Thomas Owen Chambers
May 25, 2016
Mr. Thomas Owen Chambers, age 88, of Dahlonega, GA passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Ga. Thomas was born in Gainesville, Ga July 3, 1927. He lived in Dahlonega as a young boy before moving to South Georgia and lived in Tignall, Ga for many years before moving back to Dahlonega nine...
William Ellington
May 19, 2016
Mr. William Jesse Ellington, Sr., 69, of Lexington Rd. NW, Crawfordville, died Thursday morning at his home. Mr. Ellington was born in Lake Park, GA. He was the son of the late Carmen S. Ellington and Mary Ellen Duke Ellington.He was a commercial plumber, and was the husband of Viola Minnie McCant Ellington. Graveside services will be Sunday, May 22,...
Mozelle Casey
May 17, 2016
Mrs. Mozelle Chafin Casey, 90, of Centerville Rd., died Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at Wills Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Casey was born in Oglethorpe County.She was the daughter of the late Tuck Irvin Chafin and Sallie Sue Patton, and was a housewife. Graveside services will be 10:00Saturday morning, May 21, 2016, at the Washington–Wilkes Memorial Gardens with Rev. Jim Newsome officiating....
Mabel Ware Johnson
May 12, 2016
A Memorial Service will be held for Mabel Lewis Ware Johnson on Saturday, May 21st, at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Washington, Georgia. The Service will be conducted by the Rev. Albert Huyck, the Rev. Bob Murphy and the Rev. Kevin Madden. Mabel was born on February 17, 1915, in Washington, Georgia and died on Thursday, May...
Helen Johnson Miller
May 8, 2016
Helen Elizabeth Johnson Miller Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Johnson Miller, 91, of Elm St., died Sunday, May 8, 2016, at Wills Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Miller was born in Taliaferro County and had lived in this area for all of her life. She was the daughter of Horace Franklin Johnson and Ruby Eunice Edwards Johnson.She was the widow of Howard Edmund Miller,...
Jerry Douglas (Doug) Stevens
May 6, 2016
Jerry Douglas (Doug) Stevens, 72, of Fortson St. in Tignall, died Friday evening, May 6, 2016, at his home. Mr. Stevens was born in Wilkes County and had lived here most of his life.He was the son of the late Brantley O. Stevens and Lucy Echols Stevens.He was a graduate of Washington-Wilkes High School,had been a cattle farmer for a...
Hilda Jane Hood
May 3, 2016
Mrs. Hilda Jane Sanford Hood, 61, of 3644 Bates Rd. in Crawfordville, died Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at her home. Mrs. Hood was born in Tuscaloosa, AL. She was the daughter of the late L. V. and Ruthie Campbell Sanford, and had worked as a daycare worker.She was of the Baptist Faith. A memorial service will be held at 11:00am...
Stephany White Rice
May 2, 2016
Stephany Jean White Rice, 53, of 6200 Greensboro Rd., died Monday, May 2, 2016, at her home. Mrs. Rice was born in Savannah, and had lived in this community for 5 years.She was the daughter of Anthony and Betty Fender White, and had worked as an accountant for the University of Florida.She was a member of the Washington First United...
Marion Hill Barnett
Apr 24, 2016
Marion Hill Barnett, Jr. Born May 2, 1933, son of Mary Ficklen Barnett and Marion Hill Barnett. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Animal Science. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. After graduation he served in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot of multi -engine KC97’S and the Georgia Air...
Eizabeth B. Dunnaway
Apr 23, 2016
Elizabeth B. Dunnaway Elizabeth Blackmon Dunnaway. 77, of Big Cedar Rd., died Saturday, April 23, 2016, at Wills Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Dunnaway was born in Tignall, GA, and had lived in Wilkes County for all of her life.She was the daughter of the late Tom Cobb Blackmon, Sr. and Agnes Gill Blackmon, and was preceded in death by her brother,...
Sara Edwards
Apr 4, 2016
Sara A. Edwards Thomson:Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Albea Edwards, 86, formerly of Newtown Rd. in Washington, died Monday, April 4, 2016, at Thomson Manor nursing Home. Mrs. Edwards was born in Wilkes County and had lived here all of her life.She was the daughter of the late Paul and Sara Smith Albea, and was the widow of Roy Wilbur Edwards.She had...
Leroy W. Robinson
Mar 27, 2016
Mr. LeRoy Walker (Robby) Robinson, 92, of Broad Rd. in Tignall, died Sunday, March 27, 2016, at his home,surrounded by family. Mr. Robinson was born on December 13, 1923, in Prosperity, SC.He grew up in Columbia, SC and attended the University of South Carolina for two years prior to joining the Navy’s Flight Training Program on June 4, 1942.Commissioned on...
Annie Combs Crook
Mar 26, 2016
Mrs. Annie Colbert Combs Crook, 87, of N. Hulin Ave., died Saturday, March 26, 2016, at Country Manor Personal Care Home in Tignall. Mrs. Crook was born in Lexington, GA, and had lived in Wilkes County most of her life.She was the daughter of the late Grover Cleveland Colbert and Mamie Huff Colbert.She was preceded in death by her first...
Mabel Smith
Mar 19, 2016
Miss Mabel Smith, 92, of N. Pope St. in Tignall, died Saturday morning at the Tignall House Assisted Living Facility. Miss Smith was born in Tignall, and had lived there for most of her life.She was the daughter of the late Edgar Lamar Smith and Leona Albea Smith.She was a retired Schoolteacher, and was a Home Economics teacher in the...
Kyle Lewis Standard
Mar 13, 2016
Kyle Lewis Standard, 18, of N. Elijah Clark Dr., died Sunday morning in Jasper County. Mr. Standard was born in Athens, GA, but had lived in Washington all of his life.He was the son of Sandra Cook Standard and of the late Robert Douglas Standard, Sr.He graduated from Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School where he was a member of the FFA,...
Nita Miller Doolittle
Feb 27, 2016
Nita Miller Doolittle Mrs. Nita Miller Doollittle, 69, of Crawfordville Rd. in Philomath, died Saturday evening, February 27, 2016, in the Gentiva Hospice Unit at AthensRegionalHospital . Mrs. Doolittle was born in Harlem, GA, and was the daughter of the late Robert Miller and Nita Manus Miller.She worked for the United States Post Office for a number of years, and...
Myranda Lee Mattox
Feb 12, 2016
Myranda Lee Mattox, age 41, left this life on Friday, February 12, 2016 to spend eternity with her Lord. Myranda was born in Elberton, GA on Augusta 17, 1974 to the most loving and devoted parents, Zelma and Ray Mattox. Her life here was different than most, due to the condition of Rett Syndrome. She had severe limitations and could...
Nellie Jayne Leyser
Feb 4, 2016
Mrs. Nellie Jayne Rhods Leyser, 94, formerly of E. Robert Toombs Ave., died Thursday, February 4, 2016, at Lake Crossing Nursing Home in Columbia County. Mrs. Leyser was born in Leetonia, OH, and had lived in Washington for 10 years.She was the daughter of the late Harry Rhods and Kathryn Bueler Rhods. She was the widow of Harry Rhods, attended...
Peggy Rhodes Callaway
Jan 24, 2016
Mrs. Peggy Ann Rhodes Callaway, 84, of N. Alexander Ave., died Sunday evening at her home. Mrs. Callaway was born in Wilkes County and had lived here all of her life.She was the daughter of the late Samuel Hawes Rhodes and Annie Ruth Dye Rhodes, and was married to the late Owen Bernard Callaway. She was a homemaker and was...
