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Recent Obituaries in Demorest and Baldwin, Georgia

Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Demorest and Baldwin, Georgia area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.

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Watt Brady

Watt Brady

Oct 29, 2011

Watt Brady, age 86, of Demorest, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2011. Mr. Brady was born in Habersham County, Georgia on November 28, 1924; he was the son of the late Claude William and Sallie Caudell Brady. Mr. Brady was a member of the National Heights Baptist Church, in Fayetteville, GA. He was a life member of Sinclair Masonic...

Bobby Ray

Bobby Ray

Oct 29, 2011

Bobby Ray, age 63, of Commerce, Georgia passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2011. Mr. Ray was born in Jackson County on July 6, 1948; he was the son of the late Fred Ray and Sybil Carter Wood. Mr. Ray was a carpenter. Survivors include his brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Gwen Wood, Alto, GA; and a daughter, Kerbi Lindsey...

Coleman Allen

Coleman Allen

Oct 29, 2011

Mr. Coleman Allen, age 77 of Clarkesville went home to be with our Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville following a brief illness. A life-long native of Habersham County, Mr. Allen was born on June 28, 1934, the son of the late Rev. Percy and Tannie Roberts Allen. Mr. Allen...

Anne Gibson Wofford

Anne Gibson Wofford

Oct 28, 2011

Mrs. Ann Gibson Wofford, age 75, of Hiawassee, Georgia, formerly of Demorest and Gainesville, Georgia. Mrs. Wofford passed away on Friday, October 28, 2011, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Wofford was a native of Douglas and attended Coffee County High School and Brenau University. She volunteered for many years at Habersham Hospital and Chatuge General Hospital. Survivors include...

Loy Franklin Johnson

Loy Franklin Johnson

Oct 27, 2011

Loy Franklin Johnson, a Habersham county native who served in World War II and saw the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, has died at the age of 89 from a stroke, according to his son, Thomas Johnson. Loy Johnson's life constituted a very American story. He was born outside of Clarkesville in 1922 to the late Jessie Lee Lloyd...

Mary Sue Merck Allison

Mary Sue Merck Allison

Oct 26, 2011

Mary Sue Merck Allison, age 85, of Cornelia Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Mrs. Allison was born in Hall County on January 16, 1926; she was the daughter of the late Thomas G. and Mary Jane Garrish Merck. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Griff Allison, Jr., and her son,...

Katherine Hawthorne Cooper

Katherine Hawthorne Cooper

Oct 24, 2011

Katherine Hawthorne Cooper, age 82, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2011. Mrs. Cooper was born on May 23, 1929, in Rome, Georgia, to the late Charlie C. and Laura Waits Hawthorne. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Harry Duke; second husband, Charles Cooper; step-daughter, Diane Dennis; and her sister, Lois Pigg. Mrs....

Lillie Glover Land

Lillie Glover Land

Oct 20, 2011

Lillie Glover Land, age 85, of Cornelia, Georgia, and formerly of Columbus Mississippi, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2011, at a local medical center. Mrs. Land was born in Columbus Mississippi, on October 13, 1926, to the late Thomas J. and Lillie Brandon Glover. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth Glover...

Monk Ngohn "Venthong Hongsavady"

Monk Ngohn "Venthong Hongsavady"

Oct 19, 2011

Monk Ngonh "Venthong Hongsavady", age 61, of Alto, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness. Monk Hongsavady was born in Laos on July 20, 1950. He traveled countless miles around the world preaching Buddhism to many Temples without cost from 1983-2011. One of many venerable recognized nationally and internationally....

Mary Virginia Hudgins Lamb

Mary Virginia Hudgins Lamb

Oct 7, 2011

MARY VIRGINIA HUDGINS LAMB, age 68, of Alto, Georgia, formerly of Decatur, Georgia, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2011, at her residence. Mrs. Lamb was born on September 16, 1943, in Laurinburg, North Carolina. She was a daughter of the late James Phillip and Mary Bethel Jones Hudgins. Mrs. Lamb taught history in the DeKalb County School System. She...

