Obituaries
James Russell Longstreet
August 17, 2017
Mr. James Russell Longstreet, born December 1st 1952, died August 17th 2017. Beloved father and brother, he is survived by his children, Jennifer and Robert, and his two sisters, Tacy and Diane. Jim worked in the rubber industry for most of his professional life and spent several decades as the plant engineer at Oliver Rubber Company in Athens Georgia and...
Viola Mae Mcgee
August 16, 2017
Mrs. Viola Mae Morrow McGee, 57, of Bobby Brown State Park Rd., Elberton, GA wife of Terry McGee passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at her home. Mrs. McGee was born October 11, 1959 in Abbeville, SC to Henry Marion Morrow and Betty Jean Parnell Morrow. She was of the Baptist Faith. Survivors include her husband: Terry McGee; son: Jason...
Helen Smith Erwin
August 15, 2017
Mrs. Helen Smith Erwin, 94, of Lexington Hwy., Elberton, GA wife of Robert R.L. Erwin passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at her daughters home in Gray, GA. Mrs. Erwin was born March 2, 1923 in Oglethorpe Co., GA to John Rich Smith and Sarah Jones Smith. She was a member of Falling Creek Baptist Church and was a retired...
Dorothy "Dot" Smith Brown
August 14, 2017
Mrs. Dorothy "Dot" Smith Brown, 91, of Lexington Hwy., Elberton, GA wife of the late Charles Allen Brown, Sr. passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Brown was born February 11, 1926 to Henry Thomas Smith and Eva Brown Smith. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Elberton and was a homemaker. She is survived...
James Edwin Savage
August 13, 2017
Mr. James E. Savage, 74, of Royston, Georgia passed away Sunday, August 13, 2017 at St. Mary’s Hospice House. Mr. Savage was born in Carnesville, Georgia to the late Morris and Francis Smith Savage.He was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Vaughn Savage, and two sons, Gary Morris Savage, and Eddie James Savage.Mr. Savage was a veteran of the...
Joyce Myers Comolli
August 12, 2017
Joyce Myers Comolli , age 90, of Elberton, GA, passed away onSaturday, August 12, 2017, at the Elbert Memorial Hospital.A native of Hart County, Mrs. Comolli was the daughter of the late William Pearson Myers and Gertrude Jones Myers.She was preceded in death by her husband Louis Comolli, brother Thomas E. Myers, and sister-in-law Elma Giannoni Myers. Mrs. Comolli was...
Mary Ann Fleming Price
August 12, 2017
Mrs. Mary Ann Fleming Price, 81, of Bowman, wife of the late Joel Franklin Price, entered into rest on Saturday, August 12, 2017, at Hartwell Health & Rehabilitation. Mrs. Price was born in Bowman on January 26, 1936, daughter of the late Arrie Washington Johnson Fleming and Clara Bell Edwards Fleming. She was a retired sewing machine operator and a...
Sally Weline Hightower Fleming
August 11, 2017
Mrs. Sally Weline Hightower Fleming, 81, of Hewell Road, Dewy Rose, wife of the late Clifford Roy Fleming, (USN, Ret.) passed away on Friday, August 11, 2017, at University Hospital McDuffie in Thomson. Mrs. Fleming was born on March 10, 1936, in Habersham County to Christopher Columbus Hightower and Myra Stroud Gibson. She was a member of Deep Creek Baptist...
Lindsay T. Burden
August 10, 2017
Lindsay T. Burden, aged 91, passed away peacefully August 10, 2017 surrounded by family. Lindsay was born March 18, 1926 in Elbert County, Georgia to Oran Strawder Burden and Sarah Wilson Burden. Lindsay was a WWII veteran who served in the Philippines and Japan, and spoke Japanese; he later went on to become a Mecklenburg County Police sergeant, and spent...
Annie Ruth Mattox
August 9, 2017
Mrs. Annie Ruth Gunter Mattox, 93, of Lexington, Georgia passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at her daughter’s home. Mrs. Mattox was born in Washington, Georgia, daughter of the late Soloman “Sol”and Lucy Standridge Gunter.She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton Parks Mattox; two sons, Wilbur Gene and John A. Mattox; a son-in-law, Gaines Hall; a...
