Obituaries

Wanda Ione Johnson

Wanda Ione Johnson

August 22, 2012

Wanda Ione Milligan Johnson, 76, of 1530 Cumming Drive, Elberton widow of the late Johnny Jack Johnson passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Born in Atlanta, Georgia July 18, 1936 to the late Weaver Milligan and Ruby White Milligan. She was of the baptist faith and a retired customer service representative for Bellsouth. Left to cherish...

Tory Janson Teasley

Tory Janson Teasley

August 20, 2012

Mr. Janson Teasley, 33, of Elberton, Ga., entered into rest Monday, August, 20, 2012 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Janson was the son of Martha E. “Libby” Higginbotham Love and the late Vic Joe Teasley.In addition to his father,Janson was also preceded in death by his maternal grandparents,Stanley and Jackie Higginbotham,and his paternal grandparents,Joe Teasley and Mary V. Dixon. Janson is...

Jimmy Hendrix

Jimmy Hendrix

August 18, 2012

James Curtis "Jimmy" Hendrix, 53, of 401 Dovetown Road, Royston, passed away Saturday morning, August 18, 2012, at his residence surrounded by family. Mr. Hendrix was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, May 11, 1959, to the late James Donald and Jean Hilley Hendrix. Left to cherish his memories are his daughter, Sandahl Hendrix of Royston; and siblings, Jason Hendrix of...

Lorma Lefevre Carson

Lorma Lefevre Carson

August 13, 2012

Lorma LeFevre Carson, 59, of 503 Shelton Avenue, Elberton, wife of John Winfield Carson, Sr. passed away Monday, August 13, 2012. Born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania October 19, 1952 to the late Fredrick LeFevre and Joyce Weaver LeFevre. Left to cherish her memories are her husband John Winfield Carson, Sr.; her children Jessica Deleon of Elberton, Georgia and Joyce Carson of...

Randall "Randy" N. Dunn

Randall "Randy" N. Dunn

August 13, 2012

Randall "Randy" N. Dunn, 50, of 1827 Shallow Creek Road, Elberton husband of Shirley May Dunn passed away Monday, August 13, 2012 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Born in Elbert County September 15, 1961 to Doris Martin Dunn and the late Norman Dunn. He was a polisher and saw operator in the granite industry. Left to cherish his memories are his...

Shirley Ann Dean

Shirley Ann Dean

August 11, 2012

Shirley Ann Parker Dean, 52, widow of the late Joseph Dean passed away Saturday, August 11, 2012, in Madison County as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Commerce, Georgia December 8, 1959 to the late Roger Parker and Wilma Walters Parker. She was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Commerce, Georgia. Left to...

Marvin Paul Rathbone

Marvin Paul Rathbone

August 10, 2012

Marvin Paul Rathbone, 84, of 1027 Country Club Road, Elberton, husband of 62 years to Patricia Dawkins Rathbone, passed away Friday, August 10, 2012, at Spring Valley Health Care Center. Mr. Rathbone was born in Atlanta, Fulton County, February 2, 1928, to the late Paul B. and Jessie Davis Rathbone. He was retired from the City of Elberton as a...

James "Jimmy" Clarence Farmer

James "Jimmy" Clarence Farmer

August 7, 2012

James Clarence "Jimmy" Farmer, 67, of 1106 Grady Cleveland Road, Elberton, husband of Jane Davis Farmer, passed away suddenly Tuesday, August 7, 2012, at Quiet Oaks Healthcare Center in Crawford. Mr. Farmer was born in Savannah, Georgia, January 9, 1945, to the late Robert Waite Farmer, Sr. and Pearl Rampey Farmer. He was a retired correctional officer for Athens-Clarke County...

Robert Perry Isom

Robert Perry Isom

August 5, 2012

Robert Perry Isom, 51, of 235 Fred King Road, Hartwell, Georgia passed away Sunday, August 5, 2012 at Northridge Hospital in Commerce, Georgia. Born in Anderson, South Carolina December 1, 1960 to the late Ealon Isom and Susie Slater Isom. He was of the Baptist Faith and was employed in the poultry industry. Left to cherish his memories are his...

Dorothy Edwards Drennan

Dorothy Edwards Drennan

August 4, 2012

Dorothy Edwards "Dot" Drennan, 92, of 128 Myrtle Street, Elberton, wife of the late Harry Agurs Drennan, Sr., passed away Saturday afternoon, August 4, 2012, at Spring Valley Health Care Center. Mrs. Drennan was born in Elbert County, September 14, 1919, to the late Clark Edwards, Jr. and Jewette Webb Edwards. She was a member of Elberton First United Methodist...

