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Leslie Phillips
Aug 28, 2015
Leslie Gammon Phillips, age 88, passed away on August 27, 2015 at her home in Madison, Ga. She was born in Como, MS on Jan.7, 1927 to the late Leslie Junious Gammon and Sarah Saunders Gammon. Leslie graduated from Como High School and attended the University of Mississippi where she was a member of the Chi Omega sorority. She married...
Earl B. Scarborough
Aug 28, 2015
Earl Scarborough was laid to rest Sunday, August 30, 2015. Born September 26, 1926, he passed away August 28, 2015. He was the son of Earl and Mary Noell Scarborough. Earl was a member of Crawford Baptist Church for many years where he served as Deacon, song leader and was involved in many activates; Lexington Masonic Lodge #158, served on...
Ronald Lewis Tweedell
Aug 27, 2015
Lewis "Popper" Tweedell, died Thursday, August 27, 2015 in Athens, GA, after a long battle with CMML & most recently Guillain-Barre' Syndrome. Born on May 13, 1947 he was the son of the late Lynn & Gwen Tweedell of Gordon County, GA. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Rita Moorehead Tweedell, siblings Frank (Linda) Tweedell, Bill (Joanne)...
William Ralph Cook
Aug 26, 2015
William Ralph Cook died Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at his home in Watkinsville, Georgia at the age of 85. Born in Vale, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Loy and Minnie Cook of Connelly Springs, North Carolina. Mr. Cook was a member of Whitehall Baptist Church and retired as a carpenter from Wright & Wright Home Builder...
Anthony Ronald Craft
Aug 25, 2015
Anthony Ronald Craft, 31, died Tuesday, August 25, 2015. Born in Athens, GA he was the son of Malinda Ridgeway Craft of Statham and the late Ronald Paul "Ronnie" Craft. Anthony was employed by the Oconee County Utilities Department as a Supervisor for 10 years and was an avid dirt track racer. Survivors in addition to his mother include his...
Margaret Crumley Mattox
Aug 23, 2015
Margaret Crumley Mattox, 84, of Colbert, died Sunday, August 23, 2015. A lifelong resident of Colbert, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Annie Sorrow Crumley. Mrs. Mattox was an active member of the Colbert First Baptist Betherean Sunday School Class. She loved gardening, flowers and most of all, her family. In addition to her parents, she was...
Reginald Maurice Jones
Aug 23, 2015
Reginald Maurice Jones, 49, died Sunday, August 23, 2015. Born in Brighton, TN, he was the son of the late Joe "Buck" Jones and Barbara Jean Jones. Mr. Jones was the Plant Manager at ReCommunity Recycling Center. Survivors include his wife, Paula F. Jones of Winterville; children: Korey (Quanesha) Jones and Kisha Jones both of Winterivlle; grandchildren: Braylon Jones, Bentley...
Cory Shonn Newton
Aug 23, 2015
US Marine, LCpl. Cory S. Newton of Hull, GA (formerly of Waretown, NJ & Kenosha, WI) passed away suddenly on Sunday, August 23, 2015. He is preceded in death by his grandfather, George J. Gascoigne. Survivors include his fiancée, Durin Davis-Eberhart; his mother, Michelle Newton; his grandmother, Ruby Gascoigne; his daughter Grace and her mother Christine Newton; his daughter Adonnia...
Kenneth Cunningham
Aug 22, 2015
On Saturday, August 22, 2015, Ken received his ultimate healing when he left this earth to live with his heavenly Father. Ken had received two heart transplants, the most recent in 2009. He loved southern gospel music and has sung in several groups over past years as well as his home church. Even with health issues he remained positive and...
Margaret Boswell
Aug 22, 2015
Margaret Boswell, 89, died August 22, 2015. A native of Oconee County, GA, she was a daughter of the late Melvin and S.C. Dooley and the widow of George D. Boswell. She was also preceded in death by a son, Ronnie K. Boswell, four brothers, James Hamilton Dooley, Hillmon Lee Dooley, Robert Lewis Dooley and Tom Watson Dooley, and a...
