Obituaries

Cecil David Johnson

Cecil David Johnson

May 22, 2010

Cecil David Johnson, 67, of 1662 Bodie Rayle Road Elberton husband of Ruth Pless Johnson died Saturday May 22, 2010. Born in Elbert County he was a son of the late Ralph Johnson and Janie Lee Davis Johnson. He was a member of Ruckersville United Methodist Church and was a top polisher. Survivors include his wife of the home Ruth...

Patsy Reeves Griffith

Patsy Reeves Griffith

May 21, 2010

Patsy Reeves Griffith, 75, of Elberton, daughter of the late Ralph Rodney and Mary Seymour Reeves, died on Friday, May 21, 2010 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 24, 2010 at 11AM from the Elberton First Presbyterian Church with Revs. Bill Mounts and Mike Woods officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Memorial...

Eva Brown Herring

Eva Brown Herring

May 15, 2010

Eva G. Brown Herring, 79, of 1094 Country Club Road Elberton, GA. widow of the late William Billy Herring died Saturday May 15, 2010 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Elbert Country, she was a daughter of the late David Cecil Brown Sr., and Clyde Caldwell Brown. She was a member of the Elberton First Baptist Church, The Lady's...

Jewell B. Eberhardt

Jewell B. Eberhardt

May 13, 2010

Jewell B. Eberhardt, 90, of Clovis, New Mexico, formerly of Elberton, Georgia, died Thursday, May 13, 2010, at Senior Citizen Resident Center. She was born May 1, 1920, in Barwick, Georgia, to Arthur and Emma Magby Barton. She was a homemaker. She is survived by 1 son, Mike Eberhardt (Robin) of Clovis and 1 daughter, Carole Conrad (Roderick) of Amelia...

Jacquelyn Greenway Bond

Jacquelyn Greenway Bond

May 10, 2010

Jacquelyn Greenway Bond, 82, of 2146 Harmony Road Elberton, GA wife of J. Elston Bond died Monday May 10, 2010. Born in Elbert County she was a daughter of the late William Lindsey Greenway and Ruby Bond Greenway. She was a member of Concord United Methodist Church and was a retired lunchroom manager from Beaverdam School for 30 years. Survivors...

Naomi Blackmon Smith

Naomi Blackmon Smith

May 9, 2010

Naomi Collins Blackmon Smith, 70, of 2114 Hamp Brown Dr. Elberton widow of the late Joel Smith died Sunday May 9, 2010. Born in Greenwood County, SC she was a daughter of the late G.V. Collins and Bertha Lee Addis Collins. Survivors include daughters Kim Marie Johnson of Elberton, GA, Ethel Renee & Ron Wainscott of Elberton, GA, sons Kenneth...

Edwin Johnson Booth, Sr.

Edwin Johnson Booth, Sr.

May 8, 2010

Edwin Johnson “Ed” Booth, Sr., 71, of 407 E. Church Street, Elberton, husband of Gay Cleveland Booth, died on Saturday, May 08, 2010 at his home. Born on March 3, 1939 in Elbert County, he was a son of Henry “H.V.” Booth and the late Sara Dickerson Booth. Mr. Booth was a 1956 graduate of Hart County High School and...

Harry F. "Hal" Wright, Jr.

Harry F. "Hal" Wright, Jr.

May 8, 2010

Harry “Hal” Faircloth Wright, Jr., 49, of 181 Brookside Drive, Elberton, died on Saturday, May 08, 2010. Born on May 19, 1960 in Elbert County, he was the son of Harry Faircloth Wright, Sr. and the late Theresa Smith Wright. Mr. Wright was an avid sportsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing.He was employed by Keystone Granite. He was the beloved...

Betty Gaines Mullenix

Betty Gaines Mullenix

May 8, 2010

Betty Gaines Mullenix, 86, of 2757 Hartwell Hwy. Dewy Rose, GA widow of the late Charles S. Mullenix died Saturday May 8, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospice House in Athens, GA. Born in Elbert County, she was a daughter of the late Hoyt William Gaines and Alma Brown Gaines. She was a member of Concord United Methodist Church, and was...

