Obituaries

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Bolling "Bo" S. Branham
February 21, 2016
Mr. Bolling "Bo" S. Branham, III, 58, of Ridgeview Dr., Lavonia, GA husband of Christine Ewing Branham passed away Sunday, February 21, 2016 at Northeast GA Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. Mr. Branham was born December 5, 1957 in Douglasville, GA to Bolling S. Branham, Jr. and Florence Edna Rowland Branham. Left to cherish his memories are his wife Christine...
Kenneth Nelms
February 19, 2016
Mr. Kenneth Nelms, 83, of Deep Creek Rd., Bowman, GA husband of Beth Bowen Nelms passed away Friday, February 19, 2016 at his home. Mr. Nelms was born January 14, 1933 in Dewy Rose, GA to the late Arthur Nelms and Zelma Kathleen Brown Nelms. He graduated from the University of Clemson in 1957, was a U.S. Army veteran, a...
Nell Turner Poss
February 17, 2016
Mrs. Nell Turner Poss, 85, of Clairmont Ave. Elberton wife of the late Earl Poss passed away Wednesday February 17, 2016 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Poss was born April 9, 1930 in Oglethorpe County to the late Sydney Turner and Anna Mae Lance Turner. She was retired from Elberton Mills. Left to cherish her memories include a son...
Charles Warren Stevens
February 16, 2016
Mr. Charles Warren Stevens, Jr., 86, of Tanglewood North, Royston, GA husband of Carolyn Gillentine Stevens passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Stevens was born June 24, 1929 in St. Petersburg, FL to the late Warren Stevens, Sr. and Leona Brown Stevens. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and a retired supervisor in the...
Frances C. Fortson
February 15, 2016
Mrs. Frances Childs Fortson, 94, who lived most of her life in the Fortsonia community passed away at Nancy Hart Nursing Home on Monday, February 15, 2016 surrounded by family and friends.She was the daughter of the late Thomas Banks and Texas Robinson Childs. Mrs. Fortson was known throughout the area for her wonderful tasting cakes she made.She was retired...
Corinne Ethel Roslund
February 15, 2016
Mrs. Corinne Ethel Steffner Roslund, 91, of North Hulin Ave., Tignall, GA wife of the late Arne Roslund passed away Monday February 15, 2016. Mrs. Roslund was born May 24, 1924 in San Francisco, CA to the late Sven Steffner and Ethel Dale Steffner. Mrs. Rouslund was a self employed photographer. Left to cherish her memories are a daughter Corinne...
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