Annie Ophelia (McCanon) Compton
Dec 23, 2016
Ophelia McCannon Compton, 86, wife of the late Jim Compton, died Friday, December 23, 2016. Born in Crawford, GA, she was the daughter of the late Wilson and Lillian Gunter McCannon. She retired from Jefferson Mills and was a member of New Life Apostolic Church, Watkinsville, GA. Survivors include her four children: Barbara Ann Fields, Jackie Coile, Linda May and...
Donald Pilson
Dec 22, 2016
Donald Lindman Pilson, 56, died December 22, 2016. A native of Rome, GA, he was a son of the late William G. and Ann Camp Pilson. He held degrees from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Berry College and the University of Georgia. He was a member of Tuckston United Methodist Church. Memorial services will be Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 12:00...
Charles Everett ""Chad"" Burgess
Dec 21, 2016
Charles Everett "Chad" Burgess, 29, of Bogart, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2016. A native of Oconee County, he went to Oconee County High School and played Jr. Varsity Baseball. He was the son of William Charlie "Charles" Burgess Jr. and the late Tina Marie Jackson Burgess. Chad was an avid outdoorsman with a love for hunting and fishing. He...
Katherine Beck Branyon
Dec 21, 2016
Visitation Details
Friday, December 23rd, 2016 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Lord and Stephens, Danielsville
Service Details
Saturday, December 24th, 2016 11:00am, Friendship Baptist Church
Interment Details
Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
Mary Louise Nation
Dec 21, 2016
Mary Louise Wheless Nation, age 91 of Crawford died December 21, 2016 after a long illness and extended years at Quiet Oaks Nursing Home. She was a lifelong resident of Oglethorpe County and the daughter of the late Joseph Hyatt Wheless and Lula Thomas Wheless. She was preceded in death by her husband John Henry Nation of 39 years. She...
Joseph Tyler "Joey" Bagwell
Dec 21, 2016
Visitation Details
Monday, December 26th, 2016 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Lord and Stephens, Danielsville
Service Details
Tuesday, December 27th, 2016 2:00pm, Lord and Stephens, Danielsville
Interment Details
Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
Connie Joan (Wilson) Butler
Dec 20, 2016
Connie Joan Wilson Butler, 62, died Tuesday, December 20, 2016. A native of Athens, she was the daughter of Francine Smith Wilson of Winterville, and the late James Roy Wilson. She was also preceded in death by her siblings, James Ralph "Jim" Wilson and Joann Wilson. Mrs. Butler retired from Burton & Burton as a Warehouse Inspector after 22 years....
Mary Frances Hartley
Dec 19, 2016
Mary Frances Sanders Hartley, age 78, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2016 at the Piedmont Athens Regional Gentiva Hospice Care Center in Athens, Georgia. Mary was born on October 24, 1938 in Bamberg, South Carolina to Willie & Pauline Sanders. She was a 1956 graduate of Bamberg County High School. She married her husband, Kenneth Hartley, on October 13,...
Charles Howard Meyer
Dec 19, 2016
Charles Howard Meyer, 84, of Arnoldsville, died December 19, 2016. A lifelong resident of Arnoldsville, he was a son of the late Charles and Ora Fleming Meyer and preceded in death by brothers, Wallace and Thomas Meyer. He was a 1949 graduate of Arnoldsville High School, a lifelong cotton, soybean, wheat and cattle farmer and antique tractor enthusiast. Mr. Meyer...
Glenn Seavers Jr
Dec 18, 2016
Glenn E. Seavers, Jr., 76, died December 18, 2016. A native of Middletown, NY, he was a son of the late Katherine Horan and Glenn Ellsworth Seavers, Sr. Mr. Seavers retired as Staff Sergeant from the United States Army with two tours of duty in Vietnam. During his service, he received numerous awards including the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and...
Jacqueline (Conner) Ulrich
Dec 17, 2016
Jacqueline Connor Ulrich, 88, of Carlton, GA, was surrounded by her family as she went to be with her heavenly Father on Saturday, December 17, 2016. Jackie was born in Bedford, PA, to the late James and Sara Painter Conner. She met and married Donald Ulrich in Dubois, PA and celebrated her 60th Anniversary with him on November 22, 2016....
Phyllis A Heald
Dec 17, 2016
Phyllis A. Heald of Athens, Georgia, passed away on December 17. Born on December 12, 1930, in Waukegan, Illinois, to Andrew Kosir and Sylvia (Hintsa) Kosir, she earned a B.A. in Education in 1951 from Illinois State University and taught high school English before focusing on home life, including two children who survive her: Paul, born 1959, and Laura, born...
Bobby Louis Tyson
Dec 17, 2016
Bobby L. Tyson, Ph.D., P.E., 73, died Saturday, December 17, 2016. Dr. Tyson retired in 2003 as the Associate Dean for Extension of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. He received his undergraduate and Master of Science degrees from the University of Georgia and his Ph.D. from Clemson University in Agricultural Engineering. He was a Licensed...
Hope Henry Farmer
Dec 17, 2016
Hope Henry Farmer, 87, of Athens, died Saturday, December 17, 2016. Born to the late Curtis and Sybil Brooks Farmer, Hope was a native of Jackson County. He is survived by his children, James Curtis Farmer, Amanda Benjamin (Kenneth), and David Farmer, step-children, Lynn Fouche, Patricia Rice, Glenn Rice (Prince C. Connie), and Brinda Cowart, eight grandchildren, and four great...
William Hines
Dec 17, 2016
Service Details
Thursday, January 5th, 2017 2:00pm, Galilee Christian Church
George Alton Holloman
Dec 16, 2016
George Alton Holloman, 67, of Hull passed away Friday, December 16, 2016. Born February 22, 1949, he was the youngest of eleven children born to the late Harry E. Holloman and Ruby Gunter Holloman. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by siblings William (Bud) Holloman, Helen H. Bailey and Ann H. Chambers. George was a native...
Kathryn Edna Rogers
Dec 14, 2016
Kathryn Edna Rogers, 62, of Colbert, GA, died Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Born in Athens, she was the daughter of the late John Lewis Williams and Dorothy Jane Mashburn Williams. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Patsy Williams Chandler. She was the owner of Kathryn's Family Home Daycare and member of Mt. Pleasant Community Church. Survivors include...
Linda Ruth (Gray) Lyon
Dec 14, 2016
Linda Ruth Gray Lyon, 75, of Athens, GA entered the gates of Heaven on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 surrounded by loved ones. Linda was born on July 13, 1941 in Atlanta, GA to the late Hugh Dorsey Gray, Sr. and Marie Jones Gray Coheley. She is preceded in death by her beloved brothers; Hugh Dorsey (Bo) Gray, Jr., Wayne Richard...
Doris Lord
Dec 13, 2016
Doris Mae Lord, 86 of Athens, passed away December 13, 2016. She was the daughter of the late, Robert & Eula Hill. She was also preceded in death by husband, Franklin Lord; brother, Cecil Hill. Mrs. Lord was owner and operator of Plaza 5 & 10 Store and also worked for the Clarke County Tag Office. She was a wonderful...
Curtis Lee Johnson
Dec 13, 2016
Curtis Lee Johnson, Jr., 87, of Athens, GA, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016. A native of Cottondale, FL, he was the son of the late Curtis Lee Johnson, Sr. and Laura Pauline Applewhite Johnson. Curtis was a successful business man for the past 50 years in the rubber, tire, bottling and packaging industries. He was a pilot in the US...