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

Mozelle Wilson Hill
Jan 3, 2011
Mozelle Wilson Hill died Monday, January 3, 2011, 8 hrs. short of her 96th birthday, at Riverview Nursing Home under the care of Hospice of Savannah and attended by her daughter and grandson. Mozelle was born in Maysville, GA to the late Allen Daniel and Eunice Yarbrough Wilson. She was also predeceased by her husband, Aaron W. Hill, her step-mother,...
Harold Lee (Buck) Brown
Dec 28, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Harold Lee (Buck) Brown, 83, of Commerce who died early Tuesday morning at his residence. Born in Banks County, he was the son of the late Garnett and Willie Mae Crane Brown. Mr. Brown had worked in car sales and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Survivors include his children, Randy Lee Brown...
Elizabeth Rebecca Perry
Dec 21, 2010
Elizabeth Rebecca Perry 67 of Commerce passed away 12/21/2010 at Athens Regional Hospital. Survivors include a son Michael Perry of Commerce, a daughter Stacey Ervin of Commerce and a brother William Crane of Lavonia. 2 sisters also survive Nell (John) Turner of Commerce and Linda (Jerry) Ray of Maysville, Grandchildren Tiarra (J.T.) Elrod, Karli Perry, Kristie and Paige Knight, A....
George Otis Parson
Dec 16, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for George Otis Parson, 65, of Maysville who died on Thursday evening at his residence. Born in Banks County, he was the son of the late Bynum and Ora Dean Emmett Parson and was married to Mildred Hutchins Parson of the residence. Survivors, along with his wife, include two daughters, Kimberly Lewallen of Commerce and...
Mary Ellen Casper
Dec 14, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces memorial services for Mary Ellen Bunn Casper, 58, of Maysville who died on Tuesday at Landmark Hospital in Athens. Born in Monroe, GA she was the daughter of Maggie Lee Smith of Maysville and the late Howard Douglas Bunn, Sr.. Survivors, along with her mother, include a daughter, Angela Lee Aaron of Maysville and brothers, Howard...
Thomas Harold Pruitt
Dec 14, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Thomas Harold Pruitt, 44, of Gillsville who died on Tuesday evening in Augusta. Born in Commerce, he was the son of LaJane Ervin of Gillsville and the late Harold Pruitt. Survivors, along with his mother, include a daughter, Kayla Pruitt of Monroe; his father, Johnny Ervin of the residence; ; sister, Misty Phillips of...

Margaret Lynn Hammons
Dec 12, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces memorial services for Margaret Lynn Hammons (Kennedy), 53, of Baldwin who died on Sunday at her residence. Born in Cookeville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Lee and Pauline Steel Hammons and was married to Bruce A. Kennedy of the home. Memorial services will be conducted on Thursday at 2 PM from the...

Luke Winston Connors
Dec 11, 2010
Luke Winston Connors of Colbert, GA passed away on December 11, 2010. He is survived by his parents Sean and Shelly Connors of Colbert, GA; sisters Alexa and Brooke Mura of Rather Glen, VA; grandparents Allen (Geneva) Miller of Florence, SC, the late Shirley Wilkes of Florence, SC, Alden (Sue Ann) Connors of Franklin Springs, GA and Ruth (Michael) Parsons...
Louis Radford Skelton
Dec 5, 2010
Louis Radford Skelton 78 of Braselton passed away Sunday Dec. 5, 2010 at his residence. He was the son of the late Bigger Washington and Essie Brown Skelton. He was a veteran of the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Survivors include his wife Alice Lynn Skelton of the home, 3 sons Jerry Skelton of Ila, Randall Skelton of...
Pamela Marie Jarrard
Dec 1, 2010
Pamela Marie Owens Jarrard 46 of Jefferson, Ga. died Wednesday Dec. 1, 2010. She was the daughter of Donald Gene Owens and Janice Martin Snow and the wife of Donald Jarrard. In addition to her parents and husband she is survivied by a son Marshall Williams Jr. of Stone Mountain, Ga. and a daughter Paula Marie Williams Barnes of Greenville,...
Vera L Carter
Nov 27, 2010
Vera was the daughter of the late David H. and Mae Louise Griner Newton and the widow of Ernest S. Carter. Survivors include her son David S. Carter of Sautee, Ga. along with 2 daughters Barbara King of Hudson, Mass. and Gale Allen of Homer. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren....
Mike H. Wilder
Nov 18, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Mike H. Wilder, 58, of Athens who died on Thursday from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Commerce, he was the son of the late Herman and Bertha M. Luthi Wilder. Survivors include his girlfriend, Christy Nicholson of Athens; children, Jerry Wilder of Commerce and Michael Wilder of Banks County; brothers, Jerry...
Ruth Naomi Mcdonald
Nov 10, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Ruth Naomi McDonald, 85, of Commerce who died late Sunday evening at BJC Hospital in Commerce. Mrs. McDonald was the widow of Homer Perry McDonald and was also preceded in death by a daughter, Frances Neely. Survivors include a daughter, Alice Bullock of Commerce; 2 sons, Harrison E. McDonald of Colbert and Perry E....
Wilma S. Hill
Nov 10, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Wilma S. Hill, 89, of Jefferson who died early Tuesday morning at BJC Nursing Home. Born in Madison County, she was the daughter of the late William Griff and Lena Saxon Smith and was the widow of Leo Hill. Survivors include her sons, Roger Hill of Jefferson and Paul Hill of Commerce; 2 grandchildren;...
Karen Darnell Kines
Nov 10, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Karen Darnell Kines, 59, of Commerce who died on Thursday at St. Marys Hospice House in Bogart. Born in Commerce, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Baird and the late Ina Crane Craig. Survivors include former husband, Aubrey Darnell; her children, Sheila Diane Samples of Statham and Audrey Michelle Darnell of Commerce;...
Jessie Lamar Eubanks
Nov 10, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Jessie Lamar Eubanks 97 of Commerce who died early Thursday morning at the BJC Hospital. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Jessie Cornelius and Ertie Virginia Barnett Eubanks. He was predeceased by two wives, Margie Irvin Eubanks the mother of the children and Elise Bennett Eubanks. Survivors include his...
John Thomas Wood
Nov 10, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for John Thomas Wood, 55, of Homer. Born in Tampa, FL, he was the son of Matilda Wood and the late J.T. Wood. Survivors, along with his mother, include his children, Stephen Curtis Wood of Florida, Joseph Christopher Wood of New York, Jacob Johnathan Wood of Atlanta and Jennifer Dawn D Angelo, also of Florida;...
Jane Haynes Glenn
Nov 10, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Jane Haynes Glenn, 78, of Maysville who died on Sunday at the home of her daughter in Homer. Born in Gainesville, she was the daughter of the late Alfred and Maurine Haynes. She was also predeceased by her husband, Adron C. Glenn and three children, Billy David Glenn, Charles Randall Glenn and John Lemuel...
Annie Mae Johnson
Nov 10, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Annie Mae Outten Johnson, 94, of Athens who died on Tuesday evening at her residence. Born on the eastern shore of Virginia in a little town called Machiponga, she was the daughter of the late Allen Earl and Pearl Eleanor Outten. She lived in Panama City, FL for over 20 years before moving to...

Mike F. Whisnant
Nov 10, 2010
Ivie Funeral Home announces memorial services for Mike Franklin Whisnant, 52, of Commerce who died on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at the NE GA Medical Ctr. in Gainesville. Born in Winder, GA, he was the son of James Whisnant and the late Dovie Crisley Whisnant. He was also predeceased by a sister, Lisa Whisnant. Survivors, along with his father, include...