Eddielu Jones Nash

Eddielu Jones Nash

May 7, 2010

EddieLu Jones Nash, 89, of 1490 Washington Hwy. Elberton widow of the late Rayford H. Nash died Friday May 7, 2010. Born in Wilkes County she was a daughter of the late Thomas G. Jones and Lizzie Mae Smith Jones. She was a member of Eliam United Methodist Church Building Fund, and retired from Elberton Mills. Survivors include nieces and...

Archie Bailey Robinson

Archie Bailey Robinson

May 4, 2010

Archie Bailey Robinson, 70, of 1214 Crestview Drive, Elberton, husband of Barbara Ann Robinson, died on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at his residence. Born on August 25, 1939 in Elbert County, he was a son of the late Thomas Robinson and Jessie Mae Saxon Robinson. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a step-son, John V....

Louise Allgood Berryman

Louise Allgood Berryman

May 4, 2010

Louise Allgood Berryman, 98, of 651 Rhodes Dr. Elberton widow of the late Joseph Welthy Berryman died Tuesday May 4, 2010. Born in Oglethorpe County, she was a daughter of the late John William Allgood and Nancy "Betty" Elizabeth Gunter Allgood. She was a member of Carlton Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Survivors include daughters and son-in-laws Maxine and...

Danny Daniel

Danny Daniel

May 2, 2010

Norman F. “Danny” Daniel, age 57 of Lawrenceville, GA passed away May 2, 2010. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, May 5 at 6:00 P.M. at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 4:00 P.M. until service time, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Laney & Clark Daniel. Health...

Edward G. Hicks

Edward G. Hicks

May 2, 2010

Edward G. Hicks, 71, of Elberton, lost his battle with heart disease on May 2, 2010 and went home to be with his savior. Ed was born and raised in Reynolds, GA by his parents, Henry G. and Alice Mae Ellison Hicks. He joins his father and brother Harry, in heaven. He attended Reynolds High, class of 1957, and married...

Dallas Melvin Jones

Dallas Melvin Jones

April 28, 2010

Dallas Melvin Jones, 49, of Athens, formerly of Elberton, died on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 in Clarke County. Born on June 17, 1960 in Elbert County, he was a son of Lucille Brown Wilhite and the late Charlie Melvin Jones; step-father Arthur Douglas Wilhite.In addition to his father, he is preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Dwayne Jones. Survivors...

Jane Hutcheson Ferguson

Jane Hutcheson Ferguson

April 28, 2010

Jane Hutcheson Ferguson died on April 28, 2010 at the age of 92. Jane was the daughter of the late Peter Wesley and Ellen Downing Hutcheson. She was the widow of Walter N. Ferguson. They were married for 61 years. She was predeceased by her son Col.(ret.) Walter N. Ferguson, III. Survivors are daughter Betty Webb (Milton) of Elberton, GA...

Debra Marie Rice

Debra Marie Rice

April 24, 2010

Debra Marie Ross Rice, 49, of 1905 Lincolnton Hwy. Elberton, wife of Richard Rice II died Saturday April 24, 2010. Born in Abbeville County, she was a daughter of Annie Louise Bonds Ross and the late Jackie Ross. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Calhoun Falls, SC, and was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband of the...

Sherald Johnson Colvard

Sherald Johnson Colvard

April 20, 2010

Sherald Johnson Colvard, 83, of 3428 Defoor Road, Toccoa, Georgia, formerly of Elberton, husband of Betty Jo Colvard, died on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at his residence. Born on October 31, 1926 in Elbert County, he was a son of the late Gipson Calvin and Mertie Mildred Herring Colvard. He was a past chairman of the Democratic Board of Elberton...

William Hoyt Haley

William Hoyt Haley

April 18, 2010

William Hoyt Haley, 100, a resident of Magnolia Estates in Elberton, died Sunday, April 18, 2010, at Elbert Memorial Hospital.He was a son of the late Ira S. Haley and the late Minnie Gaines Haley of Elberton. He was born and reared in Hart County.He later lived in Birmingham, Alabama, and West Palm Beach, Florida.Then he went to the University...

Nellie Callaway Dickerson Hendricks

Nellie Callaway Dickerson Hendricks

April 10, 2010

Nellie (Dickerson) Hendricks, 93, currently of Andrews, NC, a native of Hancock County, GA, and long-time resident of Elbert County, passed away on April 10, 2010 in Murphy, NC after a short illness. Mrs. Hendricks, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Willie Calloway of Hancock County, was preceded in death by her first husband, Herman Dickerson; her second husband,...