Local Obituaries
Janice Echols
Jun 16, 2021
Janice Mae Echols, age 80 of Alto, passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Born in Demorest, Georgia on March 17, 1941 she was a daughter of the late Henry Lester Gerrin and Barches Eva McEntire Gerrin. Mrs. Echols worked in school nutrition for the Habersham County School System for many years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Wendell Simmons
Jun 14, 2021
Wendell Simmons, age 51, of Alto, passed away on Monday, June 14, 2021. Born in Banks County on April 21, 1970, he was a son of the late Emily Simmons. Mr. Simmons was employed with Amazon in Jefferson and owner of Wendell’s Wholesale Pets of Alto. He was an avid animal lover who enjoyed raising birds, horses, rabbits, quail, fish,...
Margot Stanford
Jun 14, 2021
Margot Erna Junker Stanford, age 92 of Alto, passed away on Monday, June 14, 2021. Born in Eisenbach, Germany on January 13, 1929 she was a daughter of the late Wilhelm Ackermann and Margarethe Ackermann. Mrs. Stanford was a dining room manager with Southern Host and also worked in accounting for a number of years. She was a member of...
Roxie Roberts
Jun 11, 2021
Roxie Helen Jordan Roberts, age 83, of Carnesville, passed away on Friday, June 11, 2021. Born on July 30, 1937, in Gainesville, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Cornelia Campbell Jordan. Mrs. Roberts lived most of her life in Tennessee and worked as a Certified Nurse Assistant at Maryville Hospital. She was a member of Lula Worship...
Shirley Edwards
Jun 10, 2021
Shirley Wilda White Edwards, age 70 of Martin, passed away on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Born in Gainesville, Georgia on June 11, 1950, she was a daughter of the late Charles White and Wilda Phillips White Burton Teague. Mrs. Edwards was a great cook and everyone loved her famous oatmeal cookies. In her spare time she enjoyed gardening and canning....
Edward Tench
Jun 9, 2021
Edward Lee Tench, age 53 of Blairsville, passed away on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Born in Demorest, Georgia on January 8, 1968 to the late James L. Tench and Fannie G. Allen Tench. Mr. Tench was raised in White County, moved to Hiawassee and then Blairsville. He had previously worked for Swansons Contracting. Surviving are his wife, Sheryl Rogers Tench...
Marilyn Oaken
Jun 9, 2021
Marilyn Nierenberg Oaken, age 87 of Clarkesville, passed away on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at her residence following a brief illness. She was born in New York on May 3, 1934. Mrs. Oaken was a retired school teacher with the Dade County Public School System and moved here from Miami, Florida in 1996. She was preceded in death by her...
Thelma Brock
Jun 6, 2021
Thelma Armour Brock, age 90 of Alto, passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2021. Born in Lula, Georgia on April 3, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Jack Armour and Pauline Pittman Armour. Mrs. Brock was a retired seamstress and a homemaker. She was very family oriented and loved spending time with her family. She enjoyed gospel singings,...
Hoyt Parson
Jun 6, 2021
Hoyt Benton Parson, age 88 of Alto, passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2021. Born in Cornelia, Georgia on March 14, 1933, he was a son of the late Purvie Benton Parson and Milda Myrtle Dale Parson. Mr. Parson was a faithful man of God, committed to witnessing and sharing Gods word. He was a dedicated husband, father and grandfather...
Dennis Israel
Jun 5, 2021
Dennis Boyd Israel, 68, of Demorest, GA died Saturday, June 5, 2021 at Habersham County Medical Center. Family and friends will honor Mr. Israel’s memory with a graveside service at Carlisle Wesleyan Church Cemetery in Chesnee, SC at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 12, 2021. Those in attendance are invited to a Memorial Reception in the community room at Wesleyan Church...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
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