Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Augusta, GA, Richmond County & Surrounding Areas
Jack E. Garrard
May 11, 2015
Jack Eugene Garrard Augusta, GA – Jack E. Garrard, 94, husband of Laverne Powell Garrard, passed away, May 11, 2015 at home. Funeral services will be held graveside, at Westover Memorial Park, Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Gary DeMore and Rev. Terry Phillips officiating. Mr. Garrard was born in Augusta, GA on November 27, 1920. He...
Jack Bailey
May 10, 2015
Jack Bailey Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Sunday, May 10, 2015, Col. (RET) Jack Stephens Bailey U.S. Army, 95, loving husband to the late Laura I. Bailey. Born in Elberton, Ga. to Dr. and Mrs. David V. Bailey; Jack was a graduate of Emory University. After graduation he joined the 214th Artillery Georgia Army National Guard Unit of Elberton,...
Carl E. Brown
May 8, 2015
Carl E. Brown Evans, GA - Carl E. Brown, 60, entered into rest Friday, May 8, 2015. Mr. Brown was a member of the First Baptist Church of Augusta where he served on the Benevolence Committee, taught Sunday School and served as Deacon. He retired from the Georgia Department of Revenue with more than 20 years of service. Mr. Brown...
Isabelle Key Turnage
May 6, 2015
Isabelle Key Turnage Augusta, GA –Isabelle Key Turnage, age 84 entered into rest Wednesday, May 6, 2015 after a brief illness. She is preceded in death by her husband Billy Ray Turnage and her daughter Martha T. Sweeny. Mrs. Turnage was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection her entire Life. She was employed by Bellsouth for 27...
Pi Gunnels Millar
May 4, 2015
Pi Gunnels Millar Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, May 4, 2015, Mrs. Pi Gunnels Millar, 85, wife to the late Douglas M. Millar. Mrs. Millar was a native of Greenville, SC but resided in Augusta for most of her life. She was a graduate of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. She retired as a teacher from the...
Evelyn Johnson
May 3, 2015
Evelyn Johnson Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Sunday, May 3, 2015, Mrs. Evelyn Johnson, 80, loving wife to the late James “Jimmy” M. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson attended Agnes Scott College. She was a founding member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church and was a former member of The Alter Guild Greeters Committee. She was a member of the Wood Valley...
Jackie Jadon Smith
May 2, 2015
Jackie Jadon Smith North Augusta, SC – Entered into rest Saturday, May 2, 2015 at her home, Jackie Jadon Smith, 64. Mrs. Smith fought cancer tooth and nail for over two years and maintained good spirits by having faith. She enjoyed working as a secretary at Kendrick Paint & Body and loved the family she developed there. She was a...
James Alfred Blissit
Apr 29, 2015
James Alfred Blissit Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, April 29, 2015, Mr. James Alfred Blissit, 92, husband to the late Mrs. Erie P. Blissit and Mrs. Marianne Blissit. Mr. Blissit was born in Locust Grove, GA in 1922 to Alfred Otis and Annie Mae Price Blissit. He was a native and lifelong resident of Georgia. Two years after...
Louis Meitin
Apr 28, 2015
Louis Meitin Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, April 28, 2015, Mr. Joseph Louis Meitin, 85, loving and beloved husband of 59 years to Gerrie Meitin and a devoted father well loved by his children. Mr. Meitin was a graduate of Tulane University. He served in the United States Navy for 8 years and retired from General Electric after...
Lois D. Harrison
Apr 28, 2015
Lois D. Harrison Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, April 28, 2015, Mrs. Lois Dozier Harrison, 82, loving wife to the late Clifford L. Harrison. Mrs. Harrison was a bookkeeper with WFXG TV. She was a loving grandmother and an avid animal lover. Family members include her daughters: Angela Stewart Prettelt (Gordon) of Evans, Kim Stewart Wade (Norton) of...
Harold M. Outley
Apr 27, 2015
Harold M. Outley Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, April 27, 2015, Mr. Harold M. Outley, 84, husband of 61 years to Mrs. Bobbie J. Outley. Mr. Outley was born in Greenwood, SC but lived in the Augusta area for most of his life. He was a member of Abilene Baptist Church for over 30 years. Mr. Outley raised...
Lillian Cullum
Apr 26, 2015
Lillian Cullum Augusta, GA - Mrs. Lillian Love Cullum died on April 26, 2015. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, James Curtis Cullum, Sr., her oldest daughter, Lillian Love Cullum and two brothers, William Barton Love and Howard Graham Love. Survivors include her children, Natalie Cullum Garzilli and her husband, Tom, of Seneca, South Carolina, James Curtis...
Mary Stringer Austin Peebles
Apr 26, 2015
Mary Stringer Austin Peebles Evans, GA – Mary Stringer Austin Peebles, entered into rest on her 90th birthday, Sunday, April 26, 2015, at University Hospital. Services will be held on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. at the Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Ron Jones and Rev. Fred Gunter presiding. Graveside services will follow at Westover Memorial Park. The...
Karen Danelle Brown
Apr 23, 2015
Karen Danelle Brown Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, April 23, 2015, Mrs. Karen Danelle Brown, wife of Mr. Kevin Brown. Mrs. Brown was a member of Flowing Wells Worship Center. She was a caring Christian mother. Mrs. Brown loved her family and her pets. She especially enjoyed attending her daughters dance competitions and events. Family members in addition...
John Daniel
Apr 20, 2015
John Daniel Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, April 20, 2015, Mr. John O. Daniel, 66, husband to Carolyn E. Daniel. Mr. Daniel was a native of Jacksonville, FL but has lived in Augusta for the last 25 years. He was a veteran who retired from the United States Army and also retired from the VA Medical Center. He...
Marilyn Pilcher Towill
Apr 20, 2015
Marilyn Pilcher Towill Born March 8, 1928, Augusta, GA Died April 20, 2015, Augusta, GA Marilyn Pilcher Towill, 87, died peacefully at University Hospital on April 20, 2015 after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband Dr. John Judson Pilcher, Jr., her husband John Bell Towill, and her daughter Susan Lynne Pilcher. She is survived by...
Virginia Long
Apr 20, 2015
Virginia Long Augusta, GA - Virginia Rivers Carpenter Long, 94, entered peacefully into rest on April 20,2015 at Georgia Regents University Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband Ralph (Donald) Long. Meeting at a USO dance, Virginia and Don were married for 46 years and they enjoyed many years on the dance floor together. She was preceded in...
John R. Henry
Apr 17, 2015
John R. Henry Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Friday, April 17, 2015, Mr. John R. Henry, 90 husband to Mrs. Louise Lockhart Henry. Mr. Henry was a native of Tarboro, North Carolina, but lived in the Augusta area for many years. He was a member of Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church and served as an Elder. Mr. Henry served in...
Fred Jenkins
Apr 17, 2015
Fred Jenkins Augusta, GA – Fred Jenkins, age 76, entered into eternal rest to be with our Lord on April 17, 2015. Mr. Jenkins was born in Weaverville, NC and lived in California during his kids’ upbringing, but resided in Augusta since 1996 and attended Abilene Baptist Church. Mr. Jenkins is survived by his loving wife, Audrey Jenkins, and brother,...
Elizabeth O'Neal
Apr 16, 2015
Elizabeth O’Neal Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, April 16, 2015, Mrs. Elizabeth “Beth” O’Neal, 86, loving wife to Henry “Hank” O’Neal, Jr. Beth was raised in Mississippi but lived in Kansas City, Cleveland, TN, and Augusta. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and lived a devoted Christian life. Family members in addition to her husband include her...