Obituaries
Tommie Gaines Ward
July 6, 2012
Tommie Gaines Ward, affectionately known as "Mama Tommie", 93, of 1547 William Smith Road, Elberton, wife of 58 years to the late Robert Clay Ward, passed away Friday morning, July 6, 2012, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ward was born in Elbert County, May 31, 1919, to the late Fred and Clara Teasley Gaines. She was a member of Vans...
Connie Strickland Bearden
July 3, 2012
Connie Strickland Bearden, 59, of 3496 Ernest Brown Road, Elberton, wife of 39 years to the late Vernon Paul Bearden, passed away Tuesday morning, July 3, 2012, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Bearden was born in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, November 27, 1952, to the late DeWitt, Sr. and Mildred Todd Strickland. She was a retired warper in the...
William Samuel Hobgood
July 3, 2012
William Samuel Hobgood, 65, of Danielsville, formerly of Rockmart, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at his daughter's home. Mr. Hobgood was born in Gordon County, Georgia, August 13, 1946, to the late William Issac Hobgood and Bonnie Kate Fouts. He was Baptist by faith. Left to cherish his memories are his children, Sheila Mercer of Homer, Tammy Mercer of...
Jack Arnold Craft,
July 1, 2012
Mr. Jack Arnold Craft, Sr., 77, of the Montevideo Community, Elberton, GA passed away Sunday, July 1, 2012 at his home. Mr. Craft was born on October 1, 1934 to the late Mack and Inez Turner Craft.He was married to Roberta Elaine Craft the past 9 ½years. Mr. Craft was a Mason for over 50 years and a Shriner.He worked...
Edna Price Welch
June 30, 2012
Edna Price Welch, 77, has begun her eternity with the Lord. She was born on April 21, 1935, and passed away on June 30, 2012. She was the mother of Cindy and Jeff Morris, of Carlton, Jim and Josephine Price, of Winterville; sister of Roy Trawick, of Hull, and Donald "Don" and Julia Trawick, of El Paso, Texas; grandmother of...
Verna Dixon Dunn
June 27, 2012
Verna Dixon Dunn, 82, of 2354 Nickville Road, Dewy Rose, wife of the late Thomas Edward Dunn, passed away Wednesday morning, June 27, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Dunn was born in Elbert County, April 26, 1930, to the late John Frank and Vonie Ophelia Rice Dixon. She was a member of Deep Creek Baptist Church where she was a...
Theodore "Ted" Kay Millard
June 27, 2012
Theodore "Ted" Kay Millard, 77, of 293 Meyer Farm Road, Winterville, Georgia husband of Peggy Sutton Millard passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Born in San Diego, California June 27, 1935 to the late Bruce Millard and Iva Churchill Millard. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a retired machinist from Stevens Air Systems. Left to cherish his memories are...
Vikrambhai I. Amin
June 26, 2012
Vikrambhai I. Amin, 61, of 1236 Washington Highway, Elberton husband of Kanaklataben V. Amin passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Born in Karamsad, Gujrat, India October 2, 1950 to the late Indubhai Amin and Puspaben Amin. He was a housekeeper for the Econo Lodge of Elberton, Georgia. Left to cherish his memories are his wife Kanaklataben...
James Lamar Swilling
June 26, 2012
James Lamar Swilling, 67, of 2249 Indian Hill Road, Elberton, passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at the Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Houston, Texas, July 26, 1944 to James Bernice Swilling and Arietta Rebecca Moon Swilling. He was a member of Elberton Church of God and a retired stone cutter. Left to cherish his memories are his children,...
Jeffrey Hunter Campbell
June 26, 2012
Jeffrey "Jeff" Hunter Campbell, 42, of Sugar Hill, GA, died on Tuesday, June 26th, 2012. Jeff was preceded in death by his father, Willis Campbell, and brother, Donald Campbell. Jeff, originally from Lakewood, Ohio, was employed by ADP. He was also an avid boater. Jeff is survived by his partner, Robbie Moore, an Elbert County native; mother, Mary Brooke Campbell;...
