
Bruce Sheriff
Oct 22, 2018
Bruce Sheriff, 65, of Lavonia, passed away Monday afternoon, October 22, 2018, at the Piedmont Hospital of Atlanta.Born April 28, 1953, he was the son of the late Robert Hayden and Mildred Inez Higginbotham Sheriff. He was the bother of the late Rudene Burdette, Bobby Sheriff, Johnny Sheriff, Mae Blakely, Paul Sheriff, Dewey Sheriff, Barbara Neese, and Dwight Sheriff. He...
Stella Brawner
Oct 22, 2018
Stella Louise Simmons Brawner, 70, of Carnesville, passed away Sunday afternoon, October 21, 2018 at the Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center.Born April 12, 1948, in Carnesville, she was the daughter of the late Luther Lounder and Pansy Morgan Simmons. She was the mother of the late Thomas Scott Brawner and aunt of the late Steve Brawner. She had worked at...
Bob A. Forester
Oct 19, 2018
Bob Aaron Forester, 85, of Carnesville, passed away Friday Morning, October 19, 2018, at the St Mary’s Hospice House in Athens, GA.Born May 28, 1933, in Carnesville, he was the son of the late John A. and Ilene Hood Forester. He was the brother of the late Don Forester. He was a graduate of Piedmont College and was a farmer....
Thomas Scott Brawner
Oct 17, 2018
Thomas Scott Brawner, 53, of the Bold Springs community, passed away, Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at the Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, GA.Born May 25, 1965, in Royston, GA, he was the son of Stella Simmons Brawner and James T. Brawner. He was the grandson of the late Roy Brawner and the late Luther and Pansy Simmons, and...
Coy Elrod
Oct 15, 2018
Coy Lamar Elrod, 66, of Bowman, passed away Monday morning October 15, 2018, at his home.Born February 21, 1952, in Stephens County, he was the son of the late Joe Felton “Fellie” and Hattie Mae South Elrod. He was the brother of the late Kenneth Elrod and Billy Joe Elrod. He was a 1971 graduate of Franklin County High School....
Michael Edwards
Oct 10, 2018
The body is at the Ginn Funeral Home. The family is at the home. They will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 until 8pm Friday evening.Michael Shane Edwards, 53, of the Double Churches Community, passed away October 10, 2018 at his home.Born March 16, 1965, in Atlanta, GA, he was the son of Larry Edwards and the late...
Jerry Swindell
Oct 10, 2018
Jerry William Swindell, 67, of Carnesville, passed away October 6, 2018.Born November 12, 1950, in Clarkesville, he was the son of the late Harry Charles and Eleanor Dudley Little Swindell. He was the brother of the late Bobby Swindell and Timothy Swindell. He had been a contractor and was a long-time woodworker and furniture maker. He was a member and...
Sandra Blalock
Oct 7, 2018
Sandra Elaine Blalock, 59, of the Double Churches community, passed away Sunday morning, October 7, 2018, at her home.Born August 23, 1959, in Seneca, South Carolina, she was the daughter of Hattie Jo Rholetter Suttles Albertson and the late Billy Ray Suttles. She was the sister of the late Teresa Sullivan and step-daughter of the late Ellsworth Miles “Bud” Albertson....
Lucy Payne
Oct 5, 2018
Lucy Ruth Sosby Payne, 90, of the Red Hill Community, passed away Friday morning, October 5, 2018, at the Brown Health and Rehab Center in Royston, GA.Born December 19, 1927, in Carnesville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Albert Parker and Ethel Crump Sosby. She was the widow of the late John Howard Payne, and the sister of...
Melissa Ledford-Cline
Sep 20, 2018
Melissa Lynn Ledford-Cline, 50, of Carnesville, passed away Thursday morning, September 20, 2018 at the St Mary’s Hospice House in Athens.Born May 17, 1968, in Commerce, Georgia she was the daughter of David and Ellen McClure Ledford. She was the sister-in-law of the late Mack Nicholson. She was a member of the FCHS class of 1986. She was an avid...
