Obituaries
Richard L. Nordai
November 2, 2019
Mr. Richard "Dick" L. Nordai, 79, of Pueblo Trail Martin, GA passed away Saturday, November 2, 2019. Mr. Nordai was born October 27, 1940 in Pennsylvania. He was a retired manager for Pep Boys, an automotive mechanic and avid bass fisherman. He is survived by his wife Margaret Ann Wilson Nordai; and step-children. In addition to his parents he was...
Bruce Isaac Federer, Jr.
November 1, 2019
Mr. Bruce I. Federer, Jr., 70, died peacefully at his home in Lavonia, GA, on November 1, 2019 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Raised in Doraville, GA, Bruce attended St. Pius and Sequoyah High Schools. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and, in 1969, was deployed to DaNang, Vietnam where he served as a crew chief and machine...
Billy Wayne Oglesby
October 31, 2019
Mr. Billy ‘Wayne’ Oglesby, 72, of Cook Street, Elberton, husband of Mary ‘Helen’ Burdette Oglesby, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2019, at his residence. Mr. Oglesby was born in Elberton on March 4, 1947, son of the late Joe and Lucille Helen Moon Oglesby. He was a crate builder having retired from Royston LLC and of the Baptist faith....
Edward Jerome Baade
October 31, 2019
Mr. Edward Jerome Baade, 82, of Chickasaw Drive, Westminster, SC, husband of 57 years to the late Mary Helen Corcoran Baade, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2019, at his residence. Mr. Baade was born in New York on March 27, 1927, son of the late Richard and Martha Osheski Baade. He was a veteran having served in both the...
Patricia Gilstrap Prince
October 29, 2019
Mrs. Patricia Louise Gilstrap Prince, 57, of Bowman Highway, Bowman, wife of 24 years to Carl Lloyd “Buddy” Prince, Jr., passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mrs. Prince was born in Anderson on July 9, 1962, daughter of Edith Sue Poole Gilstrap and the late James Richard “Slim” Gilstrap. She was a homemaker and...
John Thomas Adams
October 26, 2019
John Thomas Adams, 67, of Newnan passed away Saturday, October 26, 2019 at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. John was born July 21, 1952 in Louisville, GA to the late E.F. Adams & Annie Gaines Adams. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brother, Donald Edward Adams. John received his undergraduate degree and his pharmacy degree from the...
James Odath Patterson
October 22, 2019
Mr. James Odath Patterson, 85, of Nickville Road, Elberton, husband of the late Sandra Ann Whitener Patterson, finished his course in faith on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Patterson was born in Marengo County, Alabama on February 11, 1934, son of the late Marvin Eugene Patterson and Lidal Meeks Patterson. He was a top polisher having...
Gregory Duncan Jones
October 20, 2019
Mr. Gregory Duncan Jones, 49, of Cumming Drive, Elberton, passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2019, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital with his family at his side. Greg was born in Elberton on March 9, 1970, son of Adrian Duncan Jones and Nancy Ann Brown Jones. He was a graduate of Elbert County High School and received an Associates Degree...
Kendall Rae Purvis (Courtesy)
October 18, 2019
Mr. Kendall Rae Purvis, 66, of Monroe, Louisiana passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019 after a lengthy illness.Born in Baton Rouge, Ken was the son of Jean Craig Purvis and the late Chester Rae Purvis.He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Deborah Hammon Purvis.Ken was a veteran of the United States Air Force and a resident of...
Arthur Sheffield Hopper
October 18, 2019
MR. Arthur Sheffield Hopper, 86, of Cresent Dr. Toccoa, GA passed away Friday, October 18, 2019. Mr. Hopper was born December 8, 1932 in Jacksonville, FL to Albert Sheffield Hopper and Denise Gouin Hopper. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and retired City Clerk of Jacksonville. He is survived by a sister: Theodora Hopper Almeida of Toccoa, GA. Mr. Hopper...
