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Lynn Hall Green

Lynn Hall Green

Oct 20, 2016

Ms. Mary Lynn Hall Green, 54, of Montevideo Road, Elberton, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2016, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Ms. Green was born in Elbert County on June 26, 1962, daughter of the late James Ward Hall and Barbara Maxwell Hall. She was a member of Assembly Temple in Starr, SC. Survivors include her children: Jennifer and Paul...

Mary  Catherine Barnhart

Mary Catherine Barnhart

Oct 20, 2016

Mrs. Mary Catherine Dodson Barnhart, 87, of Madison Blvd., Colbert, GA wife of the late Ralph Barnhart passed away Thursday, October 20, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Barnhart was born July 19, 1929 in Alexandria, VA to Emmett and Mary Dodson. She was a retired RN. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Trina and Jeff White of Colbert, GA, sons and...

Tommy Willis

Tommy Willis

Oct 18, 2016

Mr. Thomas M. “Tommy” Willis, Jr., 84, passed away at this home on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at 4:30p.m. Mr. Willis was born in Elbert County on January 23, 1932, the youngest son of the late Thomas M. Willis, Sr. and Zelma Dunbar Willis. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Elberton and the Earl Davis Sunday School...

Clifford Turman, Jr.

Clifford Turman, Jr.

Oct 15, 2016

Mr. Clifford Turman, Jr., 67, of Longstreet Rd., Elberton passed away Saturday, October 15, 2016 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Turman was born May 13, 1949 to Clifford Turman, Sr. and Frances A. Tyner Turman. He was a retired sandblaster in the granite industry and auto mechanic. Survivors include a son Greg Turman of Elberton, GA; daughter Tina Marie Nixon...

Laura Jennings Dickerson

Laura Jennings Dickerson

Oct 14, 2016

Mrs. Laura Lucille Jennings Dickerson, 70, of Ellen Street, Hartwell, wife of Ronnie Dickerson, passed away on Friday, October 14, 2016, at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta. Mrs. Dickerson was born September 19, 1946 in Anderson, SC to Drayton Kelly Jennings, Sr. and Lucille Grace Crawford Jennings. She was a member of River of Life Church in Hartwell and...

Sarah Beatrice Kinley

Sarah Beatrice Kinley

Oct 12, 2016

Mrs. Sarah Beatrice Welborn Kinley, 82, of Lindas Way Royston, GA wife of the late Henry Lee Kinley passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2016. Mrs. Linley was born September 8, 1934 in Royston, GA to Emmett Welborn and Alene Duckett Welborn. She was of the Baptist Faith and was a retired seamstress. Survivors include a son Keith Kinley of Royston,...

Magnettie Pless Burden

Magnettie Pless Burden

Oct 10, 2016

Mrs. Nancy ‘Magnettie’ Pless Burden, age 89, of Elberton, died at PruittHealth Spring Valley on Monday, October 10, 2016. She was a member of the Elberton Church of God. Magnettie was born in Stephens County on October 8, 1927, to John and Hannah Davis Pless. She is also preceded in death by seven brothers, two sisters, and her husband, Jim...

Harold Adams

Harold Adams

Oct 9, 2016

Mr. Emory ‘Harold’ Adams, age 96, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, October 9, 2016, at his residence on Highland Drive in Elberton, while holding the hand of his beloved wife of 73 1/2 years, Mrs. Doris Dallis Adams. Mr. Adams was born in the Pendergrass Community of Jackson County on July 27, 1920, the youngest son of the late...

Leon David  Dodds

Leon David Dodds

Oct 8, 2016

Mr. Leon David Dodds, 78, of Muddy Branch Rd., Canon, GA husband of Stella Prescott Pinner passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016 at his home. Mr. Dodds was born August 18, 1938 in New Creek, W.VA to the late Charlie M. Dodds and Leonora E. Henderson Dodds. He was a retired superintendent in the construction industry. Survivors include his wife...

Vollie Allen Burks

Vollie Allen Burks

Oct 6, 2016

Mr. Vollie Allen Burks, 68, of Poplar Springs Rd. Lavonia, GA husband of Brenda Boone Burks passed away Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Anmed Hospital in Anderson, SC. Mr. Burks was born November 24, 1947 in Clayton, GA to the late Vollie Henry Burks and Alma Burks. He was a retired custom van interior installer and a U.S. Navy veteran....

