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Buck Jordan

Buck Jordan

Jul 11, 2019

Larry Eugene "Buck" Jordan, 62, of Royston passed away Wednesday evening July 10, 2019.Born August 7, 1956, in Commerce, GA, he was the son of Alberta Eugen Roach Jordan and the late John Talmadge Jordan. He was the brother of the late Wayne Jordan, Lorene Jordan and Mattie Dean. He was a tree surgeon with Asplundh Tree Experts.Survivors include his...

Michael Hart

Michael Hart

Jul 11, 2019

Michael Arlen Hart,age  82, of  Brown Road, Carnesville, GA, passed away  July 10, 2019 at his residence.Son of the late Mr. George Hart, Sr.  and Mrs. Louise Hart , he was born October 31, 1936 in Franklin  County, Georgia, and lived all his life in Carnesville. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter...

Dr. Robert F. Sullivan

Dr. Robert F. Sullivan

Jul 10, 2019

Dr. Robert Franklin “Bob” Sullivan Sr, 91, of Carnesville, passed away Tuesday evening July 9, 2019 at the Veranda of Carnesville.Born September 21, 1927, in Carnesville, he was the son of the late Franklin Clyde and Minnie Valdivia “Dee” Gillespie Sullivan. He was the husband of the late June Wilson Sullivan; father of the late Robert F. “Bobby” Sullivan Jr.;...

Ed Bryant

Ed Bryant

Jul 10, 2019

Omer Edwin “Ed” Bryant, 89, of Carnesville, passed away Tuesday morning, July 10, 2019, at the Veranda of Carnesville.Born October 7, 1929, in Carnesville, he was the son of the late Omer Lee and Willie Payne Bryant. He was the brother of the late Eugene Bryant, Stella Louise Bryant, and Ida Mae “Maise”  Beacham.  He was the uncle of the...

Ashley Watkins

Ashley Watkins

Jul 8, 2019

Ashley Michelle Young Watkins, 32, of Carnesville passed away Thursday, July 4, 2019.Born April 1, 1987, in Stephens County, she was the daughter of Rev. James Leonard and Lillie Faye Maye Young. She was a homemaker.She is survived by her husband Wyman K. Watkins; her parents of Carnesville; five step-children, Wyatt Watkins, Ryan Watkins, Lindsay Watkins, April Kesler, and Amber...

Annette Carey

Annette Carey

Jul 1, 2019

Annette McGill Carey, 79, of the Sandy Cross Community, passed away Sunday afternoon at Piedmont Athens Hospital.Born December 7, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Tyrus and Winnie Belle Blackburn McGill.  She was the widow of the late Ernest Fermon Carey, and  sister of the late Mary Nell Martin and Charles Edward McGill. She was a retired sales...

Joe Parker

Joe Parker

Jun 30, 2019

Marshall Joe Parker, 62, of the Hunter’s Creek Community passed away June 30, 2019 at the Piedmont Athens Hospital.Born August 10, 1956, in Stephens County, he was the son of the late John Henry Sr and Dorothy Evelelar Turpin Parker. He was the brother of the late John H. Parker Jr, Leon Parker, and Becky Woody.  He had worked for...

Joyce Henderson

Joyce Henderson

Jun 29, 2019

Linda Joyce Sheriff Henderson, 72, of the Double Churches Community, passed away Saturday afternoon, June 29, 2019 at her home.Born September 13, 1946, she was the daughter of the late  Robert Hayden and Mildred Inez Higginbotham Sheriff.  The last member of her immediate family, she was the sister of the late Rudene Burdette, Bobby Sheriff, Johnny Sheriff, Mae Blakely, Paul...

Doris Hopkins

Doris Hopkins

Jun 21, 2019

Doris Fowler Hopkins, 82, of Martin, Ga passed away Friday Morning June 21 2019, at the home of her son.Born January 25, 1937, she was the daughter of the late John Fowler  and Lucille Thurmond Fowler . She had retired from Coats America and was of the Holiness Faith. She is survived by her two sons and daughter in law,...

Linda Elrod

Linda Elrod

Jun 16, 2019

Linda Sewell ElrodMrs. Linda Sewell Elrod age 64 of Richardson Street passed away Saturday June 15, 2019 at Stephens County Hospital.A daughter of the late Guy and Marie Ferris Sewell, she was born February 12, 1955 in Washington, D.C. having lived most of her life in Toccoa. She was a member of Calvary Temple of Deliverance.Survivors include her husband Aaron...

