Obituaries

R.L. Ann Hilley

R.L. Ann Hilley

March 8, 2016

Mrs. R.L. Ann Scarborough Hilley, 62, of Omer Bond Rd., Royston, GA wife of James Virgil Hilley passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Hilley was born March 13, 1953 in Madison County to the late Rachel Rowland Scarborough. She worked on the assembly line at Tenneco and was a member of Hannahs Creek Baptist Church in...

Bruce Edward Brown

Bruce Edward Brown

March 8, 2016

Mr. Bruce Edward Brown, 64, of Hewell Rd., Dewy Rose, GA passed away Tuesday March 8, 2016 at his home. Mr. Brown was born April 13, 1951 in Royston, GA to the late William Dyle Brown and Hettie Mae Dutton Brown. He was a retired farmer. Left to cherish his memories are a daughter Vanessa Scott of Bogart, GA, siblings...

Warren Hulme

Warren Hulme

March 7, 2016

Mr. Clay Warren Hulme, Jr., 70, of College Ave., Elberton, GA passed away Monday, March 7, 2016 at Anmed Health Hospital. Mr. Hulme was born September 21, 1945 in Elberton, GA to the late Clay Warren Hulme, Sr. and Louise Brooks Hulme. Warren earned a Masters Degree in Education, a Masters Certificate in Spanish from the University of GA, and...

Matthew Joseph House

Matthew Joseph House

March 7, 2016

Mr. Matthew Joseph House, age 16, of Calhoun Falls Highway, Elberton, passed away tragically at his home on Monday, March 7, 2016, from injuries sustained during an automobile accident. Matt was born on March 26, 1999, in Melbourne, FL to James Ronald House and Mary Jo Oakler House. He was a Junior at Elbert County Comprehensive High School and enjoyed...

Fred "Jess" Shope

Fred "Jess" Shope

March 5, 2016

Mr. Fred "Jess" Shope, 83, of Cade St. Hartwell, GA passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Hartwell Health & Rehab. Mr. Shope was born April 12, 1932 in Otto, NC to the late Fred and Maude Shope. He was a retired Welcome Center Custodian. Survivors include a son Michael Shope of Indiana; daughters Dianne Henson of Lavonia, GA, CJ...

Billy Wayne Thomas

Billy Wayne Thomas

March 4, 2016

Billy Wayne Thomas, 63, died Friday, March 4, 2016 at McLeod Hospice House in Florence after an illness. Billy was born June 1, 1952 in Elberton, GA, a son of the late Kelly Louis Thomas and the late Wilma Black Thomas. He had worked at the Naval Shipyard in Charleston as a supervisor and he had also worked at the...

Eva Irene Hill

Eva Irene Hill

March 3, 2016

Ms. Eva Irene Hill, 91, of Park St. Elberton, GA passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016 at National Health Care in Anderson, SC. Ms. Hill was born January 6, 1925 in Elberton, GA to the late Ernest Groves Hill and Thelma Jones Hill. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Elberton and was a retired secretary in the...

Doris Findley Jordan

Doris Findley Jordan

March 2, 2016

Mrs. Doris Findley Jordan, 65, of Stinchcomb Rd., Elberton, GA wife of Perry David Jordan passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Jordan was born July 19, 1950 in Hartwell, GA to the late Eldridge Pope Findley and Doris Lucille Alewine Findley. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and was a retired inspector from Johnson...

Betty Oliver Berke

Betty Oliver Berke

March 1, 2016

Mrs. Betty Oliver Berke, 94, of Cook St. Royston, GA wife of the late William Berke passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Brown Nursing and Rehab in Royston, GA. Mrs. Berke was born July 4, 1921 in New York, NY to the late William Oliver and Mary Bachney Oliver Edwards. She was a retired secretary at a Private School...

Doug Wilhite

Doug Wilhite

March 1, 2016

Mr. Arthur Douglas "Doug" Wilhite, 85, husband of the late Lucille Brown Wilhite passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Wilhite was born September 21, 1930 in Elberton, GA to the late Linton Herschel Wilhite, Sr. and Sallie Mae Anderson Wilhite. He was a member of Believers Baptist Church, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran serving...

