Mrs. Harriet A. Berman, 80, passed away peacefully Monday, July 11, 2022. She was born in Denmark, S.C., Jan. 26, 1942, to the late Paul G. “Pete” Andrews and Oneal Helms Andrews.

Mr. James Walter “Wally” Smith, 75, died Wednesday, July 13, 2022.

He was born Feb. 6, 1947, in Whitfield County, to the late Homer Woodrow Smith and Ethel Lee Fortner Smith.

Mr. James Edward Bell Sr. passed away peacefully among family Tuesday, July 12, 2022.

Mrs. Barbara Ann Elliott Defoor, 72, of Ellijay, died Wednesday, July 6, 2022.

Mr. Vernon Robert Haugen, 92, passed away peacefully Thursday, June 30, 2022.

Mr. Leroy Eugene Rice, 80, of Cherry Log, died Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper.

Mrs. Maxine (Towery) Griffith, 91, of Ellijay, died Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

She was born March 24, 1931, in Whitestone, to the late William Marshall and Clara Moses Towery.

Mr. Kenneth Lee Teague, 81, of Ellijay, died Sunday, June 26, 2022, at Northside Cherokee Hospital.

Mrs. Dorothy Christine Miller, 73, of Ellijay, died Sunday, June 19, 2022.

She was born Dec. 23, 1948, in Tampa, Fla., to the late Otho Grayson Miller Sr. and Dorothy Bellamy Miller.

Mrs. Betty Ann Johnson, 80, of Ellijay, died Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Kennestone Hospital.