Obituaries

Dan Walker Neal

Dan Walker Neal

July 9, 2012

Mr. Dan Walker Neal, 50, of Carlton, GA passed away Monday evening, July 9, 2012 at his home. Mr. Neal was born in Augusta, GA, son of John B. Neal and the late Barbara Kidd Walters.He was married to Regina Floyd Neal,and worked in the granite industry for Wiles Granite Company. Mr. Neal is survived by two sons, Daniel Neal...

Amy Nicole Cox

Amy Nicole Cox

July 9, 2012

Amy Nicole Cox, 26, of 2059 Stephens Road, Elberton, passed away Monday morning, July 9, 2012, at Florida Hospital Celebration Health near Orlando. Miss Cox was born in Orlando, Florida, April 13, 1986, to Paula Jean Moore Stephens and Robbie Stephens. She was a member of Bowman Church of God. Left to cherish her memories are her parents of the...

Charles Edward Daniel

Charles Edward Daniel

July 6, 2012

Mr. Charles E. Daniel, 91 of Elberton, entered into rest Friday, July 6, 2012 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Charles was born in Elberton to the late Jessie Stratton and E. R. “Bud” Daniel. Charles was the beloved husband of the late Pauline Evans Daniel for 67 years. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Monday, July 9, 2012 from...

Joe Edward Ballew

Joe Edward Ballew

July 6, 2012

Joe Edward Ballew, 65, of 2285 Bellew Drive, Bowman, passed away Friday, July 6, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Ballew was born in Madison County, January 3, 1947, to the late Mary Elizabeth "Pitzie" Ballew Herring. He was retired from Hardcash Granite Company and was a member of Price Chapel Church of God. Left to cherish his memories are his...

Tommie Gaines Ward

Tommie Gaines Ward

July 6, 2012

Tommie Gaines Ward, affectionately known as "Mama Tommie", 93, of 1547 William Smith Road, Elberton, wife of 58 years to the late Robert Clay Ward, passed away Friday morning, July 6, 2012, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ward was born in Elbert County, May 31, 1919, to the late Fred and Clara Teasley Gaines. She was a member of Vans...

Connie Strickland Bearden

Connie Strickland Bearden

July 3, 2012

Connie Strickland Bearden, 59, of 3496 Ernest Brown Road, Elberton, wife of 39 years to the late Vernon Paul Bearden, passed away Tuesday morning, July 3, 2012, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Bearden was born in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, November 27, 1952, to the late DeWitt, Sr. and Mildred Todd Strickland. She was a retired warper in the...

William Samuel Hobgood

William Samuel Hobgood

July 3, 2012

William Samuel Hobgood, 65, of Danielsville, formerly of Rockmart, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at his daughter's home. Mr. Hobgood was born in Gordon County, Georgia, August 13, 1946, to the late William Issac Hobgood and Bonnie Kate Fouts. He was Baptist by faith. Left to cherish his memories are his children, Sheila Mercer of Homer, Tammy Mercer of...

Jack Arnold Craft,

Jack Arnold Craft,

July 1, 2012

Mr. Jack Arnold Craft, Sr., 77, of the Montevideo Community, Elberton, GA passed away Sunday, July 1, 2012 at his home. Mr. Craft was born on October 1, 1934 to the late Mack and Inez Turner Craft.He was married to Roberta Elaine Craft the past 9 ½years. Mr. Craft was a Mason for over 50 years and a Shriner.He worked...

Edna Price Welch

Edna Price Welch

June 30, 2012

Edna Price Welch, 77, has begun her eternity with the Lord. She was born on April 21, 1935, and passed away on June 30, 2012. She was the mother of Cindy and Jeff Morris, of Carlton, Jim and Josephine Price, of Winterville; sister of Roy Trawick, of Hull, and Donald "Don" and Julia Trawick, of El Paso, Texas; grandmother of...

Verna Dixon Dunn

Verna Dixon Dunn

June 27, 2012

Verna Dixon Dunn, 82, of 2354 Nickville Road, Dewy Rose, wife of the late Thomas Edward Dunn, passed away Wednesday morning, June 27, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Dunn was born in Elbert County, April 26, 1930, to the late John Frank and Vonie Ophelia Rice Dixon. She was a member of Deep Creek Baptist Church where she was a...

