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Marion "Mac" Mcelheney
Mar 24, 2018
Mr. Marion Earl "Mac" McElheney Jr., 92, of Stone Mountain GA, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Northlake Gardens, Tucker GA. Mr. McElheney was born in Hillsboro GA on May 23, 1925, son of the late Marion Early McElheney Sr. and Bessie Florence Tyler McElheney.He attended Emory at Oxford and graduated from Southern Polytechnic State University.He retired from Lockheed...
Beatrice West
Mar 22, 2018
Mrs. Beatrice (Sorrow) West, age 87, of Lavonia, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2018, at Hartwell Health and Rehab. Born march 26, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Daisy (Looney) Sorrow. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law: Charlene & Gary Neese; sons and daughters-in-law:...
Brenda Norris
Mar 21, 2018
Mrs. Brenda Woodall Norris, 65, of Nancy Drive, Hartwell, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital, Lavonia, GA. Born on November 29, 1952 in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late Albert "Bud" Woodall and Virginia Brown Woodall. Mrs. Norris was a former waitress at S & W Diner and a mechanics helper.She...
Ralph Louis Rigdon
Mar 21, 2018
Ralph Louis Rigdon, age 82, of Martin, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart. Born July 15, 1935, in Washington, Missouri, he was a son of the late Lawrence Rigdon and Francis Strubberg. He retired from the Georgia Army National Guard 277th Maintenance Company in 1984. He also retired from AutoZone. Mr. Rigdon was of the...
Geneva D. Adams
Mar 20, 2018
Mrs. Geneva Deaver Adams, 89, of Azalea Drive, Hartwell, formerly of Homewood AL, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Born on December 31, 1928 in Cleveland AL, she was the daughter of the late George C. Deaver and Alpha Holt Deaver.She was formerly employed at TCI and was retired from Parisian Department Stores. Mrs. Adams was a member of the...
Wilton "Punk" Morgan
Mar 19, 2018
Mr. Wilton Cox "Punk" Morgan, age 92, of Bowersville, passed away Monday, March 19, 2018 at his home. Born July 23, 1925, in Lavonia, GA, he was the son of the late James Ralph Morgan and Annie Blanche (Cox) Morgan. He was a graduate of Lavonia High School. After serving in the US Navy, he graduated from Georgia Tech with...
Ronnie Bowers
Mar 18, 2018
Mr. Joel Ronnie Bowers, 68, of Mt. Olivet Road, Hartwell, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018 at his home. Born on August 4, 1949 in Anderson SC, he was the son of Julia Mae McLane Bowers and the late Troy Bowers.Ronnie was a carpenter and a member of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Survivors include his mother: Julie Mae Bowers...
Rick Terzia
Mar 18, 2018
R. L. "Rick" Terzia passed into rest on Sunday, March 18th. He was the son of Yronne Terzia and the late Dick Terzia. He was also preceded in death by his daughter Ashley and sister Wanda. He met and married his wife and soulmate Deborah Pelt in Augusta. Mr. Terzia attended the University of Georgia at the Franklin College of...
Dorothy Cheek Owens
Mar 17, 2018
Mrs. Dorothy Cheek Owens, age 92, of Lavonia, passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018 at her home, with her family gathered around her, following an extended illness. Born August 30, 1925, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Ezra Hearn Cheek and Almera Walters Cheek. She graduated from Lavonia High School and retired from AT&T as a...
Joseph Francis Ellis
Mar 13, 2018
Mr. Joseph Francis Ellis, age 85, of Lavonia, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at his home following an extended illness. Born July 23, 1930, in Sharpsburg, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Omar and Lyda Frances (Hawkins) Ellis. He was a retired home builder. Mr. Ellis was a veteran of the United States Air Force and attended...
