Billy Crump
Apr 25, 2018
Mr. Billy Neal Crump, 79, of Old Hendrys Church Road, Canon, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at the Mountain View Nursing Home, Clayton GA. Born on November 24, 1938 in Franklin County, GA, he was the son of the late James Hearst Crump and Agatha Lunsford Crump. Survivors include one son: Neal Crump of Clayton; two daughters: Kim Simonds...
Ed Hasel
Apr 25, 2018
Mr. Edwin Stephen "Ed" Hasel, 83, of Hidden Point Road, Hartwell, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at his home. Born on June 8, 1934 in Jamaica, NY, he was the son of the late Charles Hasel and Myrtle Whaley Hasel. Mr. Hasel was a State University of New York graduate with a degree from Ag Engineering. He was retired...
Carolyn Mauldin Haley
Apr 24, 2018
Mrs. Carolyn Mauldin Haley, age 87, of Lavonia, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at Hart Care Center following an extended illness. Born February 13, 1931, Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Labon and Newell (Leard) Mauldin. She retired from Sibley Mills as a cloth inspector. She was a member of the Lavonia First Baptist Church and...
Rhett Wilson
Apr 21, 2018
Mr. Frank Rhett Wilson, 64, of Margaret Circle, Canon, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Athens. Born on October 16, 1953 in Anderson SC, he was the son of the late Frank Dent Wilson and Clara Shiflet Wilson.Rhett was a retired screen printer with Anderson Screen Printing, a Mechanic and loved working on Guitars....
Stephen "Booboo" Battaglia
Apr 20, 2018
Stephen Gabriel "BooBoo" Battaglia, age 22, of Calhoun Falls, SC, formerly of Lavonia, passed away Friday, April 20, 2018 at his home. Born July 13, 1995, in St. Petersburg, FL, he was the son of Paul Battaglia, II and Amy (Garner) Battaglia. He was a graduate of Hart County High School and worked for Peterbilt, in Duncan, SC, as a...
Otis A. Smith
Apr 20, 2018
Mr. Otis Alfred Smith, 84, of Carter's Ferry Road, Hartwell, passed away Friday, April 20, 2018 at Brown Health & Rehab, Royston, GA. Born on May 7, 1933 in Comer GA, he was the son of the late Lester Smith and Lula Sorrow Smith.Mr. Smith was a retired owner/operator of Hartwell Meter Repair and a former employee with Atlanta Gas...
Shuratt Whitworth (Courtesy)
Apr 20, 2018
Mr. Hubert Shuratt Whitworth, age 83, of Whitworth Road in Lavonia, Georgia passed away Friday, April 20, 2018 at the residence. A son of the late Hugh W. and Ether Mae Whitlow Whitworth, he was born October 18, 1934 in Franklin County, Georgia where he lived all his life. He attended Darlington High School in Rome, Georgia, attended Cornell University...
Norris Yeargin
Apr 20, 2018
Mr. Arthur Norris Yeargin, 68, of Holmes Road, Dewy Rose GA, passed away Friday, April 20, 2018 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Athens GA. Born on November 12, 1949 in Elberton GA, he was the son of Nina Hilley Yeargin and the late Arthur Newt Yeargin.Mr. Yeargin was a graduate of North Georgia Tech, where he received his Electrician...
Kevin Drake Wright
Apr 18, 2018
Mr. Kevin Drake Wright, Sr., age 50, of Martin, passed away Wednesday evening, April 18th, 2018at his home. Born October 20, 1967, in Chicago, IL, he was the son of Gertrude (Wright) Cotton and the late Jerry Lamar Cotton. Prior to disability, he was a commercial tire man and mechanic. Mr. Wright was a member of the National Rifle Association,...
Jean H. Fisher
Apr 16, 2018
Mrs. Jean Harrison Fisher, 58, of Athens Street, Hartwell, passed away Monday, April 16, 2018 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital, Lavonia, GA. Born on September 23, 1959 in Phillipsburg, NJ, she was the daughter of Harold P. Harrison and the late Barbara Vandiver Phillips. Mrs. Fisher was a sewing machine operator with EZ-On Auto Tops, Iva SC and of...
