Obituaries

James Carlise Smith
October 29, 2016
Mr. James Carlise Smith, 62, of Sunset Drive, Hartwell, GA husband of Connie Kesler Smith passed away Saturday, October 29, 2016. Mr. Smith was born February 2, 1954 in Royston, GA to Charles Edward Smith and Barbara Fleming Honea. He was a member of Milltown Church of Hartwell and was a retired truck driver for Tenneco. Survivors include his wife...
Thomas Eugene Johnson
October 28, 2016
Mr. Thomas Eugene Johnson, 77, of Highland Dr. Elberton husband of Rebecca Brown Johnson passed away Friday, October 28, 2016 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Johnson was born December 26, 1938 in Elberton, GA to Ralph Johnson and Janie Lee Davis Johnson. He was a member of Elberton Church of God and was a retired truck driver. Survivors include...
Mary Ann Sinclair Hicks
October 27, 2016
Mary Ann Sinclair Hicks, age 79, of 303 Brookhaven Drive, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2016, at AnMed Health Medical Center, with her loving family at her side. Born on August 14, 1937, in Elbert County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Park Sinclair and the late Beulah Lunsford Sinclair. For fifty-eight years, she was the loving...
Mozelle Brady Wilder
October 25, 2016
Mrs. Mozelle Brady Wilder, 95, formerly of Country Club Road, Elberton, GA, wife of the late James Floyd Wilder, passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville, GA. Mrs. Wilder was born on October 1, 1921, in Franklin County, Eastanollee, GA daughter of the late Jim Brady and Emma Simmons Brady. She was a...
Gurvis Ann Brown
October 25, 2016
Mrs. Gurvis Ann Turner Brown, 73, of Anderson Highway, Elberton, wife of 45 years to Sanders B. Brown, Jr., passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Brown was born in Elbert County on April 7, 1943, daughter of the late Homer Coy Turner, Sr. and Amy Elizabeth Bond Turner. She was a seamstress having worked...
Catherine Cleveland Harrison
October 25, 2016
Mrs. Catherine Cleveland Harrison, age 86, of Hartwell, GA, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at AnMed Hospital in Anderson, SC. She was born August 2, 1930, in Hart County, GA. She was the daughter of the late George Cleo Cleveland and Mary M. Vickery Cleveland. She was a retired office administrator and a member...
Maurice Mensheha Arel
October 24, 2016
Mr. Maurice Mensheha Arel, 28, of Rose Hill Ct., Athens, GA passed away Monday, October 24, 2016 at his home. Mr. Arel was born September 29, 1988 in Minneapolis, MN to David Arel and Mary Miller. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN. Survivors include his father David Arel of MN; mother Mary Miller of Athens,...
Dee Isom Swords
October 23, 2016
Mrs. Delores Elizabeth “Dee” Isom Swords, 75, of Washington Highway, Elberton, wife of Tookie Swords, entered into rest on Sunday, October 23, 2016, in the comfort of her home. Mrs. Swords was born in Hart County on February 4, 1941, daughter of the late J.P. and Hallie Cleveland Isom. She was a Customer Service Representative having worked at Seaboard Farms...
Truett Smith
October 22, 2016
Mr. Truett Smith of Elberton, GA died in the comfort of his home on Saturday morning, October 22, 2016, at the age of 92. Mr. Smith was born in Hopeful, GA on October 7, 1924, son of the late G.C. Smith and Rosa Gray Smith. He obtained an LLB from the University of Georgia. He worked for the U.S. Department...
Julia Gail Brown
October 22, 2016
Ms. Julia Gail Brown, 68, of Shallow Creek Rd., Elberton, GA passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016 at her home. Ms. Brown was born June 3, 1948 in Hartwell, GA to James Thurman Brown and Millie Jane White Brown. Survivors include daughters Lisa Brown of Elberton, GA, Rose Evans of Elberton, GA; sisters Mary Thelma Dean of Hartwell, GA and...