Barbara Jean Herndon

Barbara Jean Herndon

Oct 4, 2016

Mrs. Barbara Jean Nash Herndon, 76, of Calhoun Falls Highway, Elberton, wife of 48 years to the late Milton Herndon, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at her residence. Mrs. Herndon was born in Elbert County on June 4, 1940, daughter of the late Towns F. and Edna Louise Webb Nash. She was a homemaker and a member of...

Jimmy B. Butler

Jimmy B. Butler

Oct 2, 2016

Mr. Jimmy B. Butler, 85, of Dewy Rose, Georgia passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016 at St. Mary’s Hospice House. Mr. Butler was born in Elbert County to the late Joseph and Hilda Vickery Butler.He was married to Frances Dudley Butler, and would have celebrated 57 years of marriage later this month. Mr. Butler was a veteran of the United...

Neil C. Bonds

Neil C. Bonds

Oct 2, 2016

Mr. Neil C. Bonds, of Marietta, GA and formerly of Calhoun Falls, SC, entered into rest on Sunday, October 2, 2016, at WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center in Marietta, GA, at the age of 84. Mr. Bonds was born in Iva, SC, on December 11, 1931, son of the late Carroll Allen Bonds and Annie Mae Hutchison Bonds, and was...

Joseph Edwin Freeman, Jr.

Joseph Edwin Freeman, Jr.

Sep 25, 2016

Joseph Edwin Freeman, Jr., 77, of Dawson, formerly of Elberton, passed away at home on Sunday, September 25, 2016. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Herod Baptist Church, with interment to follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. A visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the service. Pastor Jack...

Andy Cornell

Andy Cornell

Sep 25, 2016

Mr. Horace Andrew “Andy” Cornell, 67, of Fork Creek Circle, Bowman, husband of 10 years to Juanita Wells Cornell, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2016, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Cornell was born in Elbert County on August 30, 1949, son of the late Horace Gerald and Sara Thornton Cornell. A 1967 graduate of Elbert County High School, Andy...

Carl "Sig" Jensen

Carl "Sig" Jensen

Sep 24, 2016

Carl “Sig” Jensen of Redan, Georgia passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2016. He was born in 1934 in Elberton, GA to the late Charles and Foy Jensen. He served in the United States Air Force for four years after high school, and he was stationed at several bases in the United States, as well as in Okinawa, Japan. After...

Jo Ellen Anderson-Giesbrecht

Jo Ellen Anderson-Giesbrecht

Sep 23, 2016

Mrs. Jo Ellen Anderson-Giesbrecht, 58, of Woodale Street, Hull, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Frances Bone Anderson and is survived by her husband of 24 years, Steve Giesbrecht of the home; children: Dylan Ross Giesbrecht of Colbert and Kelli Frances Giesbrecht of...

L.C. Turman

L.C. Turman

Sep 23, 2016

Mr. L.C. Turman, 87, of Parkman Road, Elberton, husband of 61 years to the late Jean Patterson Turman, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016, at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, SC. Mr. Turman was born in Elbert County on December 3, 1928, the last child of the late Robert Clarence Turman and Mary Bell Thomas Turman. He was a...

Terry Lamar Segars

Terry Lamar Segars

Sep 22, 2016

Mr. Terry Lamar Segars, 63, of Bond Avenue, Canon, GA, husband of Brenda Childs Segars, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016, at his home. Mr. Segars was born December 25, 1952, in Royston, GA, son of the late John N. Segars and Rosalie Smith Segars. He was a member Canon Church of God and was retired from the City of...

Phyllis Mary Davenport

Phyllis Mary Davenport

Sep 21, 2016

Mrs. Phyllis Mary McCarter Davenport, 79, of Almond Dr., Comer, GA wife of the late Bennett Wayne Davenport passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Davenport was born December 20, 1936 in Boyds Creek, TN to the late Walter Pleas McCarter and Dora McCarter. She was a retired nurse. Survivors include a son Bennett Wayne Davenport, II...

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