Leah Elliott Newbern, 30, of Sparks, Georgia, died Thursday, January 1, 2015, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 4 PM, Sunday, January 4, 2015, at the Fitzgerald Church of God. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Saturday evening at the funeral home.
Leah was born April 14, 1984, in Fitzgerald, Georgia to Dwayne Lee Elliott and Glenda Dunn Mitchell. A 2002 graduate of Fitzgerald High School, she earned her nursing degree from South Georgia College in Douglas. She was a former Registered Nurse for Tift Regional Medical Center. She lived in Cook County for the past two years. She formerly attended Fitzgerald Church of God.
She is survived by her husband: Colin Newbern of Sparks; her children: Bailey Cannard and Evan Cannard, both of Fitzgerald and Halle Newbern of Sparks; her father: Dwayne Elliott of Fitzgerald; mother and step-father: Glenda & Tommy Mitchell of Fitzgerald; a sister: Audrie & Steven Dennard of Fitzgerald; a brother: Adrian Elliott of North Carolina; a grandfather: Glenn Dunn of Fitzgerald and a grandmother: Mary Frances Taylor Knight of Americus. She was preceded in death by a step-father: Tony Carver and her grandparents : Flora Dunn and J.D. & Beulah Taylor.