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Kenneth Chitwood

Kenneth Chitwood

Aug 5, 2019

Mr. Sanford Kenneth Chitwood, age 78, of Lavonia, passed away Monday, August 5, 2019 at Brookside Assisted Living in Commerce. Born November 25, 1940 in Banks County, he was the son of the late Fort and Neatie (Norton) Chitwood. He graduated from Lavonia High School in 1959 and was a veteran of the US Air Force. He was a member...

Rachel Peeples Whitworth

Rachel Peeples Whitworth

Aug 3, 2019

Rebecca "Rachel" (Peeples) Whitworth, age 83, formerly of Lavonia, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at Hart Care Center. Born October 6, 1935, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Asa Samuel Peeples and Mary Ethel (Allen) Peeples. She graduated from Lavonia High School with the Class of 1955 and then attended...

Edwin "Ed" Cawthorn

Edwin "Ed" Cawthorn

Jul 31, 2019

Mr. Edwin E. "Ed" Cawthorn, 83, of Anderson Highway, passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at his home. Born on January 18, 1936 in Elm Springs, Arkansas, he was the son of the late Jesse Cawthorn and Elsie Mustain Cawthorn.Mr. Cawthorn was a pilot for Eastern Airlines for twenty-five years and retired as a Captain. Mr. Cawthorn served as an...

Ann Stovall Gurley

Ann Stovall Gurley

Jul 30, 2019

Ms. Ann Stovall Gurley of Cedar Pond Road, Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at Rainey Hospice House, Anderson. Born in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late Herbert F. Stovall and Carrie Burdette Stovall.Ms. Gurley was a graduate of the Anderson Memorial Hospital Radiology School and retired from Hart County Hospital with over 40 years of...

Jeptha H Perry

Jeptha H Perry

Jul 30, 2019

Mr. Jeptha Harris Perry Jr., 87, of Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at St. Mary's Hospital, Athens, surrounded by family. Born on October 28, 1931 in Lexington GA, he was the son of the late Jeptha Harris Sr. and Chloe Hansford Perry.Mr. Perry was retired owner/operator of Jeptha's Men's Wear and of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Perry enlisted...

Stanley Allen

Stanley Allen

Jul 30, 2019

Mr. Hugh Stanley Allen, age 67, of Toccoa, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at his home. Born July 30, 1952 in Royston, he was the son of the late Hugh Dorsey and Edna Merle (Adams) Allen. He was a veteran of the United States Army. Prior to retirement, he was a machinist with Standard Register. Mr. Allen was a...

Sharon Sorrow

Sharon Sorrow

Jul 29, 2019

Mrs. Sharon Marie Terrell Sorrow, 60, of Danielsville, passed away Monday, July 29, 2019 at Hart Care Center. Born on April 18, 1959 in Buford GA, she was the daughter of Betty Marie Shaw Terrell and the late Gibbs Andy Terrell.Mrs. Sorrow was a manager for Subway in Lexington and Gainesville. Mrs. Sorrow was survived by her mother: Betty Terrell;...

Robert Eaton

Robert Eaton

Jul 29, 2019

Mr. Robert Eugene Eaton Jr., 46 of Canon, passed away Monday, July 29, 2019 at his home. Born on August 9, 1972 in Bremerton WA, he was the son of Robert Eugene Eaton Sr and Pam Kirshner Baldschun.Mr. Eaton was a graduate from Olympic College and an assembly worker at Patterson Pump.He is a member of the Mount Tabor Baptist...

Nina Robertson Haley

Nina Robertson Haley

Jul 27, 2019

Mrs. Nina Belle Robertson Haley, 81, of Walters Road, Rock Springs Community, Lavonia, passed away Saturday, July 27, 2019 at her home. Born on March 9, 1938 in the Shoal Creek Community of Hart County, she was the daughter of the late Howell Baxter Robertson and Lizzie Mae (Gray) Robertson Byrum.Mrs. Haley retired from Hartwell Garment, where she was a...

Grant Spears

Grant Spears

Jul 25, 2019

Mr. Grant Boyd Spears, 39, of 77 Fiddlers Drive, Hartwell, passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019 at Emory University Hospital of Cancer complications.He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Grant was born August 8, 1979 at Anderson Memorial Hospital, Anderson SC.Grant was a long haul driver for Henry & Henry Trucking Company.Grant was an avid lover of...

