Obituaries


James "Jimmy" Coy Attaway
January 6, 2014
Mr. James "Jimmy" Coy Attaway, 65, of Farm Lane, Colbert, Georgia husband of Katie Carey Attaway passed away Monday, January 6, 2014 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born November 15, 1948 in Elberton, Georgia to Juanita Jones Attaway and the late Harold Attaway. He was of the Baptist Faith and was employed by Lowe's in Athens as a loader. Left...
Rebecca Martin Bond
January 5, 2014
Mrs. Rebecca Martin Bond, 101, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Sunday, January 5, 2014 at Brown Memorial Convalescent Center in Royston, Georgia. Mrs. Bond was the daughter of the late George Washington Martin and Amanda Jane Ashworth Martin.She was married to the late Jack Bond.Mrs. Bond retired as a seamstress,and was a member of Elberton First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Bond...

Bernard Odell Bailey
January 5, 2014
Mr. Bernard Odell Bailey, 84, of Elberton, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2014, at Spring Valley Health Care Center. Mr. Bailey was born in Long Branch, West Virginia on June 8, 1929, to the late Arlie Bailey and Ivory Shepard Bailey. He was of the Baptist faith and was a crane operator and a truck driver in the granite...

Margaret Dye Fortson
January 5, 2014
Mrs. Margaret Dye Fortson, 93, of Jackson, Georgia, formerly of Elberton, wife of the late Weymon Johnson Fortson, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2014, at her home. Mrs. Fortson was born in Elbert County on February 24, 1920, to the late L.B. and Sudie Martin Dye. She graduated from Fortsonia High School, Young Harris College, Georgia State College for...

Carol Lynn Taylor Smith
January 4, 2014
Mrs. Carol Lynn Taylor Smith, 65, died Saturday morning (January 4, 2014) at her residence in Blackshear, GA following an extended illness. Mrs. Smith was a daughter to Betty Taylor of Elberton and the late E.L. Taylor. She was a native of Brunswick, GA but had resided in Blackshear, GA since 1984. She was a graduate of Georgia Southern University...
Jimmy V. Hall
January 3, 2014
Mr. James “Jimmy” Vernon Hall, 86, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Friday, January 3, 2014 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hall was the son of the late Joel Spurgeon and Nannie Martin Hall.He celebrated over 62 years of marriage with his wife, Bobbie Sue McMullan Hall.Mr. Hall was a veteran, having served in the United States Navy,and was retired from...

George Lester Owens
January 3, 2014
Mr. George Lester Owens, 75, of St. Augustine, Florida, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2014, at Kindred Hospital of Atlanta. Mr. Owens was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia on October 20, 1938, to the late Clarence Lester Owens and Harriet Hornbuckle Owens Sorrells. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a retired computer repairman. Left to cherish his...

Ricky Sands Ray
January 2, 2014
Mr. Ricky Sands Ray, 53, of Knight Street, Elberton, passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Ray was born in Orlando, Florida on August 12, 1960, to Gordon Fletcher Ray and the late Naomi Maxine Johnson Ray. Left to cherish his memories are his father, Gordon Fletcher Ray of Sunrise, Florida; brother, Tommy Ray of Statham;...

