Obituaries

May 8, 2022

Mrs. Miriam Claire Edwards Stratton, 80, of Crawfordville (Sandy Cross), entered into rest Sunday morning, May 8, 2022, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mrs. Stratton was born in Taliaferro County and had lived there all of her life.She was the daughter of the late Ralph Owen and Edith Evans Edwards, and was the widow of Mr. James Russell Stratton.Claire worked...

May 1, 2022

Mrs. Dorothy Alline McElhannon Callaway, 86, of Lexington Rd.,entered into rest on Sunday, May 1, 2022, at her home in Rayle. Mrs. Callaway was born in Anderson, SC, and had lived in Wilkes County for most of her life.She was the daughter of Charlie and Pearl Whittington McElhannon, and was the widow of Mr. Jack Callaway.She was a homemaker and...

May 1, 2022

Ms. Laura Godwin Kuffrey, 64, of Doe Run Rd. in Tignall, entered into rest on May 1, 2022, at the Augusta University Medical Center. Ms. Kuffrey was born in Jacksonville, N.C., and had lived in Tignall for about 15 years.She was the daughter of Mack Godwin and Alice Powell Godwin, and was a member of the Danburg Baptist Church. Laura...

Apr 23, 2022

Ms. Sallie Mae McElhannon “Ma” Arnold, 93, formerly of Lexington, entered into rest Saturday morning, April 23, 2022, at Comer Health and Rehabilitation. Ms. Arnold was born in Anderson, SC, but had lived most of her life Oglethorpe County.She was the daughter of Charlie and Pearl Whittington McElhannon, and was the widow of Mr. Edgar Lee “Son” Arnold.Ms. Arnold was...

Apr 19, 2022

Mr. James P. “J.P.” Dobson, Jr., 81, of S. Pope St. In Tignall, entered into rest Tuesday morning, April 19, 2022, at his home. Mr. Dobson was born in Elbert County to James P. Dobson, Sr. and Dovie Sue Childs Dobson, and had lived most of his life in Wilkes County.He was a general mechanic who could work on and...

Apr 8, 2022

Mr. Ira Quincy Tiller, Jr., 76, of Lincolnton Rd., entered into rest Friday, April 8, 2022, at the Pruitt Healthcare Facility.Mr. Tiller was a native of Summerville, SC, and had lived in Washington for about 50 years.He was the son of the late Ira Q. Tiller, Sr. and Agnes McKenzie Tiller.He was a GMC graduate, and went on to Forestry...

Apr 1, 2022

Elizabeth Burton Edwards “Betty” Thornton, 93, of Thornton Rd., entered into rest Friday morning, April 1, 2022, at Lake Crossing Health and Rehabilitation Center in Appling. Mrs. Thornton was born in Elberton and had lived in Wilkes County for most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Jack and Lizzie Edwards, and was the wife of the...

Mar 30, 2022

Mr. Robert Glenn Rhodes, 81, of Tignall, entered into rest Wednesday evening, March 30, 2022, at Harper’s Personal Care Home. Mr. Rhodes was born in Tignall, Ga. on September 20, 1940, to the late Samuel Hawes Rhodes, and Annie Ruth Dye Rhodes.He graduated from the Washington-Wilkes High School in 1958, then went on to graduate from North Georgia Technical School...

Mar 28, 2022

Mrs. Linda Crowley Smith, 81, of Upton Mill Dr. in Washington, entered into rest Monday evening, March 28, 2022, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens. Mrs. Smith was born in Athens and was the daughter of the late Harry and Helen Farr Crowley.She and husband Bill had lived in Washington since 1973.Bill and Linda owned and operated the FINA service...

Mar 24, 2022

Mr. Thomas Alan Dunnaway, 85, of Washington (Aonia Community), entered into rest Thursday evening, March 24, 2022, at his residence. Mr. Dunnaway was born in Wilkes County and had lived here all of his life.He was the son of Raymond and Martha Turpin Dunnaway, and was the husband of Regina Holsenback Dunnaway. He was an egg farmer for a number...

