Obituaries
Jay Green
December 10, 2019
Mr. John Franklin "Jay" Green, Jr., 82, of Reed Brawner Road, Royston, husband of 62 years to Audrey Mae Pullian Green, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at St. Mary's Hospital with his children at his side. Mr. Green was born in Tarpon Springs, FL on June 17, 1937, son of the late John Franklin Green, Sr. and...
Jerry Lamar Johnson
December 10, 2019
Mr. Jerry Lamar Johnson, 73, of Pine Hill Drive, Elberton, husband of the late Carolyn Christine Rousey Johnson, passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at his residence. Mr. Johnson was born in Elberton on August 25, 1946, son of the late John Thomas Johnson and France Louise Thornton Johnson. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran having served in Vietnam...
Michael Edwin Sottile, Ii
December 9, 2019
Mr. Michael Edwin Sottile, II, 55, of Pace Drive, Nicholson, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2019, at his residence. Mr. Sottile was born in St. Albans West, Virginia on May 17, 1964, son of the late Michael Edwin Sottile, I and Mary Catherine Chisolm Sottile. Survivors include his sister, Susan Sottile Baker of Hendersonville, TN. No services will be...
Anita Willis Boyd
December 8, 2019
Mrs. Anita Willis Boyd, 48, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Sunday, December 8, 2019 at her home. Mrs. Boyd was born in Lincolnton, Georgia to the late Gerald and Virginia Willis.She was the widow of Gary Johnson, and had worked throughout her life as a nurse. Mrs. Boyd is survived by a son, Stephen Seymour, Jr. of Laurens, SC, and...
Derrick Keith Mckern
December 8, 2019
Mr. Derrick 'Keith' McKern, 60, of Jackson Bridge Road, Carnesville, passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2019, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. He was born in Hartwell on November 20, 1959, son of the late Robert Warren McKern and Betty Ruth Bennett McKern. He was a talented musician who enjoyed playing drums. Survivors include his son, Derrick 'Brandon' McKern of...
Alvin Scott
December 7, 2019
Alvin Scott, 73, of Statham, formerly of Elberton, died December 7, 2019. He was born September 23, 1946 in Elberton to Thomas Orr Scott and Grace Mae Dunn Scott. He served in the U.S. Army, having been stationed in Germany during the Vietnam War. Mr. Scott retired from Veteran’s Administration. He was a long-time member of Rutledge Baptist Church. He...
Allen R. Drake
December 7, 2019
Mr. Allen R. Drake, 83, of Hartwell Hwy. Elberton, GA passed away Saturday December 7, 2019 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Drake was born December 16, 1935 in Madison County, GA to Hoyt Drake and Jewel Mitchell Drake. He was a retired watch and clock repairman. He was a past president of the Dixie Drifters Camping Club. He loved camping,...
Lois Alewine Hammond
December 6, 2019
Mrs. Lois Alewine Hammond, of Elberton, passed away Friday, December 6, 2019 at the age of 102 in North Carolina. Mrs. Hammond was a native of Abbeville, South Carolina, daughter of the late James Arthur and Ethel Williams Alewine.She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Carlisle Hammond, and a brother, Marshall Alewine.Mrs. Hammond worked as a nurse at...
Roger Lee Thomason
December 6, 2019
Mr. Roger Lee Thomason, 70, of Ruby Lane, Royston, GA passed away Friday, December 6, 2019 at his home. Mr. Thomason was born July 26, 1949 in Hartwell, GA to Junior Thomason and Sarah Elrod Thomason. He was a member of Price Chapel Church of God in Lavonia, a retired drywall worker and a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived...
Ronald Wayne Jones, Sr.
December 6, 2019
Mr. Ronald Wayne Jones, Sr., 73, of Forest Road, Milledgeville, GA passed away Friday, December 6, 2019, at Eatonton Health and Rehab. Mr. Jones was born July 27, 1946, in Macon, GA, son of the late Eva Louise Strange, and was adopted at an early age by the late Lewis Jones and Esther Cheshire Jones. He attended New Elim Baptist...
