Obituaries

Stanley Erwin Kennedy
July 24, 2016
Mr. Stanley Erwin Kennedy, 68, of Bowman Hwy. Dewy Rose, GA passed away Sunday, July 24, 2016 at his home. Mr. Kennedy was born July 14, 1948 in Franklin County, GA to the late Norman Yewell Kennedy and Mae Belle Sewell Kennedy. He was a member of Hunters Creek Baptist Church in Toccoa and worked in construction and was a...
Roy Lee Andrews
July 22, 2016
Mr. Roy Lee Andrews, 96, of Nickville Rd. Dewy Rose, GA husband of 66 years to the late Bernice Caudell Andrews passed away Friday, July 22, 2016 at his home with family and friends by his side. Mr. Andrews was born March 3, 1920 in Banks County, GA to the late William David Andrews and Nettie Brown Andrews. He was...
Margie Louise Dias
July 21, 2016
Mrs. Margie Louise McElreath Dias, 68, of Cummins Dr. Elberton, GA wife of Harold Dias passed away Thursday, July 21, 2016 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Dias was born October 23, 1947 in Athens, GA to the late Charlie Lee McElreath and Maneta Smith McElreath. She was a member of Assembly Church of Hartwell and was a former quality control...
Odis G. Hamm
July 20, 2016
Mr. Odis G. Hamm, 55, of Toccoa, GA passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at Pruitt Health of Toccoa. Mr. Hamm was born October 26, 1960 in Colbert County, AL to the late Charles Edgar Hamm and Ethel Marie Prince Hamm. He was a member of Freehome Baptist Church and was a construction and sanitation worker. Survivors include son Joshua...
Elfrieda Lunsford Haynes
July 19, 2016
Mrs. Elfrieda Lunsford Haynes, 87, of Elberton, Georgia passed away on Tuesday morning, July 19, 2016 at Nancy Hart Nursing Center.Mrs. Haynes was born on April 15, 1929in Elberton, to the late Seab and Eva Colvard Lunsford.She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Thomas Haynes, and an infant brother. Mrs. Haynes worked for the City of Elberton for...
Charles J. Nixon, Jr.
July 18, 2016
Mr. Charles J. Nixon, Jr., 79, of Frank Kelly Rd., Canon, GA husband of Dorothy Mae Patterson McKee Nixon passed away Monday, July 18, 206 at St. Mary's Hospice House. Mr. Nixon was born October 14, 1936 in Joplin, MO to the late Charles J. Nixon, Sr. and Arnettia Usher Nixon. He was of the Baptist faith, a retired truck...
Johnny Lee Kern
July 18, 2016
Mr. Johnny Lee Kern, 58, of U.S. Hwy. 441, Commerce, GA passed away Monday, July 18, 2016 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Kern was born October 26, 1957 in Sanford, FL to the late John Enoch Kern and Frances Stanley Kern. He was a retired truck driver. Survivors include a son Johnny Lee Kern, Jr.; sisters Nadean Powell, Sue...
Sheila Holloman Campos
July 17, 2016
Mrs. Sheila Diane Holloman Campos, age 63 of Elberton, Georgia passed away on Sunday July 17, 2016 in Asheville, NC.Mrs Campos was born on April 29, 1953 in Decatur Georgia, to the late Phillip and Estelle Clark Holloman.She was preceded in death by one brother, Tony Holloman.Mrs. Campos worked as an activities director at Petersburg Towers. Mrs. Campos is survived...
Teresa Faye Russell
July 15, 2016
Mrs. Teresa Faye Adams Russell, 54, of Herring Dr., Comer, GA wife of Roy Russell passed away Friday, July 15, 2016 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Russell was born December 4, 1961 in Commerce, GA to the late William G. Adams and Evelyn Fortson Adams. She was a homemaker and attended Amazing Grace Baptist Church. Teresa is survived by...
Mary Frances Lunsford
July 14, 2016
Mrs. Mary Frances Sanders Lunsford, age 95 of Dewy Rose, GA. passed away at PruittHealth Spring Valley on Thursday, July 14, 2016.Mrs. Lunsford was born on March 30, 1921 in Anderson, SC to the late Sherman and Hattie Lou Crook Sanders.She is also preceded in death by her husband, John Mahlon Lunsford, Sr. She is survived by two sons, John...
