James Gene Butler
May 28, 2010
Mr. James “Gene” Butler, 74, of Shelby, N.C. passed away peacefully on Friday, May 28, 2010 at Kings Mountain Hospice House.He was born in Wilkes County, Georgia, to the late Robert Butler and Jewell Rucker Butler.Gene graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he played baseball.He was a memberof Lafayette Street United Methodist Church.Gene was a...
William Raymond Burton
May 26, 2010
Mr. William Raymond ‘Billy’ Burton, 67, of Tignall, died May 26, 2010 at Heritage Healthcare of Wilkes.He was a native of Wilkes county, the son of the late Raymond Ellis and Harriett Strother Burton.Mr. Burton attended school in Tignall and graduated from Washington Wilkes High School in 1960.He attended Massey Business College in Atlanta and received an accounting degree.Upon graduation...
Ruth Moore
May 24, 2010
Ruth Suggs Moore, age 86, of Lexington, KY, formerly of Louisville, KY, passed away Monday, May 24, 2010, at Mayfair Manor Nursing Home in Lexington, KY. Born Sunday, April 13, 1924, in Atlanta, GA, she was a daughter of the late Enoch and Emmie Attaway Suggs. Mrs. Moore was a 35 year retired accountant for L&N Railroad in Louisville, KY....
Ruth Moore
May 24, 2010
Ruth Suggs Moore, age 86, of Lexington, KY, formerly of Louisville, KY, passed away Monday, May 24, 2010, at Mayfair Manor Nursing Home in Lexington, KY. Born Sunday, April 13, 1924, in Atlanta, GA, she was a daughter of the late Enoch and Emmie Attaway Suggs. Mrs. Moore was a 35 year retired accountant for L&N Railroad in Louisville, KY....
Louise Norman
May 13, 2010
Mrs. Louise Norman, 88, of Milton, Florida, died May 13, 2010.She was a native of Washington, Georgia, the daughter of the late Velma Snelson Poole and John Stovall Poole, and the widow of H.M. Norman.Mrs. Norman was retired from Baston Readymix where she worked as bookkeeper and secretary.She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Washington, a member...
Jack Meriwether Falkner
May 1, 2010
Mr. Jack Meriwether Falkner, 67, of the Lincolnton Rd., died Saturday morning at University Hospital in Augusta. Mr. Falkner was born in Atlanta, GA, graduated from Washington-Wilkes High School in 1961, and later graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism.He was a former teacher and trucker, and was the son of Jack and Myra McMekin Falkner.He...
Rodney Eaton
Apr 26, 2010
A memorial service for Rodney D. Eaton, Jr., 67, of Washington will be held at the Washington Presbyterian Church at 11am, Friday, April 30th with a ‘celebration of life’ following the service at his home.He died at MCG Hospital in Augusta, Georgia April 26th at 3:26 in the afternoon. Rodney was the eldest son of Annie and Rodney D. Eaton...
Dale Gurvis Spence
Apr 24, 2010
Mr. Dale G. Spence, 60, of Tignall, died April 24, 2010 in Heritage Healthcare of Wilkes.He was a native of Duncan, Oklahoma, the son of the late Milton Jones Spence and Bessie Ellen Edmondson Spence.Mr. Spence was a lease operator truck driver. Survivors include his wife, Susan Shipes Spence; one son, Robbie (Melissa) Wilson, of Pensacola; two daughters, Angela Wilson,...
Clyatt Rousey
Apr 22, 2010
Mr. Clyatt Richard Rousey, 96, of Social Circle, died April 22, 2010 at his home. He was a native of Broad, Georgia, the son of the late Gordon Richard and Lessie Moon Rousey.He was also preceded in death by his loving wife, Frances Bailey Rousey and son, Richard Keith Rousey. He was a retired truck driver and a member of...
Jenelle Cofer Newsome
Apr 19, 2010
Funeral services for Jenelle Cofer Newsome, 88, of Washington will be held Thursday, April 22, 2010, at the Washington First Baptist Church with Rev. Albert Huyck and Rev. Chris Townsend officiating.Interment will be in Resthaven Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday at the First Baptist Church from 1:00-2:00pm. Mrs. Newsome was a native of Wilkes County and was the daughter of...
