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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
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
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
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
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
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....
John W. Terrell
Jul 16, 2019
Mr. John William Terrell, age 88, of Martin, passed away at the Hart Care Center in Hartwell on July 16, 2019, with family by his side. John was born on February 5, 1931, in Toccoa, GA, to Henry and Lillie Terrell. He was the youngest, and last surviving, of six brothers. He graduated from Stephens County High School in Toccoa...
Jacob Everett Titus
Jul 14, 2019
Jacob Everett "Jake" Titus, age 19, of Lavonia, Georgia, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2019, in Martin. Born September 11, 1999, in Athens, Georgia, he was the son of Everett Titus and Kimberly Carey. He attended Person High School and Roxboro Christian Academy in Roxboro, North Carolina. Jake was employed with Load Star in Lavonia. He was preceded in death...
Keith Kirkland
Jul 13, 2019
Mr. Charles Keith Kirkland, 62, of Hartwell, passed away Friday, July 12, 2019 in Seneca, SC. Born on September 30, 1956 in Atlanta, GA, he was the son of the late Charles G. Kirkland and Betty Davis Kirkland.Mr. Kirkland was retired from BellSouth (AT&T) having worked for thirty years and a farmer, working in the poultry industry. He was a...
Jessie Segars Roper
Jul 11, 2019
Mrs. Jessie Ruth Segars Roper, 84, of Lavonia Hwy., Hartwell, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Hart Care Center. Born on July 14, 1934 in Lavonia, GA, she was the daughter of the late Arzo A. Segars and Mabelle Hamby Segars.Mrs. Roper was a retired lunchroom worker for the Hart County High School and was a member of Fair...
Travis George
Jul 11, 2019
Mr. Wellborn Travis George, 89, of Tugaloo Point, Hartwell, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019 at his home. Born on August 27, 1929 in Redan GA, he was the son of the late Julius Candler George Sr. and Buena Loy Wellborn George. Mr. George was retired from General Motors, where he was a Shift Supervisor for Plant Protection Services.Mr. George...
Wayne R Simpson
Jul 11, 2019
Mr. Wayne R. Simpson, 76, of Hartwell, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta GA. Born on June 9, 1943 in Hartwell GA, he was the son of the late Clarence Waco Simpson and Josephine Sadler Simpson Adams.Mr. Simpson was former machine operator at NVF.Mr. Simpson was also a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving...
Mary Cole Hembree
Jul 11, 2019
Mrs. Mary Alice Cole Hembree, 95, formerly of 308 Ridge Road, Hartwell, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, GA. Born on June 20, 1924 in Hartwell, GA, she was the daughter of the late George Elmer "G.E." Cole and Irona Marett Cole.Mary was a proud graduate of Toccoa Falls College in Toccoa, GA, Class...
Sandra Atkinson
Jul 9, 2019
Sandra Louise (McIntyre) Atkinson, age 72, of Martin, passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital. Born February 8, 1947, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Willie & Sallie McIntyre. She retired from the Fero Corporation. She was a member of Middle River Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was...
Jerry Edens
Jul 5, 2019
Mr. Verlon Jerry Edens, 71, of Drake Road, Elberton, passed away Friday, July 5, 2019 at his son's home. Born on December 25, 1947 in Savannah GA, he was the son of the late Hilda Inez Tillman Thompson.Mr. Edens was retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Hartwell Project, where he was an Electronics Technician.He was of the...
Joan R. Holcombe
Jul 4, 2019
Dr Miriam Joan Robinson Holcombe, age 81, a resident of Canon, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2019 at her home. Mrs. Holcombe was born September 26, 1937 in Evergreen, AL, she was the daughter of the late William Robinson and Eva Mae Davis Robinson. She was a member of the Assemblies of God church. She was a retired teacher with...
Jannie Stonecypher
Jun 30, 2019
Jannie Lee (Couch) Stonecypher, age 88, of Athens, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2019 at the home of her daughters. Born October 13, 1930, in Athens, GA, she was the daughter of the late: James Melvin Jerome Couch and Dora Lee Huff Couch. She retired from Westclox, as a quality inspector, after 45 years of service. She was a member...
Carl Senkbeil
Jun 29, 2019
Mr. Carl Gene Senkbeil, 77, of Cedar Street, Hartwell, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2019 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital, Athens, GA. Born on September 14, 1941 in Anderson, SC, he was the son of the late Lloyd Senkbeil and Willie Mae Bailey Senkbeil. Mr. Senkbeil was a retired loom fixer for Newton Mills and ASR, and was a retired...
Cathy A. Mckenzie
Jun 28, 2019
Ms. Cathy Annette McKenzie, 55, of Union Hill Church Road, Bowersville, passed away Friday, June 28, 2019 at her home. Born on July 25, 1963 in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of Condle D. McKenzie and the late Mary Kitchen McKenzie. Ms. McKenzie attended school in Clayton County Georgia then graduated from the University of Georgia.Cathy was a Nurse...
Frank Sanders
Jun 28, 2019
Mr. Marion Frank Sanders, 85, of Kelly Road, Hartwell, passed away Friday, June 28, 2019 at St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital. Born on June 30, 1933 in Hartwell, GA, he was the son of the late Charlie Payton Sanders and Myra S. Sanders. Mr. Sanders was a loom technician for Newton Mills for 45 years, a member of Cornerstone Baptist...
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