OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Athens, GA, Clarke County, Watkinsville, GA, Oconee County, Danielsville, GA, Madison County & Surrounding Areas
Larry Randolph Fort
May 28, 2012
Athens - Larry Randolph Fort, 71, died May 28, 2012. A native of Portsmouth, VA, he was a son of the late Vivian Randolph Fort and Virginia Jessup Fort Reese. Mr. Fort retired after many years in law enforcement, including Border Patrol Immigration and Naturalization from 1995 until 1997, Deputy with Wilkes County Sheriff's Department and Chief of Police with...
Gary Leon Moss
May 26, 2012
Gary Leon Moss age 75 died Saturday May 26, 2012. A native of Rockdale Co. Mr. Moss was the son of the late LeRoy and Maggie Malcom Moss. Mr. Moss was a Grading Contractor and a Army Veteran. Memorial services will be held Monday May 28, 2012 at 3:00pm at Mar's Hill Baptist Church. Rev's Charles Jones and Steve Bingham...
Reuben Joshua Jackson
May 25, 2012
Rev. Reuben Joshua Jackson, 95, husband of 74 years to Bessie Padgett Jackson, died Friday, May 25, 2012. A native of Edgefield, SC, he was the son of the late Reuben Jasper and Carrie Turner Jackson. He was a member of Rutherfordton Congregational Holiness Church and served as a minister and missionary for the Congregational Holiness Conference for 74 years....
Jerry Wayne Gooch
May 25, 2012
Athens - Jerry Wayne Gooch, 64, husband of Vicki Rae Rohrbough, died Friday, May 25, 2012. A native of Athens, he was the son of Sybil Gabriel Gooch of Athens and the late Luther Gooch. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Betsy, brother, Ronnie and sister, Jan. Jerry attended Gainesville Junior College and while attending the University...
Annette M. Parr
May 24, 2012
Annette M. Parr, 85, died Thursday, May 24, 2012. A native of Griffin, GA, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Valley Garr Manley. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Alonzo Wade Parr, Jr. and son Brax Parr. She received her Master from the University of Georgia in Education and was a school teacher of...
Kermit Jeffers
May 23, 2012
Kermit Jeffers, 81, died May 23, 2012. A native of Low Gap, TN, he was a son of the late John R. and Lyda Robbins Jeffers and was preceded in death by a brother, Ralph L. Jeffers of LaFollette, TN. Kermit served four years in the United State Air Force. A 1958 graduate of Tennessee Tech, Kermit taught school in...
Elizabeth (Davis) Luke
May 23, 2012
Elizabeth (Libby) Davis Luke, 84, of Bogart, was welcomed into Heaven on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. A dedicated wife, selfless mother, and devoted grandma, she was an example to her family and community as a woman of patience, strength and faith. Elizabeth was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Carroll Luke; parents, Allen Lumpkin and Eula Estelle Jackson Davis;...
Cecily Barker Catchpole
May 23, 2012
Cecily Barker Catchpole, age 87 of Bogart (Athens), formerly of Long Island, NY, died May 23, 2012. She is survived by her husband Harry, with whom she had just celebrated their sixty-third anniversary; son, Lawrence and his wife Theresa, their children Lauren, Christina, Jessica and Spenser of Roswell; daughter, Anne and her husband Ralph Bryant, their children Cullen (Nicole) and...
Ray Hugh MacNair
May 22, 2012
Ray Hugh MacNair died peacefully at home of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) on May 22, at the age of 74 . He is survived by his wife, Nancy MacNair, and children Doug MacNair (wife Valerie and sons David and Jason), Rebecca MacNair-Semands (husband Steve and daughter Allison) and Kathleen MacNair. He was preceded in death by his son Steve MacNair...
William Jervis "Skeets" Paul
May 21, 2012
William Jervis Paul, 90, husband of the late Mary Rebecca Moon Paul for 66 years, died Monday, May 21, 2012. A native of Oglethorpe County, he was born March 15, 1922 to the late Howard A and Mary Holloman Paul. He served his country in the US Army during WWII, was a stonecutter for Harmony Blue Granite, and a member...
Marguerite H. Wood
May 21, 2012
Marguerite H. Wood, 89, wife of Donald W. Wood, died Monday, May 21, 2012. A native of Athens, she was the daughter of the late Clarence S. and Ina Ogletree Hammond and mother of the late Donna Shirley. She was a member of Edwards Chapel Baptist Church and a homemaker. Survivors in addition to her husband include a daughter and...
Ralph John Nunn
May 21, 2012
Ralph John Nunn passed away on May 21, 2012. Ralph was born on February 8, 1954, at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda, to the late Charles Benjamin and June Rosemary Gato Nunn. He graduated high school in White Plains, N.Y., and served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, after which he received an honorable discharge. In addition to...
Harriet Christofferson Suddeth
May 20, 2012
Harriet Christofferson Suddeth, 89, wife of the late Ramie Franklin Suddeth, died Sunday, May 20, 2012. A native of Malta, Montana, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Ovedia Solberg Christofferson. In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by her son Harold Richard Suddeth and sister, Elida Christofferson Watson. She was a...
Robert Bruce Hooper
May 20, 2012
Robert Bruce Hooper, 53, died May 20, 2012. A native and lifelong resident of this area, he was a son of the late Robert A. and Ellie Lee Anchors Hooper. He was employed with McCann Aerospace of Athens for many years. Funeral services will be Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the chapel of Lord and Stephens, EAST,...
Ray Hugh MacNair
May 20, 2012
Ray Hugh MacNair died peacefully at home of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) on May 22, at the age of 74 . He is survived by his wife, Nancy MacNair, and children Doug MacNair (wife Valerie and sons David and Jason), Rebecca MacNair-Semands (husband Steve and daughter Allison) and Kathleen MacNair. He was preceded in death by his son Steve MacNair...
Joseph Dwight Tucker
May 20, 2012
Joseph Dwight Tucker, 45, died May 20, 2012. A native of Athens, GA, he was a son of Henrietta Harrell Tucker and the late Charles Tucker. He was a 1985 graduate of Cedar Shoals High School and was employed with Athens Clarke County for several years. Memorial services will be Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Winterville United Methodist Church with...
Scott Allen Vickery
May 20, 2012
Scott Allen Vickery, 60, husband of Linda McClain Vickery, died Sunday, May 20, 2012. A native of Martinsville, VA, he was the son John H. Vickery and the late Janie Bond Vickery. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Deborah Kaye Vickery. He was a master mechanic for Certainteed Manufacturing. Survivors in addition to...
Anna Mae Stewart
May 20, 2012
Anna Mae Stewart, 75, wife of James Stewart, died Sunday, May 20, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Elmer and Iantha Lint Leasher. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brothers, James and Albert Leasher. In addition to her husband, survivors include her daughters: Gail Marie Cheney (Mike) Mitchell,...
Dennis Lee Sobkowiak
May 20, 2012
Dennis Lee Sobkowiak, 69, of Danielsville, died May 20, 2012. A native of La Crosse, Wis., he was a son of the late Melvin and Ruby Sobkowiak, and was also preceded in death by a daughter, Sandra Kutch; son, Allen Lee Kutch; and daughter-in-law, Viki Kutch. He retired from Chysler Automotive and had lived in this area for 10 years....
Betty Miller Jones
May 20, 2012
Winterville, GA - Betty Miller Jones, 77, died May 20, 2012. A native and lifelong resident of Oglethorpe County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Frank Miller and Mattie Lee Palmer Ogle. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sherry Bales, granddaughter, Kayla Woodruff and brother, Frank Coile Miller. Mrs. Jones was the widow of Ralph Lee...



