Obituary Listing
Recent Obituaries in Cumming, GA
Barbara Crenshaw Smith
Jan 28, 2020
Barbara Crenshaw Smith, age 88, of Ball Ground, GA, passed away peacefully Tuesday, January 28, 2020. She was born in 1931, to the late Benjamin and Gwendolyn Crenshaw. Barbara enjoyed camping, gardening, and feeding the birds. She always enjoyed the great outdoors. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend to many. She will be dearly missed. In...
David Milum
Jan 27, 2020
David Milum, 71, of Cumming passed away Monday, January 27, 2020. David was a business owner in Forsyth County for 50 years. A lover of life, David enjoyed traveling, adventure and socializing with people. Above all, he loved his family. David was a member of Pine Crest Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, Jimmy and Bonzie...
Rhonda Ann McGinnis
Jan 25, 2020
Rhonda Ann McGinnis, age 69, of Greensboro, GA, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2020. Rhonda was born in 1950, to the late Earl and Vienna Glover. Rhonda was a caring, loving soul who lived to serve others. She lived selflessly, always supporting those close to her. Rhonda loved to be outdoors, surrounded by her flowers, and fishing on the...
Dorothy B. Holbrook
Jan 23, 2020
Dorothy B. Holbrook, age 78, of Cumming, GA., passed away Thursday, January 23, 2020. Dorothy was a Pente costal evangelist for over 40 years in the Cumming area. She had a radio program called Christ is the Answer, she had a column in the newspaper and evangelized on the streets. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and...
Joan Corn Waters
Jan 22, 2020
Joan Corn Waters, 71, of Cumming passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2020. Joan was a loving wife, mother and Nanny. A lifelong resident of Forsyth County, she attended Forsyth County High School where she was a cheerleader for 4 years and was Homecoming Queen. She was a member of Coal Mountain Baptist Church. Joan is preceded in death by her...
Charles E. Gibbs
Jan 21, 2020
Charles E. Gibbs, 95, of the Free Home Community passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Charles was the oldest original resident of Free Home. One of seven brothers and one sister, he was a U.S. Army veteran serving in North Africa in World War II under General George H. Patton. Charles was an avid farmer and gardener. He is preceded...
Martha Floy Sorrells
Jan 20, 2020
Martha Floy Sorrells, 90, of Cumming passed away Monday, January 20, 2020. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Sorrells; sons, Rudy Sorrells, Randy Sorrells and his wife, Kathy; a daughter, Connie Stradley; and grandsons, Baron and Wesley. Survivors include her daughters, Kathy Richards and Tim Goutro, Sheila and Darrell Blanchard; son, Stan Sorrells; grandchildren, Bryan, Blake, Koby,...
Alma A. Fisher
Jan 20, 2020
Alma A. Fisher, age 95, of Suwanee, GA passed away on Monday, January 20, 2020. She was born in 1924, to the late Antonio and Augusta Angeletti. Alma enjoyed tending to her garden, sewing, quilting, painting beautiful landscapes, fishing, and reading. Her working career included aviation assembly during WWII as a Rosie the Riveter. Afterwards Pan American Airways and then...
Jimmy Leonard Brackett, Sr.
Jan 19, 2020
Jimmy Leonard Brackett, Sr, age 80, of Cumming, Ga., passed away Sunday, January 19, 2020 at his home. Jimmy retired from General Motors and owned several businesses including a car wash, batting cages, driving range and miniature golf. After retiring he worked delivering flowers, at BJs and teaching student drivers. He was a member of the Lafayette Masonic Lodge FAM....
Jacquelin (Jackie) Witt Hodoval
Jan 17, 2020
Jacquelin Witt Hodoval, 72, of Cumming passed away Friday, January 17, 2020. Jackie is preceded in death by her husband, Fred Hodoval. Survivors include her a son, John Southwell; daughter, Megan Campbell; and three grandchildren, Brianna, Collin and Nick Campbell. A Requiem Mass for Jackie Hodoval will be offered at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 25, at St. Columbas Episcopal Church,...
