All Obituaries

Marcia Partee Strickland, of Dahlonega, Ga. died on April 7, 2021, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Graveside Service will be held on Sunday, April 11, 2021, at 2:00 p.m., in Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Ga. She was a great mother, grandmother, great grandmother, friend, and true southern lady. Our family appreciates the outpouring of love prayers and support. Marcia was preceded in death by her son, William Robert Strickland Jr. Marcia is survived by her...

James Edward Burke, age 83, of Gainesville, Ga died on Sunday, April 4, 2021.  Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 8, 2021, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at W.R. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Clermont Ga.  Interment will follow on a later date in Moberly, Mo. by Patton Funeral Home, in Huntsville, Mo.  The family request that social distancing and Covid guidelines are followed. Mr. Burke is survived by his wife of 60 years, Joan Mayo Burke, his sons M. Scott Burke...

Theodore Henry Lorenezen, age 89, of Clermont, Ga., died on March 12, 2021.  The family will hold a memorial service at a later date.

Gina Steinmeyer Nelson, age 60, of Clermont, died on February 24, 2021. W.R. Strickland & Sons, Clermont, Ga.

John David Adams Jr., aged 78, of Clermont, GA died on Saturday, January 16, 2021. A Graveside Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, at Sugar Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.  Rev. Kevin Woody will officiate the service.  Mr. Adams is survived by his wife Nancy Loggins Adams; his daughter Sabrina (Johnny) Edge, Clermont; his son Dexter Adams, Clermont; his grandson Payton (Hope) Edge, Clermont; granddaughter Jessie Edge,...

Born in Clermont, Georgia on September 9, 1927, the daughter of the late Claude and Eula Farmer, Margie Nell Savage passed away peacefully at her home in the presence of her loving family on January 16, 2021 at the age of 93. Margie was preceded in death by her always loving husband of seventy years, Harvey Howard Savage. Although she dealt with dementia for a number of years, his name was never forgotten by her. There was a joyous reunion in heaven early that January morning. Margie Nell...

A Memorial Service for Steve Hemphill will be announced at a later date. W.R. Strickland & Sons Clermont, GA

Emma Lou Edge, age 97, of Gainesville died on January 12, 2021.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Friday, January 15, 2020, at W. R. Strickland & Sons Chapel, Clermont, Ga. Interment will follow the service in the Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery.  Rev. Ed Chambers will officiate the service.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, January 15, 2021, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm before the service. Mrs. Edge was preceded in death...

Loice Lorene Kendall, age 85, of Clermont passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 9, 2021.  Loice was born in Dahlonega, Georgia on March 20, 1935 in the Nimblewill Community.  Around the age of two the family moved to Kokomo, Indiana to find work during the depression years.  Loice’s dad worked at the steel mills and farmed.  Around the age of 10 she began to help with the farm chores by learning to milk the cows twice a day.   Loice...

Reba Joyce Smith, aged 78, of Gainesville, GA died on Sunday, January 3, 2021. A private, family Graveside Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Dewberry Baptist Church #1 Cemetery. Reverend Brad Reynolds will officiate the service.  Joyce was preceded in death by her parents Melvin and Corliss Smith; her sister, Lisa Schmidt. Joyce is survived by her brother Ron (Becky) Smith of Gainesville; her nieces Lauren (Steven) Baggett and Ashley Collins...