Obituaries

Sandra Hulme Burgess

Sandra Hulme Burgess

July 9, 2013

Sandra Ann Hulme Burgess, 71, of Anderson Highway, Elberton, passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at Heardmont Nursing Home. Ms. Burgess was born in Elbert County, March 7, 1942, to the late VO Hulme and Janie Warren Hulme. She was a retired textile weaver and a member of Rock Branch Baptist Church. Left to cherish her memories are her children,...

Curtis "Curt" Lee Trent

Curtis "Curt" Lee Trent

July 9, 2013

Curtis "Curt" Lee Trent, 45, of 158 Adams Circle Bowman, Georgia passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born January 9, 1968 in Bremen, Indiana to Arnold Grey Trent and Wanda Fay Hatton Trent. He loved the outdoors and was employed in housing construction. Left to cherish his memories are children Cody Trent of Hartwell, Georgia;...

Bobbie Parham Lunsford

Bobbie Parham Lunsford

July 7, 2013

Bobbie Parham Lunsford, 71, of 2657 Sand Hill Road, Bowman, wife of Sherman L. Lunsford, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2013, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Lunsford was born in Elbert County, September 16, 1941, to the late Robert Jasper and Janie Lorene Hancock Parham. She was a retired weaver and a member of Deep Creek Baptist Church. Left...

Mary Elizabeth Holcomb Hearn

Mary Elizabeth Holcomb Hearn

July 5, 2013

Mary Elizabeth Holcomb Hearn, 90, of 1001 Joru Drive, Elberton, wife of the late Lloyd Gibson Hearn, passed away Friday, July 5, 2013, at St. Mary's Hospice House. Mrs. Hearn was born in Athens, February 11, 1923, to the late Luther and Sally Mae White Holcomb. She was a homemaker. Left to cherish her memories are one daughter, Mary Mae...

Jerry "Mudman" Thomas Hayes

Jerry "Mudman" Thomas Hayes

July 4, 2013

Jerry Thomas "Mudman" Hayes, 65, of Mudman Road, Hartwell, husband of the late Connie Lynn Bowen Hayes, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2013, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Mr. Hayes was born in Elbert County, December 29, 1947, to the late Albert and Laura Vernell Crook Hayes. He was a retired drywall finisher, member of Mt. Hebron Baptist Church, member...

Mary Jo Turner Bond

Mary Jo Turner Bond

July 3, 2013

Mary Jo Turner Bond, 76, of Petersburg Towers, Elberton, passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at St. Mary's Hospice House. Ms. Bond was born in Elbert County, October 13, 1936, to the late Burnice and Ruby Willis Turner. She was a member of the Baptist Church in Bellevue, Nebraska and was a retired home health aide. Left to cherish her...

Bobbie Lee Dove

Bobbie Lee Dove

June 29, 2013

Bobbie Lee Sorrells Dove, 95, of 1301 Woodland Drive, Canon, Georgia widow of the late James William Dove, Sr. passed away Saturday, June 29, 2013 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Born July 30, 1917 to the late William C. Sorrells and Stella Chandler Sorrells. She was a member of Elberton First United Methodist Church and was retired from the textile industry....

Corda Atkinson Hurt

Corda Atkinson Hurt

June 29, 2013

Corda Atkinson Hurt, 91, widow of the late Hubert Hurt passed away Saturday, June 29, 2013 at Hartwell Healthcare in Hartwell, Georgia. Born December 26, 1921 in Monticello, Kentucky to the late Henry Atkinson and Liela Harmon Hurt. She was a homemaker. Left to cherish her memories are daughters Judie Landrum of Elberton, Georgia and Jean Moulder of Calhoun, Georgia;...

Hubert  "Al" Allison Pless

Hubert "Al" Allison Pless

June 28, 2013

Hubert Allison "Al" Pless III passed away at his home on Friday, June 28, 2013. Born on January 24, 1956, in Chattanooga, Tenn., Al grew up in Mississippi and eventually settled in Athens. Al, also known as Hap, was an avid cyclist who spent most of his professional years implementing renewable energy with the federal government. Dark chocolate, red wine,...

Nevada Anderson Ford

Nevada Anderson Ford

June 27, 2013

Nevada Anderson Ford, 67, of 2145 Campbell Ridge Road Royston, Georgia widow of the late Ernest Charles Ford, Sr. and Marvin Wilson Partain passed away Thursday, June 27, 2013, at her residence. Born September 7, 1948 to the late Ollie Anderson, Sr. and Nevada Kittle Anderson. Left to cherish her memories are a daughter Luann Loggins of Royston, Georgia; son...

