Obituaries

Jean Szkenderovics Caminer

Jean Szkenderovics Caminer

January 6, 2015

Jean Szkenderovics Caminer, 95, of Athens, GA widow of the late Edward L. Caminer passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Hill Haven Nursing Home in Commerce, GA. Mrs. Caminer was born April 7, 1919 in Derbrecen, Hungary to the late Thomas Szkenderovics and Malvin Weszter. She was a professional tennis player and homemaker. Left to cherish her memories are...

Myrtle Mcgill Gunter

Myrtle Mcgill Gunter

January 4, 2015

Mrs. Myrtle McGill Gunter, 94, of Dewy Rose, formerly of Danburg, wife of the late Will Gunter, passed away on Sunday, January 04, 2015, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Gunter was born in Lincoln County on October 4, 1920, to the late William Fred McGill and Louise Harper McGill. She was a member of Beulah Baptist Church and a...

Donna Kay Queen Butler

Donna Kay Queen Butler

January 3, 2015

Mrs. Donna Kay Queen Butler, 51, of Adam King Road, Winterville, wife of the late James Clayton Butler, passed away on Saturday, January 03, 2015, at the home of her parents. Mrs. Butler was born on February 02, 1963, in Clarke County to Jimmy Stewart Queen and Sandra Rose Edmondson Queen. She was a homemaker and a member of High...

Alice Ruth Collins Papendick

Alice Ruth Collins Papendick

January 2, 2015

Ms. Alice ‘Ruth’ Collins LaMedica Papendick, 78, of Elberton, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 2, 2015, at Elbert Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. Ms. Papendick was born in Bowman on July 31, 1936, to the late Tom W. Collins and Mildred Dickerson Collins. She was a retired seamstress having worked at Elberton Manufacturing Company and was a member...

Lena Ruth Dye

Lena Ruth Dye

January 1, 2015

Mrs. Lena Ruth Dye, 94, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Thursday, January 1, 2015, at Wellstar Hospice Tranquility at Kennesaw Mountain, Marietta, Ga. Lena was born in Walton County Georgia on March 24, 1920 to the late Amy Dobbs and William W. Jones.She was married to the late George Clark Dye. She was retired from Curtis 1000 Printing Company where...

Patricia Bridges Carter

Patricia Bridges Carter

January 1, 2015

Mrs. Lillian Patricia "Pat" Bridges Carter, formerly of Tate Street, Elberton, wife of the late Wayne Carter, passed away on Thursday, January 1, 2015, in Harrison, Georgia. Mrs. Carter was born November 11, 1941 in Montrose, GA to the late Herbert L. Bridges, Sr. and Clemmie Lillian Lord Bridges. Left to cherish her memories are her son James Burt Thompson,...

Robert Verlyn Akins

Robert Verlyn Akins

January 1, 2015

Mr. Robert Verlyn Akins, 76, of Akins-Lunsford Road, Canon, GA husband of Mary Frances Phillips Akins, passed away on Thursday, January 1, 2015, at his residence. Mr. Akins was born April 7, 1938 in Hart County, GA to the late Lee Akins and Bertha Jordan Akins. He was a U.S. Army Veteran where he served three years in Korea and...

Doria Hambrick Finley

Doria Hambrick Finley

December 30, 2014

Mrs. Doria Hambrick Finley, 57, of Cokesbury Highway, Hartwell, wife of Bobby Michael Finley, passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2014, at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson. Mrs. Finley was born June 25, 1957 in Royston, GA to the late Opel Hambrick and Lizzie Brown Hambrick. Left to cherish her memories are her husband Bobby Michael Hambrick; daughters Rita Thomas...

Charles Lewis Turner

Charles Lewis Turner

December 28, 2014

Mr. Charles Lewis Turner, 78, of Thomas Street, Elberton, husband of the late June Boyd Turner, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2014, at The Oaks in Athens. Mr. Turner was born in Oglethorpe County on March 25, 1936, to the late Jack L. and Ethel Kidd Turner. He was a salesman for 20 years having worked with Weatherly Furniture...

Ernestine "Tenny" Gunter Hall

Ernestine "Tenny" Gunter Hall

December 27, 2014

Mrs. Ernestine "Tenny" Gunter Hall, age 79, of Hickory Drive, Elberton, wife of 29 years to the late William Arthur Hall, ended her journey of life on Saturday, December 27, 2014, to be in the arms of her Lord and Savior. Born on February 15, 1935, in Oglethorpe County, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Lucy Mae...

