Denzil Ray Capps Sr
Apr 17, 2018
Denzil Ray Capps, Sr., 93, of Danielsville, passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018. Mr. Capps was preceded in death by his wife of almost 73 years, Vera Viola Capps, parents, Denzil Evenda Capps and Bertha Beatrice Capps and siblings: Donna Ellen Capps, James Milledge Capps and Donald Douglas Capps. He retired as a mechanic from Railoc Company Inc. and had...
John Delaney Amos
Apr 16, 2018
John Delaney Amos of Watkinsville died suddenly and peacefully on Monday, April 16. He was one week past his 79th birthday. John is survived by his wife Jane Yardley Amos of Watkinsville, his son John Ellison Amos III (Alex) of Ft. Lauderdale, daughter Jane Sullivan Amos Hurley (Jim) of Darien CT, daughter Emily Page Murray (Kirby) of Watkinsville, sister Mary...
Phyllis Florence Rasmussen
Apr 13, 2018
Phyllis Florence (Cornuet) Rasmussen died Thursday, April 12, 2018, in Athens, GA. Born March 2, 1929 in Dysart, PA, she lived most of her life in the Akron, Ohio area. She was a member of Bethel Valley United Methodist, Akron, and retired from Fred Arbogast Company after 30 years in 1989. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband...
Alvin Mathews
Apr 13, 2018
Alvin Mathews, 68, died April 13, 2018. A native of Athens, GA, he was a son of the late Walter R. and Ernestine Faust Mathews. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Charles E. Mathews and W. Howard Mathews and a sister, Dyanne Mathews Mize. Mr. Mathews was a veteran of the United States Navy with honorable service...
Mary Elizabeth (Roberts) Rowan
Apr 12, 2018
Mary Roberts Rowan, wife of 50 years to the late Paul James Rowan, died Thursday, April 12, 2018. Born in Macon, GA, she was the daughter of the late Charles B. Roberts and Katherine Hardy Roberts. In addition to her husband and parents, Mary was preceded in death by her daughter: Katherine Teresa Rowan; brothers: Charles B. Roberts, Jr. and...
Stuart Mason Sullivan
Apr 12, 2018
Stuart M. Sullivan, 63, from Charlotte N.C., died on April 12, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Mary Ann Sullivan. Also surviving are his sons Nicholas and Graham, daughter-in-law Mariel, and grandson Adrian. Visitation will be held on Saturday April 14, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. followed by funeral services at 1:00 p.m. Both...
William Edward Swinson Jr
Apr 12, 2018
Dr. William Edward Swinson Jr., 83, of Jefferson, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018. Born in Macon, he was a son of the late William Edward Swinson Sr. and Gladys Inez Davis Swinson. He graduated high school from Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, GA. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Army from April 1954 to December 1956 as a...
Ronnie Morris
Apr 11, 2018
Ronnie Morris, 69, died April 11, 2018. Mr. Morris was born September 30, 1948 to H. G. and Dorothy Palmer Morris. He was a veteran of the United States Army with service during the Vietnam War and worked for Southland Power, Fence and Equipment for fourteen years. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 11:00AM at the chapel...
Melcena Cotter Johnson
Apr 11, 2018
Melcena C. Johnson, 85, died Wednesday, April 11, at Piedmont Hospital in Athens, GA. Mrs. Johnson will be buried at Silverdale Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN. A graveside service will be held on May 26th at 11AM. Melcena was born August 11, 1932 in Chattanooga, TN, to Melvin Oscar Burns and Edna Frances Smith Burns. In 1950 Melcena graduated from Girls Preparatory...
James Carey Marable
Apr 10, 2018
James Carey Marable, 83, died April 10, 2018. A native and longtime resident of Maxeys, GA, he was a son of the late James Robert and Sarah Evans Marable. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, William Phillip Marable and sister, June M. Smith. He retired from Westinghouse after thirty-one years and was a...
