Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Cleveland, GA. and surrounding areas.

Roy Joseph Middleton

Roy Joseph Middleton

Mar 17, 2024

Roy Joseph Middleton, age 71, of Cleveland, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Mr. Middleton was born on January 2, 1953, in Arkansas, to the late George and Thelma Cannon Middleton. He was a veteran of the United States Army with 24 years of service. After serving in the military, Roy worked for the White County Sheriff's Office for...

Mary Ann Lusk

Mary Ann Lusk

Mar 17, 2024

Mary Ann Lusk, age 80, of Cleveland, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Mrs. Lusk was born on June 12, 1943, in Atlanta, Georgia, to the late Bill and Grace Moore Jenkins. She was a retired paramedic and a member of Helen Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents, Mary Ann was preceded in death by her son, David...

Joyce Pilgrim

Joyce Pilgrim

Mar 16, 2024

Joyce Ann Martin Pilgrim, age 79 of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2024. Mrs. Pilgrim was born September 24,1944 in Hall County to the late Sidney Gordon Martin and Ellen Omelia Martin. Joyce worked as the secretary for Pilgrim’s Insurance Company/Cotton States which was owned and operated by her husband Lowell Pilgrim. In addition to her parents, she is...

Phyllis Patricia Hunt

Phyllis Patricia Hunt

Mar 12, 2024

Phyllis Patricia Hunt, age 74, of Cleveland, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Mrs. Hunt was born on January 7, 1950, in White County, to the late Hoyt and Hazel McEntire Hogan. She was a homemaker and a member of Union Grove Congregational Holiness Church. In addition to her parents, Phyllis was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer...

William Harrison "Bill" Huff

William Harrison "Bill" Huff

Mar 11, 2024

William Harrison. “Bill” Huff, of Cleveland, died Monday, March 11, 2024, at the age of 82. Bill, as his family and friends knew him, was born to E.J. and Edith Hulsey Huff on August 27, 1941. He was a veteran and served our country in the Air Force. He was preceded in death by his parents, E.J. and Edith Huff;...

Ernest Adams

Ernest Adams

Mar 9, 2024

Mr. Ernest Adams, age 75, of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2024.

Mr. Adams was born in White County to the late Oscar John and Lonnie Irene Frady Adams.  He was a retired Carpenter for Charles Black Construction.  Mr. Adams was a member of Damascus Baptist Church.

Survivors include brothers, Harold Adams, Jackson, GA,...

Anna Sisk

Anna Sisk

Mar 6, 2024

Anna Ruth Sisk, of Cleveland, GA, passed away on March 6, 2024, at the age of eighty.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Edwin and Ellene Sisk of Clarkesville, her sister, Eva Rogers of Cleveland, and her beloved son, Phillip Sisk of Cleveland.

The surviving family includes her sisters, Carolyn Warwick and Bernice...

Bulah Black

Bulah Black

Mar 2, 2024

Ms. Bulah Black, age 78, of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2024, at her home comforted by her family. Bulah was born April 6, 1945, to the late Frank and Annie “Belle” Dockery Brooks. Bulah was one of seven children: Furman, Earl, Albert, Nellie, Kenneth, and Wayne. Bulah graduated from White County High School in 1963. After graduating high...

Robert Harold Taylor

Robert Harold Taylor

Feb 29, 2024

Robert Harold Taylor Sr. 91 of Sautee Ga. passed away on Thursday Feb. 29, 2024. Born in Winnfield, Louisiana on Dec. 30, 1932, He was the son of late Maurice Taylor and Edith Blanton Taylor. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his grandson, Robert Derrick Taylor. Robert proudly served his country serving in the Army. He then...

Josh Christopher Gerrell

Josh Christopher Gerrell

Feb 22, 2024

Josh Christopher Gerrell, age 50, of Cleveland, passed away on Thursday, February 22, 2024. Mr. Gerrell was born on August 14, 1973, in Toccoa, Georgia, to the late Odis and Jerilyn Humphries Gerrell. He worked in cell phone tower and construction industry. In addition to his parents, Josh was preceded in death by his brother, Judd Brandon Gerrell; infant sister,...

