Andrew Elliot “Fuzz” Harper, 91, of the Sandy Cross Community, passed away early Thursday morning, November 2, 2017 at the Brown Health and Rehab Center in Royston.
Born October 28, 1926, in Franklin County, he was the son of the late John T. and Tarella Karzan Carey Harper. He was the husband of the late Vera Belle Rice Harper and brother of the late Imogene Oliver. He was a veteran of the U S Army and was a farmer. He had served as Scoutmaster for the Sandy Cross Boy Scout Troop. He was a member of the Pennington Chapel United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Kendall and Deanie Harper; three grandsons and a granddaughter-in-law, Shannon Elliot Harper, Andrew “Andy” and Joy Harper, and Josh Harper; five great grandchildren, Lane, Jett, Jerryd, Tyson, and Gabriella; sister Sally Marcelene Bryant and brother, Clyde M. Harper, both of Sandy Cross; special niece raised in the home, Gwendolyn Rice Westfall, Athens, GA.
Services will be Sunday afternoon at 3pm at the Pennington Chapel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Roger Elrod and Rev. David Bryan. Burial will be in the Zidon Baptist Church Cemetery.
The body is at the Ginn Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8pm Saturday evening at the Ginn Funeral Home, Carnesville.