Obituary Listing

Apr 1, 2025

Mr. John Harvin Gantt Jr, 86, of Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at his home.

Born on November 3, 1938 in St. Petersburg FL, he was the son of the late John Harvin Gantt Sr. and Effie Louise Swafford Gantt.  Mr. Gantt was retired owner/operator of Gantt Graphics Inc. He loved...

Mar 31, 2025

Leonard Fredrick "Fred" Brown, age 81, passed away Monday, March 31, 2025, at his home. Born on February 12, 1944, in Charleston, WV, he was the son of the late Conrad Brown, Jr. and Bonnie Asbury Williams.

Fred dedicated many years of his professional life to AT&T before his retirement. A man of deep faith, he was...

Mar 31, 2025

Mrs. Sara Corene Gulley Adams, 93, of Hartwell, passed away Monday, March 31, 2025 at her home.

Born on November 28, 1931 in Hartwell GA, she was the daughter of the late James Robert (Jim) Gulley and Cora Irene Ashworth Gulley. Mrs. Adams was a retired instructor with Hart/Franklin TMR Center. She was...

Mar 30, 2025

Mrs. Mary Genelle Foster Stewart, 88, of Hartwell, passed away Sunday, March 30, 2025 at Hartwell Health & Rehab.

Born on September 11, 1936 in Canon GA, she was the daughter of the late John Lester Foster and Hazel Shiflet Foster.  Mrs. Stewart was a former sales clerk at Belk's of Hartwell and...

Mar 30, 2025

Mrs. Betty Laverne Gunn Linder, 96 of Hartwell, passed away Sunday, March 30, 2025 at Hart Care Center.

Born on January 7, 1929 in Monroe GA, she was the daughter of the late Ellar Gunn.  Mrs. Linder worked in the meat department at the Big Apple grocery store. She was a member of...

Mar 29, 2025

MSgt Jeffrey Randall Smith, U.S. Air Force Ret, 63, of Hartwell, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2025 at AnMed Medical Center, Anderson SC.

Born on August 2, 1961 in St. Petersburg, FL, he was the son of the late Archie Delano Smith and Mary Lou Wild Smith.  MSgt Smith retired after 21 years of service from the...

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.  Mr. Doker was a retired salesman...

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...

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.  Mrs. Wigley was a seamstress and machine operator for the Hartwell Company, and was a member...

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.  Mr. Pearson was retired from the maintenance department of Celanese...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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.  Mrs. Fleeman was a homemaker, loved gardening, planting flowers, babysitting and...

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....

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...