Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Cleveland, GA. and surrounding areas.
Stanley Mitchell Whonic
Mar 17, 2014
Stanley Mitchell Whonic, 61, of Colorado Springs, Colorado died suddenly on Monday, 17 March 2014, at Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Born June 8, 1952 at Yakota AB, Japan, first son of the late Stanley Harrison Whonic and Winifred Thersa Whonic and lived in Colorado Springs for the past 21 years. Mr. Whonic retired from the United States Air Force in 1998. His...
Renata Di Pietro
Mar 17, 2014
Renata di Pietro age 62 of Cleveland passed away Monday March 17, 2014 at her residence. Renata was born in Hartford, Connecticut the daughter of James Danise and the late Clara Danise. She was preceded in death by her sister, Marilyn Whitmarsh. Renata was a member of Grace Apostolic Church. Renata di Pietro, coloratura soprano and master...
Henrietta Dorsey Reid
Mar 16, 2014
Henrietta Dorsey Reid, age 90 of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, March 16, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Ms. Reid was born on July 19, 1923 in White County to the late Robert and Clora Autry Dorsey. She was a homemaker and a member of Mossy Creek United Methodist Church. Ms. Reid was preceded in death by her husband,...
William "Bill" H. Drymon
Mar 15, 2014
William H. “Bill” Drymon, age 73 of Clarkesville, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Drymon was born June 5, 1940 in Sarasota County, FL to the late Herbert Joseph and Sarah Sines Drymon. Mr. Drymon was a retired firefighter having worked for the Sarasota County Fire Department for 28 years having served as...
Luther E. Oliver Jr.
Mar 13, 2014
Mr. Luther E. Oliver Jr., age 78 of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Oliver was born in Union Point, GA to the late Ruby Hayes Oliver and Luther E. Oliver Sr. He was an Electronics Technician for AT&T for 32 years and also served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Intrepid....
Rolf Robert Lueddecke
Mar 10, 2014
Mr. Rolf Robert Lueddecke, age 78 of Cleveland, passed away Monday, March 10, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Lueddecke was born on September 3, 1935 in Braunsweig, Germany to the late Rudy and Ilse Lueddecke. He was a self-employed mechanical engineer and attended Cleveland Worship Center. In addition to his parents, Mr. Luedducke was preceded in death by...
Linda Diane Thomas
Mar 8, 2014
Mrs. Linda Diane Thomas age 64 of Cleveland passed away Saturday, March 08, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Thomas was born in Habersham County the daughter of Virginia Sims York and the late Hubert York. She was retired from the White County Health Department and was a member of The Bridge Church. Mrs. Thomas loved her husband, kids,...
Edward "Eddie" Junior Flanagan
Mar 4, 2014
Mr. Edward Junior Flanagan, age 65 of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Flanagan was born on November 2, 1948, in Gainesville, GA, to the late Ray Junior Flanagan and Nancy Sullens Flanagan. He was a truck driver and a member at Holly Springs Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his son, Leon...
Sarah "Fifi" Ophelia Turner
Mar 1, 2014
Sarah Ophelia (Fifi) Turner, 82 of Cleveland, GA, passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Fifi was born to the late Charlie Burch and Essie Elizabeth Ramey on May 4, 1931 in Rabun County, GA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas E. Turner, Cleveland, GA; brothers, Bobby Ramey, Clayton, GA; Johnny Ramey of Wiley, GA; Russell Ramey,...
Hannah Miller
Feb 28, 2014
Mary Hannah Rogers Miller, age 65 of Cleveland, passed away Friday, February 28, 2014 at her residence. Mrs. Miller was born in Gainesville, Ga the daughter of the late Chester and Willie Mae Holcomb Rogers. She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Kayla Bray. Mrs. Miller was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Mrs. Miller was a...
Donald Penner
Feb 24, 2014
Mr. Donald Fay Penner, age 93 of Cleveland, passed away Monday, February 24, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Penner was born on July 11, 1920 the son of the late Fay and Marie Kemp Penner. He was a silver smith by trade. Mr. Penner was a veteran of the United States Navy and served during World War II. Mr. Penner...
Royce Allison
Feb 22, 2014
Royce Arnold Allison, age 70 of Buford, GA died Saturday, February 22, 2014 after an extended illness. Royce was born in Helen, GA and had lived in the Atlanta area the past 50 Years. He was a retired supervisor with the US Postal Service and a Member of Hamilton Mill United Methodist Church, Dacula, GA. Royce was preceded in death...
Richard Stanton (Stan) Harper
Feb 22, 2014
Mr. Richard Stanton (Stan) Harper Jr. age 65 of Clarkesville passed away Saturday February 22, 2014. Mr. Harper was born in Fulton County, the son of the late Richard Stanton Harper Sr. and Eva Mae West Harper. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy serving in the Vietnam War and a member of God’s Church in the Hills. Survivors...
Samuel Elias Frankhouser
Feb 17, 2014
Samuel Elias Frankhouser, 76, of Cleveland died Monday, February 17, 2014 from a rare biliary cancer. He was a native of Pennsylvania. He was a kind, gentle, talented and creative man who found the good in nearly everyone he met. He was a lifelong singer, starting when he was eight years old, singing in his local Methodist church. He sang...
Claude Franks Jr.
Feb 15, 2014
Mr. Claude Franks Jr., age 75 of Cove Arkansas, formally of Cleveland, passed away February 15, 2014. Mr. Franks was born April 6, 1938 in Towns County to the late Claude and Wilhelmina Franks. He graduated in 1955 from Cleveland High School and was a teacher. Survivors include his daughters, DeeAnna and George Likens, of Cleveland and Christy and Rodney...
Gary William Reese
Feb 14, 2014
Gary William Reese, age of 64 of Helen, passed Friday, February 14, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Reese was born March 26, 1949 in Atlanta Georgia to the late George and Nellie Hollingsworth Reese. He was a school bus driver for DeKalb County Schools. He was a member of the Rock Chapel United Methodist Church of Lithonia Georgia and was...
Frances Ella Adams
Feb 14, 2014
Frances Ella Adams, age 85 of Cleveland, passed away Friday, February 14, 2014 at Gateway Health and Rehab. Mrs. Adams was born September 19, 1928 in White County to the late John W. and Maude Stamey Sims. She was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Yonah Baptist Church. Frances and her husband Herbert opened the Yonah Burger in 1968....
Jessie Mae Brackett
Feb 8, 2014
Jessie Mae Brackett, age 75 of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Medical Center of Central Georgia. Mrs. Brackett was born in Robbinsville, North Carolina the daughter of the late Kelly and Emma Peak Dillard. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dee Brackett; sisters, Helen Stiles, Ella Lael, Ellen Cook, Elcie Jumper, and brother, Alfred Dillard....
Latrelle B. Simmons
Feb 8, 2014
Latrelle B. Simmons, age 74 of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, February 08, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Simmons was born in White County the daughter of the late Clarence William Simmons and Mary Louise Dorsey Simmons. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Dawn Burton, sister, Vera Mae Ridder, brothers, Howard Simmons, Harrison Simmons, Bill Simmons and...
Robert (Bob) Howard
Feb 4, 2014
Robert (Bob) Howard, age 86 of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at Habersham Medical Center. Mr. Howard was born on October 18, 1927 in New Haven, Connecticut to the late Elmer and Nellie Eberhart Howard. In addition to his parents, Mr. Howard was preceded in death by his wife, Kate Howard and brother, Jack Howard. Mr. Howard was...
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