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Maudie Dutton Dobbs
Aug 19, 2021
Mrs. Maudie Belle Dutton Dobbs, 85, of Hartwell, passed away Thursday, August 19, 2021 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Born on October 10, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Jack Dutton and Mary Brown Dutton.Mrs. Dobbs was a retired seamstress for the Hartwell Company and Gips Manufacturing, and she was a member of the Oak Bower Baptist Church....
Mabel Conwell Vaughn
Aug 17, 2021
Mrs. Mabel Conwell Vaughn, 68, of Goldmine Community, Royston, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at her home. Born on January 5, 1953 Elberton GA, she was the daughter of the late James Willie Conwell and Inez Dunbar Conwell Dickerson.Mrs. Vaughn was a retired poultry and cattle farmer, co-owner of K & M Farms.She was a member of the Rock...
Brenda Crocker Alexander
Aug 17, 2021
Mrs. Brenda Joyce Crocker Alexander, 75, of Cedar Creek Circle, Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at her home. Born on July 23, 1946 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late J.C. Crocker and Beatrice Herring Crocker Casper.Mrs. Alexander was a retired RN, working at AnMed Health Medical Center for over 40 years. She always loved...
Lanier Shaw
Aug 17, 2021
Mr. W. Lanier Shaw, 65, of Center of the World Road, Canon, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Born on February 19, 1956 in Elberton GA, he was the son of Bobby Shaw and the late Patricia Rice Shaw. Mr. Shaw was a retired assistant manager of Instrument Design & Fabrication Shop at UGA and...
Reynold Edward Hartmann
Aug 15, 2021
Mr. Reynold Edward Hartmann, 73, of Hartwell, passed away Sunday, August 15, 2021 at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson. Born on December 6, 1947 in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Henry Frederick Hartmann and Dorothy Wetzel Hartmann.Mr. Hartmann was a grounds keeper for the Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY, an avid deep sea fisherman, and...
Talmadge Lewis
Aug 14, 2021
Mr. George Talmadge Lewis, age 68 of Lavonia, peacefully passed away at his home on Saturday, August 14, 2021. He was a good man, and will be missed by all those who loved him dearly. Talmadge was born on April 30, 1953 in Royston, Ga. to the late Boyd Lewis and Louise Carter Lewis. He was preceded in death by...
Larry Risner
Aug 13, 2021
Mr. James Larry Risner, 70, of Hartwell, passed away Friday, August 13, 2021 at Oak View Nursing Home in Waverly Hall, GA. Born on November 16, 1950 in Hart County, GA he was the son of the late James Roy Risner and Imogene Sara Holcombe Risner.Mr. Risner was a former member of the New Harmony United Methodist Church. Survivors include...
Pamela Toney Gill
Aug 13, 2021
Pamela Toney Gill, 63, went to be with her Lord,Friday evening, August 13, 2021, at the Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, after a short illness. Born November 4, 1957, she was the daughter of Patricia Cheek Dyer and the late Dwain A. Toney. She was a graduate of Franklin County High School, and Georgia College in Milledgeville. She was retired...
Dustin B. Rector
Aug 11, 2021
Dustin Blake "Dusty" Rector, age 37, of Bowman, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2021 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital. Born April 5, 1984, in Jonesboro, GA, he was the son of Tammy (Brooks) McKern and the late Tony Rector. Dusty worked as a poultry farmer at the Flying Egg and attended Rice Creek Baptist Church in Canon. In addition...
Frank Boylan
Aug 9, 2021
Mr. Francis Joseph "Frank" Boylan, 88, of Hartwell, passed away Monday, August 9, 2021 at Rainey Hospice House, Anderson SC. A memorial mass for Mr. Frank Boylan will be Thursday, August 12, 2021 at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Hart County Humane Society, PO Box 1062, Hartwell GA...
Michael Miller
Aug 9, 2021
Michael Keith Miller, age 64, of Royston, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2021 at Saint Mary's Hospital in Athens. He was born March 4, 1957, in Donalsonville, GA, the son of the late Henry and Walla (Capps) Miller. He retired from Spacewall, Inc. as a CNC Operator. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Miller was an avid outdoorsman; he...
Harold Crocker
Aug 8, 2021
Harold Crocker, 81, went to his heavenly home on Sunday, August 8, 2021. Harold was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. Married to Terry Ann Bailey for 51 years. He was a 1957 graduate of Hart County High School and Anderson College. He was retired from BASF (30+ years). He was a member of Oakwood Baptist Church...
Wiley Phillips
Aug 5, 2021
Wiley Jimmy Phillips, age 71, of Royston, passed away Thursday, August 5, 2021 at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens. Born October 11, 1949 in Royston, he was the son of the late Wiley Jackson and Willie Ruth Phillips. Before retirement he worked for the GA Department of Transportation. Mr. Phillips was a member of Peniel Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mr. Phillips...
Frances Patton
Jul 30, 2021
Frances (Priester) Patton, age 98, of Greenville, SC, passed away Friday, July 30, 2021 at McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville, SC. Born December 3, 1922 in Clyde, GA, she was the daughter of the late John Ellis and Lillie (Schuman) Priester. Before retirement she worked as Food Service Director for Brevard County School System. Mrs. Patton was a member of...
Betty Rowland Skelton
Jul 29, 2021
Mrs. Betty Rowland Skelton, 87, of Hartwell, passed away Thursday, July 29, 2021 at The Overlook in Toccoa, GA. Born on December 18, 1933 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late Waymond Rowland and Annie Laura Snow Rowland. Mrs. Skelton was a house parent for the TMR School – Girls Home, homemaker, and former co-owner of B...
Jenny Long Ford
Jul 25, 2021
Jenny Long Ford, 81, of Athens, GA, passed away at her home on Sunday, July 25th, 2021. Jenny was born on July 31, 1939 in Charlotte, NC and was the daughter of the late Franklin W. Long and Loyall Hurd Long. Jenny graduated from Grady School of Nursing at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta in 1960. She worked at Athens...
Ada Kaufman (Courtesy)
Jul 21, 2021
Ada C. Kaufman, 79, of Sandy Springs, died July 21, 2021. Mrs. Kaufman was a beloved wife, mother and grandmother. Ada was most proud of her volunteer work that she did with The Link Counseling Center in Sandy Springs. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Howard M. Kaufman; son and daughters-in-law, Marc and Christy Kaufman, Jonathan and...
John Zrybko
Jul 20, 2021
Mr. John Zrybko, 92, of Elberton, passed away Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at his home. John was born in Garfield New Jersey April 10, 1929. Both of his parents emigrated from Eastern Europe. He had three sisters, Helen Obuchowski, Marge Haladyna, and Sally Burden who predeceased him. He was also predeceased by his daughter Barbara and his oldest son Raymond....
Roy L. Crunkleton
Jul 18, 2021
Mr. Roy Lee Crunkleton, 82, of Hartwell, passed away Sunday, July 18, 2021 at NHC Healthcare of Anderson. Born on February 9, 1939, in Carnesville GA, he was the son of the late Herbert Crunkleton and Mae Belle Segars Crunkleton.Mr. Crunkleton graduated Barber School in Atlanta GA and started his working years as a Barber, then he became a self-employed...
Donna Willis Jackson
Jul 18, 2021
Mrs. Mary "Donna" Willis Jackson, 62, of Bowersville died peacefully at home on Sunday, July 18, 2021. Born on October 21, 1958, the daughter of the late Jack and Jo Ella Alexander Willis, Donna, as she was known, grew up in the Rock Branch community of Elbert County before moving to Hart County after she wed. She still loved the...
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