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Marcelle A. Rochon
May 17, 2020
Marcelle Antoinette Rochon Palm Beach, Fl – Marcelle Antoinette Rochon passed away peacefully Sunday morning May 17, 2020 praying the rosary with her son, Donald. Marcelle was born January 20, 1923 in Lawrence, Massachusetts and lived a long and fruitful 97 years. She loved to entertain and was always ready to go shopping. Marcelle went to meet the Lord and...
John Fleming
May 17, 2020
John Fleming Augusta, GA – Mr. John Fleming, 90, entered into rest Sunday, May 17, 2020. John was born in Winston Salem, NC but grew up in Augusta. He was a graduate of the Academy of Richmond County, where he played football. He then received a full football scholarship to play at Wofford College. After graduation he enrolled in the...
Charles Purington
May 16, 2020
Charles O Purington, a WWII Veteran, Purple Heart recipient and former POW, who was fondly known by his friends as Charlie or Chas, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020. Charles was preceded in death by his wife of seventy years, Madeline Purington, on March 17th, 2018, his daughter Jeanette Myers (Jimmy) in 2015, his brother Walter Purington and brother...
Amy Smith John
May 15, 2020
Martinez, GA – Mrs. Amy Laurel Smith John, of Martinez, GA, left us too soon on Friday, May 15, 2020 at the age of 39. Amy is survived by two beautiful children, Margaret Clara (Maggie) John, 11, and Joel Thomas John, 2, whom she shared with Martin Thomas John of Augusta, GA; her mother, Cynthia Smith; her sister Karen Smith...
LD Waters
May 15, 2020
LD Waters Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Friday, May 15, 2020, Mr. Lamar Denton Waters, Sr., 90, loving husband of the late Kandy Anne Waters. Lamar was born in Newington, GA, but spent most of his youth in Savannah. He attended Georgia Military and joined the Marine Corp during WWII and Korea. He and Anne moved to Augusta...
Theodore W. Earle
May 14, 2020
Evans, GA – Theodore W. Earle, Jr, 84, of Evans, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2020 with the comfort of his wife and son by his side. He was born in Three Rivers, Quebec, but lived most of his life in the Southern United States. He received a forestry degree from North Carolina State University and worked as...
Meredith Denise Saxon
May 13, 2020
Grovetown, GA -Meredith Denise Saxon, 30, entered into the arms of her savior with a smile on her face, Wednesday, May 13, 2020, the beloved wife of Matheney Saxon. Meredith had a faith that was evident by the way she lived and loved the people around her. She was a native and lifelong resident of the Augusta area. As a...
Carolyn Kitchens
May 11, 2020
Augusta, GA – Carolyn Kitchens went home to be with the Lord May 11, 2020. She leaves behind her beloved husband of 60 years, Billy Kitchens; daughter: Rhonda Bartles (Mark); son: Randy Kitchens (Janet); and daughter: Shannon Colligan (Jack Freeman); six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. She was a loving and devoted wife and mother and a soft welcoming spirit...
Charles & Mary Pippin
May 11, 2020
Charles & Mary Pippin Martinez, GA – Entered into rest on Friday, May 8, 2020, Mr. Charles Augustus Pippin, Sr., 88, and his loving wife of 65 years, Mrs. Mary Joy Luckey Pippin, 87, entered into rest Monday, May 11, 2020. Charles owned and operated Augusta Specialty Co. where he traveled extensively selling dry goods to stores. He served as...
Mark Shivers
May 11, 2020
Augusta, GA -Mark Quentin Shivers was born November 19, 1952 in Wilson, North Carolina., to the late Quentin L. Shivers and Louise Shingleton Shivers. He died May 11, 2020 in Augusta after an extended illness. When Mark was around four, the family moved to Augusta, where he was raised and educated. He was voted the handsomest boy in high school....
Ed Gilbert
May 10, 2020
Augusta, GA - Mr. Fred Edgar Gilbert, Sr., 87, passed into the arms of His Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 10, 2020 of natural causes. Although in the time of Covid-19, he was surrounded by loving prayers and thoughts from his beloved family and friends. Ed was born in Manassas, Virginia to The Reverend Lake E. Gilbert and Mrs....
Jack Wilson II
May 10, 2020
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Sunday, May 10, 2020, Mr. Jack Wade Wilson II, 59, loving husband of Nicole Waters Wilson. Jack was a life-long resident of the Augusta area and longtime caddie at the Augusta National. One of his proudest achievements was being able to caddie in the first annual Augusta National Women’s Amateur for Yuka Saso...
William Ferguson Hamilton III
May 9, 2020
William Ferguson Hamilton III Augusta, GA – Billy was born in Augusta, GA on August 6, 1951 to the late Dr. William F. Hamilton, Jr. and the late Peggy Fitzsimmons Hamilton. He passed away in Augusta on Saturday, May 9, 2020 after a 17 month battle with lung cancer. He grew up in Augusta until 1966 when he moved to...
Ronald Saxton Welch
May 8, 2020
Ronald Saxton Welch Augusta, GA – Ronald Welch, the most extraordinary man to his family and friends suddenly passed away on Friday, May 8th, 2020. Ron was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and “Gpa.” Ron is survived by the love of his life, Barbara Welch and sister, Pat Gayler. He was preceded in death by his sister, the late Jaymie...
Paul Brown
May 7, 2020
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, May 7, 2020, Paul Edward Brown, 75. Paul was affectionately known by friends as “Po Paul.” He was a 1963 graduate of Boggs Academy and a long-time cable contractor in the Georgia~Caolina areas. Paul was a unique, strong, independent, opinionated, vocal, wise and loving southern gentleman whom loved people and life. In life...
Judge Douglas Flanagan
May 6, 2020
Augusta, GA – A funeral Mass for the Honorable Douglas James Flanagan will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church located at 4921 Columbia Road, Grovetown, Georgia. The funeral Mass will be in the main sanctuary with overflow seating at the church’s Parish Life Center. An outdoor internment service will...
Ann Dover
May 5, 2020
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Ann Irene Shedd Dover, 95, wife of the late James William Dover. Ann was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who will be deeply missed by her family and friends. She is survived by her daughter-in-law: Barbara Dover; grandsons: Jimmy Dover (Amanda), Michael Dover (Linda), Harrison Dover (Kate), Tony Gray...
Jewel Hammond Brown
May 3, 2020
Augusta, GA – Jewel Hammond Brown, 84, loving wife of the late Lewis Brown went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, May 3, 2020. Jewel left a legacy of love, kindness, and joy. She was many things to many people: a wife, mother, sister, aunt, and grandmother and, most of all, she shared her joy and light to everyone...
Jane Holden
May 3, 2020
Jane Holden Jane Weeks Holden, born April 23, 1946 in Augusta, GA passed away peacefully Sunday May 3rd, 2020. A loving wife to William H. “Billy” Holden, Jr. for 49 years and devoted mother to William H. “Trey” Holden, III and Patrick Todd Weeks Holden. She was the daughter of Inez Adams Weeks and Willard Weeks Sr. Sister to brothers...
Barbara Peek Quillian
May 2, 2020
Augusta, GA – Barbara Peek Quillian, 83, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 2, 2020 surrounded by her family. Barbara was born in Baldwin, MS and raised in Vidalia, GA where she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Vidalia. After graduating from Vidalia High School, she received a nursing degree from Saint Joseph’s School of Nursing in...
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