William Edgar "Bill" Young Jr
Sep 6, 2014
Mr. William Edgar "Bill" Young, Jr., 86, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2014. Born November 24, 1927 in Decatur, GA. He was a graduate of Druid Hills High School and proudly served in the U.S. Army where he was stationed in Germany as part of the occupation restructuring just after WWII. Upon his return from Germany, he married Martha Anne...
Vince Pearson
Sep 5, 2014
Bogart, GA - Jesse Vinson Pearson, 69, died September 5, 2014. Born in Athens, he was a son of the late Harvey N. and Bertie Mae Goodrum Pearson and was also preceded in death by a sister, Annie Ruth Pearson and brother, LeRoy Pearson. Mr. Pearson was a longtime resident of both Athens and Oconee County. Mr. Pearson was a...
Dorothy Sexton Fowler
Sep 4, 2014
Atlanta, GA - Dorothy Sexton Fowler, 92, died September 4, 2014. Born in Madison County, she was a daughter of the late Christopher Lonnie and Lillie Mae Miller Sexton and was preceded in death by her husband, Milton R. Fowler (1998). She was a longtime resident of Atlanta where she retired from Cluett Peabody & Co. and was a member...
Sanford Hoyt "Sandy" Butler
Sep 3, 2014
Sanford Hoyt Butler Hull Sanford "Sandy" Hoyt Butler, 79, husband of Faye McCoy Butler, died Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at his residence. A native and longtime resident of the Athens Area, he was the son of the late Sanford Hoyt Butler, Sr. and Rubye Jones Butler and brother to the late Gloria Butler Cobb. He was a Life Long Real...
Rev. Dalton Carrington
Sep 2, 2014
Rev. Claude "Dalton" Carrington, 91, a longtime resident of Madison County, GA, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. He served for 35 years in active Baptist ministry in Georgia, North and South Carolina, and 12 years in interim service in the Madison County area. Visitation will be Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, from 6:00 until 8:00pm at Lord and Stephens Funeral...
Charles H. Holcomb
Sep 2, 2014
Charles H. Holcomb, age 84, of Bishop passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 2, after an extended illness. Mr. Holcomb was born on March 3, 1930, in rural Oconee County, to the late Glenn Alexander Holcomb and Lena Barnett Holcomb. Mr. Holcomb was a farmer and later sheriff of his native Oconee County from 1965 to 1988. In his first year...
William Larry Hooper
Sep 1, 2014
William Larry Hooper 70, of Hull, GA, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on September 1, 2014. He was the son of the late, J.W. and Jeanette Hooper. He was preceded in death by his wife, LaCena Hawkes Hooper and son, William Travis Hooper. Mr. Hooper was a man of faith and fought his 20 year...
Lewis Sanford Tiller
Sep 1, 2014
Lewis Sanford Tiller Hull Lewis Sanford Tiller, 76, died Monday, September 1, 2014. Born in Lexington, GA, he was the son of the late Joseph C. Tiller and Florence Johnson Tiller. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Faye Carroll Tiller and brothers, Julius and Fred Tiller. He had attended Word of Life Congregational Holiness Church. Survivors include...
Eugene Burkhalter
Aug 31, 2014
Winterville, GA - Elmer Eugene Burkhalter, 84, died August 31, 2014. Born in Monroe, he was a son of the late George David and Flora Mae Craft Burkhalter and widower of Mary Frances Jones Burkhalter. Eugene was also preceded in death by siblings, Ellis, James, June, Donald, Hubert Elder, and Charlie Burkhalter, Kate Meeler, Sue Meeler, Helen Hicks and Sandra...
Darral Grady Scoggins
Aug 29, 2014
Darral Grady Scoggins, 67, passed away August 29, 2014. He was the son of the late Ed and Ollie Scoggins. He was a member of Moon's Grove Baptist Church and served as the Royal Ambassador Director and with the media ministry. He was the President of the Madison County Camp of the Gideons International and was also active in the...
