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Paul Doker
Mar 28, 2025
Mr. Paul John Doker, 87, of Danielsville, passed away Friday, March 28, 2025 at his home.
Born on August 25, 1937 in Hartwell GA, he was the son of the late Joseph Thomas Doker and Clara Whitten Doker and the step-son of the late Marie McCurley Doker. Â Mr. Doker was a retired salesman...
Talmadge Garrett
Mar 27, 2025
Mr. Talmadge Lamar Garrett, age 88, of Lavonia, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2025, at his home following an extended illness.
Born February 17, 1937, in Maysville, GA. He was the son of the late Methel and Lucille Garrett. He earned his college degree and put it to good use as an engineer with Micro-Meretics. Mr. Garrett...
Linda Carpenter Wigley
Mar 26, 2025
Mrs. Linda Carpenter Wigley, 82, of Bowman, passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at her home.
Born on May 31, 1942 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late Luther Carpenter and Blanche Cantrell Carpenter. Â Mrs. Wigley was a seamstress and machine operator for the Hartwell Company, and was a member...
Earl Pearson
Mar 26, 2025
Mr. James Earl Pearson Sr., 78, of Hartwell, passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at AnMed Medical Center, Anderson SC.
Born on February 16, 1947 in Greer SC, he was the son of the late Roscoe Jefferson Pearson and Mildred Irene Rhodes Pearson. Â Mr. Pearson was retired from the maintenance department of Celanese...
Robert "Bob" Savage
Mar 25, 2025
Mr. Robert L. "Bob" Savage, 87, of Hartwell, graduated from his earthly life on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at his home on Lake Hartwell.
Born on April 11, 1937 in Winter Haven, FL, Bob was the adopted son of the late Robert and Edith Bass Savage of that city. He and Annette came...
Gladys Wright
Mar 23, 2025
Gladys York Wright, age 92, of Canon, passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2025, at the home of her son. Born on May 15, 1932, in Stephens County, she was the daughter of the late Alonzo and Pearl Cleveland York. Gladys devoted her life to her family and her faith. As a homemaker, she filled her home with warmth...
Eric Vaughn (Courtesy)
Mar 22, 2025
Eric Ryan Vaughn, 43, of St. Augustine, FL, passed away on March 22, 2025. Born in Toccoa, GA, and raised in Lavonia, GA, Eric lived a life filled with passion and interests.
He was an avid fisherman, enthusiastic boater, dedicated coon hunter, and a devoted Georgia Bulldogs fan. A true jack of all trades, Eric possessed remarkable...
Susan Morgan
Mar 22, 2025
Susan Morgan, age 66, of Bowersville, passed away on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Brown Health & Rehabilitation. Born on November 10, 1958, in Anderson, SC, she was the beloved daughter of the late Wilton "Punk" and Jackie Moorhead Morgan.
Susan graduated from Hart County High School with the Class of 1976. She was a woman of...
Mary Alice Hamner
Mar 20, 2025
Mrs. Mary Alice Adams Hamner, age 98, of ACTS Mease Life in Dunedin, FL, died Thursday, March 20, 2025. Born in Royston, Hart County, Georgia, she was the youngest of nine children of the late Wesley and Stella Pulliam Adams of Royston. She was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, William T. Hamner, PhD, a retired...
Joan Rausch
Mar 19, 2025
Joan Anna Ingersoll Rausch, a resident of Lavonia, passed away at her home on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at the age of 84. Born on January 20, 1941, in Owego, NY, Joan was the daughter of Robert and Rose Marie Davis Ingersoll.
Before her retirement, she skillfully applied her talents as a seamstress at Georgia Sportswear and...
Daylon Ray Bagwell
Mar 16, 2025
Daylon Ray Bagwell, age 25, of Lavonia, passed away at his home on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
He was born on July 31, 1999, in Athens, Georgia, the son of Alan & Angel Thompson Harris and Greg Bagwell. Daylon was a graduate of Franklin County High School, class of 2017. He worked at Oak Valley Meat Processing....
Glenda Stowe Fleeman
Mar 15, 2025
Mrs. Glenda Lee Stowe Fleeman, 78, of Canon, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2025 at St. Mary's Hospital, Athens.
Born on January 18, 1947 in Royston GA, she was the daughter of the late George Washington Stowe and Roxie Lee Hunter Stowe. Â Mrs. Fleeman was a homemaker, loved gardening, planting flowers, babysitting and...
Martha Carter Maness (Courtesy)
Mar 15, 2025
Martha went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Martha was born on March 23, 1964 in Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. Her family returned to Hartwell in the early 1970's when her father retired from the U.S....
Artis Ricks
Mar 15, 2025
Rufus Artis Ricks, Jr., affectionately known as Art, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the age of 66, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Born on March 2, 1959, in Hart County, he was the son of the late Rufus Artis Ricks, Sr. and Geneva Kelly Mulkey Ricks.
Art was a proud 1977...
Margaret Burns Craft
Mar 12, 2025
Mrs. Margaret Burns Craft, 90 of Hartwell, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at Hart Care Center.
Born on March 2, 1935 in Hartwell GA, she was the daughter of the late George Burns and Mary Bowers Burns. Â Mrs. Craft was a retired Parapro for the Hart County School System, where she taught...
Joseph Davis
Mar 12, 2025
Joseph Burke Davis, age 76, of Lavonia, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at his home.
Born July 7, 1948, in Ypsilanti, MI, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Peggy Davis. He served in the Michigan National Guard and received his BA of Psychology Degree from the University of Michigan. Mr. Davis spent his...
Jonathan "Jon" Nichols
Mar 10, 2025
Jonathan "Jon" Clay Nichols, age 41, of Martin, passed away Monday, March 10, 2025, at his home.
Born July 1, 1983, in Toccoa, GA, he was the son of Gary Nichols and the late Eva Regina Thomas. He was a self-employed lawn care specialist and was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church.
He is...
Barbara Warren Edmunds
Mar 9, 2025
Mrs. Barbara Warren Edmunds, 88, of Hartwell, passed away peacefully Sunday, March 9, 2025 at Hart Care Center.
Born on March 21, 1936 in York SC, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Henry "Toots" Warren and Catherine Garner Warren. Â Mrs. Edmunds was a graduate of Winthrop College and a homemaker. She...
Jan Temple Bond
Mar 8, 2025
Mrs. Jan Temple Bond, 86, of Elberton, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2025 at Brookdale of Hartwell.
Born on February 21, 1939 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late Jim Dodd Temple and Gladys Floyd Temple. Jan was a member of the Elberton First Methodist Church, and worked as the administrative secretary for 26...
Roy H. Benifield
Mar 7, 2025
Mr. Roy Hiram Benifield of Martin, GA passed away peacefully at home on Friday, March 7, 2025.
He was born April 5, 1946 in Buford, GA and was the son of the late Joseph John Benifield and Dovey Udell Wright Benifield. Roy joined the Marines in June 1964 and discharged in April 1970 as a Sargent E5....
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