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Spencer Damon Redmon
Apr 4, 2006
Athens - Spencer Damon Redmon, died April 4, 2006. A native of Lakeland, FL, he was a 1991 graduate of Perry High School and attended Macon Junior College. Mr. Redmon lived in this area for thirteen years and was a popular chef for the last eight years at Harry Bissetts Restaurant. Funeral services were Saturday, April 8, 2006, at 11:00...
Hollis Bernard Davis
Apr 3, 2006
Winterville - Hollis Bernard Davis, 99, died Monday, April 3, 2006 at his residence. Born in Annona, TX, he was the son of the late Eugene Thomas and Ava Lawson Davis. Survivors include his wife, Kathryn Myers Davis, daughters; Sandy Mims of Athens, Judy Dufour of Simpsonville, SC, grandchildren; David Mims, Shelley Martin, Julie Hunter, Kathy Beach, Laurie Soenen, and...
Jerry Daniel Harrell
Apr 3, 2006
Jerry D. Harrell, 43, husband of Carol Roberts Harrell, died Monday, April 3, 2006 at his home. Born in Tuscaloosa, AL, he was the son of Jerry E. and Nancy Wheelis Harrell. He was a member of Crooked Creek Baptist Church. Dan was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved by the many who knew him. He was preceded in...
Henry Clarke Ferguson
Mar 30, 2006
Bogart - Henry Clarke Ferguson, 90, husband of the late Mattie Marian McBrayer Ferguson, died Thursday, March 30, 2006. Born in Temple, GA, he was the son of the late Thomas Wiley and Fannie Lou Kinney Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson is survived by his daughters; Dianne (Richard) Crawford of Bogart, Linda (Walter) Chandler of Doraville, GA, one sister, four grandchildren, 15...
Stase Mazeika
Mar 30, 2006
Colbert - Stase Mazeika, 90, died March 30, 2006. A native of Panevzys, Lithuania, she was a daughter of the late John and Paulina Zaleskis Gogas. She was a registered nurse for many years. Funeral Mass will be Saturday, April 1, 2006, at 10:00 AM, St. Josephís Catholic Church. Interment will be at St. Casimir Lithuanian Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, on...
Grady James Strickland
Mar 29, 2006
Watkinsville - Grady James Strickland, 64, died Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at his residence. Born in Atlanta, he was the son of the late James Hamilton and Peggy Young Strickland. He was a Sergeant in the US Army during Vietnam. Survivors include his sons; Jimmy Strickland and Johnny Strickland both of Watkinsville, sisters; Peggy Twiggs and Betty Joe McKew, brothers;...
Lamar Thomas
Mar 27, 2006
Athens - Cary Lamar Thomas, 49, died March 27, 2006 at ARMC after three years of declining health. He was the son of Joseph Allen Thomas of Colbert, Edwina Fambro T. Hollis of Hull and also survived by his stepmother, Mariam Baker Thomas of Colbert and stepfather, John D. Hollis, Jr. of Hull. He was a former construction worker and...
Chris Lee
Mar 27, 2006
Chris Lee, 38, died March 27, 2006. A native of Columbia County, GA, he was a graduate of Evans High School. Mr. Lee was the son of the late Herbert and Merwin Lee and has lived in the Athens area since 1987. He was currently employed with Adams Motor Express and was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp....
Isabelle B. Thomas
Mar 26, 2006
Arnoldsville - Isabelle B. Thomas, 84, died Sunday, March 26, 2006 at Wilbankís Personal Care Home, Commerce, GA. Born in Swansea South Wales, she was the daughter of the late John Gynn and Isabella Fleming Morgan. Survivors include her daughters; Sandy Wilson of Arnoldsville, GA, Jacqueline Renaud of Derry, NH, sister, Terry Sullivan of Atkinson, NH six grandchildren and seven...
