Obituaries
Claude Fortson, Jr.
March 11, 2021
Claude “Junebug” Fortson, Jr. was born on July 3, 1970, so the best loving parents, Claude and Sheila Jackson Fortson. He was born and raised as the oldest of two children in Elberton. Junebug departed this life on March 11, 2021. He was a very caring person who would never say no. He accepted Christ as his personal Savior in...
Tina Marie Franklin Jordan
March 10, 2021
Mrs. Tina Marie Franklin Jordan, 58, of Pecan Dr., Calhoun Falls, SC, formerly of Elbert County, passed away on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. Mrs. Jordan was born November 21, 1962 in Elberton, GA to Jospeh Dewey Franklin and Eddie Mae Walling Mitchell. She was a member of Vans Creek Baptist Church. She is...
Harold Delma Thomas
March 9, 2021
Mr. Harold Delma Thomas, age 86, of Conyers, passed away on March 9, 2021. He was born on September 30, 1934, raised on a farm in Oglethorpe County, and later Comer. Mr. Thomas served in the Georgia Air National Guard. In 1957, Harold moved to Atlanta with his wife and joined the City of Atlanta Police Department, studying at nights...
Charles Doyle "Fud Dud" Moon
March 9, 2021
Mr. Charles Doyle "Fud Dud" Moon, 71, of Deep Creek Road, Bowman, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens. Mr. Moon was born in Royston on February 21, 1950, son of the late Harvey Thomas Moon and Nancy Abigail Rousey Moon. He was a proud U.S. Army Veteran having served during the Vietnam war....
Larry Dickerson
March 8, 2021
Mr. Larry Dickerson, 76, of Honeysuckle Rd. Hartwell, GA husband of the late Sara Irene Turner Dickerson passed away Monday, March 8, 2021 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mr. Dickerson was born November 20, 1944 in Royston, GA to George Dickerson and Ada Madge Chastain Dickerson. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and a retired plumber and electrician. He is...
Regina Faye Floyd Neal
March 8, 2021
Mrs. Regina Faye Floyd Neal, 52, of Ruby Drive, Dewy Rose, wife of the late Dan Walker Neal, passed away on Monday, March 8, 2021, at her home. Regina was born in Elberton on July 27, 1968, daughter of Linda Fay Jordan Floyd and the late Rabon Stanley Floyd. She was a homemaker and had previously worked as a clerk...
Margaret Pope Perrin
March 7, 2021
Pianist and orchestra leader Margaret Pope Perrin, an institution on the Atlanta music scene for much of the last century, died on March 7, 2021, after a short illness. She was 101 years old. Born in Elberton, Georgia, in 1919, the youngest of George and Mary Perrin's eight children, Margaret first performed as a singer on radio station WSB when...
Andre Jenkins "Andy" Elder
March 7, 2021
Mr. Andre Jenkins “Andy” Elder, 55, of Cromer Road, Elberton, passed away on Sunday, March 7, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson, SC. Andy was born in Charlotte, NC on December 11, 1965, son of the late J.C. “Suitcase Jake” Elder and Doris Ann Buchanan Oglesby. He was a 1985 graduate of Elbert County High School and had...
Roger Dale Stratton
March 6, 2021
Mr. Roger Dale Stratton, 71, of Elberton, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Elberton Memorial Hospital.A native of Elberton, he was the son of the late Frank Jefferson Stratton, Jr. and the late Jacquelyn Gaines Stratton.Mr. Stratton was a truck driver in the granite industry, having worked for Everlasting Granite Company, from which he retired in 2005.He loved sports,...
Bobby Jackson Yeargin
March 6, 2021
Mr. Bobby Jackson Yeargin, 79, of Conyers, previously from Elberton, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021 in Piedmont Conyers Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Yeargin; son and daughter-in-law, Clint and Marilyn Yeargin; grandson, Jacob and Mindi Yeargin; and brother, Joe Yeargin. The family received friends at Scot Ward Funeral Home in Conyers on Wednesday, March 10th from 6:00 –...