William C. "Bill" Pfeiffer Iii

William C. "Bill" Pfeiffer Iii

Feb 17, 2024

William C. “Bill” Pfeiffer III, age 71, of Cleveland, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2024. Mr. Pfeiffer was born on June 30, 1952, in Dayton, Ohio, to the late William C. Pfeiffer II and Mary Ellen Smith Pfeiffer. Bill and his family moved from Ohio to Sarasota, Florida in 1982, where they lived for 30 years before moving to...

William Ray Long

William Ray Long

Feb 16, 2024

William Ray Long, age 69, of Cleveland, passed away on Friday, February 16, 2024. Mr. Long was born on February 23, 1954, in Pensacola, Florida, to the late William Joseph Long and Ray Belle Gilpin Long. He moved to White County in 2010 from Pensacola, Florida, and was known by family and friends as “Corky.” He loved working with his...

Marie Lacole Dayton

Marie Lacole Dayton

Feb 16, 2024

Baby girl, Marie Lacole Dayton was born into the arms of Jesus on Friday, February 16, 2024. Survivors include her parents, Rebekah Dayton and Tyler Bonds; maternal grandmother, Martha Moler; maternal grandfather, Jonathan Dayton; uncle, John Moler III; aunt, Lacole Moler; maternal great grandparents, Darryl and Debbie Moler. No services are planned. To share a memory or to leave the...

Michael Allan Davies

Michael Allan Davies

Feb 15, 2024

Michael Allan Davies, age 69 of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, February 15, 2024. Mr. Davies was born January 26, 1955, in Buffalo, NY to the late William and Eleanor Wasko Davies. Mike was a self-employed painter and was a member of Cleveland Worship Center. He was a veteran of the United States Army and the National Guard. In addition to...

Claude Perry Smith

Claude Perry Smith

Feb 13, 2024

Claude Perry Smith, 86, of Cleveland, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Claude was born to Minnie and Claude Smith on January 2, 1938. Claude was a veteran and served our country as a Marine. Claude dedicated most of his adult life as a Teacher, Dean of Students and Vice President at Truett McConnell College. He loved his students....

Verona Howard Buchalter

Verona Howard Buchalter

Feb 13, 2024

Verona Howard Buchalter, age 88, of Sautee Nacoochee, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Mrs. Buchalter was born on March 3, 1935, in Cleveland, Georgia, to the late Will and Julia Thomas Stewart. She was a homemaker and a member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Verona was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil...

Debbie Dixon

Debbie Dixon

Feb 11, 2024

Debbie Catherine Dixon, age 72, of Clarkesville, passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2024. Mrs. Dixon was born on October 23, 1951, in Swainsboro, Georgia, to Lt. Col. Foster Dixon and Mary Ethel Varney Dixon. She was a graduate of Augusta University, with a Master’s degree in early childhood education. Debbie was a beloved teacher for over twenty-five years in...

Barbara Ann Roberts

Barbara Ann Roberts

Feb 11, 2024

Barbara Ann Roberts, age 71, of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2024. Mrs. Roberts was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts to the late Edward Lanoue and Shirley Berry. She was a housekeeper and a member of Everyday Church in Demorest. Survivors include her husband of 34 years, Charlie Roberts; daughters, Tasha Roberts and Danelle Coats; grandchildren, Cosette Sauls, Alex Coats,...

Susan Walter

Susan Walter

Feb 11, 2024

Susan Victoria Walter, age 73, of Cleveland, passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2024. Mrs. Walter was born on June 24, 1950, in Toronto, Canada, to the late James Norman Traves and Dorine Patricia Lovell Traves. She was an educator for the Department of Corrections. In addition to her parents, Susan was preceded in death by her husband, David Ross...

Stephen Spier

Stephen Spier

Feb 11, 2024

Mr. Stephen Spier, age 90, of Demorest, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2024. Mr. Spier was born in St. Paul, MN to the late Theodore and Cora Belle Young Spier. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Eleanor Spier. Mr. Spier was a resident of Habersham County for 35 years. He...

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