Dorothy Ann Bolmon
October 18, 2019
Mrs. Dorothy Ann Miles Bolmon, 73, of Prana Lane Martin, GA, passed away Friday, October 18, 2019. Mrs. Bolmon was born January 26, 1946 in Stephens County, GA to John Wesley Miles and Rilla Grace Williams Smith Miles. She was a retired seamstress from Penline Garment and a member of Pentecostal Holiness Church in Toccoa. Mrs. Bolmon is survived by...
James Robert Fudge, Iii
October 18, 2019
James Robert Fudge, III, 75, of Perry, passed into the hands of God on Friday, October 18, 2019. A Private Interment will be held in Woodlawn Cemetery. A Memorial Service to celebrate Robert’s life will be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at Perry Presbyterian Church. Visitation will immediately follow the service at the church. In lieu...
Howell Clark Hunter
October 15, 2019
Mr. Howell Clark “Sonny” Hunter, 86, of Lexington, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at The Oaks in Athens. Sonny was born in Athens on August 3, 1933, son of the late Howell Cobb Hunter and Mary Florrye Hale Hunter, and is also preceded in death by his sisters: Mary Cobb Hunter Moody and Elizabeth Ann Hunter Dunn. He...
Mary Helen Baade
October 15, 2019
Mrs. Mary Helen Corcoran Baade, 82, of Chickasaw Drive, Westminster, SC, wife of 57 years to Edward Jerome Baade, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Lila Doyle Nursing Center in Seneca. Mrs. Baade was born in New York on November 21, 1936, daughter of the late Robert and Helen McAfee Corcoran. She was a homemaker and, as...
Bonny Oglesby Thomas
October 14, 2019
Mrs. Bonny Marie Oglesby Thomas, 54, of Athens, passed away on Monday, October 14, 2019, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Bonny was born in Atlanta on January 17, 1965, daughter of the late James Robert Oglesby and the late Myrna Frances Walden Oglesby Adamson, and the step-daughter of the late Franklin Eugene Adamson. She was a 1983 graduate of Morrow...
Ida Mae Johnson Thornton
October 14, 2019
Mrs. Ida Mae Johnson Thornton, 86, of Fortson Circle, Elberton, wife of Zora Thornton, Jr., passed away on Monday, October 14, 2019, at PruittHealth at Spring Valley. Mrs. Thornton was born in Elbert County on August 8, 1933, daughter of the late Hoke Thomas Johnson and Lola Mae Willingham Johnson. She was a homemaker and a member of Fortson Grove...
James David Burch
October 8, 2019
Mr. James David Burch, 79, of Tignall, GA, entered into rest peacefully on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at Nancy Hart Nursing Center in Elberton, GA with his daughter at his side. Mr. Burch was born in Waynesville, NC on January 28, 1940, son of the late David Calhoun Burch and Nova Ruth Hipps Burch. He attended and was a graduate...
Robert Drew Evans
October 7, 2019
Mr. Robert Drew "Bob" Evans, 77 (1942-2019), died Monday, October 7, 2019, at the Piedmont Athens Hospital in Athens, GA following a lengthy illness. He leaves wife of 59 years, Foye "Polly" (Palmer) Evans; his sons: Kenneth D. Evans, Waycross, GA and Robert Carl Evans, Albuquerque, NW; has daughters: Elizabeth Evans Hope (Rodney), Waycross, GA and Jacqueline A. Evans, Colbert,...
Dicie Scoggins Rogers
October 4, 2019
Ms. Dicie Maybelle Scoggins Rogers, 71, of Hwy 172 E, Bowman, passed away on Friday, October 4, 2019, at her residence. Dicie was born in Anderson, SC on August 8, 1948, daughter of the late Robert Toombs Scoggins and Katie Elizabeth Wilder Scoggins Partain. She was a weaver having retired from Glen Raven and a member of Holly Springs Baptist...
Anglo Saxon
October 4, 2019
Mr. Anglo Saxon, 78, of Vickery Lane, Elberton, husband of 58 years to the late Robbie Jo Vickery Saxon, passed away on Friday, October 4, 2019, at his residence. Mr. Saxon was born in Elberton on December 1, 1940, son of the late Ernest Albert Saxon and Bert Winona Clark Saxon. He served his country in the U.S. Army National...
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