Obituaries

Apr 13, 2020

Charles Elmer Barrett, age 81,  passed away Monday, April 13, 2020 at Chatuge Regional Nursing Home after an extended illness. Charles was born to the late Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn and Katherine (Ledford) Barrett on December 13, 1938 in Toccoa, Georgia. Charles was a member of Old Union Baptist Church and God's Messengers. For most of his life he built furniture.  In...

Mar 31, 2020

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Mar 20, 2020

Virtine W. Cataldo

Virtine, age 99, died on March 20,2020. Virtine is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 37 years, Anthony and her daughter, Cindy Marie.

Born in Hanover New Hampshire on March 16 1921, to the late Vernon and Lena Wood. She graduated from Hanover High School in June of 1940.

Virtine was a military wife and...

Mar 19, 2020

Patrick “Pat” Robert Lawhead age, 72 passed away Thursday March 19, 2020 in Hiawassee, Georgia. Pat was born on July 3,1947 to the late Mr. Robert and Beryl Jean (Bracken) Lawhead in Johnstown PA. 

Pat served in the United States Army in Vietnam and Germany. He was a true "peace activist", participated in Veterans for Peace, St. Pete for Peace...

Mar 13, 2020

David William Caldwell, age 61, of Young Harris, Georgia passed away on March 13, 2020. David was born on February 28, 1959 in Levittown, New York to the late William and Virginia (McNeil) Caldwell. David loved everyone and never met a stranger. He was a devoted husband, an all around perfect dad and loved spoiling his grandkids. In his spare...

Mar 12, 2020

Mar 11, 2020

James "Jimmy" Ernest Smith, age 78 of Young Harris, GA passed away Wednesday March 11, 2020. Jimmy was born June 15, 1941 to the late Ernest and Annie (Wood) Smith in Lavonia, GA. He was a life-long resident of Towns County and member of McConnell Memorial Baptist Church. To say Jimmy was a sports fan would be putting it lightly....

Mar 10, 2020

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Mar 8, 2020

Evelyn B. Howell, 89 of Lexington, KY passed into God’s eternal care on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at Baptist Health Hospital in Lexington. A beautiful lady, a holy Christian woman, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, friend of many, and a true “Georgia Peach”. She was born in Fayetteville, GA, the daughter of the late John Elbert Banks and Ethel Mae (Houston)...

Mar 7, 2020

Robert Joseph Thornton III of Flowery Branch, passed away on Saturday, March 7 in Young Harris, GA.

Joseph was born on September 8, 1987 in Atlanta, GA to Jo Ellen and Charlie Thornton. Joseph graduated from The Westminster Schools in 2006. He received his BBA in Business from Auburn University where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.  Joseph truly...

Feb 27, 2020

Feb 19, 2020

Freda Anne (Bortle) Schultz Whitaker, born April 4, 1927 in "Frog Hollow" NY, died February 19, 2020 in Hiawassee GA. She is predeceased by her parents, sister, brother and husband, Donald James Schultz. She is survived by 5 children: Robert Jay Schultz (Ginny), Tucson AZ; Carol Anne Eaton, Hiawassee GA; William Alan Schultz, Bloomfield NY; Donna Jean Schultz-Shagena (Chris),...

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Feb 4, 2020

Rosemary Naff Stevens, age 91, formerly of Boones Mill, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Atlanta, and Burlington passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at North East Georgia Medical Center. Born in Boones Mill, Virginia on November 5, 1928 she was the daughter of the late Wesley Washington Naff, Sr. and Ethel Jamison Naff. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first...