Obituaries

Jw Rucker
August 31, 2020
Mr. J.W. “Doc” Rucker, 83, of Jackson Street, Bowman, passed away on Monday, August 31, 2020, at Brown Health & Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Rucker was born in Elberton on February 28, 1927, son of the late Louvilla Rucker and Ruby Jo Oliver Rucker. He was retired from the granite industry and a member of Ruckers Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include...
Jimmy Gordon Davis
August 30, 2020
Mr. Jimmy Gordon Davis, 92, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2020 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, South Carolina.A native of Elberton, he was born August 25, 1928, the son of the late Howard Gordon and Louise Moore Davis.Although Mr. Davis was a lifelong resident of Elberton, he had recently moved to NHC in Greenwood to be closer to...
Angela Cecile Ambrosini Fleischer
August 28, 2020
Mrs. Angela Cecile Ambrosini Fleischer, 83, of Elberton, wife of the late Melvyn Sidney "Mel" Fleischer, passed away on Friday, August 28, 2020, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Angela was born in Elberton on March 30, 1937, daughter of the late Dante Rino Ambrosini and Frances Elizabeth Blum Ambrosini. She was a 1955 graduate of Elberton High School and received...
Mona Anne Bowen Lunsford
August 27, 2020
Mona Anne Bowen Lunsford, age 47, of Dewy Rose, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at Elbert Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. She fought a courageous battle with cancer for 12 years and overcame many obstacles, but God had a better plan for her. She was born on January 7, 1973, to James Wilson “Jimmy” Bowen and...
William Hanvey "Bill" Vaughan
August 25, 2020
Mr. William Hanvey “Bill” Vaughan, 94, of Elberton, husband of 70 years to the late Barbara Haynes Vaughan, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at his daughter’s home in Covington. Mr. Vaughan was born in Elbert County on December 9, 1925, the youngest of ten children born to George Alexander Vaughan and Alma Maude Hanvey Vaughan. He was a...
Mary Sandra Martin
August 25, 2020
Miss Mary Sandra Martin, 71, of Martin Road, Bowman, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia. Sandra was born in Elberton on July 10, 1949, daughter of the late Albert Sidney Martin and Mary Arnoldean Butler Martin. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church and loved children. She is survived by...
Leonard Walter Piccirillo
August 24, 2020
Leonard Walter Piccirillo, 59 of Charleston, SC entered into eternal rest on August 24, 2020. The relatives and friends of Leonard W. Piccirillo are invited to attend a Liturgy of the Word, 6:00 PM, Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at the James A. McAlister Chapel. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. A...
Gene Fleeman
August 23, 2020
Mr. Talmadge Eugene “Gene” Fleeman, Sr., 80, of Waterloo, SC formerly of Elberton, GA passed away Sunday, August 23, 2020. Mr. Fleeman was born April 11, 1940 in Franklin County, GA to Odis Carl Fleeman and Ella Mae Jackson Fleeman. He was a the former owner-operator of Fleeman Granite, B&G Granite and Douglasville Monuments. He was a U.S. Army veteran....
Sarah Louise Dye Wragg
August 23, 2020
Mrs. Sarah ‘Louise’ Dye Wragg, 84, of Porter Drive, Elberton, wife of the late Jerry Wragg, III, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2020, at her residence. Mrs. Wragg was born in Elberton on November 29, 1935, daughter of the late Eddie Dye, Sr. and Fannie Mae Martin Carter. At an early age she realized the need for divine guidance...
Harold Floyd Dye, Jr.
August 22, 2020
Mr. Harold Floyd Dye, Jr., 82, of Dr. George Ward Road, Elberton, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Patricia Tankersley Dye; infant daughter, Suzanne Dye; son, Dean Alvin Dye; and brother, Howard Dye. Left to cherish his memory is his son and daughter-in-law, Dwayne and Donna...
