Obituaries
Ronald Glen Cleveland
Mar 12, 2017
Mr. Ronald Glen Cleveland, 62, of Dewy Rose, GA passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2017, at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center Gentiva Hospice. Mr. Cleveland was born February 21, 1955 to the late Walter Cleveland and Lillian Fleming Cleveland. Survivors include his sister Crystal Trotter of Dewy Rose, GA. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death...
Margaret Elizabeth Garner
Mar 7, 2017
Ms. Margaret Elizabeth Garner, 56, of Hartwell, Georgia passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. Ms. Garner was the daughter of late Jimmy Preston Garner and Evelyn Rosetta Gardner.She worked in the textile industry. Ms. Garner is survived by two daughters: Renee Oviedo of Athens, and Kristen Oviedo (Samuel) of Elberton; her step-father, Clifford Gardner of...
Grace Howell Veal
Mar 5, 2017
Mrs. Grace Howell Veal, 91, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. A native of Elbert County, Mrs. Veal was the daughter of the late Thomas J. Howell, Jr. and Ada Brown Howell.She worked throughout her career as a secretary for the Elbert County Board of Education. She was the wife ofthe late Connally...
Winton Latham Taylor
Mar 4, 2017
Mrs. Frances Winton Latham Taylor, 74, of Elberton, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2017in Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation Center.A native of Iva, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Carl Erskine and Bertha Brown Latham.In addition to her parents, Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by her husband, Derrell Taylor, after 27 years of marriage and her sister,...
Bessimae Rucker Cleveland
Mar 4, 2017
Mrs. Bessimae Rucker Cleveland, 92, of Elberton, wife of 52 years to the late Sidney Mailey Cleveland, entered into rest on Saturday, March 4, 2017, at Nancy Hart Nursing Center. Mrs. Cleveland was born in Elbert County on June 2, 1924, daughter of the late James Harrison Rucker and Lillian Burris Rucker. She was an avid bridge player and homemaker....
Doris Yarbrough Rucker
Mar 3, 2017
Mrs. Doris Marie Yarbrough Rucker, 90, of Elberton, wife of the late Charles Hulme Rucker, passed away on Friday, March 3, 2017, at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Rucker was born in Elbert County on January 12, 1927, daughter of the late Charles Olin Yarbrough and Nan Lewis Yarbrough. She was a homemaker and piano teacher for many years....
Roger Dale Payton
Feb 27, 2017
Mr. Roger Dale Payton, 74, of Harmony Rd., Elberton husband of Betty Motes Payton passed away Monday, February 27, 2017 at his home. Mr. Payton was born January 7, 1943 in Anderson, SC to the late Lawrence Payton and Vera McCurley Payton. He was a member of Concord United Methodist Church and was the retired owner-operator of Payton Granite Company....
Jannie Mae Allen Davis
Feb 24, 2017
Mrs. Jannie Mae Allen Davis, 102, of Atlanta, wife of the late Jim Davis, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2017, at AG Rhodes Health & Rehab at Wesley Woods in Atlanta. A native of Elberton, she was a nutritionist having retired from Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, and is survived by several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be...
Ray Burnette
Feb 22, 2017
Mr. James ‘Ray’ Burnette, 62, of Elberton, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at St. Mary’s Hospice House in Watkinsville. Mr. Burnette was born in Elbert County on April 15, 1954, son of the late James Hubert Burnette and Hollis Ashworth Burnette. He was a graduate of Elbert County High School and a member of Elberton Christian Church. Ray...
Leonard Troy Collins
Feb 22, 2017
Leonard Troy “Lennie” Collins passed at his residence on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, surrounded by his loving wife and family. Mr. Collins was a native of Stroh, Indiana, but as a young man relocated to Oglethorpe County, GA. He resided in Carlton, GA, and was a member of Millstone Baptist Church. Mr. Collins served in the United States Navy aboard...
