John Winfred Busby

Mr. John ‘Winfred’ Busby, 77, of Bobby Brown Park Road, Elberton, husband of 55 years to the late Mary Frances Starnes Busby, passed away on Monday, December 22, 2025, at Nancy Hart Nursing Center. 

Winfred was born in Hartwell on April 15, 1948, son of the late Doc Terrell Busby and Mamie Lee Shiflet Busby. He worked as a stone cutter having retired from Apex Granite Company, and was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Calhoun Falls. He was a loving husband, father, Papa and brother. He was a simple man and an avid woodworker who enjoyed using his talents to make furniture and other items. Winfred and Mary enjoyed planting a vegetable garden each year, and took many annual trips to Myrtle Beach. Above all, his most prized possession was his family. His grandchildren who affectionately called him “Papa" were his world. 

Surviving are his children: John A. Busby (Kim) and Jana B. Moon (Scott); grandchildren: Ryan Moon (Courtney), Barron Busby (Julina), Johna Ware (Bruce), and Kyle Moon (Aleigh); great-grandchildren: Ryleigh Moon, Renleigh Moon, and Brogan Ware; brother, Bobby Busby (Glenda) all of Elberton; brother-in-law, Dennis Starnes (Sandra) of Athens, GA; sisters-in-law: Susan Anderson of Rutherfordton, NC and Candy Pierce of Wilmington, NC; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Along with his wife and parents, he is preceded in death by his siblings: David Busby Richard Busby, Floyd Busby, Ervin Busby, and Betty Robinson.

The family will receive friends on Friday, January 2, 2026, from 10:00a.m. until 10:45a.m. at Berry Funeral Home. Funeral services, officiated by the Rev. Andrew Danals, will follow at 11:00a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment will be in the Bethlehem Methodist Church cemetery with Ryan Moon, Kyle Moon, Barron Busby, and Bruce Ware honored as pallbearers.

Flowers are accepted, and contributions may be made in Winfred’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Association, 41 Perimeter Center East, Suite 550, Atlanta, GA 30346.

Those wishing may sign the online guestbook at berryfh.com.

Berry Funeral Home & Crematory of Elberton is respectfully in charge of arrangements for Mr. John ‘Winfred’ Busby.