Obituaries

Local Obituaries

Howard Smith

Howard Smith

Jun 4, 2021

Howard Dwayne “Smitty” Smith, age 59 of Demorest, passed away Friday, June 4, 2021. Born in Blairsville, Georgia on January 19, 1962 to the late Howard Houston Smith and Geraldine Manus Smith. He was an electrician with Lumite Synthetic Industries for many years. Surviving are his wife, Mary Beth Dotson Smith of Demorest; sons, John Smith of Mississippi and Andrew...

Ommie Standridge

Ommie Standridge

Jun 3, 2021

Ommie Lee Standridge, age 76 of the Hollywood Community, passed away on Thursday, June 3, 2021 after a courageous battle with cancer over the past three years. Born in Turnerville, Georgia on August 28, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Samuel G. Densmore and Ethel Lethia Dover Densmore. Mrs. Standridge retired from Lee Arrendale State Prison after many...

Zeferino Zavala Sanchez

Zeferino Zavala Sanchez

Jun 3, 2021

Zeferino Zavala Sanchez, Jr., age 54 of Baldwin, passed away on Thursday, June 3, 2021. Born in Salvatierra Guanajuato, Mexico on June 20, 1966, he was a son of the late Zeferino Zavala Contreras and Sanjuana Sanchez Flores. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Olga Zavala. Surviving are his step-mother, Rita Ramirez De...

Pauline Ivie

Pauline Ivie

Jun 3, 2021

Pauline L. Ivie, age 98 of Mableton formerly of Cornelia passed away June 3, 2021. Pauline was a member of Pea Ridge Baptist Church. She was involved in Sunday School class and a member of UMW at Austell United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the South Cobb Lions Club. Pauline was preceded in death by her husband,...

Boyd Crocker

Boyd Crocker

May 25, 2021

Boyd Junior Crocker, age 60 of Lula, passed away on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Born in Commerce, on September 13, 1960, he was a son of the late Laster Quillen and Voncie Arflin Crocker. Mr. Crocker was formerly employed in the logging industry and enjoyed deer hunting and fishing in his spare time. In addition to his parents, he was...

Gerald Lee Harkins

Gerald Lee Harkins

May 25, 2021

In loving memory of Gerald Lee “Jerry” Harkins, known to many as Baker Boy 622, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at the age of 76. Born on July 29, 1944, in Indianapolis, Indiana, he was a son of the late Dale and Esther Davidson Harkins. Jerry’s passion was the CB Radio. In addition to his parents, he...

Virginia East

Virginia East

May 24, 2021

Virginia Lamariel East, age 81 of Clayton, passed away on Monday, May 24, 2021. Born in Rising Fawn, Georgia on March 20, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Gordon Lee Autry and Etta Jane McKaig Autry. Mrs. East was a carpet manufacturing inspector with Mohawk for many years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Dorothy Henslee

Dorothy Henslee

May 24, 2021

Dorothy Rose Decker Henslee, age 79 of Clarkesville, passed away on Monday, May 24, 2021. Born in Lavonia, Georgia on April 11, 1942 to the late A.T. Decker and Sara Lee Kesler Decker. Mrs. Henslee moved from Franklin County in 1965 to the Atlanta area where she lived, and worked for Sears for over 30 years, before moving back to...

Carolyn Dodd

Carolyn Dodd

May 22, 2021

Carolyn Ann Nations Dodd, age 68 of Alto, passed away on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Born in Clarkesville, on December 4, 1952, she was a daughter of the late Arthur Andrew and Ruth Fitzgerald Nations. Mrs. Dodd was a hard worker, who was employed for many years in the poultry industry along with other jobs she held at various times....