Michael Gibson

Michael Gibson

Jun 10, 2019

Michael William Gibson, 32, of the Red Hill Community, passed Friday, June 7, 2019.Born August 11, 1986, in Winder, GA, he was the son of Mark David Gibson and the late Gloria Ann McIntyre.  He was the step-son of the late Trina Ayers Gibson. He was a welder with Wright’s Manufacturing.Survivors include two sons, Devin and Tyler Gibson, Toccoa; father,...

Barbara Smith Andrews

Barbara Smith Andrews

Jun 2, 2019

Barbara Milford Smith Andrews, 77, of the Red Hill Community, passed away Sunday morning, June 2, 2019 at the Piedmont Athens Medical Center.Born February 3, 1942, in Toccoa, she was the daughter of the late Clarence A. and Gladys South Milford. She was the wife of the late Doyle Benjamin “Butch” Smith and the late Thomas William “Tommy” Andrews. She...

Brenda Banks

Brenda Banks

Jun 2, 2019

Brenda Faye Williamson Banks, 75, of Royston, passed away June 1, 2019, at the Piedmont Athens Medical Center, Athens, GA.Born March 19, 1944, in Covington, GA, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Voil McGarity and Dellie Lee Powell Williamson.  She was the sister of the late Pat Burdette and Barbara Norman. She was a homemaker and had been...

Travis Malone

Travis Malone

May 29, 2019

Infant Travis Noah Malone, of Carnesville, passed away Sunday evening May 25, 2019 at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Lavonia.Born April 4, 2019, in Stephens County, he was the son of Brandon Noah and Holly Ann McGee Malone. He was the grandson of Danny and Kinberly Travis Malone, Mayesville, GA and Johnny and Lisa McGee, Carnesville; great-grandparents, Felton and Vivian Gray,...

Ken Thompson

Ken Thompson

May 26, 2019

William Kenneth “Ken” Thompson, 69, of Red Hill, passed away Sunday morning May 26, 2019.Born December 14, 1949, he was the son of the late Bill Ray Thompson and Mary Hazel Cisson Thompson Macomson.  He was the stepson of the late Robert Macomson.  He was a member of the FCHS class of 1967, and was a graduate of Athens Tech,...

Infant Wesson Passmore

Infant Wesson Passmore

May 2, 2019

Wesson James Passmore infant son of  Scott and Haley Passmore passed away April 26, 2019.Survivors include his parents, Scott Lee and Haley Blythe Passmore; Grandparents, Bobby and Angela Passmore, Kathy and John Tullis, Jonathan and Rose Robinson, Great-grandparents, Nell Lee, Faye Cook, Phillys and Jimmy Carter, Betty Passmore, Diane Way, Gene and Gail Robinson; great-great grandparents, Florine Fraser Elrod; Aunts...

Ruth Purcell

Ruth Purcell

Apr 28, 2019

Ruth Carolyn Purcell, 87, of Carnesville and Alpharetta, passed away Sunday morning, April 28, 2019, in her home in Alpharetta.Born January 19, 1932 in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late George L. and Lou Ella Morgan Smith.  She served faithfully in ministry alongside her late husband, Rev. Herman Purcell, a Southern Baptist minister for over 59 years. ...

Doyie Parten

Doyie Parten

Apr 26, 2019

Doyie Frances Young Parten, 78, of the Hunter’s Creek Community passed away Friday morning, April 26, 2019 at her home.Born November 2, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Esther Albert and Lillie Mae Bentley Young. She was the sister and sister-in-law of the late Albert and Elizabeth Young and Jeanette and Warren Crump. She was a seamstress and...

Billy Warf

Billy Warf

Apr 25, 2019

William Wesley “Billy” Warf, Jr, 58, of Clayton passed away Wednesday morning, April 24, 2019, at his residence.Born December 27, 1960, in Memphis, TN, he was the son of William Wesley and Lynda Faye Heatley Warf, Sr. He was the grandfather of the late Mary Elizabeth Grace. He was a graduate of Harding High School in Charlotte. He was the...

Pauline Jordan

Pauline Jordan

Apr 23, 2019

Mary Pauline Bradley Jordan, 88, of the New Franklin Community, passed away Tuesday afternoon, April 23, 2019, in Clayton, Georgia.Born July 2, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Ruby Vaughn Bradley. She was the wife of the late Willie Hulie Jordan and mother of the late Melvin Jordan. She was the sister of the late Faye...

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