Mae Bess Blanton Elkins, 79, Tallahassee, Fla., died Friday in Tallahassee. Survivors are her husband, Emory Elkins; and daughters, Sandra Maxwell, Judy Meggs, Jodie Lafferty and Linda Presnell; a brother, Edgar Blanton; and a sister, Raye Langston. — Clark Funeral Home

Robert L. Johnson, 48, died Wednesday in San Francisco, Calif. Local survivors are uncles, Clifford Williams and Harold Williams, and aunts, Maggie B. Brooks and Hariett Williams, all of Thomasville. — Hatcher-Peoples Funeral Home

The Rev. Ivery Ernest Gaskins, 62, 313 Lester St., died Saturday at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Local survivors are his wife, Christine Gaskins, Thomasville, and his father, Ernest Gaskins. — Hatcher-Peoples Funeral Home