J. Frank Slay

J. Frank Slay

August 1, 2012

James Frank Slay, 91, of 1483 Calhoun Falls Highway, Elberton, husband of 70 years to Janice Dickerson Slay, passed away Wednesday afternoon, August 1, 2012, in the Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Slay was born in Elbert County, January 5, 1921, to the late Lonnie Green Slay and Elizabeth Johnson Slay. He was Baptist by faith, a retired barber, and a...

Charles F. Conger

Charles F. Conger

July 31, 2012

Charles Fredrick Conger, 86, of Brown Memorial Convalescent Center, Royston, Georgia, passed away Tuesday evening, July 31, 2012, at the Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center in Lavonia, Georgia. Mr. Conger was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia on May 29, 1926, and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Mr. Conger's wishes were to be cremated and memorial services will...

Jenny Carol Rice Hudson

Jenny Carol Rice Hudson

July 24, 2012

Mrs. Jenny Carol Rice Hudson, 68, of the Fortsonia Community, entered into rest Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at Athens Regional Medical Center.Mrs. Hudson was born in Elberton to the late Nelta and Dewy Rice. Mrs. Hudson is survived by her husband of 40 years, David Hudson; children:Kathrina Hudson of Elberton, Tina H. Allen and her husband, Matt, of Jacksonville, FL,...

John Wilson Edwards, Jr.

John Wilson Edwards, Jr.

July 24, 2012

John Wilson Edwards, Jr., 80, of 3154 Calhoun Falls Highway, Elberton passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2012. He was born in Elbert County June 4, 1932 to the late John Wilson Edwards, Sr. and Sara Crystal Bailey Edwards. He was a graduate from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church of Elberton and a retired Industrial...

Frances McCaslan Hill

Frances McCaslan Hill

July 22, 2012

Mrs. Frances McCaslan Hill, 86, of Elberton, GA passed away Sunday, July 22, 2012 at Spring Valley Nursing Home. Mrs. Hill was born April 13, 1926, daughter of the late Roy and Seal McCaslan. She was married for over 40 years to the late Claude Hill.She was a longtime member of Northside Baptist Church. Mrs. Hill is survived by two...

Robert Scott Berryman

Robert Scott Berryman

July 17, 2012

Robert Scott Berryman, 48, of 1132 Ruckersville Road, Elberton husband of Melanie Cleveland Berryman passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Born in Franklin County, February 22, 1964 to Betty Cromer Berryman Williams and the late Robert Thomas Berryman. He was a member Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and was a retired Canopy Builder for Service Stations. Left to cherish his memories...

Norman Eugene Clifton

Norman Eugene Clifton

July 16, 2012

Mr. Norman Eugene Clifton, 76, of Florahome, FL passed away on Monday, July 16, 2012 at the Malcom Randall V.A. Medical Center in Gainesville, FL. Mr. Clifton was born in Neodesha, Kansas on April 12, 1936 to the Late Eugene Joseph and Opal Inez White Clifton.He was a Korean War veteran, serving in the United States Navy, and prior to...

Mary Louise Parrish Bishop

Mary Louise Parrish Bishop

July 16, 2012

Mary L. Bishop, 76, of 401 Hillwood Drive, Danielsville, Georgia, wife of the late Rufus Henry Bishop passed away Monday, July 16, 2012 at Unihealth PAC-Heritage in Athens, Georgia. Born in Wrens, Georgia March 20, 1936, to the late Walter Parrish, Sr. and Ileen Gabriel Parrish. She was a retired caregiver and of the Baptist faith. Left to cherish her...

Betty Watson Spaid

Betty Watson Spaid

July 14, 2012

Betty Watson Spaid, 74, of Metter died Saturday, July 14, 2012 while vacationing in Alaska.   She was a graduate of Metter High School class of 1954 and received her bachelor’s degree from Georgia Teachers College in 1958. She later received a master’s degree and education specialist degree from Georgia Southern University. As a military wife she traveled and taught...

Kathryn Fay Yeats Fossett

Kathryn Fay Yeats Fossett

July 11, 2012

Kathryn Fay Yeats Fossett, 83, of 2617 Washington Highway, Elberton, passed away Wednesday morning, July 11, 2012, at Nancy Hart Nursing Center. Ms. Fossett was born in Gaston, Alabama, May 27, 1929, to the late Thomas M. and Sally Fay Abrams Yeats. She was a retired grocery store clerk. Left to cherish her memories are her sons and their wives,...