Wallace Pruitt
Sep 18, 2018
Wallace Clark Pruitt, 81, of Carnesville, passed away Tuesday morning September 18, 2018 at the Brown Convalescent Health and Rehab in Royston GA.Born February 20, 1937, in Carnesville, GA, he was the son of the late Ralph William and Ruth Means Pruitt. He was brother of the late Joel Pruitt, Millard Pruitt, Dillard Pruitt, Dempsey Pruitt, and Steve Pruitt; and...
Hazel McDuffie
Sep 15, 2018
Hazel Reynolds McDuffie, 93, of the Plainview community of Carnesville, passed away Saturday morning, September 15, 2018, at the home of her daughter, Marie Whitworth Perry.Born November 18, 1924, in Carnesville, she was the daughter of Willard Murphy Reynolds. She was raised in the home of her grandparents William “Bill” and Fannie Andrews Murphy. She was the widow of the...
Tommie Macomson
Sep 11, 2018
Tommie Lee Payne Macomson, 87, of Carnesville, passed away Tuesday morning, September 11, 2018 at the Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center.Born September 2, 1931, in Carnesville, Georgia she was the daughter of the late Tom and Ruby Lee Browning Payne. She was the widow of the late George Thomas Macomson. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia, receiving...
Joel McFarlin
Sep 9, 2018
Joel McFarlin, of the Red Hill Community passed away Sunday evening, September 9, 2018, at his home.Born September 7, 1932, in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Noel Wendell and Minnie Lee LeCroy McFarlin. He was a retired poultry farmer and was a member of the Red Hill Masonic Lodge. He was a member and past deacon...
Brenda Broome
Sep 7, 2018
Brenda Joyce Thomas Broome, 73, of Red Hill passed away Thursday afternoon September 6, 2018 at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Lavonia.Born January 7, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Emelee Grady and Idell Etta Wright Thomas. She was the widow of the late James “Jim” Broome, and sister of the late Harold Thomas, Daniel Thomas, Carolyn Pruitt, and...
Billy Elrod
Aug 31, 2018
Billy Joe Elrod, 75, of Eastanollee, GA, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2018, in Oconee County, South Carolina.Born November 12, 1942, in Carnesville, he was the son of the late Joe Felton “Fellie” and Hattie Mae South Elrod. He was predeceased by a stepson Billy Ray Farmer, brother Kenneth Elrod, and son-in-law Lloyd Kinney. He had been a used car...

Joel Whitsel
Aug 30, 2018
Joel Haden Whitsel Jr, 87, of Carnesville, GA, passed away Thursday morning, August 30, 2018 at the Hart Care Center in Hartwell.Born June 16, 1931, in Carnesville, GA, he was the son of the late Joel Haden and Minerva Jane Nix Whitsel Sr. He was a construction worker and served in the United States Army. He is survived by his...
Robert Collins
Aug 26, 2018
Robert Eugene Collins, 81, of the Red Hill Community passed away Sunday morning August 26, 2018, at his home.Born August 5, 1937 in Baldwin County, he was the son of the late Nat and Ruby McCullar Collins. He was the brother of the late Richard Collins, Wylene Burgamy, and Dorothy Johnson. He was a veteran of the US Navy and...
Larry V. Brown
Aug 17, 2018
Larry Vonselle Brown, 78, of Carnesville, passed away Thursday afternoon, August 16, 2018 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, GA.Born July 17, 1940, in Dooly County, he was the son of the late James Turner and Lucille Draughon Brown. He was preceded in death by his former wife and mother of his children, Patricia Cawthon Brown, also a...
Charles Bell
Aug 2, 2018
Charles Edger Bell Sr.March 14th, 1939 - August 1st, 2018Charles Edger Bell Sr. of Carnesville,Ga passed away at NortheastGeorgia Medical Center in Gainesville,Ga on August 1st, 2018. Born March14th, 1939 in Tarrytown, New York. The son of William and Wilhelmina Bell, the oldest boy of 17 children, the beloved husband of the late Joan M. Bell and Ruth A. Bell.A...