Charles Young
Dec 22, 2013
Mr. Charles Young, 94, of Washington, died Sunday, December 22, 2013 in Wills Memorial Hospital.A native of Washington, he was the son of the late Thomas and Mamie Flynt Combs.Mr. Young was a retired plumber/electrician and a member of Bethel UMC.He served in the U.S. Navy in WWII. Funeral services will be Tuesday, at 11:00am in Bethel UMC with Rev....
Ronald L. Smith
Dec 20, 2013
Mr. Ronald “Ronnie” LeGrand Smith, 72, of Berkshire Dr., died Friday, December 20, 2013. Mr. Smith was born in Wilkes County and had lived here all of his life.He was the son of the late O. Legrand Smith and Eula Mae Denard Smith, and was the husband of Gracia Long Smith.They had been married for 50 years.He was retired, but...
Thomas A. "Coot" Johnson
Nov 23, 2013
Thomas A. Johnson Mr. Thomas A. “Coot” Johnson, 91,of Quaker Springs Rd., died Saturday, November 23, 2013, at Washington Manor. Mr. Johnson was born in Taliaferro County, was the son of the late Horace F. and Ruby Eunice Edwards Johnson, and was the widower of Mary Lee Thaxton Johnson.He was a retired Dairy farmer, and was a member of the...
Ralph H. Buckner
Nov 7, 2013
Mr. Ralph H. Buckner, 84, of Washington, died November 7, 2013 in Wills Memorial Hospital.A native of Marshall, North Carolina, he was the son of John Floyd and Dorothy Massey Buckner.Mr. Buckner was retired from the dairy industry and was of the Baptist faith. The family will have a Memorial Service Sunday, November 17th at 3:00pm at 3076 Greensboro Rd.,...
Burnard Samuel Swann
Nov 1, 2013
Mr. Burnard Samuel ‘Sammy’ Swann, Jr., 67,died November 1, 2013 in Baytown, Texas.A native of Washington, Georgia, he was the son of the late Burnard Samuel and Juanita Byrd Swann.Sammy served his country in the U.S. Navy and was a retired heavy equipment operator.In addition to his parents, Sammy was preceded in death by his wife, Teresa, on August 10th...
Louis Kenneth Wheatley
Oct 31, 2013
Mr. Louis Kenneth Wheatley, 67, of Washington, died October 31, 213 in Georgia Regents Medical Center.A native of Washington, he was the son of Stanley and Katherine Norman Wheatley.Kenneth worked for the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners Road Department.He was a member of Rehoboth Baptist Church.He was preceded in death by a brother Robert Allen Wheatley. Funeral services will be...
Charles Davis Drinkard
Oct 25, 2013
Charles D. Drinkard Mr. Charles Davis Drinkard, 78, of Elijah Clark Dr., died Friday morning, October 25, 2013in Wills Memorial Hospital in Washington. Mr. Drinkard was born in Wilkes County and was the son of Walter David Drinkard and Mildred Virginia Pate Drinkard.He was a retired accountant, having worked at Pet Milk for about 30 years.He also was a bookkeeper...
Leroy Robinson
Oct 19, 2013
Mr. Le Roy Walker Robinson, Jr. of Tignall, died October 19, 2013 in Athens Regional Hospital.A native of Atlanta, Georgia, he was the son of Le Roy Walker Robinson and the late Margery O’Neil Smith Robinson.Mr. Robinson was an attorney and served in the U.S. Army JAG Corps during the Viet Nam era, achieving the rank of Captain. A private...
Virginia Thornton Todd
Oct 19, 2013
Virginia Louise Todd Mrs. Virginia Louise Darby Thornton Todd, 84, of Washington, died Saturday evening at her home. Mrs. Todd was born in Greensboro, and was the daughter of Claude and Louise Moore Darby.She was retired, having previously worked locally as a cloth inspector at Clark Schwebel , Inc. in Washington.Mrs. Todd was preceded in death by two husbands, first...
Laura Annette Hedrick
Sep 25, 2013
Mrs. Laura Annette Mayberry Hedrick, 42, of Lincolnton, died September 25, 2013.She was a native of Gastonia, North Carolina and was a registered nurse.She is survived by her husband, Rob Hedrick; parents, Lawrence Mayberry and Faye Messer Mayberry; son, Robby Hedrick and granddaughter, Bella Hedrick.
