Brayden Philyaw, age 8, of Cleveland, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 10, 2019, surrounded by his loving family.

Brayden was born on May 28, 2011 to Zach and Miranda Allison Philyaw. He was a third grade student at Mossy Creek Elementary School and attended Shoal Creek Baptist Church and The Cleveland Worship Center.

Our sweet Bray was full of life, never met a stranger, and had a hilarious sense of humor.  He loved baseball, basketball and football.  He adored his family, and wanted to be like his older brother Bryson, and loved God. He loved to read his Bible every night and his last log was in Acts about miracles. He loved hunting and fishing, being outside with his dad, and couldn’t get enough of the beach and camping.  He grew up riding 4-wheelers and being a wild but adorable boy.  He was the kindest kid, who was a friend to absolutely everyone.

He is preceded in death by paternal grandfather, Terry Philyaw, and aunt Cindi Philyaw.

Survivors include parents, Zach and Miranda Philyaw, Cleveland; brother and hero, Bryson Philyaw, Cleveland; maternal grandparents, Charles and Rebekah Allison (Nana and Pops), Cleveland; paternal grandparents, Holly and Rich Brannon (Honey and Boppa), Gainesville; uncle, Wesley Allison, Cleveland; uncle and aunt, Chad and Yvette Philyaw, Clermont; and numerous great aunts, great uncles, cousins, and other family members.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2 P.M. Saturday, November 16, 2019 at The Bridge Church. The Rev. Marc Turner, Rev. Joe Vernon, and Rev. Marty Garrett will officiate. Interment will be at Shoal Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 2-4 P.M. and 6-8 P.M. Friday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Brayden Philyaw Athletic Scholarship Fund at United Community Bank.

To share a memory or leave a condolence with the family, visit barrettfh.com.

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Mrs. Lydia Jeanette Fuller White, age 73, of Cleveland, passed away Monday, November 11, 2019.

Mrs. White was born to the late Rev. John Fuller and Jeanette Fuller Light. She is also preceded in death by her sister, Sarah Talley. Mrs. White was a graduate of White County High School and was a retired school teacher with the White County School System, spending her career teaching at Old Nacoochee School, White County Elementary School and Jack P. Nix Primary School. She was a member of Cleveland First Baptist Church and was an avid tennis player, and loved walking and aerobics.

Survivors include husband of 51 years, Bill White, Cleveland; sister and brother-in-law, Martha and Hal Cason, Demorest; brother-in-law, Darrell Talley, Pineview, GA; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are scheduled for 11 A.M. Wednesday, November 13, 2019 from the Chapel of Barrett Funeral Home. The Rev. Dennis Turner and Rev. Hal Cason will officiate. Interment will follow in Gateway Memory Park.

The family will receive friends from 4-7 P.M. Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to Jack P. Nix Elementary School Library Fund in her memory: Jack P. Nix Elementary School: 342 West Kytle Street, Cleveland, GA 30528. Make sure to include Lydia White’s name.

The family would like to thank Pruitt Hospice, caregiver, Kay Dickerson McClendon, and every friend that helped.

To share a memory of leave a condolence with the family, visit barrettfh.com.

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Barney Edward Thomas, 88 of Clermont, GA, passed away on November 3rd, 2019 surrounded by family. Barney was born on September 28, 1931 in Union County, GA. He was a US Army Veteran and a member of Alpharetta Masonic Lodge #235. Barney was retired from GM, Doraville, and has been farming since his retirement.
Barney is preceded in death by his parents, Joe Boyd and Lavonia, and his brother O’Neal. He is survived by his wife, Mary S. Grier Thomas; Sons & Wives, Jeff & Sandra, Tim & Peggy; Grandchildren, Zachary & Evan Thomas, Mike Myers, and Nicole & Chad Marcussen; Great Grandchildren, Hayden, Collier and Rowan; Brothers, Bonnell, Jerry, Buddy, Sammy, Herman, Kenneth, and Robin; Sisters, Jimmie Ruth, Jackie, and Pat; and a multitude of brothers and sisters-in-laws, nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the church or charity of your choice.
Visitation, Sunday, November 17, 2019 @ 2pm. Services @ 3pm.
Location: The Bridge Church, 607 Hulsey Road, Cleveland, GA 30528
Cleveland Funeral Home & Cremation Services is in charge of these arrangements

Cleveland Funeral Home announces that Wolfgang “Willie” Haug, age 84 of Cleveland, Georgia passed away on October 26, 2019.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 from 2pm-4pm and 6pm-8pm at Cleveland Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held at 8pm that  evening with Lee Cantrell officiating.

Leonard Charles Phillips, 70, of Cleveland, Georgia passed away on Saturday November 9, 2019 at his home surrounded by family and friends.

