Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Cleveland, GA. and surrounding areas.
Dustin Mark Dyer
Oct 29, 2018
Dustin Mark Dyer, age 29 of Cleveland, passed away on Monday, October 29, 2018. Mr. Dyer was born on January 2, 1989, in Gainesville, Georgia, to Bobby Ray Dyer, Jr. and Leah Vandiver Barrett. Dustin worked in maintenance at Mountain Lakes and was member of Old Nacoochee Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his brother, Ralph Dyer; grandfathers,...
Michael Steven Reeves
Oct 27, 2018
Barrett Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mr. Michael Steven Reeves of Hall County. Mr. Reeves passed away at the age of 66 on Saturday, October 27, 2018. Mr. Reeves was born in Gainesville, Georgia to the late Jessie Bartholomew Reeves and Ruby Cater. He was a Senior Calibration Technician for 40+ years, beginning his career with Scientific...
Fletcher Seabolt
Oct 23, 2018
Mr. Fletcher Seabolt, 81, of Rice Mill Road, Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, October, 23, 2018 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born on March 2, 1937 in Dahlonega GA, he was the son of the late Arch Caleb Seabolt and Julia Ann Wilkins Seabolt. Mr. Seabolt attended North Georgia Tech. He was owner and operator of the Dairy Queen of Hartwell for...
Doris Wesley Dockery
Oct 22, 2018
Doris Wesley Dockery, age 78 of Dahlonega, passed away on Monday, October 22, 2018. Mr. Dockery was born on January 24, 1940, in Dahlonega, Georgia, to the late Wesley and Martha Lou Etris Dockery. He was a farmer and a member of Town Creek Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and Sunday school treasurer for many years. He...
Fern London Ward
Oct 21, 2018
Fern London Ward, age 81 of Cleveland, passed away on Sunday, October 21, 2018. Mrs. Ward was born on August 5, 1937, in Gainesville, Georgia, to the late John Graves and Flary Etta Cantrell London. She lived most of her life in White County and worked for Talon. Fern was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church and was preceded in...
Mary Gerrells Lewis
Oct 21, 2018
Mary Gerrells Lewis, age 89 of Cleveland, passed away on Sunday, October 21, 2018. Mrs. Lewis was born on January 20, 1929, in Cleveland, Georgia, to the late Haskell and Maude London Gerrells. She was a homemaker and a member of First Congregational Holiness Church of Gainesville. Mary was preceded in death by her husbands, Charles Mize, Donnie Whitfield, and...
John Micheal Wayne Vega
Oct 20, 2018
Mr. John Micheal Wayne Vega, age 28 of Dahlonega, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2018. Mr. Vega was born in Hope, Arkansas to Micheal Vega and Katrina Johnston Vega. He was a floor installer for Terry Floor Coverings. John Micheal was preceded in death by his nephew, Zachary Micheal Woolen, Dahlonega; grandmother, Pamela Mae Smith, Flowery Branch; sister, Michelle Lynn...
Penelope "Penny" Eckenboy
Oct 17, 2018
Penelope “Penny” Eckenboy, age 77 of Sautee Nacoochee, passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2018. Mrs. Eckenboy was born September 2, 1941 in Chicago, IL to the late Raymond and Naima Olson. On Christmas Day in 1960 in Chicago Penny married Cliff Eckenboy. Penny attended Jones Commercial School, where she studied business and clerical administration. After finishing school, Mrs. Eckenboy worked...
Martha Rae Kimsey
Oct 15, 2018
Martha Rae Kimsey, age 102 of Helen, passed away on Monday, October 15, 2018. Mrs. Kimsey was born on July 9, 1916, in Gwinnett County, to the late William Oscar Reese and Mattie Jane Kanady Reese. She was a homemaker and a member of Center Baptist Church. Martha Rae was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph C. (Bill) Kimsey;...
John Lynn Burrow
Oct 13, 2018
It is with great sadness that the family of John Lynn Burrow, age 76, of Cleveland announces his death on October 13, 2018 following period of declining health. Born May 27, 1942 in Littlefield, Texas John Burrow was the son of the late Brent and Mildred Burrow. He attended West Texas State University, where he studied business. After college, he...
