Obituaries
Cora Lee Taylor Roberts
September 11, 2013
Mrs. Cora Lee Taylor Roberts, age 80, of Demorest, formerly of the Batesville Community, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Mrs. Roberts was born on August 15, 1933, in Habersham County, a daughter of the late Marvin L. Taylor and Verdena Wright Taylor. She was a retired owner of her poultry farm and...
Hattie Elvira Boleman Martin Toole
September 8, 2013
Hattie Elvira Boleman Martin Toole, 95, of Tampa, FL, formerly of Hartwell, entered into rest Sunday, September 8, 2013. Hattie was a co-owner of H & R Jewelry Repair, formerly Ollie Martin Watch Repair in Tampa, and a devoted member of Debuel Road Baptist Church in Lutz. A loving wife and mother, she will be missed by all who knew...
Michael "Mike" Wayne Bell
September 7, 2013
Michael Wayne "Mike" Bell, 67, of 3026 Deep Creek Road, Bowman, husband of Becky Bryant Bell, passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2013, at St. Mary's Hospice House in Bogart. Mr. Bell was born in Elbert County on January 30, 1946, to the late George Alvin and Lola Claire Ruff Bell. He retired from Dixie Granite Company where he worked...
David Nathaniel Martin
September 7, 2013
David Nathaniel Martin, 50, of 1944 Defoor Road, Toccoa, Georgia husband of Kayla Martin passed away Saturday, September 7, 2013 at his home. Born July 20, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia to Ida Jean Brake Fletcher and the late Bunnie Martin. He was a general contractor and attended First Alliance Church of Toccoa. Left to cherish his memories are his wife...
Mildred Moon Slay
September 5, 2013
Mildred Moon Slay, 90, of Elberton, wife of the late George Fate Slay, passed away Thursday, September 5, 2013, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Slay was born in Elbert County, February 2, 1923, to the late George H. and Mattie Lou Yeargin Moon. She was a homemaker, retired from the textile industry, and a member of Flatwoods Pentecostal Holiness Church....
Gene Rousey
September 4, 2013
HODGES - Melvin "Gene" Rousey, 74, resident of 5717 Hwy. 25 North, formerly of Calhoun Falls, SC, husband of Dorothy Rousey, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC. Born in Elberton, GA, he was a son of the late Mel Rousey and the late Pauline Shaw Rousey. Gene was a retired textile fixer...
Robert Lee Aston
September 1, 2013
Dr. Robert Lee Aston passed away peacefully at his home, Aston Villa, in Elberton, Georgia, on the 1st day of September in the year of our Lord 2013 A.D.He was an attorney-at-law, mining engineer and geologist.Dr. Aston maintained a home and office in his native State at Rapidan, Virginia and Georgia. He was born in Virginia in 1924, of a...
Barbara Rousey Thomason
August 28, 2013
Mrs. Barbara Ann Rousey Thomason, 79, of Elberton, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at Elbert Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loved ones. Mrs. Thomason was born in Elberton, on July 25, 1934 to the late Clyde Wansley and Anna Milne Rousey. Mrs. Thomason is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, James M. Thomason; two daughters: Margie Milner...
Doris Wilma Martin Dunn Griggs
August 27, 2013
Doris Wilma Martin Dunn Griggs, 71, of Petersburg Towers, wife of the late Norman Dunn, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Griggs was born June 21, 1942, in Commerce to the late Wilmer Wilburn Martin and Fannie Ruth Eubanks Martin. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and a retired seamstress. Left to cherish her...
James "Mike" Michael Duncan
August 26, 2013
James "Mike" Michael Duncan, 42, of 410 Sherwood Circle, Danielsville, GA husband of Cynthia Ann Douglas Duncan passed away Monday, August 26, 2013. Born March 11, 1971 in Hartwell, Georgia to Patricia Ethridge Turner and the late William "Bill" E. Turner. He was long haul truck driver. Left to cherish his memories are his wife of the home Cynthia Ann...
