Brent Samuel Weaver
Feb 7, 2017
Brent Samuel Weaver, 10, of Colbert, passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2017. Born in Athens, he was the son of Samuel Dennis Weaver (Keisha) and Tracy Parham Sewell (Jimmy). Brent loved sports, especially football and basketball. He enjoyed reading and was a very smart young man. He dreamed of one day being a Green Beret in the United States Army....
Priscilla (Gober) Greene
Feb 7, 2017
Priscilla G. Greene entered into peace to her heavenly home on Tuesday, February 7th, 2017 after an extended period of declining health. Priscilla was born in Madison County, Georgia on March 18,1928. She was the daughter of the late Henry Jackson Gober Sr. and the late Willie Jo Bray Gober. Her brothers, Jack Gober Jr and Bill Gober as well...
Mary (Creighton) Ferguson
Feb 6, 2017
Mary C. Ferguson, 89, passed away Monday, February 6, 2017. Born in Pensacola, FL, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Teal Creighton. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Robert U. Ferguson, Sr. Survivors include five children: Susan (Stan) Bradley, Robert (Debby) Ferguson, Kathryn (Danny) Williford, Nancy (Rod) Hernandez, Lloyd (Molly) Ferguson,...
James Howard "Speedy" Bailey
Feb 6, 2017
James Howard "Speedy" Bailey, 83, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, February 6, 2017. A lifelong resident of Anderson, he was the son of the late Early A. Bailey and Hassie Cade Bailey. Mr. Bailey was a 50 year member of the Masonic Lodge, and he enjoyed fishing. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...
Edward Russell "Rusty" Bridges
Feb 6, 2017
Rusty Bridges Edward Russell Bridges, 62, of Lawrenceville, passed away Monday, February 6, 2017 after a brief battle with brain cancer. Born in Snellville, he was the son of Lanier Bridges and Jeanette Appling Bridges. Rusty graduated from Tucker High School in 1972. He served in the United States Air Force for four years. Rusty lived in Lawrenceville for over...
Ida Mae (Buckingham) VanBaale
Feb 6, 2017
Ida Mae VanBaale was born on May 25, 1919 to Ben and Flossie Buckingham in Prairie City, Iowa. She went home to Heaven on February 6th, 2017 at the age of 97. On May 24, 1942 she was united in marriage to Howard VanBaale. To this union 4 children were born. IdaMae was active in her church, enjoyed teaching kindergarten,...
William Marvin "Bill" Womack Jr
Feb 6, 2017
Bill Womack, age 76, passed away on February 5, 2017. He was a loving father and grandfather. He was the son of the late William Marvin Womack, Sr. and the late Edith Jones Womack. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Amy and Joel Stephens, of Suwanee, Ga; a son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Terese Womack of Suwanee, Ga;...
Jerry Nathaniel Cochran Sr
Feb 6, 2017
Jerry Nathaniel Cochran, Sr., 74, of Comer, died February 6, 2017. A native of Athens, he was a son of the late Carl and Fairy Lee Ross Cochran and preceded in death by siblings, Sylvia Gunnells, Goldie Cochran, Betty Jean Strickland and Paul Cochran. Jerry was a 1962 graduate of Athens High School and served with the U.S. Army/Army Reserves...
Stanley Luke Mills
Feb 5, 2017
Mr. Stanley "Stan" Luke Mills, age 60, formerly of Athens passed away on Sunday morning, February 5, 2017 at Baptist Medical Center on Amelia Island, FL. Born in Athens, GA, he was the only son and youngest of two children born to the late Marion Wilson Mills and Ann Perry Mills. He was a graduate of Athens Christian Schools before...
Rita Teat Cooper
Feb 4, 2017
Rita Teat Cooper, 67, of Athens, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017. Born in Goldsboro, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Belton Teat and Lois Tanksley Teat. Mrs. Cooper loved her children and grandchildren. She was employed with AT&T for many years, and later went to work for Belk. Survivors include her children, Kelly Cooper and Jon...
