Obituaries


Charlotte Anne Garrett Sawyer
March 30, 2011
Mrs. Charlotte Anne (Garrett) Sawyer, age 67 of Calhoun Falls, died on Wednesday in the Self Regional Medical Center. She was born on April 1, 1943, a daughter of the late David Young Garrett and Edna Emmaline White Garrett. Mrs. Sawyer was an educator and guidance counselor in the Abbeville County School System, having taught several years at Abbeville High...
Ethel Caldwell Hunt
March 28, 2011
Ethel Caldwell Hunt, 85, of 1050 Country Club Road, Elberton, widow of the late Jackson "Jack" Hunt, died Monday morning, March 28, 2011, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Born in Elbert County September 10, 1925 she was a daughter of the late Henry Caldwell and Rosa Everlina Smith Caldwell. She was a member of Eliam United Methodist Church and was a...
Andrew Malloy Agnew
March 26, 2011
Andrew Malloy Agnew, age 79, of 1073 Thirteen Forks Road, Elberton, Ga., diedMarch 26, 2011 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. He was born February 28, 1932, in Hart County, Ga., son of the late Waco and Margaret Agnew.Mr. Agnew served his country in the Korean War with the Navy.Mr. Agnew retired after 34 years of employment at the University of Georgia...

Hugh Talmadge Kidd
March 23, 2011
Hugh Talmadge Kidd, 79, of Bowman, died Wednesday morning, March 23, 2011, at the Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Kidd was born in Elbert County, May 5, 1931, son of the late Dewy T. and Mae Bell Moon Kidd. He was a member of the Rehoboth Baptist Church. Left to cherish his memories are brother and sisters-in-law, Roger and Juanita Kidd...
Candace Giannoni Sanders
March 22, 2011
Candace Giannoni Sanders, age 23, of 1534 Wahatchee Creek Farm Road, Elberton, Ga., diedMarch 22, 2011. She was born November 26, 1987, in Athens, Ga., daughter of David Giannoni and the late Helen Annette Crowe Welborn. Mrs. Sanders is survived by her daughter, Layla Sanders; father, David (Renee) Giannoni; half-brothers, Josh and Brandon Giannoni; grandmothers, Lucy Crowe and Betty Jane...
Jason Ashley Sanders
March 22, 2011
Jason Ashley Sanders, 36, of 1135 Sutton Way, Elberton, husband of the late Candace Giannoni Sanders, died Tuesday morning, March 22, 2011. Mr. Sanders was born in Anderson County, SC, June 1, 1974, son of Karen Ridgeway Sanders and the late Charles Thomas "Tom" Sanders, Jr. He was a member of the Elberton First Baptist Church and worked in the...

Ernest Miller Eades
March 21, 2011
Ernest Miller Eades, 77, of 1041 Country Club Road, Elberton, widower of the late Peggy Sue Beasley Eades passed away Monday March 21, 2011 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Oglethorpe County, October 15, 1933, he was a son of the late John Frank Eades and Margie Holiday Eades. He was of the Baptist faith and was a retired...
Clarence H. Dickerson
March 21, 2011
Clarence H. Dickerson, 84, of 1010 Tate Circle, Elberton, husband of Ernestine Mann Dickerson, died Monday night, March 21, 2011, at the Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Dickerson was born in Elberton, September 27, 1926, son of the late Onnie B. and Quillie Denney Dickerson. He was of the Baptist faith, a U.S. Army Veteran having served in WWII, and the...
Bessie Lois Jordan
March 20, 2011
Mrs. Bessie Lois Stone Jordan, 85, passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2011 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Jordan was born in Franklin County to Charlie Ervin Stone and Lila Woods Stone. She was the wife of the late Clifford Jeffery Jordan.Mrs. Jordan worked as a seamstress. Mrs. Jordan is survived by her children and their spouses:daughters Barbara Ann Lusk...
Clyde Henry Hewell
March 18, 2011
Clyde H. Hewell, age 91, of 128 Tusten St., Elberton, Ga., passed away on March 18, 2011 at his home with family and friends at his side.He was born November 6, 1919, in Dewy Rose, Ga., the son of the late Thomas and Hassie Mae Hewell.Mr. Hewell served in the United States Navy in WWII on a destroyer, the US...
Rodger Green
March 17, 2011
Mr. Rodger Allen Green, 38, of 1790 Bowman Hwy., Dewy Rose, Georgia,passed away Thursday, March 17, 2011 at his home after an extended illness. Rodger was born in Gresham, Oregon, to Roger Lee Green and Sharrell Lynett Haggstrom. He was employed by Nutra Manufacturing.Rodger was preceded in death by his father, Roger Green, an aunt, Valerie Crawford, and his step-father,...
Cynthia Eva Smith Rucker
March 16, 2011
Cynthia Eva Smith Rucker, 91, widow of the late Carl Maxwell Rucker, passed away Wednesday March 16, 2011 at Spring Valley Nursing Home. Born in Elbert County, December 19, 1919 she was a daughter of the late Henry Thomas Smith and Eva Brown Smith. Mrs. Rucker was a member of First United Methodist Church of Elberton, a member of the...

