Gaines Etheridge

Gaines “Ro” Etheridge, age 86, of Dahlonega passed away Sunday, May 19, 2019.

Mr. Etheridge was born in Uriah, Alabama on January 27,1933 to the late John Roan and Ethel Wilson Etheridge.  In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Evelyn Thompson Etheridge, brothers Ralph Etheridge, and Lamar Etheridge, sisters Jewell Lowery, Mary Nell Norsworthy, Hazel Phillips, and Helen Sargent.  Mr. Etheridge was of the Baptist Faith.  He was retired from Prime Pump.  Mr. Etheridge was affectionately called “Pa” by his family.  He loved to hunt and fish.      

Survivors include his children Kenneth R. and Reatha Etheridge, Suches, Teresa Turner and Byron Blackburn, Dahlonega, Keith E. and Denise Etheridge, Dahlonega, and Margaret Etheridge, Murrayville; brother and sister-in-law Johnny Steve and Vera Etheridge, Dahlonega; sister Thelma Phillips, Alabama; sister and brother-in-law Margie and Richard Bohr, North Carolina; twelve grandchildren, twenty-three great-grandchildren, eight great-great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at the chapel of Anderson-Underwood Funeral Home.  The Rev. Lyman Caldwell and the Rev. Daniel Etheridge will officiate.  Interment will follow in Dahlonega Memorial Park.  The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Monday at the funeral home.

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Anderson-Underwood Funeral Home of Dahlonega