Obituaries

Bradley Michael Eavenson
February 14, 2014
Mr. Bradley Michael Eavenson, 31, of Sanders Road, Elberton, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2014, in Newton County as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Mr. Eavenson was born in Anderson, South Carolina on September 22, 1982, to Michael Lee and Judy Veal Eavenson. He was a Fireman and EMT for Newton County and Barrow County...
Willie Dye Simpson
February 11, 2014
Willie Dye Simpson, 93, wife of the late Garol H. Simpson died Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at NHC in Anderson. She was born in Elbert County, GA to the late George Jackson and Lollie McMahan Dye. Mrs. Simpson worked for many years at the Abbeville Shirt Plant. She then began work at the Sportswear Unlimited Plant in Antreville where she...
David Michael Edwards
February 10, 2014
Mr. David Michael Edwards, 62, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Monday, February 10, 2014 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Edwards was born in Elbert County to the late James Archibald and Sara Vickery Edwards.He was married to Vicki Eavenson Edwards for over 42 years.He began working in the granite industry at Southern Granite Co. in 1971, and became the owner...
Willamette B. Scarborough
February 9, 2014
Mrs. Willamette B. Scarborough, 95, of Elberton, Georgia, passed away Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Nancy Hart Nursing Center. Mrs. Scarborough was born in Elberton, March 26, 1918 to the late Norman and Mattie Sue Brown. She was the wife of the late Bummie Scarborough, and was a member of Flatwoods Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Scarborough is survived by her...
Neola Joy Sheppard
February 8, 2014
Mrs. Neola Joy Lee Sheppard, 82, of Poplar Street, Toccoa, Georgia passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014. Born December 31, 1931 in Phoenix, Arizona to the late Carl Dalton Lee and Opal Neola Marvin Lee. Mrs. Sheppard was a retired Medical Records Technician. Left to cherish her memories are her sons Roger and Brian Sheppard, siblings Patti, Jim, Jani, Daniel,...
David Payton Johnson
February 7, 2014
Mr. David Payton Johnson, 72, of Pine Knoll Drive, Elberton, husband of the late Moina Mathews Johnson, passed away on Friday, February 7, 2014, at St. Mary's Hospice House. Mr. Johnson was born in Royston on August 31, 1941, to Ruth Elizabeth Johnson and the late William W. Johnson. He was a retired hardware salesman and and an employee of...
Betty Todd Mann
February 5, 2014
Mrs. Betty Todd Mann, 83, of Elberton, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Mann was born in New York, on September 25, 1930 to the late William and Ellie Mae Todd. She was the wife of the late Charles E. Mann, and was a member of Middleton United Methodist Church. Mrs. Mann is survived...
David Burch Harbert
February 4, 2014
Mr. David Burch Harbert, 52, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Mr. Harbert was the son of the late James Burch and Lilly Maxwell Harbert.He was married for over 33 years to his wife, Sylvia Salyers Harbert.Mr. Harbert worked in the granite business as a stone cutter for Keystone Granite Company. In addition to his wife, Sylvia,...
Neil Johnson
January 31, 2014
Mr. H. Neil Johnson, 80, of Cardinal Drive, Elberton, husband of 60 years to Doris Scarborough Johnson, passed away on Friday, January 31, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Johnson was born in Elbert County on April 30, 1933, to the late Herbert A. and Kathleen Evans Johnson. He attended Elberton Pentecostal Holiness Church, was a veteran of the U.S. Army,...
Frank A. Fleming
January 28, 2014
Mr. Frank Alexander Fleming, 91, of Dewy Rose, Georgia passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at Spring Valley Nursing Center. Mr. Fleming was born in Elbert County, son of the late Oscar L. and Annie Hewell Fleming.He and his wife, Floy Gilbert Fleming, celebrated over 67 years of marriage together. Mr. Fleming was a veteran of the United States Navy,...
