John Albert Beggs
Nov 26, 2008
Mr. John Albert Beggs, 90, died Wednesday evening, November 26, 2008, at Wills Memorial Hospital in Washington. Mr. Beggs was born in Hart County, served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1945.He was the widower of Helen Moore Beggs, and was the son of the late John A. Beggs and Lena Brown...
Bluford Taylor
Nov 24, 2008
Mrs. Bluford Durham Taylor, 89, of Commerce St., died Monday at Greene Point Nursing Home in Union Point. Mrs. Taylor was a native of Taliaferro County, was the widow of Billy Taylor, and was the daughter of John Durham and Bluford Madge Rider Durham.She retired from Royal Manufacturing Company in Washington, and was a member of the CrawfordvilleBaptist Church. Graveside...
Diane Bailey
Nov 11, 2008
Mrs. Diane Bailey, 39, of Washington, died November 11, 2008 in Doctor’s Hospital.She was a native of Wilkes County and the daughter of the late Ralph and Loraine Gunter.Diane was a nurse and a member of Tignall Baptist Church. Funeral services will be Friday, November 14, 2008 at 2:00pm in Tignall Baptist Church with Rev. Stephen Rayner and Rev. Dale...
Mabel Guin
Oct 22, 2008
Mable Guin Mrs. Mabel Mae Danner Powell Guin, 92, of Washington, died October 22, 2008 in Heritage Healthcare of Washington. Mrs. Guin was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter of the late Franklin Wilson Danner and Daisy Elizabeth Lewis Danner.She was preceded in death by husband, Stanley Guin and daughter in law, Nancy Powell. She was a retired...
Ruth Bell
Oct 22, 2008
Ruth Bell Mrs. Ruth Beatrice Hall Bell, 75, of Washington, died October 22, 2008 in Vidalia, Georgia. Mrs. Bell was a native of Richmond County and had lived in Wilkes county for forty eight years.She was the daughter of the late Jack Byrd and Mary Alice Seago Byrd.She was preceded in death by her husband, Tommie Bell.She was a homemaker...
Willie Frank Hopkins
Oct 12, 2008
W. F.Hopkins, Sr. William Frank Hopkins, Sr., 89, of Washington, died October 12, 2008 in Wills Memorial Hospital.He was a native of Wilkes County and the son of the late Sydney C. Hopkins and the late Viola Brown Hopkins.He was a retired civil service supervisor in the Naval Shipyard and served his country in the U. S. Marines in WWII...
Larry Jasper Chapman
Oct 3, 2008
Larry Chapman Mr. Larry Jasper Chapman, 52, of Washington, died October 3, 2008.He was a native of Wilkes County and the son of the late, Hurschel T. Chapman and the late, Mattie Sturdivant Chapman.Mr. Chapman was a lead lineman for Rayle EMC, a volunteer Firefighter, a volunteer Sheriff’s Deputy, a 4-H and FFA volunteer and a little league softball coach...
Leona Elliott Burke
Sep 29, 2008
Mrs. Leona Burke Mrs. Leona Elliott Burke, 78, of Washington, died September 29, 2008 at her home.She was a native of White County, Georgia and the daughter of the late Thomas Noah Elliott and Gartie Lee Vandiver Elliott.She was the widow of Ace David Burke, Jr.Mrs. Burke had worked in the five and dime store for many years and then...
Lucille Albea
Sep 24, 2008
Mrs. LucilleAlbea Mrs. Lucille Ware Albea, 63, of Washington, died September 24, 2008 in Wills Memorial Hospital.She was a native of Wilkes County and the daughter of the late William Duncan Ware and the late Maude Flynt Ware.Mrs. Albea was an insurance agent for thirty five years and had worked for Wills Memorial Hospital as a financial advisor for the...
Kathryn Lynn Padgett
Sep 11, 2008
Mrs. Kathryn Lynn Hilborn Padgett, of Redwood Lane, 64, died Thursday morning, September 11, 2008, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Padgett was a native of Springfield, OH, and had lived in this community for 31 years.She was the wife of Sherman “Skip” Padgett, and was the daughter of the late Charles Hilborn and Frances Van Ronk Hilborn.She was a...
James White Hays
Sep 5, 2008
Mr. James White Hays, 85, of Metasville, formerly of Atlanta, died September 5, 2008.He was born December 2, 1922, in Newton County, to the late James Coy and Velma White Hays.He was retired from Northside Pharmacy in Atlanta and Fievet Pharmacy in Washington.He also sold fruit and boiled peanuts in Washington which netted him the nickname "The Peanut Man." Mr....
Gertrude Echols Tyler
Sep 1, 2008
Mrs. Gertrude Echols Tyler, 88, of Washington, Georgia passed away on September 1, 2008 at Heritage Health Care in Washington.She was born March 23, 1920 in Philomath, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Alexander Tyler; sisters, Lois Rutherford of Union Point, Ga. and Wynelle Broome of Washington, Ga. and a brother Ben Thomas...
Austin Pruitt
Aug 31, 2008
Mr. Austin Agnew Pruitt, was born November 14, 1920 in Donalds, South Carolina and died August 31, 2008 at home.He was the son of the late D.O. and Mary Agnew Pruitt and had lived in Wilkes County for 61 years.He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from NOrth Carolina State where he graduated Phi Kappa Phi and was a State Board...
Virginia Appelquest
Aug 28, 2008
Mrs. Virginia Clay Lea Appelquest of Washington, Georgia died August 28, 2008 at her home.Mrs. Appelquest was born in Magnolia, Mississippi.She was the daughter of Clark R. Lea and Allie Thomas Lea.She was the wife of the late Andren J. Appelquest, was a chemist and a graduate of Louisiana State University.She had also taught in the school system.She married and...