John S. Smith
March 15, 2011
John S. Smith of 1599 Wahatchee Creek Road, Elberton, husband of Mary Smith, died Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Smith's wishes were to donate his body to medical science through the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and no services are scheduled at this time. Berry Funeral Home is respectfully in charge of arrangements.

Kathryn Pierce Emerson
March 14, 2011
Kathryn Pierce Emerson, 73, of Elberton, died Monday morning, March 14, 2011, at the St. Mary's Hospice House in Athens, Georgia. The family has chosen cremation with memorial services and burial to be held at a later date. Berry Funeral Home is respectfully in charge of funeral arrangements.

Aldine Cecchini Mcleod
March 12, 2011
Aldine Cecchini McLeod, 99, of 1043 Longstreet Road, formerly of Mattox Drive, Elberton, widow of Byron W. McLeod, died Saturday morning, March 12, 2011, at the Heardmont Nursing Home. Mrs. McLeod was born in Barre, Vermont, October 3, 1911, daughter of the late Paul and Wilhelmina Aldrighetti Cecchini. She was a homemaker and a member of the Elberton First Presbyterian...
James Amos Alexander
March 9, 2011
James Amos Alexander, 65, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at his home, 3329 Ruckersville Road, Elberton, Georgia. Mr. Alexander was the son of the late Amos G. Alexander and Cornelia Charping Alexander. Mr. Alexander is survived by one daughter: Tonya A. (Richard) Lewis, brother, Danny A. (Denise) Alexander, sisters: Hazel (Morris) Cannon, Carolyn Maroney and Dorothy (Jay) Sloan.He is...
Marie Webb Ray
March 9, 2011
Marie Webb Ray, 81, of 1043 Longstreet Road, formerly of Sherwood Drive, Elberton, widow of Claude E. Ray, Jr., died Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ray was born in Elbert County, May 26, 1929, the only child of the late Joe Harris and Mildred Elizabeth Anderson Webb. She was a homemaker and a member of the...
Virgil Thomas Brown
March 5, 2011
Virgil Thomas Brown, 72, of 1210 Village Road, Elberton, husband of Charlene Hall Brown, died Saturday morning, March 5, 2011, in the St. Mary's Hospice House. Mr. Brown was born in Elberton, Georgia, July 7, 1938, son of the late Hugh Dorsey and Pauline Frances Moon Brown. He was a member and Deacon of Fork Creek Baptist Church, employed by...
Albert Sidney Martin
February 27, 2011
Albert Sidney Martin, 92, of 2776 Martin Road, Bowman, widower of Arnoldean Butler Martin, died Sunday morning, February 27, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Martin was born in Elbert County, December 19, 1918, son of the late Huey V. and Mamie Palmer Martin. He was retired from Elberton Mills as a weaver and was a farmer. He was a member...
Marion Van McGarity
February 25, 2011
Marion Van McGarity, 75, passed away Friday, February 25, 2011 at Spring Valley Health Care Facility. Mr. McGarity was the son of the late Harold & Naomi McGarity. Mr. McGarity is survived by his wife JoAnn McGarity of the home, children; Mark McGarity, Sr. and Liane Lee, 6 grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren.He is also survived by...
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