Obituaries

Linda Elrod

Linda Elrod

Jun 16, 2019

Linda Sewell ElrodMrs. Linda Sewell Elrod age 64 of Richardson Street passed away Saturday June 15, 2019 at Stephens County Hospital.A daughter of the late Guy and Marie Ferris Sewell, she was born February 12, 1955 in Washington, D.C. having lived most of her life in Toccoa. She was a member of Calvary Temple of Deliverance.Survivors include her husband Aaron...

Michael Gibson

Michael Gibson

Jun 10, 2019

Michael William Gibson, 32, of the Red Hill Community, passed Friday, June 7, 2019.Born August 11, 1986, in Winder, GA, he was the son of Mark David Gibson and the late Gloria Ann McIntyre.  He was the step-son of the late Trina Ayers Gibson. He was a welder with Wright’s Manufacturing.Survivors include two sons, Devin and Tyler Gibson, Toccoa; father,...

Brenda Banks

Brenda Banks

Jun 2, 2019

Brenda Faye Williamson Banks, 75, of Royston, passed away June 1, 2019, at the Piedmont Athens Medical Center, Athens, GA.Born March 19, 1944, in Covington, GA, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Voil McGarity and Dellie Lee Powell Williamson.  She was the sister of the late Pat Burdette and Barbara Norman. She was a homemaker and had been...

Barbara Smith Andrews

Barbara Smith Andrews

Jun 2, 2019

Barbara Milford Smith Andrews, 77, of the Red Hill Community, passed away Sunday morning, June 2, 2019 at the Piedmont Athens Medical Center.Born February 3, 1942, in Toccoa, she was the daughter of the late Clarence A. and Gladys South Milford. She was the wife of the late Doyle Benjamin “Butch” Smith and the late Thomas William “Tommy” Andrews. She...

Travis Malone

Travis Malone

May 29, 2019

Infant Travis Noah Malone, of Carnesville, passed away Sunday evening May 25, 2019 at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Lavonia.Born April 4, 2019, in Stephens County, he was the son of Brandon Noah and Holly Ann McGee Malone. He was the grandson of Danny and Kinberly Travis Malone, Mayesville, GA and Johnny and Lisa McGee, Carnesville; great-grandparents, Felton and Vivian Gray,...

Ken Thompson

Ken Thompson

May 26, 2019

William Kenneth “Ken” Thompson, 69, of Red Hill, passed away Sunday morning May 26, 2019.Born December 14, 1949, he was the son of the late Bill Ray Thompson and Mary Hazel Cisson Thompson Macomson.  He was the stepson of the late Robert Macomson.  He was a member of the FCHS class of 1967, and was a graduate of Athens Tech,...

Infant Wesson Passmore

Infant Wesson Passmore

May 2, 2019

Wesson James Passmore infant son of  Scott and Haley Passmore passed away April 26, 2019.Survivors include his parents, Scott Lee and Haley Blythe Passmore; Grandparents, Bobby and Angela Passmore, Kathy and John Tullis, Jonathan and Rose Robinson, Great-grandparents, Nell Lee, Faye Cook, Phillys and Jimmy Carter, Betty Passmore, Diane Way, Gene and Gail Robinson; great-great grandparents, Florine Fraser Elrod; Aunts...

Ruth Purcell

Ruth Purcell

Apr 28, 2019

Ruth Carolyn Purcell, 87, of Carnesville and Alpharetta, passed away Sunday morning, April 28, 2019, in her home in Alpharetta.Born January 19, 1932 in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late George L. and Lou Ella Morgan Smith.  She served faithfully in ministry alongside her late husband, Rev. Herman Purcell, a Southern Baptist minister for over 59 years. ...

Doyie Parten

Doyie Parten

Apr 26, 2019

Doyie Frances Young Parten, 78, of the Hunter’s Creek Community passed away Friday morning, April 26, 2019 at her home.Born November 2, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Esther Albert and Lillie Mae Bentley Young. She was the sister and sister-in-law of the late Albert and Elizabeth Young and Jeanette and Warren Crump. She was a seamstress and...

Billy Warf

Billy Warf

Apr 25, 2019

William Wesley “Billy” Warf, Jr, 58, of Clayton passed away Wednesday morning, April 24, 2019, at his residence.Born December 27, 1960, in Memphis, TN, he was the son of William Wesley and Lynda Faye Heatley Warf, Sr. He was the grandfather of the late Mary Elizabeth Grace. He was a graduate of Harding High School in Charlotte. He was the...

