Obituaries
Obituaries
David Merrill Cray, Sr.
May 24, 2017
David Merrill Cray, Sr.
Martinez, GA- Mr. David Merrill Cray, Sr., 79, entered into rest May 24, 2017 at his residence.
Mr. Cray was born in Burlington, Vermont to the late Leo Cray and the late Esther Smith Cray. He lived in Columbia County for most of his life, and was an active member of...
W. Melvin Finley
May 23, 2017
Mr. Melvin Finley, 83 of Lincolnton entered into rest on Wednesday, May 23, 2017 at Wills Memorial Hospital in Washington.
Graveside services will be held on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 11 a.m. at Martin's Crossroads Congregational Holiness Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until the hour of the service in the church...
Sharon Guy
May 15, 2017
Sharon "Sherri" Guy
Thomson, GA. – Mrs. Sharon "Sherri" Guy, 58, of Ballard Rd. went home to be with her Lord on May 15, 2017. Sherri grew up in Stockbridge, Georgia and was a graduate of Sandersville Technical College. She worked at Fort Gordon for H&B Food Services as cashier for many years. Sherri was a Baptist...
Joseph Higdon
May 13, 2017
Joseph Higdon
Thomson, Georgia- Mr. Joseph Higdon, 61, of Star Hinson Rd. entered into rest May 13, 2017.
Mr. Higdon was a 1974 graduate of Thomson High School, and a 1998 graduate of the University of West Alabama. He served in the U. S. Army during Vietnam as a paratrooper, and was the owner of...
Lawana Wood
May 13, 2017
Mrs. Lawana McElhaney Wood, 72, beloved wife of Michael O. "Woody" Wood,  of Montego Dr., Lincolnton entered into rest on Saturday, May 13th at Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington.
No services are planned at this time.
Beggs Funeral Home, 200 May Ave., Lincolnton is in charge of arrangements.
Patricia "Pat" (Rhodes) Mack
May 11, 2017
Mrs. Mary Patricia "Pat" Mack, 72 of Delhi Rd. entered into rest on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 13 th at 11 a.m. at Beulah Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends in the church sanctuary beginning at...
Cecil James
May 10, 2017
Cecil Arnaldo James
Thomson, Georgia – Mr. Cecil Arnaldo James, 81, of Salem Rd. entered into rest May 10, 2017.
Mr. James was born in Jamaica to the late Cecil Noel James and the late Irene Senior James. He lived in Canada for many years before moving to Augusta, GA and moved to Thomson in...
Wendell D. Davis
May 9, 2017
Wendell D. Davis
Thomson, GA. – Mr. Wendell D. Davis, 75, of Cedar Rock Rd. went home to be with his Lord on May 9, 2017.
Mr. Davis was a lifelong resident of McDuffie County, GA and the son of the late Odell Davis and the late Inez Hobbs Davis. He worked in various positions...
Annette Langham
May 6, 2017
Annette Langham
Mrs. Annette Langham, 79, of Central Road, Thomson, GAÂ went to be with her Lord on May 6, 2017 at University Hospital.
Mrs. Langham was a lifelong resident of Thomson, GA and the daughter of the late Clifford V. Palmer and the late Mary Will Rabun Palmer. She worked at WTWA for some...
Herman Mctier
May 6, 2017
Herman McTier
Thomson, Georgia- Mr. Herman McTier, 82, of Cedar Creek Drive, entered in rest May 6, 2017.
Mr. McTier was born in Jefferson County, GA to the late Macon McTier and the late Myrtice Smith McTier. He served in the U. S. Navy on the USS Rigel during the Korean Conflict and was the...
William Higginbotham
May 5, 2017
Mr. John William Higginbotham, 85, of Washington, Ga. entered into rest on Friday, May 5, 2017 at his residence. He was a native of Wilkes County and spent his entire life there as a dairy farmer and cattleman. He was a member of the Wilkes County Farm Bureau serving as president for sixteen years, a member of the Georgia...
James Henry Callaway
May 4, 2017
James H. Callaway
Thomson, Georgia- Mr. James Henry Callaway, 88, went to be with his Lord on May 4, 2017 at his residence.
Mr. Callaway was born in Tignall, Georgia to the late Johnce S. Callaway and the late Nannie Lou Walton Callaway. He lived in Wilkes County many years before moving to Thomson in...
Marion Briggs
May 3, 2017
Marion Turner Briggs
Thomson, Georgia- Mrs. Marion Turner Briggs, 92, of Ridge Road, entered rest May 3, 2017.
Mrs. Briggs was born in Garfield, GA to the late Perry Turner and the late Annie Elizabeth Kent Turner. She lived in Augusta, GA most of her life and she was retired from King Mill with over...
Rosanna Gunn Newman
May 1, 2017
Thomson, GA- Mrs. Rosanna G. Newman, 59, entered into rest May 1, 2017.
Mrs. Newman was born in Thomson, Georgia to the late Daniel "Buddy" Gunn and the late Diane Baker Gunn. She was a 1975 graduate of Thomson High School and attended Georgia Southern University and the Medical College of Georgia where she earned a B.A....
Marion Louis Snider
Apr 30, 2017
Marion Snider
Sandersville, Georgia- Mr. Marion Louis Snider, age 93, of 177 Camille Court entered into rest April 30, 2017, at his residence.
Mr. Snider was a native of Warren County, Georgia, and the son of late Bunyan G. Snider and the late Adell Dawson Snider. At age 19, he entered into the U. S....
Judy Lynn Waller
Apr 26, 2017
Norwood, GA- Ms. Judy Lynn Waller, 62, entered into rest April 26, 2017 at Walton Manor.
Judy was a native of Warren County, Georgia and the daughter of the late Robert "Griff" Waller and the late May Duckworth Waller. She was a member of Macedonia United Methodist Church. Survivors include her brother, Robert Waller (Claudia) of Warrenton,...
James Edward Williams
Apr 23, 2017
James Edward "Ed" Williams
Thomson, GA. – Mr. James Edward "Ed' Williams, 92, of Virginia Ave. NE entered into rest April 23, 2017 at the VA Medical Center, Augusta.
Mr. Williams was born in Jefferson County, Georgia to the late Thomas Hubert Williams and the late Hattie Lamb Williams. He served in the U. S....
Genny Dell Wells
Apr 22, 2017
Dearing, GA- Mrs. Genny Dell Wells, 78, of Iron Hill Rd. entered into rest April 22, 2017.
Ms. Wells was a lifelong resident of McDuffie County, GA and the daughter of the late Lee Guy and the late Marie Hobbs Guy. She was a devoted homemaker and retired as a seamstress from Thomson Company. Ms. Wells was...
Dawn Pentecost
Apr 21, 2017
Alyssa Dawn Pentecost, 45, Reese Drive, Thomson, GA entered into rest April 21, 2017.
Dawn grew up in Appling, GA and lived in McDuffie County for many years.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Frances Rachels Pentecost and grandparents, Garland and Katie Mae Rachels.
Survivors include her sons, Codi Harris...
Larry Allen Mcpherson
Apr 20, 2017
Larry A. McPherson
Washington, GA. – Mr. Larry Allen McPherson, 75, went home to be with his Lord on April 20, 2017 . Mr. McPherson was born in Roswell, Georgia on June 3, 1941 to the late Horace Augustus McPherson and Mamie Sue Owen McPherson. In addition to his parents, Larry is preceded in death by a...
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