Mar 23, 2022

Mr. Charles Douglas “Doug” Young, 77, entered into rest Wednesday morning, March 23, 2022, at his residence. Mr. Young was born in Washington, and had resided here for the last three months. He was the son of the late Charles C. Young and Lila Lunceford Young.He graduated from Washington-Wilkes High School, and had worked as a truckdriver in the dairy...

Mar 22, 2022

Mr. Claude Anderson “Sonny” Nelms, Jr., 84, of Lavonia, entered into rest on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Mr. Nelms was born in Athens, Ga., and was the son of the late Claude A. Nelms, Sr. and Mildred Cagle Nelms.He was the husband of Virginia Corbett Nelms.He was a comptroller and Financial Vice President of an...

Mar 20, 2022

Ms. Dana Lynn Waller Kitchens, 60, of Bartram Trace Rd., entered intorest on Sunday, March 20, 2022, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Ms. Kitchens was born in Washington and had lived in Wilkes Co. for all of her life.She was the daughter of Milton and Caroline “Dot” Lunceford Waller.She was a 1979 graduate of Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School, and most...

Mar 20, 2022

After a miraculous 12 year battle dealing with the effects of pancreatic cancer, Sharon Reed Phillips Liggett, passed away peacefully on March 20, 2022.She is survived by:her husband Harold Liggett of Washington, GA, sister Mary Beth Nolan of Richmond, VA and niece Bridget MacNeill Nolan of Portland, Or. Her ill health never stopped her from doing the things she loved...

Feb 26, 2022

Hopkins Funeral Home announces the death of Effie Youghn Purvis, 90, of 193 Pine Lane, who entered into rest on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Larry Gillespie. Funeral services will be 2:00p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the Bowen-Donaldson Funeral Home Chapel in Tifton, Ga..The family will receive friends at Bowen-Donaldson Funeral...

Feb 26, 2022

Mrs. Rosalyn Virginia Rives Adams, 92, of Lincolnton Rd., entered into rest Saturday evening, February 26, 2022, at Wills Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Adams was born in Taliaferro County on July 18, 1929.She was the widow of the late Carl Daniel Adams, Sr., and was the daughter of the late Charles Wingfield Rives and Bertha Johnson Rives.She had worked as a...

Feb 23, 2022

Martin Alfred Cook, a native and resident of the Caney Fork Community in Cullowhee, and one of professional Southern Gospel Music's all-time legends, gained his angel's wings and was promoted to Heaven on February 23, 2002, from the home of his youngest son, Michael Cook, in Washington, GA. He was 85 years old. Martin, who was born on June 29,...

Feb 16, 2022

Mr. Johnny ‘Ray’ Wilson, 74, of Cherokee Road, Elberton, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at his residence. Ray was born in Wilkes County on July 3, 1947, son of Lucy Jane Algood Richards of Thomson and the late John Henry Wilson. He was a mechanic having retired from Rocky River Plant after 38 years of service, and...

Feb 15, 2022

Ms. Lillie Bell Wells Lovvorn, 92, of Tignall, entered into rest Tuesday evening, February 15, 2022, at University Hospital in Augusta. Ms. Lovvorn was born in Petersburg, Tennessee, to Tell and Mary Tate Wells.She was the widow of Mr. Sam Lovvorn, and worked astelephone operator and as an AVON sales representative for a number of years. She is survived by...

Feb 11, 2022

Robert (Bob) Gary Hoffman, 74, of Natal, Brazil, passed away on February 11, 2022, after a brief illness.  Bob was born in Washington, Georgia, on May 30, 1947, to Aage Johannes and Gladys Smith Hoffman of Washington.

After graduating Washington Wilkes High School in the class of 1965, Bob attended Augusta College. He then felt the call...