Maude Turner
Oct 31, 2022
Ms. Maude Winfrey Turner, 92, entered into rest on Monday, October 31, 2022, at the Tignall Assisted Living.
Ms. Turner was born in Washington, and was the daughter of George L. and Eva Silvey Winfrey. She had lived in Washington all of her life, and had worked and retired from the Royal Manufacturing Company. She was preceded...
Jack Edward Kirk Ii
Oct 29, 2022
Mr. Jack Edward Kirk II, 72, of Rayle, Ga., entered into rest on Saturday, October 29, 2022 . Mr. Kirk was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and had lived in Wilkes County for about 30 years. He was the son of the late Jack E. Kirk, Sr. and Ora Mae Belcher Kirk, and was the widower of Wanda Turner Kirk....
Charles Woodward Reynolds
Oct 23, 2022
Mr. Charles Woodward Reynolds, 79, of Atlanta, entered into rest Sunday, October 23, 2022, at the Northside Hospital in Atlanta.
Mr. Reynolds was born in Birmingham, Ala. to Charles Irwin Reynolds and Margaret Woodward Reynolds. He had been the husband of Patricia Little Reynolds for 61 years, and had been a software engineer for Colonial Pipeline for...
John Henry Reed
Oct 11, 2022
Mr. John Henry Reed, 89, of Washington, entered into rest on Tuesday morning, October 11, 2022, at Quiet Oaks Health Care Center in Crawford.
Mr. Reed was born in Lincolnton, Ga., and had lived in Washington for most of his life. He was the son of the late Henry and Elsie Spires Reed, and he was the...
William Robert Latimer
Oct 6, 2022
William Robert Latimer passed away at Piedmont Hospital/Augusta on October 6, 2022. He was the son of the late William and Marion Latimer of Albany, NY. He was a graduate of Sienna College, which he attended on a golf scholarship and worked as an assistant pro at Schuyler Meadows Country Club. A highlight of his collegiate golf came when...
Kathy M. Cervantes
Oct 6, 2022
Kathy Malinda Bryant Cervantes, 61, of Crawfordville, died Thursday, October 6, 2022, at University-Piedmont Hospital in Augusta.
Mrs. Cervantes was born in Atlanta to Thomas Ray Bryant and Carolyn Leona Grimsley Bryant. She was self-employed and had her own cleaning business.
She is survived by her husband, Martin Cervantes, of Crawfordville; and by five sons,...
Eddie Lee Combs
Oct 5, 2022
Mr. Eddie Lee Combs, 72, of Nunn Rd. in Crawfordville, entered into rest on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at Harper’s Personal Care Home in Washington.
Mr. Combs was born on October 30, 1949 to Mr. Dorsey Combs and Hazel King Combs. He had lived in this community for all of his life. He worked as an inspector...
James Edward Lee
Oct 5, 2022
Rev. James Edward (Jim) Lee, 84, of Wills Memorial Drive, entered into rest Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at his home.
Mr. Lee was born in Greenville, SC, to Paul Lee, Sr. and Lucille Reynolds Lee. He had spent the majority of his life as a minister of faith, spreading the Gospel and the Word of God. He...
Gene Lunceford (Courtesy Obit)
Oct 2, 2022
Eugene Franklin "Gene" Lunceford passed away Sunday, October 2, 2022, one week before his 87th birthday.
Gene was born and raised in Wilkes County and was the son of the late Luther Lunceford and Ethel Dickens Lunceford. He was an active member of Bethel E Baptist Church where he was a former deacon and Sunday school superintendent. ...
Mary Frances Reed
Oct 1, 2022
Mrs. Mary Frances Chafin Reed, 84, of 806 E. Sheraton Dr., entered into rest Saturday morning, October 1, 2022, at the Quiet Oaks Health Care Center in Crawford, Ga.
Mrs. Reed was born in Washington, GA, and had lived here for all of her life.She was the daughter of the late Austin K. Chafin and Elmira Patterson...
