Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Cleveland, GA. and surrounding areas.

Mary Kathleen Curtis

Mary Kathleen Curtis

Dec 9, 2017

Mary Kathleen Curtis, age 93 of Sautee, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2017.   Mrs. Curtis was born on May 28, 1924, in Clifty, Tennessee, to the late Guy and Mary Taylor Yott. She lived in Sautee since 1968, after moving from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and was a member of Union Baptist Church. Kathleen was preceded in death by her...

Bonnie Elaine Sutton

Bonnie Elaine Sutton

Dec 9, 2017

       Bonnie Elaine “Sissy” Sutton, age 59, of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.      Ms. Sutton was born to the late Allen Junior and Josephine Magness Sutton.  She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Wayne Sutton and Terry Sutton. Ms. Sutton was a caregiver and a member of Zion Interdenominational Church.       Survivors...

Charles Bruce Davis

Charles Bruce Davis

Dec 6, 2017

Mr. Charles Bruce Davis, age 68 of Cleveland. Bruce passed away Wednesday, December 06, 2017. He was born on February 14, 1949 in Habersham County to the late Roy Davis and Lurene Wheeler Davis. Bruce lived his entire adult life in White County and was employed by Synthetic Industries. He served with honor in the United States Army and was...

Louise Glover Head

Louise Glover Head

Dec 6, 2017

Louise Glover Head of Loudsville (Cleveland), GA passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at the age of 96.  She was born August 3, 1921 at Loudsville, GA to the late James Fincher and Dora Ledford Glover.  She was a member of the Cleveland United Methodist Church.      Louise graduated from Cleveland High School and Young Harris College.  After college she  taught...

Bryan Craig Jennings

Bryan Craig Jennings

Dec 5, 2017

Bryan Craig Jennings, age 55 of Sautee, passed away on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at his residence.   Mr. Jennings was born on March 10, 1962 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Dean Cox Jennings and the late Robert Jennings. Bryan lived in White County for 17 years after moving from Dawson County. He worked as an automotive mechanic and was a member...

Claudia Forrest

Claudia Forrest

Dec 2, 2017

Claudia P. Forrest, age 72 of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, December 02, 2017 at her residence surrounded by her family. Mrs. Forest was born in Millen, Georgia on May 22, 1945 to the late Claude Hines Pagett and Charlie Rose Dearman Padgett. She retired from Warner Robins Air Force Base where she was a Financial Manager. In addition to her...

Dorothy Walden

Dorothy Walden

Dec 1, 2017

Dorothy Virginia Walden, age 89 of Lula, passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017 at   Mrs. Walden was born on January 21, 1928, in White County, to the late Tillman and Sallie Louise Cagle. She was a member of Skitts Mountain Baptist Church. Mrs. Walden married Thomas M. Walden and they lived in Hall County. She worked for Talon Manufacturing...

James Edwards Whitfield

James Edwards Whitfield

Dec 1, 2017

  James Edwards Whitfield, age 79 of Cleveland, passed away Friday, December 1, 2017 at his residence.   Mr. Whitfield was born August 21, 1938 in Fulton County to the late Thomas Pickett Whitfield and Billie Edwards Whitfield. James was a member of Cleveland United Methodist Church and the Kiwanis Club where he was named the 1985 Kiwanian of the Year in...

D.B. "Hammer" Maney

D.B. "Hammer" Maney

Nov 24, 2017

D.B. “Hammer” Maney, age 70 of Cleveland, passed away Friday, November 24, 2017.   Mr. Maney was born December 3, 1946 in Hayesville, NC to the late Don and Fannie Bell Maney. Hammer was formerly employed with North Georgia Machine and Hydraulic Repair and was an avid hunter. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife,...

Eugene "Gene" Ewert

Eugene "Gene" Ewert

Nov 22, 2017

Eugene Ewert, of Cleveland, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 surrounded by his loving wife and children.  Gene was born June 18, 1945 to the late Marie and George Ewert in Jersey City, New Jersey. He retired as a Captain with the Sebastian, Florida Police Department and was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection of...

