Obituaries


Imogene Wilson Alexander
October 3, 2010
Imogene Wilson Alexander, 85, of 545 Cook St. Royston, GA formerly of the Gables widow of the late Carl Alexander died Sunday October 3, 2010 at the Brown Memorial Convalescent Center. Born in Puxico, MO she was a daughter of the late David Wilson and Connie Proffer Wilson. She was retired from Allstate Insurance Company. Survivors include her children daughter...
John W. Lutz, Sr.
September 30, 2010
John W. Lutz Sr., 70, of 165 Brookside Drive, Elberton, died September 30, 2010, at his business. He was born on May 14, 1940 in Marshall, Michigan and was the son of John Russell Lutz and Dolly Walling Lutz McIntosh. Mr. Lutz was owner of Lutz Equipment Company.He invented the Lutz Automatic Burner which is used in granite quarries throughout...
Clifford Brantley McIntosh, Sr.
September 29, 2010
Clifford Brantley McIntosh Sr., 85, of 2089 Deep Creek Road, Dewy Rose, widower of Jonell Lovinggood McIntosh, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 29, 2010, at his home. Born on March 29, 1925, in Elberton, Georgia, he was a self employed granite company owner.Mr. McIntosh is preceded in death by his wife Jonell McIntosh. Survivors include his...

Harold Kendrell Wade
September 27, 2010
Harold Kendrell Wade, 69, of 1150 Petersburg Rd. Elberton, GA died Monday September 27, 2010 at the Medical College of GA in Augusta. Born in Elbert County he was a son of the late Charles Eugene Wade and Mary Hastense Disspain Wade. He was a truck driver for Mize Granite and Turner Concrete, and was a U.S. Army veteran. Survivors...

Rena Joyce Ponce
September 26, 2010
Rena Joyce Franklin Ponce, 34, of 1055 Country Manor Elberton, GA wife of Jaime Ponce died Sunday September 26, 2010 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Born in Elbert County she was a daughter of Edna Joyce Moon Franklin and the late John Douglas Franklin. Survivors include her husband of the home Jaime Ponce, children Dione Douglas Burton, Jay Dee Burton, Jamie...
Bobby Fritz
September 23, 2010
Mr. Bobby Fritz age 65 of Carlton passed away Thursday, September 23, 2010. He was preceded in death by his mother, Betty Bradley, Father, Junior Fritz and brother Carl Grimes. Mr. Fritz is survived by his wife of 13 years, Carmen Fritz, children; Landon Fritz, Tory Fritz, Kristy (Dwayne) Fritz and Cecilia (Kyle) Alexander, 4 grandchildren, sisters; Wanda Anthony, Dottie...

Herbert Wayne Johnson
September 18, 2010
Herbert Wayne Johnson, 55, of 909 East Savannah St. Calhoun Falls, SC husband of Kathy James Johnson died Saturday September 18, 2010 at Self Regional Health Care in Greenwood, SC. Born in Abbeville, SC he was a son of Bobbie Mae Hill Bonds and the late Lloyd Johnson. He was a member of Faith Harvest Fellowship Church and was a...

John David Dias
September 17, 2010
John David Dias, 57, of 2607 Bowman Highway Dewy Rose, GA died Friday September 17, 2010. Born in Stuart, FL he was a son of the late Leon C. Dias and Ivory Greggory Dias. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in the Vietnam War. Survivors include brothers Jimmy Williams of Melbourne, FL, Leon Dias of New Orleans, LA, and...
Sara Margaret Bridges
September 13, 2010
Sara Margaret Bridges ELBERTON, GA Mrs. Sara Margaret Bridges, of Elberton, passed away on Monday, September 13, 2010 at Landmark Hospital in Athens, GA She was the wife of the late Jimmy Crawford Bridges of Elberton. A devoted and cherished mother she is survived by her son Stanley Bridges and daughter Helen Quarles of Elberton, Sisters Jane Dotson of Elberton...
George R. Bailey, Jr.
September 13, 2010
George “Rickey” Bailey, Jr., 54, Elberton, passed away at Elbert Memorial Hospital on September 13, 2010.He was preceded in death by his mother Dorothy Bailey Born on July 4, l956 in Wilkes County, Ga., he was the son of the George R. Bailey, Sr. and stepmother Mildred. Mr. Bailey was a member of Concord United Methodist Church where he served...
Shelby Clyde Gortney
September 9, 2010
Mr. Shelby Clyde (Blackie) Gortney, age 94, of Elberton, passed away with his family at his side on Thursday, September 09, 2010 at Elbert Memorial Hospital He was the son of the late Shell and Bertha Clyde Gortney. Mr. Gortney was preceded in death by his wife, Agnes Acree Gortney and son, George Donald Smith. Mr. Gortney served in the...

