Local Obituaries
Ronald Edwin Strait
Jun 17, 2014
Ronald Edwin Strait, age 78 of Clarkesville, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at his residence. Born in Hall County on October 29, 1935, he was a son of the late Wayne Strait and Estelle Medlin Redmond. Mr. Strait was a retired medical assistant with the Georgia Department of Corrections. He was an active member of Unity Baptist Church where...
Mary Taylor Smith
Jun 15, 2014
Mary Ellen Taylor Smith, age 57 of Toccoa, went to be with her heavenly Father on Sunday, June 15, 2014, at Northeast Georgian Medical Center. Born in Spartanburg County on April 9, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Cliffton E. and Nancy Moore Taylor. Mrs. Smith was employed with Pak Pro and was an active member and door...
Lizzie Faye Gilliam
Jun 14, 2014
Lizzie Faye Gilliam, age 74, of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Oneida, Tennessee, on March 19, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Claude and Vannie Strunk. Mrs. Gilliam was a homemaker. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Grover Addis of Mt. Airy; eight grandchildren and five great...
Fran & Hugh Garrison
Jun 14, 2014
Francine “Fran” Allen Garrison, age 70 of Cornelia, Georgia passed away on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at Habersham Medical Center. Her husband, Hugh Garrison, age 69 of Cornelia, Georgia passed away Monday, June 16, 2014 at Habersham Medical Center. Mrs. Garrison was born in Sautee, Georgia on August 16, 1943. She was a daughter of the late William Alonzo &...
Brenda Joyce Cook King
Jun 12, 2014
Brenda Joyce Cook King, age 62, of Baldwin, passed away Thursday, June 12, 2014, at Habersham Medical Center. Born in Clarkesville, on October 4, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Laymon Brady Cook and Jewell Mae Wade Cook. Mrs. King was a member of Baldwin Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She enjoyed spending time with her children...
Ruby Yarber
Jun 10, 2014
Ruby Mathis Yarber, age 84 of Baldwin, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Jackson County on September 6, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Elbert and Ollie Umbehant Mathis. Ruby was retired from Ethicon and was a member of Baldwin Baptist Church, where she was active in the Joy Club and...
Bernice "Big Mama" Westbrook
Jun 9, 2014
Bernice Osborne “Big Mama” Westbrook, of Cornelia, passed away Monday, June 9, 2014, at Habersham Medical Center. Born in Banks County, she was a daughter of the late George Osborne and Mary Strange Osborne. Mrs. Westbrook retired from Scovill Manufacturing as an inspector. Described by her family as a woman of character, Mrs. Westbrook stayed loyal to her family, friends,...
Nannie Lou "Nan" Marrett Gunn
Jun 8, 2014
Nannie Lou “Nan” Marrett Gunn, age 98, of Clarkesville, Georgia, passed away Sunday, June 8, 2014. Born in Atlanta, Georgia on July 9, 1915, she was a daughter of the late James Marrett and Etta Brown Marrett. Mrs. Gunn was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She previously owned a restaurant in Clarkesville and enjoyed quilt making and sewing....
Sarah Maxine Ayer Williams
Jun 7, 2014
Sarah Maxine Ayer Williams, age 88, left this world to spend eternity with her loving Lord on June 7, 2014. She was born on April 22, 1926, the eighth child of Winnie Justine Kinard and Halcott Benjamin Ayer of the St. John's Church Community near Ehrhardt, SC. Maxine was proceeded in death by her husband Hugh Dixon Williams. She is...
Linda Louise Gravitt Butler
May 31, 2014
Linda Louise Gravitt Butler, age 66 of Cornelia, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2014, at her residence. Born in Forsyth County, on June 9, 1947, she was a daughter of the late Luther Gravitt and Fannie Mae Williamson Gravitt. Mrs. Butler was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cornelia and enjoyed making crafts. She was also a volunteer...
Frances Maria Elrod Mote
May 29, 2014
Frances Maria Morris Elrod Mote, age 81 of Cornelia, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Habersham County on May 23, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Ruben Morris and Delia Gibbs Morris. Mrs. Mote was retired from Ethicon as a braider operator with 25 years of service. She was of the...
Jacqueline Tammy Morris Barrett
May 29, 2014
Jacqueline Tammy Morris Barrett, age 51, of Cornelia, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014. Born in Demorest, Georgia on August 23, 1962, she was a daughter of Elizabeth Stancil Morris of Cornelia and the late Jackie Curtis Morris. Mrs. Barrett loved her children and grandchildren and enjoyed spending time with them. Survivors include husband, Jerry Barrett of Alto; sons and...
James Tyler
May 29, 2014
James Pearson Tyler, age 86 of Alto, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014, at his residence. Born in Rabun County on September 16, 1927, he was a son of the late Harve Tyler and Martha Smith Tyler. Mr. Tyler was a self-employed saw miler and a member of Alto Congregational Holiness Church. In addition to his parents, he was also...
Harold Theodore Eide
May 29, 2014
Harold Theodore Eide, age 79, of Demorest, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 29, 1935, he was a son of the late Anton Eide and Ella Enger Eide. Mr. Eide was owner and operator of Harold Eide Trucking and was of the Lutheran faith. He enjoyed drag racing motorcycles and was nominated to the...
Amos King
May 24, 2014
Amos King, age 87 of Alto, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2014, at Habersham Medical Center. Born in Habersham County on October 23, 1926, he was a son of the late Peter L. King and Recie Martin King. Mr. King was a logger and of the Christian faith. He was a hard worker who enjoyed his animals and gardening. In...
Christa Joy Joyce
May 22, 2014
Christa Joy Joyce, age 28, of Clarkesville, passed away Thursday, May 22, 2014, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Stephens County, on April 4, 1986, she was a daughter of Bruce Joyce and Carolyn Webb Joyce of Maysville. Miss Joyce was a 2004 graduate of Habersham Central High School and proudly served...
Rubye Colston Batson
May 20, 2014
Rubye Colston Batson, age 86, of Demorest, passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, following an extended illness. Born in Habersham County on May 21, 1927, she was a daughter of the late C.R. Colston and Zelma Brewer Colston. Mrs. Batson devoted her life to her home and her family and loved to garden, fish, and...
Gilbert "Wayne" Davidson
May 17, 2014
GILBERT WAYNE DAVIDSON, age 67 of Baldwin, formerly of Buford, Georgia passed away on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Habersham Home East following an extended illness. Born in Jackson County, Alabama on September 30, 1946, he was the son of the late Chalmer Leo and Opal Lee Simpson Davidson. Mr. Davidson worked in the construction industry for many years...
Barbara Williams
May 11, 2014
Barbara Allen Williams, age 69 of Clarkesville, passed away Sunday May 11, 2014, at Emory University Hospital. Born in Habersham County on September 25, 1944, she was the daughter of Waring Allen and Addie Franklin Allen. Mrs. Williams was a retired Machine Operator from Piedmont Automotive and attended Mud Creek Baptist Church. In her spare time, she enjoyed shopping, sewing,...
Jimmie Lou Hendrixson
May 9, 2014
JIMMIE LOU HEFNER HENDRIXSON, age 73 of Ft. Worth, Texas and formerly of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, May 9, 2014. Born on November 23, 1940, in Habersham County, she was a daughter Edward L. “Dick” Hefner and Emma Lou Harris Hefner. Ms. Hendrixson was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother, and...
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