Obituaries

Dec 7, 2016

Mrs. Brenda Lee Cawley Cartledge, of Corbin St. in Thomson, died Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at Doctors Hospital. Mrs. Cartledge was born in Washington, where she lived most of her life.She was the daughter of George and Rosa Mae Wells Cawley, and was the widow of Mack Cartledge. She was preceded in death by husbands Mack Cartledge and Len Lamar,...

Dec 6, 2016

Mr. Robert Morgan “Buck” Echols, 74, of Philomath Rd., died Tuesday evening, December 6, 2016, at University Hospital. Mr. Echols was born in Rayle and had lived here all of his life.He was the son of the late Morgan Echols and Mattie Lou Williamson Echols.Buck was a District Foreman at Rayle EMC, and was a member of the County Line...

Dec 4, 2016

Mr. James “Ernie” Stone, Sr. died Sunday, December 4, 2016, at his home. Mr. Stone was born in Dothan, AL, and was the son of the late Henry and Dollie Berry Stone.He had worked at Berry Plastics and had lived in this community for 32 years. He was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Stone. Mr. Stone is survived...

Nov 22, 2016

Mrs. Peggy Jane Ledbetter Whitt, 58, of Washington, died Tuesday morning, November 22, 2016, at Wills Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Whitt was born in Cumming, GA, and was the daughter of Mary Bowman Ledbetter and of the late James Charles Ledbetter.She was a para pro at Briarwood Academy, and was also a school bus driver for Briarwood.She was a member of...

Nov 22, 2016

James Alvin Truitt Mr. James Alvin “Al” Truitt, 64, of Burton St. in Tignall, died Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at Wills Memorial Hospital. Mr. Truitt was born in Washington and had lived here all of his life.He was the son of the late Alfred and Helen Shedd Truitt, and had been a forklift operator for Hollander, Inc.He was a member...

Nov 15, 2016

Robert Chapman “Bud” Barnett, Jr., loving son, died November 15, 2016 at the age of 59.Mr. Barnett, born in Akron, Ohio, was the son of Robert C. Barnett, Sr., and Mary Budd Barnett of Aiken, SC. Mr. Barnett graduated with a degree in Geology from Indiana University in 1979 and spent most of his years living and working in Austin,...

Nov 15, 2016

Mr. Michael Scott Yancey, 50, of 725 Lexington Rd., in Washington, died Tuesday evening, November 15, 2016, at his home. Mr. Yancey was born in Lawrenceville, and had lived in Washington for the past 15 years. He was the husband of Angela Short Yancey, and the son of Jerry and Patricia White Yancey.He was a retired baseball umpire. Mr. Yancey...

Nov 8, 2016

Ms. Lillie Mae Jackson Crawford, 81, of the Metasville Rd., died Tuesday morning, November 8, 2016, at Doctors Hospital in Augusta. Ms. Crawford was born in Wilkes County, and had lived here most of her life.She was the daughter of the late Robert O. Jackson and Annie Kate Powell Jackson.She was a retired nurse, having worked a number of years...

Nov 7, 2016

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth “Libby”Becknell Nason, 91, of Hospital Dr. in Washington, died Monday evening at Pruitt Healthcare in Washington.Mrs. Nason was born in Rome, GA.She was a business owner, having worked in the antique business.She was a member of the Macedonia United Methodist Church in Warrenton. Mrs. Nason is survived by five sons, Randy Jones (Linda), of Sierra Vista, AZ....

Nov 2, 2016

Mr. James Callaway “Jim” Burton, 75, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Augusta. Jim was born April 15, 1941, to Mary and W. L Burton of Washington, Ga., in the old Washington General Hospital. He graduated from Washington-Wilkes High School in 1959, and was President of his Senior Class. He was involved in...

Oct 31, 2016

Oct 30, 2016

Mr. Earl Raymond Leavenworth, 68, of Winton Lane in Washington, died Sunday, October 30, 2016, at his home. Mr. Leavenworth was born in Highland Park, MI, and had lived in Washington for 15 years.He was the son of Nettie Grace Shuttleworth Leavenworth and of the late J. Bine Leavenworth.He was a retired welder and barber, and was a member of...

Oct 23, 2016

Mr. Howard Lee James, 97, of the Greensboro Rd., died Sunday, October 23, 2016, at his home. Mr. James was born in Corinth, MS, and was the son of the late Jobe Bell James and Margaret Johnson James. He was the husband of Dell McAvoy James, was a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church, and was preceded in death...

Oct 21, 2016

Miss Reba Cornelia Hester, 95, of Greenwood, SC (formerly of Washington), died Friday, October 21, 2016, at Magnolia Manor in Greenwood.Miss Hester was born in Wilkes County,and was the daughter of John Pilcher Hester and Mary Norman Hester.She was a retired telephone operator and dispatcher.She was of the Baptist Faith.Miss Hester was preceded in death by three sisters, Marie West,...

Oct 16, 2016

Mr. Ernest Wilson Kennedy, Jr., 76, of Rayle, died Sunday, October 16, 2016 in Athens. Mr. Kennedy was born in Washington, GA.He was the son of Ernest Wilson Kennedy and Susie Lee Maxwell Kennedy, and was the widower of Emogene Cook Kennedy.After 38 years with CSX Railroad, he moved back to Rayle to retire. Mr. Kennedy is survived by one...

Oct 9, 2016

Mrs. Joyce Dallis Kirkland Evans, 84, passed away Sunday morning, October 9, 2016, at Pruitt Health Care in Washington. Mrs. Evans was born in Lincoln County and had lived here most of her life.She was the widow of Henry Kirkland (the father of her children) and John Evans, and was the daughter of Bernard Dallis and Eleanor Flint Dallis.She was...

Oct 4, 2016

Mr. Thomas L. Garrett, 80, of S. Alexander Ave., died Tuesday evening, October 4, 2016, at Wills Memorial Hospital. Mr. Garrett was born in Washington and had lived here all of his life.He was the widower of Margese Wheatley Garrett, and was the son of the late George M. Garrett and Alice Lee Edwards Garrett.He was the owner/operator of Poss...

Sep 29, 2016

Iris Brookins Corbett, age 101, of Evans, Georgia, formerly of Washington, Ga. passed on Sept. 29, 2016. Born in Baldwin County Georgia on Feb. 26, 1915 she was the daughter of Louis Augustus Brookins and Fannie Mae Stubbs Brookins.She was proceeded in death by her husband of 62 years, Felton Corbett Sr., five brothers and two sisters.A graduate of Georgia...

Sep 28, 2016

Mr. Richard Wayne Burkett, 66, of Rayle, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, in Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Burkett was a native of Pensacola, FL, and had lived in Wilkes County for about 14 years.He was a member of Praise Center Church in Monroe. He was a former Merchant Marine, and was a member of the American Legion...

Sep 9, 2016

Mrs. Ruth Ann Skinner Frasier, 69, of N. Alexander Ave., died Friday, September 9, 2016, at University Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Christopher Frasier, and by her son, Jeremy Frasier, both of Washington; and by two sisters, Kathryn Millington, and Barbara Millis, both of Corinth, NY. Visitation will be from 6-8pm Sunday evening, September 11, 2016, at...