John Thomas (Tom) Edwards Jr. (Courtesy)
March 6, 2021
Rev. John Thomas (Tom) Edwards, Jr. of Port Wentworth, formerly of Elberton, age 80, passed away at his home March 6, 2021 with his family at his side. He was born on August 22, 1940, son of the late Virginia C. Edwards and the late John T. Edwards, Sr. Tom was a 1958 graduate of Elberton High School and a...
Robert Charles Dugger
March 6, 2021
Mr. Robert Charles Dugger, 61, of Vine St. Athens, GA passed away Saturday March 6, 2021 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mr. Dugger was born March 27, 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio to Harold Dugger and Betty Casto Dugger. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran. Mr. Dugger was cremated and no services are planned at this time. Berry Funeral Home &...
Sara Tatum Kantala
March 5, 2021
Mrs. Sara Tatum Kantala, 95, passed away on March 5, 2021 at her daughter’s home in Daphne, Alabama.Born in Woodbury, Georgia to the late Webb Tatum, Sr. and Grace Kell Tatum, the family moved to Elberton, Georgia in 1926.She was married to Matthew W. Kantala, Jr. who preceded her in death. Mrs. Kantala was also preceded in death by her...
David Wayne Norman
March 5, 2021
Mr. David Wayne Norman, 71, ofWinterville and Northeast Georgia passed away Friday, March 5, 2021 at his home. He was a native of Las Vegas, Nevada, and the son of the late Walter and Louise Norman.Mr. Norman graduated from Mercer University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business & Economics.He taught Motorcycle Mechanics at North Georgia Technical College, Clarksville, GA, as...
George Edward Hurley
March 4, 2021
Mr. George Edward Hurley, 83, of One Mile Lane, Carnesville, GA passed away Thursday, March 4, 2021 at Heardmont Nursing Home. Mr. Hurley was born September 16, 1937 in Pikeville, KY to Plennie Hurley and Belauh Charles Hurley. He was a retired concrete finisher and an U.S. Air Force veteran. He is survived by a son: Tony E. Hurley, daughters:...
Mary Johnson Wood
March 2, 2021
Mrs. Mary Johnson Wood, age 85, of West Franklin Place in Hartwell went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at home surrounded by her family. She was born on April 11, 1935 in Vanna, GA, to the late Hubert L. Johnson and Ida E. Bryant Shaw. She was a member of Comer Baptist Church and she...
Robyn Denise Bennett Coker
March 2, 2021
Mrs. Robyn Denise Bennett Coker, 59, of River Road, Elberton, wife of the late Kenneth Calvin Coker, passed away on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Robyn was born in Oklahoma on November 13, 1961, daughter of the late Jane Eunice Rogers Roach and her husband Hal, and the late James Ward Bennett. She was a homemaker...
Connally Hammond Veal
March 1, 2021
Mr. Connally Hammond Veal, Jr., 64, of Bowman, Georgia passed away Monday, March 1, 2021 at his residence. Mr. Veal was preceded in death by his parents, Connally Hammond Veal, Sr. and Grace Howell Veal.He was also preceded in death by his beloved wife, Tina Erwin Veal, with whom he had celebrated 27 years of marriage prior to her death...
Joseph Alan Ray
March 1, 2021
Mr. Joseph Alan “Joe” Ray, 57, of Elberton, entered into rest suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday, March 1, 2021, at his residence. Joe was born in Hinesville, GA, on April 30, 1963, son of the late Martha Nell Robinson Wells and Reuben Fredrick Ray. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his step-father, James Henry “Jimmy”...
Gregory Lee Sanders
March 1, 2021
Mr. Gregory Lee “Greg” Sanders, 53, of Calhoun Road, Dewy Rose, husband of Wanda Kay Sexton Sanders, passed away on Monday, March 1, 2021, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Greg was born in Hartwell on October 31, 1967, son of Shirley Jo Black Sanders of Hartwell and the late George Verdell Sanders. He was employed with Whitlow Electric as a...
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