May 18, 2013
Obituaries

Willie Melissa McCall Dixon
Funeral services for Willie Melissa McCall Dixon, 88, of Clarkesville, were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3, at Hillside Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Robin Martin and the Rev. John Gipson officiati...
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Charles Don Black Sr.
Funeral services for Charles Don Black Sr., 74, of Clarkesville, were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, at The Torch, with Pastor Mike Franklin officiating. Burial followed in Yonah Memorial Garden...
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Louise Ellison Callam
Funeral services for Louise Ellison Callam, 102, of Clarkesville, will be held at 2 p.m. today, Sept. 5, at Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, with the Rev. Lisa Graves officiating. Bu...
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Barbara Crow Huff
Funeral services for Barbara Crow Huff, 84, of Cornelia, are scheduled for 11 a.m. today, Sept. 5, at First Baptist Church of Cornelia with Dr. Eric Spivey and the Rev. Ben Huff officiating. Burial...
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Sandra Gail Wade Strickland
Memorial services for Sandra Gail Wade Strickland, 67, of Demorest, will be held at 4 p.m. today, Sept. 5, at McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Roy Lee Mitchell officiatin...
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Opal Holder
Funeral services for Opal Goodman Holder, 100, of Clarkesville and formerly of Cochran, will be held at 1 p.m. today, Sept. 5, at Cochran United Methodist Church. Mrs. Holder died Saturday, Sept. 1...
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Dorothy J. Cox Huggins
Funeral services for Dorothy J. Cox Huggins, 67, of the Batesville Community, will be held at 2 p.m. today, Sept. 5, at Providence Baptist Church with Dr. Don Drawdy officiating. Burial will follow...
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Viedith Gailey Simmons
Graveside services for Viedith Gailey Simmons, 85, of Alto, are scheduled for 3 p.m. today, Sept. 5, at Yonah Memorial Gardens in Demorest, with the Rev. Roy Lee Mitchell officiating. Mrs. Simmons ...
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Thomas ‘T.B.’ Goss
Funeral services for Thomas “T.B.” Goss, 86, of Clarkesville, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, from the chapel of McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home with the Rev. Tony Goss and the ...
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James A. Miller
James A. Miller, 68, of Clayton, who was a kind, loving, gentle and devoted husband, father and papa, passed away Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, peacefully in the arms of his beloved wife, Judy, after a si...
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Ryan Alden Baker
Homegoing services for Ryan Alden Baker, 29, of Mt. Airy, are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Mt. Airy, with Dr. Naomi Dorsey officiating. Burial will follo...
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Edward Donnelly Treanor III
Edward Donnelly Treanor III passed away Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born June 10, 1922, in Pittsfield, Mass., to Edward D. Treanor Jr....
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John Reed Starling
John Reed Starling, 64, of Dillard, passed away Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, at his residence. He was born in Baton Rouge, La., to the late Johnny Reid Starling and Helen Gregorski Starling. John is ...
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Dorothy Lunsford Carnes
Dorothy Lunsford Carnes, 79, of Tiger, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was the widow of Boyce Carnes. She was born May 3, 1933, in Rabun County to the late Ge...
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Coyt M. English
Coyt M. English, 77, of Clayton, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. He was born April 20, 1935, in Rabun County to the late Marvin and Della Nichols...
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Joseph James Bauer
Joseph James Bauer, 60, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. Born March 11, 1952, in Chester, Pa., he was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore Bauer and Catherine Stringer Bauer Hootman, and his w...
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Raymond Craig
Raymond Craig, 57, of Clayton, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at his residence. He was born June 7, 1955, in Rabun County to the late L.E. and Vera Hunter Craig. He was employed in the textile indu...
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Priscilla Lane Stiles Sargent
Priscilla Lane Stiles Sargent, 71, of Otto, N.C., passed away Friday, Aug. 10, at Angel Medical Center following a brief illness. She was the daughter of Lake Hudson and Ethel Roberts Stiles and ...
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Keith Dodgins
Keith Dodgins, 41, of Demorest, passed away Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. He was born Aug. 2, 1971, in Stephens County to Anita Wilson and Gervace Dodgins. He was the owner and operator of Soque Tree Se...
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William Nelson Cabe
William Nelson Cabe, 94, of the Mulberry community, Otto, N.C., passed away Saturday, August 11, 2012, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, S.C. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the...
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Franklin Walter Beacham
Franklin Walter Beacham Franklin Walter Beacham, 75, of Tiger, died Monday, July 30, 2012 at Mountain View Health Care in Clayton. He was born on Nov. 22, 1936, in Gaston, Tenn. to the late Walte...
