Obituaries

Lissie Jane Ritter

Lissie Jane Ritter

December 19, 2015

Mrs. Lissie Jane Booth Ritter, 69, of Old Wildcat Bridge Rd., Danielsville, GA wife of the late Albert Ritter passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Ritter was born October 10, 1946 in Franklin County, GA to the late James Calvin Booth and Myrtie Scarborough Booth. Left to cherish her memories are sisters Bernice Fowler and Charlotte...

Nettie Hulme Castellow

Nettie Hulme Castellow

December 16, 2015

Mrs. Nettie Hulme Dorris Castellow, of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at the age of 101.A native of Elbert County, she was the daughter of the late Mell Hulme, Sr. and Ovie Warren Hulme. Mrs. Castellow was a member of Mountain Park First Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia and was retired from Rich’s after 13...

Clifford Walter Rogers

Clifford Walter Rogers

December 15, 2015

Mr. Clifford Walter Rogers, 85, of Old Middleton Rd., Elberton husband of Joan Walker Rogers passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at Nancy Hart Nursing Home. Mr. Rogers was born December 16, 1929 in Algood, TN to the late Swept Rogers and Denton Hampton Rogers. He was a member of Elberton First United Methodist Church where he was a choir...

Marie Jane Saxon

Marie Jane Saxon

December 14, 2015

Mrs. Marie Jane Verpraet Saxon, 83, of South Segars St. Bowman, GA passed away Monday, December 14, 2015 at Hart Care Center. Mrs. Saxon was born September 17, 1932 in Pekin, IL to the late Roger Verpraet and Jennie Spotti Verpraet. Left to cherish her memories are children Michael Alan Vanderwater of Bowman, GA, Terry Leon Vanderwater of Covington, GA,...

William Howard Smith

William Howard Smith

December 13, 2015

Lieutenant Commander William Howard Smith, United States Navy, 73, of Elberton, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2015.A native of Oglethorpe County, he was the son of the late Howard Jackson and Sybil Evelyn Tiller Smith.Mr. Smith retired from the United States Navy as a nuclear engineer after achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Bill joined the Navy upon graduating high...

Billy John Sailers

Billy John Sailers

December 11, 2015

Mr. Billy John Sailers, 54, of Rhodes Dr. Elberton, GA husband of the late Cindy Marie Snead Sailers passed away Friday, December 11, 2015. Mr. Sailers was born December 27, 1960 in Hall County, GA to the late William Guy Sailers and Ruby Estelle Kenimer Sailers. He was of the Baptist faith and a landscaper. Left to cherish his memories...

Trulye Ann Moore

Trulye Ann Moore

December 10, 2015

Ms. Trulye Ann Moore, 68, of Morrow, GA formerly of Elberton, GA passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Dekalb Medical Center. Ms. Moore was born May 20, 1947 in Elberton, GA to the late John Erskin Moore and Vera Mae Townsend Moore. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Morrow, GA and was a retired school...

Sharon Elaine Smith

Sharon Elaine Smith

December 10, 2015

Ms. Sharon Elaine Sheffield Smith, 57, of Kesler Rd., Carnesville, GA passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, GA. Ms. Smith was born January 28, 1958 in Atlanta, GA to the late Herman Sheffield and Shirley Burnett Sheffield. She was a homemaker. Left to cherish her memories are daughters Rhonda Smith and Stephanie...

Donald William Ord

Donald William Ord

December 10, 2015

Mr. Donald William Ord, Sr., 77 of Gene Smith Rd., Carlton, GA husband of Dorothy Burket Ord passed away Thursday December 10, 2015. Mr. Ord was born January 26, 1938 in Newark, NJ to the late Jack Irwin Ord and Lydia Shaw Ord Lukeman. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran, a member of Rotary International, a retired manager from a...

Kathleen Davis Miller

Kathleen Davis Miller

December 9, 2015

Mr. Kathleen Davis Miller, 76, of Taylor Smith Rd., Royston, GA wife of the late Anthony Howard Miller passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Miller was born March 21, 1939 in Indiana, PA to the late William A. Davis, Sr. and Mary Kathryn Orner Davis. She was a retired dispatcher. Survivors are her son William H....

