Obituaries

Dorothy Ann Bolmon
October 18, 2019
Mrs. Dorothy Ann Miles Bolmon, 73, of Prana Lane Martin, GA, passed away Friday, October 18, 2019. Mrs. Bolmon was born January 26, 1946 in Stephens County, GA to John Wesley Miles and Rilla Grace Williams Smith Miles. She was a retired seamstress from Penline Garment and a member of Pentecostal Holiness Church in Toccoa. Mrs. Bolmon is survived by...
James Robert Fudge, Iii
October 18, 2019
James Robert Fudge, III, 75, of Perry, passed into the hands of God on Friday, October 18, 2019. A Private Interment will be held in Woodlawn Cemetery. A Memorial Service to celebrate Robert’s life will be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at Perry Presbyterian Church. Visitation will immediately follow the service at the church. In lieu...
Howell Clark Hunter
October 15, 2019
Mr. Howell Clark “Sonny” Hunter, 86, of Lexington, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at The Oaks in Athens. Sonny was born in Athens on August 3, 1933, son of the late Howell Cobb Hunter and Mary Florrye Hale Hunter, and is also preceded in death by his sisters: Mary Cobb Hunter Moody and Elizabeth Ann Hunter Dunn. He...
Mary Helen Baade
October 15, 2019
Mrs. Mary Helen Corcoran Baade, 82, of Chickasaw Drive, Westminster, SC, wife of 57 years to Edward Jerome Baade, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Lila Doyle Nursing Center in Seneca. Mrs. Baade was born in New York on November 21, 1936, daughter of the late Robert and Helen McAfee Corcoran. She was a homemaker and, as...
Bonny Oglesby Thomas
October 14, 2019
Mrs. Bonny Marie Oglesby Thomas, 54, of Athens, passed away on Monday, October 14, 2019, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Bonny was born in Atlanta on January 17, 1965, daughter of the late James Robert Oglesby and the late Myrna Frances Walden Oglesby Adamson, and the step-daughter of the late Franklin Eugene Adamson. She was a 1983 graduate of Morrow...
Ida Mae Johnson Thornton
October 14, 2019
Mrs. Ida Mae Johnson Thornton, 86, of Fortson Circle, Elberton, wife of Zora Thornton, Jr., passed away on Monday, October 14, 2019, at PruittHealth at Spring Valley. Mrs. Thornton was born in Elbert County on August 8, 1933, daughter of the late Hoke Thomas Johnson and Lola Mae Willingham Johnson. She was a homemaker and a member of Fortson Grove...
James David Burch
October 8, 2019
Mr. James David Burch, 79, of Tignall, GA, entered into rest peacefully on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at Nancy Hart Nursing Center in Elberton, GA with his daughter at his side. Mr. Burch was born in Waynesville, NC on January 28, 1940, son of the late David Calhoun Burch and Nova Ruth Hipps Burch. He attended and was a graduate...
Robert Drew Evans
October 7, 2019
Mr. Robert Drew "Bob" Evans, 77 (1942-2019), died Monday, October 7, 2019, at the Piedmont Athens Hospital in Athens, GA following a lengthy illness. He leaves wife of 59 years, Foye "Polly" (Palmer) Evans; his sons: Kenneth D. Evans, Waycross, GA and Robert Carl Evans, Albuquerque, NW; has daughters: Elizabeth Evans Hope (Rodney), Waycross, GA and Jacqueline A. Evans, Colbert,...
Dicie Scoggins Rogers
October 4, 2019
Ms. Dicie Maybelle Scoggins Rogers, 71, of Hwy 172 E, Bowman, passed away on Friday, October 4, 2019, at her residence. Dicie was born in Anderson, SC on August 8, 1948, daughter of the late Robert Toombs Scoggins and Katie Elizabeth Wilder Scoggins Partain. She was a weaver having retired from Glen Raven and a member of Holly Springs Baptist...
Anglo Saxon
October 4, 2019
Mr. Anglo Saxon, 78, of Vickery Lane, Elberton, husband of 58 years to the late Robbie Jo Vickery Saxon, passed away on Friday, October 4, 2019, at his residence. Mr. Saxon was born in Elberton on December 1, 1940, son of the late Ernest Albert Saxon and Bert Winona Clark Saxon. He served his country in the U.S. Army National...
