Elizabeth Ellene Walker Hunt  Elizabeth Ellene Walker Hunt of Greensboro, Georgia, died Saturday, January 25, 2020 at the age of 97. A lifelong resident of Greene County she was born on December 27, 1922 to the late Edwin Turner Walker, Jr. and Ethel Ellenberg Walker. Ellene graduated from Greensboro High School in 1940  and after high school married Thad Lafayette Hunt. She was a member of Walker United Methodist Church, but more recently attended the New Covenant Church of God...

Edgar William Ortiz, Jr. Edgar William Ortiz, Jr., age 64, passed away suddenly on Thursday, January 23, 2020 at St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Greensboro.  Edgar was born June 23, 1955 in Santurce, Puerto Rico to the late Edgar William Ortiz, Sr. and Connie Pomares Ortiz.  He graduated from Senn High School while living in Chicago, IL.  On August 29, 1981 he married the former Glenda Jane Cannon.  Edgar became an electrician and worked for Bold Controls...

Bonnie Louise McWhorter Duvall of the Greshamville Community, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2020 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was 61. A lifelong resident of Greensboro, she was born November 4, 1958 to the late Charlotte Maureen Culberson McWhorter and James Hamilton "Hamp" McWhorter.  She graduated from Nathanael Greene Academy in 1976 and was a graduate of the University of Georgia.  On August 12, 1979, she married Vincent Mearl...

Joyce Hulda Atkinson Higdon, age 89, of Greensboro, GA, died Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital in Greensboro. Born on November 19, 1930 in Greene County she was the daughter of the late Sylvanus Landrum Atkinson and Viola Dolvin Atkinson. She graduated from school in Siloam, GA and for a while worked at a bank and some of the local stores in Greensboro. She married Harvey Thomas Higdon on January 6, 1951. Joyce was a homemaker who enjoyed working in her...

Elmer Eugene Walker, Sr. Elmer Eugene Walker, Sr. of Madison, GA, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at his residence at the age of 91.  Born March 11, 1928 in Mohawk, TN, he was the son of the late Edison and Fannie Wilhoit Walker. Elmer proudly served his country in the United States Army.  On October 3, 1953, he married Catherine Dandelske and returned to Greene County Georgia to assist his parents in setting up their dairy farm. In April of 1957 he moved his family to...

J. I. Smith, age 97 of Alton, Illinois died Sunday, January 12, 2020 at his daughter’s residence surrounded by his family in Greensboro, Ga. He was born October 17, 1922 at 920 Riley Ave, Alton, Illinois. J.I. was the only son of James Pierce and Lena Elizabeth (Erthal) Skaggs. His father died in a local industrial accident in 1927. His mother then married Ross Hardy Smith of Hartford, who adopted him.  Both his parents preceded him in death.  He married Marjory Muriel...

Robert Lee Black Robert Lee Black of Greensboro, GA passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020 at St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 85. Bob was born August 19, 1934 in Minneapolis, KS to the late Floyd and Lula Mae Reynolds Black. He graduated from Chapman High School in Chapman, KS.  After high school he began a career with the Kansas Department of Transportation retiring as the Highway Supervisor. While a resident of Clay Center, KS, Bob was involved in the community...

Billy Wayne Marchman, Sr., age 68, of White Plains, GA passed away Monday, December 30, 2019.  Born in Greensboro, GA on December 23, 1951, he was one of four children born to the late James Edward Marchman and Jesse Faye Underwood Marchman.  He attended school in Siloam and Greensboro.  He married the former Sandra Bryans on November 7, 1973.  For twenty years he worked for Fieldale Chicken Farms and spent twenty-five years with NIBCO as the lead maintenance mechanic...

Ralph Alvin Moore Ralph Alvin Moore, lifelong Greene County citizen died on Sunday, December 29, 2019, at the age of 92. Mr. Moore was born June 25, 1927 to Durward Elmer and Pauline Price Moore. He was the last survivor of their nine children, eight boys and one girl.  He proudly served his country in the United States Army.  He married the former Fay Saraglyn Elder on August 29, 1951 and they had been married fifty-two years at the time of her death in August of 2003.  For...

Gladys Alford Morris of Greensboro, GA passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Gaines Park Senior Living in Kennesaw, GA. She was 91.  She was born on June 13, 1928 in Bartow, GA to the late Charlie Watson Alford and Alice Elizabeth Smith Alford.  She graduated from high school in Jefferson County. Gladys married Ruel Irving Morris, Jr. on December 14, 1952, and they made their home in Greensboro.  She was a devoted wife and mother, raising two children, Cindy and...