Obituaries
Mary Lizzie Favor Dean
August 28, 2022
Mary Lizzie Favor Dean was born on October 1, 1940 in Wilkes County, Georgia to Stacy Favor and Helen Mathis Favor.
She graduated from Washington-Wilkes High School in 1961. She joined Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Rayle, Georgia at a young age. Mary eventually moved to Elberton where she met and married Horace “June Bug” Dean, Jr., and together they had...
Betty Seymour Harris
August 24, 2022
Mrs. Betty Seymour Harris, 95, of Bowman, GA passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at Spring Valley Health Care Center in Elberton, GA. Mrs. Harris was born on August 3, 1927 in Elberton, GA, daughter of the late Clay Seymour and the late Lucille Dickerson Seymour. She was a seamstress having worked at Oxford of Bowman and later working...
Marie Kidd Haynie
August 23, 2022
Marie Kidd Haynie, 87, of Calhoun Falls, wife of the late Thomas S. ‘Billy’ Haynie, died peacefully, Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Comer, GA to the late William and Sue Mitchell Kidd. A graduate of Calhoun Falls High School, Mrs. Haynie owned and operated M&T Vending. She was a member of...
Heyward Lynn Brock
August 22, 2022
Heyward Lynn Brock, 95, of Bowman, Georgia, died peacefully Monday night, August 22, 2022. A native of Hart County, Georgia, he was born June 30, 1927, the oldest son of Robert Loyd Brock and Beatrice Moore Brock. He was married for 67 years to Elizabeth Almond Brock, until she went to be with the Lord on August 8, 2017. He...
Horace A. Lunsford
August 19, 2022
Horace A. Lunsford, age 78, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2022 at his residence while he was surrounded by his loving family.
Horace was born in Elberton where he spent his entire life, and where he attended Harmony Baptist Church for 55 years. He was a brick mason and a firm believer in a hard work ethic -...
Kimberly Scott Mann
August 18, 2022
Kimberly Scott Mann passed away suddenly on Thursday, August 18th, at Emory University Hospital from a massive brain bleed. The devoted brother, husband and father was born in Tallassee, Alabama, on October 13, 1955. He lived there in his youth, helping run the family’s Piggly Wiggly. Then he was off to Auburn University where he earned a degree in Graphic...
Lt. Col. James Armitt Scott, Iii
August 18, 2022
Lt. Col. James Armitt Scott III – a proud Veteran of the United States Army passed away Thursday, August 18, 2022 in San Antonio TX .
Jim Scott was born in the Panama Canal Zone August 5,1938 to Lt. James A. Jr. and Alice C. Scott . He graduated from University High School in Iowa City Iowa where he distinguished...
James Milton Butler
August 18, 2022
As of August 18, 2022, James Milton Butler is now in his eternal home in Heaven with Jesus, and has been reunited with his wife, parents, and many other family members. His daughter and son-in-law were at his bedside, and they take comfort in knowing that as Christians they will be reunited with him in Heaven. Milton was born in...
Rodney Eugene Daniel
August 16, 2022
Mr. Rodney Eugene Daniel, loving husband, father, grandfather, father-in-law, brother, uncle, and friend to many, 84 years of age, of Elberton, GA entered into rest on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at his home surrounded by family. Mr. Daniel was born in Elberton, GA on March 29, 1938, the son of the late Everett Eugene Daniel and Rachel Greenway Daniel. Upon...
James Donald "Donnie" Tate
August 16, 2022
Mr. James Donald “Donnie” Tate, 66, of Evans, GA, formerly of Elberton, passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Tate was born in Elberton on August 27, 1955, son of the late Jefferson Davis Tate and LeeOnnie Dickerson Tate. He was a 1973 graduate of Elbert County High School and earned a Bachelors...
