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Margie (Escoe) Llewallyn
Feb 5, 2016
Margie Escoe Llewallyn, 74, of Winterville, died Friday, February 5, 2016. Born in Athens, she was the daughter of the late William Thomas Escoe and Lillie Lee Noel Escoe. Mrs. Llewallyn was an entrepreneur, and also worked as a bailiff at the Clarke County Courthouse for over a dozen years. She was a published author, having her book "My True...
Annie Lou Capes
Feb 4, 2016
Annie Lou Holcomb Capes died at the age of 100 of February 4, 2016. She was born on March 21, 1915 in Madison County, Georgia to the late Malon Otto Holcomb and Lou Belia Hanley. She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Grady Capes, her three sisters, Lorene Craft, Inez Kellum, and Belle Harris, and her...
Harold Malcolm Kelly, Jr
Feb 4, 2016
Harold Malcom Kelly, Jr., age 63, a lifelong resident of Athens, died suddenly at his home on Thursday, February 4th, 2016. The son of Julia Elizabeth Smith Kelly and Harold Malcolm Kelly, Sr., he was born in Athens on November 10, 1952 and graduated from Athens High School in 1970. He attended UGA. He had a lifelong love of nature....
Larry Elder
Feb 4, 2016
Larry W. Elder, 60, husband of Harriet Wilbanks Elder, died Thursday, February 4, 2016. Born in Fernandina Beach, FL, he was the oldest son of Peggy Elder Rice of Watkinsville and the late James Edgar Elder. Larry was a heavy equipment operator and member of Ray's United Methodist Church. He enjoyed racing cars, antique car shows, restoring and driving his...
Isabelle Lovinia (Harris) Harris
Feb 2, 2016
Isabelle L. Harris, 88, died Tuesday, February 2, 2016. A native and lifelong resident of Lexington, she was the daughter of the late Phillip Harris and Gertrude Smith Harris and mother to the late Jimmie Lee Turner. She was a piano teacher, had also worked for the Oglethorpe County School System as a secretary and was a member of Bethany...
Matthew Howard Gilson
Feb 2, 2016
Matthew Howard Gilson, 30, of Maxeys, went to be with his Lord and Savior Tuesday, February 2, 2016. Born in Athens on June 7, 1985, he was the son of Dr. Warren David Gilson and Sharon "Sherry" Ball Gilson. Matthew loved traveling, and most of all, he loved people. He had a contagious smile that brightened the day of everyone...
Garnette (Shields) Smith
Feb 2, 2016
Garnette Shields Smith, 83, wife of the late Bennie Mack Smith, died February 2, 2016. Born in Commerce, GA, resident of Ila, GA, she was the daughter of the late Garney Athaniel Shields and Colia Belle Culbertson Shields and sister to the late Sylvia Williams. She had worked in the Textile Industry most of her life as a seamstress and...
Joyce (Paul) Golden
Feb 2, 2016
Joyce Golden, 74, loving mother and grandmother, died February 2, 2016. A native of Fuquay Springs, NC, she was a daughter of the late Seward and Stella Cooper Paul and the widow of Joe Golden. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Allie King, and two brothers, Bennie Paul and Lanier Paul. Mrs. Golden graduated from Madison County...
Joe Frank Harney
Feb 1, 2016
The Reverend Joe Frank Harney, Sr. passed away Monday, February 1, 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Lee Harney and Cynthia Belle McNabb Harney and grandson, Samuel Lawton Haygood. He was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee on June 28, 1923. After graduation from high school, his military service was an assignment at Fort Lee, Virginia as...
Stanley Donald Perry
Jan 31, 2016
Stanley Donald Perry, 55, of Commerce GA died Sunday, January 31, 2016. Born in Athens to Everett Perry and the late Peggy Perry, Stanley was also preceded in death by a daughter, Nicole Perry, and brother Tony Perry. He is survived by children, Jeffrey Perry, Tuesday Perry, and Raymond Perry, siblings, Brian Keith Perry, Tracy Fowler, and half-sister Jennifer Hudson....
