OBITUARIES

Rachel McCraw Thaxton

Nov 8, 2012

Rachel McCraw Thaxton, 82, died Thursday, November 8, 2012 at Athens Regional Medical Center. A native of Gaffney, SC she was the daughter of the late Blucher and Vada Jones McCraw. She was a homemaker, actively attended Briarwood Baptist Church and truly love her grandsons. She had a great love for her family and was know throughout Oconee County for...

Ralph Edward Smith

Nov 7, 2012

Dr. Ralph Edward Smith, 89 of Athens, passed away peacefully on Nov. 7, 2012. He was born May 6, 1923 in Porterdale, Ga. He moved to Cedartown, Ga. as a young boy and lived there until he joined the Army Air Force at the age of 19. In the service to his country he was stationed in Foggia, Italy. There...

Patsy Ann Drake Stephens

Nov 7, 2012

Patsy Ann Drake Stephens, age 64, of Hull, died on Wednesday, November 7, 2012. Survivors include her son, David (Deborah) Osborne; father, Luther Drake; sisters, Susan Drake, Alice Sorrell, and Debbie LeSueur; brothers, David and Roy Drake; and grandchildren, Deanna, Ashley, and Jacob Osborne. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 10, at Macedonia Holiness Church....

Juliet Barbara (Kennerly) Cox

Nov 5, 2012

Juliet Kennerly Cox, 92, died Monday, November 05, 2012. A native of Orangeburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Orion and Mariam Stewart Kennerly and wife of the late James B. Cox. She retired from the Clarke County Health Department after more than 20 years and was a member of Winterville First Baptist Church. Mrs. Cox was a...

Mary Engler

Nov 5, 2012

Mary Myrtle Hill Stoudenmire Engler, age 97, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday evening November 4, 2012. Mary was born in Laurel, Mississippi on September 12, 1915. She was one of four children. Mary was a native of Uniontown, Alabama, where she worked at the local Winn Dixie and served on the city council for many years....

Lisa Kay Ward

Nov 4, 2012

Lisa Kay Ward, 53, died Sunday, November 4, 2012. A native of Oconee County, she was the daughter of Martha Bridges Ward Daniel of Athens and the late Weyman Thomas Ward. She graduated from Oconee County High School in 1976, UGA Terry College of Business and Air Force ROTC program in 1980. Later she attained a Masters of Science and...

Ila Turner McDonald

Nov 4, 2012

Ila Turner McDonald, age 91 of Athens, passed away Sunday, November 04, 2012 following a period of declining health. Mrs. McDonald was born in Greene County, GA on November 08, 1920 to George Henry and Francis Dye Turner. Mrs. McDonald worked for many years in the insurance industry as a claims director, but she will be remembered most of all...

Sally Ruth Stephens

Nov 3, 2012

Sally Ruth Stephens, age 73, died Saturday, November 3, 2012. A native of Royston, Ga., she was the daughter of the late John and Mirtie Mae Dove. Survivors include her husband of fifty- four years, Newell V. Dove, children Johnny Lanier Stephens Sr., and Bobby Lamar Stephens. Three sisters; Romell Kittle, Carolyn Crider, and Lavonia Hardman, Two brothers; Lester and...

George Washington Payne

Nov 3, 2012

George Washington Payne died November 3, 2012. A native of Athens, he was a son of the late Ralph and Edna Payne and the widower of Gayzelle Smith Payne. He was a painter, farmer and a veteran of the United States Army. Funeral services will be Monday, November 5, 2012 at 1 p.m. at Corinth Baptist Church. Interment will be...

Charles Dennis Hemphill

Nov 1, 2012

Charles Dennis Hemphill, 58, died November 1, 2012. A native and lifelong resident of Oglethorpe County, he was a son of Mary Jeanette Dawkins Hemphill of Stephens and the late Douglas Nash Hemphill, Sr. Mr. Hemphill was a devoted member of Salem Baptist Church. He deeply loved his family and friends. He enjoyed the outdoors and spending time with his...

Ricky Lee Hardy

Oct 31, 2012

Visitation Details

Friday, November 2nd, 2012 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Lord and Stephens, WEST

Karen Edwards Stephens

Oct 31, 2012

Visitation Details

Friday, November 2nd, 2012 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Lord and Stephens, WEST

Service Details

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 10:00am, Grace Fellowship

Interment Details

Oconee Memorial Park

James Hawkes

Oct 28, 2012

Caroline Veronika Tolbert

Oct 28, 2012

Caroline Tolbert, 52, passed away October 28, 2012. She is preceded in death by her father, Bobby Lee Hughes. Survivors include her mother, Helga Pruitt; daughter, Pamela Leigh Tolbert; siblings, Christina (Michael) Kimbler, Rebecca Patterson, and Linda Russell Haley; paternal grandmother, Pat Tolbert; and beloved pets, Ivan, Fletcher, Hal, Gracie, Lilly, and Toby. Memorial services will be held at 11AM...

James Robert Patat

Oct 28, 2012

Visitation Details

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Lord and Stephens, EAST

Service Details

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 2:00pm, Lord and Stephens, EAST

Marjorie Harris

Oct 26, 2012

Marjorie Harris, 91, wife of the late Orell S. Harris, died on Friday, October 26, 2012. A native of Decatur, Ala., she was the daughter of the late Archie S. and Jessie Lee Vogan Goforth. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Edris Tomlinson; brother, Henry Goforth; granddaughter, Jessica Hanna; and great-grandchildren,...

Oh B. Kwon

Oct 24, 2012

Dr. Oh B. Kwon, 76, of Statham, Ga., passed this life peacefully at this home on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, surrounded by his family. Dr. Kwon was born in Seoul, Korea, and immigrated to the United States in 1967 on a medical training scholarship. After completing his training at the Medical College of Georgia, he settled in Athens, Georgia and...

Pauline Cloud

Oct 24, 2012

Pauline Sorrow Cloud, 66, passed away October 24, 2012. She was preceded in death by her father, Dewey Sorrow, and brother, George Sorrow. Survivors include her mother, Glayds Baxter Parsons; children, Dewey Anglin (Cindy), Bobby J. Toole (Tillie), Sharon D. Hussey (Michael), Stephanie L. Lopez, and Della R. Lopez (Sergio); siblings, Darlene Sorrow, Jimmy Sorrow, Sallie Sorrow, Deborah Minish, Wayne...

Martha Godfrey

Oct 24, 2012

Martha C. Godfrey, 81, of Hull, died on Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Mrs. Godfrey was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Godfrey Sr., and her parents, William and Mamie Aaron. Survivors include her children, Joy (Mitchell) Meadow, Barbara Godfrey, and Robert Godfrey Jr.; grandchildren, Mitchell (Dorothy) Meadow and Megan Meadow (Clint Pruitt); and great-grandchild, Brody Meadow. The family will...

Charles Pettigrew

Oct 23, 2012

Charles Pettigrew died suddenly Tuesday night of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in the Watkinsville home of his parents Claude Owen and Jean Melnora Pettigrew, where he had been providing supportive care for them in their old age. He was preceded in death by his youngest brother, Ronald Ray and two nephews. He is survived by his parents, his brother Richard...