Obituaries

Robert Neal Snyder
February 28, 2014
Mr. Robert Neal Snyder, 77, of Elberton, Georgia, passed away Friday, February 28, 2014 at his home 3991 Cooter Creek Road. Mr. Snyder was born in New York, on September 15, 1936. He is survived by one brother Donald Snyder of Fla., several children and grand children. A private memorial service will be held by family at a later date....
Frances E. Davis
February 26, 2014
Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Johnson Davis, 78, of Petersburg Towers, Elberton, Georgia passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Davis was born in Wilkes County to the late Ralph Thomas and Janie Lee Davis Johnson.She was widowed after 33 years of marriage to the late Thomas Ray Davis.Mrs. Davis worked as a seamstress for Elberton Manufacturing before...
Mary Lilla Tucker Maxwell
February 26, 2014
Mrs. Mary Tucker "Ma Mary" Maxwell, 92, of Elberton, passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Maxwell was born in Washington, Georgia on March 25, 1921, to the late Shelton Tucker and the late Almeta Tucker Mann. She was married to the love of her life, the late Thomas Frank "Pa Tot" Maxwell. Mrs. Maxwell...
Bridgette Saxon Davis
February 24, 2014
Mrs. Bridgette Estelle Saxon Davis, 35, of Whites Chapel Road, Elberton, wife of Jeremy Adam Davis, passed away suddenly on Monday, February 24, 2014, at her residence. Bridgette was born in Franklin County on November 17, 1978, daughter of Barbara Higginbotham Fortson and the late William Ward Saxon. She was a graduate of Elbert County High School, a homemaker, and...

Vassie Hart Collins
February 23, 2014
Vassie Hart Collins, 86, of Anderson, South Carolina passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at Ellenburg Nusring Center in Anderson, South Carolina. Mrs. Collins was born in Anderson, South Carolina June 23, 1927 to the late Lewis Chappel Hart and Josephine Arnold Hart. She was a homemaker. Left to cherish her memories are her children Tammy Smith of Liberty, South...
Eric Higginbotham
February 23, 2014
Mr. John Eric Higginbotham, 54, of Middleton Church Road, Elberton, husband of Lisa Anderson Higginbotham, passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2014, in Mount Airy, North Carolina as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Mr. Higginbotham was born on May 29, 1959, in Texas to Faye Dixon McCannon and the late Milford Howard Higginbotham. He was the...
Edsel Pleasants
February 21, 2014
Mr. Edsel "Slick" Pleasants, 90, of Rhodes Drive, Elberton, husband of the late Mary Jo Brown Pleasants, passed away Friday, February 21, 2014, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Pleasants was born January 2, 1924, in Elberton, Georgia to the late Claude M. Pleasants and Estelle Dove Pleasants. Mr. Pleasants was a member and Elder of First Presbyterian Church of Elberton,...
Corine Scarborough Haynie
February 19, 2014
Mrs. Corine Scarborough Haynie, 92, of Elberton passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Haynie was born in Elbert County on July 14, 1921 to the late John Henry and Essie Mills Scarborough. She was married to the late Raymond E. Haynie. She was of Baptist faith and a long time member of Bethel E Baptist...