Leonard was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on July 8, 1949 to the late Wayne K. Phillips and Helene Bolden Phillips. He served in the Army and Air Force and completed a tour of duty in the Vietnam War and Dessert Storm.  Leonard moved to Cleveland, Georgia after retiring from a career at the Police Academy in Columbia, South Carolina. He enjoyed hiking and helping hikers he met along the trail. Leonard attended church at Jesus ‘n Jeans Worship at The Cottage Winery in Cleveland, Georgia.

Leonard was preceded in death by his wife Shirley Hamby Phillips of Florida.  He is survived by his children, Michele Phillips (Duanne Blackburn) of Cleveland, Denise Tannery of Florida; brother Wayne Phillips (Tina) of Oklahoma; sister Connie Phillips DeBruen of Oklahoma; grandchildren Kaleb Gouse, Kirsten Ciotti and Travis Patterson; and his beloved dog Emma.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday November 17, 2019 at noon at The Cottage Winery in Cleveland, Georgia.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his memory  to Jesus n Jeans or to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy at donate.appalachiantrail.org.

Barrett Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mr. Michael Scott Gillespie, age 78 of Cleveland. Mr. Gillespie passed away Saturday, November 9, 2019.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Barrett Funeral Home of Cleveland. (706)865-3101

James McClain Scarbrough, age 48 of Dahlonega, passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2019.

Mr. Scarbrough was born on January 25, 1971, in Toccoa, Georgia, to James and Patricia McClain Scarbrough. He was a self-employed construction worker.

Survivors include his daughter, Jennifer Avery, Dahlonega; son, Dustin Scarbrough, Colorado; grandchildren, Anakin Avery, Dahlonega, Amaryllis Avery, Dahlonega, and Hailey Wood, Gainesville; brothers, Scotty Scarbrough, Cleveland, and Kent Scarbrough, Lula; sister, Kellie Lawson, Dahlonega; nephews, Cody Wood, Gainesville, Dallas Wood, Dahlonega, and Carson Scarbrough, Cleveland; niece, Brylee Scarbrough, Cleveland; fiancé, Kristi Homs.

Memorial services are scheduled for 5:00 P.M. Friday, October 25, 2019 at the Chapel of Barrett Funeral Home. The Rev. Stacy Dyer will officiate.

The family will receive friends from 4:00 – 5:00 P.M. Friday at the funeral home.

To share a memory or to leave a condolence, please visit www.barrettfh.com

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Sharon Anita Hicks, age 55 of Demorest, passed away on Wednesday, October 2, 2019.

Mrs. Hicks was born on February 7, 1964, in Gainesville, Georgia, to Marie Wiley Loggins and the late Jimmy McDuffie. She was a homemaker and was of the Christian faith. Sharon was preceded in death by her husband, Danny Hicks; brother, Ricky McDuffie.

Survivors include her daughter, Lacey Hicks, Demorest; mother and step-father, Marie and George Loggins, Demorest; grandchildren, Donnie Allison and Jill Hicks; sisters, Tina Howard, Rita Smith, and Regina Warren.

Funeral services will be announced soon.

To share a memory or to leave a condolence, please visit www.barrettfh.com

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Nannie Louise Arrowood Dean, age 83, of Cleveland passed away October 31, 2019.

Mrs. Dean was born in Towns County Ga., to the late Carlos and Clara Arrowood. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Columbus Wilford Dean Sr,: son, Columbus W. Dean Jr.; Sister Loretta Owens and brother, Dale Arrowood.

Mrs. Dean was a retired telephone operator, homemaker and a member of White Creek Baptist Church.

Survivors include: sons and daughters-in-law, William Clay and Tanya Dean and John Orvil and Lisa Dean, all of Cleveland; grandchildren, Natasha and Chase Youngblood, Haley and Charlie Newman, Hannah Dean and finance Brennan Dougherty ,and Morgan Dean; great-grandchildren, Clara Youngblood, Tucker Newman, Dean Youngblood, Tanner Newman and Scarlett Youngblood; sisters and brother-in-law, Ruth and Glen Gudger, Gloria and Robert E. Dean, Sue and Jerry Cable, Lonnie Owens, Joyce Hughes and Darrell and Shirley Dean; and sister-in-law, Billie Jo Dean.

Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday Nov. 3, 2019, at White Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Stanley Lawson, The Rev. Garry English, The Rev. Lewis Fortner and The Rev. Henry Loggins will officiate. Burial will follow in the White Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday Nov. 2nd at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Gideons International White County Camp: PO Box 946 Cleveland, GA 30528 or White Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Fund: 1470 Webster Lake Road, Cleveland, GA 30528.

Online condolences may be made at barrettfh.com.

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Cleveland Funeral Home & Cremation Services announces that Mr. Preston George Gregory, age 72 of Cleveland, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019.
Funeral Services are scheduled for Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 4:00 pm in the Chapel of Cleveland Funeral Home with Allen Webb officiating. The family will receive friends from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm prior to the service. Interment will be held on Friday, October 18, 2019 at 9:30 am at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia.

