Lavenia B. Henderson
Aug 14, 2015
Mrs. Martha Lavenia Burt Henderson, 75, of the Lexington Rd., died Friday evening, August 14, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Henderson was born in Washington, and had lived here all of her life.She was the daughter of Mrs. Louise D. Burt and of the late Addison Burt.She was a homemaker, and a long-time member of the Mt. Zion United Methodist...
Helen S. Truitt
Aug 11, 2015
Mrs. Helen Shedd Truitt, 83, of Tignall, died Tuesday morning, August 11, 2015, at Wills Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Truitt was born in Westminister, SC, and had lived in the community for most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Jim and Heppie OwensShedd, and was the widow of Alfred Truitt.She was a member of Independence United Methodist...
Rosa B. Ware
Aug 10, 2015
Mrs. Rosa Mae Buff Ware, 94, of Ware-McLendon Rd., died Monday morning, August 10, 2015, at Country Manor Personal Care Home. Mrs. Ware was born in Lexington, GA, and had lived in this community for most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Sidney and Hassie Hilley Buff, and was the widow of Jesse Oswald Ware. She...
Martha Louise Mobley
Aug 9, 2015
Martha Louise Mobley Ms. Martha Louise Mobley, 86, of C. Walker Rd., died Sunday, August 9, 2015, at her residence. Mrs. Mobley was born in Dearing, and was the daughter of the late Ervin F. and Nettie Lou McElroy Phillips.She was a homemaker, and was a member of the Sanctuary Church of God in Washington.She was preceded in death by...
Margaret Samuel Fortson
Aug 2, 2015
Margaret S. Fortson Mrs. Margaret Samuel Fortson, 85, of Tignall, died Sunday, August 2, 2015, at Country Manor Personal Care Home. Mrs. Fortson was born in Wilkes County, lived in Chattanooga, TN for 39 years, and retired from the First Federal Savings and Loan in Chattanooga. She was the daughter of the late Peyton E. Samuel and Emma LeRoy Samuel.She...
Lois M. Fambrough
Jul 15, 2015
Mrs. Lois M. Fambrough, 89, of Hillman Rd., died Monday, July 13, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Fambrough was born in Pearson, GA, and was the widow of Howard Fambrough, and was the daughter of the late Virgil McKinnon and Lucille Davis McKinnon.She was a retired middle school teacher, and was a member of the Crawfordville Baptist Church. Graveside services...
Roy Wilbur Edwards
Jul 14, 2015
Mr. Roy W. Edwards, 88, of Newtown Rd., died Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at University/McDuffie Hospital in Thomson. Mr. Edwards was born in Crawfordville, and was the son of the late Lenys Edwards and Odessa Edwards.He was the husband of Sara Elizabeth Albea Edwards.He worked as a pattern cutter at the Almar Manufacturing Co., and was a member of the...
Lois Theis
Jul 13, 2015
Mrs. Lois Lyles Theis, 89, of Thomson Rd., died Monday, July 13, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Theis was born in Cullman, AL, was the widow of Mr. Robert L. Theis, and was the daughter of the late Harold D. Lyles and Erie Holmes Lyles.She worked for the Ford Motor Company as an administrative coordinator until retirement.She and husband Bob...
Brenda Denard
Jul 12, 2015
Brenda Denard Mrs. Brenda Yarbrough Denard, 69, of Martinez, died Sunday, July 12, 2015 at Select Specialty Hospital in Augusta. Mrs. Denard was born in Albany, GA, and was the daughter of Mary Smith Yarbrough and of the late Charles Robert Yarbrough, Jr.She was a homemaker and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Augusta.She was preceded in...
Martha Vandiver
Jul 12, 2015
Mrs. Martha Vandiver, 58, of Reynoldsville Rd. died Sunday morning at her home. Mrs. Vandiver was born in Mableton, GA, and had lived in this community for most of her life.She the daughter of the late Alvin and Lois King Vandiver, and worked as a caregiver. She was preceded in death by her brother, Sam Vandiver, and by three grandchildren....
Frances W. Shank
Jun 24, 2015
Mrs. Frances Woodall Shank, 96, formerly of Hudson St., died Wednesday morning at Southern Manor Personal Care Home in Washington. Mrs. Shank was born in Blackshear and had lived most of her life in Washington.She was the daughter of Edwin Percival Woodall and Rosamond Abigail Smith Woodall, and was the widow of Robert H. (Bob) Shank. She graduated from Agnes...
Len Fickling
Jun 24, 2015
Crawfordville: Mr. Len Fickling, 73, of Sandy Cross Rd., died Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at the VA Medical Center in Augusta. Mr. Fickling was born in Los Angeles, CA, and was the son of the late Wilford and Laura Lee Johnson Fickling.He was an electrician, and was a U. S. Air Force Veteran. Memorial services will be held July 11,...
Mack L. Brown
Jun 17, 2015
Mr. Mack Linwood Brown, 73, died Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at his residence. Mr. Brown was born in Wilmington, NC, and was the son of the late Hubert Brown, and Elsie Mobley Brown.He was in management and worked in the electronics industry for a number of years. He had lived in Wilkes County for about seven years, andwas also a...
Joan Wigton
Jun 16, 2015
Mrs. Margery Joan Craven Wigton, of Danburg Rd., died Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in Bremen, GA. Mrs. Wigton was born in Mansfield, OH, and was the daughter of the late Ralph and Margaret Maxwell Craven.She was the widow of Atlee E. Wigton, and she had worked as an RN at Wilkes Health Care Nursing Home for a number of years.She...
Grady Hugh Stokes
Jun 14, 2015
Mr. Grady H. Stokes Aiken, SC:Mr. Grady Hugh Stokes, 78, of Wise Creek Lane, died Sunday morning. June 14, 2015, in the Aiken Regional Medical Center. Mr. Stokes was born in Jasper, GA, to Hillya Stokes and Alma Lambert Stokes.He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Business Administration.He served 13 years in the U.S. Air Force...
Sara W. Albea
Jun 7, 2015
Sara W. Albea Sara Nell Winfrey Albea, age 88, of Forest Park, Georgia passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015.Sara was born April 17, 1927 in Rayle, Georgia, the daughter of the late George L. Winfrey and Eva Winfrey.She attended school in Rayle, Georgia, the town where she met her loving husband, Kenneth Albea of 67 years.She retired from Edmond’s Elementary...
Charles "Chuck" Vinson
Jun 4, 2015
Mr. Charles “Chuck” Dennis Vinson, 69, of Lindsey St. in Tignall, died Thursday morning at the Elbert County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Vinson was born in Washington and had lived in Wilkes County for all of his life.He was the son of the late Dennis Herbert Vinsonand Anna Frances Clark Vinson.He worked at and retired from WesternElectricwhere he was an installer....
Priscilla Maxwell
May 30, 2015
Priscilla Johnson Maxwell, 79, of Washington, passed away on May 30, 2015 at Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, GA.Mrs. Maxwell was born August 29, 1935 in Crawfordville, GA to the late Emmette Lyle Johnson and Martha “Mattie” Sherrer Johnson.She is also preceded in death by her husband, Morrison Lee Maxwell, Jr., sisters Anita Darracott, Emogene Kellahan, Frances Johnson, and...
Brett Terrell Ray
May 28, 2015
Brett T. Ray Washington:Mr. Brett Terrell Ray, 57, of W. Sheraton Dr., died Thursday, May 28, 2015. Mr. Ray was born in Atlanta, GA, and had lived in Wilkes County for the last 36 years.He had been a supervisor both at SCT Yarns, Inc., and at Concord, and was the son of Lonnie Ray and Jerri B. Denard.He was a...
