OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Athens, GA, Clarke County, Watkinsville, GA, Oconee County, Danielsville, GA, Madison County & Surrounding Areas
Clarence Edward Burger
Jun 7, 2011
Watkinsville, GA - Clarence Edward Burger, 91, passed away at his home June 7, 2011 following a period of declining health. Mr. Burger was born on October 03, 1919 in Farmington, Georgia to Charlie Clifford Burger and Josephine Giles Burger. Mr. Burger served his country with honor in the United States Army from 1942 until 1945 where he received numerous...
Sybil Bramblett
Jun 6, 2011
Mary "Sybil" Bramblett (Mashburn) of Athens, GA, died June 6, 2011, at Morningside of Athens. Born Mary Sybil Mashburn in Wedowee, AL, on June 17, 1923, she was the daughter of Monk Mashburn, proprietor of Mashburn Furniture, and Jimmie Dobson. Sybil married Willis "Frank" Bramblett in June of 1946. The couple lived in Cumming, GA, Wedowee, AL, Anniston, AL, and...
Dr. Gene E. Michaels
Jun 6, 2011
Dr. Gene Earl Michaels, 82, of Winterville, GA passed away June 6, 2011, surrounded by his family of friends. He was born April 18, 1929 to Richard Herschel and Edna Edith Folk Michaels, in South Bend, Indiana. He came to Ft. Benning, Georgia as an airman in the Air Force. While stationed at Ft. Benning, he began what would become...
Vicki Hix
Jun 5, 2011
Watkinsville - Vicki Diane Hix, 55, died June 5, 2011. Born in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., she was the daughter of Marilyn Holmes Shewbert, of Watkinsville, and the late Franklin Eugene Shewbert. Vicki grew up in Gainesville, Ga., where she graduated from Johnson High School, and later from North Georgia College with a bachelor's degree in Business & Marketing. She...
Samuel Thomas "Sam" Hart
Jun 4, 2011
Samuel "Sam" Thomas Hart, 10, died June 4, 2011. He was the son of Thomas Eugene and Elisha Hart. He was a student at Comer Elementary School and attended Davids Home Church and New Bethel Congregational Holiness Church. Funeral services will be Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 10:00 AM at Lord and Stephens Chapel, Danielsville. Revs. Martha Guest, Doug Conwell...
Elmer J McCannon
Jun 4, 2011
Ila - Elmer J McCannon, 96, passed away June 4, 2001 at his home. He was the son of the late Elmer and Addie Sailers McCannon and widower of Maydell Roberts McCannon. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Ann McCannon Thornley and Florene McCannon Osborne Brooks and brother, John Ralph McCannon. He is survived by several nieces,...
Evan Escoe
Jun 3, 2011
Evan "Evanator" Escoe, 10, died June 3, 2011. A native of Clarke County, he was a son of Jayson and Helecia Escoe of Hull. He was a student at Ila Elementary School and was preceded in death by his grandparents, Edward Escoe and Deborah Haley Escoe. Funeral services will be Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 2:00 PM at the chapel...
Ed Huff
Jun 2, 2011
Farmington - Mr. Ed Huff, 84, of Farmington, died June 2, 2011. Mr. Huff was preceded in death by parents, Lee and Ruth Huff; wife, Marie Huff; brothers, Franklin "Bro" Huff, and Eugene Huff; and sister, Hilda Colley. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 5, at Freeman Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Hoyt Johnson and...
Vivian Logan Byrd
Jun 2, 2011
High Shoals, GA - Vivian Logan Byrd died June 2, 2011. Born January 28, 1914, she was the daughter of William and Myra Logan of Fitzgerald, GA. She was predeceased by her husband, James Madison Byrd, sister, Geraldine Logan Berry, and daughter, Marilyn Byrd Moore. Mrs. Byrd is survived by her daughter, Susan Byrd Mathews and son-in-law, James Samuel Mathews;...
