Obituaries
Linda Faye Harper Mills
Mar 16, 2021
Mrs. Linda Faye Harper Mills, age 80, of Eliam Road, Fortsonia Community, Elberton, wife of the late Joseph Austin “Butch” Mills, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday evening, March 16, 2021, at her residence. Mrs. Mills was born in Elberton on October 26, 1940, daughter of the late Wallace D. Harper, Sr. and Marie Nash Harper. She was...
Hugh Gordon Brooks, Jr.
Mar 16, 2021
Mr. Hugh Gordon Brooks, Jr (Gordon) died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, March 16th losing his battle with Primary Progressive Aphasia. He was 65 years old. He attended university at Georgia Southwestern and Masters of Arts & Teaching at UGA. He taught High School Literature, drama, AP Lit, communications. He was devoted to his students, and spent countless hours...
Verna Jean West
Mar 15, 2021
Verna Jean West died of cancer on March 15, 2021 in Watkinsville, GA. Verna was smart, assertive, creative, engaging, and a great teacher. She was born in 1947 to a working class “Brady Bunch”-like family who were brought together by her parents, Stewart Grieb and Helen Kismaric, when they married. Her grandparents on her mother’s side were immigrants. Verna was...
Thomas Joe Johnson
Mar 15, 2021
Mr. Thomas ‘Joe’ Johnson, 93, of Mineral Springs Road, Elberton, husband of 67 years to the late Bobbie Jean Waters Johnson, passed away on Monday, March 15, 2021, at Pruitt Health at Spring Valley. Mr. Johnson was born in Elberton on April 13, 1927, son of the late John Thomas Johnson and Annie Ruth Warren Johnson. He was a Veteran...
Charlotte Faye Worley Williams
Mar 14, 2021
Charlotte Faye Worley Williams, 79, of Abbeville, wife of Charles R. Williams, Sr., died peacefully Sunday, March 14, 2021 at her home surrounded by family. She was born in Elberton, GA to the late Elbert Lafayette Worley and Emily Adams Worley. GaGa, as she was affectionately known, graduated from Elbert County High School, class of 1960. She also attended Massey...
Leila "Mickey" Sheridan Dye
Mar 13, 2021
Mrs. Leila Celestia “Mickey” Sheridan Dye, 90, of Washington Highway, Elberton, passed away on Saturday, March 13, 2021, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Dye was born in Clarke County on May 7, 1930, daughter of the late Sandy Lee Sheridan and Annie Ethel Hooper Sheridan. As a young person, Mickey and her family moved to Elbert County where she met...
Julie Ann Wulfers Leneave
Mar 12, 2021
Julie Ann Wulfers LeNeave, age 59 of Benton, KY passed away Friday March 12, 2021 at the Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, KY. Julie worked for 18 years as a General Manager of retail bookstores. Most of her experience was with Waldenbooks and later with Davis-Kidd and Joseph Beth Booksellers. She served nine years as Director of the Downtown Development Authority...
Claude Fortson, Jr.
Mar 11, 2021
Claude “Junebug” Fortson, Jr. was born on July 3, 1970, so the best loving parents, Claude and Sheila Jackson Fortson. He was born and raised as the oldest of two children in Elberton. Junebug departed this life on March 11, 2021. He was a very caring person who would never say no. He accepted Christ as his personal Savior in...
Tina Marie Franklin Jordan
Mar 10, 2021
Mrs. Tina Marie Franklin Jordan, 58, of Pecan Dr., Calhoun Falls, SC, formerly of Elbert County, passed away on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. Mrs. Jordan was born November 21, 1962 in Elberton, GA to Jospeh Dewey Franklin and Eddie Mae Walling Mitchell. She was a member of Vans Creek Baptist Church. She is...
Harold Delma Thomas
Mar 9, 2021
Mr. Harold Delma Thomas, age 86, of Conyers, passed away on March 9, 2021. He was born on September 30, 1934, raised on a farm in Oglethorpe County, and later Comer. Mr. Thomas served in the Georgia Air National Guard. In 1957, Harold moved to Atlanta with his wife and joined the City of Atlanta Police Department, studying at nights...
