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Barbara Jean Lathan White

Barbara Jean Lathan White

Feb 7, 2020

Mrs. Barbara Jean Lathan White, 76, of Will Bailey Road, Hartwell, passed away Friday, February 7, 2020 at her home. Born on September 17, 1943 in Toccoa, GA, she was the daughter of the late Grady Lathan and Daisy Carter Lathan.Mrs. White was retired from the Hart County Hospital, and was a member of the Bowman Church of God. Survivors...

Rosa Lee Stowe Rice

Rosa Lee Stowe Rice

Feb 3, 2020

Mrs. Rosa Lee Stowe Rice, 89, of Fairview Ave, Hartwell, passed away Monday, February 3, 2020 at AnMed Health Medical Center, Anderson SC. Born on December 6, 1930 in Toccoa GA, she was the daughter of the late William Adger Stowe and Matilda Bell Stowe.Mrs. Rice was a homemaker and a member of the Sardis Baptist Church. Survivors include two...

Nancy Ferrall

Nancy Ferrall

Jan 31, 2020

Nancy (Degood) Ferrall, age 75, of Lavonia, passed away Friday, January 31, 2020 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital. Born August 10, 1944 in Lima, OH, she was the daughter of the late Dale and Maxine Degood. She worked in customer service. Mrs. Ferrall was a member of Lavonia First Baptist Church. She is survived by her children: Michael Ferrall,...

Judy Setliff Wright

Judy Setliff Wright

Jan 31, 2020

Judy Setliff Wright, age 72, of Lavonia, passed away Friday, January 31, 2020 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born June 8, 1947, in Martinsville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Mattie Sue (Cox) Setliff. After graduating in 1965 from Hampton High School, she married the late James Wright, Sr. and was a wonderful homemaker. She loved...

Charles W. Cobb

Charles W. Cobb

Jan 30, 2020

Mr. Charles W. Cobb, age 82, of New Franklin Church Road, Canon, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2020 at his home. Born June 26, 1937 in Lavonia, he was the son of the late Samuel Alvin and Arthur Mae (Watson) Cobb. After graduating from Lavonia High School, he served 8 years in the US Army Reserves. He served as the...

Wayne Gaskins

Wayne Gaskins

Jan 29, 2020

Philip "Wayne" Gaskins, age 83, of Lavonia, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at AnMed Health in Anderson. Born May 3, 1936, in Dade City, FL, he was the son of the late Herbert Philip Gaskins and Pauline (Sloat) Gaskins. After high school, he received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Florida. He was a career United States Army...

Mary Greenway Brown

Mary Greenway Brown

Jan 29, 2020

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Greenway Brown, 87, of Woodlake Drive, Hartwell, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at Pruitt Health of Toccoa. Born on July 25, 1932 in Elberton, GA, she was the daughter of the late Barney Hester Greenway and Sallie Mae Charpin Greenway.Mrs. Brown retired from Monroe Auto Equipment Company as an assembly line worker and a member of...

Ann Whitsel Lunceford

Ann Whitsel Lunceford

Jan 28, 2020

Mrs. Ann Whitsel Lunceford, 77, of Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Born on June 24, 1942 in Carnesville GA, she was the daughter of the late John "Billy" Whitsel and Guynelle Lunsford Whitsel.Mrs. Lunceford was a former seamstress with Bellcraft Mfg. and retired as a Para Pro from Hartwell Elementary.She also was a...

James Stroud

James Stroud

Jan 26, 2020

Mr. James Luther Stroud, age 60, of Lavonia passed away Sunday, January 26, 2020 at his home. Born September 5, 1959 in Royston, he was the son of the late Patrick Henry Stroud, Sr. and Lettie Pearl (Gray) Stroud. He worked in maintenance for Carry on Trailers. He is survived by his wife: Tina (Frix) Stroud of the home; daughter:...

Sandra Thomason Scoggins

Sandra Thomason Scoggins

Jan 26, 2020

Sandra Thomason Scoggins, 73, resident of 137 Sanders St. Walterboro, SC formerly of Abbeville, SC widow of Marion "Jay" Scoggins passed away Sunday Jan. 26, 2020 at her home. Born July 13, 1946 in Hartwell, Georgia she was a daughter of the late Hershel Thomason and June Harris Thomason. Sandra was a retired beautician having owned and operated Sandra's Hair...