Mike Powell

Mike Powell

December 4, 2015

Mr. Lester Michael "Mike" Powell, 63, of Bobby Brown State Park Rd. Elberton husband of Judy Major Powell passed away Friday, December 4, 2015 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Powell was born March 27, 1952 in Washington, GA and was a former Army National Guardsman. Left to cherish his memories are his wife Judy Major Powell, children and their spouses,...

Jesse Lewis Williams

Jesse Lewis Williams

December 4, 2015

Mr. Jesse Lewis Williams, Sr., 90, of Pine Ridge Ct. Athens, GA husband of Louise Newell Williams passed away Friday, December 4, 2015 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Williams was born October 5, 1925 in St. Louis, MO to the late Charlie Williams and Jessie Lou Williams Swain. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in WWII and was...

Morris Cheney Teasley

Morris Cheney Teasley

December 2, 2015

Mr. Morris Cheney Teasley, 74, formerly of Dewy Rose, Georgia passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at the Northeast Georgia Braselton Hospital. Mr. Teasley was born in Elberton on December 6, 1940, son of the late Thomas Linton and Ila Ayers Teasley. He was the beloved husband of his bride, Jan Borg Teasley, and would have celebrated 45 years of...

David Earl Brown

David Earl Brown

December 2, 2015

Mr. David Earl Brown, 64, of New Hope Ext. Canon, GA husband of Judy Arnold Brown passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Brown was born January 21, 1951 in Orlando, FL to the late Johnny Brown and Thelma L. Tillman Brown. He was a retired welder. Left to cherish his memories are his wife...

John "Danny" Daniel Guthrie

John "Danny" Daniel Guthrie

December 1, 2015

Mr. John "Danny" Daniel Guthrie, 67, of Ranger Road, Elberton, GA husband of Janice Venita Jewell Guthrie passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Guthrie was born July 6, 1948 in Hahira, GA to the late John Bremen Guthrie and Sarah Genevieve Smith Guthrie. He was a retired truck driver and a U.S. Army veteran serving...

Betty Sparkman Green

Betty Sparkman Green

November 30, 2015

Mrs. Betty Sparkman Green, 81, of Old Canon Church, Rd. Bowersville, GA passed away Monday, November 30, 2015 surrounded by her family. Betty was born January 1, 1934 in Sanford, FL to the late Floyd Sparkman and Myrtle Lee Adkins Sparkman. She was a business woman at heart, from her beginning at the US Naval Shipyard in Charleston, SC to...

Sara Frances Morrow

Sara Frances Morrow

November 27, 2015

Mrs. Sara Frances Blakey Morrow, 90, of Elberton, GA passed away Friday, November 27, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Morrow was born January 29, 1925 in Danburg, GA to the late John Ben Blakey and Mattie Blackmon Blakey. She loved the outdoors, hard work, a good laugh, all God's creatures, furred, finned and feathered and her family. Toward the end...

Betty J. Carlton

Betty J. Carlton

November 26, 2015

Mrs. Betty Jolly Carlton, 85, of Elberton, Georgia passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 26, 2015 at her home, surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Toccoa, Georgia on September 5, 1930 to the late Freeman Hoyt Jolly and Sue Ellen Collins Jolly. She was the beloved bride of the late George Ira Carlton, Jr., having celebrated over...

Nora "Peggy" Gevena Pilgrim

Nora "Peggy" Gevena Pilgrim

November 26, 2015

Mrs. Nora "Peggy" Gevena Ferguson Pilgrim, 88, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015 at Comer Health and Rehab in Comer, GA. She was born June 15, 1927 in Gainesville, GA to the late Dow Wesley Ferguson and Sally Belle Burke Ferguson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers Charlie Ferguson, Homer Ferguson, Louis Ferguson,...

Toleda Wansley

Toleda Wansley

November 25, 2015

Mrs. Toleda Carter Wansley, 82, of Elberton, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. A native of Elbert County, Toleda was the daughter of Malvine and Cohen Carter. After graduating from Lander College, Toleda married Charles C. Wansley.She and Charles celebrated 56 years of marriage prior to his passing in 2010.Toleda worked for ADAC Interior Design in...