Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Cleveland, GA. and surrounding areas.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Mary Margaret Turner
Nov 12, 2017
Mary Margaret Turner, age 72 of Cleveland, passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2017. Ms. Turner was born on August 20, 1945, in White County, to the late Thomas Alvoid and Agnes Mildred Winkler Harkins. For over thirty years, Ms. Turner worked as a computer switchman for AT&T and was a member of AT&T Telephone Pioneers. She was also a...
Jerry Frank Head
Nov 12, 2017
Jerry Frank Head, age 74 of Lula, passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Head was born on July 28, 1943, in Lula, Georgia, to the late Clifford and Curtis Hulsey Head. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Skitts Mountain Baptist Church. Jerry was preceded in death by his wife, Brenda Head;...
Melvin Fortner
Nov 10, 2017
Melvin Fortner, age 74, of Dahlonega, passed away Friday, November 10, 2017. Mr. Fortner was born in Lumpkin County the son of the late Raliegh and Bonnie Grizzle Fortner. He was preceded in death by his wife, Janie Pardue Fortner. Mr. Fortner was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and attended Philippi Baptist Church. He was employed with the Torrington...
Carolyn Jackson Moose
Nov 9, 2017
Mrs. Carolyn Jackson Moose, age 70 of Cleveland, passed away on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Moose was born on September 1, 1947, in Lumpkin County, to the late William Buck and Nellie Jarrard Jackson. She was a member of Welcome Worship Center. Carolyn was preceded in death by her husband, A.C. Moose, sisters, Martha...
Nancy Ethel Bristol
Nov 8, 2017
Mrs. Nancy Ethel "Mamo" Bristol, age 98 of Sautee, passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2017. Mrs. Bristol was born on October 12, 1919, in Habersham County, to the late Jasper Daniel Holcomb and Naomi Louisa Smith Holcomb. She lived in Sautee most of her life and was known in the community as a woman who loved working in her flowers,...
Brilyn Hope Carter
Nov 6, 2017
Brilyn Hope Carter, age 6 months, passed away on Monday, November 6, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Brilyn was born on May 5, 2017, in Gainesville, Georgia, to Christina Garrett and Jarrid Carter. Brilyn was full of smiles and laughter, she loved to be around her family and watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and puppy dog pals. If she didn’t...
Margie W. Wise
Nov 4, 2017
Barrett Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mrs. Margie Willard Wise, age 93 of Cleveland. Mrs. Wise was born in Spokane, Washington on August 13, 1924 to the late Samuel Alexander Pollard and Martha Willie McCall Pollard. She was a Registered Nurse and was retired from Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. Mrs. Wise was of the Baptist...
Stephanie Smith
Nov 4, 2017
Stephanie Ann Smith, age 42 of Cleveland, passed away on November 4, 2017. Ms. Smith was born on March 25, 1975 to Hubert Smith and the late Glenda Nix. She worked as an administrative assistant for Yonah Electronics. Stephanie was preceded in death by her brother, Gary Wilberg. Survivors include her daughters, Samantha Smith and Cora Bramer, both of Grand...
Jerry Chastain
Nov 2, 2017
Jerry Chastain, age 76 of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, November 2, 2017. Mr. Chastain was born August 8, 1941 in Cleveland to the late Garnett and Mamie Jo Knight Murray. Jerry was saw miller for Hogan Lumber and was preceded in death by his, wife Sylvia Tomlin Chastain, 1 brother and 1 sister. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Donna...
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