Charles Doyle "Fud Dud" Moon
Mar 9, 2021
Mr. Charles Doyle "Fud Dud" Moon, 71, of Deep Creek Road, Bowman, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens. Mr. Moon was born in Royston on February 21, 1950, son of the late Harvey Thomas Moon and Nancy Abigail Rousey Moon. He was a proud U.S. Army Veteran having served during the Vietnam war....
Larry Dickerson
Mar 8, 2021
Mr. Larry Dickerson, 76, of Honeysuckle Rd. Hartwell, GA husband of the late Sara Irene Turner Dickerson passed away Monday, March 8, 2021 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mr. Dickerson was born November 20, 1944 in Royston, GA to George Dickerson and Ada Madge Chastain Dickerson. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and a retired plumber and electrician. He is...
Regina Faye Floyd Neal
Mar 8, 2021
Mrs. Regina Faye Floyd Neal, 52, of Ruby Drive, Dewy Rose, wife of the late Dan Walker Neal, passed away on Monday, March 8, 2021, at her home. Regina was born in Elberton on July 27, 1968, daughter of Linda Fay Jordan Floyd and the late Rabon Stanley Floyd. She was a homemaker and had previously worked as a clerk...
Margaret Pope Perrin
Mar 7, 2021
Pianist and orchestra leader Margaret Pope Perrin, an institution on the Atlanta music scene for much of the last century, died on March 7, 2021, after a short illness. She was 101 years old. Born in Elberton, Georgia, in 1919, the youngest of George and Mary Perrin's eight children, Margaret first performed as a singer on radio station WSB when...
Andre Jenkins "Andy" Elder
Mar 7, 2021
Mr. Andre Jenkins “Andy” Elder, 55, of Cromer Road, Elberton, passed away on Sunday, March 7, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson, SC. Andy was born in Charlotte, NC on December 11, 1965, son of the late J.C. “Suitcase Jake” Elder and Doris Ann Buchanan Oglesby. He was a 1985 graduate of Elbert County High School and had...
Roger Dale Stratton
Mar 6, 2021
Mr. Roger Dale Stratton, 71, of Elberton, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Elberton Memorial Hospital.A native of Elberton, he was the son of the late Frank Jefferson Stratton, Jr. and the late Jacquelyn Gaines Stratton.Mr. Stratton was a truck driver in the granite industry, having worked for Everlasting Granite Company, from which he retired in 2005.He loved sports,...
John Thomas (Tom) Edwards Jr. (Courtesy)
Mar 6, 2021
Rev. John Thomas (Tom) Edwards, Jr. of Port Wentworth, formerly of Elberton, age 80, passed away at his home March 6, 2021 with his family at his side. He was born on August 22, 1940, son of the late Virginia C. Edwards and the late John T. Edwards, Sr. Tom was a 1958 graduate of Elberton High School and a...
Bobby Jackson Yeargin
Mar 6, 2021
Mr. Bobby Jackson Yeargin, 79, of Conyers, previously from Elberton, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021 in Piedmont Conyers Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Yeargin; son and daughter-in-law, Clint and Marilyn Yeargin; grandson, Jacob and Mindi Yeargin; and brother, Joe Yeargin. The family received friends at Scot Ward Funeral Home in Conyers on Wednesday, March 10th from 6:00 –...
Robert Charles Dugger
Mar 6, 2021
Mr. Robert Charles Dugger, 61, of Vine St. Athens, GA passed away Saturday March 6, 2021 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mr. Dugger was born March 27, 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio to Harold Dugger and Betty Casto Dugger. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran. Mr. Dugger was cremated and no services are planned at this time. Berry Funeral Home &...
Sara Tatum Kantala
Mar 5, 2021
Mrs. Sara Tatum Kantala, 95, passed away on March 5, 2021 at her daughter’s home in Daphne, Alabama.Born in Woodbury, Georgia to the late Webb Tatum, Sr. and Grace Kell Tatum, the family moved to Elberton, Georgia in 1926.She was married to Matthew W. Kantala, Jr. who preceded her in death. Mrs. Kantala was also preceded in death by her...
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