Obituaries
Virginia Baggett Conwell
November 17, 2019
Mrs. Virginia Field Baggett Conwell, 93, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, November 17, 2019. She was born in Elbert County and lived most of her life there. She was a lifelong member of Doves Creek Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and worked for Elberton Manufacturing Company. She was preceded in death by two husbands H.V. (Davis)...
Mary Alice Manley Lee
November 15, 2019
Mary Alice Manley Lee, 96, of Elberton, wife of the late Robert E. Lee, Jr., entered into rest on Friday, November 15, 2019. A lifelong resident of Elberton, Mrs. Lee was born on February 7, 1923, daughter of the late Horace Hillyer Manley and Marguerite Brewer Manley. She was a member of First United Methodist Church where she served as...
Terry Michael Jordan
November 15, 2019
Terry Michael Jordan, age 59, of Comer, GA passed away peacefully at his residence on Friday November 15th following a brief battle with MDS blood cancer. Terry was the son of the late Odis Jordan Jr and Jean Faulkner Jordan of Athens. Terry is survived by his sister Sheree Jordan Pastrick and husband Raleigh of Jefferson and sister Tamara Jordan...
Donnie Alfred Herring
November 13, 2019
Mr. Donnie Alfred Herring, 63, of Piedmont Rd. Hull, GA passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mr. Herring was born June 27, 1956 in Madison Co, GA to Thurman Herring and Mary Elizabeth Bellew Herring. He is survived by daughters: Sandy Herring Green of Jefferson, GA, Renee Nixon of Danielsville, GA; sister: Clara Charping of...
Patricia Rucker Drake
November 13, 2019
Mrs. Patricia Ann Rucker Drake, 63, of Elberton, wife of the late Dennis Eugene Drake, passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Patricia was born in Elberton on May 11, 1956, daughter of the late Billy Walker Rucker and Peggy Smith Rucker. She thoroughly enjoyed the mountains and had been a resident of Nancy Hart Nursing...
Willie Mae Price Bass
November 12, 2019
Mrs. Willie Mae Price Bass, 80, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2019 in Elberton. Mrs. Bass was born in Elberton to the late William Rufus and Georgia Rice Price.She was married for over 64 years to Mr. Raymond Lamar Bass, Sr. before his passing on November 5th of this year.Mrs. Bass was a shipping clerk in the...
Dorathy Stewart Link (Courtesy)
November 12, 2019
Mrs. Dorathy Stewart Link, 63, of Tom Cobb Drive, Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2019. Born on January 23, 1956 in Charlotte NC, she was the daughter of the late Ivey W. Stewart, Jr. and Harriet Thigpen Stewart. Mrs. Link was employed with the Elbert County Board of Education with 23 years of service and currently serving as secretary...
Dorathy Stewart Link
November 12, 2019
Mrs. Dorathy Stewart Link, 63, of Tom Cobb Drive, Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2019. Born on January 23, 1956 in Charlotte NC, she was the daughter of the late Ivey W. Stewart, Jr. and Harriet Thigpen Stewart. Mrs. Link was employed with the Elbert County Board of Education with 23 years of service and currently serving as secretary...
Virginia Welborn Johnson
November 12, 2019
Mrs. Edna ‘Virginia’ Welborn Johnson, 90, of Oak Street, Elberton, wife of the late Lee “Pete” Johnson, passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at her residence. Mrs. Johnson was born in Iva, SC on April 2, 1929, daughter of the late Harvey Welborn and Sue Sanders Welborn. She was a retired beautician, a member of Grace Baptist Church, and...
Darlene Elaine Ratcliff
November 11, 2019
Mrs. Darlene Elaine Ratcliff, 68, of Nick Volley Rd. Bowman, GA passed away Monday, November 11, 2019 at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ratcliff was born March 25, 1951 in Minneapolis, MN. She was a retired office worker from Landstar Trucking. She is survived by sons: William Duckett of Lavonia, GA, Brian Duckett (Cindy) of Franklin Springs, GA; sisters Peggy Schneider...