Jacob William Hollis
Aug 29, 2014
Jacob William Hollis, age 18, of Watkinsville, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 29, 2014. Jacob's battle with cancer was long and grueling but he fought with honor and courage, which is indicative of the way he lived. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but lived most of his life in Watkinsville, Georgia. Jacob attended school in...
Dwain A. Toney
Aug 28, 2014
Dwain A. Toney Watkinsville Dwain A. Toney, 82, husband of Carol S. Toney , died at home Thursday, August 28 , 2014 , surrounded by family and friends. A native of Carnesville, GA, he was the son of the late Charles Luther Toney and Janna Blanche Casey Toney. In addition to his parents, Dwain was preceded in death by his...
Donald LeRoy Branyon Jr
Aug 26, 2014
Donald LeRoy Branyon Jr., M.D. passed away peacefully at home August 26, 2014. Dr. Branyon was a retired Obstetrician - Gynecologist. He practiced medicine in Athens from 1965 to 2003. He was in private practice until 1993 when he then began working at the University of Georgia Health Center. Dr. Branyon grew up in Athens and attended the University of...
Roderic "Ric" Dugger III
Aug 25, 2014
Roderic "Ric" Russ Dugger, III's earthly battle with ALS ended on August 25, 2014. He was 66. He was preceded in death by his mother, June Armistead Dugger and brother, William "Bill" Dugger. He proudly served in the U.S. Army as an Ordnance Officer and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal. He retired from the Institute of Government at Florida...
William Thurmond Smith
Aug 25, 2014
William Thurmond Smith, 74, of Athens died Monday, August 25, 2014. William was born in Winterville GA to the late Jack and Annelle Carter Smith. He is survived by his wife, June Smith, children; Donna, Mike, and Chris Smith, brother Kenny Smith, and grandson Jesse Smith. Family and friends will gather for a memorial service at the residence of Donna...
Ronald Stephen Kreyenbuhl
Aug 25, 2014
Ronald S. Kreyenbuhl, 59, of Bogart Ga, originally from Elmhurst, IL, died in a tragic accident on August 25, 2014. He was born December 28, 1954, in Warren, OH, to parents Bernard and Mary Kreyenbuhl. He is survived by his partner, Jaixa Luarca, and two sons, Stephen Kreyenbuhl of Bogart and step-son Ron Hernandez of Illinois. Other survivors include his...
Angela Denise "Angie" Hoffman
Aug 25, 2014
Angela Denise Hoffman, 46, died August 25, 2014. Memorial Services will be Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the chapel of Lord and Stephens, WEST. Survivors include her husband, Michael Hoffman; five children, Hannah, Thomas, Carly, Michaelyn and Annette; mother and stepfather, Christine and Marvin Clupper of Jackson, GA; father and stepmother, Thomas and Suzanne Kimbrell of Cumming,...
Robert Edward Mosby
Aug 23, 2014
Robert Edward (Bob) Mosby III, a resident of Gainesville, Ga., died on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, at the age of 92 in Athens, Ga. The son of Robert Edward Mosby Jr. and Laura Gates Mosby, he was born in Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 25, 1922. A World War II veteran, he married Alyce Catherine Spicer from Illinois about 1947 and had...
Lila (Lucas) Grimes
Aug 23, 2014
Lila Grimes, 99, died August 23, 2014. A native and longtime resident of Oglethorpe County she was the widow of Paul B. Grimes. Mrs. Grimes was a daughter of the late Henry and Lizzie Lucas and was the last survivor of their sixteen children. She was a charter member and the oldest living member of Welcome Avenue Congregational Holiness Church....
Carolyn Sophie (Brandt) Woods
Aug 23, 2014
Carolyn (SoSo) Sophie Brandt Woods, 77, of Athens, passed away on August 23, 2014, lovingly surrounded by family at home. Beloved by all who knew her, she was born in Union, South Carolina on March 18, 1937 to Nelle Nuckles Haile Brandt and Rev. Frederick William Brandt. After growing up in Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina she graduated from Newberry...