Charles Johnston
Mar 12, 2018
Mr. Charles William "Bill" Johnston, 88, of Hartwell (formerly of Biloxi, MS), passed away Monday, March 12, 2018 at Hart Care Center. Born on February 22, 1930 in Greensburg, PA, he was the son of the late Robert Franklin Johnston and Caroline Elizabeth Swenson Johnston. Mr. Johnston was a retired Master Sergeant from the United States Air Force and also...
Clyde C.L. King
Mar 8, 2018
Mr. Clyde "C.L." King, 82, of Hartwell, passed away Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Rainey Hospice House, Anderson, SC. Born on July 23, 1935 in Townville SC, he was the son of the late Winston King and Clyde Sammons King.Mr. King was a retired textile worker, a member of the Nancy Hart Masonic Lodge # 690, Yarrab Temple Shrine and...
George Crowe
Feb 27, 2018
Mr. George Crowe, 85, of Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at AnMed Health Medical Center, Anderson SC. Mr. Crowe was the committed and loving husband of Frances for 65 years. The caring father of Sherry Darley and the late Greg Crowe; devoted grandfather to Chris Darley, Greg Darley, and Josh Crowe; and playful great-grand father to Payton, Parker,...
Malcolm "Mac" Barksdale
Feb 25, 2018
Dr. Malcolm Thomas Barksdale, Jr., 87, of Hugh Dorsey Road, Hartwell, passed away Sunday, February 25, 2018 at his home. Born on April 26, 1930 in Canton, GA, he was the son of the late Malcolm Barksdale, Sr. and Mary Timmons Barksdale.Mac Barksdale was a graduate of the University of Georgia, School of Veterinary Medicine where he received a Doctor...
Allen Lesseur
Feb 23, 2018
Mr. Charles Allen Lesseur, 78, of Royston Hwy, Hartwell, passed away Friday, February 23, 2018 at Kindred Hospice, Athens GA. Born on December 26, 1939 in Elberton GA, he was the son of the late Marcus Reese Lesseur and Hazel Butler Lesseur.Mr. Lesseur was a former manager of Goodyear Service Stores in Elberton, Macon and Hawkinsville GA, former manager of...
Mark Davis
Feb 23, 2018
Mr. John Mark Davis, 56, of Atlanta, formerly of Hartwell, passed away Friday, February 23, 2018 at his home. Born on April 17, 1961 in Burnettsville, IN, he was the son of the late Harry L. Davis and Vera Jean Buis Davis.Mr. Davis was a graduate of the University of Georgia, an editor for Katz Media Group and of the...
Phil Franks
Feb 23, 2018
Levis Phil Franks, age 89, of Rocky Ford Road, Lavonia, passed away Friday, February 23, 2018 at Magnolia Hospice House in Conyers. Born October 16, 1928 in Hart County, he was the son of the late Wallace and Eulalia King Franks. He was a graduate of Hartwell High School and retired from AT&T after more than 30 years of service....
Patrice Matthews Ayers
Feb 22, 2018
Ms. Patrice Ayers, age 62, of Lavonia, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Kindred Hospice Inpatient Unit at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Born October 12, 1955, in Nicholson, she was the daughter of Clarence and Edna Matthews. She was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her sons: Preston Ayers and Christopher Mrozowski; and former husband: Glenn...
Logan Mathis
Feb 22, 2018
Logan Harold Mathis was born in Paris, Tennessee on May 6, 1932; he was the third of four sons.His family relocated to Detroit, Michigan when he was eleven years of age. He considered himself a son of both Tennessee and Michigan.He is survived by his wife, Andrea ( Harger) Mathis, their children Debra (Jack) Wiley of Traverse City, Michigan and...
Charles Dove
Feb 20, 2018
Mr. Charles C. Dove, 82, of Beacon Light Road, Hartwell, passed away, Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at his home. Born on April 1, 1935 in Hartwell, GA, he was the son of the late Charlie Reed Dove and Lilly Cape Dove.Mr. Dove was a retired technician from Newton Mills and a member of the Goldmine Church of God. He also...
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