Obituaries
Kathleen Stanford Spivey
January 18, 2017
SAVANNAH – Kathleen Stanford Spivey, 88, died Wednesday, January 18, 2017. A native of Claxton, GA, she was the daughter of the late George Gray Stanford, Sr. and Kathleen McKenzie Stanford. Kathleen was an honor graduate of Claxton high school, class of 1945, where she was a school bus driver in 1944-1945. Following high school she moved to Savannah and...
Richard Franklin Layfield
January 18, 2017
Richard Franklin Layfield, age 74, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2017. Mr. Layfield was a native and resident of Milledgeville. He was retired from G&S Gas after spending over 40 years in the propane business. He was a founding member of the East Baldwin Fire Department and a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was a member and...
Avery Lee Mccurley, Sr.
January 17, 2017
Mr. Avery Lee McCurley, Sr., 72, of Eastanollee School Rd., Eastanollee, GA husband of Bonnie Marie Bollinger McCurley passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at his home. Mr. McCurley was born April 7, 1944 in Seneca, SC to the late Rev. Marvin McCurley and Wilma Reynolds McCurley. He was of the Christian Faith, a Vietnam Veteran serving in the U.S....
Richard Charlie Cox
January 16, 2017
Mr. Richard Charlie Cox, 74, of Shallow Creek Rd., Elberton passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at his home. Mr. Cox was born November 25, 1942 in Athens, GA to the late Charlie Richard Cox and Sally Bell Cox. Survivors include his daughter Amanda Cox and a grandson Charlie William Cox. Mr. Cox's wishes were to be cremated and no...
Mary Frances Vernon Taylor
January 13, 2017
Mrs. Mary Frances Vernon Taylor, 85, of Hartwell, wife of the late Howard O. Taylor, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2017, at Hartwell Health and Rehab. Mrs. Taylor was born in Stephens County on June 21, 1931, daughter of the late Frank and Addie Howell Vernon. She was a member of Vanna United Methodist Church and a former member...
Ruby Pauline Davis
January 12, 2017
Mrs. Ruby Pauline Strickland Davis, 85, of Dr. George Ward Rd., Elberton wife of the late James Edward Davis, Sr. passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Davis was born February 4, 1931 in Brunswick, GA daughter of the late Harry Andrew Strickland and Mae Belle Odum Jerrod. She was a member of Falling Creek Baptist...
John A. Mattox
January 11, 2017
Mr. John A. Mattox, 60, of Lexington, Georgia passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mr. Mattox was born in Elberton, Georgia to Milton Parks Mattox and Annie Ruth Gunter Mattox.He was the husband of Linda Johnson Mattox, having celebrated 16 years of marriage together.Mr. Mattox worked throughout his life in the granite industry, and was...
Joseph "Joe" Francis Goodman, Iii
January 11, 2017
Mr. Joseph Francis “Joe” Goodman, III, 76, of Anderson Highway, Hartwell, husband of Patricia Jordan Goodman, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Goodman was born in Newark, New Jersey on May 15, 1940, son of the late Joseph Francis Goodman, Jr. and Clara Hull Goodman. He was a retired machinist having worked at Reliance...
Juanita Peck Kidd
January 11, 2017
Mrs. Juanita Peck Kidd, 66, of Seymour Rd., Bowman, GA wife of Roger Kidd passed away suddenly Wednesday, January 11, 2017. Mrs. Kidd was born February 10, 1950 in Dahlonega, GA to Roy Lee Peck and Nell Bowers Peck. She was a member of Rehoboth Baptist Church and was a retired machine operator from Johnson and Johnson. Survivors include her...
Mark Thomas Carey
January 10, 2017
Mr. Mark Thomas Carey, 57, of Viola Winn Dr., Royston, GA passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at Piedmont Hospital in Athens, GA. Mr. Carey was born May 6, 1959 in Atlanta, GA to Jimmy Asbury Carey and Peggy Lynn Kay Carey. He was a member of Royston Church of God and was a Registered Nurse for Cobb Memorial and...
