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Joan Walker
Mar 6, 2007
Alpharetta, GA - Joan Walker, 94, died March 6, 2007. A native of Hall County (Lula, GA), she was a daughter of the late James H. and Melvina Starling Walker. Graveside services will be Thursday, March 8, 2007, at 4:00 PM at Antioch Christian Church Cemetery with Revs. Dan Fuller and Jeff Wilkes officiating. The family will receive friends Thursday...
Martha Dean Phillips
Mar 4, 2007
Danielsville, GA - Martha Dean Phillips, 71, died March 4, 2007. A native of Madison County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Mary Dean, widow of Rufus Calvin Phillips and preceded in death by siblings, Bruner Dean, Candler Dean, Eugene (Gene) Dean, Mary Lou Fowler, Callie Dotson and Ruth Crooke. She was retired lunchroom manager with Danielsville...
Kay Lovell Turpin
Mar 4, 2007
Athens, GA - Kay Lovell Turpin, 56, went home to be with the Lord on March 4, 2007. Born in Stephens County, she was the daughter of Byree (Bob) Martin Lovell and the late D.L. Lovell of Toccoa, GA. Kay was a 1968 graduate of Toccoa High School and worked for a number of years with Wrights Manufacturing. While in...
Alice M. Bales
Mar 3, 2007
Comer, GA - Alice M. Bales, 69, died March 3, 2007. A native of Walton County, GA, she was a daughter of the late Estelle Davis and Robert Lawrence Mitchell, Sr. and the widow of Bookter Bales. She was a homemaker and a member of Arcade Community Church. She also attended Presbyterian Holiness Church for the last year. Funeral services...
Henry Franklin LaCount
Mar 2, 2007
Winterville, GA - Henry Franklin LaCount, 73, died March 2, 2007. A native of Oglethorpe County, GA, he was a son of the late Jeff and Mary Peterman LaCount. He was a lifelong resident of Oglethorpe County and retired October 27, 2006 from General Cable and Southwire Company after forty-seven years. Mr. LaCount was a member of Free Chapel Church,...
Warren Jackson (buddy) Jones
Mar 1, 2007
Hull - Warren Jackson (Buddy) Jones, 72, of Hull, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2007. Mr. Jones was born June 1, 1934, the son of the late Grover and Pauline Bullock Jones. He is also preceded in death by his daughter, Nancy Conley Patton and son-in-law, Ricky Ogletree. He was a lifelong resident of Madison County, Georgia and a member...
Mae Sue Tittle
Feb 28, 2007
Watkinsville, GA - Mae Sue Dean Tittle, 79, died February 28, 2007. A native of Madison County, GA, she was a daughter of the late Frank W. and Bertha Mae Christian Dean, and was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Edward Tittle, Sr. and son, Jimmy A. Tittle. She was a lifelong resident of this area and retired from...
John Carlton Quig
Feb 26, 2007
Athens, GA - John Carlton Quig, 74, died February 26, 2007. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, he was a son of the late John and Bessie Young Quig. Mr. Quig moved to Athens eleven years ago from Naples, FL. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Athens and a veteran of the United States Navy. Memorial services will...
Betty Jo Bales
Feb 26, 2007
Colbert - Betty Jo Bales, 70, wife of Jonas Bales, died Monday, February 26, 2007 at St. Mary's Hospital. Born in Walhalla, SC, she was the daughter of the late Hasting and Mamie Tucker Keenan. She was a member of Sunlight Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by her brother Heyward Keenan. A memorial service will be held...
William (bill) Nowicki
Feb 22, 2007
Athens - William (Bill) Nowicki, 63, died Thursday, February 22, 2007. A memorial service will be held Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 7PM at Lord & Stephens East Chapel. Lord & Stephens, EAST is in charge of arrangements
James (marty) Ballard
Feb 21, 2007
Watkinsville - James "Marty" Ballard, 48, died Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at Athens Regional Medical Centers. Born in Kershaw, SC, he was the son of Charles Samuel Ballard and Margie Robinson Ballard. He was an Offensive Lineman for the University of Georgia, 1980 National Championship Football Team. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church and had recently began working...
James Lee Tucker Sr
Feb 21, 2007
James "Jimmy" Lee Tucker, Sr., 73, a long time resident of Athens, died February 21, 2007. Born in Oglethorpe County, he was the son of the late Charlie M. and Estelle Stewart Tucker. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters: Curtis Rountree and Sara White; brother: Charlie T. Tucker. He served in the US Navy, 1953-1956...
Peggy Little
Feb 17, 2007
Watkinsville, GA - Peggy Bradberry Little died peacefully on February 17 in her home. Born September 12, 1932 in Athens, GA, she was a graduate of Athens High School. She married James N. Little and together they built a life in Elberton, GA and raised their family. She retired from the UGA Cooperative Extension Service in Elbert County where she...
James Lamar Farr
Feb 15, 2007
Athens - Mr. James Lamar Farr, 76, died on Thursday, February 15, 2007. A native Athenian, Mr. Farr was the son of the late Bert and Annie Mae Farr. He was preceded in death by a son, Franklin Lamar Farr and six brothers. Mr. Farr was retired from Westinghouse/ABB since 1991, and was a member of East Athens Baptist Church....
Ted Lamar Nelms
Feb 14, 2007
Lexington - Ted Lamar Nelms, 72, husband of Audrey Nelms, died Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at St. Mary's Hospital. Born in Athens, he was the son of the late B.J. and Ruby Porterfield Nelms and was preceded in death by sons Teddy and Steve Nelms. He was a member of Crawford Baptist Church and served his country in the US...
Frances Clark
Feb 12, 2007
Watkinsville, GA-Frances Moon Teat Clark, 82, died February 12, 2007. A native of Danville, VA, she was a daughter of the late Mary Jane Jordan Webb and Asa J. Moon, Sr. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Hugh W. Teat and Ladell Clark, and a sister, Evelyn Mathews. Mrs. Clark retired from Westclox after 40 years and was...
Vernon Andrews
Feb 11, 2007
Watkinsville, GA - Luther Vernon Andrews, 80, died February 11, 2007. A native of Banks County, he was a son of the late Luther Carson and Theodocia Kelly Andrews. He retired from U. S. Soil Conservation after twenty-eight years and was a member of Mars Hill Baptist Church. He was a World War II veteran of the United States Navy....
Margot Louise Spencer
Feb 9, 2007
Athens - Margot Louise Spencer, late a resident of St. Mary's Highland Hills Retirement Community, passed away on February 9, 2007. Mrs. Spencer was born on March 15, 1915, in Zurich, Switzerland, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Schmuklerski. She emigrated to New York as a young woman and married Douglas William Spencer of Maryland, New York in 1940....
Anthony Hogan
Feb 7, 2007
Athens - Anthony Hogan, 76, died February 7, 2007 surrounded by family in Athens, GA. Born in Bury England, he was the son of the late Thomas Patrick and Kathleen Stephens Hogan. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his twin sister, Kathleen Hogan. He was a parrish member of Gesu Catholic Church, Detroit MI. He...
Rufus Floyd Goss
Feb 6, 2007
Danielsville - Floyd Goss, 67, died Tuesday, February 06, 2007 at Athens Regional Medical Centers. Born in Madison County, he was the son of the late Fred and Floretta Evans Goss. Floyd had attended Colbert Baptist Church. Survivors include his children: Scott Goss of Danielsville, Randall Goss of Danielsville, Shane Goss of Nicholson, Brandon Goss of Athens, Jonathan Goss of...
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