Obituaries

Jackie Graham Gaddis

A graveside service for Jackie Graham Gaddis, 69, of Cornelia, was held Monday, Aug. 15, at New Hope Baptist Church in Cornelia. Mr. Gaddis went home to be with the Lord Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Mr. Gaddis was born Sept. 7, 1952 to the late Braska and Verdell Gaddis.

Richard Alston Kimsey

Richard Alston Kimsey, 85, of Alto, passed away Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022 of natural causes. Richard was the last of nine children of Isaac Melvin Kimsey and Nell Iona Huff. He was the nephew of Zumpt Alston Huff, who was an aviation pioneer in the southeast and the partner of Ben Epps.

Dan Gerrells

A memorial service for Dan Gerrells, 68, of Cornelia, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, in the chapel of McGahee-Griffin & Stewart with the Rev. Garvis Kinsey officiating. Mr. Gerrells passed away Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Born Feb.

Johnny Wayne Wade

Johnny Wayne Wade, 66, of Alto, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at the Alto Congregational Holiness Church cemetery. Arrangements have been entrusted to Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel.

Edith Mae Ayers Duncan

Funeral services for Edith Mae Ayers Duncan, 95, of Alto, will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 13, at Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel with the Rev. Robert Nix officiating. Interment will follow in the Belton Baptist Church cemetery. Mrs. Duncan passed away Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Mrs.

Ray Emory Thompson

Funeral service for Ray Emory Thompson was held Saturday, July 30, at Beck Funeral Home in Clayton. A graveside service was held Sunday, July 31, at Screven County Memorial Cemetery in Sylvania.    "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His godly ones" Psalm 116:15 (NASV).

Dianne Briggs Gallagher

A private family memorial service will be held for Dianne Briggs Gallagher, 77, of Cornelia. Mrs. Gallagher passed away Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Born Oct. 4, 1944, in Stephens County, she was a daughter of the late Wiley Crawford Briggs and Martha Marlene Adams Briggs. Mrs.

Willie Joe Lunsford

Willie Joe Lunsford, 86, of New Liberty community, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced soon. McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home of Cornelia is in charge of arrangements.

Watson Lamar ‘Boots’ Pitts

Funeral services for Watson Lamar "Boots" Pitts, 76, of Mt. Airy, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, in the chapel of McGahee-Griffin & Stewart with the Rev. Raymond Payne and Drew Pitts officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Baptist Church cemetery. Mr.

Martha Lily Adair Daley

A service for friends and family of Martha Lily Adair Daley, of Clarkesville, was held Monday, Aug. 8. Mrs. Daley passed away peacefully at home Aug. 3, 2022. Martha was born May 7, 1929 in Toccoa, to William and Katherine Adair.