Obituaries
Rev. Raymond Lamar Bass, Jr.
December 19, 2012
God called his faithful servant, Rev. Raymond Lamar Bass, Jr., 51, of 1201 Turner Road, Montevideo Community, home on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Lamar was born in Elbert County, April 27, 1961, to Raymond Lamar, Sr. and Willie Mae Price Bass. He was a carpenter, cabinet maker, and a member of Sardis Baptist Church. Lamar...
Forrest Sullivan
December 19, 2012
Forrest Sullivan, 58, of 1043 Longstreet Road, Elberton, Georgia passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Heardmont Nursing Home. Memorial services to celebrate his life are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Berry Funeral Home. Share your stories and pictures in Mr. Sullivan's Book of Memories online at www.berryfh.com. Berry Funeral Home & Crematory, Elberton is respectfully...
Tommy Brewer Johnson
December 18, 2012
Tommy Brewer Johnson, 70, of 120 Oak Drive, Elberton, husband of Gloria J. Johnson, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2012, at St. Mary’s Hospice House with his family at his side. Mr. Johnson was born in Elbert County, January 28, 1942, to Sara Dixon Johnson and the late Alvin Brewer Johnson. He was a retired stone cutter and attended Deep...
Patricia Ann Vaughn
December 16, 2012
Patricia "Pat" Ann Nasworthy Vaughn of 137 Fini Terre Road, Lavonia, widow of the late Joe Fred Vaughn passed away on her 81st birthday, December 16, 2012, at her residence. Born in Decatur, Georgia December 12, 1931 to the late John Nasworthy and Mary Katherine Gaines Gilbert. She was a retired supervisor from the South Carolina Welcome Center. Left to...
Kenneth Elmer Perry
December 16, 2012
Kenneth Elmer Perry, 71, of 4181 Liberty Hill Road, Hartwell, husband of Karen Gail Motes Perry, died Sunday, December 16, 2012, at the Rainey Hospice House in Anderson. Mr. Perry was born in Royston, December 12, 1941, to the late Elmer and Sadie Minish Perry. He was a loom fixer in the textile industry and a member of Mt. Olivet...
Matilda Johnson Gaines
December 14, 2012
Matilda Joe Johnson Gaines,better known as Tootsie,of Elberton, Georgia passed awayFriday morning, December 14, 2012 with her family at her side. Tootsie was born July 28, 1923 in Gainesville, GA.She was the daughter of the late Elsa Emilie Gunther Johnson and Dr. Albert Sidney Johnson, Sr.She was married for over 69 years to her beloved husband, George Albert Gaines, Jr....
Donald Harold Patterson
December 13, 2012
Donald Harold Patterson, Sr. 70, of 1111 Shadyside Lane, Madison, Georgia husband of Wendy Weathers Patterson passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospice House in Athens, Georgia. Born in Ilion, New York, March 4, 1942 to the late Edgar and Dorothy Patterson. He was a member of Sugar Creek Baptist Church in Madison, Georgia and was a...
Vivian S. Lunceford
December 10, 2012
Mrs. Vivian S. Lunceford, 88, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Monday, December 10, 2012 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Lunceford was born November 1, 1924, in Tignall, Georgia to the late Rozelle Smith.Vivian was a longtime member of First Baptist Church and the Friendship Sunday School Class. Mrs. Lunceford is survived by two daughters and son-in-laws:...
Vercel "Jimmie" Simmons White
December 10, 2012
Vercel "Jimmie" Simmons White, 80, of 1094 Old Beacon Light Road, Hartwell, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012, at her residence. Ms. White was born in Danielsville, Georgia December 24, 1931, to the late Willie and Hassie Hammond Simmons. She retired from the Hartwell Garment Company as a seamstress. Left to cherish her memories are her daughters and husbands, Brenda...
