James Paul Burroughs
Dec 2, 2011
James Paul Burroughs of 5821 Colbert- Danielsville Rd., died Friday, December 2, 2011. A lifelong resident of Madison County, Mr. Burroughs was the son of the late Marvin and Leo Cooper Burroughs. He was preceded in death by his wife of seventy years, Roberta Burroughs, a sister, Willie Mae Threlkeld of Paoli and a brother, Ralph Burroughs of Tucker. He...
Peter Joseph Malz
Dec 1, 2011
Peter Joseph Malz died December 1, 2011. Born in Chicago, IL April 25, 1931, he attended on a football scholarship and graduated from the University of Illinois where he was second in the nation in high hurdles. Shortly thereafter, he was stationed at Fort Jackson, SC where he was a 1st Lieutenant in the Army. He met and married his...
Pauline Bemis
Dec 1, 2011
Athens - G. Pauline Bemis, age 64, of Athens, Georgia passed away unexpectedly, as the result of a car accident, December 1, 2011. Pauline was born October 2, 1947 in Lamar, Missouri, a daughter of Henry and Opal (Waggoner) Kaderly. On August 7, 1965 she married Ronald L. Bemis. They lived in Altus, Oklahoma; Oslo, Norway; Marquette, Michigan; Lompoc, California;...
Heyward M McAnallen
Dec 1, 2011
Athens - Lieutenant Colonel Heyward M. McAnallen passed away on December 01, 2011. Born in Butler, PA on March 21, 1921 to the late Merle F. McAnallen and Hazel Wimer McAnallen, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife Marian E. McAnallen and two brothers Lawrence E. McAnallen and H. William McAnallen. Joining the United States Army Air Corps...
Margaret Elizabeth "Beth" (Swindel) Strickland
Dec 1, 2011
Margaret Elizabeth "Beth" Strickland, 59, died December 1, 2011. Born in Commerce, GA, Beth was a daughter of Dorothy P. Swindel of Hull and the late George Amory Swindel, Jr. She was a 1970 graduate of Madison County High School and worked for nearly twenty years at the Athens Plastic Surgery Clinic followed by several years with Dr. Kevin Adams...
Dorothy (House) Payne
Nov 30, 2011
Dorothy Lunell Payne, 82, died November 30, 2011. Born in Statham, GA, Mrs. Payne lived most of her life in Clarke County. She was a daughter of the late Charles Richard and Arthur Mae Holliday House and the widow of Charles Milton Payne. She retired from Angus Manufacturing and enjoyed cooking and gardening. Funeral services will be Saturday, December 3,...
Earline Bates Spivey
Nov 28, 2011
Winterville, GA - Earline Bates Spivey, 75, of Winterville, GA, passed away November 28, 2011 after a 4 year battle with Multiple Myeloma. Born September 6, 1936 in Carlton, GA, she was the wife of Richard H. "Pug" Spivey and the daughter of the late Collier and Edith Dover Bates and was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Savage....
Hannah Patricia Moran
Nov 27, 2011
Hannah Patricia McCarthy Moran, 90, died Sunday, November 27, 2011. Born in Killarney, Ireland on November 13, 1921, Hannah was one of 8 children of Timothy McCarthy and Margaret Courtney. She married Patrick J. Moran in 1950 in Boston, MA, and they raised three children in Somerville, MA and Huntington, NY. Patrick preceded her in death in 1988. In 2003,...
Nettie Sue Graham
Nov 27, 2011
Watkinsville, GA - Nettie Sue Simmons Graham, 92, died November 27, 2011. A native and lifelong resident of Oglethorpe County, she was the daughter of the late Marcus LaFayette and Lillie Quillian Carithers Simmons. She was the widow of Sam Tribble Graham and was preceded in death by her grandson, Stuart Collins, brothers, Walter and Marcus L., Jr., and sisters,...
Grady Albert Vaughn
Nov 26, 2011
Grady "Albert" Vaughn, 70, died Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Piedmont Hospital. Born in Madison County on August 19, 1941, he was a son of the late Herbert Lee and Nellie Mae Vaughn. He served in the Postal Unit of the Army Reserves for six years. At Mercer Extension, he began a life-long study and love of the Bible. He...
