Obituaries
Andrew Dwight Driver
December 29, 2018
Mr. Andrew Dwight “Tater” Driver, 77, of Lexington Highway, Elberton, husband of 49 years to Clara Andrews Moon Driver, passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2018, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Driver was born in Elbert County on March 20, 1941, son of the late Bernice and Mary Elizabeth Pulliam Driver. He was a polisher having worked in the granite...
Edith Marie Wilson
December 28, 2018
Mrs. Edith Marie Fuller Wilson, 78, of Elberton, GA, died Friday, December 28, 2018. Born in Bartow, FL, she was a daughter of the late Dr. Henry Fuller and Edith Maria Record Fuller. She earned her Bachelor of Nursing at Florida State University and worked as a Registered Nurse for many years. She was a member of St. Stephens Anglican...
Chris Snellings
December 27, 2018
Mr. Chris Snellings, 52, of Augusta, entered into eternal rest on December 27, 2018, in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Born on August 16, 1966, Chris was a native of Elberton, Georgia having made Augusta, Georgia his lifelong residence. He worked as a Senior Functional Consultant and was currently employed with CherryRoad Technologies. Before his long career as a consultant, he...
James Robert Trubell
December 27, 2018
Mr. James Robert “Jim” Trubell, 72, of Elberton, died Thursday, December 27, 2018, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. A native of Illinois, Jim was the only son of the late Marie Easton Trubell. He was a U.S. Army Veteran having served during the Vietnam era and was retired from Delta Airlines. He was twice married, first to the late Mary Hulme...
Annie Ruth Graham
December 27, 2018
Mrs. Annie Ruth Allen Graham, 85, of Hull, GA entered into her final sunset on December 27, 2018. Mrs. Graham was born April 26, 1933 in Athens, GA. She was the daughter of the late Jesse and Hettie Wright Allen, wife of the late Quilla A. Graham, Sr., the mother of the late Rita N. Cook, grandmother of the late...
Betty Massey Prather
December 26, 2018
Mrs. Betty Massey Prather of Elberton, Georgia entered into rest on December 26, 2018 after a lengthy period of declining health. Born September 16, 1927 in Canon, Georgia, she was the second child of the late Ruth Duncan Massey and Horace E. Massey. Her greatest joy in life was her family and dear friends. She took pride in being a...
Horace Mann
December 24, 2018
Mr. Horace Mann, age 86, of Elberton died December 24, 2018 in a nursing facility in Elberton. Mr. Mann was a native of Lyons, lived most of his life in Dunnellon, FL, and had resided in Elberton for just over a year. He was an electrical engineer who worked many years for Western Electric and later retired from AT&T. He...
Elaine Cox Burdette
December 24, 2018
Mrs. Jimmie Elaine Cox Burdette, age 73 of Villa Rica, Georgia passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Monday, December 24, 2018. Elaine was born in Colquitt, Georgia on November 18, 1945, the daughter of the late Nelson Cox and Jimmie Williams Cox. She graduated from Miller County High School in 1963. Elaine attended Berry College originally and received...
Jean Mcintosh Duncan
December 21, 2018
Jean McIntosh Duncan, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, December 21, 2018, (11:35 pm) with her daughter by her side at Elbert Memorial Hospital, where "wonderful angels" helped make her final days comfortable. For the last 29 years she lived with her son-in-law and daughter, Jeff and Sandy Adams. Jean was 86, born on July 7,...
Porter Vernon Fowler, Sr.
December 20, 2018
Porter Vernon Fowler, Sr., 94, of Elberton, GA, died Thursday, December 20, 2018, at Nancy Hart Nursing Center in Elberton, GA. A native of Madison, County, NC, he was the son of the late Elizabeth “Tiny” Hyder Fowler and Vernon Fowler. Porter is also preceded in death by two wives, Edith Ledford and Harriett Garland; five sisters, Harriett Worley, Lettie...
Kenneth Russell Burkitt, Sr.
December 19, 2018
Mr. Kenneth Russell Burkitt, Sr., 75, of Brookwood Dr. Lavonia, GA passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at his home. Mr. Burkitt was born July 13, 1943 in Philadelphia, PA to Samuel Burkitt and Caroline Erb Burkitt. He is survived by hi wife: Fran Destefano Burkitt; son: Kenneth Russell Birkett, Jr. of Denver, PA, step-sons: Erik Gabriel if MS, Dennis...
Charles Vernon Barger
December 18, 2018
Mr. Charles Vernon Barger, 89, of Lexington Highway, Elberton, husband of the late Barbara Ruff Barger, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2018, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Barger was born in Rowan County, North Carolina on April 17, 1929, son of the late Claude Vernon Barger and Ruth Wylie Barger. An avid outdoorsman, “Charlie” was a retired meat cutter...
Donna Huff Cotner
December 17, 2018
Mrs. Donna Lynn Huff Cotner, 58, of Pine Grove Road, Arnoldsville, GA, passed away on Monday, December 17, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Cotner was born on July 11, 1960, in Athens, GA to Clifford Marvin Huff and Lutitia Lovern Huff. She was a retired school bus driver. She is survived by her husband, Grady Ray Cotner; daughter, Deece Marie...
Darrell Bailey Floyd
December 14, 2018
Mr. Darrell Bailey Floyd, 70, of Sanders Road, Dewy Rose, husband of 50 years to Jean Norman Floyd, died peacefully on Friday, December 14, 2018, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital surrounded by his family. Darrell was born in Elberton on June 9, 1948, son of the late Walter Junius “Junior” Floyd and Jessie Lee Coile Floyd. He was a 1968...
Maria Christine Samuel
December 13, 2018
Maria Christine D’Souza Samuel, 47, of Elberton, passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2018, at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Maria was born in Chennai, India on May 8, 1971, daughter of the late John Arther D’Souza and Christine D’Souza. She was employed in the granite industry and a parishioner of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. She is survived by her...
Doris Wilene Brady
December 12, 2018
Mrs. Doris Wilene McMullan Brady, 90, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital.A native of Elbert County, she was the daughter of the late Jim Martin and Lessie Greenway McMullan.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Wanda Brady Yeargin, and a brother, Jimmy McMullan.Mrs. Brady had worked...
Geraldine Brown Smith
December 11, 2018
Mrs. Sara Geraldine Brown Smith, 83, of Sand Hill Road, Bowman, wife of 50 years to the late Herman Miller Smith, passed away on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Smith was born in Bowman on July 1, 1935, daughter of the late John Emory Brown and Cariene Elizabeth Scoggins Brown. She was a weaver having retired from...
Vivian Geary Janes
December 10, 2018
Mrs. Vivian Denise Geary Janes, 66, of Logan's Run, Martin, wife of 41 years to Joseph Allen Janes, died on Monday, December 10, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Janes was born in Louisville, Kentucky on July 20, 1952, daughter of the late Floyd Geary and Constance Crowder. She was a waitress, self-employed interior designer, and one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Surviving...
Joan Ruff Craft
December 9, 2018
Ms. Joan (pronounced Joanne) Ruff Craft, 82, of Lexington, SC, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2018, at her residence. Ms. Craft was born in Elberton on October 12, 1936, daughter of the late Floyd R. and Frances Snellings Ruff. She was a payroll clerk and worked in office administration most of her life, and was a member of Fellowship...
Mary Helen Johnson
December 5, 2018
Miss Mary Helen Johnson, 74, of Elberton, passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Miss Johnson was born in Elberton on June 13, 1944, daughter of the late Ralph Thomas Johnson and Janie Lee Davis Johnson. She was a homemaker, a member of Elberton Church of God, and attended Northside Baptist Church. Survivors include...
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