Charles Danny Richardson

Charles Danny Richardson

December 26, 2014

Mr. Charles Danny Richardson, 69, of Elberton passed away Friday, December 26, 2014, at his home. Danny was born in Elberton, on July 11, 1945, to the late Martha Mann and Charles Howard Richardson. He was married to his wife, Carol Floyd Richardson, of seven years.He was a veteran of the United States Army, and a member of Elberton First...

Mayson Hubbard

Mayson Hubbard

December 26, 2014

Mr. B. Mayson Hubbard, 74, of Jaudon Road, Elberton, husband of the late Martha Warren Hubbard, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2014, at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson. Mr. Hubbard was born in the Goosepond Community of Oglethorpe County on January 26, 1940, to the late Ruffin and Nelle Thornton Hubbard. He was the owner/operator of Hubbard Sandblasting where...

Roberta Collins Craft

Roberta Collins Craft

December 25, 2014

Mrs. Roberta Collins Craft passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2014 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Roberta was born on January 29, 1951 in Mobile Alabama to the late Eddie Mae and Robert E. Butts. She was married to the late Jack Craft. Roberta was a Registered Nurse where she practiced her skill at Elbert Memorial Hospital and the Franklin County...

Steve Scarborough

Steve Scarborough

December 25, 2014

Mr. Thomas Stevenson Scarborough, 77, of 1707 Washington Highway, Elberton, GA, husband of Monte Sue Smith Scarborough, passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, SC. Mr. Scarborough was born in Elbert County on May 15, 1937, to the late Henry & Fannie Mae Scarborough. He was an entrepreneur. His business was Scarborough’s Used...

Mae Saxon Rampey

Mae Saxon Rampey

December 24, 2014

Mrs. Bertha Mae Saxon Rampey, 81, of Brookside Drive, Elberton, wife of 65 years to Charles Rawson Rampey, passed away on Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Rampey was born in Elbert County on January 5, 1933, to the late Louis Richard Saxon and Rona Bell Hall Saxon. She was a retired waitress having worked at the...

Carl John Capobianco

Carl John Capobianco

December 24, 2014

Carl J. Capobianco, formerly of Billerica, Wilmington, Andover, North Andover, and Vero Beach, FL, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2014, at the age of 88. Carl was born in Boston, MA; he was the beloved son of the late Ralph and Antoinette(Chicariello) Capobianco. Carl is lovingly survived by his children Carlene Capobianco of Georgia and Ralph (Chip) Capobianco &...

Rick Walter Goletz

Rick Walter Goletz

December 16, 2014

Mr. Rick Walter Goletz, 62, of Norris Webb Drive, Elberton, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Goletz was born in Hamtramck, Michigan, on November 13, 1952, to the late Walter Goletz and Marion Thornton Adkins. He worked in the granite industry, was of the Catholic faith, and was a member of the Elberton Moose Lodge....

Helen Holloman Bailey

Helen Holloman Bailey

December 15, 2014

Winterville, GA - Helen Bailey, 85, died December 15, 2014. Born in Carlton, she was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Ruby Gunter Holloman, her brother, Bud Holloman and her grandson, Phillip Hancock. Mrs. Bailey, together with her late husband of 66 years, A.L. Bailey, owned and operated Baileys Restaurant for over 15 years. Mrs. Bailey was a...

Donna Marie Dempski

Donna Marie Dempski

December 9, 2014

Mrs. Donna Marie Szoke Dempski, 66, of Athens Highway, Elberton, wife of Leonard Richard Dempski, passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Dempski was born July 10, 1948 in Brunswick, New Jersey to the late John Andrew Szoke, Sr. and Violet Cottrell Szoke. She was a assistant for Magnolia Estates of Elberton. Left to cherish her...

Carolyn Christine Rousey Johnson

Carolyn Christine Rousey Johnson

December 8, 2014

Mrs. Carolyn Christine Rousey Johnson, 66, of Pine Hill Drive, Elberton, wife of Jerry L. Johnson, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2014, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Johnson was born in Madison County on June 8, 1948, to the late Floyd and Lucy Smith Rousey. She was retired from Northeast Georgia Bank having worked as a teller and...