Obituaries
David Leonard Pieters, Jr.
December 16, 2011
David Leonard Pieters, Jr., 81, of 171 Maret Street, Hartwell, husband of Gladys Temple Pieters, passed away Friday evening, December 16, 2011, at St. Mary's Hospice House in Bogart. Mr. Pieters was born in West Milford Township, New Jersey, September 18, 1930, to the late David Leonard, Sr. and Oliver Pieters. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, a member of...
Randy Jack Parten
December 15, 2011
Randy Jack Parten, 55, of 530 Lee Street, Royston, husband of Joan Banks Parten, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2011, in the Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Parten was born in Royston, January 19, 1956, to the late Harold Parten and Betty Peeples Parten. He was a truck driver. Left to cherish his memories are his wife, Joan Banks...
Roger Dale Payton
December 15, 2011
Marion "Roger" Dale Payton, 61, of 1749 Athens Highway, Elberton, husband of the late Jane Tate Payton, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011, at Landmark Hospital in Athens. Mr. Payton was born in Greenwood, South Carolina, August 5, 1950, to the late Grady Robert and Violet Moon Payton. He was a retired truck driver and was a member of Colbert...
Buster W. Simmons
December 13, 2011
Buster W. Simmons, 87, of 1294 Jones Ferry Road, Elberton, husband of Mary Frances Lester Simmons passed away Tuesday December 13, 2011 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Madison County, June 6, 1924 to the late John David Simmons and Clara Lively Simmons. He was a member of Doves Creek Baptist Church and a retired farmer. Left to cherish...
Sara Francis Rosser
December 12, 2011
Mrs. Sara Francis Rosser, 80, of Elberton, GA passed awayMonday, Dec. 12, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Rosser, formerly of Toccoa, GA, was the daughter of the late Henry William and Minnie Lee Wills Tucker.She has been married to her beloved husband, Joseph Henry Rosser for more than 55 years.Mrs. Rosser was a retired CNA and a member of Eastern...
Joe T. Brown
December 11, 2011
Mr. Joe T. Brown, 73, of Elberton, Georgia, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Brown was the son of the late Theodore Roosevelt and Lela Miskelly Brown.He celebrated 53 years of marriage to his beloved bride,Juanita McMullan.Mr. Brown was retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 42 years,serving as Postmaster of the Elberton Post Office...
David Ray Prevatte
December 10, 2011
David Ray Prevatte, 65, of 485 Norman Road, Hartwell, husband of Judith Perdue Marrett, passed away Saturday morning, December 10, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Prevatte was born in Tennessee, March 15, 1946, to the late William and Zittie Turner Prevatte. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and was a retired truck driver. Left to cherish his memories are his...
Edith Jean Maxwell
December 9, 2011
Edith Jean Maxwell, 64, of 2819 Harwood Street, Hephizbah, Georgia, passed away Friday morning, December 9, 2011, in the Trinity Hospital of Augusta. Miss Maxwell was born in Elbert County, August 24, 1947, to the late Julius Bond Maxwell and Lottie Bond Maxwell. Left to cherish her memories are one sister, Camilla Bailey of Hartwell. Graveside services celebrating her life...
Noah David Derrick
December 7, 2011
Noah David Derrick, 82, of Tignall, Georgia husband of Sara Bolton Derrick passed away Wednesday December 7, 2011 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Leesvile, SC December 29, 1928 to the late Michael David Derrick and Mary Elee Hamm Derrick, Mr. Derrick was a member of Independence United Methodist Church of Tignall, GA. He served his country during the...
Betty Jane Giannoni
December 6, 2011
Mrs. Betty Jane Giannoni, 87, of Elberton, GA, passed away peacefully in her home on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Born March 30, 1924, in Elberton, she was the daughter of the late Robert R. McLanahan, Sr. and Hassie McMullan also of Elberton. Following her graduation from Central High School, she completed a year of commercial classwork in bookkeeping under Emmy...
