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Kristy Stevens Jones

Kristy Stevens Jones

Oct 10, 2015

Kristy Stevens Jones Evans, GA- Kristy Stevens Jones, 30, entered into peace on October 10, 2015. She was the loving wife of Lee Jones and mommy to Kyleigh Hope Jones. Kristy was born in Augusta, Ga on December 14, 1984 to Jeff and Robin Stevens. She graduated from Evans High School in 2003. She worked at the Georgia Center for...

Faye McKinney Stanford

Faye McKinney Stanford

Oct 10, 2015

Faye McKinney Stanford Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, October 10, 2015, Mrs. Faye McKinney Stanford, 68, wife of the late Mr. Gerald Herman Stanford. Mrs. Stanford was born in Charleston, SC but spent most of her life in Augusta, graduating from Butler High School in 1965. She was an active member of First Baptist Church of Augusta and...

Alice Myra Millicent Gallagher

Alice Myra Millicent Gallagher

Oct 9, 2015

Alice Myra Millicent Gallagher Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Friday, October 09, 2015, Mrs. Alice Myra Millicent Gallagher, 84, wife of 47 years to the late Mr. Jim Gallagher. Mrs. Gallagher was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta, GA. She was a member at St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church. Mrs. Gallagher worked as an Administrative Assistant...

Hubert E. Exumé, II

Hubert E. Exumé, II

Oct 9, 2015

Hubert E. Exumé, II Augusta, GA – Mr. Hubert “Erny” Ernest Exumé, II, 34, entered into rest Friday, October 9, 2015. Erny was a 1999 graduate of Greenbrier High School. He attended Georgia State University and was voted Mr. Freshman. He was also elected as the Most Outstanding Emergent Leader in his freshman class at Georgia State School of Business....

Dawn Cato Tussey Richard

Dawn Cato Tussey Richard

Oct 7, 2015

Dawn Cato Tussey Richard Hephzibah, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, October 7, 2015, Mrs. Dawn Cato Tussey Richard, 55. Mrs. Richard was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta, GA. She was a member of First Christian Church in Augusta and a teacher at Diamond Lakes Elementary. Family members include mother: Catherine “Kitty” Cato; daughter: Terra T. Newsome and...

Betty Bentley

Betty Bentley

Oct 5, 2015

Betty Bentley Augusta, GA - Betty Hadamuscin Bentley, 67, of Augusta, passed away Monday October 5, 2015. Betty was a native of Willard, OH, having relocated to Augusta with her late husband Earnie Bentley. She retired as an employee of the state of Georgia after 30 years of service. She is survived by her father, John Hadamuscin, son Brian (Heather),...

James O. Brady

James O. Brady

Oct 4, 2015

James O. Brady Augusta, GA – JAMES O. BRADY, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army (retired), entered into eternal rest at Brandon Wilde, Evans, GA, on October 4, 2015. He is survived by his beloved wife of 69 years, Eleanor Thomas Brady; daughter Barbara Brady Bice (Ronald) of Martinez, GA; son, James Christopher Brady (Rebecca) of Alexandria, VA; and grandchildren Jonathan Bice...

Joseph J. Rogers

Joseph J. Rogers

Oct 3, 2015

Joseph J. Rogers Augusta, GA - Joseph J. Rogers, a leader in the economic and community development of Augusta, entered into rest Saturday, October 3, 2015. Mr. Rogers, one of the original employees of the Procter and Gamble Augusta Plant, was known as “Mr. Tide” by those who remember him as a spokesman for the company. He was a long...

Lemuel Foy Waters, Jr.

Lemuel Foy Waters, Jr.

Sep 30, 2015

Lemuel Waters Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Mr. Lemuel Foy Waters, Jr., 77, loving husband to Janice Kinsey Waters. Mr. Waters was employed at Georgia Power for 30 years in various locations and has been retired for 21 years. He enjoyed the outdoors, fishing, his true passion was his children and grandchildren, and he was...

Joe D. Brown

Joe D. Brown

Sep 29, 2015

Joe D. Brown Augusta, GA – Joe D. Brown entered into rest on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 with his beloved wife at his side. Mr. Brown was born in 1936 in Swainsboro, GA. Don served in the Navy and afterwards began his long career as a pilot with Augusta Aviation until his retirement. Don was a loving husband a, father,...

Colonel Carter E. Hudson (Ret.)

Colonel Carter E. Hudson (Ret.)