Betty Ayers Seymour

Betty Ayers Seymour

Jan 21, 2020

Mrs. Betty Ayers Seymour, 88, of Golfview Drive, Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at Hill Haven Nursing Home, Commerce GA. Born on September 22, 1931 in Hartwell GA, she was the daughter of the late Fred William Ayers and Maymer Lavado Robertson Ayers.Mrs. Seymour was a graduate of Hart County High School, Class of 48'. She was a...

Carol Carpenter Milner

Carol Carpenter Milner

Jan 21, 2020

Carol Ivan Carpenter Milner of Smith Street, Hartwell died Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born at her Skelton grandparents' Athens Street home on October 26, 1937, Mrs. Milner was a 6th generation Hartwell native who, upon retirement, took great pleasure in returning to her hometown after having lived in Forsyth and Cumming, Georgia for much...

Tony Taylor

Tony Taylor

Jan 20, 2020

Mr. Kenneth Tony Taylor, age 78, of Lavonia, passed away Monday, January 20, 2020 at Highland Hills Memory Care in Athens. Born July 30, 1941 in Camden, SC, he was the son of the late Leeman Curtis Taylor and Sibyl Oree (Watkins) Taylor. After graduating high school he graduated from Wingate College and attended East Tennessee State University and worked...

Ann Skelton Pitts

Ann Skelton Pitts

Jan 19, 2020

Virginia Ann Sanders Pitts, age 66 years, passed into eternity Sunday, January 19, 2020. She was born March 30, 1953 to Early Benson Sanders and Mary Helen Motes Sanders. Ann cared most about her family. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth C. Pitts; aunts, Dorothy ("Dot") Easterling and Leona Sanders; brothers, Jimmy (Sandra) Sanders and Arlen (Caryn) Holcomb; first...

Pauline Steele Osborne

Pauline Steele Osborne

Jan 14, 2020

Mrs. Pauline Steele Osborne, 89, of Campbell Drive, Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at Hart Care Center. Born on April 3, 1930 in Gladwin MI, she was the daughter of the late George Henry Steele and Hazel Wirick Steele.Mrs. Osborne was a retired store clerk, working for Harry Marett Supermarket and Economy Drug Store.She was a member of...

Shelvy Hendrick Myers

Shelvy Hendrick Myers

Jan 11, 2020

Mrs. Shelvy Hendrick Myers 79, of 130 Wisteria Cove Extension, Hartwell, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Born on February 25, 1940 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late Paul Mitchell Hendrix and Avis McKern Hendrix. Mrs. Myers was a graduate of Forrest College in Anderson, SC, and Shepherd University in Shepherdstown,...

Lucy K. Saylors

Lucy K. Saylors

Jan 10, 2020

Mrs. Lucy Ruth Kennedy Saylors, 80, of Bethany Bowersville Road, Canon, passed away Friday, January 10, 2020 at Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, GA Born on May 7, 1939 in Carnesville, GA, she was the daughter of the late James Rubin "Doc" Kennedy and Mozelle Ayers Kennedy. Mrs. Saylors was a former seamstress for Hartwell Sports and was a member...

Carles Monroe Gillespie (Courtesy)

Carles Monroe Gillespie (Courtesy)

Jan 8, 2020

Carles Monroe Gillespie, 87, of Fayetteville Ga went home to be with Jesus on January 8th, 2020 at Hope Memory Care Center in Fayetteville, Ga. Carles was born July 17, 1932 to the late Buster and Ida Gillespie of Lavonia, GA.He was wed to Dorothy F. Brown on April 4, 1953. The couple moved to the Atlanta area where they...

David R. Mccall

David R. Mccall

Jan 7, 2020

David Robert McCall, age 61, of Benifield Drive, Lavonia, passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens. Born June 5, 1958, in Atlanta, he was the son of George Robert "Bob" and Carolyn Kay (Jones) McCall. He was a foreman with Brysan Utility Contractors, Inc. His passions were spending time with his family (especially his grandchildren),...

Barry M. Mccurley

Barry M. Mccurley

Dec 30, 2019

Mr. Barry M. McCurley, 73, of Crumps Road, Hartwell, passed away Monday, December 30, 2019 at his daughter's home. Born on July 19, 1946 in Royston GA, he was the son of the late Edgar Benton McCurley and Marie Chastain McCurley.Mr. McCurley was the owner/operator of Custom Crafts for over 40 years and a former member and captain of the...

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