Local Obituaries
Lewis Daniel Davidson
Nov 3, 2016
LEWIS DANIEL DAVIDSON, age 72 of Alto, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 03, 2016. Born in Banks County, Georgia on August 13, 1944, he was a son of the late Joe Dennis & Florean Meeks Davidson. Mr. Davidson proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He worked with Mount...
Homer Haynes
Oct 24, 2016
Homer Robert Haynes, age 80 of Cornelia, Georgia, passed away Monday, October 24, 2016. Born in Hall County, Georgia on November 10, 1935, he was a son of the late Alfred and Maurine Haynes. Mr. Haynes was a retired auto mechanic having worked with Western Auto and Hardy Chevrolet. After retirement, Mr. Haynes drove a bus for the Habersham County...
Benjamin "Benny" Rucker
Oct 19, 2016
Benjamin “Benny” S. Rucker, age 66 of Cornelia, passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced soon. An online guest register is available and may be viewed at www.mcgaheegriffinandstewart.com McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home of Cornelia, Georgia (706/778-8668) is in charge of arrangements.
Faye Peavey
Oct 19, 2016
Faye Woodall Peavey, age 74 of Homer, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Born in Memphis, Tennessee on September 1, 1942, she was a daughter of the late James Raymond Woodall and Marilyn Raburn Woodall. Mrs. Peavey was a retired secretary from Westminster Presbyterian Church in Gainesville. She was an active member and former deacon at the First Presbyterian...
Josephine Adams Franklin
Oct 8, 2016
Josephine Adams Franklin, age 74 of Demorest, Georgia went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 08, 2016 following an extended illness. Born in Demorest, Georgia on January 02, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Robert Lee “Papa Coon” & Mary Jane Smith Adams. Mrs. Franklin was retired from Habersham Electric Membership Corporation with over 30...
Lamar Vinson White
Oct 7, 2016
Lamar Vinson White, age 77 of Alto, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2016. Born on April 27, 1939, in Homer, Georgia, he was a son of the late Ben Conley White and Dorothy Barrett White Coleman. Mr. White was retired from Mr. C’s Package Store in Atlanta and had formerly worked with G & C Foam & Padding in...
Thomas "Tommy" Henderson
Oct 6, 2016
Thomas “Tommy” Eugene Henderson, age 74 of Cornelia, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2016. Born March 10, 1942 in Clayton Georgia he was a son of the late Clete Eugene “Sarge” and Frannie House Henderson. Mr. Henderson proudly served his country in the US Navy aboard the USS Ticonderoga and the USS Saratoga. He retired from Schnadig Corporation with...
Ann Hicks
Oct 6, 2016
Ann Marshall Hicks, age 86 of Cornelia, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2016. Born on August 2, 1930 she was a daughter of the late Sam Hawkins and Edwina Davis Marshall. Mrs. Hicks was a homemaker and a member of First Presbyterian Church of Cornelia. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Donald...
Inf. Lamar Robinson
Oct 2, 2016
Infant Lamar Joseph Robinson of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016. Born in Toccoa, Georgia on May 31, 2016 he is a son of Danny and Cameo Wilbanks Kelly Robinson of Mt. Airy. He was preceded in death by a grandmother, Margaret E. Williams. In addition to his parents, survivors also include brothers, Cole Wilbanks, Danny Robinson, Jr.,...
Roger Paul Laprade
Oct 2, 2016
ROGER PAUL LAPRADE, age 71 of Alto, passed away on Sunday, October 02, 2016 following an extended illness. Born in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 1945, he was a son of the late Joe Paul & Margaret Lee Rogers LaPrade. Mr. LaPrade was a member of the Faith Tabernacle Full Gospel Church in Clarkesville. He enjoyed riding motorcycles, collecting knives,...
Clyde Freeman
Sep 30, 2016
Clyde Lee Freeman, age 75 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, September 30, 2016, at his residence. Born in Habersham County on April 10, 1941, he was a son of the late Howard and Sadie Burgess Freeman. Mr. Freeman retired from Hazel Creek Orchard and enjoyed fishing, raising chickens, and deer hunting. He was a member of Chopped Oak Baptist...
Pearl Banks
Sep 27, 2016
PEARL SMITH BANKS, age 91 of the Fairview Community, Demorest, Georgia went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 following an extended illness. Born in Cleveland, Georgia on October 19, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Paul F. Smith & Annie Rose Warwick Smith. Mrs. Banks was a homemaker and a member of the...
Sherrie Tomlin
Sep 25, 2016
Sherrie Diana Barnes Tomlin, age 54 of Cornelia, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016. Born in College Park, Georgia on June 10, 1962, she was a daughter of the late Billy Dean, Sr. and Othela Cash Barnes. Mrs. Tomlin was a seamstress for Short Manufacturing with 20 years of service. In her spare time she enjoyed knitting, reading and traveling...
Sandra Morris
Sep 25, 2016
Sandra Jean Holcomb Morris age 65 of Demorest, passed away Monday, September 26, 2016. Born in Clarkesville, Georgia on April 7, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Howard Thomas and Myrtle Herbert Holcomb. Mrs. Morris was a Dietary Supervisor with Habersham County Medical Center with 29 years of service and a member of Lamar Christian Church. In her...
Philip Cody
Sep 22, 2016
Philip Gerald Cody, Sr. of Cornelia went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, after 78 full years of life. By those who knew him best, he was called Phil, Papa and, more often than not, Cody. He was born in Clarkesville, Georgia on May 30, 1938, to the late Claude and Mary Bond Cody. In...
Ola Demore
Sep 21, 2016
Ola Mae James DeMore 92, life-time resident of Clarkesville, Georgia died Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Habersham Home East in Demorest. Born in Turnerville, Georgia on April 9, 1924 she was a daughter of the late Garnett Ciscro and Rilla Mae Blair James. Mrs. DeMore had been a member of Fairfield Baptist Church for 64 years. She loved serving the...
Inf. Kathryn Claire Norton
Sep 20, 2016
Little Miss Kathryn Claire Norton, infant daughter of Charles David and Lisa Michele Smith Norton, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. She was preceded in death by her paternal great grandparents, Melvin & Stella Mae Norton. Surviving are her parents Charles David & Lisa Michele Smith Norton of Cornelia; sister, Sadie Mae Norton; paternal grandparents, David & Marsha Norton...
Lois Shortt
Sep 18, 2016
Lois Helen Johnson Shortt, age 90 of Cornelia, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2016. Born in Alma, Georgia on October 19, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Corinna Pirkle Johnson and Ashley Johnson. Lois graduated from Alma High School in 1942. She attended the University of Georgia and graduated with a BS in Education in Physical Education and...
Paul Allen
Sep 16, 2016
Paul S. Allen, age 92 of Demorest, passed away Friday, September 16, 2016, at a private healthcare facility. Born in Habersham County on August 17, 1924, he was a son of the late Walter Allen and Lily Sosebee Allen. Mr. Allen was retired from Clarkesville Mills as a mechanic. He served his country proudly in the United States Army during...
Haskell Morgan
Sep 16, 2016
Haskell Morgan, age 94 of Baldwin, formerly of California and Arkansas, passed away on Friday, September 16, 2016 following an extended illness. Born in Batesville, Arkansas on December 8, 1921, he was a son of the late Joe and Nancy Morgan. Mr. Morgan was a retired groundskeeper with Sun Lodge Colony in Palm Desert, California and was a member of...
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