Obituaries
James Charles Thatcher
October 6, 2009
James C. Thatcher, 61, of Royston, died Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at Athens Regional Medical Center. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Virginia Thatcher; daughters and sons-in-law, Tina and Lamar Pullian, Tammy Bennett, Teresa Weaver, and Tracy and Terry Harris; grandchildren, Tony and Tonya Pullian, Joshua and Amanda Bennett, Kendra, Kristen...
Freda Greenway Fontenot
October 2, 2009
She was a daughter of the late Will Grenway and Ruby Bond Greenway. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law Patricia and Olin Craven, sister Jackie Bond, 3 grandsons, and 6 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday October 4, at 2PM at the Memorial Chapel of Berry Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1-2PM just prior to the...
Elizabeth Starrett Skelton
September 28, 2009
She was a daughter of the late Obie Estee Starrett and Emmer Hayes Starrett. Survivors include daughters Carolyn Smith, and Donna Wall, son Donnie R. Skelton, sisters JoAnn Latimer, Frances Chambers, May White, Faye Meadows, and Linda Thomason, brothers Herbert Starrett, Billy Starrett, and Wayne Starrett, and 5 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday October 2, at 2PM at...
George Marshall Slay
September 28, 2009
He was a son of Mildred Moon Slay and the late George Fate Slay. Survivors include his wife Martha Moore Slay, daughter and son-in-law Delon and Randy Smith, son and daughter-in-law Doug and Wanda Slay, his mother Mildred Moon Slay, brother and sister-in-law Wilton and Jessie Slay, granddaughter Maribeth Smith, and a grandson Slayter Smith. Funeral services will be held...
Rev. Thomas F. Whitfield Sr.
September 27, 2009
He was a son of the late Clarence Whitfield and Ida Bryant Whitfield, and a U.S. Navy veteran serving in WWII. Survivors include daughters Ann Vaughn, and Lois Duggan, sons Thomas F. Whitfield Jr., and Rev. David Whitfield, a sister Lucille Murphy, 10 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Rosetta Hamby Whitfield,...
James Madison Hulme Jr.
September 27, 2009
He was the widower of the late Hilda Snellings Hulme. He was a son of the late James Madison Hulme Sr. and Victoria Burdette Hulme. Survivors include sons James Donald Hulme, Douglas Warren Hulme, and John Thornton Hulme, sisters Carolyn H. Busby, and Evelyn H. Horton, brother Victor T. Hulme, grandchildren Lee Anne Freeman, Jim Hulme, Rena Youngblood, Amy Howard,...
Hollis Barrow Coggins
September 25, 2009
He was a son of the late W.K. Coggins, Sr. and Lady Madge Chambers Coggins. Survivors include sisters Carol Webb, and Linda Allen, and a brother Martin Coggins. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday September 28, at 10:30AM at Forest Hills Memorial Park.
Howard L. Greenway
September 25, 2009
He was a son of the late Herbert L. Greenway and Estelle Lunsford Greenway. He was a member and former deacon of Rock Branch Baptist Church, a member of the Gideons, retired former manager of Gran-Quartz Trading and a U.S. Air Force Veteran. Survivors include his wife Peggy Ruff Greenway, daughters & son-in-laws Elaine & Dennis Andrews, Vickie & Rick...
Mary Ruth Madden
September 16, 2009
Born in Bleckley County she was a daughter of the late Elzie Perry Holland and Ruth Pace Holland. Survivors include daughters Denise Madden Stovall, and Debbie Lynn Young, sons Gregory Keith Madden, and Wayne Terrell "Terry" Madden, 9 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Oscar B. Madden and a son Russell B. Madden. Funeral...
Gladelle Glenn Dixon
September 14, 2009
Mrs. Gladelle Glenn Dixon, age 78, of Elberton passed away September 14, 2009 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Dixon was born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia to the late Joseph Reece Glenn and Louise Carlisle Glenn.She was a long-time member of Eliam United Methodist Church, and she had been a resident at Nancy Hart Nursing Home for the last four years.Mrs....
