Haberhsam Co., GA - Obituaries - Betty Cahill *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: "Kim Gordon" Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************************************** Betty Cahill Funeral services for Betty Whitmire Cahill, 71, of Clarkesville will be held Wednesday, May 15, at 11 a.m. at Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel. Burial will follow in Yonah Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Cahill died Sunday, May 12, 2002, at her residence following an extended illness. Born on March 5, 1931, in Dawson County, she was a daughter of the late William McKinley and Lula Carolyn Carnes Whitmire. She was preceded in death by her sister, Lillian Whitmire; and brother, William Whitmire. Mrs. Cahill had worked with the United Cerebral Palsy Association and with the handicapped. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church in Dawsonville. Survivors include her husband, Francis A. Cahill of Clarkesville; daughter, Desiree Cahill of Margate, Fla.; stepdaughter, Jacqueline Klima of Philmont, N.Y.; sons, Lonnie Smith of Colorado Springs, Colo., Matthew Cahill of Clarkesville; sisters, Ellen Hammond, Opal Hammond, Martha Jean Johns, Darlena Church, Joy Dixon, Lynn Sims, all of Clarkesville, Josephine Nix of Gainesville; brothers, Talmadge Whitmire, Gerald Whitmire, Jerry Whitmire, all of Mt. Airy, Emmitt Whitmire of Demorest; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The family will receive friends at Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today, May 14. Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, is in charge of arrangements. The Northeast Georgian May 14, 2002