Obituaries

May 8, 2022

Edna L. Julian of Seneca, SC, age 84, passed away at her daughter’s home in Lugoff, SC.  Mrs. Julian was born 24 May 1937 in Carnesville, Franklin County, Georgia to Edd and Gladys Lathan.  She grew up in Toccoa, GA where she was a 1955 graduate of Stephens County High School.She retired from Janzen, Inc. where she worked on the...

Apr 17, 2022

Tony D. Reese, 69 of Canon, Georgia, passed away Saturday evening, April 16, 2022, at Anderson Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his family.Born October 5, 1952, in Anderson, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Dorsey Lee and Mary Ruth Parten Reese. He was a member of the Franklin County High School class of 1970, and was retired from...

Apr 10, 2022

Barbara Elizabeth Carey, 59, of Hartwell, passed away Sunday afternoon, April 10, 2022, at Landmark Hospital, in Athens, Georgia.Born August 20, 1962, in Royston, Georgia, she was the daughter of Kathleen Thomas Hyde the late Charles Edwin Hyde. She was retired and had worked at TNS Mills. She was of the Baptist Church.Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Candace and...

Apr 5, 2022

Michael David "Mike" Catron, 52, of the Double Churches Community, passed away Monday morning, April 4, 2022, at his home.Born January 5, 1970, in Duluth, Georgia he was the son of the late Robert Dale Catron and the late Linda Jean Fields Catron Clement.  He was employed by Piedmont Landscaping in Piedmont, SC.He is survived by his wife, Margaret Kay...

Apr 1, 2022

Anna Anderson Bradley, 89, of the New Franklin Community of Canon, passed away Friday, April 1, 2022, at her home.Born March 17, 1933, in Kalen Bodsjo, Sweden, she was the daughter of Anders and Marta Olsson Anderson. She was the widow of the late Warren Cash Bradley Jr. She was a retired oxygen therapist, and dental hygienist. She was a...

Mar 18, 2022

James Nelson Eavenson,84, of Carnesville, passed away Friday afternoon, March 18, 2022, at his home.Born February 18, 1938, in Carnesville, he was the son of the late Ben and Ossie Bell Barnes Eavenson. He was the brother of the late Rachael Eavenson, Cliff Eavenson, Reba Segars,  and Gene Eavenson.  Nelson was a hardworking poultry and cattle farmer, and had served...

Feb 27, 2022

Denise Lynn Welborn Turner, 63, of Royston passed away, Saturday February 26, 2022, at the home of her daughter.Born December 25, 1958, in Royston Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Harvey Clarence and Delina Diane Little Welborn. She was the wife of Ralph B Turner, Jr; mother of the late Timothy Turner; great-grandmother of the late Sklar Carrell...

Feb 26, 2022

Archie Thomas "Tommy" Mauldin, 84, of Carnesville,  passed away Saturday evening, February 26, 2022, at his home.Born March 28, 1937, in Carnesville, he was the son of the late A. T and Faye Turner Mauldin, Sr. He was the father of the late Ralph Turner Mauldin. He received a Forestry Degree from the University of Georgia, and then served in...

Feb 25, 2022

Thomas Michael "Mike" Walker, 66, of Red Hill Community, passed away Friday morning, Febraury 25, 2022, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia.Born June 15, 1955, in Tate, Georgia, he was the son of the late Wesley E. and Imogene Stellie Bruce Walker. Mike was a expert mechanic specializing in small engines and tractors. He never met a stranger and...

Feb 20, 2022

William John Thompson, 42, of the Red Hill Community, passed away Saturday, February 19, 2022, at St Marys Hospital, in Athens, GA.Born February 22, 1979, in Commerce, Georgia, he was the son of the late Jo Ann Suggs Thompson and Ken Thompson. He was a tow truck driver with Precision Towing of Carnesville. He was a member of The Point...

Feb 17, 2022

Renee Harris, 69, of Lavonia, passed away February 14, 2022, at Sacred Heart Hospital.Born April 4, 1952, in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of Bob and Dorothy Little Harris.  She was the mother of the late Lara Rueshelle Knox and Brian Joseph Durham, and great-grandmother of the late, Amethyst Algaze.    She was a retired corrections officer, and had worked...

Feb 12, 2022

Feb 6, 2022

Shelia Dawn Yoder Baker, 58, of Carnesville, passed away Sunday morning, February 6, 2022, at her home.Born January 28, 1964 in Meadsville, PA, she was the daughter of Robert Lee Yoder and the late Sara Marie Yoder. She was the widow of the late Michael Shane Edwards, and sister of the late Brett Yoder.  She was a retired bus driver...

Feb 5, 2022

Sue Bell Pruitt, 84, of Carnesville, passed away Saturday afternoon, February 5, 2022, at the AnMed Health Medical Center, in Anderson, SC.Born July 3, 1937, in Carnesville, she was the daughter of the late Hoyt and Emma Lee Payton Bell.  She was the widow of the late Maxie Cleveland Pruitt; mother of the late Audrey Watkins and Michael Pruitt; and...

Jan 26, 2022

Willie Vera “Willie V” LeCroy Ledford, of the Ashland Community, passed away Wednesday morning, January 26, 2022, at the NEGA Medical Center in Gainesville.She was the daughter of the late William David and Vera Ayers LeCroy. She was the wife of the late Bobby Ledford; and mother of the late Greg Ledford and Marty Ledford; and sister of the late...

Jan 25, 2022

Frank Gipson III, 82, of Carnesville went to be with the Lord on January 25, 2022.  He passed peacefully at his home with his loving family at his bedside.  He had bravely fought a courageous battle against Parkinson’s disease and dementia for several years.He was born June 28, 1939 to the late Frank, Jr. and Ebbie Chambers Gipson of Carnesville. ...

Jan 21, 2022

David M. Royston, 70, of Lavonia,  passed away Thursday evening, January 20, 2022, at his home.Born November 10, 1951, he was the son of the late William Clifford and Mildred Frances Macomson Royston. He was a member of the1969 Class of FCHS, and graduate of the state police academy.  He served in the National Guard, and worked for the state...

Jan 20, 2022

Donald Marty Ledford, 56, of the Ashland community, passed away Wednesday evening, January 19, 2022, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia.Born May 6, 1965 he was the son of Willie Vera LeCroy Ledford and the late Bobby Harold Ledford. He was the brother of the late Greg Ledford. He was a machinist.Survivors include his mother, Willie V. Ledford; son...

Jan 15, 2022

Marie Elaine Keranen, 92, of the Sunshine Community, passed away Friday evening, January 14, 2022.Born October 6, 1929, in Hartford CT, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth Mitchell Jabuiak.  She was the mother of the late Michele Keranen, and the sister of the late Charles Jakubiak. She was a homemaker and a graduate of St Joseph...

Jan 14, 2022

Gennelle Kirk Geer, 89, of Toccoa, passed away Thursday evening January 13, 2022, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville.Born March 23, 1932, in Carnesville, she was the daughter of the late Willie Jefferson and Viola Mae Forrester Kirk. She was the wife of the late Edward Geer;  mother of the late Harry Mullins Jr and Joyce Saylors: and sister...