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Mercer J. Leftwich, Jr.

Mercer J. Leftwich, Jr.

Jul 31, 2013

Mr. Mercer Jefferson Leftwich Augusta, GA - Mr. Mercer Jefferson Leftwich, Jr., 72, husband to Mrs. Janis Storey Leftwich entered into peaceful rest on and to be with his Lord Jesus Christ on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 after a brief illness. Mr. Mercer Leftwich was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. He attended Erskine College. Mr. Leftwich was a...

Billie M. Sikes

Billie M. Sikes

Jul 30, 2013

Billie M. Sikes Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, July 30, 2013, Mrs. Billie M. Sikes, 82, wife of the late Mr. Odell M. Sikes. Family members include sons: Russell K. Ott, Thomas N. Youmans; daughters: Terry L. Lee and husband George, Debra Glisson, Donna S. Littlejohn; four grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and sister: Jane Maddox. Mrs. Sikes was...

Monika Kirkpatrick

Monika Kirkpatrick

Jul 29, 2013

Monika Kirkpatrick Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, July 29, 2013, Mrs. Monika Kirkpatrick, 65, wife of Alfred V. Kirkpatrick. Mrs. Kirkpatrick was a native of Kagar, Germany but has resided in Augusta for the last 30 years. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Family members in addition to her husband include daughter: Tina Williams; daughters-in-law: Christiana...

Richard "Dick" Westbrook

Richard "Dick" Westbrook

Jul 25, 2013

Richard Westbrook Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, July 25, 2013, Mr. Richard “Dick” Giles Westbrook, Jr., 87, husband of the late Mrs. Dorothy “Dotsy” Kelly Westbrook. Dick was born and raised in the Wrightsville Beach/Carolina Beach area. He served his country during World War II and the Korean War. Dick loved his family and was a proud member...

Leon Louis LeBlanc

Leon Louis LeBlanc

Jul 24, 2013

Leon Louis LeBlanc Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, July 24, 2013, Mr. Leon Louis LeBlanc, 89, husband of Mrs. Marion LeBlanc. Mr. LeBlanc was a native of Massena, NY. He was a veteran of the US Army, served in World War II where he was a recipient of the Bronze Star. He worked at J.B White’s men’s dept...

Claude Stephens

Claude Stephens

Jul 24, 2013

Claude Ernest Stephens Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, July 24, 2013, Mr. Claude “Buster” Stephens, 82, husband of Mrs. Wilma Stephens. Mr. Stephens retired from the Army after having fought in the Korean and Vietnam War. He was a member of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry and an avid golfer. Mr. Stephens was the kindest gentlest man you...

David Drawdy

David Drawdy

Jul 24, 2013

David Drawdy Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, July 24, 2013, Mr. David Drawdy, 74, husband of Mrs. Betty Jean Drawdy. Mr. Drawdy was a native and life long resident of Augusta, GA. He was the owner and operator of D&D Electric. Family members in addition to his wife include sons: David Eugene Drawdy, Sr. (Judith), Anthony W. “Tony”...

Florine Young Taylor

Florine Young Taylor

Jul 24, 2013

Mrs. Florine Young Taylor Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, July 24, 2013, Florine Young Taylor, 86, wife of the late Robert M. Taylor II. Mrs. Taylor was the valedictorian of Blythe High School, Class of 1944. She made Richmond County and the Augusta area home her entire lifetime. She was an ordained member of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church,...

Mary Jean Aitken

Mary Jean Aitken

Jul 23, 2013

Mary Jean Aitken Grovetown, GA – Mrs. Matthew B. Aitken (Mary Jean Cronin), entered into peace Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Matthew Bruce Aitken. She is survived by her children: Matt Aitken and wife Melissa Aitken, Joanne Jessie, Gerald Aitken, Patricia Perry, and Bruce Aitken. Additionally,...

Chad Stevens

Chad Stevens

Jul 19, 2013

Chad Stevens Hephzibah, GA – Entered into rest Friday, July 19, 2013, Charles Linton Stevens, 14. Chad busted Heaven wide open! “You would have had to know him.” Family members include parents: Lewis Robert and Jacqueline Smith Stevens; sister: Ariel Stevens; brother: Garrett Stevens; and pet: Maggie; great-grandparents: Frances Throckmorton, Docia and Aubrey Hensley, Curtis Jones; grandparents: Chuck and Barbara...