Elmer Payne
Jan 29, 2016
Elmer Payne, 90, died Friday, January 29, 2016. Born in Athens, he was the son of Lessie Payne Alewine. He retired from McGregor and was a member of the Athens Moose Lodge 767. Survivors include his wife, Lottie Whitehead; children: Dorothy Thompson of Athens, Annie Mae Butler of Athens, Peggy (Ron) Hunt of Hull, Shirley (Herman) Johnson of Carlton, Steve...
Gabrielle Amabile
Jan 28, 2016
Gabrielle Elaine Amabile, 39, died January 28, 2016. A native of New Castle, PA, she was a daughter of Linda Amabile of Statham and the late Patrick Gerard Amabile. Gabrielle was a graduate of Oconee County High School and worked at Michael's Pizza. She loved hunting and fishing and spending time with her family, especially her niece and nephews. Funeral...
Janie Jones
Jan 26, 2016
Janie Jones, 81, of Danielsville, died Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Born in Colbert to the late Benny and Montez Herring McCarty, Janie is also preceded in death by brothers, Jimmy and Charles McCarty, and sister, Josephine Fowler. She is survived by her husband, Donald Jones, children, Eric Jones, David Jones, Darrell Jones, Reid Jones, and Carol Jones, siblings, Mary Davis,...
Ronald Dean "Ron" Keenan
Jan 25, 2016
Ronald Dean Keenan, 65, of Athens, GA, passed away at the Emory University Hospital on January 25, 2015, after a brief, intense illness. He began his next journey in the presence of those who loved him most. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilson & Geraldine Keenan, and is survived by his loving wife of over 40 years,Vicki,...
Ruth Ellen (Bradshaw) Guest
Jan 25, 2016
Ruth Ellen Guest, 89, wife of the late William H. Guest, Sr., died Monday, January 25, 2016. Born in Farmington, GA, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Lovie Barton Bradshaw. She was a homemaker and a loving mother and grandmother. Survivors include her children: Ginger (Jim) Stuchell of Colbert, Robert (Mary Ann) Guest of Lexington, Carol (Jerry)...
Johnny Lanier Stephens
Jan 23, 2016
Johnny Lanier Stephens, 58, of Winterville, died Saturday, January 23, 2016. Born in Athens, he was the son of the late Newell Vaughn and Sally Dove Stephens. Mr. Stephens loved the outdoors, camping and fishing. Most of all, he was a devoted and loving grandfather. Survivors include his wife, Emily Stephens; two children, Johnny Lanier Stephens II and Audra Elizabeth...
Bobby Paul Sanders
Jan 22, 2016
Bobby Paul Sanders, 69, of Danielsville, passed away Friday, January 22, 2016. Born and raised in Danielsville on November 13, 1946, he was the son of the late Ralph Albert and Allene Higginbotham Sanders. Bobby was a 1964 graduate of Madison County High School, and a Veteran of the United States Army, having served in the Vietnam War. In 2010,...
Louise Copeland
Jan 20, 2016
Louise Almond Shoemaker Copeland went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at the age of 94. She was the daughter of the late Carey Mercer and Bessie Chandler Almond, born on October 22, 1921. Mrs. Copeland was preceded in death by husbands, Donald D. Shoemaker and James Edwin Copeland, Sr. Also preceding her...
John Clark Bryant
Jan 19, 2016
John Clark Bryant, 83, of Colbert, died Tuesday, January 19, 201 Born in Gordon County, he was the son of the late Hubert and Annis Clark Bryant. Mr. Bryant retired from the University of Georgia Steam Plant, and worked for Russell Research. He was a member of Amvets Post 10. He enjoyed fishing, working on his farm, and most of...
Thelma Bailey (Bailey) Carney
Jan 18, 2016
Thelma Bailey Carney, 93, of Colbert, died Monday, January 18, 2016. Born in Lilburn, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Leola Bailey. Mrs. Carney was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother. She was married to her first husband, George White, until his death in 1977. In 1982, she married her second husband, Sam Carney,...
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