William R. "Bill" Burton, Jr.

William R. "Bill" Burton, Jr.

Oct 7, 2011

WILLIAM ROY "BILL" BURTON, JR., age 81, of Clarkesville, Georgia, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2011, surrounded by his family, following an extended illness. Mr. Burton was born in Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania on December 4, 1929, to the late William Roy Burton, Sr. and Bertha Burton. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Sabrae Burton and Audrey...

Mrs. Long Vongsydanone

Mrs. Long Vongsydanone

Oct 6, 2011

MRS. LONG VONGSYDANONE, age 54, of Cornelia, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2011, at her residence, following an extended illness. Mrs. Vongsydanone was born on March 1, 1957, in Muang Kong, Laos. She was the daughter of Nouk Khammanh of Muang Kong, Laos and the late Kao Khammanh. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death...

Andrew J. Boatwright

Andrew J. Boatwright

Oct 5, 2011

Andrew J. Boatwright, age 87, of Cornelia, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Boatwright was born on January 23, 1924, in Schuyler, Virginia. He was a son of the late Samuel and Dorothy Allen Boatwright. He was also preceded in death by his wives, Norma Jean Boatwright and Vera Boatwright; daughter,...

Charles E. "Chad" Moser, Jr.

Charles E. "Chad" Moser, Jr.

Oct 5, 2011

Charles E. "Chad" Moser, Jr., age 76, of Jasper, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Decatur, Georgia, after a short illness. Mr. Moser was born in Glen Cove, New York on June 20, 1935; he was the son of the late Charles E. Moser, Sr. and Frances Purtell Nolan. In addition to his...

Helen Myers Mcduffie

Helen Myers Mcduffie

Oct 3, 2011

HELEN MYERS MCDUFFIE, age 92, of Baldwin, Georgia, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, October 3, 2011, at the Oaks at Scenic View Nursing Home following an extended illness. Mrs. McDuffie was born on September 4, 1919, in Cherokee, North Carolina. She was a daughter of the late Albert and Leasie Hogsed Myers. In addition to her...

Frederick J. Waugh, Jr.

Frederick J. Waugh, Jr.

Oct 3, 2011

FREDERICK J. WAUGH, JR., age 97, of Clarkesville, Georgia, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2011, at the Habersham County Medical Center following a sudden illness. Mr. Waugh was born on July 22, 1914, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to the late Frederick J. Waugh, Sr. and Ruby Belle Reed Waugh. He was also preceded in death by his twin brothers, Richard...

Lucille Bond Browning

Lucille Bond Browning

Sep 30, 2011

LUCILLE BOND BROWNING, age 86, of St. George, West Virginia, formerly of Mt. Airy, Georgia, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2011. Mrs. Browning was born on April 17, 1925, in Crawfordville, Georgia to the late Oscar and Leona York Bond. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Browning and one grandchild, Kevin Bingham. Mrs. Browning was...

Billie V. Andeerson

Billie V. Andeerson

Sep 24, 2011

Billie V. Anderson, age 82, of Demorest, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2011, a local hospital. Mrs. Anderson was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 3, 1929, to the late Jacob F. and Virgie Sissom VonSchaaf. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, James Anderson, Sr.; sisters, Gloria Roberts, and Anne VonSchaaf....

Claudette Grove

Claudette Grove

Sep 23, 2011

Claudette Massie Grove, age75, of Mt. Airy, Georgia, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2011. Mrs. Grove was born in Ronceverte, West Virginia, on June 24, 1936, to the late Claud E. Massie and Virginia Turner Massie Auxier. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Grove, Sr., grandson, William Brent Grove and her...

Idus Sosebee

Idus Sosebee

Sep 20, 2011

Idus G. Sosebee, age 74, of Clarkesville, Georgia went home to be with the Lord on September 20, 2011, at Stephens County Medical Center following a brief illness. Mr. Sosebee was born in Habersham County on July 5, 1937, to the late Edgar and Myrtle Sisk Sosebee. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife...

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