Connie Barnette
Mar 26, 2006
Connie Rebecca Barnette died peacefully on the evening of March 26, 2006 at Athens Regional Hospital. Her mother and life companion, Rebecca Dawson (Becky) Barnette was at her bedside. Connie was preceded in death by her father, James Milton Barnette, who died suddenly on December 26, 1950, when Connie was 9 years of age. Connie had a multitude of family...
Franklin R. Dudley
Mar 24, 2006
Commerce, GA - Franklin R. Dudley, 71, died March 24, 2006. Born in Phoenix City, AL, he was the son of the late Joseph Fuller and Linnie Mae Wiggins Dudley. Mr. Dudley was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict and was retired from Gulf Oil/BP. Survivors include his wife, Christine Dudley; children, Ronald Dudley, Becky Davis and Joseph...
Reba Spratlin
Mar 24, 2006
Reba Johnson Spratlin, 90, died March 24, 2006. A native and lifelong resident of Madison County, she was the daughter of the late William A. and Dora Ann Brown Johnson and widow of Craig Spratlin. She was a member of Hull Baptist Church where she taught Gleeners Sunday School Class and Sunbeams and was active in WMU. Funeral services will...
Viola Inez Lovern
Mar 23, 2006
Winterville - Viola Inez Lovern, 82, died March 23, 2006. A lifelong resident of this area, she was a daughter of the late Dee Witt and Mattie Viola Roberts Dobbs. She was retired from Burman Printing and a member for more than fifty years at Edwards Chapel Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir. Funeral services will be Sunday,...
J. L. Berryman
Mar 23, 2006
Hull - Joseph Lumpkin "J.L." Berryman, 86, died March 23, 2006. A native and longtime resident of Clarke County, he was a son of the late Charlie Coy and Sarah Annice Martin Berryman. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Willie Mae Busbin Berryman; two sisters, Catherine Tandberg and Pauline Berryman; three brothers, Clarence Berryman, Johnny Berryman, and...
Alma Grace Adams Neal
Mar 19, 2006
Danielsville - Mrs. Alma Grace Adams Neal, 87, formerly of Danielsville, GA, passed away at Cobb Memorial Hospital in Royston, GA on March 19, 2006. She suffered from Alzheimerís and had resided for several years at ìThe Gables at Cobb Villageî in Royston. She was the daughter of the late Isaac N. and Fannie Minish of Commerce, and was the...
George Houston Leyden Jr
Mar 18, 2006
Athens - George Houston Leyden Jr., 86, died March 18, 2006. A native of Anniston, AL, he was a son of the late Nelle Milligan and George Houston Leyden, Sr., and the widower of Gaynelle Terrell Leyden. He was a veteran of the United States Army, where during World War II, he was a commander in the Tank Corp. in...
Ruby Janet Ray Drake
Mar 17, 2006
COlbert - Ruby Janet Ray Drake, 75, died March 17, 2006. Funeral services will be Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 2:00 PM at Lord and Stephens Chapel, Danielsville. Burial will be in Colbert Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 1:00 until 2:00 PM.
Patricia Ann Patterson
Mar 16, 2006
Shreveport, LA - Patricia Ann Patterson, 60, died March 16, 2006. A native of Shreveport, LA, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Hazel David Romero. Mrs. Patterson was a nurse and homemaker. She will be remembered as a friend to many, a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She will be deeply missed by her family, including her...
Helen Lewis
Mar 16, 2006
Athens - Helen Lewis, age 83, passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2006 after an extended illness. Helen was born on July 4, 1923. A native of Shreveport, LA, she was the daughter of the late Iva Mae and Edward Eugene Bishop. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Athens. She is survived by her husband, G. Lamar...
Rachel P. Shelkey
Mar 14, 2006
Lexington - Rachel P. Shelkey, 100, died March 14, 2006 at Quiet Oaks Health Care Center, Crawford, GA. Born in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Issac and Belle Acor. Her husband of 64 years, Roy O. Shelkey, preceded her in death. Mrs. Shelkey moved to the Athens area 13 years ago from Venice, FL. Survivors include her...
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