Obituaries
Steve Rufus Mealor
March 19, 2017
Mr. Steve Rufus Mealor, 78, of Rock Creek Rd., Toccoa, GA passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 at his home. Mr. Mealor was born November 24, 1938 in Stephens County, GA to John Mealor and Eureka Massey Mealor. He was a retired school bus driver. Survivors include son Wayne Mealor of Toccoa, GA; daughter and son-in-law Wanda and Johnny Fowler...
Paul Charles O'Brien
March 18, 2017
Mr. Paul Charles O'Brien, 73 of Brookside Ave., Athens, GA passed away Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Nancy Hart Nursing Home. Mr. O'Brien was born March 17, 1944 in Gary, IN to the late Donald O'Brien and Ruth Leady O'Brien. He was a retired accountant at Williams Printing. Mr. O'Brien wishes were to be cremated and no services are planned...
Donna Lynn Mize Childs
March 17, 2017
Mrs. Donna Lynn Mize Childs, 57, of Parkwood Drive, Elberton, wife of Steve Lanier Childs, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2017, at her residence. Mrs. Childs was born in Elbert County on May 1, 1959, daughter of the late Robert Wilford “Butch” Mize, Jr. and Martha Judy Fain Mize. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist...
Bruce Hamilton, Jr.
March 17, 2017
Bruce Hamilton Jr., age 80, of Bristol, Va., went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 17, 2017 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was born November 8, 1936 in Bristol, Va., a son of the late Bill and Eula Bellamy Hamilton. Bruce was a lifelong resident of the Bristol area. He retired from Univac where he was a...
Ima Nell Hufstetler
March 13, 2017
Mrs. Ima Nell Owen Hufstetler, 92, of E. Tate Street, Elberton, wife of 45 years to the late Loy Leander Hufstetler, entered into rest on Monday, March 13, 2017, at her residence. Mrs. Hufstetler was born in Elbert County on September 18, 1924, daughter of the late John Shannon Owen, Sr. and Iva Druecilla McGee Owen. She was a graduate...
Lenora Anderson
March 12, 2017
Mrs. Lenora Bond Anderson, 90, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Spring Valley Nursing Home. A native of Elbert County, Mrs. Anderson was the daughter of the late Holcomb and Julia McMullen Bond.She was married to the late Kurt Anderson.Mrs. Anderson worked in the textile industry. She later worked as a secretary for Woodmen of the...
Ronald Glen Cleveland
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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...
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