Charles Morris Turman
January 10, 2017
Mr. Charles Morris Turman, 70, of Parker St. Elberton, GA passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at his home. Mr. Turman was born April 17, 1946 in Elberton, GA to Clifford Turman, Sr. and Frances Tyner Turman. Survivors include sons: Charles Randy Turman of Elberton, GA, David Turman of Elberton, GA, daughter: Melissa Turman Fleeman of Elberton, GA; half-son James...
Rosie "Granny" Cochran
January 10, 2017
Mrs. Rosie "Granny" Marie Albritton Cochran, 84, of Starrs Bridge Rd., Canon, GA wife of the late Tate Cochran passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Cochran was born November 6, 1932 in Ft. Meade, FL to Charlie Albritton and Dillie Rimes Keen. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Ft. Meade and was a...
Gladys Shiflet Fleming
January 8, 2017
Mrs. Gladys Christine Shiflet Fleming, 88, formerly of Lincolnton Hwy., Elberton wife of the late Jule Andrew Fleming passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Country Manor Personal Care Home in Tignall, GA. Mrs. Fleming was born March 19, 1928 in Anderson, SC to Wes Shiflet and Marie Shiflet Ballard. She was a member of Flatwoods Pentecostal Holiness Church and...
Johnny Herschel Smith
January 7, 2017
Mr. Johnny Herschel Smith of Elberton, GA., passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at his home. A native of Elbert County, Mr. Smith was the son of the late Henry Hitt and Esther Davis Smith.He was born on December 7, 1941.He was retired from law enforcement, and had worked for both the Elberton Police Department and the Elbert County...
Ramie L. Mann
January 5, 2017
Mr. Ramie Loden Mann, 98, of Hoschton, formerly of Elberton, passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2017. Mr. Mann was born in Madison County on June 16, 1918, son of the late Eugene Mann and Dena Sorrow Mann. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Elberton and a US Air Force Veteran. He owned and operated Elberton Office...
Julian Frank "Chunk" Wilson
January 5, 2017
Mr. Julian Frank “Chunk” Wilson, 91, of N. Hulin Avenue, Tignall, husband of 66 years to the late Helen McAvoy Wilson, passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2017, at Nancy Hart Nursing Center. Mr. Wilson was born in Wilkes County on September 25, 1925, son of the late Claude Dewey Wilson and Sallie Mae Johnson Wilson. He and his brother,...
Rose Smith Todd
January 4, 2017
Mrs. Amanda Rose Smith Todd, 54, of Melody Lane, Elberton, wife of 35 years to Ricky J. Todd, passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening, January 4, 2017, at her residence following a courageous 7 1/2 year battle with cancer. Mrs. Todd was born in Elberton on September 11, 1962, daughter of Barbara Lester Smith Rice and the late Hugh Alexander...
Charles Segars
January 3, 2017
Mr. Charles Segars, 76, of Deadwyler Rd., Elberton passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at St. Mary's Hospice House. Mr. Segars was born July 6, 1940 in Hartwell, GA to Henry Segars and Lois Lawrence Segars. He was a retired sandblaster in the granite industry and a U.S. Army Veteran. He is survived by his siblings Linda Odell of Elberton,...
Joan Walker Rogers
January 2, 2017
Mrs. Joan Walker Rogers, 87, of Old Middleton Road, Elberton, wife of the late Clifford Walter Rogers, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2017, at Nancy Hart Nursing Center. Mrs. Rogers was born in Cookeville, TN on July 4, 1929, daughter of the late Lee Walker and the late Lou Annie Riddle Walker. She was a retired secretary having worked...
James Allen Mathews
January 1, 2017
Mr. James Allen Mathews, 71, of Eades Road, Carlton, husband of 48 years to Janelle Stewart Mathews, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2017, at Northridge Health and Rehabilitation Center in Commerce. Mr. Mathews was born in the Glade Community of Oglethorpe County on April 29, 1945, son of the late Philip David Mathews and Janie Elizabeth Allgood Mathews. He...
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