All Obituaries

Linda Wilson Jones, 71 of Gainesville passed away Wednesday June 3, 2020 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Services will be announced later. Those wishing to send online condolences to the family may do so at littledavenport.com Little & Davenport Funeral Home and Crematory, 355 Dawsonville Highway, SW, Gainesville, Ga. 30501 is in charge of arrangements.

Kadeen Martin Pirkle, 86 of Gainesville passed away Tuesday June 2, 2020. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced later. Those wishing to send online condolences to the family may do so at littledavenport.com Little & Davenport Funeral Home and Crematory, 355 Dawsonville Highway, SW, Gainesville, Ga. 30501 is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Mary Frances Reed Cochran, 93, of Gainesville died on Monday June 1, 2020 following an extended illness. A Memorial Service will be held at Little Davenport Chapel on Thursday June 4, 2020 at 1:00 PM.   The Rev. Don Elrod will officiate.  Interment will follow in Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the funeral on Thursday June 4th from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Little Davenport Funeral Home in Gainesville,...

Sara Elizabeth Batten, 77, of Gainesville, passed away peacefully on May 30, 2020.  Sara was born at home in Henry County GA to the late William Glynn and Ellen Pearl White Thurman. Sara graduated from Henry County High School in 1960.  She had a successful career at the Coca-Cola Company, retiring in 1998.  During her time at Coke, she enjoyed spending time with "The Hens".  This group of friends forged a decades long celebration of life. Sara was a loyal GA...

Richard Lawson “Dick” Valentine, 64, of Gainesville, Georgia, lost his courageous battle with cancer on May 29, 2020, surrounded by his loving family and friends. He will be remembered as a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, as well as a compassionate and generous leader and servant of his community and church. Dick was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Herbert Edward Valentine, Jr. and Bonnelle Lawson Valentine, as well as his brothers, Herbert...

Dorothy Carol Brown, 74 of Gainesville passed away Tuesday May 26, 2020. Services are incomplete at this time. Those wishing to send online condolences to the family may do so at littledavenport.com Little & Davenport Funeral Home and Crematory, 355 Dawsonville Highway, SW, Gainesville, Ga. 30501 is in charge of arrangements.

Raiford Clements Johnson, 94 of Gainesville passed away Friday May 22, 2020. No formal services will be held and at the families request Mr. Johnson will be cremated. Those wishing to send online condolences to the family may do so at littledavenport.com Little & Davenport Funeral Home and Crematory, 355 Dawsonville Highway, SW, Gainesville, Ga. 30501 is in charge of arrangements.

Laurine Wright Davenport, 90, peacefully passed away May 21, 2020 at her daughter’s residence in Roswell, GA.  She was born in Harris City, GA on April 28, 1930 the daughter of Wilsie Hall Wright and Triphenia Williams Wright.  After completing her teaching degree at West Georgia College, Mrs. Davenport started her teaching career in Meriwether County where she met her husband, Roy Blake Davenport. They married in 1952 and lived several years in Florida where their son,...

Harvey Prentice “Tice” Farley, III, 66, of Gainesville died Thursday, May 21, 2020 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Tice was born in Atlanta, Georgia on August 31, 1953 to H. P. and Baba Farley. He moved to Gainesville with his family in 1957. Years later, after falling ill, he attended Gracewood State School and Hospital in Augusta, GA. While away, his mom made sure to remind him just how loved and missed he was by sending him care packages each...

Irene B Weathers, longtime resident of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away May 20, 2020 at age 91 in Waverly NY after a brief illness. Irene was born in Calhoun Falls SC to Glenn and Annie Sue Bell.  She graduated from Calhoun Falls High School in 1945, where among her many activities she played guard on the women’s basketball team and was photographer for her senior yearbook.  She subsequently attended Anderson College, SC, where she graduated in 1947 with a secretarial...