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Joseph Gibson
Dec 8, 2011
Mr. Joseph Riley Gibson, 93, of 31 Somerset Court, Hartwell, died Thursday, December 8, 2011 at his home after an extended illness. Born on October 11, 1918 in Greenville, AL, he was the son of the late Joseph Riley Gibson, Sr. and Bennie May Thompson Gibson Harbin and stepson of the late Ned Joseph Harbin.Mr. Gibson was a World War...
Marvin Cobb
Dec 5, 2011
Mr. Marvin Thornton Cobb, age 73, of Martin, died Monday, December 5, 2011 at Stephens County Hospital. Born November 28, 1938, in Fair Play, SC, he was the son of the late Jasper (Jack) T. Cobb and Mattie Grace Evans Cobb. Prior to retirement he worked for over 33 years at Sibley Milliken in Lavonia. He was a veteran of...
Ken French
Dec 2, 2011
Kenneth Paul French, III, 47, of Toccoa died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 at AnMed Hospital in Anderson, South Carolina. Born September 9, 1964 in Apple Valley, California, he was the son of Kenneth Paul French, Jr. and wife Sharon and Carole Adams Pietsch.He was employed as a tractor-trailer driver with Crete Carrier Corporation in Marietta, Georgia. He was a loving...
Vera Vickery Kay
Dec 2, 2011
Mrs. Vera Vickery Kay, age 97, of 315 Hartwell Road and the wife of the late James Horace Kay, died Friday, December 2, 2011 at Clary Care Center. Born in Hart County, GA, Vera was the daughter of the late Yank W. Vickery and Nan Marett Vickery of the Rock Springs Community. She was a member of the Lavonia First...
Nancy B. O'Barr
Dec 1, 2011
Mrs. Nancy Burdette "Nancy B" O'Barr, age 58, of Lavonia, died Thursday, December 1, 2011 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born September 14, 1953, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of Barbara Owens Burdette and the late Clyde Levi Burdette. Prior to retirement, she was a paraprofessional at Lavonia Elementary School. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist...
Guynell W. Perry
Nov 28, 2011
Mrs. Guynell White Perry, 93, of 687 Milford Road, Hartwell, died Monday, November 28, 2011 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born on March 8, 1918 in Hartwell GA, she was the daughter of the late Fred White and Florence Bridges White.She was retired from Hartwell Mills, where she worked in the Spinning Room and was former co-operator of Adams Service Station.She...
Hazel Wilson
Nov 27, 2011
Mrs. Hazel Williams Wilson, 92, of 1785 Mt. Olivet Road, Hartwell, died Sunday, November 27, 2011 at Hart County Hospital. Born on November 6, 1919 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late A.R. Williams and Nancy Meredith Williams.She was a retired inspector at BASF and a member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church where she was in the...
Chandler W. Howell
Nov 27, 2011
Mr. Chandler Willis Howell, 75, of 805 Flat Shoals Road, Bowersville, died Sunday, November 27, 2011 at his home. Born on August 14, 1936 in Hartwell, GA, he was the son of Lorene Eavenson Howell and the late Marvin Howell.He was retired from Monroe Auto Equipment Company, where he was a machine operator and was a member of the Cross...
Charles Gay
Nov 27, 2011
Mr. Charles Franklin Gay, age 78, of Lavonia, died Sunday, November 27, 2011 at Stephens County Hospital. Born March 4, 1933, in Whitman, MA, he was the son of the late Melvin and Eveleen Carver Gay. He was a veteran of the US Army, where he served as a Paratrooper during the Korean Conflict. He was a retired professional painter....
George Forbes
Nov 27, 2011
Mr. George Bradley Forbes, 52, of 106 Chicoma Drive, Townville, SC, died Sunday, November 27, 2011. Born on August 27, 1959 in Needham, MA, he was the son of Charles A. Forbes and the late Marlis Kirn.He was a truck driver for Performance Trucking of Suwanee, GA. Survivors include one daughter: Stephanie Pena of Cambridge, MA; one half brother: Patrick...
Frances Umbehant
Nov 26, 2011
Mrs. Mary Frances (York) Umbehant, age 86, of Cornelia, GA, died Saturday, November 26, 2011 at her home. Born September 23, 1925, in Habersham County, she was the daughter of the late Joe York and Lillie (Waldon) McDonald. She retired from Yonah Realty Manufacturing Company as a seamstress. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Mrs. Umbehant was a...
Janet Joyce Campbell
Nov 25, 2011
Ms. Janet Joyce Campbell, 76, of 94 Brown Street, Hartwell, died Friday, November 25, 2011 at her home. Born on February 28, 1935 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late Richard M. "Son" Campbell and Mary Wright Campbell.She was a fashion buyer for The May Company and The Boston Stores of Los Angeles, California for 30 years.She...
Jeanette P Bartlett
Nov 25, 2011
Mrs. Jeanette Parker Bartlett, 83, of N. Forest Avenue, Hartwell, GA., widow of Mr. Daniel M. (Dan) Bartlett, died Friday, November 25, 2011 at her sister's home. Born in Hart County, Georgia, April 25, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Willie (Will) Royal Parker and Eula Holland Parker. She was a graduate of Hart County High School, retired...
John White
Nov 24, 2011
Mr. John Walker White, 76, of 444 Cade Street, Hartwell, died Thursday, November 24, 2011 at Hart County Hospital. Born on May 10, 1935 in Hartwell, GA, he was the son of the late John Henry White and Phenida Wilson White.He was a retired shipping supervisor for the Hartwell Company and a member of Hartwell First Baptist Church.He was also...
Geneva Cantrell
Nov 23, 2011
Mrs. Geneva Cantrell, 85, of 3589 Liberty Hill Road, Hartwell, died Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at her home. Born on December 13, 1925 in Lavonia, GA, she was the daughter of the late Will Cobb and Dahlia Lewis Cobb.She was a homemaker and a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church where she was a former choir member and adult Sunday school...
Laura Parnell
Nov 19, 2011
Mrs. Fannie Laura Hall Parnell, 93, of 57 Woodlake Drive, Hartwell, died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Hart County Hospital. Born on May 20, 1918 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late Kyle Hall, Sr. and Jessie Madden Hall.She was a homemaker and a member of Reed Creek Baptist Church. Survivors include two brothers: Bobby Hall and...
John Mclane
Nov 18, 2011
Mr. John Inman McLane, 97, of 108 E. Franklin Street, Hartwell, died Friday, November 18, 2011 at Hart County Hospital. Born on February 1, 1914 in Hartwell, GA, he was the son of the late James Dale McLane and Ada Cleveland McLane.He was a self-employed painter and former farmer, and a member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Mr. McLane was...
Margie Lynn Herring
Nov 17, 2011
Ms. Margie Lynn Bryant Herring, 43, of 44 W. Franklin Place, Hartwell, died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at her home. Born on October 8, 1968 in Elberton, GA, she was the daughter of Linda Dutton Norton of Hartwell and the late Clarence Bryant, Jr.She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church Survivors include her mother; one son: Casey Mills of...
Wilma Guest
Nov 16, 2011
Mrs. Wilma Lee (Harper) Guest, age 89, of Lavonia, died Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at Cobb Memorial Hospital. Born April 26, 1922, in Irwin County, she was the daughter of the late Johnnie & Annie Jean (Tucker) Harper. She was a homemaker and was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Mrs. Guest was the last surviving member of her immediate...
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