Calvin Lee Scott
December 5, 2019
TRISTON LOYETTE MCCAIN SCOTT, AGE 35 CALVIN LEE SCOTT, AGE 40 Passed away late Thursday night December 5, 2019 as the result of an automobile accident near Meridian, Mississippi. The husband and wife were traveling to Calvin’s native Georgia to visit his ailing father, who later passed away Saturday evening. Triston was born May 28, 1984 in Bogalusa and was...
Donald Doyle Bates
December 5, 2019
Mr. Donald "Buck" Doyle Bates, 77, of Kristy St. Bowersville, GA passed away Thursday, December 5, 2019 at his home. Mr. Bates was born June 12, 1942 in Franklin, NC to Ray Bates and Gertrude Hodgin Bates. He was a self-employed brickmason and a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by his wife Phyllis Juanita Watts Bates; siblings: Bechard Hodgin,...
Danny Malcom Stovall
December 3, 2019
Danny Malcolm Stovall, 66, of Iva, South Carolina, died Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at his home. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, he was a son of the late Raymond Stovall and Jennie Hardy Stovall Jensen. He was a graduate of Limestone College with a BS degree in Business Administration and an Associate degree in Electrical Engineering. He was the lead instructor...
Marilyn Williams Booth
December 2, 2019
Mrs. Marilyn Joy Williams Booth, 81, of Elberton, passed away Monday, December 2, 2019 at Elbert Memorial Hospital.A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, she was the daughter of the late Roy F. and Helen Chanoby Williams.She was the widow of the late Jimmy Lane Booth, Sr., to whom she was married fifty three years before he passed away in 2013.Mrs....
Melether Wilder Fleming
December 2, 2019
Mrs. Margerita ‘Melether’ Wilder Fleming, 89, of Morgan Way, Colbert, wife of 62 years to the late Lt. Col. Hewell Donald Fleming, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2019, at her residence. Mrs. Fleming was born in Greenwood, SC on November 13, 1930, daughter of the late Clarence Leonard Wilder and Ruby Jane Anderson Wilder. She was a member of...
Doris Lumpkin Decker
November 29, 2019
Mrs. Doris Louise Lumpkin Decker, 89, of Winston Drive, Bowman, Georgia, wife of 50 years to the late William Miller Decker, Sr., passed away on Friday, November 29, 2019, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, Georgia Mrs. Decker was born in Anniston, Alabama on July 10, 1930, daughter of the late Roy Leon Lumpkin and Ettie Ophelia Couch Lumpkin. She...
Marshall Edwin Leard
November 29, 2019
Mr. Marshall Edwin Leard, 65, of Harris Road, Royston, husband of 3 years to Diane Boleman Leard, passed away on Friday, November 29, 2019, at his residence. Marshall was born in Elberton on June 4, 1954, son of Annie Bell Scarborough Leard and the late John Edward Leard. He was a graduate of Elbert County High School and a Mason....
Galen Rucker Hutto
November 27, 2019
Mr. Galen Rucker Hutto passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at the age of 78. Mr. Hutto is preceded in death by his parents, Lonzie L. Hutto, Jr., and Sue Rucker Hutto of Elberton and his infant daughter, Leslie Hutto. A proud mason for 50 years of the Washington and Henry Lodge, No. 344, A.F. & A.M., Mr. Hutto...
Dixie Stamey Gaddy
November 25, 2019
Mrs. Hilda Mae “Dixie” Stamey Gaddy, 86, of Steve Ray Drive, Dewy Rose, GA, wife of 69 years to Ralph Stanley Gaddy, passed away on Monday November 25, 2019, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mrs. Gaddy was born in Buncombe County, NC on June 8, 1933, daughter of the late Dennis Farrady Stamey and Eveline Warren Stamey. She was a...
Menford Terry Duncan
November 25, 2019
Mr. Menford Terry Duncan, 65, of Parks Brown Road, Dewy Rose, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2019, at his mother's residence in Anderson. Mr. Duncan was born May 25, 1954 in Anderson, SC to W.L. Duncan and Jewell Smith Duncan Kinley. He was a member of Gaines Chapel Holiness Church. He is survived by sons: Shane Duncan of Elberton,...
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