Dorothy Holloway Snider
November 10, 2019
Dorothy Christine Holloway Snider, 94 years old of Lincolnton, GA passed peacefully in her sleep, just as she asked the Lord to take her, on Sunday, November 10, 2019. She lived an exemplary Christian life, honoring her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 11 a.m. at Martin’s Crossroads Congregational Holiness...
Austin Lee Nestor
November 9, 2019
Mr. Austin Lee Nestor, 28, of Elberton, passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2019, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Austin was born in Athens on November 16, 1990, son of DJ Nestor and Andrea Weaver Hallman. He was a graduate of Elbert County High School, a member of Ruckersville United Methodist Church, and currently employed...
Brandon Newton
November 9, 2019
Mr. Carl ‘Brandon’ “Poke” Newton, 34, of Cox Road, Calhoun Falls, SC, passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2019, in Greenwood. Brandon was born in Abbeville on January 14, 1985, son of Carl ‘Julian’ Newton and the late Betty ‘June’ Moore Garner. He was a 2003 graduate of Calhoun Falls High School and attended the welding program at Piedmont Technical...
Curtis Dwayne Lunceford
November 7, 2019
Mr. Curtis ‘Dwayne’ Lunceford, 57, of Nickville Road, Dewy Rose, husband of 39 years to Carol Ann Kidd Lunceford, entered into rest on Thursday, November 7, 2019. Dwayne was born in Elberton on December 18, 1961, son of the late James Melvin and Doris Opal Saxon Herring, and the late Robert Lunceford. He was a top polisher having worked in...
Larry Furman Veal, Jr.
November 7, 2019
Mr. Larry Furman Veal, Jr., 62, of Edwards Street, Elberton, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2019, at Heardmont Health and Rehabilitation Center. Larry was born in Elberton on April 3, 1957, son of the late Larry Furman Veal, Sr. and Mildred Frances Parham Veal. He was a graduate of Elbert County High School and a sandblaster having retired from...
Kathy Griffith Hakes
November 6, 2019
Mrs. Kathy Hazel Griffith Hakes, 63, of N. Fairview Road, Lavonia, wife of 26 years to Duane Edmund Hakes, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at her residence. Mrs. Hakes was born in Monroe on July 10, 1956, daughter of the late William Hoyt Griffith and Mary France Aaron Griffith. She was a school bus driver having retired from...
Raymond Lamar Bass
November 5, 2019
Mr. Raymond Lamar Bass, Sr., 83, of Elberton, Georgia passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Bass was born in Webster County, Georgia, to the late James Carlton Bass, Sr. and Alice Blankenship Bass.He was the husband of Willie Mae Price Bass, with whom he had celebrated 64 years of marriage.Mr. Bass worked for over 19 years...
Geraldine Cordell Latham (Courtesy)
November 5, 2019
Mrs. Geraldine Cordell Latham, 90, of Greenville, South Carolina, daughter of the late Wallace and Ruby Cordell, and wife of the late Floyd Latham, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. Geraldine and her late husband, Floyd, owned and operated Latham Granite Sales in Elberton, Georgia beginning in 1974 until 2016. Geraldine was a very loving...
Geraldine Cordell Latham
November 5, 2019
Mrs. Geraldine Cordell Latham, 90, of Greenville, South Carolina, daughter of the late Wallace and Ruby Cordell and wife of the late Floyd Latham, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. She is survived by her loving children: Curtis, Melinda, and Rodney; seven grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. Geraldine and her late husband owned and operated...
Mary Newsom Mann
November 4, 2019
Mrs. Mary Carter Newsom Mann, age 102, of McDonough, wife of the late Lewis Mann, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2019, at Westbury Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Mann was born in Madison on July 19, 1917, daughter of the late James Marion Newsom, Sr. and Mary Carter Atkinson Newsom. She was a homemaker and a member of First...
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