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Guy Eugene Corrao

Guy Eugene Corrao

Sep 18, 2011

Guy Eugene Corrao, 50, of 1318 Hickory Circle, Auburn, Georgia, died Sunday morning, September 18, 2011, at his residence with his mom, Pat, lifelong friend, Manuel, sister friend, Connie, and his cats, Boo Boo and Booger by his side following a brief battle with cancer. Mr. Corrao was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, January 1, 1961, son of John Salvadore Corrao...

Evard Wilson

Evard Wilson

Sep 18, 2011

Evard Wilson, 95, of 94 Cade Street, Hartwell, GA widower of the late Melvia Wilson passed away Sunday September 18, 2011. Born in Hart County March 8, 1916 to the late James E. Wilson and Rachel Fincannon Wilson. He was a member of Mt. Hebron Baptist Church of Hartwell, he was a retired farmer and a U.S. Navy Veteran serving...

Hazel Irene Stowers

Hazel Irene Stowers

Sep 16, 2011

Mrs. Hazel Irene Stowers went to be with the Lord, September 16, 2011. She was the daughter of Lizzie and Charlie Pruitt.She was married to the late Marion Stowers who worked with Hicks Funeral Home staff for several years. She worked as a beautician in her home in Bowman, Georgia for many years and had many, many friends throughout Georgia...

Reba Haley Craft

Reba Haley Craft

Sep 15, 2011

Reba Haley Craft, 103, of 651 Rhodes Drive, Elberton, widow of Paul Taylor Craft, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2011. Born in Hart County, December 14, 1907, to the late Ira S. Haley and Minnie Gaines Haley. She was a member of the New Bethel United Methodist Church, the UMW of New Bethel and a homemaker. Left to cherish her...

Debbie Strickland Finch

Debbie Strickland Finch

Sep 15, 2011

Debbie Strickland Finch, 59, of Greensboro, GA widow of the late Harold Finch passed away Thursday September 15, 2011 at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, GA. Born in Royston, GA February 15, 1952 to the late Pat Strickland and Ann Kirsey Strickland she was a member of Penfield Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, GA, and was a homemaker. Left to cherish...

Patricia Johnson Lewis

Patricia Johnson Lewis

Sep 13, 2011

Patricia Johnson Lewis, 59, of 2430 Paoli Road, Comer, GA who passed away Tuesday September 13, 2011. Born in West Point, GA July 2, 1952, to Lillie Whitlock Johnson and the late Arthur Johnson. Left to cherish her memories are her sisters Gloria O'Riley of Athens, GA, and Betty Aaron of Valley, AL, her mother Lillie Whitlock Johnson, and several...

Velma Elizabeth Smith Moon

Velma Elizabeth Smith Moon

Sep 12, 2011

Mrs. Velma Elizabeth Smith Moon, of 215 Orchard Dr., Greenwood, South Carolina,passed away at The Hospice House on September 12, 2011.Mrs. Moon would have been 102 on her birthday on October 14. Mrs. Moon was born in Elberton, GA to Asbend Coleman and Katie Sumter Moore.She was twice married, first to the late Dewitt Talmadge Smith, and then to the...

Gloria Bryant Fortson

Gloria Bryant Fortson

Sep 12, 2011

Gloria Bryant Fortson, 68, of 651 Rhodes Drive, Elberton, GA passed away Monday September 12, 2011. Born in Royston, GA June 23, 1943 to the late Terrell J. Bryant and Lizzie Mae Kinley Bryant. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church and a retired Bookkeeper. Left to cherish her memories are her son and daughter-in-law Terry and Susan E....

Janette Beasley Ray

Janette Beasley Ray

Sep 11, 2011

Mrs. Janette Beasley Ray, 76, of 1022 Jones Ferry Road, Elberton, passed away at St. Mary’s Hospice House Bogart, Georgia, Sunday, September 11, 2011, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Ray was born September 17, 1934 in Anderson, South Carolina to the late Jack and Ida Mae Barrett Beasley. She was married to the late Bobby Ray. She retired from the...

Lois Mckissick Jones

Lois Mckissick Jones

Sep 10, 2011

Lois Truman Mckissick Jones of Elberton, Ga. died Saturday, September 10, 2011 at the age of 1071/2. Lois was born on January 5, 1904 to the late Dr. Joseph Franklin and Roxie Baker Mckissick in Farmersville, Texas. Her husband, John Henry Jones, a sister Ouida Norris, a brother Auburn Mckissick and a son Joseph Franklin Jones preceded her in death....

