Obituaries

Judy Angela Lovell Mcgee

Judy Angela Lovell Mcgee

December 29, 2021

Mrs. Judy Angela Lovell McGee, 67, of River Road, Elberton, wife of 41 years to Dwayne Wesley McGee, passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at her residence following a lengthy battle with hereditary liver failure. Mrs. McGee was born in Wilkes County on March 29, 1954, daughter of the late James Crawford Lovell and Ethel Smith Lovell. She was...

Kenneth Louis Engel, Sr.

Kenneth Louis Engel, Sr.

December 28, 2021

Mr. Kenneth Louis Engel, Sr., 92 of Griffin Rd. Martin, GA passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at his home. Mr. Engel was born January 16, 1929 in Yonkers, NY to Earl Engel and Mildred Garthwaite Engel. He was a U.S. Army National Guard Veteran and a retired contractor. He is survived by his sons: Kenneth Louis Engel, Jr. of...

Pellie Jean O'Kelley Sanders

Pellie Jean O'Kelley Sanders

December 28, 2021

Mrs. Pellie ‘Jean’ O’Kelley Sanders, 83, of Collier Church Road, Comer, wife of 66 years to retired Oglethorpe County Sheriff William ‘Ray’ Sanders, passed away on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at her residence. Mrs. Sanders, a lifelong resident of Comer, was a daughter of the late Dock O’Kelley and Ruby Bryant O’Kelley. She was a graduate of Oglethorpe County High...

Mary Frances Starnes Busby

Mary Frances Starnes Busby

December 27, 2021

Mrs. Mary Frances Starnes Busby, age 72, passed away peacefully Monday, December 27, 2021, at Augusta University Medical Center due to her complications from dementia. She was born January 7, 1949 in Lancaster, SC to the late Doris Lee and Quincy Starnes. Mrs. Busby is survived by her husband of 55 years, John W. Busby; her children, John Busby, and...

Louise Smith Raborn

Louise Smith Raborn

December 27, 2021

Louise Smith Raborn, 87, of Orchard Drive, widow of Edwin Eugene Raborn, died Monday, December 27, 2021 at her home. Born in Elberton, GA, she was a daughter of the late DeWitt Talmadge Smith, Sr. and Velma Elizabeth Moore Smith Moon. She retired from Park Seed Co. after more than 30 years and was a faithful member of South Greenwood...

Bobby Ray Payton

Bobby Ray Payton

December 27, 2021

Mr. Bobby Ray Payton, 70, of Lexington Highway, Elberton, husband of Laverne Worley Payton, passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021, at Landmark Hospital in Athens. Born in Elberton on October 4, 1951, Bobby was a son of the late J.B. Payton and Edna Sanders Payton. He was a graduate of Elbert County High School and a machine operator having...

Billy Ray Dye

Billy Ray Dye

December 25, 2021

Mr. Billy Ray “Bug Fuzz” Dye, 72, of Calhoun Falls Highway, Elberton, husband of 40 years to Kathy Young Dye, passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2021, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. Billy was born in Elberton on November 4, 1949, son of the late Floyd Seaborn “Punk” Dye, Jr. and Leila Celestia “Mickey” Sheridan Dye. He was of the...

Robbie Dale Ivester Wolfe

Robbie Dale Ivester Wolfe

December 23, 2021

Ms. Robbie Dale Ivester Wolfe, 59, of Royston, passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2021, at her residence. Robbie was born in Hartwell on September 24, 1962, daughter of Barbara Ann Thomley Ivester and the late Claude Bromer Ivester. She worked a a phlebotomist. Survivors, in addition to her mother Barbara of Dewy Rose, include her son, James Howard “JJ”...

Mary Alice Stone Booth

Mary Alice Stone Booth

December 22, 2021

Mrs. Mary Alice Stone Booth, 94, of Spring Circle, Comer, wife of the late Ernest Gipson Booth, Jr., passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at Comer Health and Rehab. Mrs. Booth was born in Comer on October 14, 1927, daughter of the late James Thomas Stone and Clara Sailors Stone. She was a member of Comer Baptist Church and...

Floy Clara Gilbert Fleming

Floy Clara Gilbert Fleming

December 21, 2021

Mrs. Floy Fleming, 93, passed away at St. Mary’s Health Care in Athens, GA on December 21, 2021. Born on June 16,1928 in Forsyth County Georgia, she was the 12th child of the late Elzie and Clara Blackstock Gilbert. Floy married Mr. FrankA. Fleming on February 23, 1946, with whom she celebrated 68 years of marriage. Mrs. Fleming is survived...

