Obituaries
Joel Adams Stowers
January 19, 2020
Joel Adams Stowers, 87, of Athens, GA. died Sunday, January 19, 2020. He was preceded in death by his parents, the late Clara Adams Stowers and Stevenson Adlai Stowers of Elberton, GA. He was also preceded in death by both sisters and both brothers. Mr. Stowers is survived by his wife, Anne Forbus Stowers, nieces, nephews and cousins. Joel graduated...
Kenneth Michael Wilcox
January 19, 2020
Mr. Kenneth Michael "Ken" Wilcox, 68, of Childston Drive, Elberton, husband of Joanna Johnson Wilcox, passed away on Sunday, January 19, 2020, at his residence. Ken was born in Birmingham, England on November 16, 1951, son of the late Albert and Gertrude Wilcox. He was a retired race car mechanic. He is survived by his wife, Joanna, and they were...
Virginia Anderson Mcclure
January 19, 2020
Mrs. Virginia Lee Anderson McClure, 76, of Paul Motes Road, Elberton, wife of 43 years to Wilson Daniel "Bud" McClure, passed away on Sunday, January 19, 2020. Mrs. McClure was born in Asheville, NC on September 1, 1943, daughter of the late Thomas Carroll Anderson and Wilma June Lee Anderson. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. In...
Sheila Eavenson Worley
January 15, 2020
Ms. Sheila Jean Wright Eavenson Worley, 56, of Villa Rica and Carnesville, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Sheila was born in Hartwell on November 25, 1963, daughter of Charles Ray Wright and the late Mary Ellen Black Walker. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant. Survivors include her sons: Joshua Crocker of Villa...
Connie Kesler Smith
January 15, 2020
Mrs. Connie Kesler Smith, 68, of Sunset Drive, Hartwell, wife of the late James Carlise Smith, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Connie was born in Royston on September 15, 1951, daughter of the late Conrad and Mary Hayes Kesler. She was retired from Teneco. Survivors include her children: Dan James and Tina James,...
Beth Rice Brown
January 15, 2020
Mrs. Sandra ‘Beth’ Rice Elder Brown, 58, of Tusten Street, Elberton, wife of J. Martin Brown, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Beth was born in Elberton on January 7, 1962, daughter of Inez Vickery Rice and the late Claudie James Rice. She was a 1980 graduate of Elbert County High School and a...
Tommy Oglesby
January 14, 2020
Mr. James Thomas “Tommy” Oglesby, 69, of Elm Street, Elberton, husband of 51 years to Jan Maxwell Oglesby, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at his residence. Tommy was born in Elberton on March 8, 1950, son of Evelyn Bufford Oglesby and the late James Mack Oglesby, Jr. He was a 1968 graduate of Elbert County High School and...
Carry Leslie Williams
January 14, 2020
Mr. Carry Leslie Williams, 68, of Bowman Highway, Dewy Rose, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mr. Williams was born in Burnet, Texas on February 11, 1951, son of the late Vernon and Marie Williams. He was a U.S Army veteran. Survivors include his children: Vernon Phillip Williams of Dewy Rose, Jamie West of...
Robert Pope Graham
January 13, 2020
Mr. Robert Pope Graham, 54, of Whitsel Hollow Road, Comer, passed away on Monday, January 13, 2020, at his residence. Mr. Graham was born in Athens on July 18, 1965, son of the late Harvey W. Graham, Jr. and Jeanette Smith Graham. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Collier Baptist Church. Survivors include his son, Taylor Graham...
James Bruce Smith
January 13, 2020
Mr. James Brice Smith, 69, of Athens, husband of the late Gina Dillard Smith, passed away on Monday, January 13, 2020, at St. Mary's Hospital. Mr. Smith was born in Florida on March 28, 1955, son of the late James Smith and Iris Barfield. He was a retired minister and a member of Gordon's Chapel Church. Survivors include his children:...
Nellie Brown Coile
January 13, 2020
Ms. Nellie Lee Brown Coile, 74, passed away on Monday, January 13. 2020, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Ms. Coile was born in Hartwell on February 7, 1945, daughter of the late James Thurman Brown and Millie Jane White Brown. She was retired from Reliance Electric and was also a private health care sitter. Survivors include her grandsons: Jason Coile,...
Bobby Wayne Childs
January 12, 2020
Mr. Bobby ‘Wayne’ Childs, 80, of Country Club Road, Elberton, husband of 50 years to Barbara Rhodes Childs, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 12, 2020, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital surrounded by his family. Wayne was born in Elberton on July 8, 1939, son of the late Edwin Franklin Childs and Evelyn Inez Smith Childs Starke. He was a...
Lenolia Rice Harvell
January 11, 2020
Mrs. Lenolia Rice Harvell, 93, longtime resident of the Ruckersville Community in Elbert County, wife of the late George Dupree Harvell, Sr., passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2020, at Hartwell Health & Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Harvell was born in Elberton on November 19, 1926, daughter of the late Claude Elmer Rice and Zelma Ray Rice. She worked as a...
Stewart Matthew Tirkot
January 10, 2020
Mr. Stewart Matthew Tirkot, 42 of S. McIntosh Street, Elberton, passed away on Friday, January 10, 2020, at his residence. Stewart was born in Lake Wood, New Jersey on September 12, 1977, son of Lisa Louise Tirkot and the late Peter Henry Williams. He was a supervisor in the construction industry, a Chef, and had served as CEO of Bionic...
Johnny Coleman
January 9, 2020
Mr. Johnny Jack Coleman, 85, of the Fortsonia community passed away Thursday, January 9, 2020 at his home. Mr. Coleman was born in Tennessee to the late John William and Lois Howard Coleman.He was the husband of Jane Bell Coleman, with whom he had celebrated over 50 years of marriage.Mr. Coleman served his country in the United States Air Force...
James "Pete" Freeman
January 7, 2020
Mr. James Edward “Pete” Freeman, 63, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at his home. Mr. Freeman was a native of Royston, Georgia.He was the son of Mrs. Joann Dove Freeman Hart of Hartwell, and the late Henry Lee Freeman.He worked as a tire technician at John Duncan Tire Service, and as an associate with Heritage Building...
Joseph Stephen Acker
January 5, 2020
Mr. Joseph Stephen “Steve” Acker, 67, of Athens Highway, Elberton, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2020, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Steve was born in Elberton on June 5, 1952, son of the late Joseph Edwin Acker and Nora Nadine Hawks Acker. He was a salesman having worked for Murray Cookies and Mac Tools, and a stone cutter having...
Linda Olivia Brooks
January 5, 2020
Mrs. Linda Olivia Alexander Brooks, 79, of Calhoun Falls, SC, wife of the late Edward Eugene Brooks, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2020, at Heardmont Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Brooks was born in Easley, SC on December 17, 1940, daughter of the late Ralph and Frances Kelley Alexander. She was a janitor having retired from BASF in Norris,...
Ronald Earl Bonds
January 2, 2020
Mr. Ronald Earl Bonds, 66, of Elberton, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2020 atPiedmont Athens Regional Hospital. A native of Elberton, he was the son of the late Waymond Earl and Leacy Bell Davis Bonds.Mr. Bonds was a retired self-employed house painter.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Patricia Ann Raines; brothers, Alton Wayne...
Rose Ann McLanahan Thompson
January 2, 2020
Mrs. Rose Ann McLanahan Thompson, 89, of Elberton, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2020 in Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mrs. Thompson was born and raised in Elberton, Georgia, daughter of the late Robert and Hassie McMullan McLanahan.She grew up in a loving and caring home with three sisters and three brothers.After high school, Rose Ann married Paul Howard...
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