Donnie Hester Fulford
Mar 31, 2017
Mrs. Donnie Hester Fulford, age 78, of Cleveland, passed away Friday March 31, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Fulford was born in Dublin, GA on July, 12, 1938 to the late Alford and Pauline Graham Hester. In addition to her parents she was proceeded in death by 6 brothers and 1 sister. She retired from the transportation department...
Ronald Mason Benitez
Mar 30, 2017
Ronald Mason Benitez, age 61 of Dahlonega passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017. Mr. Benitez was born January 30, 1956 in Miami, FL to the late Armando J. and Joyce E. Benitez. Ronald was a mechanic for Lester’s Service Center and was preceded in death by 5 brothers and 1 sister. Survivors include his wife, Karen L. Benitez, Clermont; son,...
Ralph M. Medlock Iii
Mar 28, 2017
Ralph M. Medlock III, age 55 of Sautee passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Mr. Medlock was born April 27, 1961 in Atlanta to Ralph Medlock Jr. and the late Amy Adderhold Medlock. Ralph was self-employed builder and an avid outdoorsman. Survivors include his daughter, Cassandra Medlock, Sylva, NC; father, Ralph Medlock Jr., Cleveland; sister and brother-in-law, Dr. Susan Medlock...
John Edward House
Mar 27, 2017
John Edward House, age 84 of Cleveland, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017 at his residence. Mr. House was born on July 2, 1932, in Winder, Georgia to the late Garnett and Mary Jane Beck House. He retired from General Motors with 25 years of service and was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints....
Francis Ruth Schofield
Mar 24, 2017
Francis Ruth Schofield, age 91 of Helen, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017. Mrs. Schofield was born August 17, 1925 in Robertstown, GA to the late Andrew and Elizabeth Abernathy Cantrell. Ruth was a homemaker and a member of Chattahoochee United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her brothers William Cantrell, Edward Cantrell, Russell Cantrell, Willard Cantrell, Thomas...
Sharon Lovell Dockery
Mar 23, 2017
Sharon Kay Dockery, age 68 of Cleveland, passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Dockery was born on February 16, 1949, in Cleveland, GA, to Bernice Lovell and the late Claud Lovell. She worked as a guard at Alto Prison and was a member of Trinity Full Gospel Church. She was preceded in death by her...
Buford Cleveland Wade
Mar 20, 2017
Buford Cleveland Wade, age 78 of Cleveland, passed away on Monday, March 20, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Wade was born on May 30, 1938 to the late Cleveland and Margie Crenshaw Wade. He was a saw miller for Irvin Lumber Company and also a member of Chattahoochee Baptist Church. Mr. Wade was preceded in death by his...
James Kenneth Benfield
Mar 20, 2017
James Kenneth Benfield, age 63 of Cleveland, formerly of Batesville community, passed away on Monday, March 20, 2017 at Habersham Medical Center. Mr. Benfield was born on August 3, 1953 in Demorest, Georgia, to Mary Belle Cantrell Benfield and the late James Buford Benfield. He worked in textile industries and was a veteran of the United States Army. Kenneth was...
Beatrice Turner
Mar 15, 2017
Beatrice Turner, age 86, of Cleveland, passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Turner was born on November 18, 1928 in Augusta, GA to the late Claude Jack and Matilda Holley Inglette. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Turner was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Worthy Turner and daughter, Linda...
Bernard Lee Jessee
Mar 14, 2017
Bernard Lee Jessee, 77, of Demorest, GA, passed from this life on March 14, 2017. He was born November 23, 1939 in St. Charles, Virginia. He was a retiree of General Motors in Atlanta, GA. He was the son of Leonard and Pina Jessee, husband of Patricia Jessee, 4 daughters: Michelle Peterson of Demorest, GA, Melanie Nickelsen of Hood River,...
Herman Jeffery Roper
Mar 12, 2017
Herman Jeffery Roper age 61 of Helen, passed away Sunday March 12, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Roper was born August 14, 1955 in Demorest to Barbara Adams Roper and the late Herman J. Roper. He was a Veteran of the United States Air Force and was a member of Center Baptist Church. Mr. Roper was preceded in death by...
Shelia Black
Mar 11, 2017
Shelia Black, age 67 of Sautee, passed away on Saturday March 11, 2017 at her residence. Ms. Black was born on November 16, 1949, in Toccoa, Georgia to Suvilla Caudell Black and the late Guy F. Black. Her youth and teenage years were spent in Clayton, Georgia where her family lived. She was a member and graduate of the Rabun...
Jack Abernathy
Mar 6, 2017
John “Jack” B. Abernathy, age 83 of Cleveland, passed away on Monday, March 6, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Jack was a true mountain man with an entrepreneurial spirit. While he worked in logging and manufacturing in Helen through the years and also dabbled in real estate development, his true passion was being outdoors. He owned horses and raised...
Dr. James Harvey Beall Jr.
Mar 3, 2017
Dr. James Harvey Beall, Jr, age 86, of Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia, passed away Friday, March 3, 2017 at NE Georgia Medical Center following a sudden, unexpected battle with cancer. Dr. Beall was born in Carrollton, GA. on March 23, 1930. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Barbara, and mother and father Mary Carter Beall Wiley and James...
Vernon Farmer
Mar 1, 2017
Vernon Farmer, age 83 of Cleveland, passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Farmer was born on March 31, 1933, in Hall County, to the late Henry Grady and Ruth Jones Farmer. He was a retired welder and attended Union Grove Congregational Holiness Church. Mr. Farmer was preceded in death by his daughter, Peggy Abernathy; sister,...
Virginia Jane Addington
Feb 28, 2017
Virginia Jane Addington, our “Granny,” passed away from this Earth on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. She was born June 23, 1930, in East Aurora, New York, to Suzanna and Clinton Eldridge. Virginia “Jimmy” was raised in Florida and later lived in Statesville, North Carolina where she raised and loved her two sons, Gary (Jane) and Jimmy Duncan. Virginia is survived...
Charles E. Westmoreland
Feb 21, 2017
Charles Edward Westmoreland, age 66 of Demorest, passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at Dekalb Medical Center. Mr. Westmoreland was born on December 22, 1950, in Charlotte, North Carolina, to the late Laxton and Eva Marie Medina Westmoreland. He worked as a warehouse manager for Habersham Hardware and was a veteran of the United States Navy. Mr. Westmoreland was...
Albert F. King Jr.
Feb 20, 2017
Albert (Al) Francis King, age 79 of Clermont, Georgia, passed away peacefully on February 20, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness. Al, known as Papa Bear in the family, leaves behind son, Mike King (Sheenagh) of Clermont; daughter, Kelly King Herndon of Lawrenceville; and grandchildren, Leilah King Kemp (Alex) of Tifton; Cameron King (Jenn) of Greenville,...
Julius Westmoreland
Feb 19, 2017
Julius Westmoreland, age 78 of Cleveland, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Westmoreland was born on August 22, 1938, in Cleveland, Georgia, to the late Aaron and Marie Westmoreland. He was a truck driver and a member of Mt. View Baptist Church. Mr. Westmoreland was preceded in death by his brothers, Tommy Westmoreland,...
Jessie Kermit "J.K" Crumley
Feb 6, 2017
Jessie Kermit “JK” Crumley, age 89 of Clermont, passed away Monday, February 6, 2017. Jessie Kermit "JK" Crumley was born in White County Georgia to Harvel and Faye Crumley on June 20, 1927 as one of 13 children. JK served in the US Air Force at the end of World War II and earned a honorable discharge after his term...
