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William Richard King
Mar 18, 2016
William Richard King, age 80, of Lavonia, died Friday, March 18, 2016 at Oconee Regional Medical Center in Milledgeville. Born December 5, 1935, in Cambridge, OH, he was the son of the late William H. Fines and Leota Blanche King. He retired from the US Air Force where he was an Avionics Systems Technician. He also owned and operated a...
Mollie Lue Thomason
Mar 18, 2016
Mollie Lue (Johnson) Thomason, age 91, of Lavonia, died Friday, March 18, 2016 at AnMed Health in Anderson. Born March 4, 1925, in Atlanta, she was the daughter of the late Lurch and Alma Johnson. She worked in packing at Nabisco Bakery. Mrs. Thomason was a nurse during World War II and she was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist...
Ruth West
Mar 18, 2016
Ms. Ruth Bunch West, 91, of Fairview Ave, Hartwell, passed away Friday, March 18, 2016 at her home. Born on July 20, 1924 in Glasgow KY, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Howard Bunch and Flossie Victoria Williams Bunch.Ms. West retired from the Hart-Franklin Training Center, where she was the bookkeeper.Ms. West was a member and former president...
Sheri Fleming
Mar 17, 2016
Ms. Sheri Boles Wood Fleming, 55, of Royston Hwy., Hartwell, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016 at her home. Born on August 23, 1960 in Hartwell GA, she was the daughter of the late Waymon Boles and Evie Lena Vickery Boles.Ms. Fleming was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her son: Brandon McDowell of Hartwell; two daughters: Sheree N. Chappell...
Betty Jo Owens
Mar 13, 2016
Mrs. Betty Jo (Outz) Owens, age 75, of Canon, died Sunday, March 13, 2016 at St. Mary's Hospice House. Born January 24, 1941, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Rosie Lee (Buffington) Outz. She was a homemaker and was of the holiness faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Cecil John King
Mar 11, 2016
Mr. Cecil John King, age 85, of Carnesville, died Friday, March 11, 2016 at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens. Born August 26, 1930, in Lawrenceville, he was the son of the late Eliga and Minnie (Davis) King. Mr. King was a retired self-employed heating and air conditioning technician. He was a US Army Veteran and was a member of Lighthouse...
Chip Bruce
Mar 7, 2016
Doyle Clifford "Chip" Bruce, Jr., age 50, of Lavonia, died Monday, March 7, 2016 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital. Born January 13, 1966, in Anderson, SC, he was the son of Peggy Gaines Bruce and the late Doyle Clifford Bruce, Sr. He was a graduate of Franklin County High School and Athens Technical College. He owned and operated Bruce's...
Ann Collins
Mar 6, 2016
Mrs. Charity Ann Fernald Collins, 80, of Golf Course Road, Hartwell, passed away March 6, 2016, at her home. Born on July 28, 1935 in Lansing, MI, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Fernald and Kathryn Prosser Fernald.Mrs. Collins was a home maker and a member of The Way Church.She also was a member of the Hartwell Ladies...
Charles R. Lewis
Mar 5, 2016
Mr. Charles Lewis, 75, of Glendale Drive, Hartwell, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Hart Care Center. Born on August 11, 1941 in Hartwell GA, he was the son of the late Charlie Lewis and Pauline Dooley Lewis.Mr. Lewis was a member of the Gethsemane Baptist Church in Starr, SC. Survivors include one daughter: Donna Machen of Iva; one...
Sophie H. Lebarron
Mar 5, 2016
Mrs. Sophie Hoffman LeBarron, 86, of Parkdale Drive, Hartwell, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016 at her home. Born on July 31, 1929 in Punitz Austria, she was the daughter of the late John and Thersia Hoffman.Mrs. LeBarron was a homemaker, of the Catholic Faith and attended the Cokesbury United Methodist Church. Survivors include her two sons: John LeBarron and...
