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Orville Price

Orville Price

Jul 17, 2020

Orville Ray Price, 85, of the Sandy Cross Community passed away Thursday evening, July 16, 2020, at St Mary’s Hospital, Athens, GA.Born July 11, 1935, in Sullivan, West Virginia, he was the son of Alvin and Sadie Hale Price. He was the husband of the late Beatrice Redden Farley Price. He was the brother of the late Virginia Martin, Ellis...

Phyllis Ann Atkinson

Phyllis Ann Atkinson

Jul 7, 2020

Phyllis Ann Atkinson, 77, of Sandy Cross Community passed away Tuesday morning July 7, 2020, at the Northridge Medical Center.Born January 16, 1943, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Martin and Bertha Roach Atkinson. She was the sister of the late Melvin Atkinson and Rufus Atkinson and was the last surviving member of her immediate family. ...

Bobbie Jean Phillips

Bobbie Jean Phillips

Jul 6, 2020

Bobbie Jean Segars Phillips, 81, of Lavonia, passed away Monday morning at the Piedmont Athens Medical Center, in Athens GA.Born June 25, 1939, she was the daughter of the late William Jefferson “Will” and Modree Massey Segars.  She was the sister of the late Jody Segars, Ralph Segars, Bruce Segars, Mary Lee Gaines, Mildred Crump, Doree Ivester, and Flora May...

Betty Wood Akin

Betty Wood Akin

Jul 4, 2020

Betty Ann Wood Akin, 80, of the Red Hill Community, passed away Friday evening, July 3, 2020, at the St Mary's Hospice House Watkinsville.Born November 16, 1939 in Banks County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Andrew and Icie Buford Chatham Wood. She was the widow of the late James Pruitt Akin, and was the sister of the...

Jerry South

Jerry South

Jul 2, 2020

Jerry Michael South, 79, of the Red Hill Community passed away Wednesday evening, July 1, 2020, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.Born August 13, 1940, in Toccoa, GA, he was the son of the late Bradford Napp “B N” and Floy Agnew South.  He was a graduate of Abraham Baldwin College in Tifton. He was a cattle farmer...

Richard Miller

Richard Miller

Jun 27, 2020

Richard Thomas Miller, 72, of Carnesville, passed away Friday evening at the Hope Assisted Living Center in Dacula, GA.Born February 11, 1948, in Carnesville,  he was the son of the late Richard Clyde and Guynelle Jordan Miller. He was a member of the class of 1966 FCHS, and graduated from Emmanuel College in 1968, and University of Georgia in 1970....

Roger Thurmond

Roger Thurmond

Jun 24, 2020

Roger Thurmond, 62, of the New Bethel Community, passed away Friday morning, April 3, 2020, at his home.Born February 23, 1958, in Stephens county, he was the son of Silas Kendall and Selma Ree Brown Thurmond. He was the brother of the late Judy Lynn Thurmond, and Patsy Lynn Boulineau. He was retired from Coates America of Toccoa.He is survived...

Peggy Milford

Peggy Milford

Jun 19, 2020

Peggy Callaway Milford, 85, of Rockledge, Florida finished her course in life on Saturday, May 16, 2020.Mrs. Milford was born on April 9, 1935, in Elbert County to the late Gladys Cornelia Wall Callaway and Otis Henry Callaway, Jr. She was preceded in death by her husband, Patrick C. Milford and daughter, Lisa Allison Florence Brown.  Mrs. Milford lived and...

Geneva Kelley

Geneva Kelley

Jun 18, 2020

Geneva Oliver Kelley, 93, of Carnesville, passed away Thursday morning, June 18, 2020, at her home.Born September 27, 1926 in Carnesville, she was the daughter of the late Lee and Urena Purcell Oliver. She was the widow of the late William Jackson “Bill” Kelley, mother of the late Dan Kelley and Larry Kelley; sister of the late Agatha Carey, Duerell...

Patricia Ann Higgins

Patricia Ann Higgins

May 29, 2020

Patricia Ann Higgins, 75, of the Middle River Community, passed away Friday morning May 29, 2020, at her home.Born April 12, 1945, in Dekalb County, she was the daughter of the late Howard, C. and Atha John Smith Greenway. She was the widow of the late Larry Mack Higgins. She was the sister of the late Nancy Sue Greenway and...