LaTrelle Lanier Ethridge
Jun 1, 2011
LaTrelle Lanier Ethridge, 91, born June 1, 1920, died June 1, 2011. Born in White Plains, she was the daughter of the late Walter Stone and Gertrude Smith Lanier, and was also preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, James Aldon Ethridge, in 2003. She was a graduate of Crawford High School and Reinhardt College. She taught elementary...
Oliver Carter
May 31, 2011
Colbert - Oliver Brantley Carter, 78, of Colbert, died May 31, 2011. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Lord & Stephens Chapel, in Danielsville, with the Rev. Barry Black officiating. There will be a private burial. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 3, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may...
Edward S. Lambert
May 31, 2011
Edward S. Lambert, 71, professor emeritus of the University of Georgia's Lamar Dodd School of Art, passed away May 31, 2011. Professor Lambert is survived by his wife of 45 years , Donna Lambert; brothers, William Lambert, of Madison, Wis., and James Lambert, of Colo.; and sisters, Mary Ann Keen, of Fairmont, Calif., and Marge Lambert, of Madison, Wis. A...
Larry Whitehouse
May 31, 2011
Larry A. Whitehouse of Winterville, GA passed away at home at 5:35pm on May31, 2011.Larry was born August 7, 1933 in Columbus, Indiana. He was a graduate of Indiana University School of Business and received a Master's of Divinity from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, Calif. He spent 2 years in the Army (armored division) during the Korean conflict. Larry is...
Stephen S. Fennell
May 30, 2011
Dr. Stephen Fennell passed away on Monday, May 30, 2011, at Athens Regional Medical Center surrounded by his loving family, close friends, and many caring doctors and nurses. Steve had battled a courageous and valiant fight against lymphoma, including a bone marrow transplant in 1999. Most recently he was diagnosed with acute leukemia and was facing another transplant. Steve was...
Vonder Smith
May 28, 2011
Comer - Mrs. Vonder L. Smith died peacefully in her sleep on May 28, 2011. Born in Madison County in 1920, she lived her entire life on the seventh-generation family farm. She was the daughter of the late Melvin and Effie Dudley Thompson of Comer. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband, Charles H.S. Smith Jr., and a...
John Courtland Howard
May 28, 2011
John Courtland Howard, beloved son of Rhetta Howard and the late Jeffry C. Howard and Robert R. Poole, Jr., born November 18, 1976, died unexpectedly May 28, 2011. Court attended St. Joseph Catholic School where he made lifelong friends, graduated from Cedar Shoals High School and attended the University of Georgia Business School. Court made many friends over his short...
Helen Vaughn Griffith
May 28, 2011
Helen Wadine Vaughn Griffith, 85, died Saturday, May 28, 2011. Born in Elbert County , she was the daughter of the late Jacob Truman and Sula Dunn Withcher. She retired from Comer Manufacturing and was of the Baptist faith. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Paul E. Griffith Sr. and her second husband Alvin Charles Vaughn....
Doris Harris
May 27, 2011
Doris Allene Harris died at her daughter's home in Athens, GA on May 27, 2011. She was born on December 7, 1916 to John and Virginia Gibson in Browning, Missouri. Allene was 94 at her passing. Allene was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church and had resided in Missouri until the passing of her husband, Mr. J.O. Harris,...
Gordon Lee Christopherson
May 27, 2011
Gordon Lee Christopherson, 67, of Blue Springs, Miss., died May 27, 2011. A native of Chippewa Falls, Wis., and former longtime resident of Athens, he was the son of the late Leslie and Florence Christopherson. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Dean Christopherson. Survivors include wife Betty Christopherson; sons Mark (Lisa) Christopherson, of Athens, and Randy (Heather)...
Irene Osborne
May 26, 2011
Colbert - Laura Irene Morris Osborne, 85, died May 26, 2011. A native and lifelong resident of Madison County, she was born May 5, 1926, daughter of the late James Redden and Annie Eva Sharp Morris. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Marie Morris and Lucille Morris; sister and brother-in-law, Katie and Bill Toney;...



