All Obituaries

Frank Allen Waters, 84 of Gainesville passed away Wednesday July 18, 2018. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Little & Davenport Funeral Home and Crematory, 355 Dawsonville Highway, SW, Gainesville, Ga. 30501 is in charge of arrangements.

Norma Jean Roberts, 74, of Gainesville, passed away Wednesday July 18, 2018 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.  She was born in Amber, OK on June 12, 1944 to Richard and Jessie Stovall.  She graduated from Amber High School in 1962 and continued her education at Oklahoma College for Women where she graduated with a degree in Education.  She taught for years at various school with the last 16 years in the Hall County School System teaching at North Hall Middle School and...

Barbara Jane Carradice Eden, 80, of Gainesville passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2018 peacefully at her home with her loving husband by her side.  She was born on September 8, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois to Iva Lewis Kirke and Sydney Burton Carradice. Barbara was the past President of the St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital Auxiliary in Effingham, Illinois.  She retired from Pilgrim Estes Furniture after twenty-nine years.  She also volunteered for many years at Northeast...

James Franklyn Hahn Jr. passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 after a short illness at the age of 80.  Jim was born and raised in Boardman, Ohio and lived for many years in Manlius, New York before retiring to Gainesville, Georgia in 2015.  He was predeceased by his parents, Gertrude and James F. Hahn and his sister, Jeanne Hahn Timko. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; his son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Amy Hahn of Keller, Texas; his daughter, Kimberly Ann Hahn of Atlanta,...

Paulette Lawrence Pafford, 70, of Gainesville passed away Saturday July 14, 2018.  Paulette was born on February 8, 1948 at Downey Hospital in Gainesville, to Anthony E. and Pauline Lawrence. Paulette claimed with enthusiasm Gainesville and the Lake Lanier area as home.  She attended Lyman Hall and Main Street (and returned to teach there alongside her first teachers Ms. Bobbie Murphy and Polly Brookshire in her first year of teaching). Notably, her first third grade class...

Martha Ann Lathem Grant, 83, of Gainesville, passed away Friday July 13, 2018, she was born in Clermont, GA on November 15, 1934 to Carl and Ila Lathem.  She began working at the Hosiery Mill at the age of 15.   The following year, she graduated from Clermont High School.  In 1952, she married Kenneth Lee Grant and moved to Gainesville.  After starting a family, she left the Hosiery Mill, and she and her mother began working with Stanley Home Products through...

Betty Arp Griffin, 86 of Gainesville passed away Friday July 13, 2018 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Blue Ridge, Georgia, Mrs. Griffin had lived in Hall County for most of her life.  She was the daughter of the late Etheridge and Grace Tipton Arp.  Mrs. Griffin was retired from Cornett Carpets. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Terry and Patricia Griffin, Baldwin; Roger and Martha Griffin, Blue Ridge; daughter and son-in-law, Joy and Ted Ross,...

Gray Davis Hickman, 90, of Gainesville, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2018.   Gray was born on October 22, 1927 in St. Louis, Missouri. God saw him getting tired, and a cure was not to be, so He put His arms around him and whispered, "Come to Me", with tearful eyes we watched him, and saw him pass away, and although we loved him dearly, we could not make him stay, a golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest, God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only...

Mrs. Linda Gail Bryant, 70 of Murrayville, Ga passed away Monday, July 9, 2018. Mrs. Bryant was a lifetime resident of Hall County.  She was the daughter of the late Ray and Thelma Elrod Little.  She was a homemaker and a member of the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of 50 years, Phillip Bryant; children, Chris and Sara Bryant of Clermont Ga, and Celeste and Tim Milford of Lula Ga; grandchildren, McCree and Matt Pratte, Paige Milford, Jacob, Katie Rae,...

Mr. Hugh B. Reed, age 85, of Oakwood, GA passed away Saturday, July 7, 2018. He was a lifelong resident of Hall County, attended Reinhardt College and ABAC, then served his country in the United States Army, and retired from General Motors Doraville plant. He spent most of his days tending to livestock on his farm. Hugh was a member of Oakwood First United Methodist Church. He was a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather who had a great sense of humor. He was the son of the late Guy...