Connie Payne

Connie Payne

Jul 25, 2019

Mrs. Connie Anne (Patrick) Payne, age 74, of Martin, passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019, at her home. Born November 26, 1944 in Covington, GA, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Emerson Patrick and Annie Pearl (Brown) Patrick. She was a waitress and cashier at Echo Truckstop restaurant and was a member of Hillstreet Baptist Church. She is...

Eva Payne

Eva Payne

Jul 25, 2019

Mrs. Eva (Whiting) Payne, age 60, of Martin, passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019, at her home. Born June 12, 1959, in Royston, GA, she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Severnell (Bratcher) Whiting. She was a home health care nurse with Tugaloo Home Health and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her husband: Jackie...

Thomas Holmes

Thomas Holmes

Jul 25, 2019

Mr. Thomas Eugene Holmes, 70, of Royston Hwy, Hartwell, passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019 at his home. Born on June 27, 1949 in Hartwell GA, he was the son of the late John Thomas "Buck" Holmes and Jewel Hambrick Holmes.Mr. Holmes was retired from Bendix of Elberton, where he was a paint line foreman.Thomas was also known for repairing...

Linda Etheridge Alewine

Linda Etheridge Alewine

Jul 21, 2019

Mrs. Linda Nell (Etheridge) Alewine, age 72 of Alto, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2019 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born February 14, 1947, in Stephens County, she was the daughter of the late Harry David Etheridge and Mary Nell (Sewell) Etheridge. She grew up in the Fairview Community and graduated from Franklin County High School with the Class of...

Levi Newbern

Levi Newbern

Jul 21, 2019

Nicholas "Levi" Newbern, age 26, formerly of Lavonia, passed away July 21, 2019 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Levi was born January 25, 1993. He was a welder by trade and a Baptist by faith. He will be remembered as a good man and a great dad. He was preceded in death by a daughter: Everlee Newbern; and...

Mike Hughes

Mike Hughes

Jul 21, 2019

Mr. Charles Michael "Mike" Hughes, 69, of Knox Circle, Lavonia, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2019 at his home. Born on April 30, 1950 in Yokohama Japan, he was the son of Priscilla Wall Hughes and the late Jack L. Hughes.Mr. Hughes retired after 33 years of service from the Fulton Co. Department of Family and Children's Services, where he...

Bettie Sue Bailey Reed

Bettie Sue Bailey Reed

Jul 20, 2019

Mrs. Bettie Sue Bailey Reed, 80, of Mt. Olivet School road, Hartwell, passed away Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Hartwell Health & Rehab. Born on October 27, 1938 in Hartwell GA, she was the daughter of the late James Edgar Bailey and Rosa M. White Bailey.Mrs. Reed retired from Tenneco / Monroe Automotive, where she was an assembly operator.She was...

Owen Waller

Owen Waller

Jul 18, 2019

Mr. James Owen "Big O" Waller, age 64, of Canon, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Athens, GA. Born July 27, 1954, in Newnan, GA, he was the son of the late Alfred Waller and Dorothy Stevens Waller and brother of the late Harley Waller. Owen was a retired pipefitter and carpenter. He was an avid fisherman and arrowhead...

Russell Campbell Coryell

Russell Campbell Coryell

Jul 18, 2019

Emily "Russell" Campbell Coryell, born June 7, 1954 in Atlanta, Georgia, passed away July 17, 2019 at her home on Lake Hartwell. She was surrounded by her loving family and Dooley, her four legged devotee. Russell grew up as one of six siblings in the Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta and graduated from Druid Hills High School in 1972. From...

Bill Marett

Bill Marett

Jul 16, 2019

Mr. William T. "Bill" Marett Jr, 74, of Beacon Light Road, Hartwell, passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at Brown Health & Rehab. Born on May 27, 1945 in Hartwell, GA, he was the son Doris Madden Marett and the late William T. Marett, Sr.Mr. Marett was retired from Glen Raven and a member of the Reed Creek Baptist Church....

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