James Brian "Bebo" Allison
May 22, 2024
James Brian “Bebo” Allison, age 43, of Cleveland, passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Brian was born on June 10, 1980, in Gainesville, Georgia, to the late J.B. and Patricia Hulsey Allison. He was the owner of DNA Millwork. Survivors include his wife, Kelly Allison; sons, Trent Allison and Colton Allison; daughter, Emily Allison; sisters, Bobbie Hunt (Eric) and...
Tommy Shaw
May 21, 2024
Roy Thomas “Tommy” Shaw, age 84 of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Mr. Shaw was born March 9, 1940, in Burlington, NC to the late Carl Flake Shaw Sr, and Flossie Kimes Shaw. Tommy was an active member of Cleveland First Baptist Church for over 40 years and was an active member of Gideons until his illness no...
Paul Winder
May 20, 2024
Paul Gordon Winder, age 79, of Cleveland, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2024. Mr. Winder was born on September 13, 1944, in Pennsylvania, to the late Paul and Virginia Lieb Winder. He worked as a machinist and quality control for a food processing solutions company. Paul was a former member of the United States Naval Reserve. He was devoted...
Gay Usher
May 19, 2024
Gay Usher, age 84, of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2024. Mrs. Usher was born in Hall County to the late Hoyt and Esco Satterfield Sosebee. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by son, Rodney Usher. Mrs. Usher was a Payroll Clerk at Talon and was of the Baptist Faith. She loved to work in...
Donald Dawson
May 18, 2024
Donald Dawson, age 88, of Dawsonville, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Donald was born on June 27, 1935, in Mobile, Alabama. He is preceded in death by his mother, Florine Harris, and granddaughter, Aislin Gabriella Rita Morgan. Mr. Dawson was a Sergeant 1st Class in the U.S. Army. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Bryan Dawson...
Mildred Ruth Allison
May 13, 2024
Mildred Ruth Adams Allison, age 92, of Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, May 13, 2024. Mildred was born on May 9, 1932, in White County, Georgia, to the late Jack and Belle Adams. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 56...
Vas Dan Pardue
May 12, 2024
Vas Dan Pardue passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday at the age of 92. He was born May 13, 1932 in Cleveland GA, to the late Grady Pardue and Mozelle Hefner Pardue, the 2nd of their seven boys. Dan married his life partner, Jean Haynes Pardue in 1951. Dan proudly served in the United States Air Force from...
Sandra Yawn
May 11, 2024
Sandra Yawn, age 80, of Athens, formerly of Cleveland, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Ms. Yawn was born on March 29, 1944, in Enterprise, Alabama, to the late Adam and Idelle Boyette Langford. She worked in retail. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Stacey Sellers Howell (Johnny); son and daughter-in-law, Gregory Bradham (Kelly); grandchildren, Ashley Ledbetter (Tyler), Logan...
Dr. David John Pelletier
May 11, 2024
Dr. David John Pelletier had his final graduation on Saturday, May 11, 2024, leaving us for his eternal life with the Lord he loved and served. For years, David had the role of calling out the names of the graduating seniors at Hannibal-LaGrange University at the end of each semester. He always took time to study the list of names...
Linda Lee Bottoms
May 8, 2024
Linda Lee (Hull) Bottoms passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Linda was born on October 18, 1944, in Atlanta to the late Deward and Rosalie Hull. Linda was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, and will be greatly missed by her family. She was a loyal member of Dahlonega Baptist Church where she enjoyed...
Velma Smith
May 6, 2024
Mrs. Velma Loretta (Dockery) Smith, age 82, of Cleveland, went to be with the Lord on Monday, May 6. Mrs. Smith was born in White County to Johnny & Jessie Mae Dockery. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wiley Rufus (WR) Smith. Velma enjoyed clerical work and talking with customers. She worked for...
David Alan Sherman
May 6, 2024
David Alan Sherman, age 53, of Cleveland, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2024. David was born on June 9, 1970, in Chicago, Illinois. He is preceded in death by his mother, Betty Sherman and uncle, Jerry Carroll. Mr. Sherman enjoyed watching wrestling and going on cruises. He is survived by his brother, Anthony Fanchi; aunts, Margaret Carroll, Nita Nartnik,...
Charles Farmer
May 5, 2024
Charles William Farmer, age 69, of Cleveland, passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Mr. Farmer was born on December 27, 1954, in Doraville, Georgia, to the late William Otis Farmer and Ruth Henderson Farmer. He worked at Sutton Tire as a shop foreman. In addition to his parents, Charles was preceded in death by his son, Brian Farmer; and...
Alan Chad Gailey
May 4, 2024
Alan Chad Gailey, age 52, of Cleveland, GA, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2024 after a long battle with cancer, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. He was born in Gainesville, to the late Donald Gailey and his mother, Ruth Gailey. He graduated from White County High School in 1990 and played golf and basketball. After graduation, he...
Timothy Descher
May 1, 2024
Tim Descher, age 68, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on May 1, 2024 in Sautee GA. Born on August 26, 1955 in Watonga, Oklahoma. Tim was the thirteenth of fifteen children to the late Zeno and Matilda Descher Dill. He was predeceased by his siblings James, Duane, and Marty Ringwald. Tim spent his early years in Okeene before moving...
Betty Marie Ash
Apr 29, 2024
Betty Marie Ash, age 88, of Cleveland, passed away on Monday, April 29, 2024. Mrs. Ash was born on December 9, 1935, in Cleveland, Georgia, to the late Thomas and Elizabeth Magness Blackburn. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in death by her daughter, Kay Owenby; grandson, Chanse Batchelor; brothers, Eugene Blackburn and Larry...
Ellie Lou Merritt
Apr 27, 2024
Our dear mother, Ellie Lou Merritt went on to her heavenly home on April 27, 2024, at 98. She was a caring wife, mother, nana, sister, and friend. Ellie Lou Merritt lived and saw a lot in her almost 100 years. She would often share detailed and amazing stories of the era of her youth. She enjoyed the simplest pleasures...
Richard "Rick" Blackburn
Apr 26, 2024
Richard “Rick” Blackburn, age 65 of Cleveland, passed away Friday, April 26, 2024. Mr. Blackburn was born October 22, 1958, in Demorest, GA to the late Mack and Pat Bristol Blackburn. Rick was salesman for Jacky Jones for many years and was a member of Mossy Creek United Methodist Church. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death...
Joel Nelms
Apr 26, 2024
Joel Nelms, age 28 of Cleveland, passed away Friday, April 26, 2024. Joel was born January 23, 1996, in Gainesville to Robert Nelms and the late Debbie Garrett Nelms. Joel worked alongside his father as they owned and operated Robert Nelms Construction. He was a member of Mt. View Baptist Church. In addition to his mother, he is preceded in...
Linda Clark
Apr 25, 2024
Linda Clark, age 89, of Cleveland, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Mrs. Clark was born on September 18, 1934, in Seoul, Korea, and in 1968 she would move to the United States and earn her citizenship. Linda worked hard, while raising three children, and she was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a member of Loudsville...