Danny Ray Parham
August 20, 2020
Mr. Danny Ray Parham, 61, of Carlton, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital.Danny was born October 18, 1958 in Elberton, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his father, Marshall Jackson Parham and a sister, Becky Ann Drake.He was retired from the Granite Industry, having had worked at Lexington Blue Granite Company.He was a collector...
Charles Woodfin "Chip" Case, Jr.
August 20, 2020
SSgt Charles Woodfin Case, Jr., 41, died tragically in Augusta, GA on Thursday, August 20, 2020, while performing his duty as a code enforcement officer. Chip was born in Anderson, SC on June 18, 1979. He was raised in Elberton, GA, where he attended both school and church at Vans Creek and First Baptist; the Case family currently attends Belair Baptist Church in...
Annie Herring Wilkey
August 17, 2020
Mrs. Annie Lorene Herring Wilkey, 51, of Wesley Chapel Rd. Lexington, GA passed away Monday, August 17, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Wilkey was born January 10, 1969 in Athens, GA to Jim Herring and Patricia Ann Sheridan Herring. She was a member of Cornerstone Church and was a former seamstress in the textile industry. She is survived by her...
Lila "Tiny" Davis
August 17, 2020
Mrs. Lila “Tiny” Lavinia McClain Davis, 93, of Ruckersville Rd., Elberton, GA wife of the late Horace Jackson Davis passed away Monday, August 17, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Davis was born February 24, 1927 in Anderson, SC to John David McClain and Kathleen Loftis McClain Barrett. She was a member of Elberton Pentecostal Holiness Church and was a retired...
Glenn Seaborn Greenway
August 17, 2020
Mr. Glenn Seaborn Greenway, 71, of Petersburg Village, Elberton, GA passed away Monday, August 17, 2020. Mr. Greenway was born June 11, 1949 in Elberton, GA to Herbert L. Greenway and Estelle Lunsford Greenway. He was a member of Rock Branch Baptist Church and was retired from the United States Postal Service where he was a custodian and maintenance man....
Daniel "Danny" Allen Nelms
August 14, 2020
Mr. Daniel “Danny” Allen Nelms, 62, of Gainesville, Georgia passed away on August 14, 2020 in Ocala, Florida. Mr. Nelms was born in Atlanta, Georgia, son of Margaret Hill Nelms, and the late Paul Allen Nelms. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Elaine Kennemoree Nelms. Mr. Nelms was a truck driver, delivering for American Honda for over...
Rhonda Hall Foster
August 12, 2020
Mrs. Rhonda Diane Hall Foster, 68, of Beaver Run Ext. Bowman, GA passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Foster was born June 5, 1952 in Crichton, W.VA to Harold Hall and Marion Sweet Hall. She was a member of Bowman Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law: James Richard Harrell,...
Earle Stovall Davis
August 8, 2020
Mr. Earle Stovall Davis, Jr., 83, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2020, at his home.A native of Elberton, he was the son of the late Earle Stovall and Dolly McKelley Davis.A 1954 graduate of Nancy Hart Memorial High school, he attended Truett McConnell College as well as Georgia Tech where he studied engineering. Mr. Davis was retired from sales and...
Helen B. Ayers
August 7, 2020
Mrs. Helen Beasley Ayers, of Elberton, Georgia, passed away Friday, August 7, 2020 at the age of 91. Mrs. Ayers was born in Elberton to the late Albert and Annie Mae Brown Beasley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward A. Ayers.Mrs. Ayers was a member of Dewy Rose Baptist Church, and was a kind and gentle person...
Clyde Lee Payton
August 7, 2020
Mr. Clyde Lee Payton, 67, of Sanders Lane Hartwell, GA passed away Friday, August 7, 2020 at his home. Mr. Payton was born August 18, 1952 in Greenwood, SC to Grady Robert Payton and Violet Moon Payton. He was a retired stonecutter. He is survived by daughters and son-in-law: Lynn Howell of Elberton, GA, Christie and Jeffrey Yeargin of Hartwell,...
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