HABERSHAM COUNTY, GA -  OBITS   Southerland, George Perry

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J.C. Southerland  [deceased July 12, 2010]


Funeral services for George Perry Southerland, 75, of Powder
Springs, formerly of Demorest, were held at 3 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 14, at Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest,
with the Rev. Tom Mewborn and Don Reed officiating. Burial
followed in Yonah Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Southerland died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005, following an
extended illness. 

Mr. Southerland was born on April 5, 1930, in Habersham
County. He was the son of the late Perry James and May
Taylor Southerland.

He was a graduate of Demorest High School and attended North
Georgia Technical College. Mr. Southerland was a longtime
member of Demorest Baptist Church where he served as a
deacon. He was also a member of Clarkesville Masonic Lodge
No. 325 F&AM and was a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner. 

Mr. Southerland was a member of the Chattahoochee Mountain
Fair Board for five years. He was inspections coordinator
for DeKalb County for 29 years.

Survivors include his wife, Doris Vinson Southerland of
Powder Springs; daughter and son-in-law, Rita and Ralph W.
Connell of Marietta; sisters, Gladys Hallford of
Clarkesville, Evelyn Howard of Cornelia; brother, J.C.
Southerland of Cleveland; grandchildren, Calen, Lorna and
Cheryl Connell.

Memorials may be made to Demorest Baptist Church or to
Health Field Hospice of Marietta.

Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, was in
charge of arrangements.