All Obituaries

Dennis Francis Schares of Cumming, GA, passed away October 4, 2022. Full obituary to follow. Visitation will be held Sunday, October 9, 2022, from 2:00 - 4:00 at McDonald and Son Funeral Home. A service will be held Monday, October 10, 2022, at 11:00 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Sawnee View Gardens in Cumming, GA. 

Kathryn Marie Walter, 76, of Suwanee, Georgia, passed away on October 3, 2022, in Cumming, Georgia. Kathryn was born on June 29, 1946, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Robert and Rosalie (nee Bilderback) Fields. She married William Virgil Walter on November 26, 1966, at Wallen Baptist Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She is survived by her husband, William; sons, Timothy William and his husband, Michael Pinto of Leesburg, Virginia; and Mark Allen of Alpharetta, Georgia; brother, Rev. Robert Fields...

Deborah Lee Bullard (Darnell), of Dawsonville, Georgia, passed away on September 26, 2022, at the age of 67. Deborah was born October 22, 1954, in Atlanta, Georgia. Debbie will forever be remembered as a loving and caring person by all who knew her. She was a dedicated Patriot who supported our veterans and wounded warriors. Known as Debbie Doilittle to her family she was an avid animal lover and advocate who continuously rescued abused animals. With a green thumb she loved to garden and...

Vikrant Krish Bathala 21, of Johns Creek, Georgia passed away on September 26th, 2022. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, September 29th, 2022, from 3:30pm - 4:00pm in the chapel of McDonald and Son Funeral Home. Hindu priest services will be held on Thursday, September 29th, 2022, from 4:00pm - 5:00pm in the chapel of McDonald and Son Funeral Home. Final rites will be given on Thursday, September 29th, 2022, at 5:00pm in the chapel of McDonald and Son Funeral...

Richard Paul Enright Sr., of Ball Ground, Georgia, passed away on September 26, 2022, at the age of 87. He was born May 7, 1935, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He proudly served in the National Guard, and went to college and graduated with a Bachelor’s and spent his life as a chemist. He was married to his loving wife for 63 years of devoted marriage. He was a loving father to his children, and later an endearing grandfather to his 2 beloved grandchildren. His life touched many people...

Carole Sue Duncan (Klingensmith), age 73, loving mother of two, and wife to husband Geoff Duncan, Sr., passed away at their home on September 23, 2022. Carole was born in 1949 in Leechburg, Pennsylvania to parents Elbert Klingensmith and Veronica Ochkay Klingensmith. She graduated from Kiski Area High School in 1968 and married her high school sweetheart later that summer. Their adventures took them throughout the United States where they lived in seven different states until they finally...

Isabel Brooksher Butler Sullens, age 84, of Dawsonville, GA walked into the arms of Jesus on Friday, September 23, 2022.  Isabel was preceded in death and greeted in Heaven by her husband, Ray Sullens; Son, Greg Butler; Daughter, Rhonda Butler; Mother and Father, Armus and Linnie Brooksher; Brother and Sister-in-Law, Johnny and Eva Mae Brooksher; Brother, Roy Brooksher; Sister and Brother-in-Law, Elizabeth and Elmer Lackey;...

Guadalupe Garcia Martinez, age 15, of Cumming, Georgia, passed away September 21, 2022. A visitation will take place Monday, September 26, 2022 from 5:00-8:00 at McDonald and Son Funeral Home. A service will follow on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, at 4:00 in the chapel of McDonald and Son Funeral Home.  Arrangements are in the care of McDonald and Son Funeral Home, 150 Sawnee Drive, Cumming, Georgia, 770-886-9899. Condolences may be expressed at mcdonaldandson.com.  

Dorothy (Dot) Brown of Whitesville, KY, formerly of Dahlonega and Marietta, passed peacefully at home on September 21, 2022.  She was preceded by her husband, William J. Brown and grandson, Logan Brown.  She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-laws, William and Cheryl Brown, Whitesville, Ky; Steve and Debby Brown, Ellijay, GA, Ken and Kelly Brown, Sandy Springs, GA;  seven grandchildren: Karen Sumner, Kimberly Haynes, Logan Brown (deceased), Caroline White, Kendall...

Leona Faye Hudson, 81, beloved wife of Charles “Chuck” Hudson, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, September 20, 2022 in Dahlonega. Leona was born July 27, 1941, in Springfield, Colorado, to Charles Elmer Hasty and Julia Catherine Becker Hasty. She was raised on her family’s cattle ranch and wheat farm in Villegreen, CO and graduated from Kim High School as senior class salutatorian. Leona met her husband-to-be while in High School competing with rival 4H Club projects and...