OBITUARIES

May 8, 2017

Visitation Details

Wednesday, May 10th, 2017 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Lord and Stephens, EAST

Service Details

Thursday, May 11th, 2017 10:00am, Tuckston United Methodist Church

Interment Details

Silver Martin Family Cemetery

May 7, 2017

David Keith Moon, 60, of Winder, died Sunday, May 7, 2017. David was born in Royston GA to Audrey Faye Smith Moon and the late Leonard Boyd Moon Jr. He served in the United States Army and worked as a bus driver for the Athens Clarke County Transit Department. David was a great disciple for God. In addition to his...

May 6, 2017

JoAnn Gilbert Pulliam, 65, passed away May 6, 2017. A native of Wilton, Maine, she was a daughter of the late Glenys Weeks and Frank B. Gilbert, Jr. Mrs. Pulliam was employed with the University of Georgia for thirty-four years. She was an Administrative Secretary in The Classics Department, where she loved, as part of her work, often organizing their...

May 5, 2017

Delano "Dale" Roberts, 71 of Colbert, passed away May 5, 2017. He was the son of the late Andrew Jackson & Beulah Belle Roberts; he was also preceded in death by brothers, Daner Roberts, Frazier Roberts and Melvin Roberts; sister, Barbara Sanders. Mr. Roberts was avid in Gardening. He was also a member and former president of Broad River Coon...

May 3, 2017

Joe Dorsey Morris, 100 years of age, was ushered into Heaven on May 3, 2017. He is a veteran of World War II and is survived by a son, Joe Donald Morris (Billie), and four daughters, Delores (Dee) Osborne, Linda Brown (Dwight), Carol Smith (William), Debbie Drake (Tim). He was preceded in death by his wife Agnes Carter Morris and...

May 1, 2017

Service Details

Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 10:00am, Lord and Stephens, WEST

Interment Details

Georgia Veterans Cemetery

May 1, 2017

Essie Carolyn Pearson, 84, of Danielsville, passed away Monday, May 1, 2017. Mrs. Pearson was a daughter of the late Boyd Dudley and Allie Carey Dudley. She was employed for many years at C and S Bank before becoming a Bookkeeper at the University of Georgia. Following her employment at UGA, she worked as an Administrator at Athens Christian College...

May 1, 2017

Hazel Christopher Yarbrough, 93 of Athens passed away April 30, 2017. She was the daughter of the late, Roy Lee & Elvia Christopher; she was also preceded in death by Husband, Henry Ernest Yarbrough; sister, Winifred Boswell; brother, Harold L. Christopher. Mrs. Yarbrough is a member of Central Baptist Church. Funeral Services are Wednesday May 3, 2017 3:00pm at Central...

Apr 29, 2017

Charles Douglas Peterson, 72, retired staff horticulturist and garden manager of the historic Founders Memorial Garden at UGA, died April 29. Born in Seattle on January 10, 1945, to the late Charles and Erma Wallace Peterson, he grew up in Tacoma, WA. Doug was devoted to his family and is survived by his wife of 35 years, Barbara Wickenden Peterson,...

Apr 29, 2017

Willie Ray Cochran, 80, of Danielsville, passed away Saturday, April 29, 2017. Born in Commerce, he was a son of the late Willie Burch Cochran and Fannie Lee Cochran. Mr. Cochran served in the United States Air Force from 1956 until being honorably discharged in 1962. He worked on heavy equipment for various companies, and retired as District Supervisor from...

Apr 28, 2017

Bettye Jane Widener was summoned home on April 28 after a long illness. Bettye was born on May 15, 1934 at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, the only child of Mary Jane Russell and Edgar Lee Tate, a pharmacist at Dixie Drug Company and later at Jacob's Pharmacy. Bettye grew up in Grant Park and graduated from Hoke Smith High School...

Apr 27, 2017

Otha E. Hanley, 84, died April 27, 2017, at his home in Hull, GA. Otha was a plumber for 45 years. He was a Sunday School teacher at Welcome Avenue. Otha was an avid hunter and fisherman. He is survived by his wife, Laverne Hanley; his four sons: Paul (Dianne) Hanley, Ricky (Pam) Hanley, Mark (Lisa) Hanley, and Mike Hanley,...

Apr 27, 2017

Betty Jo Ormsbee, 87, a resident of Arbor Terrace of Athens, GA, died suddenly at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital on April 27, 2017. She was the wife of the late Reverend Lieutenant Colonel George E. Ormsbee, who died on July 23, 2016. Mrs. Ormsbee was born on March 23, 1930 in Mountain View, Missouri to the late Lynn McDowell and...

Apr 26, 2017

Phyllis Elizabeth Van Gotum, 81, of Watkinsville, died Wednesday, April 26, 2017. She was born in Key West, Florida to the late Bernard J. Cruz and Mary Elizabeth Lowe Cruz. Phyllis was a graduate of Florida State and retired from the University of Georgia. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Joseph Van...

Apr 24, 2017

George Jesse Young Jr. passed away Monday, April 24, 2017 at home in Bogart, GA. He was born May 13, 1932 in Rutland, VT to the late George Jesse Young Sr. and Ruth Burke Young. Jesse was a graduate of Burlington Vermont High school and attended the University of Vermont. He was a proud veteran of the United States Navy....

Apr 23, 2017

Albert Mike Hand, 57, husband of Carol Ree Hand, died Sunday, April 23, 2017. He was the son of the late John Kermit Hand and Ella Faye Henry and was preceded in death by a brother, Alex T. Hand of Comer, GA. Albert retired from Peterson Springs in April after thirty-seven years. Survivors in addition to his wife include a...

Apr 21, 2017

Concepcion Capmany Younkin, 77, of Winterville, died Friday, April 21, 2017. The family will be receiving friends from 1-8 P.M. on Thursday, April 27th and from 1-5 P.M. Friday April 28th at Lord and Stephens, East. Funeral mass will follow on Friday, April 28th at 6:00 P.M. at St. Josephs Catholic Church, 958 Epps Bridge Parkway Athens GA 30606. Lord...

Apr 21, 2017

Service Details

Monday, April 24th, 2017 11:00am, Lord and Stephens, EAST

Apr 21, 2017

Mary Louise Roberts, 78, wife of David Lindy Roberts, died Friday, April 21, 2017. A native of Caldwell, NC, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Onie Gragg. She retired from the UGA Extension Office and was a member of Whitehall Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents and son, Melvin Douglas Craig. In addition...

Apr 21, 2017

Rebecca (Becky) Wiggins Quackenbush, 65, passed away peacefully at her home in Bishop on April 21, 2017 after an extended illness. A native of Atlanta, Becky was the daughter of Jane Nash Wiggins & Taylor Wilson Wiggins. She was a graduate of Georgia State University. Becky is survived by her husband of 27 years, John V. Quackenbush & their son...