Sarah Jane Standard
Oct 1, 2022
Sarah Jane Standard died October 1, 2022, at 91 years of age. Born in Augusta, Georgia on November 10, 1930, to Henry and Janie Catherine Danner, Sarah spent much of her childhood and all of her adult life in Wilkes County. She attended school in Augusta and then transferred to Danburg and ultimately completed her degree through correspondence school....
Janice M. Scott
Sep 30, 2022
Janice McAvoy Scott, 75, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, September 30, 2022 following an extended illness. She was surrounded by her husband, children and grandchildren.
Janice was born on November 19, 1946, in Washington, Georgia. She was the oldest of four children of Walter Pope and Dorothy Poss McAvoy and grew up in the...
Ruth Emerson Harris
Sep 25, 2022
Ruth Emerson Harris, 90, died September 25, 2022, with family by her side in Washington, Georgia.
Ms. Harris was born April 17, 1932, in Thomson, Georgia to Waldo Putnam Harris, II and Mary Fluker Harris. She was the sixth of eight children and the first daughter.
Ms. Harris graduated from Washington High School in 1949...
Eleanor B. Blackmon
Sep 14, 2022
Eleanor Wilkerson Boyd Blackmon died September 14 at Wills Memorial Hospital after a very brief illness.
Born September 6, 1924 in Raleigh, North Carolina to Jessie Wilkerson and Clarence L. Boyd, she was the oldest of three children. Her sister, Emily Boyd Lowe predeceased her.
After graduating from Durham, NC High School, Eleanor completed a...
Bobby Harold Ansley, Sr.
Sep 8, 2022
Mr. Bobby Harold Ansley, Sr. of Washington, Georgia, entered into rest on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at his residence.
Mr. Ansley was born in McDuffie County to the late Floyd and Valeria Raybon Ansley. He drove a gas delivery truck for a number of years, and had worked in lawn maintenance and landscaping, which he loved. Bobby...
Shirley Chafin
Aug 30, 2022
Shirley Ann Chafin, 82, of Rayle, entered into rest peacefully Tuesday morning at Echols Personal Care Home while surrounded by her children. The family wishes to extend their deep appreciation and gratitude to Ruby Booth and Sylvia Barnes, their mother’s “angels” at Echols Personal Care Home-and to the rest of the staff.
Mrs. Chafin was born in...
James L. Poplin
Aug 25, 2022
Mr. James Linville “Pop” Poplin, 73, of Washington, entered into rest Thursday morning, August 25, 2022, at Wills Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Poplin was born in Elkin, N.C., and had lived in Wilkes County for the last 45 years. He was the son of the late Robert O. Poplin, Jr. and Lillian Tucker Poplin, and was the husband...
John Franklin Sutherland Iii
Aug 24, 2022
Mr. John Franklin Sutherland III, 84, of Lundburg Rd. in Washington, entered into rest on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at Doctors Hospital in Augusta. Mr. Sutherland was born in Abbeville, S.C., and had lived in Wilkes County for about 40 years. He was the son of the late John Franklin Sutherland, Jr., and Elise Dornberg Sutherland. John had worked...
Kathryn Frances Vinson Wilhite (Courtesy)
Aug 13, 2022
Mrs. Kathryn Frances Vinson Wilhite, 81, of W. Church Street, Elberton, wife of 60 years to the late Hugh Dorsey Wilhite, entered into rest on Saturday, August 13, 2022, at Pruitt Health at Spring Valley.
Mrs. Wilhite was born in Wilkes County on January 18, 1941, daughter of the late Dennis Herbert Vinson and Anna Frances Clark...
Benson Joel Norman
Aug 12, 2022
Mr. Benson Joel “Ben Joe” Norman, 78, entered into rest Friday evening, August 12, 2022, at Silver Leaf Memory Care in Snellville, Ga. Mr. Norman was born in Wilkes County, and had lived in Wilkes County for the last 17 years. He was the son of the late Horace and Wilma Bailey Norman, and was the husband of Linda Land...
