LOUISVILLE, Ga. - Mrs. Elizabeth H. Amerson, age 88, of Highway 171 North, Louisville, died Friday morning July 27, 2012, in the Gibson Health & Rehabilitation Center. Funeral service will be held 11:00AM Monday, July 30, 2012, in the Louisville First Baptist Church with Rev. Hardy Owens and Rev. Andy Collins officiating. Burial will follow in the Louisville City Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Tony Amerson, George Ratchford, III, Ryan Guy, Chris Kersey, Derrick Mathis, and Chris Mathis. Mrs. Amerson, a native of Glascock County, was the daughter of the late Hansel Hunter and Lucille Logue Hawkins. She was an inspector for the Fortsmann Company. Mrs. Amerson had been a member of Old Bethel Baptist Church for 50 years, a member of the Louisville Nazarene Church, and attended Louisville First Baptist Church. Mrs. Amerson was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Roy Amerson, brother & sister-in-law, Hunter & Gladys Hawkins and is survived by son & daughter-in-law, Wendell & Carolyn Amerson of Norwood; daughters & sons-in-law, Linda & John Eckenroth of Harlem, Rosalyn & Ted Flanders of Harlem, & Libby & Charles Mathis of Louisville; sister & brother- in-law, Etta & Othene Taylor of Edgehill; 10 grandchildren, & 12 great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Louisville First Baptist Church Memorial Fund, 101 E 9th St., Louisville, GA 30434. The Amerson family may be contacted at the residence of Mrs. Amerson, Highway 171 North, Louisville. The family will receive friends 3:00 to 5:00PM Sunday at the funeral home. Taylor Funeral Home 401 W. 8th Street, Louisville is in charge of arrangements (www.taylofhlouisville.com).

Published in The Augusta Chronicle on July 28, 2012