Obituaries

Sam Tate Davis

Sam Tate Davis

Jan 8, 2014

Sam Tate Davis, age 87, of Dahlonega, GA, died Tuesday, January 8, 2014 at his home following a short illness. Sam was a native and lifelong resident of Lumpkin County. He was retired from the City of Dahlonega Water Department. He was a WWII Navy Veteran and was of the Baptist faith. Sam was very proud of his Cherokee Indian...

Melissa Seabolt Guard

Melissa Seabolt Guard

Dec 29, 2013

Melissa Seabolt Guard, age 39, of Dahlonega, GA died Sunday, December 29, 2013 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA following an extended illness. Melissa lived most of her life in Lumpkin County. She was a senior accountant with AT & T and was a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Lumpkin County. Melissa got numerous achievement awards during...

Diane Fair

Diane Fair

Dec 28, 2013

Mrs. Diane Fair, age 58, of Cornelia, GA, died Saturday, December 28, 2013, at Northeast GA Medical Center in Gainesville, GA following an extended illness. Diane was born in Lumpkin County, GA December 4, 1955. She had lived in Cornelia for the past 13 years. She was a homemaker, attended Bible Landmark Church in Cornelia, and was a member of...

Jonathan Merritt Brister

Jonathan Merritt Brister

Dec 26, 2013

Brother Jonathan Merritt Brister, age 40, of Dahlonega, GA passed away December 26, 2013. John was born in Cumming, GA May 19, 1973. He had lived in Lumpkin County since 2000. He was a truck driver with Robinson Hauling Company and was a member of Dahlonega Church of God. John is preceded in death by his mother, Marsha Elaine Barnes;...

Robert L. Bryant

Robert L. Bryant

Dec 20, 2013

Robert L. Bryant, age 91, of Dahlonega, GA, died Friday, December 20, 2013 at Gold City Convalescent Center in Dahlonega, GA. Mr. Bryant was born September 30, 1922 in Wellsboro, PA. He had lived in Georgia since 1987. He was a retired barber and was a member of Lakewood Baptist Church in Gainesville. He was the son of the late...

Eva Pauline “Polly” Neal

Eva Pauline “Polly” Neal

Dec 15, 2013

Eva Pauline "Polly" Hunt Neal, age 79, of Dahlonega, Georgia and formerly of Atlanta, Georgia and Greenville, South Carolina, died on December 15, 2013 following a sudden illness. Polly was a woman of vast talents: a businesswoman as well as an award-winning painter, sculptor, and writer who mentored and encouraged other artists. She cared deeply for people, touched a myriad...

Elaine Marsha Hindmon

Elaine Marsha Hindmon

Dec 15, 2013

Elaine Marsha Hindmon, age 63, of Dahlonega, GA died Sunday, December 15, 2013. Elaine was born in Decatur, GA June 7, 1950. She had lived in Lumpkin County for the past seven years and was a former resident of Jackson, GA. She was a homemaker and was a member of Dahlonega Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late...

Bradley W. Prince

Bradley W. Prince

Dec 13, 2013

Bradley W. Prince, age 44, of Gainesville, GA died Friday, December 13, 2013. Bradley had lived in Gainesville for a short time but had lived most of his life in Lumpkin County. He was employed at Wal-Mart and was a member of War Hill Church in Dawson County. He was the son of the late Winston and Ellen Garrett Prince...

Mitch Fromm

Mitch Fromm

Dec 4, 2013

Resident of Dahlonega Mr. Mitch Fromm, age 55, passed away at his residence on December 4, 2013. Mitch was raised in Oneonta, NY. He then moved to South Florida, where he met his wife and his daughter was born. While living there, Mitch worked as an EMT and a real estate appraiser. He and his family moved to Dahlonega nine...

Carolyn Ann Middlebrook

Carolyn Ann Middlebrook

Dec 3, 2013

Mrs. Carolyn Ann Middlebrook, age 57, of Dahlonega, GA, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at her home following an extended illness. Mrs. Middlebrook was born in Atlanta, GA March 28, 1956 and had lived in Lumpkin County for several years. She was a homemaker and was a member of Cradle Mountain Baptist Church in Lumpkin County. She was the...

