & Gladys King Blanton. She was a caretaker at Magnolia Hills in Georgia. A Graveside Service will be held at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, October 15, 2023 at the Walkers Chapel...
Betty English
Oct 9, 2023
Betty Ann English, age 72, of Demorest, passed away on Monday, October 9, 2023, following a short illness. Born on October 23, 1950, in Toccoa, she was a daughter of the late John Ernest English and Charlotte Smith English. Betty was a member of the Silver Sneakers and Fairfield Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Clyde Miller
Oct 8, 2023
Clyde Eugene Miller March 9, 1947-October 8, 2023 Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved, Clyde Miller of Alto, Georgia, who passed away at the age of 76, on October 8, 2023. Clyde Eugene Miller was born on March 9, 1947, in Hall County and he retired from Coca-Cola. During his lifetime he had many hobbies, including fishing...
Harold Symes
Oct 8, 2023
Lt. Colonel Harold Warren “Hal” Symes, (Ret.), passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2023. Born September 30, 1924, Symes served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and retired from the U.S. Air Force. A visitation will be held from 1-5 pm on Sunday, October 15, 2023, at McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home. Interment will be Wednesday,...
Joshua Thomas
Oct 7, 2023
Joshua Kesniel Thomas, age 32, of Clarkesville, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2023. He was born on August 30, 1991, in Demorest. Recently, he was employed with Ingles and had formerly worked for Fieldale Farms. Joshua was of the Christian faith, and in his spare time, enjoyed skateboarding and music. He loved playing his guitar and was especially fond...
Pattie Stephens
Oct 3, 2023
Pattie Stephens, age 71, of Baldwin, formerly of Dawson, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Born on April 14, 1952, in Dawson, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Norton Stephens, Sr. and Sarah Powers Stephens. Ms. Stephens retired from the textile industry before becoming disabled in later years. Survivors include her brother and sister-in-law, Joe Stephens,...
James Webb
Oct 2, 2023
James “Jimmy” William Webb, age 76, of Clarkesville, passed away on Monday, October 2, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Born on October 27, 1946, in Rabun County, he was a son of the late Grover Webb and Lucy Henslee Webb. Mr. Webb was a United States Marine Corps Veteran having proudly served his country during the Vietnam War where...
Crayton Lang
Sep 30, 2023
Crayton Lang, age 71, of Cornelia, passed away on Saturday, September 30, 2023. Born on September 23, 1952, in Darlington, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Gordon Lee Lang and Helen Gilbert Lang. Mr. Lang retired from Lang’s Automotive as a self-employed auto mechanic and also worked at Good Wheels Auto Sales. He enjoyed camping, listening to...
Carolyn Cabe
Sep 29, 2023
Carolyn Cabe, age 76, of Alto, passed away on Friday, September 29, 2023. Born on July 9, 1947, in Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Beveridge and Dorothy Henegar Sanders. Mrs. Cabe worked as a home health aide for over 20 years and worked at Global Tech for five years. She was the owner and operator of Heavens...
Fred Couch
Sep 21, 2023
Fred Pinkney Couch, age 81, of Alto, formerly of Walhalla, South Carolina, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2023. Per his wishes, Fred will be cremated and no formal service will be held. An online guest register is available and may be viewed at www.mcgaheegriffinandstewart.com. MCGAHEE-GRIFFIN & STEWART FUNERAL HOME OF CORNELIA, GEORGIA (706/778-8668) IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
Barbara Holcomb
Sep 21, 2023
Barbara Anne Reed Holcomb, age 89, of Cornelia, Georgia went to her heavenly home on Thursday, September 21, 2023. Three years to the day that her precious son Tim went to be with the Lord. She passed away gently and sweetly into the arms of Jesus at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Hospice from complications from her long battle with cancer....
Dennis Houchins
Sep 19, 2023
Dennis Reed Houchins, age 87, of Clayton, passed away on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date. An online guest register is available and may be viewed at www.mcgaheegriffinandstewart.com. MCGAHEE-GRIFFIN & STEWART FUNERAL HOME OF CORNELIA, GEORGIA (706/778-8668) IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
Michael Mccallister
Sep 13, 2023
Michael Lee McCallister, age 45, of Cornelia, crossed over to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Michael was born on February 2, 1978, in Demorest, and worked in construction for a number of years before becoming disabled. Michael is described by his family as being a devoted, awesome Dad who had a heart of gold and loved...
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