Obituaries

Dennis Michael Cornell

Dennis Michael Cornell

April 2, 2011

Mr. Dennis Michael Cornell, 66, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at Athens Regional Hospital with his family by his side. Mr. Cornell was born in Franklin County, Georgia to the late Hoke Cornell and Ima Jean McGarity Cornell. He was the husband of Mary Linda Dye Cornell.Mr. Cornell worked with the Georgia Department of Corrections before his retirement....

Priscilla Grizzell Williams

Priscilla Grizzell Williams

April 2, 2011

Priscilla Grizzell Williams, 67, of 417 Hillcrest Ave. Elberton, wife of Charles P. Williams passed away Saturday April 2, 2011. Born in Elbert County January 2, 1944 she was a daughter of the late Joseph Grizzell and Nellie Mae Moon Grizzell. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, and was a homemaker. Left to cherish her memories are her...

Louise Tiller Bone

Louise Tiller Bone

April 1, 2011

Louise Tiller Bone, 81, of 1059 Ruckersville Road, Elberton, wife of Talmadge Thompson Bone, Sr., died Friday night, April 1, 2011, in the Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Bone was born in Oglethorpe County, August 31, 1929, daughter of the late Junius and Frances Tiller. She was a retired bookkeeper and a member of the Francis Asbury United Methodist Church where...

O.W. Davis, Jr.

O.W. Davis, Jr.

March 31, 2011

O.W. "Dub" Davis, Jr., 86, of 1138 Grady Cleveland Road, Elberton, husband of Judy Hewell Davis, died Thursday morning, March 31, 2011, at the Spring Valley Healthcare Center. Mr. Davis was born in Elbert County, July 15, 1924, son of the late Obe Walker, Sr. and Maggie Marie Wells Davis. He was a member of the Doves Creek Baptist Church,...

Milton Edwin Rampey

Milton Edwin Rampey

March 30, 2011

Milton Edwin Rampey, age 75, of 1440 Washington Highway, Elberton, Ga., passed away on March 30, 2011 at Athens Regional Medical Center with family at his side.He was born October 4, 1935, in Elberton, Ga., the son of the late Claude Milton “Pete” Rampey and Geneva Ethlyn Maxwell Rampey. Mr. Rampey was a member of the Elberton First United Methodist...

Charlotte Anne Garrett Sawyer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...