Obituaries

Oct 30, 2020

Mr. Christopher Michael Frasier, 73, of N. Alexander Ave. in Washington, passed away at his home after a long illness. Mr. Frasier was born in Corinth, New York, was the son of Donald M. and Jeanette Grady Frasier, and was the widower of Ruth Skinner Frazier.Mr. Frasier was a retired fire chief and Fire and Rescue director out of New...

Oct 29, 2020

Mr. Lew M. Powers, 85, of Washington, Georgia entered into rest on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at Southern Manor Senior Living. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Hopkins Funeral Home. Hopkins Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mr. Lew Powers.

Oct 27, 2020

Mrs. Holly Pauline Weaver Harrison, age 95, of Crawfordville, GA died on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at Greene Point Nursing Home,Union Point, GA. She was born on July 19, 1925 in Ninety-Six, SC to the late William Andrew Weaver and Bessie Cassell Weaver.Pauline married Dock Harrison of Crawfordville, GA on January 1, 1950.She retired as the Food Services Dietician at...

Oct 27, 2020

Mrs. Deborah Susan “Debby” Vinson Haynes, 67, of Sam Tate Road, Elberton, wife of 43 years to Clyde Lee “Pete” Haynes, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, GA. Debby was born in Washington on February 15, 1953, daughter of the late Dennis Herbert Vinson and Anna Frances...

Oct 22, 2020

John Alan “Jack” Delany, 76, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Lawver Elton Delany and Helen Kirschner Delany. Jack spent his youth in Massachusetts, Florida, and San Diego, California. As a teenager, Jack won an art award presented by William Hana of Hanna-Barbera. Jack studied art under Guy Williams and was a Teaching Assistant to Wayne Thiebaud. He attended the...

Oct 4, 2020

Mr. William Donald Ware, 88, of 180 Ebon St, Tignall, entered into rest on Sunday, October 4, 2020 at Elbert Memorial Hospital in Elberton, Ga. Mr. Ware was born in Wilkes County to the late Duncan and Maude Ware on March 16, 1932.Mr. Ware served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga for 5...

Oct 4, 2020

Barry Lynn Echols, 65, died October 4, 2020 and his wife, Cheryl Jane Mayall Echols, 61, died December 7, 2020. Mr. Echols was a son of the late Walter Marion Echols and Mary Irene Powell Echols, and was also preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Eugene Echols. He was a self employed welder and fabricator having owned BL Echols...

Sep 24, 2020

Mrs. Samille Huff Branham Sherrer, 95, of Branham Rd. in Washington, passed away at her home on Thursday, September 24, 2020. Mrs. Sherrer was born in Wilkes County and had lived here all of her life.She was the daughter of Samuel Watson Huff and Agnes Hopkins Huff.She was twice married and widowed.She was first married to Charles E. Branham, and...

Sep 22, 2020

Mrs. Martha Jackson Stout Hopkins, 81, of Bogart (formerly of Washington), passed away Tuesday morning, September 22, 2020, at her son’s home in Bogart. Mrs. Hopkins was born in Washington, where she had lived most of her life.She was the daughter of the late Harvey Jackson, Sr. and Eva Shivers Jackson.She was twice married, first to Bob Stout, and was...

Sep 21, 2020

Mr. George Halford Casey, 95, of Centerville Rd. in Rayle, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2020, at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta. Mr. Casey was born in Augusta to Benjamin Tillman Casey and Julia Holmes Casey, and was the widower of Mozelle Chafin Casey.Mr. Casey had worked a number of years in the dairy industry-ice cream...

Sep 11, 2020

Mr. James (Jimmy) Vernon Bowman, 72, of E. Robert Toombs Ave. in Washington, passed away Friday morning, September 11, 2020, at the St. Mary’s Hospice House in Watkinsville. Mr. Bowman was born January 10, 1948, in Washington, Ga., and had lived here for the better part of his life.He was the son of the late Richard Bowman and Frances Dent...

Sep 5, 2020

Mrs. Thelma Jean Edwards Moore, 86, of Washington, passed away Saturday evening, September 5, 2020, at her home.Mrs. Moore was born in Taliaferro County and had lived most of her life in Wilkes County.She was the daughter of the late Glenn Young Edwards and Thelma Amanda Fouche Edwards, and was the wife of William Mark (Bill) Moore.She was a bookkeeper...

Sep 1, 2020

Mrs. Bonnie Mae Smith Boatwright, 82, of Rayle, Georgia passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2020. Mrs. Boatwright was born in Lexington, Georgia, daughter of the late Robert Lewis Smith and Lois Patton Smith.She was preceded in death by her husband, John Boatwright.Mrs. Boatwright worked in the textile industry until her retirement and was a member of Saris Baptist Church. Survivors...

Aug 26, 2020

Joni Lamons Hardin passed away peacefully on August 26, 2020 at Lake Crossing Health Center in Appling.Joni was a native of Wilkes County, Georgia and was the daughter of the late Walton Hardin and the late JoAnn Hardin.She was the granddaughter of the late Lena Walton Hardin and the late Henry Grady Hardin.Her maternal grandparents were the late Evelyn Lamons...

Aug 24, 2020

Aug 13, 2020

Mrs. Lois T. Holsenback, 72, of Boyce Guin Rd., passed away Thursday, August 13, 2020, at her home surrounded by family. Mrs. Holsenback was born in Lyons, Ga., and had lived in Wilkes County most of her life.She was the daughter of William Frank Turner, Sr. and Myrtis Smith Turner, and was the wife of Henry Holsenback, Sr.She worked at...

Aug 5, 2020

Mr. Lincoln Houghton Bounds, 67, of Washington, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Bounds was born in Athens but had lived in Washington all of his life.He was the son of the late Osborne M. Bounds, Jr. and Barbara Dean Bounds, and was the widower of Cindy Russell Bounds, who...

Aug 1, 2020

Mrs. Rubye Mae Kennedy Armour, 83, of Philomath Rd. in Rayle, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2020, at the Echols Personal Care Home in Rayle. Mrs. Armour was born in Wilkes County and had lived there all of her life.She was the daughter of the late Boyce and Virginia Hammock Kennedy, and was the wife of John Thomas (Jack) Armour.She...

Jul 26, 2020

Mr. Harrison Leemon Stewart, 89, of Washington, passed away Sunday morning, July 26, 2020, at the Pruitt Health Care Facility in Washington. Mr. Stewart was born in Homer, Ga., and had lived in Wilkes County since 1968.He was the son of the late Harrison Stewart and Erma Wheelis Stewart, and was the widower of Mary Lou Harrison Stewart.He was a...

Jul 22, 2020

Ms. Mary Ruth Herring Taylor Flynt, 95, of Rayle, passed away Wednesday morning, July 22, 2020, at the Echols Personal Care Home in Rayle. Ms. Flynt was a native of Hartwell, Ga.She lived her first 21 years in Hart County, and the next 74 in Oglethorpe and Wilkes Counties.She was the daughter of Berry and Lula Crump Herring.She was married...