Obituary Listing

Oct 5, 2023

Miss Lois R. Mize, 91, of Herndon Circle, Bowman, passed away Thursday, October 5, 2023 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital.

Born on August 12, 1932 in Royston GA, she was the daughter of the late Otho C. Mize and Quillie Winn Mize.  Miss Lois was retried form the Georgia Department of Human Resources...

Oct 3, 2023

Maurice Lane Floyd, age 77, of Lavonia, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center.

He was born September 4, 1946, in Lavonia, the son of the late O. Z. and Annie Belle (Pitts) Floyd. Mr. Floyd graduated from Lavonia High School and was a veteran of the United States Army. He was...

Oct 2, 2023

Ruth Pauline Hicks Davis, age 99, of Lavonia, passed away Monday, October 2, 2023 at her home.

She was born May 14, 1924, in Hart County, the daughter of the late Fred and Minnie Cash Hicks. She graduated from Lavonia High School and retired from the United States Postal Service, where she worked as a postal clerk...

Sep 30, 2023

Mr. Jerry DeWitt Duncan, 74, of Hartwell, passed away Saturday, September 30, 2023 at Rainey Hospice House, Anderson, SC.

Born on February 17, 1949 in Knoxville TN, he was the son of the late Edgar P. Duncan and Myrtle Crabtree Duncan.  Mr. Duncan was a United State Postal Service Clerk and a member of the Abundant Life...

Sep 29, 2023

Miss Mary Ava Tester, 9, of Craft Road, Hartwell, passed away Friday, September 29, 2023 at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scottish Rite.

Born on June 19, 2014 in Lavonia, GA, she was the daughter of Andrew Tester, Mandy Craft and Rusty and Missy Vaughn. She was a 3rd grade student at Hartwell Elementary and a member of...

Sep 28, 2023

Mr. Charles Michael "Mike" Franklin, 75, of Hartwell, passed away Thursday, September 28, 2023 at AnMed Health Medical Center, Anderson SC.

Born on July 21, 1948 in Elberton GA, he was the son of the late Charles Harley Franklin and Edith Gilliam Franklin.  Mr. Franklin was a graduate of Georgia College, owner/operator of Agape Computers in Elberton,...

Sep 27, 2023

Cynthia Lee "Cindy" (Collins) Fulghum, age 68, of Martin, passed away Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital.

Born January 17, 1955 in Newfoundland, Canada. She was the daughter of the late Melvin Lee and Peggy Joyce (Phillips) Collins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by  a daughter: Rebecca Lee...

Sep 25, 2023

Ms. Margie Ruth Alewine Haskins, 91, of Chandlers Ferry Road, Hartwell, passed away Monday, September 25, 2023 at her home.

Born on October 25, 1931 in Hartwell GA, she was the daughter of the late Roy Jasper Alewine Sr. and Annie Sue Shellnut Alewine.  Ms. Haskins was a retired CNA with Brown Health and Rehabilitation and of...

Sep 21, 2023

Mrs. Mary Imogene "Jean" Kay Campbell, 88, of Royston, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023 at her home.

Born on September 30, 1934 in Dewy Rose, GA, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Lewis Kay Sr. and Naomi Elizabeth Welborn Kay. Mrs. Campbell was a lunch room worker at the Hart County Middle School, and...

Sep 21, 2023

Mr. Marvin Larry Hale, 83, of Mt. Olivet Road, Hartwell, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023 at his home.

Born on November 4, 1939 in Tishomingo, MS, he was the son of the late Marvin William Hale and Mary Odom Hale. Mr. Hale was a self-employed custom home builder and general contractor for over 50 years, and...

Sep 21, 2023

David Mathew Kreft, Sr., age 69, of Martin, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023, at his home.

Born July 19, 1954, in Chicago, IL, he was the son of the late Harold Kreft and Frances Horn Giese. Before retirement he worked as a warehouse manager for Wellstone. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Sep 21, 2023

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Patterson Wood, 90, of Bowersville, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023 at her home.

Born on October 30, 1932 in Bowersville, GA, she was the daughter of the late J.B. Patterson and Sadie Weaver Patterson.  Mrs. Wood was a homemaker, and a member of the Lavonia Church of God where she received an honorable...

Sep 20, 2023

Wayne Cameron Whitfield, age 67, of Lavonia, passed away Wednesday, September 20, 2022, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.

Born May 21, 1956, in Seneca, SC, he was the son of the late Charles C. and Sarah Grace Farmer Whitfield. Before retirement he worked as self-employed carpenter and was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church....

Sep 20, 2023

Mrs. Ruth Ann Borders Hill, 82, of Hartwell, passed away Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at Hartwell Health and Rehab.

Born on March 18, 1941 in Anderson SC, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Frank Borders Sr and Elease Chitwood Borders.  Mrs. Hill was a retired machine operator with Springs Industries and a member of Oak...

Sep 19, 2023

Mrs. Sue Gunter Dutton, 76 of Rice Mill Road, Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at her home.

Born on February 2, 1947 in Pickens SC, she was the daughter of the late William Carl Gunter and Ila Bray Gunter.  Mrs. Dutton was a retired machine operator with Tenneco Automotive Equipment Company...

Sep 16, 2023

Ms. Rhonda Wilson O'Barr, 57, of Hartwell, passed away Saturday, September 16, 2023 at St. Mary's, Sacred Heart Hospital, Lavonia.

Born on November 10, 1965 in Anderson SC, Rhonda was the daughter of the late Donald Wilson and Ella Jean Smith Harmon.  Ms. O'Barr was a graduate of Hart Co. High School, Class...

Sep 16, 2023

Rev. Bobby Joe Allen, age 72, of Canon, passed from this life Saturday, September 16, 2023 at his home.

He was born October 24, 1950, in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Charles and Marjorie Carter Allen. He worked at Monroe Tenneco Automotive in Hartwell for many years, before becoming a self-employed carpenter. He...

Sep 15, 2023

Robert "Pete" Carter, age 80, of Lexington, OH, passed away Friday, September 15, 2023.

He was born December 19, 1942 in Lavonia, GA, he was the son of the Late Thomas and Collis Carter. Pete had a deep passion for all things John Deere and spent countless hours tending to his prized green machines.

He...

Sep 12, 2023

Mr. Joe Braxton McCall, age 84 of Prather Bridge Road, Toccoa passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at the Stephens County Hospital.

A son of the late Racine and Emma Brinsdon McCall, he was born August 8, 1939 in Franklin County, Georgia having lived most of his life in Stephens County.  He was retired from Georgia Power...

Sep 12, 2023

Mrs. Wanda Evelyn Cabe Kellar, age 86, of Toccoa, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at her home.

Born April 2, 1937 in Toccoa, she was the daughter of the late Luther Stephen and Rae Alice Russell Cabe. Mrs. Kellar was a homemaker, and retired from Belk.  She was a member of Rock Creek Baptist Church.  She...