Ruby Couch Looney
October 21, 2016
Mrs. Ruby Elsie Couch Looney, 75, of Colbert, passed away on Friday, October 21, 2016, at her residence. She was a Certified Nursing Assistance having worked at Cobb Healthcare Center and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Survivors are her husband, Grady Looney; daughter, Tracey Howard and her husband John; siblings: Lonnie Couch of Colbert, Billy Hughes of Athens,...
Lynn Hall Green
October 20, 2016
Ms. Mary Lynn Hall Green, 54, of Montevideo Road, Elberton, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2016, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Ms. Green was born in Elbert County on June 26, 1962, daughter of the late James Ward Hall and Barbara Maxwell Hall. She was a member of Assembly Temple in Starr, SC. Survivors include her children: Jennifer and Paul...
Mary Catherine Barnhart
October 20, 2016
Mrs. Mary Catherine Dodson Barnhart, 87, of Madison Blvd., Colbert, GA wife of the late Ralph Barnhart passed away Thursday, October 20, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Barnhart was born July 19, 1929 in Alexandria, VA to Emmett and Mary Dodson. She was a retired RN. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Trina and Jeff White of Colbert, GA, sons and...
Tommy Willis
October 18, 2016
Mr. Thomas M. “Tommy” Willis, Jr., 84, passed away at this home on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at 4:30p.m. Mr. Willis was born in Elbert County on January 23, 1932, the youngest son of the late Thomas M. Willis, Sr. and Zelma Dunbar Willis. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Elberton and the Earl Davis Sunday School...
Clifford Turman, Jr.
October 15, 2016
Mr. Clifford Turman, Jr., 67, of Longstreet Rd., Elberton passed away Saturday, October 15, 2016 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Turman was born May 13, 1949 to Clifford Turman, Sr. and Frances A. Tyner Turman. He was a retired sandblaster in the granite industry and auto mechanic. Survivors include a son Greg Turman of Elberton, GA; daughter Tina Marie Nixon...
Laura Jennings Dickerson
October 14, 2016
Mrs. Laura Lucille Jennings Dickerson, 70, of Ellen Street, Hartwell, wife of Ronnie Dickerson, passed away on Friday, October 14, 2016, at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta. Mrs. Dickerson was born September 19, 1946 in Anderson, SC to Drayton Kelly Jennings, Sr. and Lucille Grace Crawford Jennings. She was a member of River of Life Church in Hartwell and...
Sarah Beatrice Kinley
October 12, 2016
Mrs. Sarah Beatrice Welborn Kinley, 82, of Lindas Way Royston, GA wife of the late Henry Lee Kinley passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2016. Mrs. Linley was born September 8, 1934 in Royston, GA to Emmett Welborn and Alene Duckett Welborn. She was of the Baptist Faith and was a retired seamstress. Survivors include a son Keith Kinley of Royston,...
Magnettie Pless Burden
October 10, 2016
Mrs. Nancy ‘Magnettie’ Pless Burden, age 89, of Elberton, died at PruittHealth Spring Valley on Monday, October 10, 2016. She was a member of the Elberton Church of God. Magnettie was born in Stephens County on October 8, 1927, to John and Hannah Davis Pless. She is also preceded in death by seven brothers, two sisters, and her husband, Jim...
Harold Adams
October 9, 2016
Mr. Emory ‘Harold’ Adams, age 96, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, October 9, 2016, at his residence on Highland Drive in Elberton, while holding the hand of his beloved wife of 73 1/2 years, Mrs. Doris Dallis Adams. Mr. Adams was born in the Pendergrass Community of Jackson County on July 27, 1920, the youngest son of the late...
Leon David Dodds
October 8, 2016
Mr. Leon David Dodds, 78, of Muddy Branch Rd., Canon, GA husband of Stella Prescott Pinner passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016 at his home. Mr. Dodds was born August 18, 1938 in New Creek, W.VA to the late Charlie M. Dodds and Leonora E. Henderson Dodds. He was a retired superintendent in the construction industry. Survivors include his wife...
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