Violet F. Hardy
Aug 2, 2005
Watkinsville - Violet F. Hardy, 92, died August 2, 2005. A native and lifelong resident of Oconee County, she was a daughter of the late Tom and Beulah Marable Fulcher and the widow of Joe B. Hardy. She was a homemaker and a member of Watkinsville First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a son, Thomas R. Hardy...
Grace Evelyn Chambers
Aug 1, 2005
Watkinsville, GA - Grace Evelyn Childs Chambers, 86, died August 1, 2005. A native of Madison County, she was a daughter of the late John and Maude Hyde Scarborough and preceded in death by her first husband, Hoyt Childs and granddaughter, Stacey Lee. She was a retired bookkeeper and a member of Briarwood Baptist Church. Graveside services will be Wednesday,...
Alan Cofer
Aug 1, 2005
Athens, GA - Alan Dorsey Cofer, 58, died August 1, 2005. A native of Clarke County, he was a son of Frances Hardeman Cofer of Athens and the late Ernest Dorsey Cofer. He was employed with the United States Postal Service for 39 years and was a member and chairman of the deacons of Attica Baptist Church. Mr. Cofer was...
Joe Thomas Potts Sr
Aug 1, 2005
Athens - Joe Thomas Potts, Sr., 78, passed away Monday, August 1, 2005. A native of Chattanooga, TN, he was the son of the late Comer and Carrie Potts. Mr. Potts lived in Athens for the past 18 years, and was a retired director of Pitney Bowes. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran, a former Mason, a member of...
Sally Sue Mills
Jul 31, 2005
Carlton - Sally Sue Mills, 94, died Sunday, July 31, 2005 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Madison County, she was the daughter of William and Eula Nix. She retired after fifty years of service with Elberton Manufacturing Company. Mrs. Mills loved gardening and sewing. Survivors include her daughter, Betty Jean Wedd Thomas of Crawford; sisters, Eula Kathryn Holcomb...
Frances Pass Bray
Jul 29, 2005
Athens - Frances Pass Bray, 95, died July 29, 2005. A Native of Oglethorpe County, she was the daughter of the late D. Albert Pass and Maggie Elizabeth Bridges Pass and the widow of Joe Brown Bray, Sr. She was preceded in death by her son, Joe Brown Bray, Jr. Mrs. Bray was a lifelong resident of the Athens area...
Winfield Buddy Shook Jr
Jul 28, 2005
Buddy Shook, 58, of Watkinsville, died July 28, 2005 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Danbury, CT, he was the son of the late Winfield Eben Shook, Sr. Mr. Shook worked part time for Columbia Paper Company and Farmers Furniture. He attended Prince Avenue Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Reta Shook, mother and step father, Mary and Allen...
Samuel Michael Hobbs
Jul 27, 2005
Watkinsville - Samuel Michael Hobbs, 51, died July 27, 2005. A native of Summerdale, AL, he was a son of Samuel M. and Ann Stallworth Hobbs of Summerdale, AL. He was a resident of Watkinsville, GA for the last three years having moved from Gautier, MS. Mr. Hobbs was a member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Athens, GA and a...
Peggy Bentley
Jul 26, 2005
Athens - Peggy Bentley, 67, died July 26, 2005. A native of Lakeland, FL, she was a daughter of the late Dorothy Mae Mozley and Bernard Haywood Bell. She was a homemaker and lived in this area for over forty-five years. Funeral services will be Saturday, July 30, 2005 at 11:00 AM at the chapel of Lord and Stephens, EAST....
Fred E. Swajger Jr
Jul 26, 2005
Crawford - Fred E. Swajger, Jr., 78, husband of Jean Cooper Swajger, died Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at his residence. Born in Carlstadt, NJ, he was the son of the late Fred E. and Harriet Swajger. He served his country in the US Navy during WWII and retired after 20 years of service. He attended Crawford Baptist Church and was...
Jane Beeler Teaster
Jul 26, 2005
Crawford, GA - Jane Beeler Teaster, 60, daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Beeler, a native of Bristol, TN, and a 1962 graduate of Bristol Tennessee High, died July 26, 2005, at home in Crawford, GA after a long and courageous battle with cancer and Yo syndrome. She has gone to be with her Lord and Savior...
Louise Gilmore
Jul 24, 2005
Athens - Louise Gilmore, 85, died July 24, 2005. A native of Wadley, GA, she was a daughter of the late William F. and Lillie Wilson Tanksley, and the widow of Frank Charles Gilmore. She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Alva Brooks, Cora Lee Pelfrey, Lois Teat, and a brother, Jim Tanksley. She was owner and operator...
Ed Snyder
Jul 24, 2005
Athens - Ed Snyder, 79, died Sunday, July 24, 2005 at Redmond Regional Hospital in Rome, GA. He was the eldest son of the late Sam and Louise Snyder and the husband of Mary Snyder. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Dan and Herbert. A member for many years of numerous civic and church organizations, he was recently...
Opal Carroll
Jul 22, 2005
Opal Carroll, age 82, formerly of Watkinsville died July 22, 2005 a native of Dekalb County, Alabama. She was a daughter of the late Willie E. and Cammie Nix Roden and the widow of Luther Carroll. She was a homemaker and a member of Union Christian Church. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at 1:00 P.M. at...
Monica S. Burnette
Jul 21, 2005
Monica S. Burnette, 32, died July 21, 2005. A native and lifelong resident of Athens, she was the daughter of Michael Burnette and the late Patsy Ash Burnette. She was a BSN graduate of Georgia Baptist School of Nursing. She was a member of Prince Avenue Baptist Church and served on numerous mission trips to Russia, China, Cambodia and Las...
Bobby Sharp
Jul 21, 2005
Colbert - Bobby Sharp, 85, husband of Rebecca Brooks Sharp, died Thursday, July 21, 2005 at his residence. Born in Athens, he was the son of the late Zimmie B. and Ruby Powers Sharp. He served his county in the US Navy and retired from Dairy Pac. He was a member of Colbert Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, sons,...
Jeanne Robichaux Pippin
Jul 21, 2005
Athens - Mrs. Jeanne Robichaux Pippin, 96, of Morningside Assisted Living, Athens, GA, went to be with our Lord on July 21, 2005. She was born in Ponchatoula, LA, August 25, 1908, to Odon Lee and Virginia Donaldson Robichaux and was the oldest of six brothers and sisters. She received her RN from Mercy Hospital in New Orleans and worked...
Ronney Masters
Jul 20, 2005
Watkinsville - Ronney Masters, 54, husband of Christina Lynn Verner, died July 20, 2005 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Americus, GA, he was the son of James Oscar Masters and Agnes Daniels Woodman and stepson of Ardis Masters. He served his country in the US Army and had attended Watkinsville First United Methodist Church. He is survived by...
Leroy B. Lenox
Jul 19, 2005
Athens - LeRoy Bouton Lenox, 89, died July 19, 2005. A native of Trenton, NJ, he was the son of the late Joseph Flanagan and Sadie Bouton Lenox. Mr. Lenox was a U.S. Navy veteran of WW II. He was a graduate of Trenton State University, participated in graduate studies at Columbia University and the University of Georgia and attended...
C. P. Shaw
Jul 18, 2005
Clarkesville,GA - C. P. Shaw, 80, formerly of Athens, died July 18, 2005. A native of Honea Path, SC, he was a son of the late Pearl Lindley and Henry Prue Shaw and was preceded in death by his first wife, Colleen Shaw. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Thomas Harper Shaw and two sisters, Delma Reep...