Nellie Burgess

Nellie Burgess

May 18, 2021

Nellie Bell Arnold Burgess, age 81 of Alto, passed away on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Born in Baldwin, Georgia on August 16, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Johnny Arnold and Pauline Dalton Arnold. Mrs. Burgess retired from Carwood Manufacturing after many years of service. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Glenda Ann Lawrence

Glenda Ann Lawrence

May 15, 2021

Glenda Ann Segars Lawrence, age 71, of Baldwin, passed away on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Born on November 21, 1949, in Gainesville, she was the daughter of the late Carson and Mary Lou Rogers Segars. Mrs. Lawrence worked for the Georgia Department of Labor as a secretary in the Unemployment Office in Gainesville and also worked as a secretary at...

Eva Moore

Eva Moore

May 13, 2021

Eva Mae Arrowood Moore, age 81 of Cornelia, passed away on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Born in Cornelia, Georgia on April 26, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Ed Arrowood and Ora Lewallen Arrowood. Mrs. Moore was a homemaker. She loved her family and her friends and was of the Holiness faith. In addition to her parents, she...

Sandra Argueta

Sandra Argueta

May 13, 2021

Sandra Sutton Argueta, age 58 of Alto, passed away on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Born in Tampa, Florida on December 8, 1962, she was a daughter of the late Jerry Lee Sutton and Priscilla Sparks Sutton. Mrs. Argueta was a secretary with Clarkesville Finance and of the Pentecostal faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Myra Bohannon

Myra Bohannon

May 9, 2021

Myra Sue Carlan Bohannon, age 76 of Demorest, passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2021. Born in Clarkesville, Georgia on December 13, 1944, she was a daughter of the late John William Carlan and Lila Magnolia Nix Carlan. Mrs. Bohannon was a seamstress and caretaker. She loved care giving and enjoyed sewing, flower gardening and spending time with her grandchildren...

Dale Moore

Dale Moore

May 8, 2021

Dale Lee Moore, age 61 of Baldwin, passed away on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Born in Demorest, Georgia on December 21, 1959 to the late James Marvin Moore and Zora Mae Cragg Moore. Mr. Moore was a self-employed contractor for cell phone tower installation. He loved racing, all kinds of cars and motorcycles and he loved spending time with his...

Mary Colston

Mary Colston

May 8, 2021

Mary Frances Mullinax Colston, age 81 of Cornelia, passed away on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Born in Clarkesville, Georgia on May 19, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Clarence Mullinax and Lora Ophelia Allen Mullinax. Mrs. Colston worked for Piedmont Automotive as a Pre Assembler for many years. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church...

Dalton Williams

Dalton Williams

Apr 30, 2021

Dalton Jewell Williams, age 16, of Cornelia, passed away on Friday, April 30, 2021. Dalton was born on July 23, 2004, in Gainesville and was a sophomore at Habersham Central High School. In his short life, he enjoyed fishing, cars, and traveling to new places as well as photography and capturing the beauty of sunrises. He loved spending time with...

James Lewallen

James Lewallen

Apr 29, 2021

James Regis Lewallen, age 78 of Baldwin, passed away on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Born on May 23, 1942 in the Hollingsworth Community of Banks County, Georgia he was a son of the late James Floyd Lewallen and Nora Lawrence Lewallen. Mr. Lewallen was a poultry farmer. He enjoyed gardening and carving especially dough bowls. Mr. Lewallen was a member...

Nels Herriott

Nels Herriott

Apr 27, 2021

Nels Lance Herriott, age 51 of Clayton, passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Born in Valparaiso, Indiana on October 28, 1969 he was a son of Ralph Herriott and Janice Thompson Herriott of Clayton. He worked in IT with Wells Fargo Bank for many years. Surviving are his wife, Natalee Kittrell Herriott of Clayton and his sister, Sarah Herriott...

Kristie Whitfield

Kristie Whitfield

Apr 24, 2021

Kristie Lee Whitfield, age 44, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Saturday, April 24, 2021. Born on October 27, 1976, in Atlanta, she was a daughter of Shirley Fry Marple and the late George Elbert Whitfield. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her son, Christian Conrad of Helen; daughter, Bryceson Carter...