Obituaries

May 28, 2018

James Clifford Echols, Jr.

Washington, GA – Mr. James Clifford Echols, Jr., 85, went home to be with his savior on May 28, 2018.

Mr. Echols was a lifelong resident of Wilkes County, GA, the son of the late James Clifford Echols, Sr. and the late Ruby Collins Echols. He worked for the City of...

May 27, 2018

Carol S. Strozier

Thomasville, GA – Ms. Carol S. Strozier, 69, entered into rest May 27, 2018

Mrs. Strozier was born in Hammond, Indiana, the daughter of Wayne Rhinehart and Ruth Powell Rhinehart.  She was a Disability Adjudicator for the State of Georgia.  Mrs. Strozier was a dedicated family person who loved to travel and...

May 26, 2018

Mr. Tim Bales

Thomson, GA- Mr. Timothy Wade "Tim" Bales, 52, of South Courtland Drive, Thomson, GA entered into rest May 26, 2018 at his residence.

Tim was a lifelong resident of McDuffie County, Georgia and a 1985 graduate of Thomson High School. Following high school Tim received a degree in welding from Augusta Technical...

May 23, 2018

Mrs. Texas Mattox Cliatt, 96 wife of the late James Gibson Cliatt, formerly of Augusta Hwy. Lincolnton entered into rest on Wednesday, May 23, 2018.

Mrs. Cliatt, the last surviving of 22 children born to her father, the late Nathan Francis Mattox and the last of 11 born to her mother, Lizzie Wells Mattox.  Mrs. Cliatt, the...

May 15, 2018

Alison Mae Inglett

Thomson, GA. – Ms. Alison Mae Inglett, 31, entered into rest May 15, 2018 at her residence.

Ms. Inglett was born in Augusta, GA, the daughter of Matt Inglett and Pamela Jenkins Inglett.  Alison lived most of her life in Thomson, loved to communicate with people through Facebook, and enjoyed visiting with...

May 14, 2018

CHARLES "CHARLY" DITTMAR

Maj. CHARLES ARLINGTON DITTMAR, Jr. (Ret.) Passed away at home on his 72nd birthday, May 14, 2018.

The 7th child of Rev. and Mrs. Charles A. Dittmar, he was born in Port Hueneme, CA in 1946. He is preceded in death by his mother, Anne Frasier Dittmar, his father, Charles A., his...

May 12, 2018

Mr. Rufus Eugene "Gene" Bohler, 74 of Tignall Rd. entered into rest on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington.

Graveside services will be held Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 4 p.m. at Beulah Baptist Church. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 6pm until 8pm at the funeral home.

Mr. Bohler,...

May 10, 2018

Mrs. Nancy Goldman Chastain, 84, of Chastain Dr. entered into rest on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at University Hospital, Augusta.

Mrs. Chastain, daughter of the late M.L. and Susie Mae Wellmaker Goldman, was a lifelong resident of Lincoln County and lived in on her beloved Creekside Farm since she was 15 years old. She was a retired...

May 9, 2018

Mr. Charles "Chuck" Edwin Funkhouser, 72 of Independence Street, Tignall, Georgia entered into rest on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at his residence. Graveside services will be held Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 1 o'clock p.m. at Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Tignall, Georgia.

Mr. Funkhouser, son of the late Emmett Funkhouser and Lucille Funkhouser was born in...

May 8, 2018

Rev. Terrell "Terry" Blackmon, 84, entered into rest on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at Lake Crossing Health Care, Appling, Georgia. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 11 at 11 o'clock at West Acres Baptist Church, Evans, Georgia. Interment will follow at 1:30 p.m. at Fishing Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Wilkes County. The family will receive friends Thursday...

May 5, 2018

Mrs. Priscilla McCoy, 77, entered into rest May 5, 2018 at her residence.

Mrs. McCoy was born in Santa Rosa, CA, the daughter of the late Van Wessley Koonse and the late Ruth Davis Koonse. She and her husband, Melvin McCoy (a native of Warrenton, GA) lived in California since 1963 and enjoyed spending summers at the...

May 5, 2018

Ms. Renee Allen Edwards

Ms. Patricia Renee Edwards, 48, of Allen Street, Warrenton, GA entered into rest May 5, 2018 at her residence.

Renee grew up in Harlem, GA and was a 1988 graduate of Harlem High School. In recent years she had worked as a respiratory therapist at McDuffie Regional Hospital. She enjoyed making...

May 4, 2018

Mr. Virgil Wade Palmer, 72 entered in rest on Friday, May 4, 2018 at his residence in Greensboro, Georgia. Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 6 at 3 o'clock at Phillips Mill Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 1:30 p.m. until the hour of service at the...

Apr 30, 2018

Ms. Sarah Todd

Ms. Sarah Hinton Todd, 83, entered into rest on April 30, 2018.  Ms. Todd was born in Warren County, GA, but lived in McDuffie County most of her life.  She worked for Thomson Company earlier in life and she worked as a manager at McDonald's for 21 years.  Ms. Todd was a member of...

Apr 30, 2018

Mrs. Joan Hill Tracey, 84 died peacefully on 4/30/18 at her home in McCormick, South Carolina.  Joan was described by almost all who knew her as the epitome of a southern lady which is not surprising considering she was born January 17, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia to Thomas and Lillian Hill.  She later moved to Augusta, Georgia at the...

Apr 29, 2018

Spalding Alexander Neville

Augusta, GA – Mr. Spalding Alexander Neville, 53, entered into rest April 29, 2018 at Augusta University Medical Center.

Mr. Spalding Alexander Neville was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of Dr. R. Lester Neville and the late Mary Anne Kalkhurst Neville.  He attended the College of Charleston and graduated from Augusta...

Apr 29, 2018

Mrs. Donna Faye Toulson Dearing GA - Mrs. Donna Toulson, 58, beloved wife of Mr. Bobby Toulson entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior Sunday, April 29, 2018 at her residence. Donna was a lifelong resident of McDuffie County, GA. She was a homemaker and an active member of Dearing Baptist Church, beloved by her church family....

Apr 26, 2018

Mr. Harry Olin Hamlet, 70 of Lincolnton passed away April 26, 2018 at his residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Beggs Funeral Home, 200 May Ave., Lincolnton, Ga

Apr 25, 2018

Mrs. Lucille McGahee Davis

Warrenton, GA- Mrs. Lucille McGahee Davis, 82, of Gibson Hwy. Warrenton, GA entered into rest April 25, 2018 at University Hospital, Augusta.

Mrs. Davis was a lifelong resident of Warren County, GA and the daughter of the late Earl McGahee and the late Mary Will McNair McGahee. She was a 1954...

Apr 23, 2018

Bobby Gene Denton, Sr.

Gibson, GA. – Mr. Bobby Gene Denton, Sr., 55, entered rest April 23, 2018.

Mr. Denton was born in Sandersville, Georgia, but he lived around Mitchell, GA all his life. He was the son of the late Floyd Allen Denton and Mary Oxford Denton of Dearing, GA. Mr. Denton was employed...