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...
Carolyn Summerville
Mar 18, 2010
Mrs. Carolyn Clark Summerville, 58, of Washington, died March 18, 2010 at her home.The daughter of Thomas F. Clark and the late Christine Edmondson Clark, she was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Survivors include her husband, Ernie; sons, Keith and Chris Summerville, of Washington; Father, Thomas F. Clark, of Washington; brothers, Randy, Roy, and Ronald Clark all of Loganville and Johnny...
Winnie Mae Taylor
Mar 18, 2010
Mrs. Winnie Mae McDaniel Taylor, 87, died Thursday, March 18, 2010, at Heritage Health Care in Washington. Mrs. Taylor was born in Oglethorpe County and had lived in Wilkes County for about 30 years.She was a seamstress and homemaker, and had worked at Royal Manufacturing Co. for a number of years.She was the daughter of the late G. J. McDaniel...
Edmund Walter Leroy
Mar 14, 2010
Mr. Edmund Walter LeRoy, Sr, 88, of Scaly Mountain, N.C., died March 14, 2010.He was a native of Tignall, Georgia, the son of the late Edmund Reid and Kate Wagner LeRoy, and widow of Jeanelle Wood LeRoy. After leaving Tignall, Mr. LeRoy resided in Augusta, Atlanta, Macon, Darien and for the past six years, in Scaly Mountain. Mr. LeRoy was...
Wiley Miller Crittenden, Jr.
Mar 12, 2010
Mr. Wiley Miller Crittenden, Jr., husband of Ann Arnold Crittenden, died at home on March 12, 2010.A Graveside Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, March 17 at 12:30pm at Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery in Rayle, Georgia.The Reverend Jim Newsome will officiate.Wiley was born in Sycamore, Georgia on June 3, 1932.He was the son of Wiley Miller Crittenden, Sr. And Willa...
Alma Thornton Gilreath
Mar 11, 2010
Alma Gilreath Washington:Mrs. Alma Thornton Gilreath, 82, of S. Pecan St., died Thursday morning at Wills Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Gilreath was a native of Wilkes County, and was the daughter of the late T.C. and Ruth Thornton.She was preceded in death by her first husband, Mell LuncefordShe worked at Royal Manufacturing for a number of years as a supervisor, and...
Genievieve Barrett Holley
Mar 6, 2010
Mrs. Genievieve Barrett Holley, 79, of Washington, died March 6, 2010 in Select Specialty Hospital.She was a native of Abingdon, Virginia, the daughter of the late Samuel David and Berti Elizabeth Ball Barrett and the widow of Frank Holley.She was a retired Supervisor for the Con Agra Poultry Processing Plant and of the Methodist Faith.She had lived in Wilkes County...