Reba Thomas

Reba Thomas

Nov 22, 2017

Reba Lee Thomas, age 84 of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2017.   Mrs. Thomas was born December 4, 1932 in Lumpkin County to the late Oscar and Lillie Sutton Helton. Mrs. Thomas was a homemaker and a member of Town Creek Baptist Church since 1946. She was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar and Lillie Helton, brothers, James...

Laurie Leigh Shelnut

Laurie Leigh Shelnut

Nov 21, 2017

Mrs. Laurie Leigh Shelnut, age 61, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2017. Laurie was born in Hall County to the late Kenneth and Vivian Davenport Chambers. She was a lifetime resident of White County and a member of Cleveland United Methodist Church. Laurie loved animals, flowers, and all of nature. She graduated from White County High School in...

Patricia "Patsy" Head

Patricia "Patsy" Head

Nov 20, 2017

Patricia “Patsy” Head age 66 of Cleveland, passed away Monday, November 20, 2017.   Mrs. Head was born September 11, 1951 in Cleveland to Betty Dorsey Esford and the late Herbert Hulsey. She was a former line worker for Schreibur and was a member of Skitts Mountain Baptist Church. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by her...

Emily Nell Kircher

Emily Nell Kircher

Nov 19, 2017

Barrett Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mrs. Emily Nell Kircher age 72, of Cleveland. Emily passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017. Emily was born in Leesburg, Florida on September 24, 1945 to the late James Sansbury and Gwen Smith Sansbury. She had lived in Northeast Georgia for the past fifteen years and will be remembered as a...

Ralph Marsh Medlock

Ralph Marsh Medlock

Nov 18, 2017

Mr. Ralph Marsh Medlock Jr. age 89, of Cleveland passed away Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.   Mr. Medlock was born in Augusta Georgia the son of the late Ralph Marsh Medlock Sr. and Georgia Lynnelle Berry Medlock.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Amy Adderhold Medlock, son, Ralph Marsh Medlock lll, and sister, Eleanor...

Francis "Frank" Jasper Jones Btcs Retired Navy

Francis "Frank" Jasper Jones Btcs Retired Navy

Nov 17, 2017

Francis “Frank” Jasper Jones BTCS Retired Navy, age 82 of Clermont, passed away Friday, November 17, 2017.   Mr. Jones was born October 12, 1935 to the late Alfred B. Jones and Dora Smith Jones. He was preceded in death by his siblings, Alfred L. Jones, Ruth Tanner, Samuel P. Jones, John H. Jones, Ted Jones, Sarah Kaufman, Allene Barnes, Julia...

Margie Delores Allen Bynum

Margie Delores Allen Bynum

Nov 15, 2017

Margie Delores Allen Bynum, age 87 of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2017.   Margie was born February 2, 1930 near Hoffman, MN, the second oldest of five children of William E. and Bernice Allen. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister and her husband of 56 years, Vernon C. Bynum.   Margie married her husband in Alaska...

Timothy Turner

Timothy Turner

Nov 14, 2017

Timothy Brian Turner, age 26 of Cleveland, passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.   Mr. Turner was born on October 24, 1991, in Demorest, Georgia to Darrell and Jeanene Brumbalow Turner. He was a student at UTI. Timothy was preceded in death by his grandparents, Betty and Bryon Brumbalow ; great-grandparents, Horace and Blanche Garland;...

Shirley Vaughn

Shirley Vaughn

Nov 13, 2017

Shirley Vaughn, age 81 of Cleveland, passed away Monday, November 13, 2017.   Mrs. Vaughn was born May 25, 1936 in Jefferson, GA to the late Abert Ernest Gearin and Eunice Inez Lazenby Gearin. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her son Claude Sheffield.   Survivors include her children, Terry Sorrows, Cleveland; Debra Coleman, Franklin; Pamela Smith,...

Carey Highsmith

Carey Highsmith

Nov 13, 2017

Julius Carey Highsmith of Cleveland died on Nov. 13, 2017 at the age of 92. Mr. Highsmith was the son of the late Rev. Elbert Highsmith and Emma Browning Highsmith. A 1944 graduate of Clermont High School, he was a member of Truett-McConnell College’s first graduating class in 1949. Carey served in the Merchant Marines and then worked briefly for...

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