Obituaries

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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