Funeral services for Elmina Worley Gosnell, age 84 of Clarkesville, will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Unity Baptist Church with Rev. Marty Kilby and Rev. Kenny Kilby, officiating. Interment will follow the service in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 from 6-8 PM.
Mrs. Gosnell passed away on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
Born in Habersham County on May 18, 1940, Mrs. Gosnell was the daughter of the late Jock Worley and the late Lois Welborn Worley Whitworth. She was retired from North Georgia Technical College, where she was the cafeteria manager, and she also worked for several years at Clarkesville Knitting Mill. Mrs. Gosnell loved fishing and was an avid gardener. She and her late husband, Harold, also were contract growers for Fieldale for over 35 years. Mrs. Gosnell was a loving mother and grandmother; her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were the center of her world. She was a member and a servant of Unity Baptist Church in Clarkesville.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gosnell is preceded in death by her husband, Harold Gosnell, brothers Garrison Worley, Arthur Worley, C.T. Worley, and Swain Worley, and sisters Elizabeth Whitworth, Gertrude Kinney, and Doris Gragg.
Survivors include sons and daughters in law Doug and Brenda Gosnell, John and Fran Gosnell, and Hoyt and Christy Gosnell all of Clarkesville, daughter and son in law Donna and Tim Evans of Clarkesville, brother and sister in law Morris and Glenda Worley of Clarkesville, sister and brother in law Maxine and Danny Nicholson of Clarkesville, grandchildren Michael Gosnell (Hillary), Jock Gosnell (Kellie), T.J. Evans (Kristen), Kyle Evans (Kayla), Glenn Gosnell (Kristen), Brian Gosnell (Kelly), Drew Gosnell (Mckensie) and Lindsey Savage (Jonah), great grandchildren Kelsie Hanley, Kylee Evans, Kaci Evans, Kenzie Evans, Dawson Evans, Kade Evans, Ella Claire Gosnell, Emma Gosnell, Emily Gosnell, Grace Gosnell, Easton Gosnell, Cooper Gosnell and Madeline Gosnell, as well as numerous extended family members and friends.
An online guestbook is available and may be viewed at HillsideMemorialChapel.com.
Arrangements are in the care and professional direction of Hillside Memorial Chapel & Gardens, Clarkesville. 706-754-6256