Hollis Ashworth Burnette
January 28, 2014
Mrs. Hollis Ashworth Burnette, 76, of Melody Lane, Elberton, wife of James H. Burnette, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2014, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Burnette was born in Elbert County on August 16, 1937, to the late Raymond and Estelle Boswell Ashworth. She was a charter member of Elberton Christian Church and a homemaker. Mrs. Burnette adored all...
Winnie Mae Smith Fox
January 26, 2014
Mrs. Winnie Mae Smith Fox, 94, of Washington Highway, Elberton, wife of the late Robert H. Fox, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2014, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Fox was born in Elbert County on September 9, 1919, to the late Christopher Thomas Smith and Winnie Davis Smith. She was a retired proofreader for Curtis Printing Company and a...
Pauline Naomi Russell
January 25, 2014
Mrs. Pauline Naomi Pannebaker Russell, 83, of Hartwell, Georgia, widow of Vernon Greenfield, Sr., passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2014, at Hartwell Health Care Center. Mrs. Russell was born on March 30, 1930, in Harrisburg, PA to the late George Pannebaker and Claire Stoudt Pannebaker. She was homemaker, a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 4346 and...
Fran Heide White
January 24, 2014
Mrs. Fran Heide White, 69, of Dewy Rose, Georgia, passed away Friday, January 24, 2014 at her home. Mrs. White was born in Miami, Florida, on February 18, 1944 to the late Freeda and Richard Heide. Mrs. White is survived by her son, Duane White; siblings: Larry (Sue) Heide, James (Marsha) Heide, Vivian (Roland) Phillips-Bridges and Debbie (Jim) Barnes and...
Peggy Beal Sanders
January 24, 2014
Peggy Beal Sanders, 69, of Elberton, GA, formerly of Saraland, AL, passed away on Friday, January 24, 2014, in Athens, GA. Peg is preceded in death by her parents, William T. and Hazel Beal of Satsuma, AL. She is also preceded in death by her former husband, Frank Dean Sanders and her sister, Jean B. Hartley. Survivors include two sisters...
James Ronald Stevens
January 22, 2014
Mr. James Ronald Stevens, Sr. 71, of Ray Street, Royston, husband of Doris Fulghum Stevens, passed away on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center. Born August 16, 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late James Stevens and Lucille Butler. He was a retired supervisor and mechanic in the Mill Industry. Left to cherish his memories are...
Tony Beahringer
January 22, 2014
Mr. William Anthony "Tony" Beahringer, 24, of Athens, Georgia became an Angel on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, due to a severe brain injury suffered during a traffic accident. He was born on January 31, 1989, in West Monroe, Louisiana, to Glenna Ganninger Hamilton and the late Ralph David Beahringer. Tony was an honor graduate of Elbert County Comprehensive High School...
Louis Harper Maxwell
January 21, 2014
Mr. Louis Harper Maxwell, 75, of Bowman Highway, Dewy Rose, husband of 49 years to Myrtle Jean Arndt Maxwell, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2014, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Maxwell was born in Elbert County on June 23, 1938, to the late Hoyt Chandler and Ada Lou Fleming Maxwell. He was a retired school teacher, a retired...
James Miles Reece
January 19, 2014
Mr. James Miles "Jim" Reece, 79, of Hulmes Chapel Road, Elberton, finished his course in faith on Sunday, January 19, 2014, at his residence. Jim was twice married, first to the late Earlie Mae "Jean" Long Reece for 43 years and second to Mary Ann Washington Reece for 8 years. Mr. Reece was born in Dawsonville, Georgia on August 10,...
Garrett E. Mathews
January 19, 2014
Ed Garrett Mathews, age 90, of Elberton, GA, passed away Sunday, January 19, 2014 at his home in Elberton. Garrett was born July 19, 1923 in Jackson County, NC. He is the son of the late Duff and the late Elma (Phillips) Mathews. Garrett was a member of the Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Elberton. He is survived by his...
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