Obituaries
Vollie Allen Burks
October 6, 2016
Mr. Vollie Allen Burks, 68, of Poplar Springs Rd. Lavonia, GA husband of Brenda Boone Burks passed away Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Anmed Hospital in Anderson, SC. Mr. Burks was born November 24, 1947 in Clayton, GA to the late Vollie Henry Burks and Alma Burks. He was a retired custom van interior installer and a U.S. Navy veteran....
Barbara Jean Herndon
October 4, 2016
Mrs. Barbara Jean Nash Herndon, 76, of Calhoun Falls Highway, Elberton, wife of 48 years to the late Milton Herndon, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at her residence. Mrs. Herndon was born in Elbert County on June 4, 1940, daughter of the late Towns F. and Edna Louise Webb Nash. She was a homemaker and a member of...
Jimmy B. Butler
October 2, 2016
Mr. Jimmy B. Butler, 85, of Dewy Rose, Georgia passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016 at St. Mary’s Hospice House. Mr. Butler was born in Elbert County to the late Joseph and Hilda Vickery Butler.He was married to Frances Dudley Butler, and would have celebrated 57 years of marriage later this month. Mr. Butler was a veteran of the United...
Neil C. Bonds
October 2, 2016
Mr. Neil C. Bonds, of Marietta, GA and formerly of Calhoun Falls, SC, entered into rest on Sunday, October 2, 2016, at WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center in Marietta, GA, at the age of 84. Mr. Bonds was born in Iva, SC, on December 11, 1931, son of the late Carroll Allen Bonds and Annie Mae Hutchison Bonds, and was...
Joseph Edwin Freeman, Jr.
September 25, 2016
Joseph Edwin Freeman, Jr., 77, of Dawson, formerly of Elberton, passed away at home on Sunday, September 25, 2016. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Herod Baptist Church, with interment to follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. A visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the service. Pastor Jack...
Andy Cornell
September 25, 2016
Mr. Horace Andrew “Andy” Cornell, 67, of Fork Creek Circle, Bowman, husband of 10 years to Juanita Wells Cornell, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2016, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Cornell was born in Elbert County on August 30, 1949, son of the late Horace Gerald and Sara Thornton Cornell. A 1967 graduate of Elbert County High School, Andy...
Carl "Sig" Jensen
September 24, 2016
Carl “Sig” Jensen of Redan, Georgia passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2016. He was born in 1934 in Elberton, GA to the late Charles and Foy Jensen. He served in the United States Air Force for four years after high school, and he was stationed at several bases in the United States, as well as in Okinawa, Japan. After...
Jo Ellen Anderson-Giesbrecht
September 23, 2016
Mrs. Jo Ellen Anderson-Giesbrecht, 58, of Woodale Street, Hull, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Frances Bone Anderson and is survived by her husband of 24 years, Steve Giesbrecht of the home; children: Dylan Ross Giesbrecht of Colbert and Kelli Frances Giesbrecht of...
L.C. Turman
September 23, 2016
Mr. L.C. Turman, 87, of Parkman Road, Elberton, husband of 61 years to the late Jean Patterson Turman, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016, at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, SC. Mr. Turman was born in Elbert County on December 3, 1928, the last child of the late Robert Clarence Turman and Mary Bell Thomas Turman. He was a...
Terry Lamar Segars
September 22, 2016
Mr. Terry Lamar Segars, 63, of Bond Avenue, Canon, GA, husband of Brenda Childs Segars, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016, at his home. Mr. Segars was born December 25, 1952, in Royston, GA, son of the late John N. Segars and Rosalie Smith Segars. He was a member Canon Church of God and was retired from the City of...
Phyllis Mary Davenport
September 21, 2016
Mrs. Phyllis Mary McCarter Davenport, 79, of Almond Dr., Comer, GA wife of the late Bennett Wayne Davenport passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Davenport was born December 20, 1936 in Boyds Creek, TN to the late Walter Pleas McCarter and Dora McCarter. She was a retired nurse. Survivors include a son Bennett Wayne Davenport, II...
Jerry Dean Mann
September 19, 2016
Mr. Jerry Dean Mann, 70, of Seymour Rd., Martin, GA passed away Monday, September 19, 2016 at his home. Mr. Mann was born February 7, 1946 in Oakland, CA to the late Ralph Shirley Mann and Mildred Grace Costa Mann. He was a retired Grocery Store Manager. Mr. Mann's wishes were to be cremated and no services are planned at...
Renee Rogers Moon
September 18, 2016
Mrs. Tracey Renee Rogers Moon, 50, of Flagstaff Rd., Elberton, GA wife of Jeffery Lynn Moon passed away Sunday, September 18, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Moon was born February 16, 1966 in Anderson, SC to the late Bobby Lewis Rogers and Elaine McLanahan Rogers. She was member of First Baptist Church of Elberton, a clerk for Elbert Memorial Hospital,...
Ellen Yeargin Madden
September 18, 2016
Mrs. Ellen Yeargin Madden, 93, formerly of Washington Hwy., Elberton, GA wife of the late Howard Madden passed away Sunday, September 18, 2016. Mrs. Madden was born November 14, 1922 in Elberton, GA to the late Will Henry Yeargin and Kate Ellen Sanders Yeargin. She was a member of Fortsonia Baptist Church and was a retired machine operator in the...
John Dean Oldham
September 18, 2016
Mr. John Dean Oldham, 56, of Church St. Royston, GA passed away Sunday, September 18, 2016 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, GA. Mr. Oldham was born March 2, 1960 in Lawrenceville, GA to the late Margaret Oldham Bowen. He was a retired crane operator and attended Assembly Church in Hartwell. Survivors include sons Jake Oldham of Hartwell, GA, Kyle...
Ruth Saxon Gilliam
September 17, 2016
Mrs. Ruth Saxon Gilliam, 91, formerly of Elberton, Georgia passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at Lifecare of Gwinnett in Lawrenceville. Mrs. Gilliam was born in Hartwell on March 23, 1925 to the late Louis Richard and Rona Bell Hall Saxon. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Jewel Clamp and Mae Rampey. She worked in Healthcare and...
Betty Driver Smith
September 17, 2016
Mrs. Betty Driver Smith, 79, of Jones Circle Royston, GA, wife of the late Charles Smith passed away Saturday, September 17, 2016 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, GA. Mrs. Smith was born January 16, 1937 to the late L.T. Driver and Mildred Driver. She was a retired from the textile industry. Survivors include her son Ricky Smith...
Nathan H. Acker
September 15, 2016
Mr. Nathan H. Acker, 93, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Thursday, September 15, 2016 in Athens Regional Medical Center.Born January 13, 1923, he was the son of the late Newton H. and Grace Taylor Acker.He was the husband of Alice Rogers Acker, having been married over 72 years.In addition to his parents, Mr. Acker was preceded in death by three...
Ima Rosser Oglesby
September 13, 2016
Mrs. Ima Jewell Rosser Oglesby, 93, of Deep Creek Road, Dewy Rose, wife of the late N.B. Oglesby, Jr., entered into rest on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, at Pruitt Health at Spring Valley. Mrs. Oglesby was born in Elbert County on March 12, 1923, daughter of the late Zera McRae Rosser and Georgia Hall Rosser. She was a homemaker and...
Martha Joanne Lee Modrich
September 13, 2016
Martha Joanne Lee Modrich, 80, of Springfield, Missouri, formerly of Elberton, passed away on September 13, 2016, at her home. She was born on October 7, 1935, daughter of the late Homer Lynn Lee, Sr. and Allie Teal Lee. She was married to Clifford Modrick who survives her. Joanne was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers: James...
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