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Robert Daniel Rhodes

Robert Daniel Rhodes

Dec 26, 2024

Mr. Robert Daniel “Dan” Rhodes, 67, of Indian Hill Road, Elberton, passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2024, at Nancy Hart Nursing Center. 

Mr. Rhodes was born in Elbert County on August 11, 1957, son of the late Thomas Swift Rhodes and Sarah Rachel Vaughn Rhodes. He was a graduate of Elbert County High School and worked in the granite quarry...

Brian Richard Fitzpatrick

Brian Richard Fitzpatrick

Dec 25, 2024

Mr. Brian Richard Fitzpatrick, 72, of Macon, GA, passed away on Christmas Day 2024, at Northside Hospital Forsyth in Cumming, GA. 

Brian was born in Tamaqua, PA on March 12, 1952, son of the late John Edward Fitzpatrick and Vanda Alvesta Oakes Fitzpatrick, and is a longtime member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Macon. He was a graduate of Willingham...

Thomas Lee Moon, Jr.

Thomas Lee Moon, Jr.

Dec 23, 2024

Mr. Thomas Lee Moon, Jr., 64, of Elberton, husband of Portia Williams Moon, passed away on Monday, December 23, 2024, at his residence. 

Mr. Moon was born in Elberton on June 24, 1960, son of Clara Perrin Moon and the late Thomas Lee Moon, Sr. He was a crane operator having worked in the granite industry.

Surviving, along with his wife and...

Terry Dock Dalton

Terry Dock Dalton

Dec 23, 2024

Terry D. Dalton ran his final run and crossed the finish line as a winner at Jesus feet on Monday, December 23, 2024.

Terry was the owner of 3D Tops. He had a lifelong passion for stock car and drag racing. He was an extremely gifted cabinet maker. He invested many years in manufacturing at Eaton Corporation and Caterpillar. Though cars...

Annie Vivian Campbell

Annie Vivian Campbell

Dec 22, 2024

Miss Annie 'Vivian' Campbell, 99, of Elberton, passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2024, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. 

Miss Campbell was born in Atlanta on July 8, 1925, daughter of the late Warren T. Campbell and Ethel Williamson. She was secretary having retired from Coca-Cola and a lifelong farmer. Vivian was a member of Bethlehem Methodist Church. 

She is survived by a...

Daniel Dean Berkland, Sr.

Daniel Dean Berkland, Sr.

Dec 18, 2024

Daniel Dean Berkland Sr. age 69, of Elberton, GA passed away on Wednesday, December 18th, 2024. 

Anyone who knew him would agree that Dan made the world a better place and he will be sorely missed. Dan was born in Wahoo, Nebraska, the son of Orlan and Betty Berkland. He was a respected and loved member of the Elbert County School...

Roy Clyde Hartley

Roy Clyde Hartley

Dec 18, 2024

Roy Clyde Hartley, 90, of Elberton, GA passed away peacefully at his home on December 18, 2024.

Mr. Hartley was born on September 21,1934, in Satsuma, AL to the late Claude Carroll Hartley and Shellie Buzbee Hartley-Glover. He was married in 1957 to Jean Beal Hartley with whom he celebrated 56 years of marriage before her death in 2013. He graduated...

Ray Jackson Mills

Ray Jackson Mills

Dec 18, 2024

Mr. Ray Jackson Mills, 79, of Elberton, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at Heardmont Nursing Home. 

Mr. Mills was born in Elberton on April 1, 1945, joining six older siblings and completing the family of Joseph Jackson “Jack” Mills and Ruth Lurleen Chandler Mills. He worked as a sandblaster in the granite industry before gaining employment at Rocky River...

Linda Faye Burney Maxwell

Linda Faye Burney Maxwell

Dec 16, 2024

Mrs. Linda Faye Burney Maxwell, 76, of Brewers Mill Road, Elberton, wife of the late Fred Maxwell, Jr., passed away on Monday, December 16, 2024, at her residence. 

Mrs. Maxwell was born in Elberton on March 5, 1948, daughter of the late Flem Frank Burney, Jr. and Evelyn Rice Burney. She was a supervisor having retired from Dixon Mills. 

Surviving are two...

Baby Girl Iris Éire Fields

Baby Girl Iris Éire Fields

Dec 16, 2024

Baby Girl Iris Éire Fields passed peacefully in the arms of her parents on Monday, December 16, 2024. She was born ‪at 12:00p.m. and met the eyes of Jesus ‪at 12:23p.m. the same day. At 1lb, 8oz, and 12 inches long, her tiny body was just too perfect for this world. 

Iris is the beloved daughter of Kristopher Michael Fields and...