Sadie Evelyn Flanigan, age 95 of Winder, (formerly of Cleveland, GA) passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at NGMC Gainesville.

She was born September 27, 1924 to the late Ellen Dewberry Bankston and Walton H. Bankston of Barnesville, GA.

Sadie was predeceased by her husband of 67 years, Robert “Bob” Flanigan; brother, W.H. Bankston, Jr.  She is survived by daughter, Patricia (Pat) and son-in-law, Greg Geis; sister, Virginia B. Clark; and several nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, as well as her foreign exchange student ‘daughter,” Oya Erenli Sezer, of Istanbul, Turkey.

After completing college at GSCW in Milledgeville, Sadie began teaching high school English in Conyers, GA, where she met Bob on a blind date Halloween night 1945. Sadie and Bob moved away from Conyers and she taught also at Campbell High in Smyrna and Hewitt-Trussville in Trussville, Alabama.

After moving to Florida in 1966, Sadie began her second career as an editor for a publisher of medical and scientific books. This sparked an interest in medicine, and she began her third career working in hospitals.

After retiring from her job as Tumor Registrar at Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Sadie and Bob moved to Cleveland, in 1990, where they enjoyed an active ‘mountain’ life and loved to travel the country in the RV.

A private interment will be held in Barnesville, Georgia.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Shepherd Center Foundation: 2020 Peachtree Rd., NW, Atlanta, GA 30309 or the American Heart Association: 821 Dawsonville Highway, Suite 250-323 Gainesville, GA 30501.

To share a memory or leave a condolence, visit barrettfh.com.

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Robert Edwin Dupray, age 77, passed away on October 16, 2019.

Mr. Dupray was born on August 12, 1942, in Pittsfield, MA, to the late Clarence and Bella Dupray.  He worked for General Electric and Cottrells.  Robert was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Dupray; brother, David Arnold Dupray.

Survivors include his daughters, Melissa Marie Dupray, Murphy, NC, Lisa Ann Hall, Cleveland, Nancylee Warren, Cleveland, Bobbi Jean and Joseph Kisselburg, Murphy, NC; niece, Dawn Bruce, Murrayville; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 2-4 PM Saturday, October 19, 2019 at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers the family asks donations to be made to help with funeral expenses.

To share a memory or to leave a condolence please visit www.barrettfh.com.

Sharon Faye Schutt, age 77 of Cleveland, passed away on Monday, September 30, 2019.

Mrs. Schutt was born on October 19, 1941, in Almont, Michigan, to the late Orson and Eula Jewell Sugden. She was a teacher, an ordained minister, author, and counselor. Sharon founded the “Women Making a Difference” ministry and taught school in both Florida and Michigan.

Survivors include her husband, Lee Schutt, Cleveland; daughter and son-in-law, Kelli and Scott Miley, Cleveland; grandson, Elijah Nix, Cleveland.

Graveside services are scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at Yonah View Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Ted Keene will officiate.

To share a memory or to leave a condolence for the family please visit www.barrettfh.com

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Phyllis Jeanne Pursley, age 57, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2019.

Ms. Pursley was born on April 4, 1962, in Gainesville, Georgia, to the late Donald Pursley and Shelby Saine Major.  In addition to her parents, Phyllis was preceded in death by her brother, Richard Pursley.

Survivors include her sister and brother-in-law, Tammy and Danny Dyer, Cleveland; stepfather, Bill Major, Gainesville; several nieces and nephews also survive.

Graveside services will be announced soon.

The family will greet friends after the service.

To share a memory or to leave a condolence please visit www.barrettfh.com

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Lisa Marie Durfee, age 52 of Cleveland, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019.

Mrs. Durfee was born on May 23, 1967, in Keene, New Hampshire, to Dorothy Paro Rule and the late Richard Rule. Lisa’s hobbies included thrifting and photography. She loved “Mickey and Minnie” and had worked at the Disney Store, as well as Walt Disney World Resort. Lisa was a member of Helen First Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Victor Durfee, Cleveland; children, Kolby Durfee and fiancé, Cassandra Dispain , Kyana Durfee, Amera Durfee, and Adam Durfee; grandson, Malachi Mooney; mother, Dorothy Huber, Cleveland; sister, Melanie Amerillo; brothers, David Mooney and Chris Role; and mother-in-law, Patricia Durfee.

Memorial services are scheduled for 3:00 P.M. Sunday, September 15, 2019 at Helen First Baptist Church. The Rev. Jim Holmes will officiate.

The family will receive friends from 2:00 – 3:00 P.M. Sunday, prior to the service, at the church.

To share a memory or to leave a condolence please visit www.barrettfh.com

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