Local Obituaries
Henry Tench
Dec 21, 2021
Henry Theodore Tench, age 74 of Gainesville, passed away on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. Born in Logan Store, North Carolina on June 10, 1947, he was a son of the late Otis and Mary Kate Bostic Tench. Mr. Tench proudly served his country in the United States Army National Guard. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Ma Elena Martinez De Lara
Dec 20, 2021
Ma Elena Martinez De Lara, age 68 of Alto, passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021. Born in Mexico on November 17, 1953, she was a daughter of the late Francisco Martinez Tinoco and Maria Luz Mora. Ma Elena was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church of Cleveland where she loved worshiping with her family and served...
Marion Kimbrell
Dec 20, 2021
Marion Dwayne Kimbrell, age 73, of Cornelia, passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021. Born on July 29, 1948, in Clarkesville, he was a son of the late John Marion and Ethel Evelyn Skelton Kimbrell. Mr. Kimbrell was a United States Army veteran having proudly served his country during the Vietnam Conflict. He was a professional painter and a handyman...
Inf. Blaze Benjamin Browner Bravo
Dec 19, 2021
Inf. Blaze Benjamin Browner Bravo, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021. Born in Gainesville, Georgia on December 19, 2021, he was the son of Brison Browner and Jessica Bravo of Cornelia. In addition to his parents, survivors include his sister, Brea Browner Bravo of Cornelia; paternal grandparents, Brian & Patricia Browner and Toni & Dwayne Marshal; maternal grandparents, Juvenal...
Nathaniel Mack Davis
Dec 18, 2021
Nathaniel Mack Davis, age 86 of Demorest, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021. Born on March 20, 1935, in Pensacola, Florida, he was a son of the late Barney Sharnick and Listney Boone Davis. Mr. Davis was a U.S. Army veteran and was a self-employed artist in the construction industry. He was an award winning artist, visionary and creator....
Henry Joe Meeks
Dec 17, 2021
Henry Joe Meeks, age 76, of Cleveland, formerly Mt. Airy, passed away on Friday, December 17, 2021. Born on November 3, 1945, in Habersham County, he was a son of the late Clyde Eford and Mary Corinthia Hurt Meeks. Mr. Meeks was a Veteran of the United States Army having proudly served his country during the Vietnam Conflict in the...
Grady Brian "Bubba" Gerrell
Dec 16, 2021
Grady Brian “Bubba” Gerrell, age 65 of Baldwin, passed away on Thursday, December 16, 2021. Born on May 16, 1956, in Demorest, he was the son of the late Lowell and Mattie Lee McDuffie Gerrell. Mr. Gerrell was formerly employed with Ethicon and was of the Pentecostal faith. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by...
Marvin Phillips
Dec 15, 2021
Marvin Leroy Phillips, age 93, of Rabun Gap, passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Born on December 24, 1927, in West Union, West Virginia, he was a son of the late Glenwood and Mary Agnes McIntosh Phillips. Mr. Phillips was a United States Navy Veteran. He loved his family, heavy equipment operating, and playing ping pong. Mr. Phillips was...
John Kimsey "Kim" Lawson
Dec 14, 2021
Obituary and Celebration of Life Announcement John Kimsey “Kim” Lawson, age 61, of Cornelia, passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. Born in Gainesville, Georgia on July 25, 1960, he was a son of the late Claude Eugene and Margie Kimsey Lawson. Kim was employed by Habersham Metal Products for 21 years and then opened and operated a very successful...
Charles London
Dec 14, 2021
Charles Robert London, age 85 of Demorest, passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. Born in Cornelia, Georgia on December 21, 1935, he was a son of the late Thomas L. and Viola Barrett London. Mr. London was a bus driver for the Habersham County School System for 47 years. He loved his family and grandkids and in his spare...
Danny Clark
Dec 11, 2021
Danny William Clark, age 72, of Clarkesville, passed away on Saturday, December 11, 2021. Born on June 4, 1949, in Columbia, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Douglas Leonard and Collene Cain Clark. Mr. Clark lived most of his life in Hall County before moving to Clarkesville. He was an industrial mechanic with Ricoh Printers. Mr. Clark...
Seaborn Cromer
Dec 10, 2021
Seaborn Mitchell Cromer, age 79 of Alto, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021. Born in Royston, Georgia on October 15, 1942, he was a son of the late Thomas Seaborn Cromer and Sara Amy Bond Cromer. Mr. Cromer proudly served his country in the United States Army and was a member of Level Grove Baptist Church. He retired from...
Herman Wood
Dec 9, 2021
Herman Dale Wood, age 76 of Demorest, passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2021. Born in Danielsville, Georgia on November 18, 1945, he was a son of the late Dewey Wood and Julia Davis Wood. He was the owner and operator of Wood’s Grading & Landscaping. He enjoyed riding and trading horses, flowers, shopping trips with his girls, meal times...
Melissa "Missy" Mason
Dec 8, 2021
Courtesy announcement provided by McGahee-Griffin and Stewart Funeral Home Mrs. Melissa "Missy" Mason, age 52, of Dahlonega, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Missy was a native and lifelong resident of Lumpkin County. She was born on September 17, 1969, to Wylie and Lonie Smith Armour. She was preceded in death by her father-in-law Clyde Mason; memaw Wardye...
Phyllis English
Dec 4, 2021
Mrs. Phyllis Malone Hardy English, age 67 of Lula, passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2021. Born in Gainesville, Georgia on March 15, 1954, she was a daughter of the late Homer Hardy, Jr. and Eunice Harvey Hardy. She was a devoted wife and loving mother. She graduated from East Hall High School and later attended both Lanier Technical School...
Terry Funk
Dec 1, 2021
Terry Grant Funk, age 61 of Homer, passed away on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Born in Sylva, North Carolina on October 3, 1960, he was a son of Mary Cochran Funk of Cornelia and the late Ralph Franklin Funk. Terry was the owner/ operator of Controlled Electrical Systems. He was a devoted husband and father and loved spending time with...
Lori Thompson
Nov 28, 2021
Lori Ann Owens Thompson, age 63 of Demorest, passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2021. Born in Hialeah, Florida on August 20, 1958, she was the daughter of the late Francis Patrick and Elizabeth Ann Smith Owens. Mrs. Thompson served the Banks County area for 20 years as a paramedic. During this time she also was an EMS and Fire...
John Watkins
Nov 27, 2021
John Marion “Turtle” Watkins, age 71, of Lula, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021. Born on September 7, 1950, in Demorest, he was a son of the late John Lamon and Avis Dodd Watkins. He was a United States Army Veteran having proudly served during the Vietnam Conflict. Mr. Watkins was a member of the Grant Reeves VFW Post...
Mary Kitchens
Nov 27, 2021
Mary Webb Martin Kitchens, age 67, of Alto, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021. Born on August 15, 1954, in Clayton, she was a daughter of the late Grover Webb, Sr. and Lucy Henslee Webb. Mrs. Kitchens retired from Ethicon and was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church. She was a faithful supporter of St. Jude and loved her...
Alma Crane
Nov 26, 2021
Alma Wiley Crane, age 90, of Lula, passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021. Born on April 3, 1931, in Hall County, she was a daughter of the late Jack and Pauline Pittman Armour. Mrs. Crane worked at Mt. Vernon Mills for a number of years and was owner and operator of Country Craft and Flowers. She was a member...
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