Sep 29, 2015

Colonel Carter E. Hudson (Ret.) Augusta, GA – Colonel (Retired) Carter E. Hudson of Augusta died on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at the age of 78. He was born in Cullman, AL. The funeral service will be at Cullman Heritage Funeral Home Chapel in Cullman, AL, Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. with Rev. Don Ware and Max Carter...

Edward Skinner, Jr.

Edward Skinner, Jr.

Sep 29, 2015

Edward Skinner Augusta, GA – The man who helped lead Augusta’s newspapers and the newspaper industry through the innovation of offset printing and into the computerized world has died at the age of 86, Edward B. Skinner Jr., 719 Chipandie Drive, Augusta, semi-retired vice president of Morris Communications Company, died at his residence. Mr. Skinner not only rose from a...

Louise Patterson Gambill Bussey

Louise Patterson Gambill Bussey

Sep 28, 2015

Louise Patterson Gambill Bussey North Augusta, SC – Mrs. Louise Patterson Gambill Bussey, 59, loving wife of Ray Bussey, entered into rest on Monday, September 28, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Bussey was a mother of four children and grandmother of nine. She was born in Augusta, the fifth of eight children. She graduated from Aquinas High School in 1974....

Constance Elizabeth Hall

Constance Elizabeth Hall

Sep 28, 2015

Constance Elizabeth Hall Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, September 28, 2015, Mrs. Constance Elizabeth Hall, 84, wife of 56 years to the late Mr. David Emmett Hall. Mrs. Hall was a native of Hartsville, SC but lived in Augusta for the past 56 years. Family members include son: Emmett Hall and his wife Bobbie; daughter: Karen Newman and...

Patricia Cuartas- Villegas

Patricia Cuartas- Villegas

Sep 28, 2015

Patricia Cuartas-Villegas Augusta, GA – September 28, 2015, will forever mark the day that Augusta and the world lost a beautiful soul. Patricia Elena Cuartas-Villegas surrounded by loving family and friends, made her transition into God’s loving arms after two and half years of a learning experience with colon cancer. Elena was a feisty young woman with sparkling eyes and...

Rufus O. Davis

Rufus O. Davis

Sep 27, 2015

Rufus O. Davis Augusta, GA – Mr. Rufus O. Davis, 59, entered into rest Sunday, September 27, 2015 due to a motorcycle accident. Mr. Davis was a native of Columbia, SC. He was raised and lived his life here in Augusta. He was an avid animal lover and he adored his dog, Snowball. Mr. Davis retired from the trucking business...

Elizabeth Benton Lamkin Johnson

Elizabeth Benton Lamkin Johnson

Sep 27, 2015

Mrs. Elizabeth Benton Lamkin Johnson Retired Director of Educational Media Richmond County Board of Education Augusta, GA - Mrs. Elizabeth Benton Lamkin Johnson, 96, widow of the late Joseph Robert Johnson, beloved husband of 60 years, entered into rest on Sunday, September 27, 2015. Mrs. Johnson, a native Augustan, lived most of her life in Augusta and Columbia County, Georgia...

Mildred Louise Davidson Sparks

Mildred Louise Davidson Sparks

Sep 27, 2015

Mildred D. Sparks Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Sunday, September 27, 2015, Mrs. Mildred Louise Davidson Sparks, 89, widow of Retired Master Sergeant Burnice Edward Sparks, Sr. Mrs. Sparks was born November 1, 1925. She was a 1943 graduate of Tubman High School. Mrs. Sparks was married March 9, 1946 and until the birth of her first child she...

William P. Philippe

William P. Philippe

Sep 24, 2015

William P. Philippe Evans, GA – William P. Philippe died, Thursday, September 24, 2015. He is survived by his wife Janice (Daniel) Philippe, to whom he had been married for 35 years. Bill was born in Chicago, IL, lived in Michigan and Ohio, but he and Janice made their home in Evans since 1995. Bill served his country in the...

Rusty Kelley

Rusty Kelley

Sep 23, 2015

Rusty Kelley Kelley Appliance Martinez, GA – Entered into rest on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at his residence, Russell George Kelley. Rusty is survived by his devoted wife of 19 years: Christina Lilly “Tina” Kelley. and their beloved pet Sophie; parents: Joyce Kelley and the late George Kelley; sister: Debbie Zapata and husband Mike; niece: Kelly Zapata; nephews: Bryce Huckabee,...

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