Margaret Katrina Smith Jones
Mar 17, 2018
Mrs. Margaret Katrina Smith Jones, 91, formerly of Powder Springs, died Saturday morning, March 17, 2018, at Wills Memorial Hospital. Ms. Jones was born in Washington, Ga., and was the daughter of the late John Wylie Smith and Agnes Warr Smith.She was the widow of James W. Jones, and was a retired shipping inspector for Boyle Midway. Ms. Jones is...
Henry Kinzey Branham
Mar 9, 2018
Mr. Henry Kinzey Branham, Jr., 60, of Athens, passed away Friday, March 9, 2018.Mr. Branham was born in Washington on December 28, 1957, and was the son of Dorothy Stevens Branham and of the late Henry K. Branham.Kinzeygraduated from the University of Georgia in 1979with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and then earned his Masters of Fine Arts from Louisiana...
Donna Teasley Miller
Feb 24, 2018
Donna T. Miller, 72, of Lake Park, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at her residence. She was born on November 17, 1945 in Elberton, GA to the late Ben and Melba Gulley Teasley. Donna was a member of Lake Park United Methodist Church. She worked for the Lowndes County School system as a secretary. She attended Georgia Southern...
Henry Kenneth Walker
Feb 23, 2018
Henry Kenneth (“Ken”) Walker, M.D., of Atlanta, Georgia, passed away Friday, February 23, 2018 after a sudden illness. He was born on a small farm outside Washington, Georgia, on October 4, 1936 to the late Henry Samson Walker and Katie Grace Burgess Walker. A skinny, naïve boy who loved reading, he was recruited to Emory at Oxford in a new...
Lisa Kelly
Feb 18, 2018
Ms. Lisa Kay Kelly, 52, of Hallford Rd., passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018, in Washington. Ms. Kelly was born in Washington and had lived here for most of her life.She was the daughter of Reba Broome Howell and of the late Bobby Burdette.She graduated from Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School, had worked as a hairdresser, and was a member of...
Sammy Ray Jones
Feb 17, 2018
Washington:Mr. Sammy Ray Jones, of Andrews Dr., died Saturday, February 17, 2018, at University Hospital.Mr. Jones was born in Gibson, Ga., and had lived in Washington since 1973. He was the son of the late Edgar Jones and Ruby Palmer Jones, and was the husband of Brenda Chalker Jones.He was a retired Deputy for the Wilkes County Sheriff Department, and...
Richard "Ricky" Henry Mccarty
Feb 4, 2018
Washington:Mr. Richard (Ricky) Henry McCarty, 63, of Branham Rd., died Sunday, February 4, 2018, at his residence. Ricky, also known to many friends and family as “Sunshine”, was born in Washington, Ga., and had lived here most of his life.He was the son of the late Alfred Henry “Bunch” McCarty and Judy M. McCarty, and was the husband of Pam...
Loris "Rudy" Jacobs
Feb 2, 2018
Loris R. Jacobs, Jr., known as Rudy, passed away suddenly on February 2, 2018 at the young age of 69. Rudy will be forever remembered by his wife Mary Thornton Jacobs of 47 years, and his children Jennifer Jacobs Bowcock and Jason Jacobs. He will also be lovingly remembered by his three grandchildren Alexis Bowcock, Lyndsey Bowcock and Rhett Jacobs;...
L. E. Chafin
Jan 27, 2018
Mr. L.E. Chafin, 87, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018, at the Echols Personal Care Home in Rayle, GA. Mr. Chafin was born in Wilkes County and had lived here all of his life.He was the son of the late Luther C. Chafin and Dempie Gresham Chafin, and was preceded in death by a grandson, Glenn Ferguson. He was a...
Carol B. Burnam
Jan 20, 2018
Ms. Carol Bridges Burnam, 74, of Susan Lane in Washington, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2018, at her home. Ms. Burnam was born in Wilkes County and had lived there all of her life.She was the daughter of the late Bowden Bridges and Zadie Brown Bridges, and was the widow of Mr. Frank Burnam.She was a homemaker, and a member...
Betty Saggus Hall
Jan 9, 2018
Mrs. Betty Saggus Hall, 80, of Washington, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Pruitt Health Care in Washington. Mrs. Hall was born in Wilkes County and had lived here all of her life.She was the daughter of the late Casper Miles Saggus and Rebecca Chafin Saggus, and was the wife of George Teasley (G.T.) Hall, Jr.They had been married...
Robert "Possum" Wilson
Jan 1, 2018
Mr. Robert Clarence Wilson better known as “Possum” or “Bobby”, 75, of Tignall, passed away Monday, January 1, 2018, at University Hospital in Augusta, GA. Mr. Wilson was born September 15, 1942, in Washington, and had lived in the Tignall community all of this life. He was the son of the late Robert Claude and Louise Smith Wilson.Mr. Wilson was...
Hollis L. Winn
Dec 29, 2017
Mr. Hollis Leroy Winn, 88, of Hill St., passed away Friday, December 29, 2017, at Southern Manor Senior Living. Mr. Winn was born November 3, 1929, in Madison County, GA, and had lived in this community for 62 years.He was the son of the late David S. and Zora Maxwell Winn.He retired from the Georgia Forestry Commission after over three...
Joseph Edward Griffin
Dec 21, 2017
Mr. Joseph Edward Griffin, 80, of Washington, died Thursday, December 21, 2017 at Kindred Hospice in Athens. Mr. Griffin was born in Colquitt, GA, and was the son of Percy and Minnie Lee Richardson Griffin. He was the husband of Jewell Nunn Griffin, and they had been married for 52 years.He lived in Washington since 1975, was a retired truck...
Nellie M. Turpin
Dec 18, 2017
Ms. Nellie Mae Chafin Turpin, 91, of S. Jefferson St., died Monday afternoon, December 18, 2017, at her home. Mrs. Turpin was born in Wilkes County and was the daughter of the late Miles and Willie Pearl Gresham Chafin, and had lived here all of her life.She was the widow of Robert A. Turpin, had worked at Royal Manufacturing Company...
Janice Garrard
Dec 11, 2017
Janice Garrard, 69, of Hickory, North Carolina, died Monday, the morning of December 11, 2017 at her home. She was born July 14, 1948 in Washington, Georgia, to the late Rev. William R. Garrard, Sr. and Guinelle Cooper Garrard, who survives and resides in Hickory. As the daughter of a United Methodist pastor she grew up in Northeast Georgia and...
Charles Leonard Danner
Dec 7, 2017
Mr. Charles Leonard Danner, 53, of Sandtown Rd., died Thursday, December 7, 2017, at the St. Mary’s Hospice House in Watkinsville. Mr. Danner was born in Washington and was the son of the late D. S. Danner, Jr. and Louise (Sis) Bumgardner Danner.He graduated from Georgia Southern College with a Bachelor Degree in Business.Leonard was a pawnbroker and had worked...
Marshall Allen Mcavoy
Dec 6, 2017
Mr. Marshall Allen McAvoy, 68, of U.S. Hwy 29 in Athens, died at home on December 6, 2017. Mr. McAvoy was born in Wilkes County and had lived in the Athens area for the last 25 years.He was the son of the late Jacob Wiley (J.W.) McAvoy and Ailene Bridges McAvoy.He worked for Clarke County Road Maintenance, and was a...
