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Caroline Gates
Mar 27, 2022
Caroline Marion Cutler Gates, age 73, of Lavonia, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2022 at her home, after a courageous 25-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Born October 24, 1948, in Coral Gables, FL, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Clark Cutler, Jr. and Doris Bigelow Cutler. She was a 1966 graduate of Venice High School and retired as...
Carol Elrod Fulbright
Mar 25, 2022
Carrie "Carol" Elrod Fulbright, age 73, of Lavonia, passed away Friday, March 25, 2022 at her home. Born March 10, 1949, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Max and Rosa Lee Allen Elrod. She was a graduate of Franklin County High School and retired from Wometco Vending. Carol was a member of Gateway Believers Fellowship in...
Douglas D. Casey
Mar 25, 2022
Douglas Dean Casey, age 87, of Lavonia, passed away Friday, March 25, 2022, at his home. Born March 23, 1935, in Franklin County, he was the son of the late John Erastus "Pete" Casey and Lethia (Cole) Casey. Doug graduated from Hart County School and he served in the United States Army. He worked for Monroe Automotive for more than...
Donna Ruth Long
Mar 23, 2022
Ms. Donna Ruth Long, 73, of Bowen Road, Hartwell, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at her home. Born on November 22, 1948 in Waynesville NC, she was the daughter of the late Donald Jay Long and Ruth Evalena Moody Long. Donna received two masters' degrees, one in Education from West Georgia College and one in Library Science from University...
Sallye Gay Frady
Mar 22, 2022
Mrs. Sallye Coleman Gay Frady, 68, of Hartwell, passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Born on July 21, 1953 in Milledgeville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Bolling Gay III and Elizabeth Coleman Gay. Mrs. Frady received her master's degree in Social Work from the University of Georgia....
James R. Kesler
Mar 21, 2022
James Royce Kesler, Sr., 89, of Hartwell, passed away on March 21, 2022, at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital, Lavonia. Born on November 25, 1932, in Winder, Georgia, he was the son of the late James Harold Kesler and Susie Runette Manders Kesler.Jim graduated from Winder High School as an honor graduate. He served in the United States Army during...
Charlie Lamar Couch
Mar 21, 2022
Charlie Lamar Couch, age 41, of Royston passed away Monday, March 21, 2022. He was born, in Athens, April 11, 1980, son of Lonnie Boyd Couch and Cindy Jo Nelms. He was an avid fisherman and a dedicated Georgia Bulldogs Football fan. He graduated from Elbert County High School and worked for the AutoZone Distribution Center in Lavonia for more...
Amos Malachi
Mar 19, 2022
Mr. Amos Malachi, 62, of Sunset Road, Canon, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2022 at his home. Born on February 29, 1960 in Winchester KY, he was the son of Verdie Helmburg Bryant and the late Brooks Dean Barnes Sr.Mr. Malachi was a property maintenance manager for Sun Chemical and a US Navy Veteran. He is survived by his wife:...
Rose Hill York
Mar 18, 2022
Rose Alice Hill York died at her home surrounded by her family in Lavonia, Georgia on March 18, 2022 at the age of 83. A devoted wife, mother and grandmother, Rose was born at home on June 13, 1938 in Lavonia. She was one of four children born to the late Ben and Maycle Hill of Lavonia.She met and married...
Bobbie Marie Brech
Mar 18, 2022
Ms. Bobbie Marie Brech, age 61, of Lavonia, passed away in her home, after an extended illness, on Friday, March 18, 2022. Bobbie was born on September 10, 1960, in Lake Village, Arkansas. Bobbie was a veteran of the United States Army. She worked as a department head for ET Global of Gwinnett. She was an avid baseball and softball...
Weldon Dewayne Murray
Mar 18, 2022
Mr. Weldon Dewayne Murray, age 38, of Royston, husband of Amanda Wooten Murray, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, March 18, 2022, after a battle from cancer, surrounded by his family and friends. Born in Royston on April 10, 1983, to Glenda Pruitt Harrison and the late John Weldon Murray. Dewayne loved spending time with his family especially...
Joe Payne
Mar 15, 2022
Mr. Joe Stewart Payne, Sr. of Jefferson, formerly of Hartwell, died at home while under hospice care on March 15, 2022. A devoted husband, father, and grandfather, Mr. Payne was born at home on August 27, 1937, in the Bio community of Hartwell. He was the youngest of eight children born to the late David Lumpkin Payne, Sr. and Flora...
James L. Hayes
Mar 15, 2022
Mr. James Leo Hayes, 79, of Airline Community, Bowersville, passed away Tuesday, March 15 2022 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital, Athens. Born on February 15, 1943 in Hartwell, GA, he was the son of the late Albert Hayes and Laura Crook Hayes. Mr. Hayes was a delivery driver for Ford Lumber Company for over 36 years and a member of...
Margaret Arwood Cribb
Mar 15, 2022
Margaret Louise Carter Arwood Cribb, 93, passed to the next life in the early hours of March 15, 2022, at her home in Hartwell, GA. She was born in Lawtey, FL, on December 30, 1928, the oldest daughter of late Carl "Bub" Francis Carter and Mildred Louise Durban Carter. Margaret grew up as a farmer's daughter in Lawtey. She met...
William "Bill" Poe
Mar 13, 2022
William "Bill" Poe. Age 87, formerly of Wyandotte and Allen Park. Beloved father of Debbie (Ed) Johnson, Sally (Jerry) Nantais, and Pamela (James) Farmer. Also survived by 10 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, and dear brother Ken. Preceded in death by his loving wife JoAnn, parents William (Fred) and Dorothy Poe, and dear brother Bob. He's left us to be with his...
Susan Rena Phagan
Mar 12, 2022
Mrs. Susan Rena Phagan, age 61 of Lavonia, GA, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022, at her residence. A daughter of the late Delma Cecil Phagan, Sr. and Jo Westmoreland Phagan, she was born January 23, 1961, in Stephens County and has lived the last 25 years in Franklin, County.Susan was a member of the Rock Creek Baptist Church; she...
Jerod Heith Stowe
Mar 12, 2022
Mr. Jerod Heith Stowe, 40, of Doyle Street, Toccoa, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022 at his home. Born on February 22, 1982 in Royston GA, he was the son of Keith Stowe and Deborah Altman Meeks. He received an associate degree from Tri County Tech. Mr. Stowe was a traveling nurse with Solian and Health and was a member...
Virginia Roberson Senkbeil
Mar 11, 2022
Mrs. Virginia Dare Roberson Senkbeil, age 88, of Hartwell, passed away Friday, March 11, 2022 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, after a brief illness. Born July 24, 1933, in Marion County, AL, she was a daughter of the late J. S. and Dessie Ola Ayers Roberson. She was a homemaker and a member of Lavonia First Baptist Church. She...
Scott Douglas Wood
Mar 10, 2022
Scott Douglas Wood, age 51, of Canon, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022 at his home. Born February 8, 1971, in Three Forks, Montana, he was a son of the late Douglas Wood and Debra Lynn (Wood) Tuck. He has worked with Ritz Instrument Transformers in Lavonia for more than ten years. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist...
Edith Holland Kane
Mar 8, 2022
Mrs. Edith "Edie" Edna Holland Kane, 69, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at her home. Edie was born September 2, 1952, on MacDill Airforce Base in Tampa, Florida. She grew up in Sylvester, Georgia, and attended Worth County High School. She went on to graduate from Troy University with a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Georgia Southwestern State...
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