Beth Safrit Edwards
June 25, 2012
Beth Brown Safrit Edwards of Winterville, GA, formerly of Elberton, GA, and St. Simons Island, GA, entered into rest on June 25, 2012 after a period of declining health.She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 55 years, Joe B. Edwards, who died in 1997. Born June 9, 1921 in Rowan County, North Carolina, she was the oldest...
Betty Cooley Hendrix
June 24, 2012
Tommie Elizabeth Cooley "Betty" Hendrix, 82, of 94 Cade Street, Hartwell, widow of Charles Hendrix, passed away Sunday morning, June 24, 2012, at Hartwell Health Care Center. Mrs. Hendrix was born in Lake County, Florida, September 23, 1929, to the late Thomas Hayes and Billie A. Teasley Cooley. She was retired from the Atlanta Airport Food Service and Methodist by...
Tommie A. Hall
June 22, 2012
Mrs. Tommie A. Hall, 95, of Elberton, entered into rest Friday, June 22, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Roy and Carrie Dixon Allgood. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Mathew Hall, Jr. Funeral services will be held Sunday, June 24, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. at The Chapel of Hicks Funeral Home with Rev....
Killian Dane Merritt Ward
June 22, 2012
Killian Dane Merritt Ward, 22, of 496 Childers Road, Colbert, passed away Friday, June 22, 2012, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Ward was born in Athens, February 8, 1990, to Michael Joseph Ward and Karla Denise Merritt Ward. He attended Colbert Elementary, MCMS and MCHS, he was a carpenter employed by Guaranteed Installation, he was an avid outdoorsman who...
Barbara Mccurry Heath
June 21, 2012
Barbara McCurry Heath, 89, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, formerly of Churchhill Road, Elberton, passed away Thursday, June 21, 2012, in Greenville, South Carolina. She is predeceased by her parents, Carl and Pearl McCurry; her sisters, Letty Dunbar and Claire Haynie; her brother, William H. "Bill" McCurry; and her son-in-law, James Priestley. She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Frances...
Mary Doris Brown Henderson
June 19, 2012
Mary Doris Brown Henderson, 78, of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at her residence. A native of Cobb County, Georgia, she was born to the late Clayton and Villa Castile Brown on January 12, 1934. Mrs. Henderson was a member of South Summerville Baptist Church and was retired from Bigelow-Sanford Mill. In addition to her parents, she...
Jewell M Peppers
June 18, 2012
Mrs. Jewell Florence Martin Peppers, 87, of Elberton, GA, passed away Monday, June 18, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Peppers was born in High Point, NC to the late Roy and Beulah Lewis Martin.She was married for over 39 years to the late Grady Ward Peppers. Mrs. Peppers is survived by three daughters and their spouses:Judy and Myron Burdge,Gaye Paugh...
Carolyn Elaine Cann
June 13, 2012
Carolyn Elaine Cann, 67, of Heardmont Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center, passed away Wednesday evening, June 13, 2012, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Miss Cann was born in Anderson, South Carolina, April 2, 1945, to the late James Thomas and Kathryn Erwin Cann. She was a newspaper Editor having worked with The Elberton Star and the Anderson Independent Mail for many...
Ada Mae Ives
June 12, 2012
Ada Mae Hayes Ives, 87, of 2430 Paoli Street Comer, Georgia widow of the late Charles Ives passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at Cobb Healthcare Center in Comer, Georgia. Born in Winchester, Kentucky March 16, 1925 to the late Clifford Hayes and Pearl McIntosh Hayes. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith. Left to cherish her memories...
Turnes Clayton Simmons
June 9, 2012
Turnes Clayton Simmons, Sr., 75, of 1766 Washington Highway, Elberton, husband of Joyce Almond Simmons, passed away Saturday morning, June 9, 2012, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Simmons was born in Elbert County, August 8, 1936, to the late Willie D. and Hassie Hammond Simmons. He was Baptist by faith and a retired stonecutter in the granite industry. Left...
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