Joe T. Winn
December 7, 2012
Mr. Joe T. Winn, 75, of 1029 Ruckersville Road, Elberton, husband of 53 years to Barbara Black Winn, finished his course in faith on Friday, December 7, 2012, at St. Mary's Hospital surrounded by his family. Mr. Winn was born in Elbert County, June 22, 1937, to the late Noah J. and Aulena Adams Winn. He was employed in the...
George Walton Smith
December 6, 2012
Mr. George Walton Smith, 76, of Sarasota, FL passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Mr. Smith was born November 2, 1936 in Carlton, GA to the late Henry Lawrence and Lou Hilda Harrison Smith. Mr. Smith is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Merry Beth and Rex Raymond; and grandchildren, Trey and Mollie Raymond, all of...
Thomas Henry Burdette
December 2, 2012
Thomas Henry Burdette, 84, of 1350 Double Bridges Road, Elberton, husband of 57 years to Gwendolyn Coats Burdette, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2012, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Mr. Burdette was born in Elbert County, November 2, 1928, to the late William Henry and Ina Mae Stalkner Burdette. He was a retired store keeper from Monroe Automotive and a...
Lena Mae Baker Houser
November 30, 2012
Lena Mae Baker Houser, 83, of Commerce, wife of the late Donald E. Houser, died Friday, November 30, 2012, at Alzheimer's Care of Commerce. Mrs. Houser was born in Sedan, Kansas, November 30, 1929, to the late John D. and Mammie Mills Baker. She was a homemaker and a member of Washburn Methodist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Left to cherish...
Sarah Frances Parnell
November 30, 2012
Sarah Frances Parnell, 91, of Pelzer, SC, died Friday, November 30, 2012, at Diamond Health & Rehab of Simpsonville. Miss Parnell was born in Elbert County, June 6, 1921, to the late Alvin Swift Mathis Parnell and Sallie Jane Driver Parnell. She was a retired Spinner from Burlington Mills in Calhoun Falls and was a member of Living Sanctuary of...
Wendell Glenn Ayers
November 28, 2012
Mr. Wendell Glenn Ayers, 74, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, Ga. Mr. Ayers was employed by Oxford Industries for 35 years. He was of the Baptist faith. Wendell was a graduate of the University of Georgia. Wendell was preceded in death by his parents Glenn and Louise Hopkins Ayers. He is survived by...
Linda Adams Lane
November 28, 2012
Linda Gail Adams Lane passed away on November 28, 2012 in Cleveland, Georgia after an extended illness. Mrs. Lane was born in Elberton, Georgia on June 30, 1940, the daughter of the late Armand Adams and Estelle Nash Adams Dixon.She was also preceded in death by her husband, A. Ed Lane. Linda grew up in Elberton and spent most of...
Charles Edward Pless, Sr.
November 27, 2012
Charles Edward Pless, Sr., 69, of 2859 Cherokee Road, Elberton, husband of Myrtle Waters Pless, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Pless was born in Toccoa, September 24, 1943, to the late Horace Monroe and Parie Taylor Pless. He retired from the construction industry and was a U.S. Army Veteran having served in the Vietnam War....
Randall Jay Lyon
November 26, 2012
Mr. Randall Jay Lyon, 53, of Tignall, GA passed away Monday, November 26, 2012 at his residence. The family has chosen cremation and no services will be held at this time. Hicks Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Mr. Randall Jay Lyon.
Teresa Savage Adams
November 24, 2012
Teresa Savage Adams, 55, died Saturday, November 24, 2012. Born in Athens, she was the daughter of Annie Jane Patrick Savage and the late Marvin D. Savage. Teresa retired from Athens Regional Medical Center as a Surgical Tech after 20 years. She was an Artist, especially loved painting, working at Little Lambs and she was also a bus driver for...
Kenneth Wayne House
November 23, 2012
Mr. Kenneth Wayne House, 38, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Friday evening, November 23, 2012. Kenneth was born May 27, 1974 to Wayne and Alice Bannister House.He was the beloved husband of Ashley Eaves House,and the Daddy of Kason Parker House. In addition to his parents, wife, and son, Kenneth is also survived by a brother, Chad House;a sister-in-law and...
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