Kathryn Smith Andrews

Kathryn Smith Andrews

June 27, 2013

Kathryn Smith Andrews, 82, of Lexington Highway, Elberton, wife of the late Edgar Jackson Andrews, passed away Thursday, June 27, 2013, at St. Mary's Hospice House with her grandson, Trey, at her side. Mrs. Andrews was born in Oglethorpe County, August 21, 1930, to the late Sam and Molly Saxon Smith. She was a homemaker and a member of Falling...

Doris Prince Moore

Doris Prince Moore

June 26, 2013

Mrs. Doris Wade Prince Moore, 83, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at her daughter’s home. Mrs. Moore was a member of Francis Asbury United Methodist Church and Helping Hands. She also served as a past president of the Diabetic Association of Elbert County. Mrs. Moore was born in DeKalb county on November 15, 1929 to Charlie...

Minnie Lee Johnson Franklin Faulkner

Minnie Lee Johnson Franklin Faulkner

June 25, 2013

Minnie Lee Johnson Franklin Faulkner, 93, of Longstreet Road, Elberton, wife of the late J.P. Franklin and the late Tom A. Faulkner, passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Faulker was born in Elbert County, October 25, 1919, to the late Sam A. and Estelle Tyner Johnson. She was a retired cloth inspector from Elberton Mills...

Brayleigh Wilson

Brayleigh Wilson

June 24, 2013

Brayleigh Bella-Rae Wilson, 14 days old, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 24, 2013, at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, surrounded by her family. She is survived by her parents, Jefferson Robert "Jeffery" Payton and Susan Raye "Susie" Wilson of Elberton; siblings, Macalin Gray, Gage Wilson, and Gabriel Payton, all of Elberton; maternal grandparents, Johnny Ray and Pamela Bell...

Martha Jeanette Holmes

Martha Jeanette Holmes

June 24, 2013

Mrs. Martha Jeanette Power Holmes, age 68, passed away Monday, June 24, 2013. Funeral Services will be conducted Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 11am in Hardwick Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Kitchen officiating. Interment will follow at 3pm in Carlton City Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home Wednesday, June 26, 2013 from 6-8PM to receive friends. Mrs....

Robbie Anna Winiemko

Robbie Anna Winiemko

June 24, 2013

Robbie Anna Dunevant Winiemko, 84, passed away Monday, June 24, 2013 at Nancy Hart Nursing Home in Elberton, Georgia. Born in Pryorsburg, Kentucky to the late Robert Dunevant and Jerrel Andrews Dunevant. She was a homemaker. Left to cherish her memories are her daughters Rosanna Hall of Elberton, Georgia and Robin Rivard of Ferndale, Michigan; brother Ralph Dunevant of Paducah,...

Gerald Allen Johnson

Gerald Allen Johnson

June 23, 2013

Gerald Allen Johnson, age 63, of Cumming, GA passed away suddenly Sunday, June 23, 2013. Funeral services include a visitation at Ingram Funeral Home in Cumming, GA on Tuesday, June 25, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, June 26 at the Midway United Methodist Church in Cumming, GA beginning at 2:00 pm. Born...

John Kimble Coggins

John Kimble Coggins

June 22, 2013

John Kimble Coggins, long-time resident of Elberton, passed away at Athens Regional Medical Center on Saturday, June 22, 2013, at the age of 84. Mr. Coggins was born on September 23, 1928, in Atlanta, son of the late Burton Franklin Coggins, Sr. and Lollie Kimble Coggins. He graduated from The Baylor School in Chattanooga, TN, attended The University of Georgia,...

Ronnie Patrick Jordan

Ronnie Patrick Jordan

June 19, 2013

Ronnie Patrick Jordan, 47, of 1682 Seymour Road, Bowman, Georgia husband of Tina Marie Franklin Jordan passed away Wednesday June 19, 2013. Born March 17, 1966 in Carnesville, Georgia to Bill Jordan and Rebecca Brown Jordan. He was a stone cutter for Old South Granite Brokers. Left to cherish his memories are his wife of the home Tina Marie Franklin...

Willie Lee Smith

Willie Lee Smith

June 19, 2013

Willie Lee Smith, 67, of 1140 Buddy Moore Road, Colbert, Georgia passed away Wednesday June 19, 2013 at his home. Born January 19, 1946 in Reidsville, Georgia to the late Sylvester Smith, Sr. and Ophelia Stanfield Smith. He was of the Baptist Faith and was a retired Journeyman Lineman Supervisor. Left to cherish his memories are his wife Brenda Sue...