James B. Carlton
Apr 15, 2018
Mr. James Boyd Carlton, 78, of Moriah Ridge Farm Road, Canon, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018 at his home. Born on August 10, 1939 in Canon GA, he was the son of the late Henry England Carlton and Irene Bond Carlton.Mr. Carlton was a retired dairy and poultry farmer and a member of the Macedonia United Methodist Church where...
Effie G. Sanders
Apr 15, 2018
Mrs. Effie G. Sanders Sanders, 90, of Woodlake Drive, Hartwell, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018 at Hartwell Health & Rehab. Born on January 2, 1928 in Bowersville GA, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Sanders and Myrtle Chastain Sanders.Mrs. Sanders was a retired seamstress for the Hartwell Company and a member of the Hartwell Church of God...
Barbara Freeman
Apr 14, 2018
Mrs. Barbara Neal (Williams) Freeman, age 80, of Martin, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2018 at her home following an extended illness. Born December 23, 1937, in Stephens County, she was the daughter of the late Jay Pope and Sue (Addison) Williams. She was a graduate of Lavonia High School. Mrs. Freeman retired from the Georgia Department of Family and...
Ona Evans
Apr 12, 2018
Mrs. Ona J. Stewart Evans, 95, of Hartwell, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018 at Brown Health & Rehab of Royston. Born on November 18, 1922 in Lenoir, NC, she was the daughter of the late Allen L. Stewart and Minnie Holland Stewart.Mrs. Evans was a retired seamstress for the Gip's Manufacture Co. and a member of the Cornerstone Baptist...
Millard Jones
Apr 11, 2018
Mr. Millard William Jones, 94, of Wiley Road, Lavonia, passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at AnMed Health Medical Center, Anderson SC. Born on November 5, 1923 in Havana, MN, he was the son of the late George H. Jones and Fanny Elizabeth Smith Jones. He served three years in the U.S. Army during WWII, and participated in Pacific campaigns...
Brenda Bailey
Apr 10, 2018
Mrs. Brenda Gail (Smith) Bailey, age 71, of Martin, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital. Born August 15, 1946, in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late John David and Elizabeth (Warren) Smith. She retired from the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians as the office manager. She is survived by her husband:...
Minnie Lee Brock
Apr 10, 2018
Mrs. Minnie Lee (Dean) Brock, 96, of Lavonia, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at her home. Born November 27, 1921, in Martin, GA, she was the daughter of the late James B, and Nancy (Hunter) Dean. She was a Vaccination Technician with Columbia Farms and was a member of Martin Baptist Church. She is survived by her sons and...
Tommy Dutton
Apr 9, 2018
Mr. Tommy A. Dutton, 67, of West Franklin Place, Hartwell, passed away Monday, April 9, 2018, at Kindred Hospice IPU at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital, Athens, GA. Born on June 15, 1950 in Hartwell GA, he was the son of the late Paul Dutton and Vilee K. Lawrence Dutton.Mr. Dutton was a residential construction carpenter and of the Holiness Faith....
Lathoye Rhinehart
Apr 8, 2018
Mr. Lathoye Rhinehart "Sausage", age 71, of Lavonia, passed away Sunday, April 8, 2018 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital. Born December 20, 1946, in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Robert L. and Jessie (Durham) Rhinehart. He graduated from Franklin County High School, Class of 1966. He retired from Franklin Industries as a machinist. Mr. Rhinehart...
Pat Barrett Turner
Apr 8, 2018
Mrs. Patricia (Abernathy) Barrett Turner, 71, of Toccoa, passed away Sunday, April 8, 2018 at her home following an extended illness. Born January 1, 1947 in Demorest, she was the daughter of the late Henry C. Abernathy and Hazel (Chastain) Scroggs. She was a self-employed caregiver and was of the Church of God faith. She is survived by her children:...
