Thomas Brantley Westbrook
Oct 8, 2017
Thomas Brantley Westbrook, 67, of the Ashland community, passed away Sunday morning, October 8, 2017, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville.Born July 12, 1950, in Commerce, GA, he was the son of the late Thurston and Mary Lou Parker Westbrook. He was the husband of the late Ethel Letitia Westbrook, the brother of the late Betty McKern, and father-in-law...
Patti Payne
Oct 4, 2017
“Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not”
Patti Ann Kennedy Payne, 61, of the New Franklin Community, passed away Wednesday morning, October 4, 2017, at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Lavonia, GA.Born June 24, 1956, in Buford, GA, she was the daughter of the late Idus Harold and Kathryn Eloise Morgan Kennedy. An executive secretary, she had worked...
James Parrish
Sep 30, 2017
James Everett Parrish, 85, of Carnesville, passed away Saturday morning, September 30, 2017, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville.Born April 11, 1932, in Princeton , North Carolina, he was the son of the late James Eddie and Effie Daughtry Parrish. He was the brother of the late Elton Parrish, Estelle, Rains, and Ruth Powell. He was a pressman and...
Alton Ray
Sep 27, 2017
Rev. Alton Kenneth Ray, 84, of Canon, Georgia, passed away Wednesday morning, September 27, 2017, at the Piedmont Athens Medical Center, Athens, Georgia.Born July 28, 1933, in Hart County, he was the son of the late William Jasper and Allie Brown Ray. He was the father of the late, Susan Marie Ray Detter. The last member of his immediate family...
Virginia Whitworth
Sep 18, 2017
Virginia Ruth Whitworth, 72 of Red Hill passed away Monday afternoon at her home.Born March 15, 1945, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Jessie and Rosie Hembree Chastain. She was the last surviving member of sixteen brothers and sisters. She was a homemaker, and a member of The Pointe Church of God. She was also very...
Pruitt McClain
Sep 12, 2017
Alton Pruitt McClain, 85, of the Red Hill Community passed away Tuesday morning, September 12, 2017, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, GA.Born March 30, 1932, in Red Hill, he was the son of the late Hoyt and Lily Mullinax McClain. He was the brother of the late Ellen Smith, Hoke McClain, Solon McClain, Jim McClain, Pete McClain, and...
Jerri Duffell
Sep 7, 2017
Retha Geraldine “Jerri” Bond Duffell, 79, of Carnesville, passed away Thursday morning, September 7, 2017 at the Northridge Health Center in Commerce.Born May 31, 1938, in Carnesville, GA, she was the daughter of the late John Leon and Azilee Martin Bond. She was the widow of the late Allen Duffell. She was a member of the FCHS class of 1956....
Peggy Beppler
Sep 3, 2017
Peggy Jo Hunter Beppler, 58, of Canon, Georgia passed away Sunday morning September 3, 2017, at her home.Born March 22, 1959, in Royston, GA, she was the daughter of the late Bert Lee and Rosa Lee Dove Hunter. She had been employed at Habersham Plantation and Hehr International. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church.She is survived by her...
J N Hopkins
Aug 21, 2017
J N Hopkins, 84, of Martin, Ga, passed away Monday morning, August 21, 2017, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, Ga.Born April 12, 1933, he was the son of the late John Thomas and Lillian W. Morgan Hopkins. He had retired from the J P Stevens/West Point Pepperell textile plant. He was of the Holiness faith.He is survived by...
Jennifer Harbart
Aug 18, 2017
Jennifer Sue Chatham Harbert, 60, of Toccoa, Georgia passed away at her home Friday August 18, 2017.Born May 29, 1957, in Royston, GA, she was the daughter of the late William Harvey and Sallie Sue King Chatham. She was the sister of the late Sammy Butler. She was a special education teacher with Stephens County School System for 15 years....
John Smith
Aug 8, 2017
Johnathan Manley “John” Smith was called home to be with the Lord on August 8, 2017.He was a beloved son of Debra Ann Rall Smith, of Carnesville, GA and Dennis Smith of Habersham County Ga.He was wonderful husband, father, brother, grandson and friend to many. He was a Graduate of Franklin County High School and a certified welder through North...