Teddy Ray Weaver
Apr 7, 2018
Teddy Ray Weaver, 65, husband of Linda Williams Weaver, died Saturday, April 7, 2018. Born in Athens, he was the son of the late Oran Freeman Weaver and Mary Lou Carter Weaver and brother to the late Billy Ray Carter and Oren Ray Weaver. Ted had work for the Oglethorpe County High School as a Custodian and various rock quarries....
Brandon Ray Lance
Apr 7, 2018
Brandon Ray Lance passed away quietly in his Comer home Saturday, April 7th. He was 57 years old. Brandon was a native of St. Louis, MO where he worked for Coca-Cola. He was a devoted son, leaving school at a young age to help his mother raise his two sisters. Mr. Lance after moving to Georgia he worked as an...
Joseph Buford Lockman
Apr 6, 2018
Pastor Joseph Buford Lockman, 83, husband of 62 years to Joan Dove Lockman, died Friday, April 6, 2018. Born in Jackson County, Buford was the son of the late Grady and Montine Archer Lockman. Early in his ministry, Buford served as Pastor at Baptist Tabernacle of Commerce, Center Baptist Church in Jackson County, Bluestone Baptist Church in Danielsville, Hannah's Creek...
Berkeley S (Smith) Minor
Apr 5, 2018
Berkeley Napier Smith Minor, wife of Henry Daniels Minor, Athens, Georgia, died Thursday, April 5, 2018, after a fall and head injury. Mrs. Minor was born April 7, 1938, in the Middle Georgia Hospital in Macon, Georgia, to Robert Monroe Smith (Bob) and Marion Rose Napier. Her maternal grandparents were Hendley Varner Napier Jr. and wife, Viola Felton Ross of...
Lloyd Gilbert Sawhill
Apr 5, 2018
Lloyd Gilbert Sawhill, 93, died April 5, 2018 in Athens, GA after a short illness. A gathering for family and friends will be held Sunday, April 22 from 2:00-4:00 pm at Lord & Stephens West Funeral Home, 1211 Jimmy Daniel Road, Watkinsville, GA 30677. www.lordandstephens.com Lloyd was born to George W. and Alta M. Sawhill on August 26, 1924 in...
Jason Scott McElhannon
Apr 4, 2018
Jason Scott McElhannon, 40, of Colbert, died Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Born in Montgomery, AL, Jason was the son of George Dennis McElhannon and Nina Jean Jackson McElhannon. He was a machine operator for Baldor ABB Motors and Mechanical. He was an avid motor cycle rider. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and uncle. In addition to...
Karen Lee Tinsley
Apr 3, 2018
Karen Tinsley, 45, of Watkinsville died Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Born in Augusta, GA, she was the daughter of Roger W. Tinsley (and wife, Janet) of Syracuse, NY and Judy Tinsley McPeak (and husband, William) of Hull, Mass. Karen grew up in Syracuse, NY and graduated from Fayetteville-Manlius High School. She received her bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and her...
Ricky Willie Eberhart
Apr 3, 2018
Ricky W. Eberhart, 61, of Winterville, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Born in Athens, he was a son of the late William Gene Eberhart and Nina Ruth Williams Eberhart. Mr. Eberhart loved old cars, big trucks, travelling to the mountains for car shows and going to Daytona Beach. He was an avid fan of NASCAR and the Georgia Bulldogs...
Gladys May Sprouffske
Apr 1, 2018
Gladys May Sprouffske, 94, of Ila, passed away on April 1, 2018. She was preceded in death by her parents, Norman Parker Farnell and Janet Raudebaugh Farnell; her husband, Gordon M. Sprouffske; and her son, Patrick Sprouffske. She is survived by four of her children: Gail (Thomas) Freeman, Michael (Willie) Sprouffske, Dan (Kathy) Sprouffske, and Susan (Gary) Tarmina. She is...
Judy Loggins
Apr 1, 2018
Judy Diane Loggins, 62 of Danielsville, passed away March 31, 2018. She was the daughter of the late, John Brooks and Nell Presley; also preceded in death by her sisters and brothers, Tina Hamilton, Bernice Phillips, Jerry Brooks, JoAnn Hayes, Karen Betts, Michael Brooks and Stephen Brooks. Mrs Loggins was a member of Bethel M Baptist Church and School Bus...