OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Commerce, GA, Jackson County, and Surrounding Areas.

Bradley B. Barnes
Mar 5, 2011
Ivie Funeral Homes announces the death of Mr. Bradley B. Barnes of Bill Wright Rd., Jefferson, Ga. who passed away on Sat. evening, March 5, 2011 at the St. Mary's Hospice House. Mr. Barnes was the son of the late Albert Barnes and the late Mamie Parks Barnes. He is survived by his wife, Nellie Janet Pruitt Barnes of the...

Curtis Junior Leachman
Mar 5, 2011
Services for Curtis Junior Leachman will be 2 PM Wednesday March 9,2011 from the Chapel of Ivie Funeral Home with Rev. Donald Wilson officating with burial in the Nicholson Cemetery. Survivors include 3 sons Stoney, Jeffery and Horace Leachman all of Homer, 2 daughters Robbie Leachman and Dorothy Richey both of Commerce one sister Mae Belle Wilkes of Comer and...
Virgil Edward Hudson
Mar 3, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home, Madison County Chapel, announces services for Virgil Edward Hudson, Jr., 38, of Athens who passed away at his residence on March 3. Born in Athens, he was the son of Patsy Marie Hudson of Colbert and Virgil Edward Hudson, Sr. of Athens. He was predeceased by his grandparents, Grady Bradshaw and Hassie and Curtis Hudson. Survivors, along...

Nomie Lee Carter
Mar 2, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Nomie Lee Carter, 80, of Maysville who died early Wednesday morning at her residence after an extended illness. Born in Banks Co., she was the daughter of the late Lonnie Morgan and Rilla Ingram Sorrow and was the widow of the late D.S. Carter, Jr. She was also predeceased by granddaughters, Heather Fowler and...
Bernice C. Edwards
Feb 22, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Bernice Crane Edwards, 84, of Maysville who died on Tuesday at the St. Mary's Hospice House in Bogart. Born in Maysville, she was the daughter of the late Jim and Ella Mae Presley Crane and was the widow of Dewey Edwards. Survivors include a daughter, Ruby (Buddy) Stockton of Commerce; siblings, Howard Crane and...
Cynthia Ann Swain
Feb 20, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Cynthia Ann Swain, 42, of Commerce who died on Sunday at Athens Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. Born in Winder, she was the daughter of Lilly Wright Baker of Canon and the late Steve Baker. She was married to David Swain of the residence. Survivors, along with her mother and husband, include...

Samuel Billy Parson
Feb 20, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Samuel Billy Parson, 79, of Commerce who died on Sunday at his residence. Born in Maysville, he was the son of the late Bynum and Oradean Emmett Parson and was married to Brenda Smith Parson of the residence. Survivors, along with his wife, include children, Billy (Glenda) Parson of Commerce, Jackie Sorrow of TN,...
Willis H. Leach
Feb 19, 2011
Willis H. Leach 78 of Commerce passed away Satuday evening at his residence. He was the son of the late Willis Monroe and Hattie Belle Tanksley Leach. Mr. Leach was a machine operator in the textile industry where he retired after 38 years of service. He is survived by his wife of 55 years Etta Jane Blalock Leach of the...

Rufus Beck
Feb 13, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Rufus Beck, 93, of Commerce who died on Sunday at BJC Hospital in Commerce. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Frank and Mary Flanagan Beck and was the widower of Audrey Turner Beck. He was also preceded in death by a son, Robert Beck and a daughter, Betty Jean...

Susan M. Ward
Feb 13, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home, Madison County Chapel, Danielsville, announces memorial services for Susan M. Ward, 52, of Hartwell who died on Sunday at Ty Cobb Healthcare Center in Hartwell. Born in Hartwell, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Frances Isom Mouchet. Survivors include her children, Mandi Hix of Hartwell and Michael Ward of Roswell; siblings, Annette Williford...

