Harold Moore
Jan 19, 2021
Harold Moore, 87, of Carnesville, passed away Tuesday morning, January 19, 2021 at the Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, SC.Born July 21, 1933 in Carnesville, he was the son of the late Gartrelle and Mary Sue Snipes Moore. He was the brother of the late Doug Moore. He was retired from Franklin Industries, and was a veteran of the U...
Lunell Hearn
Jan 17, 2021
Lunell Taylor Hearn, 95, of Carnesville, passed away Friday evening, January 15, at the Hart Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hartwell.Born August 10, 1925in Toccoa, GA, she was the daughter of the late George Washington and Florida Lou Addie Busha Taylor. She was the widow of the late Mack Hearn. She was the sister of the late Howard Taylor, George...
Susan Beard
Jan 15, 2021
Susan Frances Beard, 72, of the Shiloh Community, passed away January 14, 2021, at the Piedmont Athens Medical Center.Born November 13, 1948 in the Sandy Cross Community of Franklin County she was the daughter of the late Hoyt and Annie Lou Roach Gibby. She was a sister of the late Ray Gibby. She was retired and had worked at Southeastern...
David Buffington
Jan 6, 2021
William David Buffington, 48, of Carnesville, passed away Wednesday morning at the Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, GA.Born November 23, 1972, in Athens, Georgia he was the son of Sharon Elizabeth Herring Buffington and the late George Clarence Buffington. David was a former Franklin County Magistrate Judge, and had served as a law enforcement officer with Franklin County...
Hillory Kays
Jan 5, 2021
Hillory Lucile Kays, 40, of Royston, Ga, passed away Tuesday morning January 5, 2021 at Piedmont Athens Medical Center, Athens.Born April 13, 1980, in Tucker GA, she was the daughter of William Ernest Kays and the late Joannie Marie Brigman. She was a hostess at Applebee’s of Commerce.Survivors include her daughter, Hailey Lavergne; her son, A J Lavergne; her father...
Douglas Segars
Dec 31, 2020
Douglas Terrell Segars, 78, of Carnesville, passed away Wednesday evening, December 30, 2020, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, Georgia.Born March 31, 1942, in Carnesville, he was the son of the late Robert Manson “R M” and Ruby Nell Mauldin Segars. He was the husband of the late Rebecca London “Becky” Segars; grandfather of the late Brian Daniel Segars;...
Millard Bradley
Dec 30, 2020
On Monday December 28, 2020 Millard Dewey Bradley moved on to his heavenly home the son of Warren Cash Bradley Sr and Nannie Eleanor Hulsey Bradley. The youngest of thirteen children he was raised on a hundred acre cotton farm in the New Franklin Community near Canon, Georgia. At the age of nineteen on December 27, 1952 he married Barbara...
Gwen Kesler
Dec 22, 2020
Gwen Muriel Kesler, 95, of Carnesville, Ga passed away Tuesday morning, December 22, 2020, at the Jackson Oaks Center in Jefferson, GA.Born August 18, 1925, in Banks County, she was the daughter of the late James Allen “Al” and Alice Loretta Gillespie Kesler. She was the sister of the late Doris Kesler. Mepham, Quilla Inez Kesler Sheffield, and Gaylord Kesler. ...
Benton Hall Jr
Dec 22, 2020
David Benton Hall, Jr. 85, of 4370 Ga. Hwy 326, Bold Spring Community, died December 21, 2020, at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital with his family by his side.Born September 15, 1935, in Franklin County, he was the son of late David Benton Hall, Sr. and Susie Carson Hall. Benton was a lifelong farmer, member of the Franklin County Young...
Tommy Dodd
Dec 8, 2020
Thomas C. “Tommy” Dodd, 71, of Acworth, Georgia, passed away Friday December 4, 2020, at Duke University Hospital, in Durham, NC.Born March 14, 1949, in Tampa, Florida, he was the son of the late Malcom Emmitt and Dolly Frances Jenkins Dodd. He graduated University of North Carolina at Charlotte with an engineering degree in 1972. He was a retired Electrical...
