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Jack Henry Pitts

Jack Henry Pitts

Jan 13, 2024

Jack Henry Pitts, age 91, of Jasper, GA passed away Saturday, January 13, 2024 at his residence.

Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 AM, on Monday, January 15, 2024, from the Chapel of South Canton Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Sheffield, and Rev. Mike Ware officiating. Interment will follow at Cherokee Memorial Park.

The family...

Verna Gunter Dunn

Verna Gunter Dunn

Jan 13, 2024

Verna Gunter Dunn, age 54, of Fairmount, GA passed away Saturday, January 13, 2024 at Seasons Hospice in Cumming, Ga.

Graveside services are scheduled for 2:00 PM, on Friday, January 19, 2024, from the Wheeler Cemetery with Rev. Jimmy Gayton officiating. Interment will follow in Wheeler Cemetery on Vaughn Road in Hickory Flat, Ga.

The...

Darren Ghorley

Darren Ghorley

Jan 11, 2024

Darren Ghorley, age 54, of Ball Ground, GA passed away Thursday, January 11, 2024 at his residence.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM, on Sunday, January 14, 2024, from the Old Damascus Baptist Church with Rev. Dean Ghorley officiating. Interment will follow at Old Damascus Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends from 6:00...

Thelma Elouise Hughes

Thelma Elouise Hughes

Jan 9, 2024

Elouise, aged 76, died on Tuesday, January ninth after a short stay in a local hospital. She was known as "Grana" by her four grandchildren who miss her greatly.

Elouise was graduated from Kennesaw State University during her career as a Medical Technologist at Northside Hospital Clinical Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia. She enjoyed genealogy research and had...

Michael John Murphy

Michael John Murphy

Jan 8, 2024

Michael John Murphy, age 76, of Ball Ground, GA passed away Monday, January 8, 2024 at his residence. He was a loving Husband, Father, & Grandfather. Michael was a member of Sharp Mtn. Baptist Church. He served his country as an MP in the US Army in Vietnam. Following his service to his country, Michael worked as a Power...

Sandra Hitt

Sandra Hitt

Jan 8, 2024

Sandra Hitt, age 81, of Canton, GA passed away Monday, January 8, 2024 at Piedmont Hospital. She was a long time member of Free Hope Baptist Church in

Pickens County. Sandra loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM, on Thursday, January 11, 2024, from the Free...

Guynell Creighton

Guynell Creighton

Jan 7, 2024

Guynell Creighton, age 87, of Canton, GA passed away Sunday, January 7, 2024 at her home.

Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 PM, on Thursday, January 18, 2024, from Georgia National Cemetery with Pastor Ken May officiating. Interment will follow at Georgia National Cemetery.

She was preceded in death by:

Father: Guy Wilbanks...

Melba Miller Brugh

Melba Miller Brugh

Jan 6, 2024

Melba Miller Brugh, age 88, of Canton, GA passed away Saturday, January 6, 2024 at her residence. She was a member of Vinton Baptist Church. Melba loved her family, her pets, flowers, gardening and traveling.

Funeral Services are scheduled for 11:00 AM, on Thursday, January 18, 2024, from the Chapel of South Canton Funeral Home with Bishop...

Jorge Anibal Garcia Morales

Jorge Anibal Garcia Morales

Jan 5, 2024

Jorge Garcia passed away at his home in Canton, Georgia on Friday, 1/5/2024.

A loving Husband, Son, Father, Brother, and Friend. He was the epitome of a great man.

Honest, humble, and always jovial, he possessed an uncanny ability to make people smile. His laugh was infectious. Jorge was known for his ferocious work ethic....

Roza Poyasova

Roza Poyasova

Jan 4, 2024

Roza Vasylievna Poyasova, age 89, of Canton, GA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at Northside Cherokee Hospital.

Roza was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who loved music, reading and the outdoors. Born in Mologa, Russia, she survived WWII, Stalinism and the collapse of the Soviet Union. She was a bride at 18, a...

