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The family will be holding a memorial service on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 3pm in the chapel of McDonald and Son Funeral Home.   Complete obituary to follow...

David Prescott McDonald, 71 of Cumming, Georgia passed away on Thursday, July 29, 2021.     He was born on October 13, 1949 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Dan Edward and Elizabeth Prescott McDonald. David was a graduate of Briar Cliff High School and attended The University of Georgia where he received a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration.  He was a member of the Phi Delta Gamma fraternity.  He went on to receive a Masters Degree from the University of...

Karen Fries Gormley 64, of Cumming, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, July 28th, 2021 (Full obituary to follow) A celebration of life service will be held on Thursday, August 5th, 2021 at 1:00pm in the chapel of McDonald and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Boling officiating. In lieu of flowers please make a donation in Karen's name to the Human Society of Forsyth County.

May 17, 1957 ~ July 28, 2021  Karen Fries Gormley 64, of Cumming, Georgia passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Wednesday, July 28th, 2021 after a courageous battle with cancer. Karen was born on May 17, 1957 to Karl Alexander Fries & Florence Monroe Fries in Atlanta, GA and was the third child of five siblings. Karen went to Elementary School at DF McClatchy, Dykes High in Atlanta and her family moved to Cumming in 1973. She attended and was a graduate of Forsyth County...

James Joseph McNutt "Jim" Retired 1st Sgt. US Marine Corps. gained his heavenly wings 1-26-2021 after a long illness and heart failure. He is to be cremated and placed in the National Veterans Cemetery in Canton, Ga. As per his request, there will not be a Memorial Service. However, please, PLEASE make a donation of ANY amount to his favorite 5013C charities: Basset Hound Rescue of Ga, Inc. (bhrg.org) and/or dawsoncountyhumanesociety.org. Thank you for all the prayers, thoughts and...

Phyllis Joanne (“Jo”) Freligh Sadler was born on April 17, 1927 to Clifton Wilder Freligh and Eunice Pynchon Freligh of Angola, Indiana, the youngest of 6 siblings. The family moved to Ohio, and then to St. Petersburg, Fl where “Jo” later met and married Donald H. Sadler in 1943, and remained so until her beloved “Don” passed in September of 2003. Jo was devoted first to God, then to her husband and children. She also spent her life worshiping with,...

On July 25, 2021, William Donald Simmons, father of two, passed away at age 81 in Cumming, Georgia. Don, as he was known, was born on September 12, 1939, in Jacksonville, Florida, to Eva C. Simmons and John Henry Simmons. He graduated from the University of Florida, and worked for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services for thirty years. He began his career at Social Security Administration’s management intern program, where he met Jane Hoagland and married her on February...

Earl Carter Clemons, age 84, died peacefully on July 24th, 2021 after a brief illness.  Carter was born on November 3, 1936 in Chattanooga, TN to Earl M. and Marjorie I. (Carter) Clemons and spent his childhood on Lookout Mountain.  After graduating from Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, TN, he went on to attend the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga. He also served in the U.S. Army and was stationed for a time in Germany.  In 1964, he married Patricia Luke...

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