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...
Edna "Eddie" Stonecypher
Feb 5, 2017
Edna “Eddie” Davenport Stonecypher, age 74 of Cleveland, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Stonecypher was born on January 25, 1943, in Hiawassee, Georgia to the late Willard and Monteree Taylor Davenport. She was a self-employed caregiver. Mrs. Stonecypher was preceded in death by her grandson, Dustin Inman; brothers, Calvin Davenport, Arnold Davenport,...
William "Bill" Henry Peters
Feb 4, 2017
William “Bill” Henry Peters, age 85 of Sautee, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017. Mr. Peters was born February 17, 1931 in Wallington, NJ to the late Henry and Henrietta Koppenall Peters. Bill was a Veteran of the United States Navy where he served with the Sea Bees during the Korean War. He was a member of Mt. Yonah Baptist...
Edgar Brummett
Feb 3, 2017
Edgar Brummett, age 71 of Sautee, passed away on Friday, February 3, 2017. Mr. Brummett was born on January 26, 1946 in Unicoi, Tennessee, to the late Andrew and Rosalind Grindstaff Brummett. He worked in administration at the V.A. hospital and was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam. Mr. Brummett was a member of Mt. Paran...
Lera Black
Feb 3, 2017
Lera Mae Hooper Black passed away peacefully at her home on February 3, 2017 at the age of 91. Lera was born in White County, Georgia on March 27, 1925 to the late Grant and Fannie Hooper. The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Barrett Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Edward Hood, Captain Daniel...
Robin Maurer Merrill
Feb 2, 2017
Robin M. Merrill, age 74 of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017. Mrs. Merrill was born January 22, 1943 in Syracuse, NY to the late Fredric and Alice Barker Maurer. She was a homemaker and a member of Concord Baptist Church. Robin was preceded in death by her brother, Fredrick Maurer. Survivors include her husband, Bruce Merrill, Cleveland; daughter...
Warren Reece
Jan 31, 2017
Warren Reece, age 89 of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2017. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Saturday, February 4, 2017 at The Chapel of Barrett Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 12-2 PM Saturday at the funeral home prior to the funeral service. A complete obituary will be posted later. Online condolences can be made...
