Local Obituaries
Edward Cochran (Courtesy)
Nov 3, 2022
Edward Harold Cochran, 93, of Ringgold, Georgia passed away Thursday, November 3, 2022. A native of Homer, Georgia, he has lived in the Ringgold area for the past 52 years and was formerly of Columbus, Georgia. Harold was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of Northside Baptist Church in Columbus. He was owner/operator of Cochran’s Auto Truck...
Billy Umberhandt
Nov 2, 2022
Billy Umberhandt, age 68, of Baldwin, passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. Born on January 28, 1954, he was a son of the late Lewis David Umberhandt and Evelyn Carpenter Umberhandt. Mr. Umberhandt retired from Scovill after 18 years of employment. In his spare time Billy enjoyed taking rides through the mountains, loafing around and sitting in his man...
Issac Orsborn
Oct 30, 2022
Life Reflections Issac Eugene Orsborn entered this world on Wednesday, July 13, 1977. Issac was a loving son, brother, and devoted friend. Isaac lived his life to the fullest and without regret. He enjoyed listening to music and had an extreme love for country music and karaoke. A Time to Depart On Sunday October 30, 2022 while courageously enduring the...
Wendell Echols
Oct 28, 2022
Wendell Wayne Echols, age 82, of Alto, passed away on Friday, October 28, 2022, following an extended illness. Born on April 13, 1940, in Lula, he was a son of the late Harrison and Eunice Echols. Mr. Echols was a 1958 graduate of East Hall High School, which was the first graduating class of the school. He retired from Habersham...
R. Wayne Brain
Oct 27, 2022
R. Wayne Brain, age 67, of Baldwin, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2022. Born on October 19, 1955, in Sigourney, Iowa, he was a son of the late Carl Brain and Dorothy Eckley Brain. Mr. Brain retired as a field engineer in the IT industry after 43 years of dedicated service. In his spare time, Wayne enjoyed woodworking. Survivors...
Jayden Phimory
Oct 25, 2022
Jayden Phet Phimory, beloved infant son of Tony Phimory and Chrissy Murray, passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. During the short time Jayden was here, he touched many lives and was loved deeply by all. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these.”...
Lee Bowles
Oct 24, 2022
Lee Roy Bowles, age 82 of Ila, Georgia, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2022. Born on May 7, 1940, in Granville County, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Hubert O’Brient Bowles and Rosa Lee Daniel Bowles of Vero Beach, Florida. Over the years, Mr. Bowles was employed as a Store Manager with Publix, and as a...
Sophie Clower Powers
Oct 23, 2022
Sophie Clower Powers Obituary March 11, 1934 – October 23, 2022 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, and I have kept the faith: II Timothy 4:7” Sophie Clower Powers went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ October 23, 2022. Born in Villa Rica Ga on March 11, 1934, she was the Daughter...
Joan Tucker Wigle
Oct 23, 2022
Joan Tucker Wigle, age 67, of Clarkesville, passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2022. Born on April, 29, 1955, she is the daughter of Loy Tucker of Chattanooga, Tennessee and the late Barbara Cloud Tucker. Joan was employed by Ethicon and was of the Methodist faith. In addition to her mother, she is also preceded in death by a brother,...
Linda Olmsted
Oct 21, 2022
Linda Sue Olmsted, age 56 of Baldwin, passed away on Friday, October 21, 2022. Born on December 17, 1965, in Miami, she was a daughter of the late George Olmsted and Jean Light Olmsted. Linda loved her family and her fur babies. She was a devout Methodist and was very active in the church food ministry. Survivors include daughter, Amanda...
Patsy Sutton
Oct 20, 2022
Patsy Ann Sutton, age 63, of Clarkesville, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2022. Born on July 10, 1959 in Demorest, she was a daughter of the late Vernon Helton and Cordelia Howard Helton. Patsy worked as a supervisor at Global Tech, and had previously worked for Orbit Pants Manufacturing for 15 years, and had also worked for Cabbage Patch...
Frank Arrowood
Oct 20, 2022
Frank Arrowood, age 85, of Clarkesville, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2022. Born on October 10, 1937, in Habersham County, he was a son of the late Ed Arrowood and Ora Mae Lewallen Arrowood. Mr. Arrowood was a truck driver for North Georgia Wholesale Company for a number of years, and later retired from Toccoa Housing Authority. He was...
Charles Harris
Oct 18, 2022
Charles Arch Harris, Sr., age 63, of Cleveland, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Born on January 18, 1959, he was a sixth generation native of Habersham County and son of the late Charles I. and Mary Harris. Charles was self-employed and a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Demorest. He enjoyed road trips on his motorcycle, as...
Lori Brown
Oct 18, 2022
Lori Acrey Brown, age 58, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Born on January 11, 1964, she was the daughter of Ruth Acrey of Cornelia and the late Everett “Buck” Acrey. Lori was employed over the years in customer service with Standard Telephone, Sprint, Dairy Queen, and most recently, Mickey Piggs. She is described by her family as being...
Terry Mote
Oct 18, 2022
Terry Randy “Fat Mote” Mote, age 60, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Born on August 8, 1962, in Demorest, he was a son of the late John Avery Mote and Shelby Jean Mealor Seabolt. Terry worked at North Georgia Converting as a loom technician. In his spare time he enjoyed woodworking, visiting with his friends, and tinkering with...
Louise Holbrooks
Oct 18, 2022
Louise Smith Holbrooks, age 93, of Cornelia, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Born on November 7, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Willie B. Smith and Nellie Belle Mote Smith. Mrs. Holbrooks worked many jobs, her primary job was being a homemaker, and babysitting her grandchildren. Louise loved her family, especially her grandchildren. She was a...
Rev. Wayne Strickland
Oct 18, 2022
Reverend Wayne Phillip Strickland, age 82 of Alto, was called to his heavenly home, on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, after a prolonged illness. Born on March 30, 1940, in Atlanta, he was the son of the late James Grover and Lillie Mae Shuler Strickland. Rev. Strickland was a Vietnam veteran where he served in the US Army and the Air...
Sara Wright
Oct 16, 2022
Sara Frances Wright, age 98, of Cornelia, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2022. Born on June 24, 1924, in Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Joe and Frannie Douglas Smith. In 1943, Sara moved to Commerce and there she met her husband, James Wright. James went into the military later that year, which caused him to...
Beth Beck
Oct 16, 2022
Eva Beth Nicholson “Granny” Beck, age 85, of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, October 16, 2022. Born on October 8, 1937, in Greenville, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Zila Bennett Youngblood. Mrs. Beck retired from Ethicon in 1997 after 28 years working as a distributor; she also worked for Rite-Aid Pharmacy in Cornelia for many years....
Bruce Rodgers
Oct 15, 2022
Bruce L Rodgers, age 80, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 15, 2022. Bruce was born in Clayton County, Georgia on April 29, 1942. He resided in Chamblee, Georgia after marrying his Angel of 54 years Sue Berta in 1968. After retiring from Marta Transit in 1996 he moved to Homer, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his parents...
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