Obituaries
Naomi Ruth Grimes
September 22, 2020
Mrs. Naomi Ruth Smith Grimes, 89, of Elberton, passed away Tuesday at Piedmont Athens Regional.A native of Elbert County, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Lee and Annie Kate Mauldin Smith. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Grimes was also preceded in death by her beloved husband, Billy Mathew Grimes, with whom she had celebrated 59 years of...
Tyree Shernard "Pete" Harper
September 21, 2020
Mr. Tyree Shernard "Pete" Harper, 41, of S. Oliver Street, Elberton, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2020, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mr. Harper was born on February 8, 1979, in Royston, GA to James Harper and Florine Willis Harper. He was a former saw operator in the granite industry at Geneva Granite Company. He is survived by his...
Willie Gene Bryant
September 21, 2020
Mr. Willie Gene Bryant, 73, of Brewers Bridge Road, Elberton, husband of Rosie Grimes Bryant, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2020, at PruittHealth at Spring Valley. Mr. Bryant was born in Hartwell on June 22, 1947, son of the late Gene and Alberta Bryant, and was reared in the home of the late Tom and Lillian Rucker. He was...
William Theodore Carey
September 18, 2020
Mr. William Theodore Carey, 86, of Highway 172 West, Bowman, husband of the late Nancy ‘Darlena’ Moon Carey, passed way on Friday, September 18, 2020, at his residence. Mr. Carey was born in Anderson, SC on April 9, 1934, son of the late Manuel and Rosie Hart Carey. He served his country in the U.S. Army and was of the...
Mitchell Don Coker
September 18, 2020
Mitchell Don Coker, 26, died in Athens on September 18, 2020. Mitch was a 2012 graduate of Elbert County High School and was currently working with USDA. He had a great love for cars, trucks, and anything with a motor, and had previously worked as a mechanic. Mitch was a motorcycle enthusiast who was happiest while riding his bike and...
James Scott Smith
September 17, 2020
Mr. James ‘Scott’ Smith, 49, of Lexington Highway, Elberton, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020, at his residence. Scott was born in Elberton on August 19, 1971, son of Dianne Allen Smith and the late Wilson Ray Smith, and was also preceded in death by his brother, Raymond Shane Smith. He was a graduate of Elbert County High School...
Peggy Jo Irwin Davis
September 15, 2020
Peggy Irwin Davis died on Tuesday September 15th, 12:34 pm at her home in Colbert, Georgia. A memorial service will be held later. Peggy was born on January 28,1937 to Joe Irwin and Rosalind Ragan Irwin. She graduated from Albany High School in 1955 and moved to Atlanta, Georgia to work at Howell House, a pediatric center and to attend...
Wayne Claude Blackwood
September 15, 2020
Wayne Claude Blackwood, age 82, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. Wayne was born in Dewy Rose, GA on January 1, 1938, to Sarah Brown, a schoolteacher, and Claude Blackwood, a decorated WWII officer in Darby’s Rangers, which evolved into the U.S. Army Rangers. He met his wife Joyce in 3rd grade and never left her side for 75...
Brenda Faye Bond Chandler
September 14, 2020
Ms. Brenda Faye Bond Chandler, 63, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Monday, September 14, 2020 at Augusta University Medical Center. Brenda was born in Elberton, daughter of the late Robert Arlington Bond and Annette Brown Bond. In addition to her parents, Brenda was preceded in death by an infant brother, Michael Bond, and a son-in-law, Joshua Bolmon. Brenda was a...
Alvin Vernon Brady
September 14, 2020
Mr. Alvin Vernon Brady, 85, of Elberton, passed away on Monday, September 14, 2020, at Piedmont Hospital, Athens. Mr. Brady was born in Elberton on April 3, 1935, son of the late Grant Elijah and Hazel Attaway Brady. He graduated from Elbert County High School in 1954 and moved to Atlanta where he worked with the Atlanta Transit Company and...
Albert B. Lawton, Jr.