Dennis Weldon Mann
Feb 21, 2017
Mr. Dennis Weldon Mann, 69, of Von Trina Drive, Elberton, husband of 51 years to Nancy Libby Mann, finished his course in faith on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at his residence following a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Mann was born in Elbert County on June 19, 1947, son of the late Charles Erskin Mann and Betty Todd...
Tommie Wesley Loftis
Feb 21, 2017
Mr. Tommie Wesley Loftis, 60, passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at Regency Hospital in Greenville, SC. Mr. Loftis was born August 22, 1956 in Greenwood, SC to J.T. Loftis and Mary Vivian Reed Loftis. He worked in the construction industry. Survivors include his wife: Dianna Lynn Moore Bridges; children: Phillip & Becky Bridges of Williamston, SC, Lee Bridges...
Allen "Frankie" James
Feb 20, 2017
Mr. Allen “Frankie” James, Jr., 68, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Monday, February 20, 2017 at Nancy Hart Nursing Home. Born in Atlanta, Mr. James was the son of the late Allen Franklin and Blanche Madden James.Mr. James was retired, after having worked in the landscaping business. Survivors include his daughter, Tammy Wilson and her husband, Shad, of Carnesville; two...
JoBeth Busby McCarty
Feb 19, 2017
Mrs. JoBeth Busby McCarty, 91,of Elberton, Georgia passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 19, 2017 atHeardmont Nursing Home. A native of Elbert County,Josephine Elizabeth was the daughter of the late Plummer Watson and Zelia Dixon Bubsy.JoBeth was the widow of Mr. Alton N. McCarty, having been his bride for 32 years.She did clerical work in the granite industry, having worked...
George P. Rosser
Feb 19, 2017
Mr. George Phillip Rosser, 88, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Sunday, February 19, 2017 at The Richard M. Campbell Veteran’s Nursing Home in Anderson, South Carolina. Mr. Rosser was born in Bowman, Georgia to the late Paul and Blanche Hall Rosser.He was a retired career veteran of the United States Army.Mr. Rosser was a 50-year member of The Masonic Lodge...
Dorris Vernon Snellings
Feb 18, 2017
Mr. Dorris Vernon Snellings, 92, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017 at his home. Mr. Snellings was born in Elbert County December 3, 1924 to the late Duncan H. and Madge S. Snellings.He served in the US Army Air Force 1943 where he served proudly and was honorably discharged in 1946. Mr. Snellings also served in the...
Mary Ann Williams
Feb 17, 2017
Ms. Mary Ann Smallwood Williams, 68, of Clarkesville, Georgia passed away Friday, February 17, 2017 at her daughter’s home. A native of LaGrange, Georgia, Ms. Williams was the daughter of the late Hanley Talton and Cora Fowler Smallwood.She worked throughout her life in the textile industry. Ms. Williams is survived by two children: Robert Bradley and his wife, Gina, of...
Dr. Harry J. Dunaway
Feb 17, 2017
Dr. Harry J. Dunaway, 85 of Owl Creek Rd., Comer, GA husband of Joy M. Bacon Dunaway passed away Friday February 17, 2017 at his home. Dr. Dunaway was born March 8, 1931 in Waycross, GA to the late Elwell and Sylvia Dunaway. He was of the Methodist faith, U.S. Navy veteran serving in the Korean War and was a...
Albert F. Price
Feb 13, 2017
Albert F. Price, 68, of Iva, husband of Norma Faye Evans Price, died Monday, February 13, 2017 at the Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, SC. He was born in Elbert County, GA to the late William Rufus Price and Georgia Mae Rice Price. Mr. Price was employed as a truck driver with J & M Tank Lines for 24 years...
Chandler Brooks Barton
Feb 12, 2017
Mr. Chandler Brooks Barton, son of the late Herman and Thelma Barton, was born January 6, 1934 in Elberton, Georgia. He went home to be with the Lord on February 12th, 2017. Chandler grew up in Elberton, Georgia and never forgot his childhood town where he was the high school quarterback for the Elberton Blue Devils. Those who got to...
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