C. L. "Tuck" Tucker
Mar 5, 2016
Clarence L. "Tuck" Tucker, age 89, of Lavonia died Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Hartwell Healthcare & Rehabilitation. Born May 24, 1926, in Banks County, he was the son of the late Clarence L. Tucker, Sr. and Wilbert Pauline (Hill) Tucker. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He retired from Smith Furniture and owned his own repair...
Luther Moore
Mar 4, 2016
Luther Leonard Moore, age 94, of Lavonia, died Friday, March 4, 2016 at Brookdale Assisted Living of Hartwell. Born October 10, 1921, in Bartow County, he was the son of the late Dee L. and Mattie (Craig) Moore. He was a veteran of the US Army, where he served in India, building the communication lines on the Burma Road, during...
Shirley S. Mccurley
Mar 1, 2016
Mrs. Shirley Lee Spears McCurley, 76, of Milford Road, Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Hart Care Center. Born on September 1, 1939 in Hartwell GA, she was the daughter of the late H.C. Spears and Mary Elizabeth Davis Spears.Mrs. McCurley was co-owner and bookkeeper for McCurley Screen Shop and a member of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church....
Richard Allen
Mar 1, 2016
Mr. Richard A. Allen, 77, of Smith Street, Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at AnMed Health Medical Center, Anderson, SC. Born on July 26, 1938 in Lavonia GA, he was the son of the late Gus Allen and Lena Shirley Allen.Mr. Allen was a retired Ranger with the Georgia Forestry Commission for thirty four years and a member...
Herman E. Temple
Feb 27, 2016
Mr. Herman Edward Temple, 89, of Liberty Hill Road, Hartwell, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Hart Care Center, Hartwell. Born on March 19, 1926 in Hartwell GA, Mr. Temple was the son of the late Alex Temples and Alice Nixon Temples.Mr. Temple was a retired Bus Driver for the Hart County School System, where he drove for forty...
Joe Howard Alexander
Feb 27, 2016
Joe Howard Alexander, age 80, of Lavonia, died Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born April 28, 1935 in Hart County, he was the son of the late Clarence Joe Neil and Cleo Eunice (Whiting) Alexander. He was a 1953 graduate of Lavonia High School. He served in the National Guard. Mr. Alexander worked for Shiflet's Grocery...
Joyce M. Hampton
Feb 26, 2016
Miss Joyce Montine Hampton, 82, of Melody Lane, Hartwell, passed away Friday, February 26, 2016 at Brookdale Assisted Living Center, Hartwell. Born on April 29, 1933 in Atlanta GA, she was the daughter of the late George Hampton and Montine Bagwell Hampton.Miss Hampton was a retired Accountant for the Georgia Department of Corrections and Parole and worked as a ticket...
William Howard Stowe
Feb 26, 2016
Mr. William Howard Stowe, 75, of Kesler Road, Canon, passed away Friday, February 26, 2016 at his home. Born on June 26, 1940 in Canon GA, He was the son of the late William C. Stowe and Elizabeth Johnson Stowe.Mr. Stowe was a retired farmer and a member of the Bethany Baptist Church, where was a former Deacon, Sunday School...
Greg Chappelear
Feb 26, 2016
Gregory McRoss "Greg" Chappelear, age 57, of Lavonia, died Friday, February 26, 2016 at St. Mary's Hospice House in Athens. Born in Hart County, January 11, 1959, he was son of Imogene (Bowen) Chappelear and the late Neil McRoss Chappelear. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. He is survived by his mother: Imogene (Bowen) Chappelear of Lavonia;...
Linda Sue Milligan
Feb 26, 2016
Linda Sue (Bynum) Milligan, age 64, of Toccoa, died Friday, February 26, 2016 at her home. Born July 12, 1951, in Troy, AL, she was the daughter of the late Edward Floyd Bynum and Amy Leona Sessions. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: Archie Marion Milligan, Sr.;...
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