Ronald J. Layton

Ronald J. Layton

Dec 1, 2013

Ronald J. Layton, age 56, of Gainesville, GA died December 1, 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. He was a Miami, Florida native who had lived in Gainesville for the past three years. He was a restaurateur and had owned and worked at a number of restaurants over the years. He is survived by his wife, Cindy...

John B. Brady

John B. Brady

Nov 28, 2013

John B. Brady, age 58, of Dahlonega, GA, died Thursday, November 28, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA following a sudden illness. John was a lifelong resident of Lumpkin County and was of the Baptist faith. He was employed at Fieldale Farms. He was the son of the late Benton and Mary Brady. John is survived by...

Barbara Lucille Ash Anderson

Barbara Lucille Ash Anderson

Nov 23, 2013

Mrs. Barbara Lucille Ash Anderson, age 82, of Dahlonega, GA passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 23, 2013 with her loving family at her bedside. Mrs. Anderson was a native and lifelong resident of Lumpkin County. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Dahlonega and retired as a cafeteria worker with the Lumpkin County School System after 27...

Frances Jane Staton Moore

Frances Jane Staton Moore

Nov 22, 2013

Frances Jane Staton Moore, (sometimes known as Fran), passed away Friday November 22, 2013 at Tara Plantation in Cumming, GA. Frances was born August 20, 1928 in Gainesville, GA and was the daughter of Hoyt and Ophelia Staton. Frances was an only child but loved to be around people. She came to Dahlonega, GA in 1945 to attend NGC. She...

Joann Mcclain

Joann Mcclain

Nov 18, 2013

Mrs. Joann McClain, age 70, of Dahlonega, GA died Monday, November 18. 2013 at Northside Hospital Forsyth in Cumming, GA. Joann was a native and lifelong resident of Lumpkin County. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Dahlonega Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Joann was preceded in death by her father, Thomas Rider and a brother, Ray...

Cecil Ed “Lightning” Haynes

Cecil Ed “Lightning” Haynes

Nov 12, 2013

Mr. Cecil Ed "Lightning" Haynes, age 85, of Dahlonega, GA died Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at Chestatee Regional Hospital in Dahlonega, GA. Mr. Haynes was a Hall County native who had lived in Lumpkin County for many years. He was a retired farmer and was a member of Dewberry Baptist Church in Hall County. He was the son of the...

Louise Hathcock

Louise Hathcock

Nov 2, 2013

Mrs. Louise Hathcock, age 82, of Dahlonega, GA passed away Saturday November 2, 2013, at Northside Forsyth Hospital in Cumming, GA. Mrs. Hathcock was a native and former resident of Dawson County who had lived in Lumpkin County for the past 20 years. She was employed at the Dawson County Daycare Center for a number of years and was of...

Geraldine Wood Mcclure

Geraldine Wood Mcclure

Nov 1, 2013

Mrs. Geraldine Wood McClure, age 78, of Dahlonega, GA passed away Friday, November 1, 2013 at Gold City Convalescent Center in Dahlonega, GA. Mrs. McClure was a native and former resident of Adairsville, GA who had lived in Dahlonega for the past 45 years. She was a homemaker and was a member of Yahoola Baptist Church in Lumpkin County. She...

Larry Eugene Floyd, Jr

Larry Eugene Floyd, Jr

Nov 1, 2013

Larry Eugene Floyd, Jr., age 50, of Dahlonega, GA, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2013. Larry was born and raised in Cuthbert, GA and had spent the past 15 years in Dahlonega. He received an Associates Degree from Andrew College in Cuthbert, worked in law enforcement for 18 years, and was a member of the North Georgia Amateur Radio Club....

Zak Mcconnell

Zak Mcconnell

Oct 29, 2013

Zak McConnell, age 26, of Dahlonega, GA, passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2013. Zak was a lifelong resident of Lumpkin County and an accomplished musician. He was a teaching assistant at the University of Georgia where he was enrolled in the MBA program. He was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Lumpkin County. Zak was preceded in death by...

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