Pauline Jordan

Pauline Jordan

Apr 23, 2019

Mary Pauline Bradley Jordan, 88, of the New Franklin Community, passed away Tuesday afternoon, April 23, 2019, in Clayton, Georgia.Born July 2, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Ruby Vaughn Bradley. She was the wife of the late Willie Hulie Jordan and mother of the late Melvin Jordan. She was the sister of the late Faye...

Troyce Hambrick

Troyce Hambrick

Apr 19, 2019

Troyce Hambrick, 70, of Red Hill, passed away at his home April 19, 2019.Born January 2, 1949, in Toccoa, GA, he was the son of the late James Dennison and Grace Laura Nimmons Hambrick.  He was a member of the Clarks Creek Baptist Church.He is survived by brothers, James Hambrick, Nicholson, and Dwight Hambrick, Martin, GA; Nieces and Nephews.A memorial...

Pam Hill

Pam Hill

Apr 18, 2019

Pamela Ann “Pam” Hill, 66, of Carnesville, passed away Thursday morning, April 18, 2019, at her home.Born March 16, 1953 in Royston, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Sidney Joseph and Vivian Lucille Massey Bouquet. She was a 1971 graduate of Franklin County High School, and graduated from Brenau University with a BS in Criminal Justice and Public...

Glenn McDuffie

Glenn McDuffie

Apr 17, 2019

Glenn Davis McDuffie, 80, of the Plainview Community, passed away Tuesday afternoon at the Pruitt Healthcare of Toccoa.Born August 10, 1938, in Carnesville, GA, he was the son of the late Isaac Daye and Jettie Mae Aderhold McDuffie.  He was the brother of the late Moody Lowell McDuffie and Martha Marguerite Howell.  He was a poultry farmer and had served...

Doris Bond

Doris Bond

Apr 17, 2019

Mary Doris Bond, 91, of Commerce, passed away Wednesday morning at the Hill Haven Nursing Center at the Northridge Medical Center, in Commerce.Born February 17, 1928 in Carnesville, she was the daughter of the late Jimmie Rufus “Doc” and Annie Mozelle Ayers Kennedy. She was the widow of the late John Russell Bond. She was the brother of the late...

Joe Roane

Joe Roane

Apr 13, 2019

"Coach"

Joe C. Roane, 84, of Carnesville, passed away Friday evening, April 12, 2019, at the Piedmont Athens Medical Center.

Born March 11, 1935, in Tiger, Georgia, he was the son of the late Lewis Edward “Ed” and Martha Elizabeth Justus Roane. He was the husband of the late Julianne Hall Roane, father of the late Fred O’Neil Roane, and brother...

Saul Olvera

Saul Olvera

Apr 10, 2019

Saul Olvera, 43, of Homer, GA passed away Monday, April 8, 2019, at the Northridge Medical Center in Commerce, GA.Born December 27, 1975 in Guanajuato, Mexico, he was a poultry worker and was of the Catholic faith.He is survived by his parents, Antonio and Eva Garcia Garcia Olvera; his wife Veronica Garcia Mena Olvera; two sons, Alberto Olivera and Saul...

Shirley P. Royston

Shirley P. Royston

Apr 8, 2019

Shirley Phillips Royston, 80, of the Sandy Cross Community, passed away Sunday evening April 7, 2019 at the Hart Care Center.Born April 24, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Dewitt and Rannie Lou Sartain Phillips. She was sister of the late Edward Phillips, James Phillips, Geraldine Grizzle, and Dorothy Austin. She was a long time poultry and cattle...

Madeline Goodlett

Madeline Goodlett

Mar 26, 2019

Madeline Wilmot Goodlett, 95, of Tucker GA, passed away Sunday morning March 24, 2019, at the Phoenix of Tucker Assisted Living.Services will be Saturday at 4pm at the B D Ginn Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Tommy Childress. Interment will be in the Franklin Memorial Gardens North. Her body is at the Ginn Funeral Home, Carnesville. The family will receive...

Talmadge Perry

Talmadge Perry

Mar 18, 2019

Talmadge Henderson Perry, 78, of Lavonia, passed away Sunday evening, March 17, 2019, at the Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Born September 2, 1940, in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Eugene and Ina Ivey Perry. He was the brother of the late Walter Perry, Margaret Tinsley, Avis Coker, Mardell Davis, and Linda Sexton. He received a...

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