OBITUARIES

Sep 4, 2021

Sheila Ann Adams 50 of Danielsville, passed away on Saturday, September 4, 2021 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, GA.

Ms. Adams was a beloved member of the community and to all the customers she served while working at the local post offices. During her time of service with the United States Postal Service, she worked as...

Sep 4, 2021

Andrew Paul Duncan, 57, of Athens passed away on Saturday, September 4, 2021.

Drew was a great man.

Drew was loving and caring. He was a proud dad and grandfather. He was an avid outdoorsman.  He lovingly and caringly shared this with his family and friends.  Drew treated everyone like family.  He loved his profession...

Sep 3, 2021

Jones Edward Compton, 86, of Arnoldsville passed away on Friday, September 3, 2021. Born on March 4, 1935, he was the son of the late Jones B. Compton and Rosa Bruce Compton.

Jones retired in the United States Airforce working as an electronics countermeasure repairman.

A graveside service will be held on Thursday, September 9...

Sep 3, 2021

Ashley A. Gilbert, 34, of Colbert, passed away on Friday, September 3, 2021.

Born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, she was a daughter of Cindy Wells Gilbert and the late Ed Gilbert, Jr. Ashley enjoyed shopping and playing board games and most importantly, she loved her family and cherished her children. In addition to her father, she...

Sep 3, 2021

Claire Ellen McCabe Thompson was born on September 15, 1930 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, to John Edward McCabe and Sarah Larkin McCabe. She grew up on Cape Cod and in Barrington, Rhode Island. Claire was a scholarship student at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island, where she graduated magna cum laude with a Baccalaureate degree in 1952.  She was...

Sep 3, 2021

Sara Sue Leopard Carey age 72 of Danielsville passed away on Friday, September 3, 2021 after a long period of extended illnesses. She was of the Baptist faith. She was the wife of Wayne M. Carey and the daughter of the late Ernest and Alma Peeples Leopard. She is survived by her husband, Wayne M. Carey of Danielsville, GA;...

Sep 2, 2021

Grace Browner Tucker, 80, of Danielsville, passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021. She was the daughter of the late James Browner and Indy Loggins Browner. Mrs. Tucker was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills in Commerce. Along with her parents, Grace was preceded in death by her husband of over 60 years, Jimmy Tucker.

Funeral services will...

Sep 1, 2021

Rollin Lee Thaxton, 95, of Lexington, passed away peacefully at home on September 1, 2021.

Mr. Thaxton was a lifelong resident of Oglethorpe County, born on April 24, 1926, to Rollin and Loudell Mathews Thaxton. His second home was Lexington Baptist Church, where he was an active member from the age of sixteen. Retiring from the GA...

Sep 1, 2021

Louise Spurlin Davis passed away Wednesday, September 1, at 98 years of age.

Louise was born in Atlanta, Georgia on November 22, 1922 to Mary Lou and Roger Leonard Spurlin. She grew up in Atlanta and attended Commercial High school. She married Paul Jackson Davis on June 9, 1940. They raised three children, Jane, Jack and Jeff....

Aug 31, 2021

Lorene Watkins Almand, 82, wife of the late Jessie Thomas Almand died Tuesday, August 31, 2021.  Born in Greensboro, GA, she was the daughter of the late Parks Watkins and Elzona Parker Watkins. She was also preceded in death by her son Anthony Craig Almand and six brothers and one sister. She had worked as a cook for the...

Aug 31, 2021

Kirsten Lee McNeil, 37, the daughter of Lee and Jane McNeil of Athens, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday August 31,2021 due to a non-COVID related illness. Kirsten was born on April 17, 1984, in Santa Ana, California. She is survived by her parents William Lee and Jane Karen McNeil, siblings Anna McNeil and fiancé Rusty Wallace, Rebekah McNeil Bagley...

Aug 31, 2021

Kathleen Warbington, 73, died August 31, 2021.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Betty Lewis. She was a member of St. Anna’s Catholic Church in Monroe and over the years had worked as a bank teller and a nurse. Kathleen will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother...

Aug 31, 2021

Alicia Jean Griffith, 42 of Athens passed away August 31, 2021. She was the daughter of the late, James A. Phillips. Mrs. Griffith was a devoted wife with a loving, giving heart, always giving of herself. She was a faithful member of Restoration Apostolic Church where she was a Sunday school teacher and mentor.

Funeral services September...

Aug 31, 2021

Mary Kay Reynolds, 71, wife of Gary Lee Reynolds, Sr. died Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Born in Duluth, GA, she was the daughter of the late Frank Jacobs Henderson and Dorothy Jane Moon Henderson; sister to the late Raymond Henderson and Alvin Henderson, wife to the late Jimmy Lamar Jenkins, and step mother to the late Gary Reynolds, Jr....

Aug 31, 2021

Alice Gallas Lubbers was born in Alexandria, Egypt, August 13, 1925, the youngest of 6 children of Everett and Irene Gallas. The family arrived in America October 27, 1928, one year before the Great Depression. She was doted on by her much older four brothers and one sister and seemed to be quite precocious. She excelled in school, knew...

Aug 29, 2021

Daniel Wesley Joyner, 36, passed away after a brief illness on Sunday, August 29, 2021, in the home of a family member. He was born March 5, 1985, in Athens, Georgia. He lived in Athens for most of his life, attending Oconee County High School and the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!), graduating in May of 2003 and 2011...

Aug 28, 2021

Jonathan Gordon Manley, age 42, of Colbert, Georgia passed away unexpectedly on Saturday August 28,2021. He was born to Eddie Louise Manley of Carlton, Georgia and the late David Austin Manley of Athens, Georgia on August 8 1979. Besides his father, Nathan was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, John and Sue Manley of Athens, Georgia, by his...

Aug 27, 2021

Bobby Hilliard Edwards, 75, of Danielsville, died on Friday, August 27, 2021.

Bobby was born in Commerce to Neri Samuel Edwards and Addie Bell Edwards. He worked as a carpenter and mechanic before managing the Danielsville VFW for over a decade. He then worked in Physical Plant Services at the University of Georgia for over 24 years...

Aug 27, 2021

Henry Watson Fowler, 93, of Hull, passed away on Friday, August 27, 2021.

Watson was a son of the late Johnny Fowler and Nellie Brown Fowler. He was a member of Christian Life Worship Center where he served as a Sunday School Teacher for a number of years. Watson retired from After Six as a Pattern Designer...

Aug 27, 2021

Rosalind Scarborough Allen, 89, of Crawford, died August 27, 2021.  She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, B.T. Allen.

She was the daughter of the late Earl and Mary Noell Scarborough and preceded in death by her siblings, O.D. Scarborough, Martha Augustus (Gussie) Taylor, Edna Mathews and Earl Scarborough.

Rosalind was...