Dorothy J. Willis Athens GA Dorothy J. Willis, aged 90, died on January 25, 2015. Born in Long Beach California to Donald and Margaret Parker in May 1924, she graduated from UCLA with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and began a career in elementary education and administration. In 1944 she married Leland J. Willis, who survives her, as do two...
Robert Coleman Whitehead, 84, died January 24, 2015. A native of Madison County, he was a son of the late Lloyd S. and Veona Burger Whitehead. He was also preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Donald C. Boone and a great granddaughter, Catherine O'Barr. Mr. Whitehead was former Deacon and Sunday school teacher and active member of Hull Baptist Church....
Lois Jean Harshbarger, 85, of Winterville, died Friday, January 23, 2015 at 5:50 PM at the Gentiva Hospice Unit of Athens. Born on August 24, 1929 in Gallitzin, PA, she was the daughter of the late Chance and Ester (Blakenbaker) Watson. She married William C. Harshbarger on March 4, 1946, and he preceded her in death on April 8, 2013....
Dorothy Larkins, known to so many as Dot, entered into life eternal on January 22, 2015. She is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law: John and Clare Larkins of Dunwoody, Gary Larkins of St. Simons Island, Jeff and Phylis Larkins of Watkinsville; granddaughter Lydia Larkins; four grandsons and their wives: Jake and Kerry Larkins, McKinley and Megan Larkins, Matt...
Frank (Bob) Lee Culbertson, 93, died January 22, 2015. He was born March 14, 1921 and was a lifelong resident of Winterville. He was the son of the late Arthur C. and Pearl (Edwards) Culbertson. He was a US Navy veteran of WWII, serving in the Pacific aboard the USS Intrepid. He drove for Athens City Bus lines for 14...
Frances Coleman Faunce, 89, died January 21, 2015. A native of Gainesville, GA, she was a daughter of the late William and Lillian George Coleman and the widow of Albert Carlton Faunce. She lived most of her life in Savannah before moving to Statesboro. She has spent the last four years in Athens. Funeral services will be Saturday, January 24,...
Robert (Bob) Eugene Yongue, III of Athens, died Tuesday, January 20. He was 86. Born in Laurinburg, N.C., Yongue graduated from Scotland County High School in 1945 and attended Georgia Military Academy (Woodruff Academy) in Atlanta and later Duke University in North Carolina. Enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1951, Yongue was stationed in Guam and served in Armed Forces...
Jimmy Alton Payne, 63, husband of Debbie Payne, died Saturday, January 17, 2015.A native of Athens, he was the son of the late Charles Milton Payne and Dorothy House Payne and brother to the late Jeff Payne. Jimmy retired from Complete Lift Service and had been a Heavy Equipment Mechanic for 40 years. He was a member of Bogart Baptist...
Nancy Jane Bruce, 68, of Athens, GA, died Saturday, January 17, 2015, after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1946. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Richard H. (Dick) Bruce; a son and daughter-in-law, Bradford and LeeAnn Bruce, their daughters, Ashlee, Alyssa, and Emily Bruce, of Hamilton, NJ; a daughter...
Alfred L. Cuming, age 96, died January 15, 2015, at Somerby of Mount Pleasant, SC. Al was born July 8, 1918, in New York City. He is the son of Alfred L. Kohn and Alice Gordon Cuming, all of New York. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Sterling of Ridgefield, Conn. and fathered Pete Cuming of Awendaw and Ehrhardt, SC,...
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Sunday, January 18th, 2015 10:00am, Lord and Stephens, EAST
Jenelle G. Melton, 93, died January 14, 2015. A lifelong resident of this area, she was a daughter of the late Wright and Ruby Wilhite Gunter and the widow of James W. Melton. Mrs. Melton was also preceded in death by three sisters, Lillian Guest, Wilma Massey, Floree Wilkins and a brother, David Gunter. She retired from Thomas Textile and...
William Felix "Bill" Greene Athens, Ga Bill Greene, 81, died Tuesday, January 13, 2015. A native of Ball Ground, GA, he was the son of the late Altus Lewis Benson Greene and the late Gladys McCalmon Greene. Bill was a graduate of Canton High School where he was an Eagle Scout. He attended the University of Georgia and graduated in...
Betty Payne, 85, of Crawford GA, died Monday, January 12, 2015. Born to the late Frank and Sally Lester Hughes, she is also preceded in death by her husband Talmadge Payne. Betty is survived my several extended family members. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, January 14, at 11:00 AM at Evergreen Memorial Park. Lord and Stephens, East is...
In the early morning of January 12, 2015 in her 99th year Virginia Reeder Scott passed peacefully from this life surrounded by the love of family and caregivers. Virginia was gifted with a deeply caring and generous spirit. Beneath her modest and self-effacing manner and despite her frequent denials and deferrals to her husband's educated mind, Virginia was one sharp...
E. Mildred Smith Berryman, 86, passed away January 11, 2015. A native of Oglethorpe, County, Georgia, born November 6, 1928. She was the daughter of the late Reba McCannon and Joe C Smith. She was a member of Briarwood Baptist Church. Funeral Services will be Wednesday January 14, 2015 at Lord & Stephens West Funeral Home with Pastor Rick Standard...
Winterville, GA - William Edward Leggett, 85, died January 10, 2015. He was the son of the late William Alvin Leggett and Ethel Mae Lockwood Wingate. Mr. Leggett is survived by sisters, Evelyn Lord of Jacksonville, FL and Jean Parker of Winterville and a number of nephews. Mr. Leggett was a U.S. Army veteran and a Golden Gloves boxer. He...
Edward Glen Holt (May 21, 1932 - January 7, 2015) Watkinsville, Georgia - Rev. Dr. Edward Glen Holt, 82, died on January 7, 2015. Glen was the sixth of eight children born to David Milton Holt and Anna Mildred Powell Holt. Glen graduated from Mars Hill Junior College in 1952, Wake Forest College in 1954 and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary...
Evelyn M. Parham, 87, a native of Madison County, passed away peacefully on January 6, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Charlie and Ardell Threlkeld Meadow, and the widow of the late Donald E. Parham. She was also preceded in death by brothers Harold, Pete, and Bill Meadow, and brother-in-law Henry Wood. She is survived by her daughter,...
Brian Jay Baggarly Danielsville, GA- Brian Jay Baggarly of Danielsville, GA passed away after a brief illness on January 5, 2015. Visitation will be held Friday, January 9 at Emmanuel Church, 621 Foster Road, Macon at 4:00 pm followed with a memorial service at 5:00 pm. Brian was born on April 13, 1968 in Macon, GA to Al Baggarly and...