Sarah Jernigan
Aug 2, 2017
Sarah Herring Jernigan, 86, of the Fairview Community, passed away Wednesday evening, August 2, 2017.Born June 22, 1931, in Hart County, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Howard and Nettie Lou Woods Herring. She was predeceased by her first husband, Clarence Whiting, brother, Harold Hugh, Calvin, Julian, and James Herring, and sister Nathel Alewine. She was a retired...
Bobby Ledford
Aug 2, 2017
Bobby Harold Ledford, 77, of the Ashland community of Franklin County, passed away Wednesday afternoon, August 2, 2017 at the Athens Regional Medical Center.Born April 8, 1940, he was the son of the late Dock and Inda Mae McElreath. He was the father of the late Greg Ledford. He was the brother of the late Bertha Williams, Dorothy Wilbanks, Alice...

Blanton Payne
Jul 30, 2017
Blanton William Payne, 74, of Carnesville, Georgia passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital, Athens, Georgia.Born May 17, 1943 in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Julius William Payne and Mary Floy Parham Payne. He received his education at Red Hill Elementary School and Franklin County High School and retired from the...
Ken Ford Sr
Jul 29, 2017
Kenneth Lee “Ken” Ford, 79 of Carnesville, passed away Saturday evening at this home.Born September 10, 1937 in South Bend Indiana, he was the son of the late John Elmo and Eva Marie Herndon. He was predeceased by two grandchildren, Lorene and Daniel; sister, Eunice Aftowski, and three brothers, Delbert Ford, Wayne Ford, and Earl Ford. He was a retired...

Dean Graham
Jul 28, 2017
Dean Tracy Graham, 53, of 214 Poplar Mountain Lane, Carnesville, passed away Friday July 28, 2017.Born December 20, 1963 in Portsmouth, Virginia, he was the son of Thomas and Brenda Holcomb Graham. He served in the U S Army. He moved here from West Virginia and had been a Georgia resident for the past 33 years. He worked for Blue...

Vicky Pulliam
Jul 20, 2017
Vicky Renae Pullian, 52, of Royston, GA, tragically passed away Thursday evening July 20, 2017,Born May 4, 1965, in Hart County, she was the daughter of the late Jerry and Shirley Mae Smith Pullian. She was a 1983 graduate of Franklin County High School. She was an employee of Cobb-Vantress Industry of Hartwell. She was of the Baptist faith.She was...
Ann Kesler
Jul 19, 2017
Sara Ann Kesler, 80, of Carnesville, GA, passed away Saturday evening, February 4, 2017, at the Pruitt Health and Rehab Center in Toccoa, GA.Born July 19, 1936, in Fort Valley Georgia, she was the daughter of the latePaul Joshua and Agnes Gertrude Hutto Denton. She was the widow of the late Joe Willard Kesler. She was the sister of the...

Sammy Macomson
Jul 3, 2017
Samuel Bennett “Sammy” Macomson, 73, if Carnesville, passed away Thursday morning July 13, 2017 at the Brown Health and Rehab Center, Royston, GA.Born December 3, 1943, in Carnesville, he was the son of the late D. W. and Ellise Bennett Macomson. He was retired from Westinghouse of Athens. He was a member of the Liberty Baptist Church.Survivors include his wife...

Johnny Fitzpatrick
Jul 2, 2017
Johnny Bert Fitzpatrick, 72, of the Bold Spring Community, passed away early Sunday Morning, July 2, 2017, at his home.Born September 22, 1944, in Ila Georgia, he was the son of the late Bert and Eddie Ophelia David Fitzpatrick. He was the brother of the late Henry Fitzpatrick, Sue Edins, and Bonnie Wilson. He was the son-in-law of the late...