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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...
Mattie Lou Stovall
Nov 16, 2011
Mrs. Mattie Lou Vollrath Stovall, 72, of 789 Old Hwy 29, Hartwell, died Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, SC. Born on November 29, 1938 in Danielsville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Howard Vollrath, Sr. and Worther Mae Clark Vollrath.She was a homemaker and a member of Salem Pentecostal Fire Baptized Holiness Church....
Mary Jane Packard
Nov 13, 2011
Mrs. Mary Jane Dial Boyd Packard, 79, of 198 Brown Circle, Hartwell, died Sunday, November 13, 2011 at her home. Born on July 18, 1932 in Loganville, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Robert Dial and Robbie Stevens Dial.She was a homemaker, a member of the Flying Rebels of Atlanta, and a member and former treasurer of the...
Clyde Motes, Jr.
Nov 13, 2011
Mr. Clyde Motes, Jr., 64, of 94 Cade Street, Hartwell, died Sunday, November 13, 2011 at Hart County Hospital. Born on May 7, 1947 in Royston, GA, he was the son of the late Clyde Motes, Sr. and Mary Othela Carnes Motes.He was retired from the City of Hartwell-Sanitation Department and a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church. Survivors include four...
Bobbie Benfield
Nov 11, 2011
Mrs. Bobbie Janell Whittington Benfield, age 60, of Lavonia, died Friday, November 11, 2011 at her home. Born December 27, 1950, in DeRidder, LA, she was the daughter of the late: Sylvester and Ollie Mae (Higginbotham) Whittington. She was a homemaker and a member of Hopewell Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...
Gloria Gomez
Nov 9, 2011
Mrs. Gloria Kathryn Fulbright Gomez, age 73, of Lavonia, died Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at her home. Born June 27, 1938, in Lavonia, she was the daughter of the late Wiley Hoke Fulbright and Eva Wooten Fulbright. She was a homemaker and she was of the Church of God faith. She is survived by her husband: Domingo Gomez of the...
David Buffington
Nov 8, 2011
Hugh David Buffington, 69, of Lavonia, died Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at St. Mary's Hospice House following an extended illness. Born in Lavonia in 1942 to the late Charlie and Mary Lou (Withers) Buffington, he was a 1960 graduate of Hart County High School and went on to receive teaching degrees from Berry College, Emory University, and Georgia State University....
Martha Carter
Nov 6, 2011
Ms. Martha Jo Lewis Carter, 79, of 129 Baker Street, Hartwell, died Sunday, November 06, 2011 at Hartwell Health Care Center. Born on July 5, 1932 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Lewis and Pauline Dooley Lewis.She was a former Ward Secretary at Hart County Hospital and loved to bake cakes.She was a member of...
Martha Scott
Nov 5, 2011
Mrs. Martha Reid Evans Scott, 83, of 731 Benson Street, Hartwell, died Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Hart Care Center. Born on November 20, 1927 in Elberton, GA, she was the daughter of the late Charles L. Reid and Wordley Lawrence Reid.She was a retired seamstress for the Hartwell Company and a member of Sardis Baptist Church. Survivors include two...
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