Dennese Stringfellow
Oct 11, 2018
Dennese Stringfellow, age 54 of Cleveland, passed away on Thursday, the 11th of October , 2018. Ms.Stringfellow was born on July 11, 1964 in Demorest, Georgia to Jesse Lee Richardson and the late Jasolene Sutton Richardson. She worked in finance, though her passions were helping and encouraging people. She was a loved member of the Cleveland Seventh Day Adventist Church....
Glenda Diane Shoffeitt
Oct 10, 2018
Glenda Diane Shoffeitt, age 79 of Dahlonega, passed away on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Mrs. Shoffeitt was born on July 13, 1939, in Lumpkin County, to the late Jess and Bessie Moose Thomason. She was a homemaker. Glenda was preceded in death by her son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Loyce Shoffeitt; daughter, Betty Jean Shoffeitt; granddaughter, Christy Shoffeitt. Survivors include...
Latrelle Nix Edwards
Oct 10, 2018
Latrelle Nix Edwards, age 73, of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Mrs. Edwards was born in Hall County and lived most of her life in Cleveland. She was a retired White County School Teacher and a member of Cleveland First Baptist Church. Mrs. Edwards was preceded in death by her father, John L. Nix. Survivors include son, Chris...
Annie Lay
Oct 9, 2018
Mrs. Annie McColl Lay, age 72, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2018. Mrs. Lay was born in Glasgow, Scotland to the late James and Mary Bowman Thomson. She was a retired Social Work with the State of Georgia. Mrs. Lay had many hobbies, and loved to garden, travel and read. Survivors include husband, Jackie Beasley, Cleveland; daughters, Brandy...
Urania Chastain
Oct 9, 2018
Daisy Urania Henderson Chastain, age 87 of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2018. Mrs. Chastain was born April 27, 1931 in White County to the late John Henry Henderson and Zora Burke Henderson. Urania was a homemaker and a member of Chattahoochee Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Chastain;...
Robert Louis "Bob" Carder
Oct 7, 2018
Mr. Robert Louis 'Bob" Carder, age 84 of Dahlonega, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2018. Mr. Carder was born June 15, 1934 in Lithonia, GA but had lived most of his life in Lumpkin County. He was the son of the late Iola Weaver Carder and the Reverend Robert Carder. Mr. Carder was a graduate of Lithonia High School, Marsh...
Laura Christen Reese
Oct 7, 2018
Laura Christen Reese, age 39 of Cleveland, passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2018. Ms. Reese was born on February 27, 1979, in Fulton County, to Rance Reese and Linda Casteel Kennedy. She was the owner and operator of Artistry of Hair by Christen, located in Cleveland. Survivors include her daughter, Megan Osborne, Cleveland; father and step mother, Rance and...
Jerry Abernathy
Oct 6, 2018
Barrett Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mr. Jerry Wayne Abernathy, Sr., age 72, of Alto, formerly of Cleveland. Mr. Abernathy was born in White County on March 12, 1946 to Ethel Shelnut Abernathy and the late Sherman Abernathy. He was preceded in death by father, and brothers, Tony Abernathy, Edward Abernathy, and David Abernathy. Mr. Abernathy was...
Blanche Bishop
Oct 3, 2018
Blanche G. Bishop, widow of Cliff D. Bishop, passed away peacefully in her sleep on October 3, 2018 at the age of 91. A long time resident of Decatur, and later, Conyers, Georgia, Mrs. Bishop had moved to Sautee Nacochee, Georgia, and taken up residence with her daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Ronald J. Taylor, in the Skylake Community. Mrs....
Irene Dorsey
Oct 1, 2018
Lois Irene Dorsey, age 94, of Helen, passed away Monday, October 1, 2018. Mrs. Dorsey was born January 20, 1924 in Lumpkin County, Georgia to Jordan and Marie Adams Pharris. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers, JC Pharris, Clyde Pharris, and a sister, Carrie Lee Pharris Sims, her son, Rondall C. Dorsey, her grandson, Wallace Jay...
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