Glenn B. Argo
Oct 30, 2016
Glenn Argo, 75, of Athens Ga, died Sunday, October 30, 2016. Glenn was born in Milford Delaware to the late Richard John Argo and Thelma Beebe. He served in the United States Navy and was retired from DuPont. Glenn was a member of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association Chapter S in Winder GA, and he loved to follow the...
Natalie Koeser
Oct 29, 2016
Natalie Koeser, at the age of 99, entered heaven on October 29, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospice House in Athens GA. Born on May 26, 1917 near Sidney, Montana to Herbert and Della Lightner, Natalie was the middle child in her family of 10 siblings. In 1949, she married Claus Koeser and lived in Watford City, ND. Natalie was known...
Eleanor Gilmore Vezey
Oct 29, 2016
Eleanor Vezey of Athens, GA, a wife, mother, and friend, went to be with the Lord on October 29, 2016. Though her body was 89 when she passed, her Southern Belle mindset and exuberant spirit never advanced beyond age 25. Eleanor was a devoted wife to husband Stanley for 67 years, and their two sons and their life accomplishments were...
James A. Wofford
Oct 28, 2016
Mr. James A Wofford passed away October 28, 2016. Born in 1928 he was the son of Mary and James Alec Wofford (both deceased). He is survived by his wife Bert Wofford, his daughter Wanda Kendall (Danny) of Inman, SC and a son Jimmy Wofford (Janice) of Fountain Inn, SC. He had two grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and two great-great...
Dorothy Carlisle Montgomery
Oct 28, 2016
"I was born happy," she said. "I intend to live and leave that way." And she did. Dorothy Carlisle Montgomery died Friday October 28, 2016. She was 88 years old. She was still happy. The widow of Professor Marion H. Montgomery, Jr., of Crawford, Athens, and Thomaston Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Dr. B.E. Carlisle and Villa...
Benjamin Carlisle Haynes, III
Oct 27, 2016
Benjamin Carlisle Haynes, III of Augusta, GA, passed away at Doctors' Hospital on 27 Oct 2016. Son of Benjamin Carlisle Haynes, Jr. and Martha Brooks Haynes of Athens, GA, he was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Robert Ward Haynes. Known as B.C. or Ben, he graduated from Oconee County High School in 1964. He attended the...
Margaret M. (McGilliard) Hegge
Oct 23, 2016
Margaret M. Hegge, 85, wife of 47 years to Robert I. Hegge, died Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Quiet Oaks Nursing Home. Born in Statesboro, GA she was the daughter of the late Charles Oscar McGalliard and Tressie Wilson McGalliard and mother of the late Michelle Walker. She was a hard worker for Sky City, Sears, seamstress for the public...
Gerald P. Harris
Oct 23, 2016
Gerald Pope Harris, 77, of Commerce GA, died Sunday, October 23, 2016. Gerald was born to the late George and Nellie Baxter Harris. He served in the United States Army and had retired from Westinghouse. Gerald had run a booth at the J & J Flea Market selling coming books since it opened. In addition to his parents, he is...
Gladys T. (Smith) Slay
Oct 22, 2016
Gladys Thoit Smith Slay, 96, wife the late Melvin E. "Jack" Slay, Sr., died October 22, 2016. Born in Oglethorpe County, William and Maude Ledford Smith and mother of the late William R. Slay, Sr. Survivors include her daughter Beverly Slay (Donald Davis of Cleveland, GA) Paradise of Lexington, Melvin E. "Gene" (Loretta) Slay, Jr. of Watkinsville, 10 grandchildren, 18...
Johnnie Mae Cash
Oct 20, 2016
Johnnie Mae Cash, 86, died October 20, 2016. A native of Gainesville, GA, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Ilee Purcell Wiley and the widow of Charles A. Cash. The family will receive friends Friday, October 21, 2016 from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. at Lord and Stephens, West. Funeral services will be Saturday, October 22, 2016, at...
Ann Conley
Oct 18, 2016
Ann Conley, 80 of Athens, passed away October 18, 2016. She was the daughter of the late, Hoyt W. & Mattie Ledford. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Reese Conley. Mrs. Conley was a longtime member of Chaplewood United Methodist Church. Memorial services are Saturday October 22, 2016 2:00pm at Chaplewood United Methodist Church with Rev's Gil...
Willodean Tyner (Benton) Hix
Oct 18, 2016
Willodean B. Tyner Hix, 89, of Hull, died Tuesday, October 18, 2016. She was born in Madison County on December 31, 1926. She was the daughter of the late Addie Lee B. Appleby, but was raised in the home of her grandparents, the late W. Ollie and Ella Estes Benton. She was twice married, to the late Herman E. Tyner...
Mary Sorrough
Oct 15, 2016
Memorial services will be scheduled this week at East Athens Baptist Church.
Service Details
Saturday, October 15th, 2016
Jessie Ralph Littleton
Oct 15, 2016
J. Ralph Littleton, 74, died Saturday, October 15, 2016 at his residence in Comer. Born in Clanton, AL, he was the son of the late James Grady Littleton and Lessie Christine Davis Littleton. He was also preceded in death by his siblings, James F. "Jimmy" Littleton and Virginia Ann Henson. Ralph retired from American General Life Insurance. He never met...
Arthur Spence
Oct 15, 2016
Memorial services will be scheduled at a later date.
Service Details
Sunday, October 16th, 2016
Dale Roberts
Oct 14, 2016
Dale Wakefield Roberts, age 68, of Watkinsville, Georgia passed away in her sleep on October 14, 2016, while on vacation with family and friends in Cuba. Dale was born in Pleasant Hill, TN, to the late Donald and Evelyn Wakefield. Her family moved often in those days, among various towns in Tennessee, Ohio, and Florida, but many of her fondest...
Minette (Garrison) Connally
Oct 14, 2016
Minette Garrison Connally, wife of the late W.G. Connally of Athens, passed away peacefully in Santa Barbara, CA on October 14th in the presence of her family. An eighty-year resident of Georgia, she moved to California following the death of her husband in 2007 and lived there with her daughter-in-law Janis and son Dan Connally. She is survived also by...
Linnie Royston
Oct 13, 2016
Linnie Jane "Boots" Royston, widow of Charlie Asbury Royston, Jr., of Athens, GA, died Thursday, October 13, 2016. Her Funeral Service will be held Thursday, October 20, 2016 at Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, GA at 1:00 p.m. Linnie was born June 12, 1932 in Madison County, GA, daughter of the late Corrie Basco and Fannie Ruth Whitworth Tolbert. Linnie, or...
Mary Crane
Oct 12, 2016
Mary Ann Crane, 81, of Athens died Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at her home. A native of Milwaukee, WI, Mrs. Crane was the daughter of the late Gerald W. Lohf and Irene E. Lohf. She married and moved to Grand Blanc MI with her husband, where they raised two children. Mrs. Crane graduated from The University of Michigan - Flint...
Melvin Colley
Oct 12, 2016
Melvin Thomas Colley (Tom), age 65, of Watkinsville, Georgia died October 12, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Adrienne Colley, daughters April Nuckolls and Shelly Embrick, granddaughter Yasmine Embrick, brothers Jerry Colley and Junior Colley and many other loving relatives. Tom loved life and his family. He enjoyed Nascar, bird watching, and gardening. He loved to joke and his...