Babbie Latruth Shuler
Feb 11, 2011
Babbie Latruth Shuler 53 of Lula, Ga. died Friday Feb. 11, 2011. Survivors include 3 daughters Brandi Nicholson, Heather Nicholson and Shannon Nicholson all of Homer, 2 brothers Danny Butts of Spartanburg, S.C. and James Wood of Pensacola, Fla. and a sister Laura Scogin of Lula, Ga. 1 grandchild Alexandria Ramos. Memorial Services will be Monday at 2 PM from...
Edward Thomas Duncan
Feb 7, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Edward Thomas Duncan, 68, of Commerce who died on Monday at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Alvin Vaughn and Edna Duncan Brown but was raised in the home of his grandparents, the late Carter Thomas and Odessa Brown Duncan. Mr. Duncan was also preceded...
Julia Delores Slater
Feb 1, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home announces the death of Julia Delores Slater, 70, of Commerce who died on Tuesday at her residence. She is survived by her husband of 52 years Clifford Slater, a son and daughter in law Tommy and Kim Slater, 2 sisters Gloria Hart of Commerce and Margaret McDuffie of Homer. The grandchildren also survive. Delores was preceded in...

Marcia Dianne Jolliff
Jan 31, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home announces memorial services for Marcia Dianne Busby Jolliff, 57, of Commerce who died early Monday morning at the BJC Nursing Home. Dianne was the daughter of Edgar Busby and the late Dorothy Goodwin Busby. Survivors, along with her father, include children, Michelle Rena Turner of Commerce, Leslie Jean Tuten of Stockbridge and Johnny Wayne Sangrey of Florida;...
Dorothy M. Hardt
Jan 29, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Dorothy M. Hardt, 74, of Jefferson, GA who died on Saturday, January 29th at her residence. Born in Bayonne, NJ, she had lived in Jefferson, GA for the past 15 years. Mrs. Hardt is predeceased by her parents, Konstanty and Josephine Czucza, her sisters, Claire Czucza and Pat Starita and her brother, Stephen Czucza....
William Charles Bellamy
Jan 27, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for William Charles Bellamy, 72, of Commerce who died on Thursday at his residence. Born in Carnesville, he was the son of the late Will and Addie Thurmond Bellamy and was married to Annie Mae Kitchens Bellamy of the residence. Survivors, along with his wife, include daughters, Rhonda Humphreys of Florida, Tammy Adams of Lavonia,...

Helen Thompson
Jan 24, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Helen Thojpson, 86, of Burlington, NC who died on Monday at the Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington. Born in Sumter, SC, she was the daughter of the late Frank Cross and the late Lizzie Mae Bradwell Cross Forester and was the widow of John J. Thompson. Survivors include 3 daughters, Martha Peterson of...
Janie Marie Huff
Jan 21, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home, Madison County Chapel, Danielsville, announces services for Janie Marie Huff, 66, of Colbert who died on Friday at the Athens Regional Hospital. Born in Athens, she was the daughter of the late Troy and Cora Jane Alewine Huff and was married to Sam Huff of the residence. Survivors, along with her husband, include her sons, Keith Huff...
Nora Ann Mccoy
Jan 9, 2011
Funeral Services for Nora Ann McCoy 47 of Lula will be Saturday Jan. 15, 2011 from the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home with Rev. Doug Duncan officiating with burial in the Grey Hill Cemetery. Survivors include her husband Donnie McCoy of the home, daughters Rebecca and Elizabeth McCoy of the home, brothers Randall Pruitt of Maysville, William Bellamy of Gainesville...
Elmer G. Fields
Jan 5, 2011
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Elmer Gerald Fields, Sr., 69, of 157 Woodrow Lane, Lavonia, who passed away on January 5, 2011 of a pre-existing heart condition. He was born and raised in Madison Conty, GA and graduated in the class of 1959. He was preceded in death by his father, Cleo Fields, stepfather, O.J. Haggard, son, Elmer Gerald...