Velera Christian Furcron
August 8, 2017
Mrs. Velera Christian Furcron, 82, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at her home. A native of Elbert County, Mrs. Furcron was the daughter of the late Worley and Macie Dickerson Christian.She was the wife of William “Bill” Furcron, with whom she had celebrated over 65 years of marriage.Mrs. Furcron was preceded in death by...
James H. "Jimmy" Wilder
August 8, 2017
Mr. James H. “Jimmy” Wilder, 81, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at his home. Mr. Wilder was born in Elberton, Georgia to the late Carl Monroe and Beulah Clayton Wilder.He was the beloved husband of Betty Davis Wilder, with whom he had celebrated over 61 years of marriage, and had worked throughout his life as a...
Darrell Glenn Taylor
August 8, 2017
Mr. Darrell Glenn Taylor, 60, of Austell, GA passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at Gentiva Hospice located in Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Survivors include a daughter: Amanda O. Taylor; mother: Dorothy O. Jester of Aylett, VA; siblings: Deborah T. Hosford of Atlanta, GA, Diana T. Jones-Walsh of Aylett, VA, Dana T. Johnson of Gainesville, GA, David Taylor of...
Col. Charles Lee Dixon, (U.S. Army, Ret.)
August 8, 2017
Col. Charles Lee Dixon, U.S. Army, Retired, 86, of Colonel Dixon Rd., Elberton went peacefully to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 8, 2017, with Norma, his wife of 65 years, by his side in their Elberton home. Col. Dixon was born on November 27, 1930, in Elberton to the late John C. and Jamie M. Dixon. He was...
Kathleen Scarborough Peppers
August 7, 2017
Mrs. Kathleen Scarborough Peppers, 81, of Colonel Dixon Rd., Elberton, GA wife of Henry Herman Peppers passed away Monday, August 7, 2017. Mrs. Peppers was born December 27, 1935 in Elberton, GA to Luther Scarborough and Sallie Kate Lovinggood Scarborough. She was a member of Fortsonia Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband: Henry Herman...
Doris Childs Perkins
August 6, 2017
Mrs. Doris Ellen Childs Perkins, age 87, passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2017. Mrs. Perkins was born on June 24, 1930 in Elbert County, GA daughter of the late Robert Otis Childs, Sr. and Gladys Scott Childs. Mrs. Perkins had a lifelong love of learning. She graduated from First Consolidated School in Elbert County, GA in 1946 and later...
Sean De Guzman
August 6, 2017
Mr. Sean de Guzman, 70, of Hartwell, GA passed away peacefully Sunday, August 6, 2017 after a lengthy battle with cancer at home with his wife by his side. Sean was born December 8, 1946 in Long Island , NY to Paul Vincent de Guzman and Catherine Noone de Guzman. He attended St. David's school in NY, Blackrock College in...
Leon Brown
August 5, 2017
Mr. Jimmy Leon Brown, 63, passed away Saturday, August 5, 2017. The funeral will be held at 3pm on Monday, August 7, 2017 at Greene Funeral Home Northwest Chapel with Rev. Barry Yates officiating. The burial will be at Ebenezer ARP Cemetery. Born in Elberton, Ga., Leon was the son of the late James Thomas & Bonnie Cheek Brown. He...
Clint Bowen
August 4, 2017
James Clinton "Clint" Bowen, age 47, of Palm Bay, Florida, formerly of Elberton, passed away on August 4, 2017, after suffering a stroke in January. He fought a long and strong battle overcoming many obstacles, but God had a better plan for him. He was born on May 22, 1970, to James Wilson "Jimmy" Bowen and Eileen Flowers Bowen, who...
Teresa Gail Ayers
August 1, 2017
Mrs. Teresa Gail Thomas Ayers, 58, of Will Clark Rd., Jefferson, GA formerly of Toccoa, GA passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at St. Mary's Hospice House. Mrs. Ayers was born in Waycross, GA on March 24, 1959 to Burrell Thomas and Lilly Mae Miller Thomas. She was of the Baptist Faith and was a saddle maker. She is survived...
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