Thomas Carey Jones
February 18, 2014
Mr. Thomas Carey Jones, 82, of Magnolia Estates, formerly of Calhoun Falls Highway, husband of the late Mary Lester Scarborough Jones, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Mr. Jones was born in Mt. Dora, Florida on March 5, 1931, to the late Thomas C. and Mary Atkins Jones. He was a U.S. Air Force...
Doris Scarborough Johnson
February 15, 2014
Mrs. Doris Scarborough Johnson, 80, of Cardinal Drive, Elberton, wife of 60 years to the late H. Neil Johnson, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Johnson was born in Elbert County on August 12, 1933, to the late Ora and Pearl Slay Scarborough and was the step-daughter of Mildred Dickerson Floyd Scarborough. She was retired...
Bradley Michael Eavenson
February 14, 2014
Mr. Bradley Michael Eavenson, 31, of Sanders Road, Elberton, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2014, in Newton County as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Mr. Eavenson was born in Anderson, South Carolina on September 22, 1982, to Michael Lee and Judy Veal Eavenson. He was a Fireman and EMT for Newton County and Barrow County...
Willie Dye Simpson
February 11, 2014
Willie Dye Simpson, 93, wife of the late Garol H. Simpson died Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at NHC in Anderson. She was born in Elbert County, GA to the late George Jackson and Lollie McMahan Dye. Mrs. Simpson worked for many years at the Abbeville Shirt Plant. She then began work at the Sportswear Unlimited Plant in Antreville where she...
David Michael Edwards
February 10, 2014
Mr. David Michael Edwards, 62, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Monday, February 10, 2014 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Edwards was born in Elbert County to the late James Archibald and Sara Vickery Edwards.He was married to Vicki Eavenson Edwards for over 42 years.He began working in the granite industry at Southern Granite Co. in 1971, and became the owner...
Willamette B. Scarborough
February 9, 2014
Mrs. Willamette B. Scarborough, 95, of Elberton, Georgia, passed away Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Nancy Hart Nursing Center. Mrs. Scarborough was born in Elberton, March 26, 1918 to the late Norman and Mattie Sue Brown. She was the wife of the late Bummie Scarborough, and was a member of Flatwoods Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Scarborough is survived by her...

Neola Joy Sheppard
February 8, 2014
Mrs. Neola Joy Lee Sheppard, 82, of Poplar Street, Toccoa, Georgia passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014. Born December 31, 1931 in Phoenix, Arizona to the late Carl Dalton Lee and Opal Neola Marvin Lee. Mrs. Sheppard was a retired Medical Records Technician. Left to cherish her memories are her sons Roger and Brian Sheppard, siblings Patti, Jim, Jani, Daniel,...
David Payton Johnson
February 7, 2014
Mr. David Payton Johnson, 72, of Pine Knoll Drive, Elberton, husband of the late Moina Mathews Johnson, passed away on Friday, February 7, 2014, at St. Mary's Hospice House. Mr. Johnson was born in Royston on August 31, 1941, to Ruth Elizabeth Johnson and the late William W. Johnson. He was a retired hardware salesman and and an employee of...
Betty Todd Mann
February 5, 2014
Mrs. Betty Todd Mann, 83, of Elberton, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Mann was born in New York, on September 25, 1930 to the late William and Ellie Mae Todd. She was the wife of the late Charles E. Mann, and was a member of Middleton United Methodist Church. Mrs. Mann is survived...
David Burch Harbert
February 4, 2014
Mr. David Burch Harbert, 52, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Mr. Harbert was the son of the late James Burch and Lilly Maxwell Harbert.He was married for over 33 years to his wife, Sylvia Salyers Harbert.Mr. Harbert worked in the granite business as a stone cutter for Keystone Granite Company. In addition to his wife, Sylvia,...
Neil Johnson
January 31, 2014
Mr. H. Neil Johnson, 80, of Cardinal Drive, Elberton, husband of 60 years to Doris Scarborough Johnson, passed away on Friday, January 31, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Johnson was born in Elbert County on April 30, 1933, to the late Herbert A. and Kathleen Evans Johnson. He attended Elberton Pentecostal Holiness Church, was a veteran of the U.S. Army,...
Frank A. Fleming
January 28, 2014
Mr. Frank Alexander Fleming, 91, of Dewy Rose, Georgia passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at Spring Valley Nursing Center. Mr. Fleming was born in Elbert County, son of the late Oscar L. and Annie Hewell Fleming.He and his wife, Floy Gilbert Fleming, celebrated over 67 years of marriage together. Mr. Fleming was a veteran of the United States Navy,...
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