Richard Edward Shaver, Jr.
Jun 1, 2016
Richard Edward Shaver, Jr.
Dearing, Georgia- Mr. Richard Edward "Richie" Shaver, Jr., 36, entered into rest June 1, 2016 after an illness.
Mr. Shaver was born in the Federal Republic of Germany, but had lived in Dearing for 30 years. He graduated from Thomson High School in 1997 and earned a B.A. degree in Computer...
Corey Glenn Hillman
May 28, 2016
Corey Glenn Hillman
Thomson, GA- Corey Glenn Hillman, 27, entered into rest May 28, 2016.
Corey was a lifelong resident of McDuffie County, GA and was a 2007 graduate of Thomson High School. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved the lake. Corey was a member of the Local #709 Iron Workers Union...
Dan Allen
May 26, 2016
Mr. Dan Allen, 62, husband of the late Anita Morgan Allen, of Poplar Dr. entered into rest on May 26, 2016.
Mr. Allen, a lifelong resident of Wilkes County, was the son of the late Charles D. and Ann Walton Allen. He was a retired building contractor and a member of New Life Baptist Church  His wife,...
Coleman "Bubba" Mckellar
May 24, 2016
Mr. Coleman G. McKellar, Jr. 66 of McCormick Hwy. entered into rest Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at University Hospital, Augusta.
Mr. McKellar, son of the late Coleman Grove and Mary Burns McKellar was a lifelong resident of Lincoln County. In his younger years, he had worked in construction, operated The Country Store, was a logger and more...
Frederick E. Windom, Jr.
May 23, 2016
Frederick Earl Windom, Jr.
Warrenton, Â Georgia- Mr. Frederick Earl "Freddie" Windom, Jr., 31, entered into rest May 23, 2016.
Mr. Windom grew up in Wrens, GA and lived in Warrenton for the past 3 years. He was currently serving in the Georgia National Guard and worked at The Timberman. Mr. Windom was a member of...
Ben Hill Wells
May 22, 2016
Mr. Ben Hill Wells, entered into rest Sunday, May 22 at University Hospital in Augusta.
Mr. Wells, born on May 14, 1930, was the son of the late Clarence Walker Wells, Sr. and Mattie Martin Wells. On October 2 nd , 1947, he married Glinda Alicia Goldman and was married to her for 3 days short of...
Don Larry Branch
May 19, 2016
Don Larry Branch, former Georgia Bureau of Investigation Region 7 Special Agent in Charge, died May 19 at the Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home in Augusta after a more than eight-year battle with Alzheimer's. He was 79.
Born October 9, 1936 in Dublin to D. H. "Buck" Branch and his wife Grace Stinson, Branch was a graduate...
Harold Lamar Smith
May 18, 2016
Harold Lamar Smith
Thomson, Â Georgia- Mr. Harold Lamar Smith, 82, entered into rest May 18, 2016 at his residence.
Mr. Smith was born in Calhoun, Georgia to the late Harold Lee Smith and the late Florine Thomas Smith. He served in the U. S. Army. He worked for the Thomson Company and Pillsbury for many...
William Bradford Poole, Sr.
May 18, 2016
William Bradford "Brad" Poole, Sr.
Sparta, GA- Mr. William Bradford "Brad" Poole, Sr., 87, entered into rest May 18, 2016.
Mr. Poole was a native of Hancock County, GA and was the son of the late Herbert Radcliffe Poole, Sr. and the late Maggie Lou Dermody Poole. He served in the U.S. Navy during the...
Towanna Dawn Hicks
May 14, 2016
Towanna Dawn Hicks, LMSW
Thomson, GA- Mrs. Towanna Dawn Hicks, 41, of Thomson was killed instantly in a head on collision in Thomson, GA on Saturday, May 14, 2016.
Mrs. Hicks was the mother of three; two children, ages 21 and 17, and a step-son 8 years old. She attended Augusta State University as an...
Jean Hillegass
May 10, 2016
Mrs. Jean Oatman Hillegass, 90 of Wesley Commons, Greenwood entered into rest on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Hospice of The Piedmont, Greenwood.
No services are scheduled.
Mrs. Hillegass, a native of Quarryville, PA, was the daughter of the the late Haines and Emma Wimer Oatman. She was employed by RCA as an executive secretary...
Monroe James Matherly
May 10, 2016
Monroe James Matherly
Dearing, Â Georgia- Mr. Monroe James Matherly, 67, entered into rest May 10, 2016 at his residence.
Mr. Matherly was born in Wauchula, Florida to the late Ulysses Grant Matherly, Sr. and the late Lorena Grace Huskey Matherly. He grew up in Dahlonega, GA where he graduated from Lumpkin County High School. Mr....
Drake Widener
May 9, 2016
Thomson, GA- Mr. Walden Drake Widener, 19, of Thomson entered into rest May 9, 2016.
Drake was a lifelong resident of McDuffie County, GA. He was a 2014 graduate of Thomson High School where he played baseball for the Diamond Dogs. Drake was employed as a welder for Poss Welding. He was a member of Union Baptist...
Sibley Fleming Wheeler
May 9, 2016
Thomson, GA- Mrs. Sibley Fleming Wheeler, 78, of Lee Street entered into rest May 9, 2016 at her residence.
Mrs. Wheeler was a native of McDuffie County, GA and the daughter of the late Lon L. Fleming and the late Sarah McLeod Fleming. She graduated from Thomson High School in 1955 and went on to attend Mercer...
Annie Hogan
May 6, 2016
Mrs. Annie Smith Hogan, 72 formerly of Goldman- Johnson Rd. entered into rest on Friday, May 6 th at Keysville Nursing Home, Keysville.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 12 noon at Mt Zion Baptist Church, Lincoln County with Rev. Robert Crawford officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
No...
Lenor Mae Turner
May 1, 2016
Mrs. Lenor Mae Turner, 81 of Independence St., entered into rest on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at Pruitt Health Care, Washington.
Mrs. Turner, daughter of the late James Ennis Johnson and Catherine Elizabeth Norton Johnson, was a native of North Carolina, but had lived most of her life in Wilkes County. She had retired from the Wilkes...
Frances Mims
Apr 30, 2016
Mrs. Frances G. Mims, formerly of Metasville Road in Lincolnton, entered into rest on Saturday, April 30 th at the residence of her daughter in Evans.
Mrs. Mims, daughter of the late Joseph and Tanty Jones Godwin, was a native of Wilkes County. She graduated from the Grady Hospital School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse and...
F. Charlotte May
Apr 28, 2016
Evans, Ga
F. Charlotte May
Frances Charlotte May, age 90, died on April 30, 2016 at Brandon Wilde retirement community in Evans, Georgia. She was born in Lincolnton, Georgia, the youngest child of Mrs. Mabel Groves May and Dr. Ellis Roberts May.
She is survived by a sister, Camille May Lane of Millen,...
Judy Greenwood
Apr 25, 2016
Mrs. Judy O. Greenwood, 73 of Savannah Lakes Village, McCormick died Monday, April 25, 2016 Â at her residence.
No services are planned .
George Allen Bunch
Apr 22, 2016
Mr. George Allen Bunch, 91 of Thomson Rd. entered into rest on Friday, April 22, 2016 at Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington.
Mr. Bunch, son of the late Theodore and Mittie Wheeless Bunch was born in the Floral Hill Community of Wilkes County. He served in the US Army 34 Th Infantry Division during WWII in Italy and...