Betty Eloise "Gann" Nixon
Nov 26, 2011
Betty Eloise Nixon, 82, died Saturday, November 26, 2011. Born in Heard County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Newt Lee Gann and Willie Bera Shumake Gann. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother: Bobby Elliot Gann. She was a member of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Later Day Saints. She...
Donald Gordon (Don) Scott
Nov 25, 2011
Donald Gordon Scott, 79, died November 25, 2011. A native of Birmingham, AL, he retired from the United States Navy after thirty years. He spent most of that time on aircraft carriers as a maintenance officer for aircraft and served during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War. Mr. Scott also retired from Lockheed Martin, where he was a C130 Specialist....
Eula Mae Adams
Nov 24, 2011
Pocataligo - Eula Mae Chatham Adams, 72, passed away on November 24, 2011. She was the daughter of Morris and Lucille B. Chatham of Hartwell. She was also preceded in death by three brothers; Bill Chatham, Jimmy Chatham, and Stewart Chatham of Hartwell; two sisters Cuemi Hart and Maryetta Chatham of Hartwell. Mae was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and...
Henry Joseph Rogers
Nov 24, 2011
Hull, GA - Henry Joseph Rogers, 63, died November 24, 2011. A native of Oglethorpe County, he was the son of Laura Nell Rogers of Colbert and the late Duke I. Rogers and was preceded in death by his wife, Inez Nation Rogers. Mr. Rogers was a U.S. Army veteran of Viet Nam where he received the Purple Heart. He...
Virginia "Ginny" Sexton
Nov 24, 2011
Commerce, GA - Virginia Sexton, 75, died Thursday, November 24, 2011 at her residence. Born in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Flossie Edwards Hanley. She retired from Westinghouse. Survivors include her husband, Kenneth T. Sexton, daughters: Deborah (Gerry) Burdette of Comer, Lynn (Andy) Adams of Comer; sons: Lee (Cheryl) Sexton of Danielsville, Timmy (Terri)...
James H. "Jim" Westmoreland, Jr
Nov 23, 2011
Dallas, GA - James H. Westmoreland, Jr., 54, passed away on the afternoon of Nov. 23, 2011. Jim was born in Fredricksburg, VA on August 16, 1957, the son of James H. Sr., and Harriet Dickins Westmoreland of Algood, TN. He graduated from Westview High School in Martin, TN, was a Marine Corps veteran, and a graduate of University of...
Marion H. Montgomery Jr
Nov 23, 2011
Marion H. Montgomery, Jr., 86, died Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 26, 2011 at St. Stephens Anglican Catholic Church, Athens, GA at 11AM with a reception to follow in the Parrish Hall. Burial will follow the reception at 3PM at Crawford Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday, November 25, 2011...
Roberta Nelms Basham
Nov 23, 2011
Athens - Roberta N. Basham, age 95, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, November 23, 2011. She was born May 25, 1916, to Willie Martin and Walter F. Nelms in Danielsville, GA. She moved to Athens when she was three years old. She was a lifelong member of Prince Avenue Baptist Church for over eighty five years. She...
Zygmunt J. Gasiorowski
Nov 20, 2011
On April 14, 1919 on an estate near Czestochowa, Poland a remarkable individual was born. Zygmunt Jerzy Gasiorowski would live and thrive through some of history's most perilous and triumphant moments. A member of a prominent family, his youth was typical of his background. He grew up in cultured surroundings with three sisters, Wanda, Danuta, and Krystyna, in a home...
Michael A. Spivey
Nov 19, 2011
Michael A. Spivey, 55, born June 12, 1956 in Macon, Georgia, passed November 19, 2011 from the dreadful disease ALS (Lou Gehrigs disease). Born and raised in Warner Robins, Georgia, Michael moved to Columbia and retired after 28 years as a high voltage electrician with the City of Columbia, SC. He was a loving man. Family survivors are his wife,...