Local Obituaries

Monica Westmoreland
Apr 17, 2021
Monica Lyne (Harnas) Westmoreland, age 49 of Lula, passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Born in Rapid City, South Dakota at Ellsworth Air Force Base on January 22, 1972, she was the daughter of Thomas Harnas and the late Kathleen MacKnight. Monica graduated from Hammondsport High School in Hammondsport, NY. She was a homemaker who enjoyed spending time with...
Dewitt Loudermilk
Apr 17, 2021
Mr. Dewitt Loudermilk, age 94 formerly of Mt. Airy and resident at Magnolia Hills Retirement Home in Demorest, Georgia passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Born on January 28, 1927 in Toccoa, Georgia he was a son of the late Winnie Landers and Paul Loudermilk. Dewitt attended Demorest High School before entering the Army in WWII and the Korean...
Sharon Steelman
Apr 17, 2021
Sharon Gwen Steelman, age 65, of Toccoa, passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Born on October 18, 1955, in Toccoa, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Elease Holcomb Garner. Sharon was a free spirited, loving woman who will be deeply missed. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers and three...
Karen King
Apr 15, 2021
Karen Hope Thomas King, age 63, of Alto, passed away on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Born on March 11, 1958, in Demorest, she was a daughter of the late Melvin Thomas and Avanelle Crowe. Mrs. King was a homemaker and a member of New Vision Worship Center. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters,...
William Jackson "Bill" Clark
Apr 11, 2021
William Jackson “Bill” Clark, age 77 of Mt. Airy, passed away on Sunday, April 11, 2021. Born in Mount Airy, Georgia on February 17, 1944, he was the son of the late Andrew Jackson Clark and Olivia Garrett Clark. Mr. Clark was a retired aircraft mechanic having served his country proudly in the United States Air Force for 22 years....
Dianne Sisk Hardy
Apr 9, 2021
Dianne Sisk Hardy, 68, of Lake Burton, GA, passed away on April 9, 2021 after a 15-year battle with cancer. Dianne was born on the 3rd of November in 1952 to Laymon and Moderee Sisk of Homer, GA. After graduating from Banks County High School in 1970, she went on to study mathematics and education at Piedmont College and the...
Barbara Ann Anderson
Apr 8, 2021
Barbara Ann Gibson Anderson, age 84 of Cornelia, passed away on Thursday, April 8, 2021. Born in Rabun County, Georgia on May 20, 1936 she was a daughter of the late James Carl Gibson and Mary Louise McDowell Gibson. Mrs. Anderson retired from Johnson & Johnson, formerly Chicopee Manufacturing, after 42 years of service. Mrs. Anderson was a member and...
Bobbie Foster
Apr 5, 2021
Bobbie Carpenter Foster, age 87, of Cornelia, passed away on Monday, April 5, 2021. Born on April 12, 1933, in Gainesville, she was a daughter of the late Roy Lee and Lorena Boling Carpenter. Bobbie’s musical career began as a young girl when she played the piano for church services at Oakwood Baptist Church in Hall County. She and her...

Little Miss Evelyn Gosnell
Mar 30, 2021
Little Miss Evelyn Ann Gosnell of Maysville, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Born in Gainesville, Georgia on January 27, 2021, she was the daughter of Jonathan Dennis Gosnell and Jessica Ann Hamilton Gosnell of Maysville. Little Miss Evelyn was preceded in death by her brother, Liam Dennis Gosnell. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her...
Jacqueline Jay Toner Seymour
Mar 27, 2021
Jacqueline “ Jay” Toner Seymour, 94, of Toccoa, Georgia, formerly of St. Augustine, Florida, passed away Saturday, March 27, 2021. Mrs. Seymour was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania a daughter of the late John and Dorothy Toner. She was a loving mother, grandmother, homemaker, volunteer and enjoyed spending time with her family. In addition to her parents Mrs. Seymour was preceded...
Lynn Morgan
Mar 26, 2021
Lynn Nell Harris Morgan, age 72 of Baldwin, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2021. Born in Clarkesville, Georgia on October 30, 1948, she was a daughter of the late Charles Idus Harris and Mary Lilliston James Harris. Lynn loved her church family, and was a faithful and active member of Camp Creek Baptist for many years. There she taught...
Howard Goodson
Mar 23, 2021
Howard Watson Goodson, age 89 of Alto, passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 of natural causes. Howard was a kind and gentle soul who lived a simple life in rural Banks County. He never ventured far from his roots and gleamed pleasure and contentment from everyday life. Before father time caught up, Howard could be seen taking his daily...
Jonathan Thomason
Mar 18, 2021
Jonathan Colby Thomason, age 36, of Demorest, passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Mr. Thomason was born on January 12, 1985, in Gainesville. He graduated from Habersham Central High School in 2003 then went on to earn his Associates Degree and work in construction. He loved his guitars and playing music with his kids. Jonathan was a loving husband,...
Karen Griffin
Mar 16, 2021
Karen Denise Griffin, age 52 of Lula, passed away on Tuesday March 16, 2021. Born in Johnson City, New York on September 3, 1968, she was a daughter of the late David Reed and Maureen Winifred Swingle. She was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her family. Surviving are her step-parents, Mike & Elisabeth Ostrander of Clarkesville; son and...
Fred Douglas Reid
Mar 12, 2021
Fred Douglas Reid, age 86 of Sandy Springs, formerly of Cornelia, passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021. Born on November 18, 1934, in Atlanta, he was the son of the late William Douglas Reid and Carrie Ruth Turner Reid. Fred grew up in Cascade Heights and graduated from Southwest High School in Atlanta in 1952, where he was awarded...
Charlie Price Hicks
Mar 9, 2021
Charlie Price Hicks, age 94 of Cleveland, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at his residence following an extended illness. Born on February 13, 1927, in Flowery Branch, he was a son of the late Claude and Lizzie White Hicks. Mr. Hicks served his country in the United States Air Force. He was a retired Poultry Farmer and a...

Sandi Sue Gibson
Mar 8, 2021
Sandi Sue Stewart Gibson, age 89 of Cornelia, passed away on Monday, March 8, 2021. Born in Toccoa, Georgia on August 26, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Al Stewart and Dora Whitmore Stewart. Mrs. Gibson was a homemaker and of the Holiness faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles...
Jennifer Moore
Mar 7, 2021
Jennifer Lynn Moore, age 58, of Baldwin, passed away on Sunday, March 7, 2021. Born on June 12, 1962, in Demorest, she was a daughter of the late Bob and Emily Cochran Lawson. Ms. Moore was a legal secretary for the law offices of Keith York and Kim Crawford. She was a member of Cornelia United Methodist Church and loved...
Bonnie Faye Crocker
Mar 3, 2021
Bonnie Faye Baker Crocker, age 79 of Baldwin, passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Born in Homer, on January 8, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Ed Baker and Ruth Sims Baker. Mrs. Crocker retired from Fieldale after 37 plus years of service and was a member of Alto Congregational Holiness Church. Described by her family as...
Frank Ferguson
Feb 28, 2021
Frank Ferguson, age 82 of Demorest, passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021. Born in Demorest, Georgia on October 13, 1938, he was a son of the late Quinton Eugene “Bud” Ferguson and Etta Carolyn Spencer Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson was an entrepreneur and founder of Piedmont Metal Processing. He was a member of the Clarkesville Masonic Lodge #325 and enjoyed...