Jack Canady

Jack Canady

May 19, 2020

Clarence Jackson “Jack Canady, 83, passed away Saturday morning, May 16, 2020, in Milledgeville, GA.Born in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Lawrence C. and Delia Crump Canady, Sr.  He was the husband of the late Annie Sue Canady, and was the brother of the late, L C Canady, Randolph Canady, Roy Canady, Louise Ballenger, Josephine Canady,...

Mary Strickland

Mary Strickland

May 14, 2020

Mary Ann Brady Strickland, 76, of Carnesville, passed away Thursday morning, May 14, 2020, at her home.Born April 14, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Rudolph and Dallie Hall Brady. The last member of her immediate family she was the sister of the late Rudee Brady, Randy Brady, Wilton Brady, R. L. Brady, Mack Brady, Edna Milford, Virginia...

Eva Varner

Eva Varner

May 3, 2020

The sweetest mama and mam-mama, Eva Hambrick Varner, 96, of Carnesville peacefully passed away at her home on May 3, 2020 surrounded by her family.Born November 11, 1923, in Martin, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Anner Brewer Hambrick.  She was an active member of Bold Spring United Methodist Church having spent many years as...

John Robert Lewis

John Robert Lewis

Apr 30, 2020

Angela Kay Lunsford, age 39, of Carnesville passed away September 13, 2012.. Born April 25, 1973, in Royston, Georgia, she is the daughter of Lula Faith Lowery Lunsford and the late Clarence C. Lunsford. She is the sister of the late Jennifer Rose Lunsford. She had an associate degree from North Georgia Technical School ,was a homemaker and attended the...

Terry Abernathy

Terry Abernathy

Apr 30, 2020

Terry Allen Clem Abernathy, 65, of the Middle River Community, passed away Wednesday afternoon, April 29, 2020 at his home.He was born April 25, 1955, and was the son of the late Matthew and Irene Abernathy.  He was the husband of the late Diane Baston Abernathy, and step-father of the late Jimmy Thomas.  He was a member of Riverside Baptist...

John Robert Lewis

John Robert Lewis

Apr 24, 2020

John Robert Lewis, 73, of the New Franklin Community, passed away April 24, 2020, at his home.Born May 30, 1946, in Nashville, Tennessee, he was the son of the late William Howard and Eva Louise Truell Lewis. He was the step-father of the late Peter Mack, and brother of the late David Lewis. Known as J R or "Bob" by...

Sharon Powell

Sharon Powell

Apr 22, 2020

Sharon Anne “Country” Powell, 64, of the Red Hill Community passed away Wednesday morning, April 22, 2020, at her home.Born October 6, 1955 in Atlanta, GA she was the daughter of Dorothy Anne Williams Thomas and the late Johnny Ronald Dickerson. She was the granddaughter of the late John & Cornelia Williams and Merrick & Dollie Dickerson. She was the...

Jones South

Jones South

Apr 19, 2020

Jones Edward South, 91, of Lavonia, passed away Saturday afternoon, April 18, 2020, at NHC Healthcare of Mauldin, SC.Born January 15, 1929, in Red Hill,  he was the son of the late Kermit Johnson and Ada Lee Bruce South. He was the husband of the late Mary Ruth Smith South and brother of the late Lamar South. He served in...

Dwain Hill

Dwain Hill

Apr 18, 2020

Buford Dwain Hill, 82, of Carnesville, passed away Saturday Morning, April 18, 2020, at his home.Born October 6, 1937, he was the son of the late Richard and Maggie Lee Clark Hill. He was the father of the late Johnny Hill. He was the brother of the late Roy Hill, Dorothy Payne, Inez King, Virginia Adams, Melvin Hill, Dewey Hill, ...

Janette Rutherford

Janette Rutherford

Apr 10, 2020

Janette Cobb Rutherford, 81, of Lavonia, passed away Thursday evening, April 9, 2020, at the Hartwell Health and Rehab Center in Hartwell.Born April 30, 1938, in Lavonia, she was the daughter of the late William Claude Arthur and Talsie Emma Dickson Cobb. She was the mother of the late Charles Mark Rutherford.  The last member of her immediate family, she...

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