September 13, 2020
Mr. Albert B. Lawton, Jr., 90, of McFarlin Bridge Rd., Carnesville, GA passed away Sunday, September 13, 2020 at his home. Mr. Lawton was born June 9, 1930 in Fall River, Massachusetts to Albert B. Lawton, Sr. and Mildred Leveque Lawton. He was a member of Indian Creek Baptist Church in Carnesville and was a retired U.S. Air Force veteran....
Deleon Hamilton Reynolds, Iii
September 13, 2020
Mr. Deleon Hamilton Reynolds, III, 77, of Washington, passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2020, at Augusta University Hospital. Mr. Reynolds was born in Alabama on July 3, 1943, son of the late Deleon Hamilton Reynolds, Jr. and Helen Adair Reynolds. He was Presbyterian by faith, a U.S. Navy Veteran, and had previously worked at C & R Auto Parts...
Debra Elaine Franklin Bryant
September 12, 2020
Mrs. Debra Elaine Franklin Bryant, 67, of Bellew Drive, Bowman, wife of the late Stanley Clark Bryant, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Debra was born in Elberton on October 20, 1952, daughter of the late Joseph Dewey Franklin and Eddie Mae Walling Mitchell She was a retired Monument Draftsperson having worked at Bryant’s...
Margaret Ellen Childs Oakley
September 12, 2020
Mrs. Margaret Ellen Childs Oakley, 92, of Brad Dixon Road, Elberton, wife of 55 years to the late Cecil Odell Oakley, Sr., passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mrs. Oakley was born in Elbert County on December 4, 1927, daughter of the late William Edgar Childs, Sr. and Fannie Mae Scott Childs. She was...
Steve Crawford Roth
September 10, 2020
Mr. Steve Crawford Roth, 71, of Carlton, Georgia passed away Thursday, September 10, 2020 at his residence. A native of Oglethorpe County, Mr. Roth was the son of the late Charlie and Loudell Holloman Roth.Steve was a Vietnam veteran, having served his country in the United States Army.He worked in the granite industry, and also in law enforcement. He was...
Anna Gowder Roukoski
September 10, 2020
Mrs. Anna Gowder Roukoski, 91, of Hartwell, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2020 at Hartwell Health & Rehab. Born on December 16, 1928 in Royston, GA, she was the daughter of the late Glen H. Gowder andNettie Dean Gowder. Mrs. Roukoski was a retired LPN from Hart County Hospital and Heritage Inn NursingHome (Hartwell Health & Rehab), and she was...
Jerry Leon Pless
September 8, 2020
Mr. Jerry Leon Pless, 67, of McGowan Avenue, Abbeville, SC, husband of 47 years to Judy Marie Gary Pless, passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, at Self Regional Medical Center. Jerry was born in Franklin County, GA on September 27, 1952, son of the late Norman Coy Pless and Jessie Mae Helen Elizabeth Taylor Pless. He was a retired...
Ola Blackwell Heard
September 6, 2020
Ola Blackwell was born on March 21, 1925, in Elberton, Georgia to the late Joe Blackwell and Mary Rucker Blackwell. She was the youngest of the eleven children from this union. Early on Sunday morning, September 6, 2020, God sent an angel to Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital to carry his servant home. She was united in marriage to the late...
Loretta Young Charping
September 6, 2020
Loretta Young Charping, 75, of Lowndesville, wife of Joe Charping, died Sunday, September 6, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Elberton, GA to the late Elbert and Ellen Prince Young. Mrs. Charping attended Abbeville High School and was employed with the Rocky River Plant for several years. Her favorite pastimes were shopping and decorating...
Sara Nell Funderburk
September 5, 2020
Mrs. Sara “Nell” Funderburk, 72, of Winterville, passed away September 5, 2020 at home.A native of Greenwood, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Resse Mae Segars Clay.She was the widow of Robert Eugene Funderburk, to whom she was married for 38 years before his passing in 2009. In addition to her parents and husband,...
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