Theodore "Ted" Kay Millard

Theodore "Ted" Kay Millard

June 27, 2012

Theodore "Ted" Kay Millard, 77, of 293 Meyer Farm Road, Winterville, Georgia husband of Peggy Sutton Millard passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Born in San Diego, California June 27, 1935 to the late Bruce Millard and Iva Churchill Millard. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a retired machinist from Stevens Air Systems. Left to cherish his memories are...

Vikrambhai I. Amin

Vikrambhai I. Amin

June 26, 2012

Vikrambhai I. Amin, 61, of 1236 Washington Highway, Elberton husband of Kanaklataben V. Amin passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Born in Karamsad, Gujrat, India October 2, 1950 to the late Indubhai Amin and Puspaben Amin. He was a housekeeper for the Econo Lodge of Elberton, Georgia. Left to cherish his memories are his wife Kanaklataben...

James Lamar Swilling

James Lamar Swilling

June 26, 2012

James Lamar Swilling, 67, of 2249 Indian Hill Road, Elberton, passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at the Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Houston, Texas, July 26, 1944 to James Bernice Swilling and Arietta Rebecca Moon Swilling. He was a member of Elberton Church of God and a retired stone cutter. Left to cherish his memories are his children,...

Jeffrey Hunter Campbell

Jeffrey Hunter Campbell

June 26, 2012

Jeffrey "Jeff" Hunter Campbell, 42, of Sugar Hill, GA, died on Tuesday, June 26th, 2012. Jeff was preceded in death by his father, Willis Campbell, and brother, Donald Campbell. Jeff, originally from Lakewood, Ohio, was employed by ADP. He was also an avid boater. Jeff is survived by his partner, Robbie Moore, an Elbert County native; mother, Mary Brooke Campbell;...

Beth Safrit Edwards

Beth Safrit Edwards

June 25, 2012

Beth Brown Safrit Edwards of Winterville, GA, formerly of Elberton, GA, and St. Simons Island, GA, entered into rest on June 25, 2012 after a period of declining health.She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 55 years, Joe B. Edwards, who died in 1997. Born June 9, 1921 in Rowan County, North Carolina, she was the oldest...

Betty Cooley Hendrix

Betty Cooley Hendrix

June 24, 2012

Tommie Elizabeth Cooley "Betty" Hendrix, 82, of 94 Cade Street, Hartwell, widow of Charles Hendrix, passed away Sunday morning, June 24, 2012, at Hartwell Health Care Center. Mrs. Hendrix was born in Lake County, Florida, September 23, 1929, to the late Thomas Hayes and Billie A. Teasley Cooley. She was retired from the Atlanta Airport Food Service and Methodist by...

Tommie A. Hall

Tommie A. Hall

June 22, 2012

Mrs. Tommie A. Hall, 95, of Elberton, entered into rest Friday, June 22, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Roy and Carrie Dixon Allgood. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Mathew Hall, Jr. Funeral services will be held Sunday, June 24, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. at The Chapel of Hicks Funeral Home with Rev....

Killian Dane Merritt Ward

Killian Dane Merritt Ward

June 22, 2012

Killian Dane Merritt Ward, 22, of 496 Childers Road, Colbert, passed away Friday, June 22, 2012, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Ward was born in Athens, February 8, 1990, to Michael Joseph Ward and Karla Denise Merritt Ward. He attended Colbert Elementary, MCMS and MCHS, he was a carpenter employed by Guaranteed Installation, he was an avid outdoorsman who...

Barbara Mccurry Heath

Barbara Mccurry Heath

June 21, 2012

Barbara McCurry Heath, 89, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, formerly of Churchhill Road, Elberton, passed away Thursday, June 21, 2012, in Greenville, South Carolina. She is predeceased by her parents, Carl and Pearl McCurry; her sisters, Letty Dunbar and Claire Haynie; her brother, William H. "Bill" McCurry; and her son-in-law, James Priestley. She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Frances...

Mary Doris Brown Henderson

Mary Doris Brown Henderson

June 19, 2012

Mary Doris Brown Henderson, 78, of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at her residence. A native of Cobb County, Georgia, she was born to the late Clayton and Villa Castile Brown on January 12, 1934. Mrs. Henderson was a member of South Summerville Baptist Church and was retired from Bigelow-Sanford Mill. In addition to her parents, she...