Christie Patterson
Oct 7, 2015
Christie Lamar Patterson, Jr., age 70, of Athens and formerly of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at Athens Regional Medical Center after a valiant fight to recover from cardiac arrest on October 2nd. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, February 21, 1945, to the late Christie Lamar Patterson, Sr. and Margaret Campbell Patterson, Christie graduated from Valdosta High School...
Catherine G. Lind
Oct 6, 2015
Catherine G. Lind, 62, of Hull Ga., died Tuesday, October 6, 2015. Born July 1, 1953 in St. Cloud Minnesota to Donna Grafft and the late Donald Grafft, Catherine went to school in Minneapolis MN and earned an associate degree in computer programming. She moved to Georgia in 1985 and worked for 15 years in the Interlibrary Loan Department at...
Dorothy Ogle
Oct 5, 2015
Dorothy Lee Ogle, 83, of Winterville, passed away October 5, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Grady and Flora Gillespie and was also preceded in death by her husband, Roy Lee Ogle, son, Danny Ogle and brother, Reese Gillespie. Graveside services will be 11:00 am Friday, October 9, 2015 at Athens Memory Gardens with Rev. Eric Buffington officiating....
Linda Walker Baker
Oct 4, 2015
Linda Walker Baker, 74, wife of the late James W. Baker, died Sunday, October 4, 2015. Born in Athens, she was the daughter of the late J.W.Walker and Elizabeth McLeroy Walker and was also preceded in death by her brother, Joe Walker and granddaughter, Tiffany Justice. Survivors include her children: James Mitchell and Alexzandria Baker of McEwen, TN, Jenanne and...
William Carroll "Mac" McRee
Oct 4, 2015
William Carroll 'Mac' McRee Born May 5, 1922, Died October 4, 2015 in Athens, GA Mac was born near Watkinsville, GA in the McRee family home on the corner of McRees Gin and Flat Rock Roads to Harriett Marshall McRee and John Osborn McRee. Mac was the youngest child and at 93 the oldest living McRee. He was preceded in...
Betty Jo Barrentine
Oct 1, 2015
Betty Jo Barrentine, 69, of Crawford, died Thursday, October 1, 2015. Born in Fort Gaines, GA, she was the daughter of Peggy J. and the late Lynn V. Barrentine Sr. Ms. Barrentine was a member of Shorterville Baptist Church in Shorterville, AL. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by one brother, Lynn Barrentine Jr. Survivors in...
Shelby B. Dean
Oct 1, 2015
Shelby B. Dean, 77, of Athens, died October 1, 2015. She was the daughter of the late David and Sarah Lord Bryant and preceded in death by siblings, Ovelia Finnan and David and Wayburn Bryant. Shelby was a longtime employee with Smith Boley Brown and Zippy Morroco Realty. Survivors include her husband, Elmer Dean; sister, Mary (Jim) Cofer; brother, Tom...
Janice Meadow Farris
Sep 26, 2015
Janice Meadow Farris, 69, wife of Bill Farris, died Saturday, September 26, 2015. Born in Athens, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Florine Meadow and mother to the late Suzanne Nash. Janice retired from the Georgia Center at the University of Georgia. In addition to her husband, survivors include her brother: Bill Meadow; and family brothers and...
Juda Evelyn (McGee) Smaltz
Sep 26, 2015
Juda Evelyn McGee Smaltz, 71, wife of R. Bradley Smaltz, died Saturday, September 26, 2015. Born in Jamestown, NY, she was the daughter of the late Frances A. McGee and Julia Elizabeth McCallum McGee and sister to the late Thomas and Theodore McGee. She retired from Duke Reality as an Accounting Specialist and was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic...
Margaret Matilda Hansford
Sep 25, 2015
Margaret Berryman Hansford, 95, wife of the late Roscoe Albert Hansford, died Friday, September 25, 2015. Born in Oglethorpe County on February 2, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Meade and Neily Barber Berryman and was also preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters. She was a homemaker, member of Hull Baptist Church and loyal member...
