Obituaries
Henry Clyde Farmer, Jr.
January 5, 2019
Mr. Henry Clyde Farmer, Jr., 73 of Meyer Farm Rd., Arnoldsville, GA passed away Saturday, January 5, 2019. Mr. Farmer was born April 12, 1945 in Piedmont, AL to Henry Clyde Farmer, Sr. and Frances Smith Farmer. He was a retired chiropractor and a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by his daughter Michele Leigh Farmer of St. Peters, MO....
Patricia Elizabeth Purcell
January 5, 2019
Miss Patricia Elizabeth Purcell, 82, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2019, in Elberton. An Elberton native, “Pat” was a longtime resident of Atlanta. She was a lifelong learner who earned several master degrees, enjoyed traveling, reading, and music. She was a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. She is survived by her brother, James E. and Carolyn Purcell; nieces...
Noel C. Ellis
January 4, 2019
Mr. Noel C. Ellis, 68, of Deep Creek Rd., Bowman, GA passed away Friday, January 4, 2019 at his home. Mr. Ellis was born December 18, 1950 in Daytona Beach, FL to Robert Ellis and Dienne Bertolini Adams. He was a retired office manager in the granite industry and was a Vietnam Veteran who served his country in the U.S....
Gene Bell
January 3, 2019
Mr. Talmadge Eugene “Gene” Bell, 84, of Ruckersville Road, Elberton, husband of 53 years to Mary Judith “Judy” Noell Bell, finished his course in faith on Thursday, January 3, 2019, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Bell was born in Elbert County on March 10, 1934, son of the late George Alvin Bell and Lola Claire Ruff Bell. He retired as...
William Lee Tindal
December 31, 2018
Mr. William Lee “Bill” Tindal, 88, of Cardinal Drive, Elberton, husband of Helen Smith Tindal, finished his course in faith on Monday, December 31, 2018, at his residence. Mr. Tindal was born in Jasper County, South Carolina on October 10, 1930, son of the late Hagood Archie “H.A.” Tindal and Pearl Freeman Tindal. Bill worked as an accountant all of...
Connie Wright Canty
December 30, 2018
Mrs. Connie Mae Wright Canty, 63, of Monroe, Georgia passed away December 30, 2018 at her home.She was born in Logan, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Willie S. Wright and Mandy O’Neal Wright.She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Christine Booth and Brenda Gibson.Mrs. Canty had worked in the food industry as well as a spinner...
John Wayne Stone
December 29, 2018
Mr. John Wayne Stone, 64, of S. Thomas Street, Elberton, husband of 4 years to Phyllis Kay Stone, passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2018, in Elbert County as the result of a motorcycle accident. Mr. Stone was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on October 4, 1954, son of the late Franklin Lee Stone and Katharine Jeanette Smith . He...
Sallie Smith Alexander
December 29, 2018
Mrs. Sallie Elizabeth Smith Alexander, 90, of Elberton and Greenwood, wife of 50 years to the late Robert Earl Alexander, entered into rest on Saturday, December 29, 2018, at Nancy Hart Nursing Center. Mrs. Alexander was born in Elberton on June 27, 1928, daughter of the late Dewitt Talmadge Smith, Sr. and Velma Elizabeth Moore Smith Moon, and step-daughter of...
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...
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