Obituary Listing

Mar 31, 2023

Mr. Philip J. Monti, 83, of Dunwoody GA formerly of Hartwell, passed away Friday, March 31, 2023 at Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers FL.

Born on June 28, 1939 in Syracuse NY, he was the son of the late Philip Aldo Monti and Lydia Musilli Monti. Mr. Monti lived in Skaneateles, NY for many years, where he...

Mar 29, 2023

Mr. Stanley Maguire Sholette, Jr, 69, of Hartwell, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson, SC.

Born on November 11, 1953 in Darby, PA, he was the son of the late Stanley Sholette Sr. and Cornelia Timberlake Sholette. Mr. Sholette was employed as a sale representative for BCI Solutions, and was...

Mar 29, 2023

Ms. Gloria Ann Evans Shelnut, 65, of Hartwell, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at AnMed Health Medical Center, Anderson SC.

Born on June 8, 1957 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late Amos Evans and Mary Annie Whitfield Evans. Gloria was a member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church.

She is survived...

Mar 29, 2023

Mrs. Barbara Ann Wyrick Brown, 74, of Hartwell, GA, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia.

Born May 3, 1948 in Greensboro, NC, she was the daughter of the late Granville Wyrick and Helen McFarland Wyrick.  Mrs. Brown received a Bachelor's Degree from Gardner-Webb University and was a retired teacher...

Mar 26, 2023

Mr. Viviano Monarrez, 70, of Nicholson, GA, formerly of Cicero, IL, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2023 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital, Athens, Georgia.

Born on December 2, 1952 in Durango, Mexico, he was the son of the late Justo Monarrez Quiñones and Antonia Astorga Diaz. Mr. Monarrez was a retired machine operator for PolyOne and attended...

Mar 25, 2023

Elaine Maret Gibbs, age 80, of Royston, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2023 at St. Mary's Hospice House in Bogart, following a series of strokes.

She was born October 7, 1942, in Franklin County, daughter of the late Karl and Sophia Randall Maret. She was a member of Lavonia High School's Class of 1960, and graduated from...

Mar 24, 2023

Dora Viola McGill Gray, 82, of Carnesville, passed away Friday morning, March 24, 2023 at Spring Valley Nursing Home, Elberton, GA.

Born May 22, 1940, in Franklin County she was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Icie Bell Williams McGill. She was the great-grandmother of the late, Ella Ruth Todd, mother-in-law of the late Becky...

Mar 21, 2023

Jay Carroll Bullock embarked upon his wide-open and adventurous life on May 6, 1960 as the son of Gerald and Brenda Bullock on an army base located in Wurzburg, Germany.  From there his family transferred to a new military assignment in Chicago, after living his first year as a dual citizen due to his German birth.

They...

Mar 19, 2023

Mrs. Ruth Inez Bratcher Cobb, 88, of  Hartwell, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital.

Born on March 19, 1935 in Hartwell, she was the daughter of the late Dock Bratcher and O'Nell Carnes Bratcher. Mrs. Cobb was a retired seamstress for the Hartwell Garment Company, a caregiver, and a member of the...

Mar 19, 2023

Martha Emily Reynolds Landen, age 86, of Lavonia, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

She was born January 3, 1937, in Wilmington, DE, daughter of the late William and Susan Hands Reynolds. She was a member of the first graduating class of Nurse Practioners at Emory University during a career that...

Mar 18, 2023

Mozelle Segers Royston, age 90, of Lavonia, Georgia, passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023. She was born on July 16, 1932, in Carnesville, Georgia.

Mozelle was the daughter of the late J. H. and Emmie Segers. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church in Lavonia. She was a loving Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Great-Great Grandmother, Aunt, Sister...

Mar 15, 2023

Pauline Powers "Polly" Brady, age 86, of Lavonia, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at Sacred Heart Hospital

Born June 7, 1936 in Franklin County, she was the daughter the late Lewis Alvin "Jeff" & Mary Alewine Powers. Before retirement she worked as a Teller at Northeast Georgia Bank  and First Bank & Trust. She was a...

Mar 13, 2023

Ms. Wyolene "Pete" Verner, 95, of Hartwell, passed away Monday, March 13, 2023 at Pruitt Health - Spring Valley in Elberton GA.

Born on February 16, 1928 in Carnesville GA, she was the daughter of the late Wiley J. Verner and Hattie Neal Smith Verner.  Ms. Verner was retired from Starr Mill, where she was a Draw...

Mar 11, 2023

Mrs. Mary Frances Boiter "Mama" Hanley, 93, went to her heavenly home Saturday, March 11, 2023. She was at her home in the Cheddar community of Belton, SC, and surrounded by her family as she passed away peacefully.

Born on February 22, 1930 in Belton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Aaron Boiter and Effie...

Mar 10, 2023

Phillip Mark David, age 63, of Athens, passed away Friday, March 10, 2023 in Athens.

Born August 8, 1959 in Commerce, he was the son of the late John Henry David and Joyce Virginia Hambrick.

He is survived by his committed partner: Merian Bing; children: Christopher David and Christy Williams; and his brother: Ronald Hambrick....

Mar 9, 2023

Lillian Richards Tidwell, age 96, of Lavonia, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2023 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital.

Born July 1, 1926, in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Henry Odell and Verde Mae Queen Richards. She retired as an employment counselor for the Georgia Department of Labor. Mrs. Tidwell was a member...

Mar 9, 2023

Carolyn Swanson Walters, age 86, of Lavonia, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2023 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center.

Born September 30, 1936, in Chicago, IL, the daughter of the late Earl C. and Edna Hackbert Swanson. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Chicago. She was a veteran of the US Navy and...

Mar 7, 2023

Mr. Paul Andrew Robinson, 46, of Anderson, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at AnMed Health Medical Center.

Born on May 8, 1976 in Anderson, SC, he was the son of the late Bobby L. Robinson and Sheryl Partain Robinson. Mr. Robinson was a 911 addressing coordinator for the Hart County Board of Commissioners for 15 years....

Mar 6, 2023

Mr. Rodney Jackson, 76, of Hartwell, passed away Monday, March 6, 2023 at his home.

Born on December 30, 1946 in Guntersville, AL he was the son of the late Limus Jackson and Wanda Pack Jackson. Mr. Jackson was a retired co-owner of Pirkle Electric Company in Atlanta GA. He was a member of IBEW, NEBF and...

Mar 6, 2023

Mrs. Lula Belle Sullivan Cobb, 78, of Hartwell, passed away Monday, March 6, 2023 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital, Lavonia.

Born on January 29, 1945 in Hartwell GA, she was the daughter of the late Perry Sullivan and Annie Bratcher Sullivan.  Mrs. Cobb was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She was also an...