James Larry Lamar
Apr 15, 2010
Maxeys:Mr. James L. (Larry) Lamar, Jr., died Thursday, April 15, 2010, at the Gwinnett County Medical Center. Mr. Lamar was born in Wilkes County and had lived there most of his life.He was the husband of BreAnna Yearwood Lamar, and was the son of Jane Vaughn Osborn and of the late Larry Lamar, Sr.He was a foreman in the construction...
Ida Norman
Apr 13, 2010
Mrs.Ida Elmira Freeman Norman, age 97, passed away on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at East Georgia Regional Hospital in Statesboro.She was born in Wilkes County, GA and was retired from Royal Mfg. Co.She was a member of Tignall Baptist Church, Hunters Homemakers Club and the Philathea Sunday School Class of Sylvania First Baptist Church.She was preceeded in death by her...
Michelle Lynn Williamson
Apr 10, 2010
Mrs. Michelle Lynn Williamson, 36, of Washington, died April 10, 2010 in Grady Memorial Hospital.She was a native of Athens and a homemaker.Mrs. Williamson was of the Holiness Faith. Graveside services will be held Monday, April 12th at 1:00pm in Washington-Wilkes Memorial Gardens with Rev. Terry Casper officiating.Matthew Hodges, William Hodges, Mike Hodges, Tom Hodges, Kenneth Poss and Melvin Johnson...
Ann B Gunter
Apr 7, 2010
Mrs. Ann Brown Gunter, 75, of W. Sheraton Dr., died Wednesday, April 7, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Gunter was born in Madison, GA, and had lived in Wilkes County for most of her life.She was the widow of John Newton Gunter, and was the daughter of the late Harold T. Brown and Nellie Conner Brown.She was retired and...
Katherine Meadows Echols
Apr 3, 2010
Mrs. Mary Katherine Meadows Echols, 83, of Norcross, formerly of the Carter’s Grove Community, died Saturday, April 3, 2010 at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth. Mrs. Echols was a native of Taliaferro County, the daughter of the late William Edgar and Flora Fanning Meadows and the widow of Loyd Willis Echols.She worked at Royal and at Almar.She was a life-long...
Odell D Locklair
Apr 1, 2010
Mr. Odell D. Locklair, 76, of Washington, died April 1, 2010 at Heritage Healthcare of Wilkes.He was a native of Aiken, South Carolina, the son of the late, Joseph Arlie and Ida Mae Gunter Locklair.Mr. Locklair was a retired machinist and truck driver.He was of the Baptist faith.A son, Odell Locklair, Jr. and a granddaughter, Taylor Weeks preceded him in...
Myrline Thornton
Mar 27, 2010
Mrs. Myrline Jackson Thornton, 84, of Tignall, died March 27, 2010 at MCG in Augusta.The daughter of the late John Thomas and Sally Mons Jackson, she was a native of Millen Georgia.Mrs. Thornton was a homemaker and member of Tignall Baptist Church.Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of thirty three years, Lawrence Thornton; daughter, Ola...
Rosemary Bounds Reynolds
Mar 27, 2010
Mrs. Rosemary Bounds Reynolds, 82, died Saturday, March 27, 2010, at University Hospital in Augusta.Graveside services will be Tuesday morning, March 30, at 11:00 at Resthaven Cemetery in Washington. She was a native of Wilkes County and was the daughter of the late Osborne McKendree Bounds and Elizabeth Wooten Bounds. Mrs. Reynolds is survived by her husband, James A. Reynolds;...
Parks Smythe Newsome
Mar 25, 2010
Mr. Parks Smythe Newsome, 81, died Thursday, March 25, 2010, at Wills Memorial Hospital. Mr. Newsome was a native of Wilkes County, and was the son of the late Andrew Jackson Newsome, Jr. and Flora Anderson Newsome.He was the husband of Jane Rider Newsome, and was the long- time owner and publisher of Washington’s local newspaper, the News Reporter.He served...
