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Mae Freeman Beebe
Jan 19, 2024
Mrs. Mae Freeman Beebe, 93, of Canon, passed away Friday, January 19, 2024 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia.
Born on December 13, 1930 in Toccoa, GA, she was the daughter of the late William Carl Freeman and Faith Jewel Hunter Freeman. Mrs. Beebe was a seamstress for the Hartwell Garment...
Linda Lott
Jan 17, 2024
Linda Frances Cain Lott, age 79, of Lavonia, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at Manor Lake Assisted Living and Memory Care.
She was born June 18, 1944 in Oconee County, the daughter of the late Paul & Geneva Cain. She was a member of the Lavonia First United Methodist Church. She retired from Dollar General as...
Sue Osborne Bray
Jan 16, 2024
Mrs. Sue Osborne Bray, 87, of Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at Hart Care Center.
Born on October 30, 1936 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late Joe E. Osborne and Audrey Nell Reed Osborne. Â Mrs. Bray was a retired medical clerk at Whitworth Detention Center. She was...
Charlie Thornton (Courtesy)
Jan 15, 2024
Charles C. Thornton Jr. (Charlie), age 76 passed away peacefully at his home on January 15, 2024, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
Charlie was born on December 13, 1947, to Charles C. Thornton Sr. and Ethel Quarles Thornton from Hartwell, Georgia. In addition to his devoted wife Susan of 52 years,...
Brenda Atkinson Vaughn
Jan 15, 2024
Brenda Joyce Atkinson Vaughn, age 70, of Lavonia passed away Monday, January 15, 2024 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
Born November 7, 1953, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Willie Jeptha Atkinson and Sara Leaford Coker Atkinson. She was a homemaker and of the Christian faith. Brenda loved cooking with her nieces and...
Jerry Clyde Jones
Jan 12, 2024
Jerry Clyde Jones, age 83, of Hartwell, passed away Friday, January 12, 2024 at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta.
Born September 15, 1940, in Atlanta, he was the son of the late William Clyde Jones and Faye Hinkle Heath.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Jones of the home; daughter and son-in-law,...
Evelyn Blakely Goss
Jan 12, 2024
Evelyn Blakely Goss, age 84, passed away Friday, January 12, 2024 at her home. Born March 1, 1939 in Oconee County, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Robert Hoke Blakely, Sr. and Ida Mae (Gibson) Blakely. She married her best friend and soulmate, Hoke Donald Goss, Sr. who preceded her in death in 2004. She is...
Paul King, Jr.
Jan 9, 2024
Paul King, Jr., age 76, of Lavonia, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital.
He was born July 20, 1947, in Sallis, Mississippi, son of the late Paul King, Sr. and Leona Keith King. Mr. King was a proud US Army veteran, where he served during the Vietnam War. He retired from...
Dorothy Bergdoll Custer
Jan 9, 2024
Dorothy Jane Bergdoll Custer, age 84, of Brookdale Assisted Living in Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at Hartwell Health & Rehabilitation.
She was born January 21, 1939 in Muncie, IN, the daughter of the late Raymond and Charlotte Harwick Bergdoll. After marriage, to Robert "Bob" Edwin Custer, she resided in Anderson, IN until 1987, when...
Johnny Mansfield
Jan 9, 2024
Mr. Jonathan Norman "Johnny" Mansfield, 73, of Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson, SC.
Born on October 11, 1950 in Washington, GA, he was the son of the late Norman "Connie" Mansfield and Ruth Poss Mansfield. Â Mr. Mansfield was an Eagle Scout and a graduate...
Hazel Schultz Moorhead
Jan 8, 2024
Mrs. Hazel Schultz Moorhead, 97, of Hartwell, passed away Monday, January 8, 2024 at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens.
Born on May 7, 1926 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Schultz and Dollie Fleming Schultz. Mrs. Moorhead was a graduate of the Hartwell High School Class of 1944,...
Mary Kidd Jackson
Jan 8, 2024
Mary Kidd Jackson, age 80, passed away peacefully on January 8th, 2024, at Hart Health and Rehab in Hartwell, GA.
Mary was born on August 25th, 1943, in Gadsden, Alabama, to the late Charles B. & Mary Eleanor Kidd of Hartwell, Ga. She was a 1961 graduate of Hart County High School and...
Jackie Roper Keller
Jan 8, 2024
Ms. Jackie Brenda Roper Keller, 79, of Junction 77 Road, Hartwell, passed away Monday, January 8, 2024 at her home.
Born on August 19, 1944 in Greenwood SC, she was the daughter of the late Mamie Roper. Ms. Keller was retired from Owens Corning Fiberglass and was a member of the Price Chapel...
Jake Beard
Jan 6, 2024
Mr. Jacob Scott "Jake" Beard, 28, of Anderson SC, passed away Saturday, January 6, 2024 at his home.
Born on April 3, 1995 in Royston, GA, he was the son of Samuel Dawson Beard and Tammy Lisa O'Barr Beard. Â Jake attended Milltown Baptist Church. He loved anything electronic and watching movies.
Johnny Dickerson
Jan 6, 2024
Mr. John David "Johnny" Dickerson, 77, of Phillips Way, Hartwell, passed away Saturday, January 6, 2024 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital, Lavonia.
Born on November 13, 1946 in Toccoa GA, he was the son of the late James Woodrow Dickerson and Sarah Propes Dickerson. Â Mr. Dickerson was retired from Beauleiu of America...
Debbie Franks
Jan 5, 2024
Deborah "Debbie" Franks, age 62, of Lavonia, passed away Friday, January 5, 2024 at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens.
Born June 14, 1961, in Royston, she was the daughter of the late Lester Frank & Annie Mae Cash. She was a caregiver and was a member of Double Branches Baptist Church.
She is survived by...
Henry Benson Allen
Jan 4, 2024
Mr. Henry Benson Allen, 63, of Hartwell, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia.
Born on March 2, 1960 in Royston, GA, he was the son of the late Francis Benson "Ben" Allen and Mary Sue Williford Allen. Â Mr. Allen was a weaver for Fenner Dunlop, and a member of...
Randall "Randy" Curtis Mccauley
Jan 4, 2024
Mr. Randall Curtis "Randy" McCauley, 59, of Royston, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024 at his home.
Born on November 4, 1964 in Hammond IN, he was the son of the late Louie Curtis McCauley and Linda Faye Padgett McCauley. Â Mr. McCauley was a software engineer with Insource Solutions and a member of...
Patricia Diane Cowart
Jan 1, 2024
Miss Patricia Diane Cowart, 86, of Hartwell, formerly of Jacksonville, FL, passed away Monday, January 1, 2024 Comer Health & Rehab in Comer, GA.
Born on July 25, 1937 in Jacksonville, FL, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Newton Cowart Sr. and Josephine Peek Cowart. Miss Cowart was of the Catholic faith.
Survivors...
Marilyn Lecroy Poole (Courtesy)
Dec 30, 2023
Marilyn LeCroy Poole of Athens, Georgia passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on December 30, 2023.
Marilyn was born in Toccoa, Georgia and grew up in Hart County where her father, Roscoe LeCroy, was principal of Air Line School. Marilyn graduated from Hart County High School in 1971 as an honor graduate. She achieved lots...
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