Edna Grimes Merritt

Edna Grimes Merritt

Sep 4, 2011

Edna Grimes Merritt, 81 of 496 Childers Road, Colbert, widow of the late Jesse L. Merritt passed away Sunday evening, September 4, 2011, at her residence under the care of Hospice Advantage. Born in Oglethorpe County, September 22, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Henry Grimes and Esther Bell Grimes. She was of the Lutheran Faith and a...

Josephine Fortson Oglesby

Josephine Fortson Oglesby

Sep 2, 2011

Mrs. Josephine Fortson Oglesby, 96, of 1009 Hartwell Highway passed away at her home, Friday, September 2, 2011, with her family at her side. Mrs. Oglesby was born in Wilkes County to the late Frank Steven and Ethel Wilkinson Fortson on February 21, 1915. Mrs. Oglesby was a former school teacher employed by the Winterville School System. Mrs. Oglesby fondly...

Wayne Carter

Wayne Carter

Aug 30, 2011

Mr. Marshall Wayne Carter, age 73, of 206 West Tate Street, Elberton, passed away Tuesday evening, August 30, 2011, at his residence with his wife, son, and daughter-in-law by his side. Born in Elbert County, February 10, 1938 he was the only child of the late Walton Carter and Estelle Witcher Carter. He was of the Baptist Faith, a Stonecutter...

Bennie Columbus Vickery

Bennie Columbus Vickery

Aug 24, 2011

Mr. Bennie Columbus Vickery, 94, of Vickery Lane NE, Elberton, widower of Frances Terrell Vickery, who he married August 4, 1936, passed away Wednesday afternoon, August 24, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Vickery was born on October 24, 1916, in Hart County, son of the late James Edward Vickery and Lillie Lee Goldsmith Vickery. He was a retired carpenter, of...

Betty Thomason Ruff

Betty Thomason Ruff

Aug 22, 2011

Mrs. Betty Thomason Ruff, 85, of Elberton, Georgia, entered into rest peacefully Monday, August 22, 2011 at St. Mary’s Hospice House with her family at her side. Mrs. Ruff was born September 28, 1925 in her home on South Oliver Street. She was the daughter of the late John Henry Thomason, Sr. and Lizzie Belle Wansley.Mrs. Ruff was preceded in...

Mrs. Joel Hall Norman

Mrs. Joel Hall Norman

Aug 21, 2011

Mrs. Joel Hall Norman, 90, of Elberton, Georgia,entered into rest peacefully Sunday, August 21, 2011 at Spring Valley Nursing Home with her family at her side. Mrs. Norman was born in Hart County to the late Joel and Nannie M. Hall.She was married to the late Albert Spires Norman, Sr.,and was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. Mrs. Norman was...

William Lee Broomfield

William Lee Broomfield

Aug 21, 2011

Mr. William Lee Broomfield, age 91, of 125 Woodlake Drive, Athens, husband of Elizabeth Collins Broomfield, died Sunday morning, August 21, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Broomfield was born in Richmond, Kentucky, December 10, 1919, son of the late William Smith and Nancy Jane Todd Broomfield. He was of the Baptist faith, a U.S. Army Veteran, and a retired Credit...

Arthur John Hatton Jr.

Arthur John Hatton Jr.

Aug 21, 2011

Mr. Arthur John Hatton Jr., 87, of the Gables, Royston, widower of Gertrude Loughlin Hatton, died Sunday morning, August 21, 2011, at the Hartwell Health Care Center. Mr. Hatton was born in Providence, Rhode Island, November 18, 1923, son of the late Arthur Jones Hatton Sr. and Frances Hall Hatton. He was of the Catholic faith, a U.S. Navy Veteran,...

Joyce Louise Trail Barrett

Joyce Louise Trail Barrett

Aug 20, 2011

Mrs. Joyce Louise Trail Barrett, 78, of Idlewood Acres, Hartwell, widow of William Eugene Barrett, died Saturday morning, August 20, 2011, at the Hartwell Health Care Center. Mrs. Barrett was born in Welteka, Oklahoma, September 21, 1933, daughter of the late Albert Trail and Jewell George Trail. She was a member of the Hartwell First Baptist Church and retired as...

Ozelle Hendricks Hall

Ozelle Hendricks Hall

Aug 20, 2011

Mrs. Ozelle Hendricks Hall, age 87, of 1050 Petersburg Road, formerly of Mattox Drive, Elberton, widow of Curtis H. Hall, died Saturday morning, August 20, 2011, at the Hart Care Center. Mrs. Hall was born in Madison County, September 6, 1923, daughter of the late J.B. and Etta Coile Hendricks. She was a homemaker and a member of the Elberton...

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