Steve R. Cowart
Sep 25, 2015
Steve R. Cowart, 62 of Center, passed away September 24, 2015. He was born February 5, 1952 to the late, Grady Russell Cowart & Betty Lorene Pearson Cowart. Steve worked for BILO on North Ave in Athens, GA for 17 years and was loved by all who knew him. Funeral Services Sunday September 27, 2015 2:00pm at Lord & Stephens,...
Helen L. McArthur
Sep 24, 2015
Helen Elizabeth Long McArthur, 88, of Athens, Georgia, died peacefully September 24, 2015, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, December 19, 1926, to Malcolm Johnstone Long, Sr. and Helen Elizabeth Stewart Long. She graduated from Girl's High School of Atlanta and attended Shorter College. On July 21, 1945, Helen married Lt. j.g. W. C. McArthur...
M. Smith "Smitty" Griffith
Sep 21, 2015
Athens, GA - Longtime Athens resident, Smitty Griffith, died Monday, September 21, 2015, after an extended illness. She was born September 16, 1923, in Stanly County, NC, to James Lemuel and Mollie Bruton Smith. Smitty moved to Athens from Atlanta in 1961 and began dedicating herself to causes benefitting the University of Georgia and the Athens community. She served as...
W.C. "Smitty" Smith
Sep 20, 2015
W.C. "Smitty" Smith, 90, of Athens, died Sunday, September 20, 2015. He was born in Oglethorpe County to the late Carl Samuel and Ruby Mae Thomas Smith of Enterprise GA. W.C. was a graduate of Meson Academy and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII in the Pacific on the USS Burleson. He retired from Southern Bell after thirty-seven years...
James A. Forrester
Sep 20, 2015
James A. Forrester, 76, of Lexington, died Sunday, September 20, 2015. A native of Oglethorpe County, James was born to the late James Dennis and Haddie Jewel Forrester. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by a son, James A. Forrester Jr. He is survived by his wife, Frances Tiller Forrester, sons, Roy Forrester (Amy) and James...
Wanda Joyce Lee
Sep 20, 2015
Wanda Joyce Lee, 71 of Watkinsville, Georgia passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015. She was born in Clewiston, Florida on January 8, 1944 of the late Clarence Melvin and Hilda Anna (Wilder) Lee. She grew up in Lake Harbor, Florida. She graduated from Belle Glade High School in 1962. In 2007, Mrs. Lee and her husband, Billy retired and...
Jeanette Houseworth
Sep 19, 2015
Jeanette Strawn Houseworth passed away September 19, 2015, surrounded by her family. Jeanette was born December 20, 1923 in Riegelsville, Pennsylvania to Anna Rachael and Paul William Strawn. She was a dedicated member of St. John United Church of Christ in Riegelsville, PA, where she served on the consistory and as treasurer. She graduated from Easton High School in 1941,...
Mitch Huff
Sep 19, 2015
James Mitchell "Mitch" Huff, 64, died September 19, 2015. A native of Athens, GA, he was a son of the late Herschel Edgar and Sarah Dudley Huff. A graduate of the University of Georgia, he retired after twenty-five years with Athens Clarke County, After retirement, he continued to work at R. A. Dudley Nurseries in Thomson, GA, which his grandfather...
Cokey Elder
Sep 19, 2015
Courtney "Cokey" Mathews Elder, Sr., 69, died September 19, 2015 at St. Mary's Hospice House after a lengthy illness. Mr. Elder was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was born in Watkinsville, Georgia on February 25, 1946. He was a son of the late Robert Daniel "Jack" Elder, Sr. and Elizabeth Mathews Elder. Mr. Elder was preceded in death...
F. Boyd Andrews
Sep 19, 2015
Francis Boyd Andrews, 81, died September 19, 2015. Boyd was born in Osyka, Mississippi on March 26, 1934. He was the son of Robert Sitmon Andrews and Althea Andrews. Boyd is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Marilyn, and his children, Andrea Fraser (Curt) of Buford, GA; Randy Andrews (Karin) of Watkinsville, GA; and Kevin Andrews (Susan) of Fresno,...