Edgar Jackson Andrews
September 1, 2010
Edgar Jackson Andrews, 87, of 1448 Lexington Hwy. Elberton husband of Kathryn Smith Andrews died Wednesday September 1, 2010 at his home. Born in Oglethorpe County he was a son of the late Jonathan Andrews and Mattie Belle Grimes Andrews. He was a member of Falling Creek Baptist Church, a U.S. Army Veteran serving in the European Theater and was...

Todd Lewis Tumlin
August 30, 2010
Todd Lewis Tumlin, 37, of 2311 Pulliam Mill Road, Dewy Rose, GA died Monday August 30, 2010. Born in Newton County he was a son of John T. Tumlin III and Judy Watson Wright. He was of the Christian Faith and was a maintenance man at Rivers Edge. Survivors include his parents John T. Tumlin III and Judy Watson Wright,...
Albert Norman
August 27, 2010
Mr. Albert S. Norman, Sr., age 94, of Elberton, passed away on Friday, August 27, 2010, at Spring Valley Healthcare Center. Born in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Pearline Spires Norman and John Stokes Norman. Mr. Norman was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1942 serving in the 205th Coast Artillery and was assigned to the...

Winford Clyde Mincey
August 27, 2010
Winford Clyde Mincey, 53, of 1953 Lincolnton Hwy., Elberton husband of Gina Lamedica Mincey died Friday August 27, 2010. Born in Elbert County he was a son of the late Harry Mincey and Inez Terrell Mincey. He was a member of Deep Creek Baptist Church, a U.S. Navy veteran, and was a retired self employed carpenter. Survivors include his wife...

Dessie Smith Scarborough
August 23, 2010
Dessie Burt Smith Scarborough, 81, widow of the late Marvin "Tody" Scarborough died Monday August 23, 2010. Born in Oglethorpe County she was a daughter of the late Lindsay Greene Smith and Murty Childs Smith. She was of the Baptist Faith and was retired from the textile industry. Survivors include sons and daughter-in-law Sonny and Joyce Scarborough of Elberton, GA...
James Martin Lawrence
August 23, 2010
James Martin Lawrence, 73, of 2300 Tex Smith Drive, Elberton, husband of Doris Bella Fontaine Lawrence, died suddenly on Monday, August 23, 2010, at his residence. Born on July 20, 1937, in Newark, New Jersey, he was a son of the late Arthur Lawrence and Alice Bousquet Lawrence. He was of the Catholic Faith, a retired machinist from Boeing, and...
Skye Chatham Hammond
August 14, 2010
Skye Chatham Hammond, 35, of 444 Elberton Road, Lexington, wife of John Hammond, went to be with the Lord suddenly on Saturday, August 14, 2010, at her home. Born on April 7, 1975, in Anderson, South Carolina, she was a 1993 graduate of Elbert County Comprehensive High School. Skye is preceded in death by her grandparents, Harlan Frederick Strang, Morris...

Gloria Nell Mccannon
August 12, 2010
Gloria Nell McCannon, 76, of 76 Bridges Road, Carlton wife of Jimmy McCannon died Thursday August 12, 2010 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. She was a daughter of the late John Henry and Willie Mae Evans Edwards. She was a homemaker and a member of Palmetto Christian Church. Survivors include her husband Jimmy McCannon, daughter Regina Bennett of Elberton, sisters Henrietta...

Charles Harley Franklin
August 10, 2010
Charles Harley Franklin, 84, of 507 Shelton Ave. Elberton husband of Edith Gilliam Franklin died Tuesday August 10, 2010. Born in Elbert County he was a son of the late Paul Thomas "PT" Franklin and Alice Nelms Franklin. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Elberton, where he was a Sunday School teacher for 25 years and...
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