Jayne Kathleen Hughes

Jayne Kathleen Hughes

Jan 3, 2024

Jayne Kathleen Hughes of Waleska, Georgia passed away on January 3, 2024, at age 75. Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1948, Jayne grew up in Winter Park, Florida. She graduated with the first class of the University of Central Florida. After attending graduate school at Georgia State University, she made many notable achievements and obtained lofty titles within AIG's...

Roy Neil Smith

Roy Neil Smith

Dec 31, 2023

Roy Neil Smith, age 77, of Woodstock, GA passed away Sunday, December 31, 2023 at Northside Hospital Cherokee.

Graveside services are scheduled for 12:00 PM, on Friday, January 5, 2024, from the Dawsonville Memorial Gardens with Rev. Greg Farist officiating. Interment will follow at Dawsonville Memorial Gardens where Honors will be performed by the United States Marine...

Carolyn Clayton

Carolyn Clayton

Dec 29, 2023

Carolyn Parr Clayton of Canton passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 87 years old. She was called home to the Lord on Friday, December 29, 2023. She was born on May 16, 1936 to James D. Parr and Sarah Boyd Parr. Raised in East Atlanta, Carolyn and her two older sisters, Dorothy and Betty, grew...

Willis Marshall West

Willis Marshall West

Dec 29, 2023

Willis Marshall West, Jr., age 94, of Canton, GA passed away Friday, December 29, 2023 at his residence.

Memorial Services are scheduled for 1:00 PM, on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, from the Chapel of South Canton Funeral Home with his son, Joel Adam West, officiating. Inurnment will follow at Georgia National Cemetery with United States Army Honors....

Rev. Kenneth Griffith

Rev. Kenneth Griffith

Dec 24, 2023

Rev. Kenneth Griffith, age 69, of Acworth, GA passed away Sunday, December 24, 2023 at Emory University Hospital. He was an avid gardener, loved the Church, his grandkids, and was always rooting for the Atlanta Falcons.

Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 PM, on Thursday, December 28, 2023, from the Liberty Baptist Church with Rev. Buck Parker,...

Rev. Benjamin "Homer" Mcclure

Rev. Benjamin "Homer" Mcclure

Dec 19, 2023

Rev. Benjamin "Homer" McClure, age 95, of Snellville, GA passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at his residence. Homer was an ordained Baptist Minister and a member of Indian Knoll Baptist Church, Canton, GA.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM, on Friday, December 22, 2023, from the Indian Knoll Baptist Church with Rev. Stacey Smith, and...

Coy Robert Pendley

Coy Robert Pendley

Dec 17, 2023

Coy Robert Pendley, age 74, of Canton, GA passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023 at his residence.

Funeral services are scheduled for 3:00 PM, on Thursday, December 21, 2023, from the Chapel of South Canton Funeral Home with Rev. Phillip Taylor, and Bro. Timmy Abernathy officiating. Interment will follow at Long Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery.

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Thomas William Barber

Thomas William Barber

Dec 16, 2023

Thomas William Barber, age 77, of White, GA passed away Saturday, December 16, 2023 at Canton Center for Nursing and Healing.

Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 PM, on Monday, January 8, 2024, from the Chapel of South Canton Funeral Home with The Reverend Dr. Melissa Hartley officiating. Interment will follow at 2:30 PM at Georgia National...

Idalia Franco Conring

Idalia Franco Conring

Dec 10, 2023

A private service for Idalia “Dolly” Franco Conring, 74, of Canton will be held on Monday, December 18, 2023, at the Georgia National Cemetery.

Idalia was born on March 26, 1949, in Rocksprings, TX, to Agapito Trevino Franco and Casimira Castillo Franco, and joined our Lord in Heaven on December 10, 2023. She grew up in Rocksprings,...

Keith Michael Kent

Keith Michael Kent

Dec 9, 2023

Keith Michael Kent, age 67, of Ellijay, GA passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023 at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital.

Graveside services are scheduled for 2:30 PM, on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, from the Georgia National Cemetery with Rev. Grayson Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Georgia National Cemetery with honors by the United States Air Force.

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