Christopher John Fiedler
August 16, 2022
Mr. Christopher John "Chris" Fiedler, 30, of Wirebridge Cutoff Road, Stephens, GA, passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Chris was born in Orlando, FL on July 28, 1992, son of Sharon Rae Paxton Fiedler and the late John Anthony Fiedler. He was employed in the hog industry. Survivors, in addition to his mother of...
JoAnn James McGarity
August 15, 2022
JoAnn James McGarity, 81, of Elberton GA, passed away on August 15, 2022.
JoAnn was the daughter of the late Omie and Ruth James. She was married to the late Van Marion McGarity.
In addition to her parents and her husband, JoAnn is preceeded in death by her children; James McGarity, infant son and infant daughter.
JoAnn's survivors include...
Jackson Phillip "Jack" Busby
August 15, 2022
Jackson Phillip “Jack” Busby, 76, of Springdale Road, Elberton, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2022, at Augusta University Medical Center with his family at his side. Born on October 19, 1945, in Fort Bragg, NC, Jack spent most of his life in Elberton. He was the only son of the late Oscar Lee Busby and Fenora Eugenia Jones Busby,...
Luther Michael "Mike" Lunsford
August 15, 2022
Mr. Luther Michael “Mike” Lunsford, 73, of Brookehaven Circle, Elberton, husband of 41 years to Margaret Edna Turner Lunsford, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2022, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mr. Lunsford was born in Elberton on March 25, 1949, son of the late Elmer Eugene Lunsford and Eunice Corine Parham Lunsford. He was a lifelong resident of Elberton and...
Anna Lynette Purvis
August 13, 2022
Anna Purvis, age 31, danced into the arms of Jesus around 11:30 PM on Saturday, August 13, 2022 while she was surrounded by her loving and devoted family. She is now in the presence of her Jesus, no longer having to sign His name by showing where the nails pierced His hands. As she took her final breath on earth,...
Kathryn Frances Vinson Wilhite
August 13, 2022
Mrs. Kathryn Frances Vinson Wilhite, 81, of W. Church Street, Elberton, wife of 60 years to the late Hugh Dorsey Wilhite, entered into rest on Saturday, August 13, 2022, at Pruitt Health at Spring Valley. Mrs. Wilhite was born in Wilkes County on January 18, 1941, daughter of the late Dennis Herbert Vinson and Anna Frances Clark Vinson. She was...
Katie Lenae Snellings
August 12, 2022
Katie Lenae Snellings was born in Elberton, Georgia on July 28, 1988, the oldest of two children of Duane Snellings and Lori Byrd Rose. She entered into rest in Elberton, Georgia on August 12, 2022. Katie was a 2006 graduate of Elbert County Comprehensive High School. She loved her family dearly and her children, VanJagger and Molleigh Kye, were apples...
Elizabeth Laverne Wilson Youngblood
August 12, 2022
Mrs. Elizabeth ‘Laverne’ Wilson Youngblood, 67, of Bobby Brown Park Road, Elberton, wife of 50 years to the late Robert ‘Wayne’ Youngblood, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2022, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Laverne was born in Oglethorpe County on November 11, 1954, daughter of the late Benjamin William “Benny” Wilson and Alter Belle Massey Wilson, and step-daughter of...
James Beverly Harrison, Jr.
August 12, 2022
Mr. James Beverly Harrison Jr., J.B., Harry, Pop, Daddy, Daddy Rabbit, shuffled from this mortal coil, Friday, August 12, 2022 to begin his eternal journey to infinity and beyond. J.B. arrived on this 3rd rock from the sun, August 27, 1938, first born bouncing baby boy of James B. Harrison Sr. (Beb) and Lizie Lou McCarty Harrison. Three subsequent and...
Carolyn Marie Walton
August 12, 2022
Miss Carolyn Marie Walton, 64, of Elberton, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2022, at her residence. A longtime resident of Atlanta, Carolyn was born in Elberton on October 18, 1957, daughter of the late Zach Tate and Bessie Mae Walton. She was a house keeper having retired from Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Atlanta. Carolyn enjoyed cooking, listening to music,...
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