James Marvin Eure

James Marvin Eure

Jul 19, 2013

James Marvin Eure Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Friday, July 19, 2013, Mr. James Marvin Eure, 84, husband of Mrs. Rheta Riley Eure. Mr. Eure was born in Fitzgerald, GA but lived in Augusta. He was a very faithful member of Asbury United Methodist Church where he served as an usher. Mr. Eure retired from the United States Army...

Hugh "Tony" A. Fuller

Hugh "Tony" A. Fuller

Jul 18, 2013

Hugh “Tony” A. Fuller Augusta, GA – Entered into rest July 18, 2013 at Georgia Regents Medical Center, Hugh “Tony” A. Fuller, 51, resident of Evans, GA. He was remarkably talented and will be dearly missed by his family and friends. Family members include father: Hugh Lovelace Fuller; sisters: Ginger O’Connell Webb (Mike), Cindy Fuller Weathersbee (Don); nephews: Joey and...

Joan Therese Williams

Joan Therese Williams

Jul 17, 2013

Joan Williams Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, July 17, 2013, Miss Joan Therese Williams, 82. Miss Williams was a member of St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church and a former long time member of The Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church. She worked as a Registered Nurse in Chicago, IL, in her youth. Miss Williams was a loving, kind...

Katherine T. Siple

Katherine T. Siple

Jul 17, 2013

Katherine T. Siple Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, July 17, 2013, Mrs. Katherine T. Siple, 91, wife of the late Mr. Jimmie S. Siple. Mrs. Siple was a member of the First Baptist Church of Augusta. She worked with her husband for many years in the restaurant business. She was a great mother, cook and gardener. She taught...

Roy Deloise Tritt

Roy Deloise Tritt

Jul 17, 2013

Mr. Roy Deloise Tritt Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at University Hospital, Roy Deloise Tritt, 63, husband of Mrs. Linda Tritt. Born in San Diego, CA in 1949, Mr. Tritt graduated from the University of Georgia in 1971, BBA Cum Laude with general honors. He also graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law...

George-Ann Babbitt

George-Ann Babbitt

Jul 15, 2013

George-Ann Babbitt Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, July 15, 2013, Mrs. George-Ann Penton Babbitt, 80, loving wife of Earl LeRoy Babbitt, Jr. Mrs. Babbitt was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta and was a graduate of Evans High School. She retired after 40 years in the Richmond County School System. She was artistic and creative and enjoyed...

Ronald E. Hill

Ronald E. Hill

Jul 15, 2013

Ronald E. Hill Augusta, GA - Ronald Eugene Hill, age 66, of Augusta, Georgia went home to be with the Lord on July 15, 2013. Ron was born in Fairfield, IL, and was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He received his bachelor’s degree from Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma. He served in the United States Air Force for 24 years...

La Dolle Gene Hart

La Dolle Gene Hart

Jul 13, 2013

Mr. La Dolle Gene Hart Servant of God Grovetown, GA – On July 13, 2013, La Dolle Hart (66) entered permanently into the presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. A blood clot in his lung (Pulmonary Embolism) helped to usher his presence into Jehovah God’s eternal heaven, where he now joins that heavenly host that worships. Saying “Holy,holy,holy,...

William George Hatcher, Sr.

William George Hatcher, Sr.

Jul 12, 2013

William George Hatcher Sr. MAU,Inc Bill was born in Birmingham, Alabama on August 26, 1925. He was the son of the late Willie Taylor Cash and James McCord Hatcher, and was predeceased by his first wife Marion Harris Hatcher, and siblings, Catherine Amelia Hatcher, James Posey Hatcher, Anne Hatcher Carter, and Gordon Taylor Hatcher. Bill grew up during the depression...

Ann Shaw Dalton

Ann Shaw Dalton

Jul 12, 2013

Ann Shaw Dalton Mrs. Ann Shaw Dalton, wife of the late Worth Davis Dalton, entered into rest on Friday July 12, 2013 at the Fellowship Home in Valdosta, Georgia. She was born September 3, 1927 to William Marvin Shaw and Sarah Laura Beopple Shaw. She was a graduate of Central High School in Shelbyville, TN and of Middle Tennessee State...

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