Emily Miller
Nov 27, 2020
Emily Dawn Miller, 26, of Red Hill, passed away, Thursday morning, November 26, 2020, at her home.Born September 3, 1994, she was the daughter of Mike and Cathy Lynn Miller. She was the granddaughter of the late Olin Adams and Dan Miller. She was a student at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She was a member of the Cross...
Stanley Carey
Nov 22, 2020
Stanley Drew Carey, 61, of Carnesville, passed away Sunday morning, November 22, 2020, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, GA.Born January 4, 1959, in Royston, GA, he was the son of the late James Darrell and Martha Sue Randall Carey. He was the father of the late Nickolas Carey and brother of the late Gwen Perkins and Wanda Hart. ...
Tom Cowart
Nov 22, 2020
James Thomas "Tom" Cowart Jr., 65 of the Red Hill Community, passed away Saturday afternoon, November 21, 2020 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA.Born February 2, 1955, Atlanta, GA, he was the son of James Thomas "Jim" Cowart, Sr. and the late Juanita Price Cowart. He was the brother of the late Michael Cowart. He was a...
Harold Pritchett
Nov 21, 2020
William Harold Pritchett, 77, of the Red Hill Community, passed away Friday evening, November 20, 2020, at his home.Born August 9, 1943 in Commerce, GA, he was the son of the late Edgar Milton and Sarah Zilpha Herbert Pritchett. He served as a police officer for 25 years with Athens-Clarke County Police Department and later as a security guard for...
Junior Barrett
Nov 9, 2020
Buard James “Junior” Barrett Jr, 82, of Carnesville, passed away Monday morning November 9, 2020, at his home.Born July 17, 1938, he was the son of the late Buard James and Nellie Brown Barrett Sr.He was the father of the late Sara Lynn Barrett, and great-grandfather of Tripp Parker. He was the brother of the late Lois Busha, Roger Daniels,...
Michael Hart
Nov 7, 2020
Michael Secret Hart, 60, of the Sandy Cross Community passed away Saturday morning, November 7, 2020 at the St Mary's Hospital in Athens.Born July 29, 1960, in Royston, he was the son of Secret Newton and Willie Ruth Phillips Hart. He was a welder and pipe fitter and worked for Consolidated Fire Protection for 25 years. He was a member...

Jeanette Lollis
Nov 7, 2020
Ruth Jeanette Lollis, 66, of Eastanollee, passed away Thursday evening November 5, 2020 at the Landmark Hospital in Athens, Georgia.She was the daughter of the late Herschel and Geneva Preal Turpin Durham.She was the mother of Sherry Wing, of Greer, SC, and Melissa Barrett, Royston, GA; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild; sisters Peggy Sawall of Eastanollee, and Eneree Bohannon, Martin,...
Marie Cornett
Nov 3, 2020
Ann Marie Pritchett Cornett, 51, of the Hunters Creek Community, passed away Tuesday morning, November 3, 2020, at her residence.Born April 19, 1969, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of Roger and Shirley Thurmond Pritchett. She was a graduate of Franklin County High School and Truitt McConnell College. She was the Lab Manager at Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia. ...
Philip Strickland
Oct 23, 2020
Philip Lamar Strickland, 74, of Watkinsville, died on Monday, October 19, 2020.A native of Franklin County, Georgia, Philip was born to the late Isaac Strickland and Gladys Ledbetter Strickland. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Conflict. He then worked for the United States Postal Service for 35 years.Along with his parents, Philip was preceded in...
Jeff Sosby
Oct 17, 2020
Jeffery Julius “Jeff” Sosby, 59, of Red Hill, passed way October 17, 2020, at the St Mary’s Hospice House in Athens, GA.Born October 9, 1961, in Toccoa, GA, he was the son of the late Robert Ervin and Mary Will Hulsey Sosby. He was the brother of the late Philip Gregory Sosby. He was a retired paramedic with Franklin County...