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William Henry ‘Bug’ Ivester
William Henry “Bug” Ivester, 82, of Clarkesville, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2012. He was born on May 27, 1930, in Habersham County to the late Alfred and Flora Littleton Ivester. He was a membe...
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Walter Eugene Mance
Walter Eugene Mance, 79, of Clayton, passed away July 23, 2012, at Augusta Burn Center. He was born in Hartwell to Eugene Walter (Buster) Mance and Icy Moore Mance. In addition to his parents, Wa...
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James Raymond ‘Jim’ Darnell
James Raymond “Jim” Darnell, loving husband of Bobbie Clark Darnell of Clayton, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 22, 2012. Jim was born Oct. 1, 1939, to the late John R. “Buck” and Ruth Bi...
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Wilma Page Camp
Wilma Page Camp, 79, of Toccoa, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2012, at Margaret O’Brien’s Personal Care Home. She was born Sept. 28, 1932, in Rabun County to the late Horace and Mable McKay Page....
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Charles Frank Paradise
Charles Frank Paradise, 80, of Mountain City passed away at his residence after an extended illness. Chuck was born in Detroit to the late Anthony and Elizabeth Jezwald Paradise. After high school...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kermit ‘Sam’ Keener Sr.
Kermit “Sam” Keener Sr., 70, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., died Wednesday, July 11, 2012. He was the widower of Linda Keener and a retired chief master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He was born in 194...
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Janis Brown Bonner
Janis Brown Bonner, 61, passed away Friday, July 20, 2012, after a brief illness. A native of Rabun Gap, Jan was a longtime resident of Greenville, S.C., where she recently retired after nearly 30...
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Carol Young Thomas
Carol Young Thomas, 57, of Lakemont, passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at her residence. She was born in Rabun County to Burrell Young and Carrie Bell Hensley Young. In addition to her moth...
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Ellen Armstrong Tallent
Ellen Armstrong Tallent, 69, of Franklin, N.C., passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2012. She was born in Black Oak, Ark., to the late Marvin and Lorene Waites Armstrong. She worked at Walmart for 29...
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James ‘Robert’ Pruitt
James “Robert” Pruitt, 34, of Franklin, N.C., passed away Sunday, July 8, 2012. Robert loved playing pool, fishing and hunting; he loved the outdoors. He was a member of Tessentee Baptist Church....
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Melissa Crain
Melissa Bernice Vinson Crain, 60, of Westminster, S.C., wife of Gary Allan Crain, passed away, Monday, July 16, 2012, at Greenville (S.C.) Memorial Hospital. She was born in Rabun Gap to Lazelle ...
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Joanne Ezzard Barksdale
Joanne Ezzard Barksdale, 78, of Portland, Maine, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2012. She was born July 22, 1933, in Tiger. Joanne lived in Green Ridge Village in Newville, Pa., and in Spruce Head...
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Chase Hampton Andrews
Chase Hampton Andrews, 21, of Lakemont, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, as the result of a tragic automobile accident. He was born in Stephens County and was the loving son of Christine Denise Thoma...
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John Thomas Webb
John Thomas Webb, 64, of Tiger and formerly of Franklin, N.C., passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at his residence. He was born in Macon County to the late Lewis Joe and Maude Stanfield Webb. He...
Jul 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Martha Welsh Hopkins
ins, 91, of Tate City, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 2, 2012. Marty was born Aug. 8, 1921, in York, Pa., to the late Elmer and Clarabelle Welsh. She graduated from William Penn Sen...
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Harold L. ‘Red’ Donaldson
Harold L. “Red” Donaldson, 88, of Waterford, Mich., and formerly of Mountain City, died Wednesday, July 4, 2012. He was the loving husband of the late Louise Short  and Elizabeth “Betty”; dear fat...
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James Robert Nash
James Robert Nash, 85, of Tucker, died peacefully at Sunrise of Decatur after a long battle with Parkinsons’s, Alzheimer’s and diabetes on Friday, June 29, 2012. For 23 years, Robert Nash brought ...
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Morris Cana Frady
Morris Cana Frady, 68, of Mount Airy, died Thursday, June 28, 2012, at his residence. He was born Jan. 8, 1944, in Habersham County to the late Cana and Girlie Dodd Frady. He was a self-employed g...
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William Thomas ‘Bill’ Kelly
William Thomas “Bill” Kelly, 75, of Tiger, formerly of Dillard and Rabun Gap, died Thursday, June 21, 2012. He was born Sept. 9, 1936, in Anderson County, Tenn., to the late Claude J. and Beatrice...
Jun 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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