Alex Thurmond
Sep 22, 2013
Alex Thurmond Mr. Alex Thurmond, 66, of Washington, died September 22, 2013 at his home.A native of Wilkes County, he was the son of Margie Shedd Thurmond and the late Sandy Thurmond.Alex was also preceded in death by his brother, Robert Thurmond and first wife, Sherry Thurmond.He had worked in the wood processing industry and was a member of Harvest...
Mary Craven
Sep 21, 2013
Mary Craven Mrs. Mary Hines Craven, 73, died September 21, 2013 at her home in Washington, GA.She grew up in Hogansville, Georgia where she graduated from Hogansville High School.She graduated from the University of Georgia where she was a member of the Kappa Delta Sorority.Mary was baptized in the First Methodist Church in Hogansville and was affiliated with the Church...
Rosalind R. Talbert
Sep 3, 2013
Mrs. Georgia Rosalind Reese Talbert, 88, of Washington, formerly of McCormick, S.C., died September 3, 2013 in Wills Memorial Hospital.A native of Modoc, S.C., she was the daughter of the late James Morgan and Rosalind Sims Cartledge Reese.She had lived in Wilkes county six years and was a member of First Baptist Church of Washington.She was a retired Merchant, Homemaker...
Marilyn Riemer Pasco
Aug 27, 2013
Mrs. Marilyn Riemer Pasco, 84, who lived in Washington from 1970 to 2009, died August 27, 2013 at Atria Senior Living, an assisted living facility in Marietta, Georgia. Mrs. Pasco was born in Springfield, Illinois in 1929.A first-generation American who grew up on a farm in central Illinois, she was the youngest of four children born to parents who had...
Mark Dwaine Truitt
Aug 24, 2013
Mark Truitt Mr. Mark Dwaine Truitt, 50, of Washington, died Saturday, August 24, 2013.A native of McDuffie County, he was the son of Rachel Waller Truitt and the late Morris S. Truitt.Mark was retired from residential construction work due to disability, and was a member of Beulah Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, Jordan Truitt and Jarrett Truitt, both of...
Clifford Gary Mansfield
Aug 23, 2013
Mr. Clifford Gary Mansfield, 69, of Washington, died Friday, August 23, 2013 at University Hospital.A native of Washington, he was the son of the late Clifford Hester and Berta Eunice Paschall Mansfield.Gary was retired from Pactiv in Beech Island, South Carolina, where he had been Plant Engineer.He was with Gideons International and a member of First Baptist Church where he...
Charles Edward "Ted" Bush Iii
Aug 23, 2013
Mr. Charles Edward “Ted” Bush III, 72, of N. Alexander Ave., died Friday, August 23, 2013, at his home. Mr. Bush was born in Staunton, VA, and was the son of the late Charles E. Bush, Jr. and Agnes Erskine Sproul Bush.He was a consulting forester in the forestry industry, served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and was...
Irene Franklin Christy
Aug 19, 2013
Irene Christy Mrs. Lottie Irene Franklin Christy, 86, of Villa Rica, died August 19, 2013 at her home.A native of Clarke County, she was the daughter of the late James B. and Evie Seymour Franklin.Mrs. Christy was a retired Secretary, having worked for Shulton Industries, Associated Grocers and Colonial Stores.She grew up in County Line Baptist Church.After graduating high school,...
Margie Wilson
Aug 7, 2013
Tignall:Mrs. Margie Frances Anderson Wilson, 90, of Mallorysville Rd., died Wednesday at her home. Mrs. Wilson was born in Taliaferro County,was the daughter of the late Reuben and Zelda Parks Anderson, and was the widow of William Clarence Wilson.She worked at the Royal Manufacturing Co. for a number of years, and then became a full-time homemaker.She had lived in Tignall...
James Finch
Jul 21, 2013
James Beldon Finch, DMD, 64, of Washington, died Sunday, July 21, 2013 at Wills Memorial Hospital. A native of Athens, Georgia, he was the son of the late Lamar Finch and Lydia Hardigree Finch.Dr. Finch graduated from Evans High School in 1967, went to the University of Georgia, then graduated from the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry in...
