All Obituaries

  Robert Dewey Maxwell, age 71 of Hartwell, Georgia entered his eternal rest on January 16, 2020. Family and friends gathering will be 11:00 am Monday, January 20, 2020 at Mack’s Funeral Home & cremation Service located at 266 Maple St. Hartwell, GA 30643. www.macksfuneralhome.com  (706) 376- 7566 or (706) 283-4566 Survivors include his children, Karen Grayble, Robert Maxwell, Tammy Hart, Peggy Craft, Michael Maxwell, Anthony Maxwell; 12 grandchildren; 7 great...

Rev. Brister Hightower, age 80, of Athens, GA, formerly of Hartwell, GA, passed January 14, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at New Grove Baptist Church located at 1228 Moores Grove Rd, Winterville, GA, with interment in Evergreen Memorial Park. Public viewing, Monday 1-7 PM, at the funeral home. Survivors include: daughter, Afiwaa L. (Jeffery) Hightower-Mack; son, Brister Kofi (Isabel Templeton) Hightower; and their mother, Sarah Allen;...

  Jacqueline Yvonne Anderson, age 56 of Tignall, Georgia formally of Elberton, Georgia entered her eternal rest January 6, 2020. Funeral service will be 1:00 pm Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Carlton Grove Baptist Church located at 1260 Petersburg Rd., Elberton, Georgia 30635. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Anderson will be placed in the church at 11:00 Saturday until hour of service. Survivors include her spouse, Michael Anderson; parents, Willie Lewis and...

Deacon Claude DuBose age 83, of Elberton, Georgia, entered his eternal rest Thursday, January 2, 2020. Funeral service will be 1:00 pm, Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at Mack’s Funeral Home & Cremation Service located at 320 College Ave. Elberton, Georgia. Interment will be in the Martin Grove Baptist Church Cemetery 1695 Old Middleton Road, Elberton, Georgia. Survivors include his spouse: Shirley DuBose; children: Gregory DuBose, Garry DuBose, Dr. Claude DuBose; brother: Jimmy...

Dr. Rena Broadway Cox, age 73 of Anderson, South Carolina formerly of Memphis, Tennessee entered her eternal rest on January 2nd , 2020. Funeral service will be 3:00 pm Saturday January 4th , 2020 at Upstate Church of Christ located at 1136 Brown Rd., Anderson, SC 29621. Interment will be in the West Tennessee State Veteran Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Cox will be placed in the church at 2:00 pm Saturday until hour of service. Survivors include her children, Pamela Knight, Drena...

  John Wayne Mitchell, National Guard, age 61 of Hartwell, Georgia entered his eternal rest on December 30, 2019.  Funeral service and military honors will be 2:00 pm Saturday, January 4th, 2020 at Mack’s Funeral Home & Cremation Service located at 266 Maple St. Hartwell, Georgia 30643. Interment will be announced later.  Survivors include his daughter, Wakeitha Langston; mother, Sue McCurry Mitchell; brothers, Kelvin Mitchell, Thomas Leon Mitchell, Henry...

Albert Ramsey, US Army Veteran, age 87 of Oxford, Georgia entered his eternal rest on December 24, 2019. Funeral service will be 11:00 am Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Maple Springs Baptist Church located at 2902 Maple Springs Church Road, Dewy Rose, GA. Interment, with military honors, will be in the Maple Springs Church Cemetery, Dewy Rose, Georgia. Mr. Ramsey will be placed in the church at 10:00 am Saturday until hour of service. Survivors include his wife, Ocie Mae Williams Ramsey;...

Earl Dye, age 51 of Elberton, Georgia of entered his eternal rest December 22, 2019. Private memorial service will be held at a later date.  Mack’s Funeral Home & Cremation Service-Elberton Chapel.  www.macksfuneralhome.com. (706) 376-7566 or (706) 283-4566

  William Sims, US Army veteran, age 94 of Comer, Georgia entered his eternal rest on December 21, 2019. Funeral service will be 11:00 am Thursday, December 26th, 2019 at Mack’s Funeral home & Cremation Service located at 320 College Ave. Elberton, Georgia 30635. Military honors and interment will be in the Moon Family Cemetery, Comer, Georgia. Survivors include his children, Wallace Sims, Glenda Sims, Angela Moon Jones, Anthony Moon, Evelyn Moon Burden, Tonya Moon; 10...

Telewana Ramanda Sims, age 47 of Hartwell, Georgia entered her eternal rest on December 19, 2019.  Funeral service will be 12:00 pm Saturday, December 28th, 2019 at Hartwell First Baptist Church located at 466 North Richardson St. Hartwell, Georgia 30643.  Interment will be in the Cedar Spring Baptist Church Cemetery, Hartwell, Georgia.  Miss Sims will be placed in the church at 11:00 am until hour of service.  Survivors include her children, Cyterius De’...

Emma Sue Verdell Harper, age 67, of Athens GA, entered her eternal rest on December 18, 2019.  Funeral service will be 1:00 pm Monday December 23, 2019 at Chestnut Grove Baptist Church, Athens, GA. Surviors include her husband, Eric Dale Harper Sr.; three children, Felita Yolanda Harper, Michael Duane Harper, Eric Dale (Brenda) Harper Jr.; seven grandchildren and two step grandchildren, two great-grandsons; her siblings, Bennie Frank (Dorothy) Verdell, Jimmy Lee (Shirley)...

Virginia Odister, age 76 of Elberton, Georgia of entered her eternal rest December 17, 2019. Funeral service will be 1:00 pm Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Mack’s Funeral Home & Cremation Service-Elberton Chapel. Survivors include her children, Stanley Dean, Harold Lamar Odister, Alfred Alonzo Odister,  Stephine LaVern Odister, brothers, Raymond Lewis, Tom Bell Lewis; sister, Elma Jean Blackwell; 13 grandchildren,; 8 great grandchildren;  a host of nephews, nieces,...

  Johnny Frank Dye, age 64 of Elberton, Georgia entered his eternal rest December 9th, 2019 Family and friends gathering will be 5:00 pm Friday, December 13th, 2019 at Mack’s Funeral Home & Cremation service-Elberton chapel located at 320 College Ave. Elberton, Georgia. Survivors include his brothers, Julian Dye, Ronnie Lee Dye, Earl Dye; sisters, Gloria Reed, Mary Christian, Katy Dye, Marilyn Tate, Debbie Dye, Fannie Glaze; a host of nephews, nieces, other relatives and...

  Mary Magdalene Hill Jones age 83, of Elberton, Georgia, entered her eternal rest Saturday, December 7, 2019. Funeral service will be 2:00 pm, Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at Mack’s Funeral Home & Cremation Service-Elberton Chapel. Survivors include her children: Samuel Hill, Willie Moss, Will Moss, Eugene Moss, Mary Lou Beasley; 31 grandchildren; 56 great grandchildren; 7 great great-grandchildren; a host of nephews, nieces other relatives and friends. ...

  Wilson D. Reese, US Army Veteran, age 87 of Carnesville, Georgia entered his rest December 7th, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents, 4 brothers, 1 sister. Survivors include 3 sisters; a host of nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends.  Memorial service will be 6:00 pm Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 at Mack’s Funeral Home & Cremation Service Hartwell-Chapel. The family would like to thank everyone for your love and prayers during their time of...