Cory Paige Isom
January 1, 2014
Mr. Cory Paige Isom, 35, of Ellen Street, Hartwell, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at AnMed Heath Medical Center in Anderson. Mr. Isom was born in Anderson on April 28, 1978, to Bobby Ray Isom and Gloria Ann Williams Isom. He was employed with Quality Industries, was in the U.S. Marine Corp, and was of the Baptist faith....
Mary Blanche Collins
December 30, 2013
Mary Blanche Collins, 80, of Elberton, Georgia entered into rest on December 30, 2013.She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Ira Landers and her adoptive parents, Roy and Bell Puckett.She was also preceded in death by brothers: Henry Landress, James Landers, and Dallas Landress; a sister, Shirley Puckett-Pittman; and a granddaughter, Kathy Jo Taylor. Mrs. Collins is...
Elaine Blackmon Mcnair
December 30, 2013
Mrs. Elaine Blackmon McNair, 63, of Carey Street, Elberton, wife of Dewey O. McNair, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2013, at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Panama City, Florida. Mrs. McNair was born in Elbert County on September 6, 1950, to the late Milton and Myrtle Hewell Blackmon. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church and was a...
Addie Lou Pace Scales
December 29, 2013
Mrs. Addie Lou Pace Scales, 82, of Anderson Highway, Elberton, wife of the late Robert J. "Bobby" Scales, passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Scales was born on January 14, 1931, in Elberton to the late Woodrow Wilson Pace and Ester Mae Kanarney Pace. She was a member of Elberton Pentecostal Holiness Church and a...
Judy Ann Harness Cromwell
December 29, 2013
Mrs. Judy Ann Harness Cromwell, 60, of Springdale Road, Elberton, wife of Bruce Cromwell, passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2013, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Cromwell was born on November 13, 1953, in Iowa to the late Joseph Raymond Harness and Erma Petty Harness. She was a member of Dewy Rose Baptist Church and was employed by the...
Harold Addison
December 27, 2013
Mr. James "Harold" Addison, 71, of Watkinsville, GA passed away on Friday, December 27th, 2013. Mr. Addison was born in Gadsen, AL January 2, 1942. He was the son of the late Acton (YC) and Verna Addison. Mr. Addison was employed with Havertys Furniture for over 30 years. He is survived by his wife, Mary Addison; daughters, Ashlee Addison and...
Larry Pressley
December 25, 2013
Thomas Larry Pressley, 62, of Brooks Street, Canon, Georgia husband of Joyce Whittemore Pressley passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born January 19, 1951 in Royston, Georgia to the late Howard R. Pressley and Bernice Weaver Pressley. He was a former carpenter in the housing industry. Left to cherish his memories are his wife Joyce...
Mary Ann Cooper Nolan
December 20, 2013
Mrs. Mary Ann Nolan, 67 of Pine Grove, WV, wife of the late Harold Eugene Nolan, left her earthly body to return to home, to heaven, on Friday, December 20, 2013. Mary was born in Sistersville, West Virginia, on May 16, 1946, to the late William J. and Zelma Stewart Cooper. She was retired from the Ormet and a member...
Talmadge Thompson Bone, Sr.
December 20, 2013
Mr. Talmadge Thompson Bone, Sr., better known as “T-Bone”, of Ruckersville Road, Elberton, husband of 63 years to the late Louise Tiller Bone, finished his course in faith on Friday, December 20, 2013, at Athens Regional Medical Center. He was 89. Mr. Bone was born in Elbert County on March 06, 1924, to the late Clifton Lamar and Madie Estelle...
Johnny Ray Wills
December 15, 2013
Mr. Johnny Ray Wills, 72, of Robert Hardeman Road, Winterville, husband of Martha Croya Wills, passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2013, at St. Mary’s Hospice House. Mr. Wills was born in Jackson County on February 21, 1941, to the late John Wesley and Frances Ray Wills. He was a retired diesel mechanic, a U.S. Army Veteran, and a member...
Donna Albertson Kerns
December 6, 2013
Donna Albertson Kerns, 65, died December 6, 2013 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. A native of Elberton, GA, daughter of Bettie Mills Albertson of Elberton, GA and the late F.H. Albertson, she was an employee of Eastergard Heating and Air and a member of Taylors First Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to her mother, are her husband, Bob Kerns of the...
Edwynna Lishell Clark
December 4, 2013
Edwynna Lishell Clark, 47, of Beecher Road SW Atlanta, GA passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Born March 2, 1966 in St. Joseph, MO to the late Edward Clark and Willa Mae Hayes. Left to cherish her memories are her children Lemeece Weston and Bianca Hester both of Atlanta, GA, several siblings, and nieces...
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