Ramona Gail Campbell Lyon

Ramona Gail Campbell Lyon

December 20, 2021

Mrs. Ramona ‘Gail’ Campbell Lyon, 78, of Melody Lane, Elberton, Georgia, wife of 55 years to Russell Thomas “Tommy” Lyon, Sr., passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021, at her residence. Gail was born in Greenwood, South Carolina on June 12, 1943, daughter of the late Parker Davis Campbell and Alma Nora Crocker Campbell. She was a 1961 graduate of...

Natalie Saxon Kendrick

Natalie Saxon Kendrick

December 19, 2021

Ms. Natalie Saxon Kendrick, 36, of Clayton, Georgia, passed away on December 19, 2021. Natalie was born in Elberton, daughter of Marty Thomas Saxon and Sherry Bray Saxon. She is survived by her mother, Sherry Saxon, of Comer; her father, Marty Saxon, of Elberton; and her three children.Natalie also leaves behind her grandmother, Joyce Grimes; siblings: Cory Childers, Canaan Saxon,...

Patricia  English Turner

Patricia English Turner

December 19, 2021

Mrs. Patricia June English Turner, 72, of Country Club Dr. Elberton, GA passed away Sunday, December 19, 2021 at St. Mary's Hospital. Mrs. Turner was born January 15, 1949 in Jackson, GA to John English and Kate Cornwall English. She is survived by her son: Jason Isbell, brothers: Willis English, Kenneth English and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death...

Rev. Oliver D. "Willie" Mccurry

Rev. Oliver D. "Willie" Mccurry

December 19, 2021

Rev. Oliver D. ‘Willie’ McCurry, Sr., 67, of Calhoun Falls, SC, husband of Mary Allison McCurry, died Sunday, December 19, 2021, at the Lexington Medical Center. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late Charles A. McCurry and Loretta Hartsell McCurry. A graduate of Abbeville County Schools, Pastor McCurry was an ordained minister in the Pentecostal Holiness and Congregational...

Norma Jane Williams

Norma Jane Williams

December 19, 2021

Ms. Norma Jane Williams, 81, of Brewers Bridge Road, Elberton, went to with be her Lord on Sunday, December 19, 2021, at her daughter’s residence. Ms. Williams was born in Atlanta on December 27, 1939, daughter of the late Norman Williams and Sylvia Ruth “Tommie” Black Smith. She was a homemaker and a seamstress having worked at Elberton Manufacturing Company....

Catherine Denise "Cathi" Smith Mcgarity

Catherine Denise "Cathi" Smith Mcgarity

December 18, 2021

Mrs. Catherine Denise “Cathi” Smith McGarity, 57, of Stoney Creek Drive, Elberton, wife of 33 years to Thomas Glenn “Tommy” McGarity, III, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at her residence. Although extremely sudden and very unexpected, Cathi’s death was in the manner in which she would have wanted - peacefully and pain free. Born in Elberton on March...

Betty Margaret Bond Childs

Betty Margaret Bond Childs

December 18, 2021

Betty Margaret Bond Childs, a native of Elberton, Georgia, passed away on December 18, 2021. Betty was a Christian who served her Savior, Jesus Christ, faithfully her whole life and was a charter member of West End Baptist Church, where she was the Church Secretary for many years and sang in the choir. Betty was the baby of her family...

Marion Lee Almond Scales

Marion Lee Almond Scales

December 16, 2021

Mrs. Marion Lee Almond Scales passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, December 16, 2021. She was 90 years young. She was the wife of the late Joseph William “Billy” Scales. John T. and Mattie Thornton were her parents, and after their deaths, she lived with her grandparents, Benjamin and Mollie Thornton. She was later adopted by Caron “Tip” and...

Edward Allen Scott

Edward Allen Scott

December 16, 2021

Mr. Edward Allen Scott, 66, of Bobby Brown State Park Rd. Elberton, GA passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021 at his home. Mr. Scott was born October 7, 1955 in Abbeville, SC to James Andrew Scott and Annie Morrow Scott. He was a retired truck driver from the granite industry. He is survived by his wife: Susan Hawthorne Scott; sons:...

Michael Lee "Mike" Simmons

Michael Lee "Mike" Simmons

December 15, 2021

Mr. Michael Lee “Mike” Simmons, 61, of Jaudon Road, Elberton, passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at his residence. Mike was born in Elberton on July 24, 1960, son of Annie Lee Looney Simmons and the late Willie Micier Simmons, Sr. He was a graduate of Samuel Elbert Academy and retired from Supreme Granite Granite Company. Mike was a...