George Marshall Carroll

George Marshall Carroll

Dec 15, 2024

George Marshall Carroll of Elberton died peacefully on December 15, 2024.

He was born on December 26, 1937, in Red Hill, Franklin County Georgia, the only son of the late Holman Preston and Ruth Bryant Carroll. He lived most of his adult life in Norcross, GA until moving to Elberton, GA in 2002. In 1959, he met the love of his...

Betty Jo Johnson Miller

Betty Jo Johnson Miller

Dec 13, 2024

Mrs. Betty Jo Johnson Miller, 88, of Coldwater Road, Elberton, wife of the late Thomas Tompkins Miller, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2024, at her granddaughter’s home in Elberton. 

Born in Elberton on May 28, 1936, Betty was the second of seven children born to Hubert Herman “Jack” Johnson, Sr. and Ida Elizabeth Bryant Johnson Shaw. Her love of children...

Donald Eugene Trotter

Donald Eugene Trotter

Dec 13, 2024

Mr. Donald Eugene “Donnie” Trotter, 69, of Calhoun Road, Dewy Rose, husband of 35 years to Crystal Faith Cleveland Trotter, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2024. 

Donnie was born in Elberton on November 15, 1955, son of the late Earl Junior Trotter and Betty Jo Blackmon Trotter. He was a retired carpet installer. 

Survivors include his wife, Crystal; children: Joshua Trotter,...

Henry Franklin Taylor

Henry Franklin Taylor

Dec 12, 2024

Mr. Henry Franklin “HT” Taylor, 98, of Elberton, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at Pruitt Heath Care at Spring Valley. 

Mr. Taylor was born in Toccoa, GA on April 18, 1926, son of the late Alverne and Sally Wheeler Taylor. He lived in the Atlanta area for many years and worked as a maintenance supervisor. He was a resident...

Sammy Joel Watkins

Sammy Joel Watkins

Dec 11, 2024

Mr. Sammy Joel Watkins, 65, of S. Oliver St. Elberton, GA passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at his home.

Mr. Watkins was born March 25, 1959 in Toccoa, GA to Joel Carson Watkins, Sr. and Mary Nell Kellar Simmons. He was a handyman who could fix anything.

He is survived by son: Tracy Joel Watkins and his wife Stephanie Hobbs Watkins,...

Bruce Gardner Lasley

Bruce Gardner Lasley

Dec 10, 2024

Mr. Bruce Gardner Lasley, 71, of Tignall, GA died Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at his residence. 

Mr. Lasley was born in Reidsville, NC on January 3, 1953, son of the late Joe Cephus Lasley and Nancy Jane Gardner Lasley. He is also preceded in death by his son, John Michael Lasley and sister, Alice Victoria Lasley. He was a veteran having...

Brenda Rachel Brooks Parham

Brenda Rachel Brooks Parham

Dec 10, 2024

Mrs. Brenda Rachel Brooks Parham, 83, of Nickville Road, Elberton, wife of 62 years to the late Earnest Truitt "Earnie" Parham, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at her residence with her family at her side. 

Brenda and her twin sister, Linda Ruth, were born on May 23, 1941, in Oglethorpe County, joining three older brothers and completing the...

Geraldyn "Gerrie" Gaines Bessinger

Geraldyn "Gerrie" Gaines Bessinger

Dec 8, 2024

Mrs. Geraldyn “Gerrie” Gaines Bessinger, of W. Tate Street, Elberton, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 8, 2024, at her daughter’s home in Barnesville, Georgia. She was 93. 

Geraldyn and her twin sister, Jacquelyn, were born in Elberton on March 8, 1931, and grew up in the Rock Branch Community. She married the love of her life, Sydney Earl “Buck” Bessinger...

Patricia Ann Jordan Goodman

Patricia Ann Jordan Goodman

Dec 5, 2024

Mrs. Patricia Ann Jordan Goodman, 75, of Anderson Highway, Hartwell, wife of 49 years to the late Joseph Francis Goodman, III, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at Nancy Hart Nursing Center.

Mrs. Goodman was born in Toms River, NJ on April 23, 1949, daughter of the late Larry Jordan and Ruth Thornton Jordan. She was a homemaker and a...

Deborah Virginia Allen Holland

Deborah Virginia Allen Holland

Dec 5, 2024

Ms. Deborah Virginia Allen Holland, 72, of Evergreen Drive, Elberton, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. 

Ms. Holland was born in Elberton on August 9, 1952, daughter of the lake Viyses Allen and Robert Willis Allen. Deborah touched many lives during her work as a home healthcare provider. She loved playing bingo and dancing. An avid...

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