Bobby Gentry
Dec 2, 2021
Bobby Gentry, age 82, of Canon, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2021 at his home. Born March 13, 1939 in Madison County, he was the son of the late Ed and Rosie (Hill) Gentry.Before retirement he worked as a heavy equipment operator for the City of Royston and the Franklin County Landfill. He was a member of Vingeard Creek Baptist...
Ron Jonson
Nov 30, 2021
Mr. Ronald "Ron" Ray Jonson, 78, of Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at his home. Born on December 29, 1942 in Louisville, KY, he was the son of the late Raymond Watson and Virginia Wiley Holmes. Mr. Jonson received his BA from Western Kentucky University and graduated with a Masters and Specialist degree in Music from the University...
Ralph M. Owens
Nov 30, 2021
Ralph Mack Owens, age 84, of Lavonia, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born September 4, 1937, in Lavonia, a son of the late Clifford and Dora Faye (Cobb) Owens. He was a graduate of Lavonia High School and a veteran of the United States Army. He worked in law enforcement for several years...
Wilson Page
Nov 29, 2021
Mr. George Wilson Page, Jr, 79, of Hartwell, passed away November 29, 2021 at his home following a seven-year struggle with cancer. Wilson was born on February 21, 1942 in Anderson, SC. His parents were the late George Wilson Page, Sr. (mayor of Hartwell 1948-50) and Ruth Smith Page (career elementary teacher in Hartwell public schools). He developed a lifelong...
Sheena Todd Yeargin
Nov 29, 2021
Mrs. Sheena Ann Todd Yeargin, 63, of Holmes Road, Dewy Rose, GA, , passed away Monday,November 29, 2021 at her home. Born on January 20, 1958 in Hartwell GA, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Joe Todd and Opal Irene Moon Todd. Mrs. Yeargin was of a homemaker and a former certified nursing assistant.She was a member of...
Thomas L. Murray
Nov 24, 2021
Mr. Thomas L. Murray, 83, of South Forest Ave, Hartwell, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at his home. Born on April 3, 1938 in Toccoa GA, he was the son of the late Ralph L. Murray and Etta Anderson Murray.He was formerly employed at Hartwell Mills and L.H.P. Mfg. and attended the Hartwell Church of God. Survivors include two...
Paula Harris Brown
Nov 21, 2021
Mrs. Paula Ann Harris Brown, 67, of Bio Church Road, Hartwell, passed away Sunday, November 21, 2021 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Born on August 3, 1954 in Elberton GA, she was the daughter of Jo Ann Phillips Harris and the late Robert A. "Bob" Harris.Mrs. Brown formerly worked at the University of Georgia in the Registrar's Office and was...
Elaine Crump Rowland
Nov 18, 2021
Mrs. Elaine Crump Rowland, 70, of Hartwell, passed away November 18, 2021 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia. Born on July 17, 1951 in Elberton, GA, she was the daughter of the late Billy Joe Crump and Virginia Evans Crump. Mrs. Rowland was a homemaker and a member of the Cedar Creek Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband:...
Dorothy Jo Richardson Temples
Nov 17, 2021
Mrs. Dorothy Jo Richardson Temples, 95, of Bio Lane, Hartwell, passed away Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia. Born on September 15, 1926 in Hartwell GA, she was the daughter of the late Glenn Richardson and Lillie Gaines Richardson. Mrs. Temples was employed with the Hartwell Company as a seamstress and an assembly line...
Imogene Bowen Chappelear
Nov 14, 2021
Imogene Bowen Chappelear, age 87, of Lavonia, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021 at her home. Born September 12, 1934 in Hartwell, she was the daughter of the late William Leland Bowen and Beulah Ann Victoria (Ledford) Bowen. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Before retirement she worked in the textile industry. She loved working in...
