Patsy "Pat" Thomas Zappi
Jun 20, 2014
Patsy "Pat" Thomas Zappi, age 72, of Dahlonega, GA passed away Friday, June 20, 2014 following an extended illness. Born in Youngstown, OH, Pat moved to Lumpkin County in 2006 from Miami, FL where he worked as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service. He served his country in the United States Army, and was a member of...
Patsy Gail Miller
Jun 18, 2014
Patsy Gail Miller, age 58, of Dahlonega, GA, passed away Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at Northeast GA Medical Center. She was a lifelong resident of Lumpkin County, and of the Baptist Faith, and had a heart of gold who loved to take care of people. Patsy was the daughter of the late Cliff and Ethel Riddle Mincey, and was also...
Katlyn Elisabeth Graham
Jun 11, 2014
Katlyn Elisabeth Graham, age 15, of Dawsonville, GA passed away Wednesday June 11, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. Katlyn was born December 28, 1998. She had lived in Dawsonville for the past two years and was a student at Dawson County High School. She lived most of her life in Lumpkin County. She had a love...
Sabire Spahija
Jun 7, 2014
Mrs. Sabire Spahija, age 92, of Dahlonega, GA died Saturday, June 7, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA following an extended illness. Mrs. Spahija was born in Albania March 12, 1922. She and her late husband, Eqerem Spahija, came to the United States in 2003 to live with their son in Dahlonega. Mrs. Spahija was a seamstress...
Louise Brookshire Phillips
Jun 7, 2014
Louise Brookshire Phillips, age 79, of Cleveland, GA passed away in Gainesville, GA on June 7, 2014. Louise was born in Dahlonega, GA on November 28, 1934. Louise will be missed as a loving Mother, Sister, Grandmother, and friend. Louise had many passions that included her love of family, love of pets, and in particular her love of nature. She...
J D Holloway
Jun 5, 2014
J D Holloway, age 75, of Dahlonega, GA died Thursday, June 5, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. JD was a Union County, GA native who had lived in Lumpkin County since 1975. He was retired from the Fieldale Corporation and was of the Baptist faith. J D was the son of the late Joe Gordon Holloway...
Harvey Gravley
Jun 3, 2014
Harvey Lee Gravley, age 73, of Dahlonega, GA passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2014 following an extended illness. He was born in Acworth, GA, and had been a resident of Lumpkin County for the past 25 years. He was retired from GA Pipeline where he worked as a supervisor. He was a loving husband, father, and friend, and was of...
Nancy Lee Wood
Jun 2, 2014
Nancy Lee Jarrard Wood, age 68, of Suches, GA passed away Monday, June 2, 2014 at Northeast GA Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. She was born in Suches, GA where she had lived all her life. Nancy was a homemaker. She was of the Baptist faith and was a member at Zion Baptist Church in Suches, GA. She was a...
Brenda Benolia Winkler
Jun 1, 2014
Miss Brenda Benolia Winkler, age 67, beloved resident of Foothills Retirement Home of Dahlonega, GA passed away Saturday, June 1, 2014 following an extended illness. She was born and raised in Alto, GA, and had spent the last 10 years with her adopted family of Foothills. She loved people and would greet every visitor at the door. She made many...
Annie Jo Turner
May 28, 2014
Annie Jo Tant Turner, age 70, of Dahlonega, GA died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 following an extended illness. Annie Jo had lived in Lumpkin County for 16 years after moving here from Rome, GA. She was the manager of Dahlonega Loan Company for15 years and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents Reuben M....
Christy Leigh Atwell
May 28, 2014
Christy Leigh Ward Atwell, age 41, of Dahlonega, GA passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Northeast GA Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. She was born in Atlanta, GA, and had been a resident of Lumpkin County for the past two years after moving here from Dawsonville, GA. She worked as a caretaker for Bright Star Home Health. She was...
Robert Allen Betzig
May 25, 2014
Mr. Robert Allen "Bob" Betzig, age 62, of Dahlonega, GA died Sunday, May 25, 2014, at Chestatee Regional Hospital. Bob had lived in Dahlonega since 1995 after moving here from Lawrenceville, GA. He was employed at Kroger, where he worked as a chef for over 8 years. Bob was the son of the late Robert A. Betzig, Sr. and Leoar...
Dewey Rider
May 21, 2014
Mr. Dewey Rider, age 90, of Dahlonega, GA died Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Dewey Rider was a local business man, a devoted husband, a loving father. Dewey started a milk business back in 1960 where he delivered milk door-to-door and to local stores for years. Later he and his daughter Maxine ran a tire company just off the square in...
Jerry Poiles
May 20, 2014
Jerry Walter Poiles, age 57, of Dahlonega, GA died Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Mr. Poiles lived in Dahlonega, GA for 17 years after moving here from Clearwater, Florida. He had worked as a mason, was a musician and played with the praise band, Yield, at Dahlonega Baptist Church, where he was a member. Along with his love for music, Jerry...
James Powell
May 19, 2014
James Grant Powell of Murrayville, GA, went to be with his Lord May 19, 2014 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born in Oak Harbor, Washington on June 24, 1967 son of Richard and Nan Powell. He will be missed by his brothers Rick and Doug and sister Julie, four children, Kelynn (Lee) McPeak, Grant, Morgan and Hannah...
Dewey Edwards
May 16, 2014
Dewey Edwards Jr. (Junior Edwards), age 89, of Dahlonega, GA passed away Friday, May 16, 2014 following an extended illness. Junior was a lifelong resident of Lumpkin County and a member of Hightower Baptist Church. He retired from the Burlington Pine Tree Plant in Dahlonega. He was a very loving husband, father, grandfather, and father-in-law. He was well known for...
Cheryl Sullivan
May 10, 2014
Mrs. Cheryl Mullins Sullivan, age 66, of Dahlonega, GA passed away Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Emory University Hospital. Cheryl was raised in Smyrna, GA and had spent the past 35 years in Dahlonega. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend who had a great love for her family and many friends. She was an avid horse woman...
George Edward Kerns Jr
May 10, 2014
George Edward Kerns, Jr, age 67, of Dahlonega, GA passed away Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Northside Forsyth Hospital in Cumming, GA. A memorial service for George will be held at a later date. Banister Funeral Home of Dahlonega is in charge of the arrangements.
Dr. Kathleen Gruenhagen
May 8, 2014
Dr. Kathleen "Suzy " Gruenhagen, age 77, of Dahlonega, GA passed away May 8, 2014. Suzy was a New Jersey native who had lived in Dahlonega since 1992, where she was a faculty member at North Georgia College teaching Special Education subjects until retiring in 2002. Even after retiring, she continued to teach and interact with her special education graduate...
Don Waters
May 7, 2014
Don Waters, age 69, of Dahlonega, GA passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Chestatee Regional Hospital. Don was a lifelong resident of Lumpkin County. He retired from Mohawk Industries where he was a department manager. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who also loved his animals, along with spending time at the beach. Don was the son...
