Vera Elder

Mrs. Elder was born on January 7, 1932 in Buchanan, GA, daughter of the late D.W. McAdams and Doris Larkin McAdams.

Mrs. Elder was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was a faithful servant of the Lord and a proud member of the Baptist Faith. She loved tending to her flower gardens and sewing in her spare time. She was a long time member of a Home Maker’s Club in Jonesboro, GA and truly was excellent at making crafts. She was an outstanding baker and was very well known for her recipes for candy, cakes and sweets. Every year during the Christmas season, she made fudge for all of her husband, Lester’s coworkers at Ford Motor Company, and to this day, the tradition lives on after she shared her recipe with them. Mr. and Mrs. Elder also enjoyed vacationing across the country and into Canada in their RV.

She is preceded in death by her brothers, Charles and Carlton McAdams.

Mrs. Elder is survived by her loving husband of sixty-seven years, Lester Elder; daughter, Lynn (Dean) Bagwell; son, Mark (Terri) Elder; grandchildren, Andy and Matt Elder, Tyler (Britney) Bagwell and Bentley (Amanda) Bagwell; great-grandchildren, McKinley, Peyton and Jaxon Bagwell; brother, Cecil (Dot) McAdams; several nieces and nephews; sister-in-law, Dale McAdams; beloved dog, Lucy.

A Celebration of Life Service will be conducted at one o’clock in the afternoon on Saturday the 1st of June, 2019 at Bartow Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 2851 Hwy 140, Rydal, GA 30171, with Rev. Mark Rackley officiating. Interment will immediately follow in the church cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers are Andy Elder, Matt Elder, Tyler Bagwell, Bentley Bagwell, Dan McAdams and Kenneth McAdams.

Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from ten o’clock in the morning until the service hour at Bartow Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Mrs. Elder’s honor to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Please visit www.owenfunerals.com to post tributes and sign the on-line register.

Owen Funeral Home, 12 Collins Dr., Cartersville, GA 30120 has charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Vera Lee Elder's Famous Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe

Bake at 325 degree for 1 1/2 hours

3 sticks butter (softened)

1 8 oz. pacakge cream cheese (softened)

3 cups sugar

6 eggs

3 cups sifted cake flour

dash salt

1 1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring (substitute vanilla if preferred)

Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add salt and flavoring.

Beat Well. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.

Stir in flour. Spoon mixture into a greased 10" tube pan.

Bake at 325 for 1 1/2 hours until done.

*If you use a bundt pan, make a small loaf cake or it will overflow.