Anne B. Asbury
Jan 28, 2023
Anne B. Asbury, 85, of Athens, GA died on January 28, 2023. The daughter of the late Estelle Barber and Thomas G. (Dude) Barber, Anne grew up in Decatur, GA and graduated from Avondale High School in 1955. Following graduation she moved to Japan with her Army spouse and had her first son. After the Army she lived in...
Bricker Scott Daughtry
Jan 27, 2023
Bricker Scott Daughtry left this world on January 27, 2023, after a courageous battle with glioblastoma. Bric was born on July 24, 1976 to Linda Moon Daughtry and the late Thomas Bricker Daughtry. He grew up in Jonesboro, Georgia where his father was an art professor at Clayton State University and his mother was an art teacher with Clayton...
Richard A. Davis
Jan 27, 2023
Richard Arliss Davis, 86, of Hull, Georgia, died on Friday, January 27, 2023.
A native of Rockmart, Richard was born to the late James Clarence Davis and Helen Lola Simpkins Davis. From 1955 to 1963, Richard served his country in the United States Army, where he played on the Army baseball team. After leaving active duty, he...
James Gerry Smith
Jan 26, 2023
James Gerry Smith, 60, died on Thursday, January 26, 2023.
Born in Athens, GA he was the son of James P. Smith of Winterville, GA and the late Gladys Busbin Smith. Gerry worked in construction most of his life. He enjoyed watching NASCAR, pitching horseshoes, shooting pool with his friends, and trout fishing. What he loved most...
Nellie Martin Holder
Jan 26, 2023
Nellie Grace Martin Holder, beloved mother, of Winterville, GA, died January 26, 2023.
Born August 18, 1938 in Walterboro, SC, she was the daughter of the late Wesley Jerome Martin, Sr. and Mabel Grace Harper Martin and was preceded in death by her infant son, Robert Holder.
Nell grew up in Winterville, GA. She received...
James Edward Hefner
Jan 25, 2023
James Edward Hefner, 94, of Athens, passed away on January 25, 2023. He was the son of the late E.E. and Lillie Hefner of Hendersonville, NC.
After completing high school, Jim was employed for two years by the FBI in Washington D.C. serving on a team searching records for evidence of Communist activity, a project resulting from...
Edward "Ned" Lloyd Sanders, Jr.
Jan 25, 2023
Edward Lloyd Sanders, Jr. “Ned”, 91, passed away on January 25, 2023. Born on April 24, 1931, he was the son of the late Edward Lloyd Sanders, Sr. and Lillie Clyde Sorrow Sanders.
Ned was a veteran of the United States Airforce spending four years in active duty, later retiring from the University of Georgia as a...
Helen Schneider Collins
Jan 24, 2023
Helen Schneider Collins passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at the age of 105 as she was joyfully welcomed into the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Helen was born on March 6, 1917 and was a lifelong resident of New Orleans until Hurricane Katrina relocated her to Tupelo, MS and then Colbert, GA. As...
Rose Marie Hays
Jan 24, 2023
Rose Marie Hays, 68, of Athens, GA, wife of 39 years to Jake Hays, died on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
Born in Carrollton, MO, she was the daughter of the late James Otto and Joanne Stobaugh Branstuder. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Stacy Nicole Hays. Mrs. Hays worked in the Admissions Office at...
Lendra Faye Cheek
Jan 24, 2023
Lendra Faye Cheek, 76, of Newnan passed away on January 24, 2023. Born on May 8, 1946, she was the Daughter of Otis David Edmonds and Cora Geneva Whalen.
Faye was a faithful wife, staying devoted to her husband even after his passing in 1995. She was a founding member of the Georgia Concerns of Police Survivors...
Harry Milton Thomas
Jan 24, 2023
Harry Milton Thomas, 82, lifelong resident of Oconee County, passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
Mr. Thomas was a devoted Christian and a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was born on November 9, 1940 to the late Shannon Hallmark and Edith Parsons Thomas. He graduated from Oconee County High School in 1958. Following his graduation,...
Daltha "Dot" H. Almond
Jan 24, 2023
Funeral services for Mrs. Almond will be Friday, January 27, 2023 at 2:00 pm at Lord and Stephens, West.
Interment will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1:00 until 2:00 pm at the funeral home.
Linda Diane Hewell
Jan 23, 2023
Linda Diane Hewell, 67, wife of the late James Ledean Hewell, died on Monday, January 23, 2023.
Born in Jackson County, GA she was the daughter of the late Curtis William Hudson and Hassie Mae Gooch Hudson. She retired from St. Mary’s Hospital as a dietician as well as a private healthcare caregiver.
Survivors include...
Elizabeth Ann (Meeks) Willoughby
Jan 23, 2023
Elizabeth Ann Meeks Willoughby, 55, of Carlton, passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
Born in Monroe, she was a daughter of the late Jimmy Meeks and Alice Estelle Mitchell Bales. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Devon Crenshaw.
Survivors include her husband, Tommy Willoughby; six children, O'Neal...
Betty Ann Meadow Crumley
Jan 23, 2023
Betty Ann Meadow Crumley, 94, of Colbert and Comer, died in the early hours of January 23, 2023. She was a native and lifelong resident of Madison County. She was born the fifth child of the late Griff and Maude Lee Smith Meadow at the Meadow-Bruce home place in the Meadow community. She was the widow of John A....
Bretton "Brett" Darvin Branch
Jan 22, 2023
Brett Branch, 36, died January 22, 2023.
A native of Athens, GA, he was a son of Karen Smith (David) Hill of Colbert and the late Benton Darvin Branch. Brett was also preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Betty Russell and Bill Smith and paternal grandfather, Benton D. Branch.
Funeral Services will be Tuesday,...
George Boles Fortson
Jan 22, 2023
George Boles Fortson, 89, husband of 67 years to Martha Holloman Fortson, died on Sunday, January 22, 2023. Born in Elberton, GA he was the son of the late George Haley Fortson and Anna Julia Bunch Fortson. George retired from Farmers Hardware after 45 years and served in the US Army. He was a member of East Athens Baptist...
Mary Vaughan
Jan 22, 2023
Mary Ward Vaughan, 83, wife of the late John Abda Vaughan, went peacefully to heaven surrounded by those who loved her on January 22, 2023.
Mary was born in Athens, GA, she was the daughter of the late Clifton A Ward and Ruth Miller Ward and sister to the late Albert Ward. She was a graduate of...
John Calvin Bridges
Jan 22, 2023
John Calvin Bridges, 93, husband of Laquita Joyce Bridges, died on Sunday, January 22, 2023.
Born in Danielsville, GA, he was the son of the late Nim H. Bridges and Kate Meadow Bridges and brother to the late Charlie, Donald, Marvin, Garland Bridges and Grace Spearman. John attended the University of Georgia and served in the US...
Rina Totis
Jan 21, 2023
Rina Totis, September 29, 1925 - January 21, 2023, age 97, passed peacefully at home in Athens, Georgia. Born in Flaibano, province of Udine, region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Rina, Benito and Robert immigrated to Athens in March 1955. They became United States Citizens on October 23, 1969. Rina was employed at the United States Navy Supply Corp School department...