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
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
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
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
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
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...

Troyce Hambrick
Apr 19, 2019
Troyce Hambrick, 70, of Red Hill, passed away at his home April 19, 2019.Born January 2, 1949, in Toccoa, GA, he was the son of the late James Dennison and Grace Laura Nimmons Hambrick. He was a member of the Clarks Creek Baptist Church.He is survived by brothers, James Hambrick, Nicholson, and Dwight Hambrick, Martin, GA; Nieces and Nephews.A memorial...
Pam Hill
Apr 18, 2019
Pamela Ann “Pam” Hill, 66, of Carnesville, passed away Thursday morning, April 18, 2019, at her home.Born March 16, 1953 in Royston, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Sidney Joseph and Vivian Lucille Massey Bouquet. She was a 1971 graduate of Franklin County High School, and graduated from Brenau University with a BS in Criminal Justice and Public...
Glenn McDuffie
Apr 17, 2019
Glenn Davis McDuffie, 80, of the Plainview Community, passed away Tuesday afternoon at the Pruitt Healthcare of Toccoa.Born August 10, 1938, in Carnesville, GA, he was the son of the late Isaac Daye and Jettie Mae Aderhold McDuffie. He was the brother of the late Moody Lowell McDuffie and Martha Marguerite Howell. He was a poultry farmer and had served...
Doris Bond
Apr 17, 2019
Mary Doris Bond, 91, of Commerce, passed away Wednesday morning at the Hill Haven Nursing Center at the Northridge Medical Center, in Commerce.Born February 17, 1928 in Carnesville, she was the daughter of the late Jimmie Rufus “Doc” and Annie Mozelle Ayers Kennedy. She was the widow of the late John Russell Bond. She was the brother of the late...
Joe Roane
Apr 13, 2019
"Coach"
Joe C. Roane, 84, of Carnesville, passed away Friday evening, April 12, 2019, at the Piedmont Athens Medical Center.
Born March 11, 1935, in Tiger, Georgia, he was the son of the late Lewis Edward “Ed” and Martha Elizabeth Justus Roane. He was the husband of the late Julianne Hall Roane, father of the late Fred O’Neil Roane, and brother...
Saul Olvera
Apr 10, 2019
Saul Olvera, 43, of Homer, GA passed away Monday, April 8, 2019, at the Northridge Medical Center in Commerce, GA.Born December 27, 1975 in Guanajuato, Mexico, he was a poultry worker and was of the Catholic faith.He is survived by his parents, Antonio and Eva Garcia Garcia Olvera; his wife Veronica Garcia Mena Olvera; two sons, Alberto Olivera and Saul...

Shirley P. Royston
Apr 8, 2019
Shirley Phillips Royston, 80, of the Sandy Cross Community, passed away Sunday evening April 7, 2019 at the Hart Care Center.Born April 24, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Dewitt and Rannie Lou Sartain Phillips. She was sister of the late Edward Phillips, James Phillips, Geraldine Grizzle, and Dorothy Austin. She was a long time poultry and cattle...
Madeline Goodlett
Mar 26, 2019
Madeline Wilmot Goodlett, 95, of Tucker GA, passed away Sunday morning March 24, 2019, at the Phoenix of Tucker Assisted Living.Services will be Saturday at 4pm at the B D Ginn Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Tommy Childress. Interment will be in the Franklin Memorial Gardens North. Her body is at the Ginn Funeral Home, Carnesville. The family will receive...
Talmadge Perry
Mar 18, 2019
Talmadge Henderson Perry, 78, of Lavonia, passed away Sunday evening, March 17, 2019, at the Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Born September 2, 1940, in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Eugene and Ina Ivey Perry. He was the brother of the late Walter Perry, Margaret Tinsley, Avis Coker, Mardell Davis, and Linda Sexton. He received a...
Sheryl Kesler
Mar 16, 2019
Miss Sheryl Ann Kesler, 61, of Carnesville, passed away Friday afternoon, March 15, 2019, at Dacula, GA.Born February 5, 1958, she was the daughter of the late Joe Willard and Sara Ann Denton Kesler. She was the granddaughter of the late S V and Euna Segars Kesler, and Paul and Agnes Hutto Denton. She loved participating in Special Olympics and...

John Daniel Hallford
Mar 8, 2019
John Daniel Hallford, 72, of Lavonia, passed away Wednesday evening, March 6, 2019 at the Landmark Hospital in Athens GA.Born March 22, 1946, in Stephens County, he was the son of the late Henry Garland Hallford and the late Mary Turpin Hallford Hill. He was the husband of the late Kay Dawn Packey Hallford and brother of the late Jerry...
Winford Gordon
Mar 8, 2019
Winfred Fermon Gordon, 87, of Carnesville, passed away Friday morning, March 8, 2019 at the Veranda of Carnesville.Born November 17, 1932 in Carnesville, he was the son of the late Willie Fermon and Vassie Louise Lewallen Gordon. He was the husband of the late Betty Jean Carlan Gordon. The last surviving member of his immediate family, he was the brother...

Raymond Whiting
Feb 25, 2019
Clarence Raymond Whiting, 71, of the Fairview community, passed away Sunday afternoon in Toccoa, Georgia.Born October 9, 1947, in Lavonia, GA, he was the son of late Clarence Franklin Whiting and Sara Herring Whiting Jernigan. He was the son-in-law of the late Paul and Louise DeFoor. He was a 1965 graduate of Franklin County High School and Tri-County Tech. He...
Peggy Milford
Feb 5, 2019
Margaret “Peggy” Crunkleton Milford, 92, of Carnesville, passed away February 5, 2019 at the Veranda in Carnesville, GA. Born January 25, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Herman and Myrtie Estelle LeCroy Crunkleton. She was the widow of the late William Esco Milford, the great-grandmother of the late James Christian Worley, and mother-in-law of the late Don Caudell...