Kermit R. Booth Jr.
September 14, 2009
Born in Hall County, he was a son of the late Kermit R. Booth Sr. and Gladys Mae Wallace Booth. He was retired from the U.S. Navy after 21 years of service, where he was a veteran of the Vietnam War and Korean Conflict, he was a member of the American Legion for 16 years, and a lifelong member of...
Mary Ruth Benton
September 9, 2009
A daughter of the late William Walker Stewart and Julia Fricks Stewart. Survivors include a son Edward Len "Eddie" Benton, brother and sister-in-law Joe and Ruth Stewart, sister-in-laws Earla Stewart, and Sue Fourman, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband John L. Benton, sister Montine Hardy, and brothers Luther Stewart, and Roy Stewart. Funeral...
Raymond Jasper Tate
September 4, 2009
Born in Madison County, he was a son of Willie Mae Jordan Tate and the late John Jasper Tate. Survivors include his wife Clara Rousey Tate, daughter April Canter, son David Tate, mother Willie Mae Jordan Tate, sisters Phyllis Scarborough, and Joyce Suttles, brother Bobby Tate, and 5 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday September 6, at 3PM at...
Dolores Gomez Campos
September 1, 2009
Born in Montpelier, VT she was a daughter of the late Louis Gomez Sr. and Catherine Mero Gomez. She was a homemaker and of the Presbyterian Faith. Survivors include a daughter Maria Anderson, a son Louis Campos, 9 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family, and was preceded in death by a son...
Larry Kevin Brown
August 29, 2009
Born in Anderson County he was a son of Ann Smith Brown and the late Larry Donald Brown. Survivors include his children Derrian and Jagger Brown, mother Ann Smith Brown, sisters Allison & Tim Hayes, and Crystal Brown, brother Ryan Brown, grandmother Mariene Brown, 3 nieces and 1 nephew. Funeral services will be Thursday September 3, at 1PM at the...
Phillip Scott Robertson
August 27, 2009
Phillip Scott "Lurch" Robertson, 34, of 1132 Sutton Way died Thursday August 27, 2009 at Athens Regional Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was a son of Debra Higginbotham Robertson Wilson and the late Michael Phillip Robertson. He was the grandson of Mary Jean Higginbotham Ginn and the late Dewey Higginbotham, and James Felix and Clyde Mackey Robertson....
Stanley M. Chastain
August 27, 2009
He was the former governor and member of the VFW-Moose Lodge, and owner of Chastain Welding & Repair. Survivors include his wife Joyce Rice Chastain, daughter Janis Deanne Chastain, brothers Steve Chastain, Clyde "Buddy" Chastain, and Carter Chastain. Funeral services will be held Sunday August 30, at 3PM at the Memorial Chapel of Berry Funeral Home. The family is at...
Pauline Reid Taylor
August 23, 2009
Born in Macon County / Cowee Community in Franklin, NC she was a daughter of the late Andrew Willburn Reid Sr. and Cora Lucille Jones Reid. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Elberton where she was a Sunday School Teacher for many years, she was a school teacher for 13 years, and co-owned / operated Ace...
William Weir Middleton
August 22, 2009
He was the son of the late John Weir Elizabeth McGregor Middleton. Survivors include his wife Daisy Bone Middleton, and one niece and one nephew. Funeral services will be held Tuesday August 25, at 2PM at the Memorial Chapel of Berry Funeral Home. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2PM...
Russell Scott Berry
August 21, 2009
Survivors include a son Hunter Scott Berry, mother and father Norman Lee Berry and Anne Ankerich Berry, grandparents Joel and Sue Ankerich, brothers Matthew Lee Berry and Christopher William Berry, niece and nephew Victoria Lee Berry and Matthew Colin Berry. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday August 26, at 3PM at Elmhurst Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family...
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