C.W. Conner

Mr. C.W. (Claude W.) Conner was born Oct. 21, 1939, in Walton County. He died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, at his home in Ellijay. He spent much of his early childhood in the rural south among the simple joys of a way of life now forgotten.

Rhonda Reece Hamby

Rhonda Reece Hamby, 63, died Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, in Dalton, after an extended illness.  She was born March 31, 1957, to Wesley and Ethel Faye Reece of High Point, N.C.  She graduated from Trinity High School in Trinity, N.C.

Steven Matthew Weissinger

Mr. Steven Matthew Weissinger, 65, of Ellijay, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020.  He was born Nov. 16, 1955, in Suffern, N.Y., to Albert Gustave and Alberta Johnson Weissinger.  He was of the Catholic faith and was self employed as an interior house finisher.

Mary Nell Woodring Logan

Mary Nell Woodring Logan, 92, of Ellijay, died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.  She was born May 2, 1928, to the late Lee Terrel and Pearl Mae Key Woodring in Ellijay. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and graduated from Ellijay High School in 1946. She was a loving mother and grandmother.

Mrs. Jeraldine Sanford Bagley

Mrs. Jeraldine Sanford Bagley, of Chatsworth, died Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at Chatsworth Health Care. She was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by husband, Claude Bagley; parents, Bert Cleve Sanford and Laura Jane Bailey Sanford; and brother, Arnold Sanford.

Mrs. Linda Fay Gowan

Mrs. Linda Fay Gowan, 71, of Ellijay, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. She was born  May 8, 1949. She was born and raised in Loris, S.C. She helped her first husband run a construction business which lead to her becoming a tax preparer. She later joined the U.S.

Alfred ‘Gordon’ Greenway Sr.

Mr. Gordon Greenway, formerly of Tucker, entered eternal rest Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, at the age of 96 years and 11 months, in Ellijay, while a resident of Parkside Nursing Center.  He was known as ‘The Woodworker” and as “The Mayor of Britt Rd.

Mrs. Ada Eugenia Brown Abernathy

Mrs. Ada Eugenia Brown Abernathy, 96, of Ellijay, formerly of Alpharetta, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020.   She was born in Atlanta, Oct. 17, 1924, to the late Pearl Burdette Clarke and Levi Barnett Brown. She married Paul James Abernathy Jr.

Frederick ‘Fred’ M. Griffis

Mr. Frederick “Fred” M. Griffis passed from this life to eternal life Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. A native of Tampa, Fla., he served honorably in the Coast Guard from 1971 to 1975. He graduated from the University of South Florida and St.

Mrs. Gertrude Ralston

Mrs. Gertrude Ralston, 84, of Clinton, N.C., formerly of Ellijay, died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. She was born April 10, 1936, in Sylvester, to the late Huey and Eunice Carter Pless.  She was a homemaker, and of the Baptist faith.