Inez Lambert Roach
Nov 14, 2021
Inez Lambert Roach, age 82, of Lavonia, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021 at her home. Born April 5, 1939, in Pensacola, FL, she was the daughter of the late Mathis & Gladys (Sunday) Lambert. She was a lifelong farmer and homemaker. She will be remembered as a loving mother and grandmother. Mrs. Roach attended Shoal Creek Baptist Church and...
Judy Marie Armour
Nov 13, 2021
Judy Marie (Williams) Armour, age 75, of Clarkesville, passed away Saturday, November 13, 2021 at Habersham Medical Center. Born October 14, 1946 in Clarkesville, she was the daughter of the late George and Louise Free Williams. Mrs. Armour was a minister who spent her time helping and sharing God with whomever she could. In addition to her parents, she was...
Alfred "Al" Sims
Nov 12, 2021
Alfred "Al" Maurice Sims, born December 6, 1926 in Lafayette, Alabama, passed away peacefully on November 12, 2021 at 11:12 pm - ever the lover of numbers. He died surrounded by his family, just 24 days shy of his 95th birthday. Al was the son of the late Alfred Vardaman Sims and Cassie Catherine Cotton Sims and had one sister,...
Tony Adams
Nov 10, 2021
Mr. James Anthony "Tony" Adams, 57, of Statham, GA, formerly of Hartwell, passed away November 10, 2021 at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. Born on December 6, 1963 in Elberton, GA, he was the son of Kenton L. Adams and Corene Gulley Adams. Mr. Adams was of the Baptist faith Survivors include his parents: Kenton & Corene Adams of Hartwell; daughter: Jennifer...
Betty Lou Mccoy
Nov 6, 2021
Betty Lou Alexander McCoy, age 81, of Lavonia, passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021 at Brown Health & Rehab in Royston. Born November 9, 1939, in Easley, SC, she was the daughter of the late Grover and Gertrude Haynes. Before retirement she worked most of her working life as a sewing plant operator and late in life as a food...
Kenneth Lash
Nov 5, 2021
Mr. Kenneth "Ken" E. Lash Jr, 65, of Hart County, Lavonia, passed away Friday, November 5, 2021 at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens. Born on September 26, 1956 in Blue Ridge, GA, he was the son of the late Rev. Kenneth E. Lash Sr. and Frances Gendron Lash. Mr. Lash received a MBA from Brenau University and was a production...
Stewart "Bill" Bowers
Nov 4, 2021
With his health failing, Stewart Vandiver Bowers, Jr., known as Bill, passed away on November 4, 2021 at the age of 93. Born on December 15, 1927 in Hart County, Georgia, Bill was the fourth child and second son born to Dr. Stewart Vandiver Bowers, Sr., and Lilly Hollis Bennett Bowers. Though no one in the family knows why he...
Joyce Collier Hilliard
Nov 4, 2021
Joyce Hilliard of Bowersville, GA passed away at home on November 4, 2021 after a brief struggle with lung cancer. She had recently celebrated her 88th birthday. Joyce was born on October 3, 1933 in Carlton, GA to Robert and Louise Collier. She grew up in Bowersville, graduated from Hartwell High School, and attended Piedmont Nursing School in Atlanta where...
Phong Quoc Pham
Nov 3, 2021
Mr. Phong Quoc Pham, 32, of Jud Cole Road, Canon, passed away Wednesday, November 3. Born on March 22, 1989 in Fountain Valley CA, he was the son of Cong Van Pham and Yen Tran Pham. Survivors include his parents and three brothers: Bao Quoc Pham, Cuong Quoc Pham and Duy Quoc Pham. The family will receive friends Monday from...
Hilda Carter Thomason
Nov 2, 2021
Hilda Elaine Carter Thomason, age 66, of Lavonia, passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at her home. Born January 6, 1955 in Toccoa, she was the daughter of the late Milford Carter and Sara Frances Lewis Carter Maye. Before retirement she worked for Tugalo Home Health. Mrs. Thomason was a member of Faith Tabernacle Holiness Church. In addition to her...