Philip H. Pollock Jr
Aug 21, 2015
Philip H. Pollock, Jr., 91, of 159 S. Stratford Drive, Athens, died Friday, August 21, 2015. Born in Joliet, Illinois on October 10, 1923, he had his childhood and adolescence in Minnesota, North Dakota and western Montana. He is preceded in death by his wife, Rhoda Hoverson Pollock. Survivors include his two children, Ann R. Myers of St. Augustine, FL...
Daryl Johnson
Aug 21, 2015
Daryl Johnson, 82, passed away Friday, August 21, 2015. He was a graduate of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Class of 1960. He is survived by his wife of sixty-one years, Elaine; three children, Mark (Miriam) Johnson, Bruce (Sandy) Johnson and Deanne Johnson; five grandchildren, Cassie (James) Graves, Matthew (Olivia) Johnson, Benjamin (Mary) Johnson, Daniel Johnson and...
Walter Washington
Aug 20, 2015
Walter "Stinky" Washington, Jr., 56, of Athens, died Thursday, August 20, 2015. Born July 16, 1959 to Jessie (Major) and Walter (Maddie) Washington Sr. in Columbus, GA. He is survived by both parents and his loving wife Maricel "Marcie" Sabina Cid-Washington and daughter Lorrine Acosta-Washington, two grandchildren, Adrien and Tatiana Rivera, one sister in law, Leonor C. Prieto; mother in...
Jim Crumbley
Aug 20, 2015
Jim Bowen "Jimbo" Crumbley, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, died August 20, 2015 in Winterville, Georgia. Born on July 8, 1930, Jim was a dear son of Thelma and Howard Crumbley, natives of Stockbridge, Georgia. He was an artillery Marine, before his extensive career as a dedicated engineer of 40 years at General Electric. He is survived by his adoring...
Charles Clifford Brooks Sr
Aug 18, 2015
Charles Clifford Brooks, beloved father and grandfather, died Tuesday August 18, 2015. A native of Lexington, Georgia, he was the son of the late Robert Faust Brooks and Gladys Crawford Brooks. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 63 years, Olga Stephens Brooks, and by siblings R. F. (Bobby) Brooks, Jr., Thomas Crawford Brooks, Mary Brooks Smith,...
Shirley Duncan Robertson
Aug 18, 2015
Shirley Duncan Robertson, 81, of Athens, died August 18, 2015. Born in Knoxville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Leath and Susan Beatrice Goans Duncan and preceded in death by a brother, Wallace Leath Duncan. Survivors include her husband, Dr. James Robertson; children, Janet Nix (Doug) of Athens, and Rev. Paul Robertson (Jennifer) of Grovetown; grandchildren, Samuel...
John Clayton Mason
Aug 18, 2015
John Mason, 88, died August 18, 2015. A native of Culbertson, NC, he was a son of the late Julian G. and Hettie Mason, and was preceded in death by his wife, Esther Walker Mason. Mr. Mason managed RC Cola for many years and worked for American General for over sixteen years. He was a member of Christian Life Worship...
Richard Ellington Hawes
Aug 17, 2015
A memorial service for Colonel Richard Ellington Hawes, USMC (Ret.), will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Lord and Stephens Funeral Home in Athens. The eulogy will be delivered by Marcus Fechheimer. Colonel Hawes, 87, who passed away on Monday, August 17, at his home in Athens, was the son of the late Admiral and Mrs. Richard E. Hawes...
Annie Lee Woods
Aug 14, 2015
Annie Lee Woods, 93, wife of the late O'Neal Woods, died Friday, August 14, 2015. A native of Meridian, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Marvin Odell and Pearl Brewer Todd and was also preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters. She was a member of Springs of Life Church and retired form Chicopee Mills as a...
Hannah Argo Smith
Aug 14, 2015
Hannah Argo Smith, 86, died on Friday, August 14, 2015. Mrs. Smith was born in Lexington, Ga January 3, 1929 to the late William and Hassie Argo. Mrs. Smith was a member of Stevens Grove Baptist Church since 1949 where she had served as the piano player for nearly forty years. Mrs. Smith was a Navy wife and lived in...
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