Cathleen Adams Brady

Cathleen Adams Brady

February 29, 2016

Mrs. Cathleen Adams Brady, 91, formerly of Brady Dr. Elberton, GA wife of 68 years to the late Homer Brady passed away Monday, February 29, 2016 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Brady was born August 25, 1924 in Elberton, GA to the late Thomas "Early" Watson Adams and Zilla Matilda Dickerson Adams. She was a charter member and a...

Ellen May Brinker

Ellen May Brinker

February 28, 2016

Mrs. Ellen May Brinker, age 82 of Woodville, Ga. passed away at her home on Sunday, February 28th, 2016. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Buck and Alice Gramlich and the widow of Harvey William Brinker.She was a homemaker. Mrs. Brinker is survived by one daughter, Ellen Mae Albo and her husband, Mark, of...

Louise T Bratton

Louise T Bratton

February 28, 2016

Mrs. Louise Taylor Bratton died peacefully at home on Sunday, February 28, 2016 at the age of 90.Mrs. Bratton was born on September 22,1925 in Senatobia, Mississippi to James Edgar (Pop) and Jimmie Lewers Taylor.She was the widow of Charles M. Bratton. Mrs. Bratton graduated from Northwest Mississippi Junior College.After their marriage, she and her husband moved to Washington, DC...

David Winters

David Winters

February 27, 2016

Mr. David Lee Winters, 53, of Elberton, formerly of Savannah, Georgia passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Wills Memorial Hospital.A native of Dothan, Alabama, Mr. Winters was the son of Robert Winters and the late Judith Ann Lambert. Mr. Winters retired from Gulfstream Aerospace in Savannah approximately seven months ago after 33 years of employment as a Leadman in...

Johnny Lee Johnson

Johnny Lee Johnson

February 27, 2016

Mr. Johnny Lee Johnson, Sr. 76, of Skeeter Dr., Elberton, GA husband of the late Belinda Cain Johnson passed away Saturday February 27, 2016 at his home. Mr. Johnson was born August 30, 1939 in Savannah, GA to the late William Harris Johnson and Janie Sorilla Edwards Johnson. He was a the owner operator of a repo company. Left to...

Roy Thomas Grimes

Roy Thomas Grimes

February 27, 2016

Mr. Roy Thomas Grimes, 79, of Longstreet Rd., Elberton, GA husband of the late Sarah Grimes passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016. Mr. Grimes was born May 23, 1936 in Elberton, GA to the late Bodie M. Grimes and Annie Elizabeth Rhodes Grimes. He was a retired stonecutter and was a former Army National Guardsman. Survivors include his daughter and...

Felix Alberto Brands Sorrosa

Felix Alberto Brands Sorrosa

February 25, 2016

Mr. Felix Alberto Brands Sorrosa, 83, of Highway 191 Comer, GA passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016 at his home. Mr. Sorrosa was born July 14, 1932 in Guayaquil, Ecuador to the late Felix Alberto Brands Rodriquez and Delia Esther Sorrosa. He was a veteran of the Ecuador Army and owned and operated a radio station and newspaper. Left to...

Rev. Chris Wagoner

Rev. Chris Wagoner

February 23, 2016

Rev. Rodney Chris Wagoner, 63, of Balchin Rd. Elberton, GA husband of Joyce Balchin Wagoner passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at St. Mary's Hospice House. Rev. Wagoner was born September 4, 1952 in Chicago, IL to Marilyn Mueller Reineke. He was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church, past Army National Guardsman, he had attended Candler School of Theology...

Vernon Mckinley Alexander

Vernon Mckinley Alexander

February 22, 2016

Mr. Vernon McKinley Alexander, 87, of Newborn Rd., Rutledge, GA husband of Hazel Ridley Alexander passed away Monday, February 22, 2016 at Athens Regional Medical Center after injuries sustained from a automobile accident. Mr. Alexander was born September 7, 1928 in Lindale, GA to the late William McKinley Alexander and Julia Canzada Hinson Alexander. He was a retired residential construction...

Randy Fossett

Randy Fossett

February 21, 2016

Mr. William Randall "Randy" Fossett, 66, of Washington Highway, Elberton, husband of Ann Fortson Fossett, passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2016, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Fossett was born November 23, 1949 in Birmingham, AL to William "Bill" Andrew Fossett and the late Kathryn Faye Yates Fossett. He was a retired master plumber, a member of Atlanta's Local...