Laverne Baird Archer
July 12, 2016
Mrs. LaVerne Baird Archer, 78, of Sandy Cross Rd. Carlton, GA passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at Comer Health and Rehab. Mrs. Archer was born March 7, 1938 in Commerce, GA to the late Marvin D. Baird and Estelle Bowers Amos. She was a retired beautician. Mrs. Acher was cremated and no services are scheduled at this time. Berry...
Thomas "Tom" A. Robinson
July 12, 2016
Thomas Allan "Tom" Robinson passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at Elberton Memorial Hospital in Elberton, GA surrounded by his close family. Born on November 2, 1947, Tom was the son of the late Jenida Gray O’Hare. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Linda Blackmon Robinson. He is also survived by a son, Thomas Allan Robinson,...
George Allen Nicas
July 11, 2016
Mr. George A. Nicas, 59 passed away in Athens, GA on July 11, 2016.George “Buddy” Nicas was born February 3, 1957 in Bremerhaven, Germany.The son of Allen G. Nicas and the late Barbara Hill Nicas, he grew up in Columbus, GA.There, George, or as he was better known “Buddy” graduated from Hardaway High School.He attended Columbus College and later Troup...
Walter E. Parthun
July 11, 2016
Mr. Walter E. Parthun, 96, of Carlton, GA passed away Monday, July 11, 2016 at Quiet Oaks Health Care Center in Crawford, GA. Mr. Parthun was born October 3, 1919 in LaPorte, IN to the late Edward Parthun and Mae Lowe Parthun. He was a WWII veteran where he served in the U.S. Army and was retired from Whirlpool. Survivors...
Marjorie Louise Madden
July 10, 2016
Mrs. Marjorie Louise Furgerson Madden, age 92, of Sam Paul Road, Elberton, wife of 74 years to the late John Albert Madden, Sr., entered into rest on Sunday, July 10, 2016, at Gentiva Inpatient Unit at Athens Regional Medical Center. She had recently been a resident of Nancy Hart Nursing Center. Mrs. Madden was born in Atlanta on September 10,...
Janet Louise Mazurek
July 10, 2016
Mrs. Janet Louise Brown Mazurek , age 68 of Dewy Rose, GA passed away peacefully at her home on 7/10/2016. Janet was born in Erlangen Germany on 5/17/1948. She was the first of 5 children born to the late Howard and Lydia Leiser Brown. Janet’s family relocated from Germany to Staten Island NY in 1949, After growing up in Tottenville,...
Betty Hall Safrit
July 9, 2016
Mrs. Betty Hall Safrit, 87, of Elberton, GA wife of the late Lewis E. Safrit passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016 at NHC of Anderson, SC. Mrs. Safrit was born October 2, 1928 in Elberton, GA to the late Emory J. Hall and Azalee Dickerson Hall. She was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Elberton and was a...
Minnie Mccullough
July 9, 2016
Mrs. Minnie McCullough, age 91, of Elberton, GA passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2016 in Griffin, GA. Mrs. McCullough was born on August 8, 1924 in Middleton, GA to the late George Hammond and the late Annie Mae Shumate Hammond Barger. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Fonden “Red” McCullough and sister Hazel Poulnott. She was...
Joyce Clare Bricknell
July 8, 2016
Mrs. Joyce Clare Weintz Bricknell, 76, of Mount View Lane, Lavonia, GA wife of David C. Bricknell, Sr. passed away Friday, July 8, 2016 at Anmed Health Center in Anderson, SC. Joyce was born in Cleveland Ohio to the late Clarence F. Weintz and Alma Tager Weintz. She married David Bricknell Sr. in 1961, and they had two sons David...
Kenneth Earl Gordon
July 8, 2016
Mr. Kenneth Earl Gordon, 84, of Lillis Lane, Arnoldsville, GA husband of Shirley Terry Gordon passed away Friday, July 8, 2016 at St. Mary's Hospital. Mr. Gordon was born February 6, 1932 in Belmont, NY to the late Francis W. Gordon and Jeanette Coon Gordon. He was a member of Winterville United Methodist Church, a U.S. Army veteran and was...
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