James D. Lowe
December 6, 2011
James "Jim" D. Lowe, 57, of 91 Liberty Circle, Hartwell, husband of Laura Derdzinski Lowe, passed away Tuesday evening, December 6, 2011, at Hart County Hospital. Born in Mount Carmel, IL December 29, 1953 to Ida Wimberly Lowe and the late Glen Lowe. He was a member of Flat Shoals Baptist Church of Hartwell and was a retired truck driver....
William Sterling Gossett
December 3, 2011
Mr. William Sterling Gossett, 69, of Elberton, GA,passed away Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Heardmont Nursing Home. Mr. Gossett was the son of the late Louis Nathaniel and Melba Burge Gossett. Mr. Gossett is survived by two sisters: Penny (Dennis) Fowler of Elberton, and Bettye Willis of Richmond, Va.;one brother: Larry (Maxine) Gossett of Decatur, Georgia;and numerous nieces and nephews....
Eugene Fed Tucker
December 2, 2011
Mr. Eugene Fed Tucker, 61, of Calhoun Falls, South Carolina passed away at his home Friday, December 2, 2011. Mr. Tucker was the son of the late Benjamin Beauregard and Sara Louise Ellenberg Tucker. He served in the United States Air Force after graduating from Elbert County High School. He was formerly employed by Burlington Manufacturing as a weaver. Including...
Frances Stowers Dunn
December 2, 2011
Frances Stowers Dunn, 87, of 1754 Marion Road, Elberton, died Friday, December 2, 2011. Born in Elbert County, she was the wife of the late Tharon Dunn and a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. L.U. Whitman and Mr. Marion C. Stowers. She retried from the Hartwell Garment Company as an inspector. She was a member of Coldwater United...
Alice Hambrick Holmes
December 1, 2011
Alice Hambrick Holmes, 45, of 63 Daniel Ext., Royston, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2011, at her residence. Ms. Holmes was born in Hartwell, December 3, 1965, to the late Opel and Lizzie Brown Hambrick. She was of the Baptist faith. Left to cherish her memories are two daughters, Rosie Saldana of Morrisville, North Carolina and Martisia Holmes of Dewy...
Martha Ann Smith Brock
November 30, 2011
Martha A. Brock, 64, of Smith Circle, Braselton, Georgia, passed away Wednesday evening, November 30, 2011, at Heritage Health Care of Wilkes. Born in Atlanta, GA, October 1, 1947 to the late Alva Smith and Velma Andrews Smith. Left to cherish her memories are a son Brian Lance of Woodstock, GA, step sons Barry Brock and Tony Brock both of...
Robert Stephen Haworth
November 28, 2011
Robert “Wimpy†Stephen Haworth, 70, passed away on Monday, November 28, 2011, while in hospice care at Browns Memorial Convalescent Center in Royston, GA. Born in Sullivan County, TN on December 13, 1940, he was the son of the late Cecil King Haworth II and Elsie Mae Fenner Haworth. Robert served in the U.S. Army as a transportation specialist and...
Terry Kenneth Mincey
November 25, 2011
Terry Kenneth Mincey, 63, of 1546 Hartwell Highway, Elberton, GA passed away Friday November 25, 2011. Born in Elbert County April 23, 1948 to the late Carl J. Mincey and Dorothy Terrell Mincey. He was of the Baptist Faith, was a carpenter where he owned and operated Mincey Construction, and was a U.S. Navy veteran. Left to cherish his memories...
Robert L. Brown
November 20, 2011
Robert Louis Brown, 83, of Bowman, Georgia, passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011 at Hart Health Care. Mr. Brown was born in Anderson, SC to the late Tannie Alexander Brown and Myrtie Jane Perry Brown.He worked many years as a truck driver. Mr. Brown is survived by a wife, Dorothy Lee Broome Tucker Brown; daughters, Linda Hill and Angie (Phillip)...
Sara Louise Brooks Hulme
November 19, 2011
Sara Louise Brooks Hulme, 90, of Elberton, Georgia, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hulme was born in Wilkes County to the late Robert Patton and Ruby Mae Thomasson Brooks.She was the widow of the late Clay Warren Hulme, Sr.Mrs. Hulme worked many years as a secretary and bookkeeper at Puritan Granite,and operated Village Smithy...
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