Dennis Glenn Major, Sr.
Jan 16, 2020
Dennis Glenn Major, Sr., 64, of Cumming passed away Thursday, January 16, 2020. Alwaysa jokester, Mr. Major was a loving husband and father. He was a good coach and enjoyed life.A member of Shiloh Methodist Church,Mr. Major is precededin death by his father, Clifford Major, a brother,Tony Majorand his step-father, Hershel Bennett. Survivors include his wife of 29 years, Penny...
Charles A. McCleary
Jan 15, 2020
Charles A. McCleary, 72, of Cumming passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Charles was born August 13, 1947 to the late James and Era June McCleary. He was a member of the 4-H B.B. Team and the retired owner of Peachtree Body Shop. Charles enjoyed building trophies and lamps, particularly for his grandchildren and was an avid deer hunter. He...
John Wesley Nation
Jan 14, 2020
John Wesley Nation, age 82, of Sugar Hill, GA passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. John was born in 1937, to the late Andrew and Bessie Nation. He was an avid sports fan and enjoyed gardening. He attended West Buford Baptist Church. John was a proud United States Navy veteran. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in...
Marion Smith Stone
Jan 14, 2020
Marion Smith Stone, age 72, of Cumming, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2020. She was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church, Forsyth County High School class of 1965 and retired from a 35-year career with the US Postal Service in Cumming. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jewell and Voncile Smith; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Eugene and Grace...
David Allen Wilson
Jan 14, 2020
David Allen Wilson, age 50, of Cumming, GA passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. David was born in 1969, to Larry and Susie Wilson. He was an Elder at Grace Chapel Church of Christ in Cumming, GA. He was a loving husband, son, father, brother, and friend to many. David was preceded in death by his grandparents, Clint and...
David England
Jan 12, 2020
David England, 66, died at his home in Cumming on Jan. 12, 2020 after a long battle with cancer. A sixth-generation native of Tucker, GA, he graduated from Tucker High School, class of 1971. He was an electrical contractor, following in the tradition of his father and grandfather. But he was happiest sitting in a bass boat on Lake Lanier....
Nancy Anna Mae West
Jan 12, 2020
Nancy Anna Mae West, formally of Lake Luzerne, NY passed away after a brief illness at her home in Alpharetta, GA on Sunday, January 12, 2020, surrounded by her family. Born March 24, 1931, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Frederick Ernest and Catherine E. (Keenan) Doettling. As a teenager, Nancy vacationed with her sister, Bernice, at Hidden...
Dennis C. Ryder
Jan 11, 2020
Dennis C. Ryder, 78, of Cumming, GA passed away Saturday, January 11, 2020. A native of Manitowoc, WI, Dennis was retired engineer with Hamilton Manufacturing. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of The Church of the Good Shepherd. Survivors include his wife, Karen Ryder of Cumming; children, Thomas Ryder of Dawsonville, GA, Kevin and Lisa Ryder of...
Katherine Louise Cronquist
Jan 10, 2020
KATHERINE LOUISE CRONQUIST, 84, of Alpharetta, died peacefully January 10, 2020. Kathy was born in Manilla, Philippines in 1935. While in the Philippines, along with 5,000+ other U.S. citizens and allies, she was interned as a civilian prisoner-of-war by the Japanese Military at Santo Tomas from 1941 - 1945. After the war, she returned to California where she spent much...
Mary Elizabeth Santostefano
Jan 8, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Santostefano, 81, of Alpharetta, GA, died at 2:37am, Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at Emory Johns Creek Hospital. She was born September 3, 1938 in the City of Verdun, Province of Quebec, Canada to Samuel and Mary Leckey. She was the youngest of 2 children. She is preceded in death by her sister, Mary Annetta Murphy. She married Guy...
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