Dwight David Childers
October 2, 2019
Mr. Dwight David Childers, 66, of Red Dog Run Rd., Royston, GA passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2019 at his home. Mr. Childers was born February 14, 1953 in Orange County, NC to Thomas Gordon Childers and Helen Elizabeth Romines Childers. He was a carpet installer. He is survived by a son Dwight David Childers, II; siblings: Harvey Childers of...
Debye Jarrell Herbert
October 1, 2019
Deborah Jarrell Herbert, age 69, died on October 1, 2019, at her residence. She was born on September 15, 1950, in Griffin, GA to the late Henry and Gloria Kinard Jarrell. She was married for fifty years to Jim Herbert. Known to her friends as Debye, she taught Kindergarten, operated a small business, and spoiled her grandchildren. Debye was always...
Lois Smith Alexander
September 29, 2019
Lois Kay Smith Alexander, age 89, of McDonough, died Sunday, September 29, 2019. She was born in Lexington, North Carolina to Voyle Smith and Ruby Narcissus Smith. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her sister, Gwen (Glenn) DeVaun and brothers, James Smith, Joe (Josie) Smith, and Cary Smith. Mrs. Alexander is survived by husband, of...
Patsy Watlington Tyler
September 28, 2019
Mrs. Hazel Holmes “Patsy” Watlington Tyler, 85, of Heard Drive, Elberton, entered into rest peacefully on Saturday, September 28, 2019, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital with her husband of 59 years, George B. Tyler, at her side. Mrs. Tyler was born in Birmingham, AL on May 7, 1934, daughter of the late Harry Eugene Watlington, Jr. and Hazel Holmes Watlington....
Vince James Oneal
September 28, 2019
Mr. Vince James Oneal, 23, of Carlton St. Royston, GA passed away Saturday, September 28, 2019. Vince was born November 1, 1995 in Toccoa, GA to James Oneal, Jr. and Tammy Thurman McDowell. He was a Masonic Mason and worked at Royston LLC. He is survived by his parents: Tammy and Russell McDowell of Bowman, GA and James and Pam...
Hugh Douglas Reynolds
September 28, 2019
Mr. Hugh Douglas Reynolds, 75, of Royston, GA passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2019, at the Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, GA. Mr. Reynolds was born in Elberton, GA, on June 4, 1944, son of the late John Norman Reynolds and the late Sally Evanson Reynolds. He was a stone cutter having worked for Old South Granite....
Jean Helton Adams
September 27, 2019
Mrs. Alma 'Jean' Helton Adams, 82, of Tugaloo State Park Road, Lavonia, wife of Thomas John "T.J." Adams, passed away on Friday, September 27, 2019, at Hartwell Health & Rehab in Hartwell. Mrs. Adams was born in Lumpkin County on June 7, 1937, daughter of the late Henry Calvin Helton and Sarah Maranda Fields Helton. She was a homemaker who...
George Gary Wallace, Iii
September 26, 2019
Mr. George Gary Wallace, III, 76, of Baltusrol Way, Covington, husband of Karen Del Nazarenus Wallace, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2019, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens. Mr. Wallace was born in Florence, SC on September 16, 1943, son of George Gary Wallace, Jr. and Dorothy Louise Wright-Wallace. He was a Pulp and Paper Mill Engineer and a...
Brenda James Wheeler
September 26, 2019
Mrs. Brenda Elizabeth James Wheeler, 71, of N. West Street, Greensboro, wife of 52 years to Frederick Judd Wheeler, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2019, at her residence. Mrs. Wheeler was born in Sparta on September 5, 1948, daughter of the late William Charles James and Kelsey Elizabeth Seals James. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith....
Frank Wesley Marlowe
September 25, 2019
Frank Wesley Marlowe died September 25 in Athens, GA. having succumbed to the effects of Alzheimer’s disease. He was born April 17, 1954 to Jewel and John Marlowe in Forney, TX. Frank studied anthropology at Berkley and the University of Texas. He later received an MFA in film from UCLA and made a variety of critically acclaimed documentary films. He...
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