Virginia Rich Martin
August 23, 2013
Virginia Carter Rich Martin, 77, of 609 Holly Hills Drive, Hartwell, Georgia wife of John E. Martin, Sr. passed away Friday, August 23, 2013 at Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center in Lavonia, Georgia. Born June 26, 1936 in Williamsburg, SC to the late Evans Wilburn Carter and Mary Gether Graham Carter. She was a member of Liberty Hill United Methodist...
Frances Wansley Gilbert
August 19, 2013
Frances Wansley Gilbert, 96, of 397 Elm Street, Elberton, GA, wife of the late Tom H. Gilbert, Sr., passed away Monday, August 19, 2013, at St. Mary's Hospice House in Bogart, GA. Frances was born November 13, 1916 in Elberton, GA to the late Thomas Quinn Wansley and Fannie Maxwell Wansley. She was a member of the First Baptist Church...
Baby Boy Jackson Rudd Darby Bruce
August 18, 2013
Baby Boy Jackson Rudd Darby Bruce, infant son of Curtis and Fern Rudd Bruce, was born sleeping on Sunday, August 18, 2013, at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens. Baby Jackson will be cherished by parents, Curtis and Fern Bruce of Bowman, GA; big sister, Baylee Rose Bruce, maternal grandparents; Curtis and Rosalie Kelly of Bowman, GA; aunts and uncle, Tami...
Elizabeth Bailey Atkinson
August 16, 2013
Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey Atkinson, of Elberton, Georgia passed away suddenly, Friday, August 16, 2013 at her daughter’s home in Atlanta. Elizabeth was born in Hartwell, Georgia on December 3, 1924 the child of the late Mr. and Mrs. Eber Bailey. Elizabeth is survived by her husband, (Coach) Lee Atkinson; her daughter, Ann Atkinson; her sister, Virginia Parham of Athens, Georgia;...
Mitchell M. Smith
August 15, 2013
Mitchell M. Smith, 61, of Charles Yeargin Road, Elberton, husband of Rebecca Hall Smith, passed away suddenly on Thursday, August 15, 2013, in Elberton. Mr. Smith was born in Lake City, FL, October 15, 1951, to the late Marrill Weeks Smith and Dolly Thomas Smith. He was owner/operator of Smith Granite Sales and a truck driver. He was a member...
Minnie J. Youngblood
August 14, 2013
Mrs. Minnie Magdalene Jordan Youngblood, 97, of Elberton, GA passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Elbert Memorial surrounded by her loved ones. Mrs. Youngblood was born in Banks County, Georgia to the late Van Burean and Nancy Lynch Jordan. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Plumer D. Youngblood and a son Jackie Delano Youngblood. Mrs. Youngblood...
Timothy Dale Reynolds
August 11, 2013
Timothy Dale "Tim" Reynolds, 58, of Brogdon Circle, Canon, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013. Mr. Reynolds was born in Royston, August 2, 1955, to Bonnie Norris Reynolds and the late Troy Reynolds. He was a former Chief of Bowman, a former Police Officer in Lavonia, Royston, and Elberton, and a former employee of the Danielsville Sheriff's Department. He was...
Robert K. Gaines
August 10, 2013
Mr. Robert K. Gaines, Sr., 80, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Saturday, August 10, 2013 at his residence with his family at his side. Mr. Gaines was born August 13, 1932 to the late Kermit and Mary Adams Gaines. He was the husband of Pansey Jones Gaines, having celebrated over 57 years of marriage together.Mr. Gaines worked for over 51...
Maureen Collins Burns
August 9, 2013
Maureen Collins Burns, 53, of 180 King Avenue, Bethlehem, Georgia wife of Gerald Burns passed away Friday, August 9, 2013 at her home. Born November 14, 1959 in Weymouth, Massachusetts to Rose Driscoll Collins Brown and the late Earl Collins. She was of the Baptist Faith and was a Rural Mail Carrier for the United States Postal Service. Left to...
Mary Jo Pleasants
August 8, 2013
Mary Jo Brown Pleasants, 86, of Rhodes Drive, Elberton, wife of Edsel Pleasants, passed away Thursday, August 8, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Pleasants was born in Elbert County, April 30, 1927; was the daughter of the late Cecil and Clyde Caldwell Brown and step-daughter of the late Thelma Ruff Brown. She was retired from the U.S. Soil Conservation Service...
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