Eldridge Spratlin
Feb 4, 2017
Eldridge Goss "Gus" Spratlin died February 4, 2017 two days before his 88th birthday. A native of Winterville, GA, he was the son of the late Pope and Joyce Patton Spratlin and brother, Courtney B. Spratlin. He owned and operated Spratlin's Garage for most of his life. He was an avid race fan and enjoyed watching racing on Sunday afternoon....
J. Mark Price
Feb 3, 2017
J. Mark Price, 58, died February 3, 2017. A native of Dublin, GA, he was a son of Jerry C. and Evelyn Jones Price of Statham. Mark lived in Dublin until 1973 when his family moved to Valdosta. He graduated from Valdosta High School in 1976. He lived in the Athens area for many years and retired from Southern Bell/AT&T...
Harry Groff Lefever
Feb 3, 2017
Dr. Harry Groff Lefever, 85, long-time resident of Atlanta's Candler Park neighborhood, died Feb. 3, 2017, at home in Athens, GA. Dr. Lefever enjoyed a long life studying, teaching, and writing about civil rights and sociology at Spelman College in Atlanta. He was born Dec. 7, 1931, in Lancaster, PA, and studied at Lancaster Mennonite High School before going on...
Gladys Ingram
Feb 3, 2017
Gladys Rosina Ingram, 94, died February 3, 2017. She was bron April 11, 1922 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She was the daughter of Antonio and Rosina Lopez Lebron and was preceded in death April 28, 2005 by her husband of fifty-two years, Walter Edward Ingram of Luxora, Arkansas. She is sister to Ana Miriam Lebron Nater of Bayamon, Puerto Rico-the...
Joyce Elizabeth Huff
Feb 2, 2017
HULL - Joyce Elizabeth Walls Huff, 77, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017. She was born October 27, 1939, the daughter of the late William Walls & Lorine Bishop Walls. Mrs. Huff was preceded in death by her husband, Victor Huff; a sister Dianne Bishop; and brother, Larry Walls. Survivors include her daughter Vickie Huff; siblings, Helen (Donald) Bond, Ila;...
Juanita Griffiths
Feb 2, 2017
Juanita Griffiths, 97, of Crawford, died Thursday, February 2, 2017. Juanita was born to the late William and Odessa Gunter Boggs in Ben Hill GA. She was involved with the WMU at Vesta Baptist Church and would often volunteer time at Quiet Oaks Nursing Home to paint the nails of the residents. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Linda Sue Wilbanks
Feb 2, 2017
Visitation Details
Friday, February 3rd, 2017 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Lord and Stephens, EAST
Service Details
Saturday, February 4th, 2017 10:00am, Lord and Stephens, EAST
Interment Details
Colbert Cemetery
Paul Erford Barrick
Feb 1, 2017
Paul Erford Barrick, 59, died February 2, 2017. Born in Allegheny County, PA, he was the son of the late Frances May Shine Barrick,, the late Raymond Erford Barrick and step-mother Eleanor Barrick. Known as "The Kirby-Man", in Covington, GA where he spent much of his adult life, he was an avid outdoorsman. His favorite pass-times included tending his vegetable...
Willie Raymond Epps Sr
Feb 1, 2017
Willie Raymond Epps Sr., 93, of Athens, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2017. Born in Winterville, he was the son of the late Willie Richard Epps and Frances Dover Epps. Mr. Epps was a longtime member of New Covenant Worship Center, where he served as a Deacon for over 15 years. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy,...
Marvin Rogers Elrod
Jan 31, 2017
Marvin Rogers Elrod, 82, of Carnesville Ga, passed on Jan 31st, 2017. A retired General Electric Turbine Division engineer, he began as a machinist at LeTourneau in Toccoa. In the early 1960's he worked at the Oak Ridge Tennessee nuclear defense facility. In the 1970's he joined General Electric where he remained until he retired. A lifelong lover of science...